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Wernher von Braun

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

March 22, 1912

Died

June 16, 1977 (age 65)

Place of Birth

Wirsitz, Germany [now Wyrzysk, Poland]

Also Known As

Werner Von Braun

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Wernher von Braun

Biography

Werner Von Braun was a rocket pioneer and became the world's leading rocket scientist. Starting his career as a Nazi SS officer in the 1930s, and leading the team that developed what became the V-2 rocket, over 3,000 of which were eventually launched at England and Belgium during the later years of WWII. Following the war, Von Braun and 1600 other Nazi scientists were relocated to the United States via Operation Paperclip. Von Braun went to work for the US Army building early ballistic missiles, but was eventually absorbed into NACA, which became NASA, and became the first Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center, whose primary task was development of the Saturn V heavy-lift rocket system which was used in the NASA manned moon landings in the late 60s-early 70s.

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Video

Known For

The Dick Cavett Show
TV

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest

1968

History 101
TV

History 101

Self (archive footage)

2020

Small World
TV

Small World

Self

1958

Apollo: Missions to the Moon
Film

Apollo: Missions to the Moon

Self - Rocket Scientist, NASA (archive footage)

2019

NASA, Nazis and the Space Race
Film

NASA, Nazis and the Space Race

Self (archive footage)

2025

Загадки века с Сергеем Медведевым
TV

Загадки века с Сергеем Медведевым

Self (archive footage)

2016

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
Film

Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie

Self (archive footage)

1995

Sirius
Film

Sirius

Self (archive footage)

2013

Moon Machines
TV

Moon Machines

Self

2008

Beyond Tomorrow
Film

Beyond Tomorrow

Himself

2022

Dark Side of the Moon
Film

Dark Side of the Moon

Self (archive footage)

2002

Mars and Beyond
Film

Mars and Beyond

Himself

1957

Footprints on the Moon
Film

Footprints on the Moon

Narrator

1969

Man and the Moon
Film

Man and the Moon

Self

1955

The Saturn V Story
Film

The Saturn V Story

Self (archive footage)

2014

Hitler's Cosmic Conspiracy: UFOs, Alien Artifacts and the Nazi War Machine
Film

Hitler's Cosmic Conspiracy: UFOs, Alien Artifacts and the Nazi War Machine

Wernher von Braun: Self - Aerospace Engineer

2025

Man in Space
Film

Man in Space

Self

1955

In Search of Ancient Astronauts
Film

In Search of Ancient Astronauts

1973

The Giant Step - Apollo... ...Saturn
Film

The Giant Step - Apollo... ...Saturn

1966

The Challenge of Outer Space
Film

The Challenge of Outer Space

1955

Filmography

2025FilmNASA, Nazis and the Space Raceas Self (archive footage)2025FilmHitler's Cosmic Conspiracy: UFOs, Alien Artifacts and the Nazi War Machineas Wernher von Braun: Self - Aerospace Engineer2022FilmBeyond Tomorrowas Himself2020TVHistory 101as Self (archive footage)2019FilmApollo: Missions to the Moonas Self - Rocket Scientist, NASA (archive footage)2016TVЗагадки века с Сергеем Медведевымas Self (archive footage)2014FilmThe Saturn V Storyas Self (archive footage)2013FilmSiriusas Self (archive footage)2008TVMoon Machinesas Self2002FilmDark Side of the Moonas Self (archive footage)1995FilmTrinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movieas Self (archive footage)1973FilmIn Search of Ancient Astronauts1969FilmFootprints on the Moonas Narrator1968TVThe Dick Cavett Showas Self - Guest1966FilmThe Giant Step - Apollo... ...Saturn1963FilmMoon Mission1958TVSmall Worldas Self1957FilmMars and Beyondas Himself1955FilmMan and the Moonas Self1955FilmMan in Spaceas Self1955FilmThe Challenge of Outer Space