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
- Porträt eines Helden as David Poole
- Intercontinental-Express as Fohler
- Alle mal herhören, auch die, die schwerhören..! as Schuster
1965
- Der Drache as Drache
- Halløj i himmelsengen as Hr. Noël
- Der Fall Klaus Fuchs as Dr.Klaus Fuchs
1964
- Condemned to Sin as Vertreter
- Vorsicht Mister Dodd as Toni
- Der Autokult as Narrator (voice)
- Frühstück mit dem Tod as Hal Young, stellvertret. Staasanwalt
- Sicher ist sicher as René Bois / John Smith
- Der Hund des Generals as Gefreiter Pfeiffer
1963
- The Great Escape as Werner 'The Ferret'
- Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa as Dr. Wiesner
- Reisender ohne Gepäck as Gaston
- Geliebt in Rom as Robert
- The Twelve Jurors as Achter Geschworener
- Der Schatten: Ein Märchen für Erwachsene as Gelehrter
1962
- Wenn beide schuldig werden as Dr. Hassfeld
- Montserrat as Montserrat
- The Happy Years of the Thorwalds as Ernst Bieber
1961
- Murder Party as Dr. Horn
- Zu viele Köche as Staatsanwalt Tolman
- Sansibar as Gregor
- The Forger of London as Basil Hale
- Schützenfest in Bahnhofsnähe as Narrator (voice)
- Der Weg ist dunkel as Matteo
1960
- Mein Schulfreund as Dr. Lerch
- Sweetheart of the Gods as Dr. Hertel
- Hauptmann - deine Sterne as Emil Kowalek
- Die große Wut des Philipp Hotz as Philipp Hotz
- Lampenfieber as Robert Graf
- Die Frau am dunklen Fenster as Thomas Melchior
1959
- Beautiful Adventure as Marius Bridot
- Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil as Bendix Grünlich
- Die Rückseite des Mondes
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