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John Wengraf (1897–1974)

Actor

A great number of Austrian and German actors were forced to flee their homeland during the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis in the late 1930s only to find themselves smack dab in Hollywood pictures playing thoroughly nefarious Gestapo commanders. Viennese performer John Wengraf was one such actor... See full bio »

Born:

in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)

Died:

(age 77) in Santa Barbara, California, USA
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1966 The Time Tunnel (TV series)
Dr. Hans Kleinemann
– Invasion (1966) … Dr. Hans Kleinemann
 
1966 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Abbot John
– The Monks of St. Thomas Affair (1966) … Abbot John (as John E. Wengraf)
 
1966 Jericho (TV series)
– A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread - and POW (1966)
 
1965 Ship of Fools
Graf
 
1964 The Rogues (TV series)
Drozhin
– The Real Russian Caviar (1964) … Drozhin
 
1963 The Prize
Hans Eckhart
 
1963 Ripcord (TV series)
Hans Rovang
– The Last Chapter (1963) … Hans Rovang
 
1961-1962 Hawaiian Eye (TV series)
Mr. Duval / Nicolas Wiotti
– Somewhere There's Music (1962) … Nicolas Wiotti
– The Manchu Formula (1961) … Mr. Duval
 
1962 The Dick Powell Theatre (TV series)
Werner
– The Clocks (1962) … Werner
 
1962 Hitler
Dr. Morell
 
1962 The Detectives (TV series)
Pop Varchek
– Walk a Crooked Line (1962) … Pop Varchek
 
1961 Judgment at Nuremberg
Dr. Karl Wieck
 
1960-1961 The Untouchables (TV series)
Gus Kleeber / Manning Loder
– Loophole (1961) … Gus Kleeber
– The Otto Frick Story (1960) … Manning Loder
 
1961 Shirley Temple's Storybook (TV series)
The King
– The Terrible Clockman (1961) … The King
 
1961 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Max Eberhard
– The Hamlet Caper (1961) … Max Eberhard
 
1960 Portrait in Black
Dr. Kessler
 
1960 12 to the Moon
Dr. Erich Heinrich
 
1960 Bourbon Street Beat (TV series)
Dr. Hans Klaus
– Green Hell (1960) … Dr. Hans Klaus
 
1960 Colt .45 (TV series)
Kozak
– The Gandy Dancers (1960) … Kozak
 
1959-1960 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (TV series)
Ernest / Felix Borgner
– The Explorer (1960) … Felix Borgner (as John E. Wengraf)
– Image of Death (1959) … Ernest
 
1960 Bonanza (TV series)
Dr. Anton Strasser
– Desert Justice (1960) … Dr. Anton Strasser
 
1959 Bat Masterson (TV series)
Colonel Anders Dorn
– The Desert Ship (1959) … Colonel Anders Dorn
 
1959 Tombstone Territory (TV series)
Dr. Frohlich
– Death Is to Write About (1959) … Dr. Frohlich
 
1959 The Third Man (TV series)
Baron
– Five Hours to Kill (1959)
– Confessions of an Honest Man (1959) … Baron
 
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Mr. Cohen
– Child of Our Time (1959) … Mr. Cohen
 
1959 The Grand Jury (TV series)
Hambler
– The Woman Who Talked … Hambler
 
1958 The Silent Service (TV series)
Admiral Dönitz
– U-47 in Scapa Flow (1958) … Admiral Dönitz
 
1958 Behind Closed Doors (TV series)
Von Elm
– Flight to Freedom (1958) … Von Elm
 
1958 Panic! (TV series)
Consul
– Fingerprints (1958) … Consul
 
1958 Whirlybirds (TV series)
Phillip Frank
– If I Were King (1958) … Phillip Frank
 
1958 The Return of Dracula
John Merriman
 
1958 Target (TV series)
Scientist
– Turn of the Tide (1958) … Scientist
 
1958 Telephone Time (TV series)
– War Against War (1958)
 
1955-1958 Passport to Danger (TV series)
Col. Bucar
– Ankara (1958) … Col. Bucar (as John E. Wengraf)
– Rio de Janeiro (1955)
 
1957 The Walter Winchell File (TV series)
Leopold
– The Cupcake (1957) … Leopold
 
1957 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
– The Questioning Note (1957)
 
1957 The Disembodied
Dr. Carl Metz
 
1957 Valerie
Mr. Horvat
 
1957 The Pride and the Passion
Sermaine
 
1957 Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
Dr. Krauss
 
1956 The Adventures of Hiram Holliday (TV series)
King's Aide / Kovatch
– Hawaiian Hamzah (1956) … Kovatch
– False Monarch (1956) … King's Aide
 
1956 Ethel Barrymore Theater (TV series)
– The Duke (1956)
 
1955-1956 You Are There (TV series)
Baron Von Weizsaker / Doctor / Dr. Zimmerman
– Hitler Invades Poland (September 1, 1939) (1956) … Baron Von Weizsaker
– The Secret Message That Plunged America Into World War I (March 1, 1917) (1955) … Dr. Zimmerman
– The Final Performance of Sarah Bernhardt (November 30, 1922) (1955) … Doctor (as John E. Wengraf)
 
