Robert Graf

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

Known For

Der Autokult

Beautiful Adventure

Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil

Vorsicht Mister Dodd

Aren't We Wonderful

The Forger of London

Mein Schulfreund

Murder Party

Filmography

1997 A Whispering in the Mountain of Things

as Self (archive footage)

1966 Porträt eines Helden

as David Poole

1966 Alle mal herhören, auch die, die schwerhören..!

as Schuster

1966 Intercontinental-Express

as Fohler

1965 Der Drache

as Drache

1965 Der Fall Klaus Fuchs

as Dr.Klaus Fuchs

1965 Halløj i himmelsengen

as Hr. Noël

1964 Sicher ist sicher

as René Bois / John Smith

1964 Condemned to Sin

as Vertreter

1964 Der Autokult

as Narrator (voice)

1964 Frühstück mit dem Tod

as Hal Young, stellvertret. Staasanwalt

1964 Der Hund des Generals

as Gefreiter Pfeiffer

1964 Vorsicht Mister Dodd

as Toni

1963 Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa

as Dr. Wiesner

1963 The Twelve Jurors

as Achter Geschworener

1963 The Great Escape

as Werner 'The Ferret'

1963 Geliebt in Rom

as Robert

1963 Der Schatten: Ein Märchen für Erwachsene

as Gelehrter

1963 Reisender ohne Gepäck

as Gaston

1962 Montserrat

as Montserrat