Acting · Vienna, Austria-Hungary, now Austria · Born April 22, 1897
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.
TVJericho
1966
TVThe Time Tunnel
1966
as Dr. Hans Kleinemann
MovieShip of Fools
1965
as Graf
TVThe Rogues
1964
as Drozhin
MovieThe Prize
1963
as Hans Eckhart
MovieHitler
1962
as Dr. Morell
MovieJudgment at Nuremberg
1961
as Karl Wieck
MoviePortrait in Black
1960
as Dr. Kessler
Movie12 to the Moon
1960
as Dr. Erich Heinrich
TVThe Detectives
1959
as Varchek
TVHawaiian Eye
1959
TVBourbon Street Beat
1959
TVThe Third Man
1959
TVOne Step Beyond
1959
as Ernest
TV77 Sunset Strip
1958
TVBat Masterson
1958
as Colonel Anders Dorn
TVBehind Closed Doors
1958
as Von Elm
MovieThe Return of Dracula
1958
as John Merriman
TVThe Walter Winchell File
1957
MovieThe Disembodied
1957
as Dr. Carl Metz
MovieValerie
1957
as Mr. Louis Horvat
MovieThe Pride and the Passion
1957
as Sermaine
TVPanic!
1957
MovieOh, Men! Oh, Women!
1957
as Dr. Krauss
TVTelephone Time
1956
MovieNever Say Goodbye
1956
as Prof. Zimmelman
TVMatinee Theater
1955
MovieThe Racers
1955
as Dr. Tabor
TVThe Millionaire
1955
as Count Victor Turec
MovieThe Gambler from Natchez
1954
as Nicholas Cadiz
MovieGog
1954
as Dr. Zeitman
MovieParis Playboys
1954
as Vidal
MovieThe French Line
1954
as Commodore Renard
MovieHell and High Water
1954
as Col. Schuman (uncredited)
TVThe Danny Thomas Show
1953
as Victor Waingraft
MovieThe Desert Rats
1953
as German Doctor (uncredited)
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
TVYou Are There
1953
as Dr. Zimmerman
MovieTropic Zone
1953
as Lukats
TVCavalcade of America
1952
as German Colonel
TVFour Star Playhouse
1952
as Denoir
Movie5 Fingers
1952
as Count Franz Von Papen
TVDangerous Assignment
1952
Lux Video Theatre
1950
as Landau
MovieThe Lovable Cheat
1949
as Pierquin
MovieWake of the Red Witch
1948
as Prosecuting Attorney
MovieSealed Verdict
1948
as German Doctor
MovieSofia
1948
as Peter Goltzen
MovieT-Men
1947
as 'Shiv' Triano
MovieThe Razor's Edge
1946
as Joseph - Gray & Isabel's Butler
MovieTomorrow Is Forever
1946
as Dr. Ludwig
MovieWeek-End at the Waldorf
1945
as Alex
MovieStrange Affair
1944
as Rudolph Kruger
MovieTill We Meet Again
1944
as Gestapo Chief
MovieU-Boat Prisoner
1944
as Gunther Rudehoff, Gestapo Agent
MovieThe Seventh Cross
1944
as Overkamp
MovieSahara
1943
as Maj. von Falken
MovieThe Boy from Stalingrad
1943
as German Major
MovieMission to Moscow
1943
as Polish Ambassador Grzybowski (uncredited)
MovieLucky Jordan
1942
as Herr Kesselman
MovieSailors Three
1940
as German Captain
MovieConvoy
1940
as Commander Deutschland
MovieNight Train to Munich
1940
as KL Physician (uncredited)
MovieAll Hands
1940
as German
MovieDangerous Comment
1940
as German Radio Operator
The Moon in the Yellow River
1938
as Tausch
MovieBretter, die die Welt bedeuten
1935
as Paul Rainer
