- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 22, 1897
- Place of Birth
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary, now Austria
- Died
- May 4, 1974
John Wengraf
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, profes…
Filmography
tvJericho
1966
tvThe Time Tunnel
1966 · Dr. Hans Kleinemann
movieShip of Fools
1965 · Graf
tvThe Rogues
1964 · Drozhin
movieThe Prize
1963 · Hans Eckhart
movieHitler
1962 · Dr. Morell
movieJudgment at Nuremberg
1961 · Karl Wieck
moviePortrait in Black
1960 · Dr. Kessler
movie12 to the Moon
1960 · Dr. Erich Heinrich
tvThe Detectives
1959 · Varchek
tvHawaiian Eye
1959
tvBourbon Street Beat
1959
tvThe Third Man
1959
tvOne Step Beyond
1959 · Ernest, Felix Borgner
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958
tvBat Masterson
1958 · Colonel Anders Dorn
tvBehind Closed Doors
1958 · Von Elm
movieThe Return of Dracula
1958 · John Merriman
tvThe Walter Winchell File
1957
movieThe Disembodied
1957 · Dr. Carl Metz
movieValerie
1957 · Mr. Louis Horvat
movieThe Pride and the Passion
1957 · Sermaine
tvPanic!
1957
movieOh, Men! Oh, Women!
1957 · Dr. Krauss
tvTelephone Time
1956
movieNever Say Goodbye
1956 · Prof. Zimmelman
tvMatinee Theater
1955
movieThe Racers
1955 · Dr. Tabor
tvThe Millionaire
1955 · Count Victor Turec
movieThe Gambler from Natchez
1954 · Nicholas Cadiz
movieGog
1954 · Dr. Zeitman
movieParis Playboys
1954 · Vidal
movieThe French Line
1954 · Commodore Renard
movieHell and High Water
1954 · Col. Schuman (uncredited)
tvThe Danny Thomas Show
1953 · Victor Waingraft
movieThe Desert Rats
1953 · German Doctor (uncredited)
tvGeneral Electric Theater
1953
tvYou Are There
1953 · Dr. Zimmerman
movieTropic Zone
1953 · Lukats
tvCavalcade of America
1952 · German Colonel, Von Schwarz
tvFour Star Playhouse
1952 · Denoir
movie5 Fingers
1952 · Count Franz Von Papen
tvDangerous Assignment
1952
Lux Video Theatre
tvLux Video Theatre
1950 · Landau, Max von Mayerling
movieThe Lovable Cheat
1949 · Pierquin
movieWake of the Red Witch
1948 · Prosecuting Attorney
movieSealed Verdict
1948 · German Doctor
movieSofia
1948 · Peter Goltzen
movieT-Men
1947 · 'Shiv' Triano
movieThe Razor's Edge
1946 · Joseph - Gray & Isabel's Butler
movieTomorrow Is Forever
1946 · Dr. Ludwig
movieWeek-End at the Waldorf
1945 · Alex
movieStrange Affair
1944 · Rudolph Kruger
movieTill We Meet Again
1944 · Gestapo Chief
movieU-Boat Prisoner
1944 · Gunther Rudehoff, Gestapo Agent
movieThe Seventh Cross
1944 · Overkamp
movieSahara
1943 · Maj. von Falken
movieThe Boy from Stalingrad
1943 · German Major
movieMission to Moscow
1943 · Polish Ambassador Grzybowski (uncredited)
movieLucky Jordan
1942 · Herr Kesselman
movieSailors Three
1940 · German Captain
movieConvoy
1940 · Commander Deutschland
movieNight Train to Munich
1940 · KL Physician (uncredited)
movieAll Hands
1940 · German
movieDangerous Comment
1940 · German Radio Operator
The Moon in the Yellow River
movieThe Moon in the Yellow River
1938 · Tausch
movieBretter, die die Welt bedeuten
1935 · Paul Rainer