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John Wengraf

Profesión
Interpretación
Nacimiento
22 de abril de 1897 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary, now Austria
Fallecimiento
4 de mayo de 1974

Biografía

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.

Conocido por

Póster de ¿Vencedores o vencidos? (El juicio de Núremberg)
¿Vencedores o vencidos? (El juicio de Núremberg)
Película · 1961 · ★ 8,0
Póster de El túnel del tiempo
El túnel del tiempo
Serie · 1966 · ★ 7,7
Póster de Sahara
Sahara
Película · 1943 · ★ 7,2
Póster de El premio
El premio
Película · 1963 · ★ 6,7
Póster de Operación Cicerón
Operación Cicerón
Película · 1952 · ★ 7,5
Póster de Las ratas del desierto
Las ratas del desierto
Película · 1953 · ★ 6,3
Póster de El barco de los locos
El barco de los locos
Película · 1965 · ★ 6,6
Póster de El filo de la navaja
El filo de la navaja
Película · 1946 · ★ 6,9
Póster de La brigada suicida
La brigada suicida
Película · 1947 · ★ 6,7
Póster de Tren nocturno a Múnich
Tren nocturno a Múnich
Película · 1940 · ★ 7,2
Póster de El retorno de Drácula
El retorno de Drácula
Película · 1958 · ★ 5,6
Póster de El diablo de las aguas turbias
El diablo de las aguas turbias
Película · 1954 · ★ 6,0

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