John Wengraf
- Interprétation
- 22 avril 1897 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary, now Austria
- 4 mai 1974
Biographie
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.
Connu pour
Filmographie
- Jericho · Monseigneur Paul
- Au cœur du temps · Dr. Hans Kleinemann
- La Nef des fous · Graf
- The Rogues · Drozhin
- Pas de lauriers pour les tueurs · Hans Eckhart
- Hitler · Dr. Morell
- Jugement à Nuremberg · Karl Wieck
- Meurtre sans faire-part · Dr. Kessler
- 12 to the Moon · Dr. Erich Heinrich
- The Detectives · Varchek
- Hawaiian Eye
- Bourbon Street Beat
- The Third Man
- One Step Beyond · Ernest, Felix Borgner
- 77 Sunset Strip
- Bat Masterson · Colonel Anders Dorn
- Behind Closed Doors · Von Elm
- The Return of Dracula · John Merriman
- The Walter Winchell File
- The Disembodied · Dr. Carl Metz
- Valerie · Mr. Louis Horvat
- Orgueil et passion · Sermaine
- Panic!
- Oh, Men! Oh, Women! · Dr. Krauss
- Telephone Time
- Ne dites jamais adieu · Prof. Zimmelman
- Matinee Theater
- Le Cercle infernal · Dr. Tabor
- The Millionaire · Count Victor Turec
- Natchez · Nicholas Cadiz
- Gog · Dr. Zeitman
- Paris Playboys · Vidal
- The French Line · Commodore Renard
- Le Démon des eaux troubles · Col. Schuman (uncredited)
- The Danny Thomas Show · Victor Waingraft
- Les Rats du Désert · German Doctor (uncredited)
- General Electric Theater
- You Are There · Dr. Zimmerman
- Tropic Zone · Lukats
- Cavalcade of America · German Colonel, Von Schwarz
- Four Star Playhouse · Denoir
- L'Affaire Cicéron · Count Franz Von Papen
- Dangerous Assignment
- Lux Video Theatre · Landau, Max von Mayerling
- The Lovable Cheat · Pierquin
- Le Réveil de la sorcière rouge · Prosecuting Attorney
- Sealed Verdict · German Doctor
- Sofia · Peter Goltzen
- La Brigade du suicide · 'Shiv' Triano
- Le fil du rasoir · Joseph - Gray & Isabel's Butler
- Demain viendra toujours · Dr. Ludwig
- Week-end at the Waldorf · Alex
- Strange Affair · Rudolph Kruger
- Voyage sans retour · Gestapo Chief
- U-Boat Prisoner · Gunther Rudehoff, Gestapo Agent
- La septième croix · Overkamp
- Sahara · Maj. von Falken
- The Boy from Stalingrad · German Major
- Mission to Moscow · Polish Ambassador Grzybowski (uncredited)
- Lucky Jordan · Herr Kesselman
- Sailors Three · German Captain
- Convoi · Commander Deutschland
- Train de nuit pour Munich · KL Physician (uncredited)
- All Hands · German
- Dangerous Comment · German Radio Operator
- The Moon in the Yellow River · Tausch
- Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten · Paul Rainer