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Werner Klemperer (1920–2000)

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Werner Klemperer, everyone's favorite TV German Air Force colonel, was best known for his role as the bumbling Col. Wilhelm Klink on the comedy series Hogan's Heroes. Although he'll forever be known as the blustering but inept German commandant of Stalag 13, Klemperer was in fact a talented dramatic actor... See full bio »

Born:

in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Died:

(age 80) in New York City, New York, USA
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1993 The Simpsons (TV series)
Homer's Guardian Angel as Colonel Klink
– The Last Temptation of Homer (1993) … Homer's Guardian Angel as Colonel Klink (voice)
 
1992 Queen Esther (video short)
Haman (voice)
 
1992 Law & Order (TV series)
William Unger
– Star Struck (1992) … William Unger
 
1991 The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez
Fat Man Looking for a Tax Break
 
1988 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
Prince Maximilian of Bavaria
– Views of a Vanishing Frontier (1988) … Prince Maximilian of Bavaria (voice)
 
1986 Mr. Sunshine (TV series)
Dean
– Great Expectations (1986) … Dean
– The Evaluation (1986) … Dean
 
1983 Matt Houston (TV series)
Felix Randolph
– The Purrfect Crime (1983) … Felix Randolph
 
1981 The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies (TV movie)
C.D. Medford
 
1981 Vega$ (TV series)
Siegfried Klaus
– Heist (1981) … Siegfried Klaus
 
1980 Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty (TV movie)
Plato
 
1979 The Love Boat (TV series)
Mr. Perkins
– The Grass Is Always Greener/Three Stages of Love/Oldies But Goodies (1979) … Mr. Perkins
 
1978 Tabitha (TV series)
Henry Hastings
– Tabitha's Party (1978) … Henry Hastings
 
1977 The Rhinemann Exchange (TV mini-series)
Franz Altmuller
 
1973-1976 McMillan & Wife (TV series)
Dr. Ernest Bleeker / Van Doren
– All Bets Off (1976) … Van Doren
– The Devil, You Say (1973) … Dr. Ernest Bleeker
 
1972 Love, American Style (TV series)
Harold Baxter (segment "Love and the Unbearable Fiance")
– Love and the Amateur Night/Love and the Cheaters/Love and the Love Nest/Love and the Unbearable Fiance (1972) … Harold Baxter (segment "Love and the Unbearable Fiance")
 
1972 Assignment: Munich (TV movie)
Insp. Hoffman
 
1972 The Doris Day Show (TV series)
Jacques Moreau
– Gowns by Louis (1972) … Jacques Moreau
 
1972 Rod Serling's Night Gallery (TV series)
Ludwig Asper
– Green Fingers/The Funeral/The Tune in Dan's Cafe (1972) … Ludwig Asper
 
1965-1971 Hogan's Heroes (TV series)
Col. Wilhelm Klink
– Rockets or Romance (1971) … Col. Wilhelm Klink
– Look at the Pretty Snowflakes (1971) … Col. Wilhelm Klink
– Hogan's Double Life (1971) … Col. Wilhelm Klink
– Kommandant Gertrude (1971) … Col. Wilhelm Klink
– The Kamikazes Are Coming (1971) … Col. Wilhelm Klink
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1969 Wake Me When the War Is Over (TV movie)
Mayor Erich Mueller
 
1968 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Colonel Wilhelm Klink
– Episode #2.6 (1968) … Colonel Wilhelm Klink
 
1968 Star Spangled Salesman (documentary short)
Chef's Boss
 
1968 The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
Klaus
 
1966 Batman (TV series)
Colonel Klink
– It's How You Play the Game (1966) … Colonel Klink (uncredited)
 
1966 Lost in Space (TV series)
Bolix
– All That Glitters (1966) … Bolix
 
1965 Ship of Fools
Lt. Huebner
 
1965 Dark Intruder
Prof. Malaki
 
1965 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Colonel Wertha
– Escape into Jeopardy (1965) … Colonel Wertha
 
1963-1965 Insight (TV series)
– The Prisoner (1965)
– The Tyrants (1963)
 
1964-1965 Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)
Brainwasher / Cregar / Dr. Gamma
– The Saboteur (1965) … Brainwasher (voice) (uncredited)
– The Blizzard Makers (1964) … Cregar
– Eleven Days to Zero (1964) … Dr. Gamma (uncredited)
 
