During the first World War he left Germany, lived in Spain and was temporarily secretary of a Egyptian prince.
He tried to earn his living as farmer of vegetables, as rabbit breeder, as mule driver in the Pyrenees, and last bot not least as salesman.
The transition to the sound film was no problem for Wolfgang Schwind and he impersonated again many support roles on the big screen.
In 1947 his only book "Die grosse Rolle des Andreas Witt" had been published. Two years later Wolfgang von Schwind died at the age of 69.
During World War II he was able to work for the film business again. He appeared in "Bal paré" (1940), "Trenck, der Pandur" (1940), "U-Boote westwärts" (1941), "Frau Luna" (1941) and "Gefährlicher Frühling" (1943).