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Robert Graf (actor)

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Robert Graf
Colored photogragh of actor Robert Graf
Robert Graf
Born(1923-11-18)18 November 1923
Witten, Germany
Died4 February 1966(1966-02-04) (aged 42)
OccupationActor
Years active1952–1966

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.

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1952 Illusion in a Minor Key Franz
1957 Jonas Jonas
1957 El Hakim Abubakr
1958 Wir Wunderkinder Bruno Tiches
1959 And That on Monday Morning Herbert Acker
1959 The Beautiful Adventure Marius Bridot
1959 The Buddenbrooks Bendix Grünlich
1960 The Woman by the Dark Window Thomas Melchior
1960 Sweetheart of the Gods Dr. Hertel
1960 My Schoolfriend Dr. Lerch
1960 Hauptmann, deine Sterne [de] Emil Kowalek
1961 The Forger of London Basil Hale
1961 Mörderspiel [de] Dr. Horn
1962 Wenn beide schuldig werden [de] Dr. Hassfeld
1962 The Happy Years of the Thorwalds Ernst Bieber
1963 The Great Escape Werner "The Ferret"
1963 12 Angry Men [de] Juror 8 TV movie
1963 Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa [de] Dr. Wiesmer / Ping
1964 A Mission for Mr. Dodd Toni
1964 Frühstück mit dem Tod [de] Hal Young, Second Prosecutor
1964 Condemned to Sin Der Vertreter
1965 Klaus Fuchs – Geschichte eines Atomverrats [de] Klaus Fuchs TV movie
1965 Halløj i himmelsengen [de] Mr. Noël, teacher
1966 Face of a Hero [de] David Poole TV movie

References

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  1. ^ "Robert Graf at Filmportal.de".
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