1964 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Laslo Kurasov
– The Project Strigas Affair (1964) … Laslo Kurasov
 
1958-1964 Perry Mason (TV series)
Hurt / Stefan Riker / Ulric Zenas
– The Case of a Place Called Midnight (1964) … Hurt
– The Case of the Two-Faced Turn-a-bout (1963) … Ulric Zenas
– The Case of the Desperate Daughter (1958) … Stefan Riker
 
1964 Youngblood Hawke
Mr. Leffer
 
1962-1963 G.E. True (TV series)
K. H. Frank / Captain
– Heydrich: Part 2 (1963) … K. H. Frank
– Heydrich: Part 1 (1963) … K. H. Frank
– Man with a Suitcase (1962) … Captain
 
1963 My Three Sons (TV series)
Professor Engel
– Total Recall (1963) … Professor Engel
– The Dream Book (1963) … Professor Engel
 
1963 The Dakotas (TV series)
Col. von Bleist
– Trial at Grand Forks (1963) … Col. von Bleist
 
1963 77 Sunset Strip (TV series)
Schtiekel
– Escape to Freedom (1963) … Schtiekel
 
1963 The Lloyd Bridges Show (TV series)
Gustavsen
– The Wonder of Wanda (1963) … Gustavsen
 
1962 Escape from East Berlin
Walter Brunner
 
1962 Checkmate (TV series)
Franz Leder
– An Assassin Arrives, Andante (1962) … Franz Leder
 
1961 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
Kuberli
– Survival (1961) … Kuberli
 
1961 Judgment at Nuremberg
Emil Hahn
 
1961 King of Diamonds (TV series)
Ubinov
– Edge of Panic (1961) … Ubinov
 
1959-1961 Have Gun - Will Travel (TV series)
Etienne / Leander Johnson
– The Uneasy Grave (1961) … Leander Johnson
– Fragile (1959) … Etienne
 
1961 The Islanders (TV series)
Michel Serati
– The Pearls of Ratu (1961) … Michel Serati
 
1961 Operation Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann
 
1960 Thriller (TV series)
Mr. Clark
– Man in the Middle (1960) … Mr. Clark
 
1960 The Case of the Dangerous Robin (TV series)
– Zippered Notebook (1960)
 
1960 The Untouchables (TV series)
Jan Tornek
– The Purple Gang (1960) … Jan Tornek
 
1960 Men Into Space (TV series)
Major Kralenko
– Flare Up (1960) … Major Kralenko
 
1960 Rawhide (TV series)
Kessel
– Incident of the Music Maker (1960) … Kessel
 
1960 Alcoa Theatre (TV series)
Colonel Hanning
– The Observer (1960) … Colonel Hanning
 
1960 Overland Trail (TV series)
Arnold Braun
– The Vigilantes of Montana (1960) … Arnold Braun
 
1960 The Alaskans (TV series)
Baron
– Gold Fever (1960) … Baron
 
1959 Troubleshooters (TV series)
– Tunnel to Yesterday (1959)
 
1956-1959 Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV series)
Captain Greisham / Mr. Ranks / Professor
– The Crystal Trench (1959) … Mr. Ranks
– Safe Conduct (1956) … Professor/Captain Greisham
 
1958-1959 How to Marry a Millionaire (TV series)
Hugo / Mr. Obermeyer
– Gwen's Secret (1959) … Mr. Obermeyer
– For the Love of Art (1958) … Hugo
 
1959 Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond (TV series)
Herr Bautmann
– The Haunted U-Boat (1959) … Herr Bautmann
 
1957-1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Boris / Emil Hahn / Jesse Eastland
– Judgment at Nuremberg (1959) … Emil Hahn
– The Dungeon (1958) … Jesse Eastland
– For I Have Loved Strangers (1957) … Boris
 
