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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.

Jericho

The Time Tunnel
as Dr. Hans Kleinemann

Ship of Fools
as Graf

The Rogues
as Drozhin

The Prize
as Hans Eckhart

Hitler
as Dr. Morell

Judgment at Nuremberg
as Karl Wieck

Portrait in Black
as Dr. Kessler

12 to the Moon
as Dr. Erich Heinrich

The Detectives
as Varchek

Hawaiian Eye

Bourbon Street Beat

The Third Man

One Step Beyond
as Ernest

77 Sunset Strip

Bat Masterson
as Colonel Anders Dorn

Behind Closed Doors
as Von Elm

The Return of Dracula
as John Merriman

The Walter Winchell File

The Disembodied
as Dr. Carl Metz

Valerie
as Mr. Louis Horvat

The Pride and the Passion
as Sermaine

Panic!

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
as Dr. Krauss

Telephone Time

Never Say Goodbye
as Prof. Zimmelman

Matinee Theater

The Racers
as Dr. Tabor

The Millionaire
as Count Victor Turec

The Gambler from Natchez
as Nicholas Cadiz

Gog
as Dr. Zeitman

Paris Playboys
as Vidal

The French Line
as Commodore Renard

Hell and High Water
as Col. Schuman (uncredited)

The Danny Thomas Show
as Victor Waingraft

The Desert Rats
as German Doctor (uncredited)

General Electric Theater

Tropic Zone
as Lukats

Cavalcade of America
as German Colonel
Four Star Playhouse
as Denoir

5 Fingers
as Count Franz Von Papen

Dangerous Assignment
Lux Video Theatre
as Landau

The Lovable Cheat
as Pierquin

Wake of the Red Witch
as Prosecuting Attorney

Sealed Verdict
as German Doctor

Sofia
as Peter Goltzen

T-Men
as 'Shiv' Triano

The Razor's Edge
as Joseph - Gray & Isabel's Butler

Tomorrow Is Forever
as Dr. Ludwig

Week-End at the Waldorf
as Alex

Strange Affair
as Rudolph Kruger

Till We Meet Again
as Gestapo Chief

U-Boat Prisoner
as Gunther Rudehoff, Gestapo Agent

The Seventh Cross
as Overkamp

Sahara
as Maj. von Falken

The Boy from Stalingrad
as German Major

Mission to Moscow
as Polish Ambassador Grzybowski (uncredited)

Lucky Jordan
as Herr Kesselman

Sailors Three
as German Captain