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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1923-11-18 (101 years old)

Place of Birth

Witten, Germany

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

Acting

1997

A Whispering in the Mountain of Things as Self (archive footage)

1966

Porträt eines Helden as David Poole

1965

Der Fall Klaus Fuchs as Dr.Klaus Fuchs
Der Drache as Drache

1964

Der Autokult as Narrator (voice)
Frühstück mit dem Tod as Hal Young, stellvertret. Staasanwalt
Condemned to Sin as Vertreter
Der Hund des Generals as Gefreiter Pfeiffer
Sicher ist sicher as René Bois / John Smith

1963

The Great Escape as Werner 'The Ferret'
Geliebt in Rom as Robert
The Twelve Jurors as Achter Geschworener

1962

Montserrat as Montserrat

1961

Schützenfest in Bahnhofsnähe as Narrator (voice)
The Forger of London as Basil Hale
Murder Party as Dr. Horn
Sansibar as Gregor
Zu viele Köche as Staatsanwalt Tolman

1960

Mein Schulfreund as Dr. Lerch
Die Frau am dunklen Fenster as Thomas Melchior
Hauptmann - deine Sterne as Emil Kowalek

1959

Beautiful Adventure as Marius Bridot
Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil as Bendix Grünlich

1958

Aren't We Wonderful as Bruno Tiches

1957

El Hakim as Abubakr
Jonas as Jonas

1956

1954

1951