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
- Alle mal herhören, auch die, die schwerhören..! as Schuster
- Intercontinental-Express as Fohler
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
- Sicher ist sicher as René Bois / John Smith
- Der Hund des Generals as Gefreiter Pfeiffer
- Vorsicht Mister Dodd as Toni
- Frühstück mit dem Tod as Hal Young, stellvertret. Staasanwalt
- Der Autokult as Narrator (voice)
1963
- The Great Escape as Werner 'The Ferret'
- Der Schatten: Ein Märchen für Erwachsene as Gelehrter
- Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa as Dr. Wiesner
- The Twelve Jurors as Achter Geschworener
- Reisender ohne Gepäck as Gaston
- Geliebt in Rom as Robert
1962
- The Happy Years of the Thorwalds as Ernst Bieber
- Wenn beide schuldig werden as Dr. Hassfeld
- Montserrat as Montserrat
1961
- The Forger of London as Basil Hale
- Murder Party as Dr. Horn
- Sansibar as Gregor
- Zu viele Köche as Staatsanwalt Tolman
- Der Weg ist dunkel as Matteo
- Schützenfest in Bahnhofsnähe as Narrator (voice)
1960
- Mein Schulfreund as Dr. Lerch
- Hauptmann - deine Sterne as Emil Kowalek
- Sweetheart of the Gods as Dr. Hertel
- Lampenfieber
- Die große Wut des Philipp Hotz as Philipp Hotz
- 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
- Der Tod des Handlungsreisenden as Biff
- Aren't We Wonderful as Bruno Tiches
1956
- Jeanne oder Die Lerche as Charles
1951
- German Film Award as Self