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Image info
Artist | CBS Television |
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Credit | eBay front back |
License | pd |
Desc | Photo of Werner Klemperer as Colonel Klink and Bob Crane as Colonel Hogan from Hogan's Heroes. |
Usage | Public domain |
American actor and musician
Werner Klemperer is ...
Dead
Born | 22 March 1920 |
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Died | 6 December 2000 |
Age | 80 years, 9 months |
About Werner Klemperer
Werner Klemperer (March 22, 1920 – December 6, 2000) was a German-American stage, film, and television actor and singer/musician. Born in Cologne, Rhine Province, Germany, Klemperer and his family fled Germany in 1935. After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he began his professional acting career on the Broadway stage in 1947. Klemperer appeared in several films and numerous guest starring roles during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1965, he won the role of Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the CBS television sitcom Hogan's Heroes. The series aired for six seasons with Klemperer receiving a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nomination for each year, winning the award in 1968 and 1969.
About Death
Klemperer died of cancer according to John A. Anderson, his manager, on December 6, 2000, aged 80, at his home in Manhattan. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea. He was survived by his wife Kim Hamilton and two children.
Films - which cast members have died?
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Ship of Fools
1965 film by Stanley Kramer

Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 film by Stanley Kramer

Istanbul
1957 film directed by Joseph Pevney

Kiss Them for Me
1957 film by Stanley Donen

Houseboat
1958 film by Melville Shavelson

Escape from East Berlin
1962 film by Robert Siodmak

The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
1968 film by George Marshall

Star Spangled Salesman
1968 film by Norman Maurer

Operation Eichmann
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