John Wengraf
Born
April 22, 1897
Died
May 4, 1974 (77 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria-Hungary, now Austria
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.

Jericho
(1 episode)
1966

The Time Tunnel
Dr. Hans Kleinemann · (1 episode)
1966

Ship of Fools
Graf
1965

The Rogues
Drozhin · (1 episode)
1964

The Prize
Hans Eckhart
1963

Hitler
Dr. Morell
1962

Judgment at Nuremberg
Karl Wieck
1961

Portrait in Black
Dr. Kessler
1960

12 to the Moon
Dr. Erich Heinrich
1960

The Detectives
(1 episode)
1959

Hawaiian Eye
(1 episode)
1959

Bourbon Street Beat
(1 episode)
1959

The Third Man
(1 episode)
1959

One Step Beyond
Ernest · (1 episode)
1959

One Step Beyond
Felix Borgner · (1 episode)
1959

77 Sunset Strip
(1 episode)
1958

Bat Masterson
Colonel Anders Dorn · (1 episode)
1958

Behind Closed Doors
Von Elm · (1 episode)
1958

The Return of Dracula
John Merriman
1958

The Walter Winchell File
(1 episode)
1957

The Disembodied
Dr. Carl Metz
1957

Valerie
Mr. Louis Horvat
1957

The Pride and the Passion
Sermaine
1957

Panic!
(1 episode)
1957

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
Dr. Krauss
1957

Telephone Time
(1 episode)
1956

Never Say Goodbye
Prof. Zimmelman
1956

Matinee Theater
(1 episode)
1955

The Racers
Dr. Tabor
1955

The Millionaire
Count Victor Turec · (1 episode)
1955

The Gambler from Natchez
Nicholas Cadiz
1954

Gog
Dr. Zeitman
1954

Paris Playboys
Vidal
1954

The French Line
Commodore Renard
1954

Hell and High Water
Col. Schuman (uncredited)
1954

The Desert Rats
German Doctor (uncredited)
1953

General Electric Theater
(1 episode)
1953

Tropic Zone
Lukats
1953

Cavalcade of America
German Colonel · (1 episode)
1952

Cavalcade of America
(1 episode)
1952

Cavalcade of America
Von Schwarz · (1 episode)
1952
Four Star Playhouse
Denoir · (1 episode)
1952

5 Fingers
Count Franz Von Papen
1952

Dangerous Assignment
(1 episode)
1952
Lux Video Theatre
Landau · (1 episode)
1950
Lux Video Theatre
Max von Mayerling · (1 episode)
1950

The Lovable Cheat
Pierquin
1949

Wake of the Red Witch
Prosecuting Attorney
1948

Sealed Verdict
German Doctor
1948

Sofia
Peter Goltzen
1948

T-Men
'Shiv' Triano
1947

The Razor's Edge
Joseph - Gray & Isabel's Butler
1946

Tomorrow Is Forever
Dr. Ludwig
1946

Week-End at the Waldorf
Alex
1945

Strange Affair
Rudolph Kruger
1944

Till We Meet Again
Gestapo Chief
1944

U-Boat Prisoner
Gunther Rudehoff, Gestapo Agent
1944

The Seventh Cross
Overkamp
1944

Sahara
Maj. von Falken
1943

The Boy from Stalingrad
German Major
1943

Mission to Moscow
Polish Ambassador Grzybowski (uncredited)
1943

Lucky Jordan
Herr Kesselman
1942

Sailors Three
German Captain
1940

Convoy
Commander Deutschland
1940

Night Train to Munich
KL Physician (uncredited)
1940

All Hands
German
1940

Dangerous Comment
German Radio Operator
1940
The Moon in the Yellow River
Tausch
1938

Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten
Paul Rainer
1935