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name: "John Wengraf"
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born: "22 April 1897"
died: "4 May 1974"
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average_fi1m_score: 69
average_over: 3
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# John Wengraf

Actor. Born 22 April 1897 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary, now Austria. Died 4 May 1974.

## Details

- **Born:** 22 April 1897, Vienna, Austria-Hungary, now Austria
- **Died:** 4 May 1974
- **Active:** 1946–1965
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 63 (1), 1960s 72 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, History 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 8 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $10m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wengraf, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1702132, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0920987/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/12157

## Biography

John Wengraf (23 April 1897 – 4 May 1974) was an Austrian actor. Born in Vienna, he trained at the Academy for Music and Dramatic Art there and began his career on the stage in 1919, later working in Berlin and other German cities as well as at the Burgtheater in Vienna, where he also directed.

He emigrated to Britain in the 1930s and appeared in a few films and early BBC television productions before moving to the United States in 1941. He settled in Los Angeles the following year and worked steadily in Hollywood films and on television until the mid-1960s. His credits include the role of Joseph, Gray and Isabel's butler, in *The Razor's Edge* (1946), as well as appearances in *Sahara* (1943), *5 Fingers* (1952), *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1961) and the television series *The Time Tunnel* (1966).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, wikimili.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Ship of Fools* (1965), Fi1m 62, as Graf — [page](https://film.one/film/ship-of-fools.md)
- *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1961), Fi1m 82, as Karl Wieck — [page](https://film.one/film/judgment-at-nuremberg.md)
- *The Razor's Edge* (1946), Fi1m 63, as Joseph - Gray & Isabel's Butler — [page](https://film.one/film/the-razors-edge.md)

## Complete filmography (67)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Jericho* (1966), series, as Monseigneur Paul
- *The Time Tunnel* (1966), series, as Dr. Hans Kleinemann
- *Ship of Fools* (1965), as Graf — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/ship-of-fools.md)
- *The Rogues* (1964), series, as Drozhin
- *The Prize* (1963), as Hans Eckhart
- *Hitler* (1962), as Dr. Morell
- *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1961), as Karl Wieck — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/judgment-at-nuremberg.md)
- *Portrait in Black* (1960), as Dr. Kessler
- *12 to the Moon* (1960), as Dr. Erich Heinrich
- *The Detectives* (1959), series, as Varchek
- *Hawaiian Eye* (1959), series, Actor
- *Bourbon Street Beat* (1959), series, Actor
- *The Third Man* (1959), series, Actor
- *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Ernest, Felix Borgner
- *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, Actor
- *Bat Masterson* (1958), series, as Colonel Anders Dorn
- *Behind Closed Doors* (1958), series, as Von Elm
- *The Return of Dracula* (1958), as John Merriman
- *The Walter Winchell File* (1957), series, Actor
- *The Disembodied* (1957), as Dr. Carl Metz
- *Valerie* (1957), as Mr. Louis Horvat
- *The Pride and the Passion* (1957), as Sermaine
- *Panic!* (1957), series, Actor
- *Oh, Men! Oh, Women!* (1957), as Dr. Krauss
- *Telephone Time* (1956), series, Actor
- *Never Say Goodbye* (1956), as Prof. Zimmelman
- *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor
- *The Racers* (1955), as Dr. Tabor
- *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Count Victor Turec
- *The Gambler from Natchez* (1954), as Nicholas Cadiz
- *Gog* (1954), as Dr. Zeitman
- *Paris Playboys* (1954), as Vidal
- *The French Line* (1954), as Commodore Renard
- *Hell and High Water* (1954), as Col. Schuman (uncredited)
- *The Danny Thomas Show* (1953), series, as Victor Waingraft
- *The Desert Rats* (1953), as German Doctor (uncredited)
- *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, Actor
- *You Are There* (1953), series, as Dr. Zimmerman
- *Tropic Zone* (1953), as Lukats
- *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, as German Colonel, Von Schwarz
- *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Denoir
- *5 Fingers* (1952), as Count Franz Von Papen
- *Dangerous Assignment* (1952), series, Actor
- *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Landau, Max von Mayerling
- *The Lovable Cheat* (1949), as Pierquin
- *Wake of the Red Witch* (1948), as Prosecuting Attorney
- *Sealed Verdict* (1948), as German Doctor
- *Sofia* (1948), as Peter Goltzen
- *T-Men* (1947), as 'Shiv' Triano
- *The Razor's Edge* (1946), as Joseph - Gray & Isabel's Butler — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-razors-edge.md)
- *Tomorrow Is Forever* (1946), as Dr. Ludwig
- *Week-End at the Waldorf* (1945), as Alex
- *Strange Affair* (1944), as Rudolph Kruger
- *Till We Meet Again* (1944), as Gestapo Chief
- *U-Boat Prisoner* (1944), as Gunther Rudehoff, Gestapo Agent
- *The Seventh Cross* (1944), as Overkamp
- *Sahara* (1943), as Maj. von Falken
- *The Boy from Stalingrad* (1943), as German Major
- *Mission to Moscow* (1943), as Polish Ambassador Grzybowski (uncredited)
- *Lucky Jordan* (1942), as Herr Kesselman
- *Sailors Three* (1940), as German Captain
- *Convoy* (1940), as Commander Deutschland
- *Night Train to Munich* (1940), as KL Physician (uncredited)
- *All Hands* (1940), as German
- *Dangerous Comment* (1940), as German Radio Operator
- *The Moon in the Yellow River* (1938), as Tausch
- *Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten* (1935), as Paul Rainer

## Gallery

- ![John Wengraf](https://film.one/media/person/449059/gallery-eeccc3ca5959.jpg) John Wengraf — TV episode screenshot (ABC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/John_Wengraf_The_Explorer_%281960%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![John Wengraf](https://film.one/media/person/449059/gallery-c9c86e3d2361.jpg) John Wengraf — Image via TMDB

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