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Werner Klemperer was an American actor best known for playing Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the TV sitcom Hogan’s Heroes. He won two Primetime Emmy Awards for his role. Klemperer had a diverse acting career, appearing in films, Broadway, and various TV shows before and after his iconic Hogan’s Heroes role.
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About the Werner Klemperer
Werner Klempererwas an American actor. He was known for playing Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the CBS television sitcom Hogan’s Heroes, for which he twice won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards in 1968 and 1969.
After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he began performing on the Broadway stage in 1947. Klemperer then appeared in several films during his early acting career such as The Wrong Man (1956), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and Houseboat (1958), and numerous roles on television shows such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956), Perry Mason (1957), Maverick (1957), Gunsmoke (1958), The Untouchables (1960), and Have Gun – Will Travel (1961), prior to his Hogan’s Heroes role.
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Werner Klemperer was famous for playing Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the CBS television sitcom Hogan’s Heroes.
Werner Klemperer won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series twice, in 1968 and 1969, for his role as Colonel Klink on Hogan’s Heroes.
Before Hogan’s Heroes, Werner Klemperer appeared in several films such as The Wrong Man, Judgment at Nuremberg, and Houseboat, as well as numerous TV shows like Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Perry Mason, and Gunsmoke.
Werner Klemperer was born on March 22, 1920.
Werner Klemperer served in the United States Army during World War II before beginning his acting career on the Broadway stage in 1947.
Werner Klemperer passed away on December 6, 2000.
After serving in the United States Army during World War II, Werner Klemperer began his acting career on the Broadway stage in 1947 and went on to appear in various films and TV shows, including his iconic role as Colonel Klink on Hogan’s Heroes.
6 Quotes by Werner Klemperer
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I think that’s so strange, because they do know that we’re all actors and we perform things that have not necessarily anything to do with us personally.
Werner KlempererGerman-American actor and musician
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I’m very surprised at that, yes, because there were many chances for it to be in Germany once the syndication market started and it continually just did not happen.
Werner KlempererGerman-American actor and musician
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But when they offered this little situation for me to do this voice in this special segment, I found it so incredibly humorous that I said yes, and I enjoyed it. It was fun.
Werner KlempererGerman-American actor and musician
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You know, I find it so difficult being a… as a matter of fact, little do people know that most of the leading members of the cast have a background that they would never expect them to have, and play the show they did.
Werner KlempererGerman-American actor and musician
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When you mean a show like this, you have to say to me a show exactly like this, the way it was done.
Werner KlempererGerman-American actor and musician
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The fact that I have such a problem that people… that that has to, you know, be on people’s mind, what my personal background is. To me, to be very frank with you, is a totally irrelevant thing.
Werner KlempererGerman-American actor and musician