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Werner Klemperer

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Biography

Werner Klemperer was married and divorced three times. His last spouse was Kim Hamilton, whom he married in 1997. Wife: Susan Dempsey (divorced, 1968)…more

Born

3/20/1920, Cologne,North-Rhine-Westphalia,Germany

Died

12/6/2000

Birth Name

Gender

Male

Credits

Star (1)

Role
- Hogan's Heroes
  Col. Wilhelm Klink
  - 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 (79)

Role
- The Simpsons
  Guardian Angel
  - S 5: Ep 9 The Last Temptation of Homer
    12/9/93
- Law & Order
  William Unger
  - S 2: Ep 12 Star Struck
    1/7/92
- The Pat Sajak Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 83 May 5, 1989
    5/5/89
- American Experience
  Narrator
  - S 1: Ep 13 Views of a Vanishing Frontier
    12/27/88
- Matt Houston
  Felix Randolph
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Purrfect Crime
    1/9/83
- Vegas
  Siegfried Klaus
  - S 3: Ep 13 Heist
    2/25/81
- The Love Boat
  Perkins
  - S 3: Ep 3 Oldies but Goodies/The Grass Is Always Greener/Three Stages of Love
    9/22/79
- McMillan & Wife
  Mr. Van Doren
  - S 6: Ep 1 All Bets Off
    12/5/76
- McMillan
  Mr. Van Doren
  - S 1: Ep 1 All Bets Off
    12/5/76
- McMillan & Wife
  Dr. Ernest Bleeker
  - S 3: Ep 2 The Devil, You Say
    10/21/73
- Love, American Style
  Harold Baxter
  - S 4: Ep 7 Love and the Unbearable Fiancee
    9/22/72
- Assignment Vienna
  Inspector Hoffman
  - — Assignment—Munich
    4/30/72
- The Doris Day Show
  Jacque Moreau
  - S 4: Ep 23 Gowns by Louie
    2/28/72
- Night Gallery
  Ludwig Asper
  - S 2: Ep 44 The Funeral
    1/5/72
- The Merv Griffin Show
  Himself
  - S 8: Ep 220 July 28, 1971
    7/28/71
  - S 8: Ep 3 September 16, 1970
    9/16/70
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself/Co-host
  - S 9: Ep 210 July 2, 1971
    7/2/71
  - S 9: Ep 209 July 1, 1971
    7/1/71
  - S 9: Ep 208 June 30, 1971
    6/30/71
  - S 9: Ep 207 June 29, 1971
    6/29/71
  - S 9: Ep 206 Week of June 28, 1971
    6/28/71
- The David Frost Show
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 50 December 4, 1970
    12/4/70
- The Virginia Graham Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 51 November 27, 1970
    11/27/70
- China Smith
  Marouf
  - S 2: Ep 1 A Bandit Of Malaya
- China Smith
  Malfy
  - S 2: Ep 17 Plane To Tainan
- E! True Hollywood Story
  himself
  - S 2: Ep 9 Bob Crane
- The Leslie Uggams Show
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 3 Episode #3
    10/12/69
- Della!
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 36 July 28, 1969
    7/28/69
- The Mike Douglas Show
  Himself
  - S 7: Ep 183 May 21, 1969
    5/21/69
  - S 7: Ep 139 March 20, 1969
    3/20/69
  - S 6: Ep 204 June 13, 1968
    6/13/68
  - S 15: Ep 225 Week of July 25, 1977
    7/25/77
  - S 11: Ep 111 February 6, 1973
    2/6/73
  - + 2 More Credits
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Col. Klink(Cameo Appearance)
  - S 2: Ep 23 Episode #37
    3/10/69
- The Hollywood Squares (1966)
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 17 December 16-20, 1968
    12/16/68
  - S 2: Ep 53 May 13-17, 1968
    5/13/68
- The Woody Woodbury Show
  Himself
  - S 1: Ep 234 July 23, 1968
    7/23/68
  - S 1: Ep 71 December 4, 1967
    12/4/67
- The Joey Bishop Show
  Himself
  - S 2: Ep 1 September 4, 1967
    9/4/67
- Batman
  Colonel Klink [window cameo]
  - S 2: Ep 26 It's the Way You Play the Game
    12/1/66
- Lost In Space
  Bolix
  - S 1: Ep 26 All That Glitters
    4/6/66
- The Hollywood Palace
  Himself
  - S 3: Ep 13 Host: Bing Crosby (1965 Christmas Show)
    12/25/65
- Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
  Colonel Wertha
  - S 2: Ep 23 Escape Into Jeopardy
    5/28/65
- Insight
  Maximillian Kolbe