1956 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– The Pink Hippopotamus (1956)
 
1956 Crusader (TV series)
Dr. Kremlov
– The Camp (1956) … Dr. Kremlov
 
1956 The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV series)
1st Customs Officer
– Back from Paris (1956) … 1st Customs Officer
 
1956 Never Say Goodbye
Prof. Zimmelman (as John E. Wengraf)
 
1955-1956 TV Reader's Digest (TV series)
German Bishop Schoffel
– A Bell for Okinawa (1956) … German Bishop Schoffel
– Old Master Detective (1955)
 
1955 Front Row Center (TV series)
– Meeting at Mayerling (1955)
 
1955 The Star and the Story (TV series)
Consul Philippe Le Petran
– The Treasure (1955) … Consul Philippe Le Petran
 
1955 Four Star Playhouse (TV series)
Leon Denoir
– Madeira! Madeira! (1955) … Leon Denoir
 
1955 The Millionaire (TV series)
Count Turec
– The Charles Lamar Story (1955) … Count Turec
 
1955 The Racers
Dr. Tabor
 
1955 The Public Defender (TV series)
Gunther
– Another World (1955) … Gunther
 
1953-1955 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Landau / Max von Mayerling
– Sunset Boulevard (1955) … Max von Mayerling
– The Cruel Time (1953) … Landau
 
1954 The Adventures of Falcon (TV series)
Krell
– Decision in Red (1954) … Krell
 
1954 The Gambler from Natchez
Nicholas Cadiz
 
1954 Gog
Dr. Zeitman
 
1954 Paris Playboys
Vidal (as John E. Wengraf)
 
1954 Hell and High Water
Col. Schuman (uncredited)
 
1953-1954 Cavalcade of America (TV series)
German Colonel / Von Schwarz
– Smyrna Incident (1954) … Von Schwarz
– A Time to Grow (1953)
– The Gingerbread Man (1953) … German Colonel
 
1954 The Lone Wolf (TV series)
Prince Bruzova
– The Werewolf Story (1954) … Prince Bruzova
 
1953 Flight to Tangier
Kalferez
 
1953 The Ford Television Theatre (TV series)
Wilhelm Kortner
– The Jewel (1953) … Wilhelm Kortner
 
1953 The Desert Rats
German Doctor (uncredited)
 
1953 Dragnet (TV series)
– The Big Waiter (1953)
 
1953 Call Me Madam
Ronchin (uncredited)
 
1953 The French Line
Commodore Renard
 
1953 Tropic Zone
Lukats
 
1952 Biff Baker, U.S.A. (TV series)
The Contact
– London Incident (1952) … The Contact
 
1952 Dangerous Assignment (TV series)
Keppler
– The Lagoon Story (1952) … Keppler
 
1952 5 Fingers
Count Franz Von Papen
 
1951 Belle Le Grand
Andrew Sinclair (uncredited)
 
1950 The Magnavox Theatre (TV series)
– The Tale of the Wolf (1950)
 
1949 The Lovable Cheat
Pierquin
 
1948 Wake of the Red Witch
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
 
1948 Sealed Verdict
German doctor
 
1948 Sofia
Peter Goltzen
 
1947 T-Men
'Shiv' Triano (uncredited)
 
1946 The Razor's Edge
Joseph - Gray & Isabel's Butler
 
1946 Tomorrow Is Forever
Dr. Ludwig
 
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf
Alex
 
1945 Hotel Berlin
Wolf von Buelow (uncredited)
 
1945 The Thin Man Goes Home
Big Man (uncredited)
 
1944 Strange Affair
Rudolph Kruger
 
1944 Till We Meet Again
Gestapo Chief (uncredited)
 
1944 U-Boat Prisoner
Gunther Rudehoff, Gestapo Agent
 
1944 The Seventh Cross
Overkamp
 
1944 Song of Russia
Red Army Commander (as John E. Wengraf)
 
1943 Paris After Dark
Mannheim (uncredited)
 
1943/I Sahara
Maj. Von Falken
 
1943 The Boy from Stalingrad
German Major
 
1943 Mission to Moscow
Polish Ambassador Grzybowski (uncredited)
 
1942 Lucky Jordan
Herr Kesselman
 
1940 Three Cockeyed Sailors
German Captain
 
1940 Convoy
Commander Deutschland (as Hans Wengraf)
 
1940 Night Train to Munich
Concentration Camp Physician (uncredited)
 
1940 Dangerous Comment (short)
German Radio Operator (uncredited)
 
1940 All Hands (short)
German
 
1938 The Moon in the Yellow River (TV movie)
Tausch (as Hans Wengraf)
 
1938 The White Chateau (TV movie) (as Hans Wengraf)
 
1935 Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten
Paul Rainer (as Hans Wengraf)
 
1922 Homo sum
(as Hans Wengraf)
 
1922 Frau Tod
(as Hans Wengraf)
 
1922 Die Menschen nennen es Liebe...
(as Hans Wengraf)
 
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1952 The Jack Benny Program (TV series)
Himself
– Cafe Skit (1952) … Himself
 

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(1949) Stage: Appeared in "The Traitor" on Broadway. Melodrama. See more »

Alternate Names:

Hans Wengraf | John E. Wengraf
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