Robert Graf
Born: 1923-11-18 in Witten, Germany
Died: 1966-02-04
Known For: Acting
Biography
Robert Graf (November 18, 1923 – February 4, 1966) was a German actor who played the role of Werner, "The Ferret" in the 1963 movie The Great Escape. Graf was born in Witten, Germany in 1923. In 1942, after completing his Abitur, he was conscripted into the Wehrmacht and sent to the Eastern Front. He was wounded in 1944, and assigned to war production duties in Munich, where he began his study of theater.[1] In 1952, Graf married the actress Selma Urfer and had three children. He was the father of the director Dominik Graf. Robert Graf died of cancer in Munich in 1966 at age 42. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
1997
- A Whispering in the Mountain of Things as Self (archive footage)
1966
- Intercontinental-Express as Fohler
- Alle mal herhören, auch die, die schwerhören..! as Schuster
- Porträt eines Helden as David Poole
1965
- Halløj i himmelsengen as Hr. Noël
- Der Drache as Drache
- Der Fall Klaus Fuchs as Dr.Klaus Fuchs
1964
- Condemned to Sin as Vertreter
- Frühstück mit dem Tod as Hal Young, stellvertret. Staasanwalt
- Sicher ist sicher as René Bois / John Smith
- Vorsicht Mister Dodd as Toni
- Der Hund des Generals as Gefreiter Pfeiffer
- Der Autokult as Narrator (voice)
1963
- The Great Escape as Werner 'The Ferret'
- The Twelve Jurors as Achter Geschworener
- Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa as Dr. Wiesner
- Der Schatten: Ein Märchen für Erwachsene as Gelehrter
- Geliebt in Rom as Robert
- Reisender ohne Gepäck as Gaston
1962
- The Happy Years of the Thorwalds as Ernst Bieber
- Wenn beide schuldig werden as Dr. Hassfeld
- Montserrat as Montserrat
1961
- Zu viele Köche as Staatsanwalt Tolman
- Murder Party as Dr. Horn
- The Forger of London as Basil Hale
- Sansibar as Gregor
- Der Weg ist dunkel as Matteo
- Schützenfest in Bahnhofsnähe as Narrator (voice)
1960
- Lampenfieber
- Hauptmann - deine Sterne as Emil Kowalek
- Sweetheart of the Gods as Dr. Hertel
- Mein Schulfreund as Dr. Lerch
- Die Frau am dunklen Fenster as Thomas Melchior
- Die große Wut des Philipp Hotz as Philipp Hotz
1959
- Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil as Bendix Grünlich
- Die Rückseite des Mondes
- Beautiful Adventure as Marius Bridot
1958
- Aren't We Wonderful as Bruno Tiches
- Der Tod des Handlungsreisenden as Biff
1956
- Jeanne oder Die Lerche as Charles
1952
- Illusion in Moll as Franz
1951
- German Film Award as Self