Robert Graf

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 theatre. 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 Year Title Role Notes1952 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 Emil Kowalek 1961 The Forger of London Basil Hale 1961 Murder Party Dr. Horn 1962 Dr. Hassfeld 1962 The Happy Years of the Thorwalds Ernst Bieber 1963 The Great Escape Werner "The Ferret" 1963 Juror 8 TV movie1963 Dr. Wiesmer / Ping 1964 A Mission for Mr. Dodd Toni 1964 Hal Young, Second Prosecutor 1964 Condemned to Sin Der Vertreter 1965 Klaus Fuchs TV movie1965 Mr. Noël, teacher 1966 David Poole TV movie