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Hitler

as Dr. Morell

1962
12 to the Moon

as Dr. Erich Heinrich

1960
The Return of Dracula

as John Merriman

1958
The Pride and the Passion

as Sermaine

1957
Valerie

as Mr. Louis Horvat

1957
The Disembodied

as Dr. Carl Metz

1957
Gog

as Dr. Zeitman

1954
Tropic Zone

as Lukats

1953
5 Fingers

as Count Franz Von Papen

1952
Sofia

as Peter Goltzen

1948
Tomorrow Is Forever

as Dr. Ludwig

1946
U-Boat Prisoner

as Gunther Rudehoff, Gestapo Agent

1944
John Wengraf John Wengraf

Birthday

1897-04-23

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria-Hungary, now Austria

Biography

Emigrating to England in 1933 as the Nazis began their rise to power, Wengraf appeared unbilled in a couple of films there, as well as in some of the first BBC live-television shows ever presented but his career began to languish. In late 1941, however, he had the good fortune of appearing on Broadway with Helen Hayes in "Candle in the Wind" and decided to stay. The following year he headed west and settled permanently in the Los Angeles area. A dark, cold-eyed, thin-lipped player with a precise, meticulous air about him, he found himself invariably playing the very characters he detested. Some of his more nefarious nasties surfaced in such films as the Humphrey Bogart classic Sahara (1943/I), as well as The Boy from Stalingrad (1943), U-Boat Prisoner (1944) and Till We Meet Again (1944). In postwar years, he was often spotted portraying ethnic professionals (scientists, doctors, professors, foreign royalty). Some of the more quality pictures he enhanced were Tomorrow Is Forever (1946); Count Von Papen in 5 Fingers (1952); and Ronchin in the Ethel Merman musical Call Me Madam (1953). Although Wengraf never made it to the very top of the Hollywood character ranks, he remained a throughly strong and reliable player. In the 1950s and 1960s he transferred his talents to TV, appearing on a number of dramatic showcases and on such popular programs as "The Untouchables" (1959), "Hawaiian Eye" (1959), "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964) and "The Time Tunnel" (1966). His last few films included minor roles in the war-themed Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Hitler (1962) and Ship of Fools (1965). He retired in 1966, and died in Santa Barbara, California, at age 77, on May 4, 1974.
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