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Biography

Banner is best remembered for his portrayal of the Luftwaffe prison-camp guard Sergeant Schultz in the TV series "Hogan's Heroes" (1965.) There remains a…more

Born

1/28/1910, Vienna Austria

Died

1/28/1973

Birth Name

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (2)

Role
- Chicago Teddy Bears
  Uncle Latzi
  - S 1: Ep 13 pilot
    12/10/71
  - S 1: Ep 12 Annie Get Your Cue
    12/3/71
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Auction
    11/26/71
  - S 1: Ep 10 Billy the Kid
    11/19/71
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Spy
    11/12/71
  - + 8 More Credits
- Hogan's Heroes
  Sgt. Hans Schultz
  - S 5: Ep 14 At Last-Schultz Knows Something
    12/26/69
  - S 5: Ep 13 Is There a Traitor in the House?
    12/19/69
  - S 5: Ep 12 The Antique
    12/12/69
  - S 5: Ep 11 The Empty Parachute
    12/5/69
  - S 5: Ep 10 The Defector
    11/28/69
  - + 163 More Credits
Guest Star (72)

Role
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 11: Ep 32 October 17, 1972
    10/17/72
- The Partridge Family
  Max Ledbetter
  - S 2: Ep 24 Who is Max Ledbetter and Why is He Saying All Those Horrible Things?
    3/17/72
- Alias Smith and Jones
  Otto
  - S 2: Ep 21 Don't Get Mad, Get Even
    2/17/72
- The Doris Day Show
  Bruno
  - S 4: Ep 21 The Crapshooter Who Would Be King
    2/7/72
- Della!
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 133 December 10, 1969
    12/10/69
- The Leslie Uggams Show
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode #3
    10/12/69
- Hogan's Heroes
  Wolfgang Brauner
  - S 2: Ep 22 Heil Klink
    2/10/67
- The Red Skelton Show
  Guest Star
  - S 16: Ep 17 Freddie's Heroes
    1/10/67
- The Lucy Show
  Sgt. Hans Georg Schultz
  - S 4: Ep 22 Lucy and Bob Crane
    2/21/66
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 13 Host: Bing Crosby (1965 Christmas Show)
    12/25/65
- Kraft Suspense Theatre
  Martin Rutke
  - S 2: Ep 26 The Safe House
    5/20/65
- Mister Ed
  Professor Meyerhoff
  - S 5: Ep 24 Ed the Artist
    5/19/65
- Hazel
  Mr. Mueller
  - S 4: Ep 26 The Investor
    3/25/65
- The Baileys of Balboa
  Hans
  - S 1: Ep 15 Sam's Dream
    1/14/65
  - S 1: Ep 10 Las Vegas by the Sea
    12/10/64
  - S 1: Ep 8 Buck Ships Out
    11/26/64
  - S 1: Ep 7 Wanna Buy a Hot Turkey?
    11/19/64
- The Rogues
  Steiner
  - S 1: Ep 15 The Real Russian Caviar
    12/27/64
- The Cara Williams Show
  Zinzer
  - S 1: Ep 13 Cara, Girl Genius
    12/23/64
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
  Dr. Foster
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Neptune Affair
    12/8/64
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
  Russian Chairman
  - S 1: Ep 9 Hot Line
    11/9/64
- The Rogues
  Fat Man
  - S 1: Ep 1 The Personal Touch
    9/13/64
- My Three Sons
  Paul, Chief of Protocol
  - S 4: Ep 27 What's the Princess Really Like?
    3/19/64
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
  The Dutch Customs Man
  - S 2: Ep 19 Murder Case
    3/6/64
- The Virginian
  Head Waiter
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Fortunes of J. Jimerson Jones
    1/15/64
- The Donna Reed Show
  Cruikshank
  - S 6: Ep 14 Moon-Shot
    12/19/63
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  General
  - S 1: Ep 4 Four Kings
    11/1/63
- The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 32 I Was a Spy for the F.O.B.
    5/8/63
- General Electric True
  Hipp
  - S 1: Ep 28 Black Market
    4/21/63
- The Virginian
  Gus Schultz
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Small Parade
    2/20/63
- Dick Powell Show
  Vandever
  - S 1: Ep 27 Safari
    4/3/62
- The Untouchables
  Franz Koenig
  - S 3: Ep 17 Takeover
    3/1/62
- Outlaws
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Dark Sunrise of Griff Kincaid
    1/4/62
- Thriller
  Martin Vander Haven
  - S 2: Ep 14 Portrait Without a Face
    12/25/61
- The June Allyson Show
  Popper
  - S 2: Ep 13 A Silent Panic
    12/22/60
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Carl Neuman
  - S 3: Ep 12 The Antwerp Caper
    12/2/60
- Michael Shayne
  Dr. Hess
  - S 1: Ep 8 The Poison Pen Club
    11/25/60
  - S 1: Ep 7 This is It, Michael Shayne
    11/18/60
- Perry Mason
  Tobler
  - S 4: Ep 9 The Case of the Nine Dolls
    11/19/60
- The Roaring 20's
  Otto Bauer
  - S 1: Ep 3 The Velvet Frame
    10/29/60
- One Step Beyond
  Dr. Molhaus
