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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.
as Graf
as Hans Eckhart
as Dr. Morell
as Karl Wieck
as Dr. Kessler
as Dr. Erich Heinrich
as John Merriman
as Dr. Carl Metz
as Mr. Louis Horvat
as Sermaine
as Dr. Krauss
as Prof. Zimmelman
as Dr. Tabor
as Nicholas Cadiz
as Dr. Zeitman
as Vidal
as Commodore Renard
as Col. Schuman (uncredited)
as German Doctor (uncredited)
as Lukats
as Count Franz Von Papen
as Pierquin
as Prosecuting Attorney
as German Doctor
as Peter Goltzen
as 'Shiv' Triano
as Joseph - Gray & Isabel's Butler
as Dr. Ludwig
as Alex
as Rudolph Kruger
as Gestapo Chief
as Gunther Rudehoff, Gestapo Agent
as Overkamp
as Maj. von Falken
as German Major
as Polish Ambassador Grzybowski (uncredited)
as Herr Kesselman
as German Captain
as Commander Deutschland
as KL Physician (uncredited)
as German
as German Radio Operator
as Tausch
as Paul Rainer
