John Wengraf
Acting
Born April 22, 1897 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary, now Austria
Biography
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. Som…
Known For · 40 titles
Matinee Theater
Four Star Playhouse
Bat Masterson
One Step Beyond
The Danny Thomas Show
Telephone Time
The Time Tunnel
Hawaiian Eye
The Millionaire
The Detectives
77 Sunset Strip
Dangerous Assignment
The Third Man
You Are There
Lux Video Theatre
Cavalcade of America
The Rogues
Jericho
Bourbon Street Beat
The Walter Winchell File
Behind Closed Doors
Panic!
General Electric Theater
Judgment at Nuremberg
Sailors Three
The Pride and the Passion
Sahara
Ship of Fools
The Razor's Edge
T-Men
The Prize
Valerie
Night Train to Munich
5 Fingers
Wake of the Red Witch
Never Say Goodbye
The Desert Rats
Hell and High Water
Convoy
Portrait in Black