  - S 2: Ep 31 The Peter Hurkos Story (2)
    4/26/60
  - S 2: Ep 30 The Peter Hurkos Story (1)
    4/19/60
- This Is The Life
  Carl Brandt
  - S 8: Ep 24 Red Tape
    2/21/60
- The Third Man
  Steiner
  - S 1: Ep 19 Castle in Spain
    2/19/60
- Five Fingers
  Middle East Minister
  - S 1: Ep 10 The Final Dream
    12/5/59
- Behind Closed Doors
  Prosecutor Hoxa
  - S 1: Ep 10 A Cover Of Art
    12/11/58
- The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
  Baron Cartifle
  - S 5: Ep 9 Grandpappy's Love Affair
    11/14/58
- Cimarron City
  P.B. Minscher
  - S 1: Ep 1 I, The People
    10/11/58
- Telephone Time
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 26 War Against War
    3/4/58
- Studio 57
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 12 A Source of Irritation
    1/16/58
- Adventures of Superman
  Bronsky
  - S 5: Ep 6 The Man Who Made Dreams Come True
    4/5/57
- Loretta Young Show
  Hans
  - S 4: Ep 24 Louise
    3/10/57
- The Lineup (1954)
  Guest Star
  - S 3: Ep 21 The Bay Meadows Case
    2/22/57
- The Gale Storm Show
  Hans Schlosser
  - S 1: Ep 20 Swiss Miss
    2/16/57
- Navy Log
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Pilot
    11/28/56
- The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
  Count Courtebiche
  - S 1: Ep 7 Monaco Hermit Crab
    11/14/56
- You Are There
  Nazi News Dealer
  - S 5: Ep 6 Hitler Invades Poland (September 1, 1939)
    10/14/56
- Matinee Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 196 Some Man Will Want You
    8/3/56
  - S 1: Ep 30 O'Toole from Moscow
    12/12/55
- Screen Director's Playhouse
  Prefect of Police
  - S 1: Ep 26 Dream
    5/16/56
- Private Secretary
  Sandor
  - S 4: Ep 15 Cat in a Hot Tin File
    3/18/56
- Four Star Playhouse
  Koert
  - S 4: Ep 21 Red Wine
    3/8/56
- The Man Called X
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 5 Truth Serum
    2/24/56
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Train conductor
  - S 1: Ep 21 Safe Conduct
    2/19/56
- Jungle Jim
  Wilhelm Camphausen
  - S 1: Ep 16 Wild Man of the Jungle
    1/9/56
- Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 19 The Renegades
    1/4/56
- Captain Midnight
  Van Ronk
  - S 2: Ep 9 The Jungle Pit
    12/24/55
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Guest Star
  - S 4: Ep 35 The Story of Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink
    5/8/55
- Damon Runyon Theater
  Sgt. Heinz
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Lacework Kid
    5/7/55
- Fireside Theatre
  Joe
  - S 7: Ep 34 Bitter Grapes
    4/26/55
- Fireside Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 7: Ep 25 Marked for Death
    2/22/55
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
  Morris Odvarka
  - S 4: Ep 18 The Cool One
    1/7/55
- Captain Midnight
  Goranov
  - S 1: Ep 10 Secret of the Jungle
    11/6/54
- Fireside Theatre
  Josef Novak
  - S 7: Ep 5 Member of the Jury
    10/5/54
- Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
  Bovaro
  - S 1: Ep 21 Crash Of Moons - Chapter One
    7/6/54
  - S 1: Ep 8 Rocky's Odyssey - Chapter One
    3/16/54
- Fireside Theatre
  Amos
  - S 6: Ep 40 Bread Upon the Waters
    6/8/54
- Cavalcade of America
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 17 The Plume of Honor
    2/9/54
- The Lone Ranger
  Baron Paul Von Bader
  - S 1: Ep 39 Damsels in Distress
    6/8/50

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- Banner's first film credit was the 1940s' Pacific Blackout.
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- When John Banner first arrived in the United States, he was 180 pounds and spoke no English.
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- John Banner left native Vienna, Austria in 1938 to flee the incoming Hitler.
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- (on his role of Schultz of Hogan's Heroes) Banner: It amazes me, the response from kids. Beautiful blondes don't write me. It's always kids. I go over big with them. I'm not a father figure. I'm more the good uncle. It's so touching.
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- Banner: Just so people don't get prisoner-of-war camps mixed up with concentration camps, you can't make fun of a concentration camp.
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- Banner: I see Schultz as the representative of some kind of goodness in every generation.
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