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, 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.
T-Men
as 'Shiv' TrianoTwo U.S. Treasury ("T-men") agents go undercover in Detroit, and then Los Angeles, in an attempt...
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Judgment at Nuremberg
as Karl WieckIn 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military...
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The Prize
as Hans EckhartA group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American...
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The Razor's Edge
as Joseph - Gray & Isabel's ButlerAn adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the...
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Sahara
as Major von FalkenSergeant Joe Gunn and his tank crew pick up five British soldiers, a Frenchman and a Sudanese...
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Mission to Moscow
as Polish Ambassador Grzybowski (uncredited)Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns...
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Ship of Fools
as GrafPassengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in...
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Night Train to Munich
as KL Physician (uncredited)Czechoslovakia, March 1939, on the eve of World War II. As the German invaders occupy Prague,...
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The Seventh Cross
as OverkampIn Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up...
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The Desert Rats
as German Doctor (uncredited)In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British...
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Hell and High Water
as Col. Schuman (uncredited)A privately-financed scientist and his colleagues hire an ex-Navy officer to conduct an Alaskan...
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The Pride and the Passion
as SermaineDuring the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers...
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Paris Playboys
as VidalSach is the exact double of a famous French scientist who has invented a powerful rocket fuel....
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Gog
as Dr. ZeitmanA mechanical brain is programmed to sabotage the government's secret lab while working on the...
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5 Fingers
as Count Franz Von PapenDuring WWII, the valet to the British Ambassador to Ankara sells British secrets to the Germans...
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Tomorrow Is Forever
as Dr. LudwigIn 1918, Elizabeth MacDonald learns that her husband, John Andrew, has been killed in the war....
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Hitler
as Dr. MorellRichard Basehart stars as one of the most influential and one of the most reviled men in history...
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The Return of Dracula
as John MerrimanAfter a vampire leaves his native Balkans, he murders a Czech artist, assumes his identity, and...
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Never Say Goodbye
as Prof. ZimmelmanIn present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his...
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Week-End at the Waldorf
as AlexAnything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets...
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Wake of the Red Witch
as Prosecuting AttorneyCaptain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique...
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The French Line
as Commodore RenardOil heiress Mame Carson takes an incognito cruise so that men will love her for her body, not...
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Convoy
as Commander DeutschlandA tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between...
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Lucky Jordan
as Herr KesselmanLucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries...
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Valerie
as Mr. Louis HorvatAfter the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but...
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The Racers
as Dr. TaborAn Italian daredevil turns Grand Prix driver and works his way up to Le Mans with his ballerina...
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The Lovable Cheat
as PierquinPosing as a wealthy Parisian, Mercadet fleeces friends and casual acquaintances alike. He is...
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Strange Affair
as Rudolph KrugerEminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a...
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The Gambler from Natchez
as Nicholas CadizA discharged army Captain returns home to New Orleans to take revenge on the men who murdered...
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Tropic Zone
as LukatsA fugitive from the police helps a beautiful farmer run her struggling banana plantation.
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Sealed Verdict
as German DoctorJohn Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of...
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Sailors Three
as German CaptainThree sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise...
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Dangerous Comment
as German Radio OperatorA young pilot, annoyed at not being selected to take part in a raid on an enemy target, moans to...
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Portrait in Black
as Dr. KesslerA pair of lovers plot to kill the woman's rich husband.
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12 to the Moon
as Dr. Erich HeinrichLanded on the moon, Capt. John Anderson and his fellow astronauts quickly find their mission...
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The Disembodied
as Dr. Carl MetzWhen men on a photo safari stumble into a misanthropic doctor’s remote camp with a wounded...
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Sofia
as Peter GoltzenA former OSS agent is assigned to rescue two atomic scientists from the dastardly Russians and...
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The Boy from Stalingrad
as German MajorIf J.M. Barrie had had a hand in Tarkovsky's IVAN'S CHILDHOOD, it might like something like this...
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U-Boat Prisoner
as Gunther Rudehoff, Gestapo AgentMerchant seaman Archie Gibbs manages to survive when his ship is torpedoed by a German...
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All Hands
as GermanFrom a series of propaganda films made to raise awareness of the risks of idle gossip providing...
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Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
as Dr. KraussArthur Turner's bored housewife Mildred seeks psychiatric help from Dr. Alan Coles who also has...
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One Step Beyond
as ErnestAlcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The...
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One Step Beyond
as Felix BorgnerAlcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The...
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The Time Tunnel
as Dr. Hans KleinemannThe Time Tunnel is a 1966–1967 U.S. color science fiction TV series, written around a theme of...
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77 Sunset Strip
as uncreditedStu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this...
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Bourbon Street Beat
as uncredited"Bourbon Street Beat" is a private detective series produced by Warner Brothers Television which...
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Cavalcade of America
as German ColonelCavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...
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Cavalcade of America
as uncreditedCavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...
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Cavalcade of America
as Von SchwarzCavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company,...
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The Walter Winchell File
as uncreditedThe Walter Winchell File is the title of a television crime drama series that initially aired...
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Lux Video Theatre
as LandauLux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...
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Lux Video Theatre
as Max von MayerlingLux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...
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Behind Closed Doors
as Von ElmBehind Closed Doors is an American drama series set during the Cold War hosted by and...
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Matinee Theater
as uncreditedMatinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of...
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Hawaiian Eye
as uncreditedPrivate Eyes Tom Lopaka and Tracy Steele are based out of Hawaiian Village Resort where they...
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Bat Masterson
as Colonel Anders DornBat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of...
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The Detectives
as uncreditedThe Detectives is an American crime drama series which ran on ABC during its first two seasons,...
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Telephone Time
as uncreditedTelephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from...
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The Rogues
as DrozhinThe Rogues is an American television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964, to...
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Dangerous Assignment
as uncreditedA U.S. government agent travels the world on undercover missions in this 1950s series. Star...
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The Millionaire
as Count Victor TurecAn anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better...
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Jericho
as uncreditedJericho is an American espionage series set during World War II. The series stars John Leyton,...
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General Electric Theater
as uncreditedGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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