Robert Graf (actor)

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. 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.

Selected filmography

Illusion in a Minor Key (1952) - Franz

Jonas (1957) - Jonas

El Hakim (1957) - Abubakr

Wir Wunderkinder (1958) - Bruno Tiches

And That on Monday Morning (1959) - Herbert Acker

Das schöne Abenteuer (1959) - Marius Bridot

Buddenbrooks - 1. Teil (1959) - Bendix Grünlich

The Woman by the Dark Window (1960) - Thomas Melchior

Sweetheart of the Gods (1960) - Dr. Hertel

Mein Schulfreund (1960) - Dr. Lerch

Hauptmann, deine Sterne (1960) - Emil Kowalek

The Forger of London (1961) - Basil Hale

Mörderspiel (1961) - Dr. Horn

Wenn beide schuldig werden (1962) - Dr. Hassfeld

Die glücklichen Jahre der Thorwalds (1962) - Ernst Bieber

The Great Escape (1963) - Werner "The Ferret"

Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa (1963) - Dr. Wiesmer / Ping

A Mission for Mr. Dodd (1964) - Toni

Frühstück mit dem Tod (1964) - Hal Young, stellvertret. Staasanwalt

Verdammt zur Sünde (1964) - Der Vertreter

2 x 2 im Himmelbett (1965) - Mr. Noël, teacher