1959 The Third Man (TV series)
Holz Donner
– The Third Medaillon (1959) … Holz Donner
 
1959 Border Patrol (TV series)
Ladislas Czerny
– The Plague Trail … Ladislas Czerny
 
1959 Steve Canyon (TV series)
Linz
– Iron Curtain (1959) … Linz
 
1959 Behind Closed Doors (TV series)
Slavko
– Crypto 40 (1959) … Slavko
 
1958 The Silent Service (TV series)
Captain Lieutenant Prien
– U-47 in Scapa Flow (1958) … Captain Lieutenant Prien
 
1958 Houseboat
Harold Messner
 
1958 The Goddess
Joe Wilsey
 
1958 The High Cost of Loving
Joseph Jessup
 
1958 The Court of Last Resort (TV series)
Malone
– The Allen Cutler Case (1958) … Malone
 
1958 Gunsmoke (TV series)
Clifton Bunker
– Sunday Supplement (1958) … Clifton Bunker
 
1958 The Thin Man (TV series)
Albert
– The Pre-Incan Caper (1958) … Albert
 
1958 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Dorfmann
– Balance of Terror (1958) … Dorfmann
 
1957 Maverick (TV series)
Alex Jennings
– Comstock Conspiracy (1957) … Alex Jennings
 
1957 Kiss Them for Me
Lt. Walter Wallace
 
1957 M Squad (TV series)
Heinrich Ronn
– Face of Evil (1957) … Heinrich Ronn
 
1957 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Muller
– The Questioning Note (1957) … Muller
 
1957 Wire Service (TV series)
Krylov
– The Washington Stars (1957) … Krylov
 
1957 Navy Log (TV series)
Ludwig
– After You, Ludwig (1957) … Ludwig
 
1957 5 Steps to Danger
Dr. Simmons
 
1957 Istanbul
Paul Renkov
 
1956 The Wrong Man
Dr. Bannay (uncredited)
 
1956 Death of a Scoundrel
Herbert Bauman (Clementi's lawyer)
 
1956 Flight to Hong Kong
Bendesh
 
1956 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– The Legend of Jenny Lind (1956)
 
1955 Climax! (TV series)
– A Man of Taste (1955)
– The Escape of Mendes-France (1955)
 
1955 Crusader (TV series)
Wilhelm Leichner
– The Bargain (1955) … Wilhelm Leichner
 
1955 Studio 57 (TV series)
Dubrov
– Win a Cigar (1955) … Dubrov
 
1953-1954 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– The Hangman in the Fog (1954)
– Holiday Song (1953)
– The Reluctant Citizen (1953)
 
1954 The New Adventures of China Smith (TV series)
Malfi / Marouf
– A Bandit of Malaya (1954) … Marouf
– Plane to Tainan (1954) … Malfi
 
1953 The Secret Files of Captain Video (TV series)
Meister
– The Box (1953) … Meister
 
1951-1952 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
The Young Man
– Holiday Song (1952) … The Young Man
– Flight to Freedom (1951)
 
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1978 Flying High (TV series) (special thanks - 1 episode)
– The Marcy Connection (1978) (special thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (17 titles)
2000 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Bob Crane: Double Life (2000) … Himself
 
1998 E! True Hollywood Story (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Bob Crane (1998) … Himself
 
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 1 December 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
1971 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself - Co-Host
– Episode dated 9 July 1971 (1971) … Himself - Co-Host
– Episode dated 8 July 1971 (1971) … Himself - Co-Host
– Episode dated 7 July 1971 (1971) … Himself - Co-Host
– Episode dated 6 July 1971 (1971) … Himself - Co-Host
– Episode dated 5 July 1971 (1971) … Himself - Co-Host
 
1971 Password All-Stars (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 July 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1971 The Movie Game (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 June 1971 (1971) … Himself
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.50 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 It's Your Bet (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 September 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1970 Beat the Clock (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 The Leslie Uggams Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Della (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.36 (1969) … Himself
 
1969 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.26 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #2.24 (1969) … Himself
– Episode #2.23 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #3.76 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #2.185 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #2.184 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #2.183 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #2.182 (1968) … Himself
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1968 The Linkletter Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 July 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1968 The Woody Woodbury Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 11 March 1968 (1968) … Himself
– Episode dated 15 January 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.1 (1967) … Himself
 
1965 The Hollywood Palace (TV series)
Himself - Singer
– Episode #3.13 (1965) … Himself - Singer
 
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2001 The 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 

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Appeared in the 1999 Broadway production of "Uncle Vanya"(Circle On The Square Theatre.) See more »

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Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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He appeared as Pasha Selim in the Mozart opera "The Abduction From the Seraglio". See more »

Trademark:

The Shouting of "SCHUUUUUULTZ", for his sergeant of the Guard Schultz See more »

Star Sign:

Aries