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Robert Graf 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. 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.
Born
Sunday, 18 November 1923
Died
Friday, 04 February 1966
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| A Whispering in the Mountain of Things | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Intercontinental Express | Vincent Fohler | 1964 |
| Don Quijote von der Mancha | Don Alonso 'Don Quijote' | 1965 |
| Halløj i himmelsengen | Hr. Noël, lærer / Hr. Noël | 1965 |
| Condemned to Sin | Der Vertreter / Vertreter | 1964 |
| Frühstück mit dem Tod | Hal Young, stellvertret. Staasanwalt | 1964 |
| A Mission for Mr. Dodd | Toni | 1964 |
| Whiskey and Sofa | Dr. Wiesmer / Ping | 1963 |
| Die zwölf Geschworenen | Achter Geschworener | 1963 |
| The Great Escape | Werner 'The Ferret' | 1963 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| A Whispering in the Mountain of Things | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2000 |
| Intercontinental Express | Vincent Fohler | 1964 |
| Don Quijote von der Mancha | Don Alonso 'Don Quijote' | 1965 |
| Halløj i himmelsengen | Hr. Noël, lærer / Hr. Noël | 1965 |
| Condemned to Sin | Der Vertreter / Vertreter | 1964 |
| Frühstück mit dem Tod | Hal Young, stellvertret. Staasanwalt | 1964 |
| A Mission for Mr. Dodd | Toni | 1964 |
| Whiskey and Sofa | Dr. Wiesmer / Ping | 1963 |
| Die zwölf Geschworenen | Achter Geschworener | 1963 |
| The Great Escape | Werner 'The Ferret' | 1963 |
| The Happy Years of the Thorwalds | Ernst Bieber | 1962 |
| Wenn beide schuldig werden | Dr. Hassfeld | 1962 |
| Sansibar | Gregor | 1961 |
| Murder Party | Dr. Horn | 1961 |
| The Forger of London | Basil Hale | 1961 |
| Hauptmann - deine Sterne | Emil Kowalek | 1960 |
| My School Chum | Dr. Lerch | 1960 |
| Sweetheart of the Gods | Dr. Hertel | 1960 |
| Die Frau am dunklen Fenster | Thomas Melchior | 1960 |
| Lampenfieber | Self | 1960 |
| The Buddenbrooks | Bendix Grünlich | 1959 |
| Beautiful Adventure | Marius Bridot | 1959 |
| And That on Monday Morning | Herbert Acker | 1959 |
| Aren't We Wonderful? | Bruno Tiches | 1958 |
| El Hakim | Abubakr | 1957 |
| Illusion in Moll | Franz | 1952 |
