John Wengraf
Actor/Actriz
43
Películas
19
Series
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.
Como Actor/Actriz
Matinee Theater
El túnel del tiempo
Dr. Hans Kleinemann
Bat Masterson
Colonel Anders Dorn
One Step Beyond
Ernest
77 Sunset Strip
Hawaiian Eye
The Detectives
Varchek
The Rogues
Drozhin
The Millionaire
Count Victor Turec
Cavalcade of America
German Colonel
The Third Man
Telephone Time
Bourbon Street Beat
Panic!
Juicio en Nuremberg
Karl Wieck
Dangerous Assignment
Behind Closed Doors
Von Elm
The Walter Winchell File
Jericho
Sahara
Maj. von Falken
General Electric Theater
El premio
Hans Eckhart
The Desert Rats
German Doctor (uncredited)
Al filo de la navaja
Joseph - Gray & Isabel's Butler
Never Say Goodbye
Prof. Zimmelman
Orgullo y pasión
Sermaine
T-Men
'Shiv' Triano
5 dedos
Count Franz Von Papen
La nave del mal
Graf
Hell and High Water
Col. Schuman (uncredited)