  - S 5: Ep 40 The Prisoner
    5/6/65
- Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
  Cregar
  - S 1: Ep 13 The Blizzard Makers
    12/7/64
- The Man From U.N.C.L.E.
  Laslo Kurasov
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Project Strigas Affair
    11/24/64
- Perry Mason
  Inspector Hurt
  - S 8: Ep 8 The Case of a Place Called Midnight
    11/12/64
- General Electric True
  Frank
  - S 1: Ep 31 Heydrich (pt 2)
    5/12/63
  - S 1: Ep 30 Heydrich (pt 1)
    5/5/63
- My Three Sons
  Professor Engel
  - S 3: Ep 33 Total Recall
    5/9/63
  - S 3: Ep 20 The Dream Book
    1/31/63
- The Dakotas
  Colonel von Bleist
  - S 1: Ep 12 Trial At Grand Forks
    3/25/63
- 77 Sunset Strip
  Schtiekle
  - S 5: Ep 20 Escape to Freedom
    2/22/63
- Perry Mason
  Ulric Zenas
  - S 6: Ep 18 The Case of the Two-Faced Turnabout
    2/14/63
- General Electric True
  Captain
  - S 1: Ep 8 Man With A Suitcase
    11/18/62
- Adventures in Paradise
  Kuberli
  - S 3: Ep 13 Survival
    12/31/61
- King of Diamonds
  Ubinov
  - S 1: Ep 11 Edge Of Panic
    11/14/61
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Leander Johnson
  - S 4: Ep 37 The Uneasy Grave
    6/3/61
- The Islanders
  Michel Serati
  - S 1: Ep 22 The Pearls of Ratu
    3/19/61
- Peter Loves Mary
  Blake Barker
  - S 1: Ep 14 The Movie Star
    1/18/61
- Thriller
  Mr. Clark
  - S 1: Ep 14 Man in the Middle
    12/20/60
- The Untouchables
  Jan Tornek
  - S 2: Ep 7 The Purple Gang
    12/1/60
- Men into Space
  Major Kralenko
  - S 1: Ep 34 Flareup
    8/17/60
- Rawhide
  Kessel
  - S 2: Ep 29 Incident of the Music Maker
    5/20/60
- Alcoa Theatre
  Colonel Hanning
  - S 3: Ep 32 The Observer
    4/18/60
- The Overland Trail
  Arnold Braun
  - S 1: Ep 9 The Vigilantes Of Montana
    4/3/60
- The Third Man
  Donner
  - S 1: Ep 16 The Third Medallion
    1/29/60
- The Alaskans
  Baron
  - S 1: Ep 15 Gold Fever
    1/17/60
- The Troubleshooters
  Stehlmann
  - S 1: Ep 12 Tunnel to Yesterday
    12/4/59
- Have Gun - Will Travel
  Etienne
  - S 3: Ep 7 Fragile
    10/31/59
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Mr. Ranks
  - S 5: Ep 2 The Crystal Trench
    10/4/59
- How To Marry A Millionaire
  Gene Ralston alias Mr Obermeyer alias Tommy Russell
  - S 2: Ep 6 Gwen's Secret
    7/2/59
- One Step Beyond
  Bautmann
  - S 1: Ep 17 The Haunted U-Boat
    5/12/59
- Steve Canyon
  Linz
  - S 1: Ep 23 Iron Curtain
    3/5/59
- Behind Closed Doors
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 16 Crypto 40
    1/29/59
- The Court of Last Resort
  Malone
  - S 1: Ep 26 The Allen Cutler Case
    4/11/58
- Playhouse 90
  Jesse Eastland
  - S 2: Ep 30 The Dungeon
    4/10/58
- Perry Mason
  Stefan Riker
  - S 1: Ep 27 The Case of the Desperate Daughter
    3/22/58
- How To Marry A Millionaire
  Hugo
  - S 1: Ep 14 For the Love of Art
    2/13/58
- Gunsmoke
  Clifton Bunker
  - S 3: Ep 22 Sunday Supplement
    2/8/58
- Studio One
  Dorfmann
  - S 10: Ep 17 Balance of Terror
    1/27/58
- Maverick
  Alex Jennings
  - S 1: Ep 14 Comstock Conspiracy
    12/29/57
- Playhouse 90
  Boris
  - S 2: Ep 15 For I Have Loved Strangers
    12/19/57
- General Electric Theater
  Muller
  - S 6: Ep 1 The Questioning Note
    10/6/57
- Navy Log
  Ludwig
  - S 2: Ep 23 After You, Ludwig
    3/20/57
- Matinee Theatre
  Guest Star
  - S 1: Ep 131 The Legend of Jenny Lind
    5/2/56
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  Klopka
  - S 1: Ep 21 Safe Conduct
    2/19/56
- Climax!
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 12 A Man of Taste
    12/1/55
  - S 1: Ep 32 The Escape of Mendes-France
    7/14/55
- Studio 57
  Dubrov
  - S 2: Ep 7 Win a Cigar
    10/15/55
- The Philco Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 6: Ep 10 The Hangman in the Fog
    1/10/54
  - S 5: Ep 26 Holiday Song
    9/20/53
  - S 5: Ep 12 The Reluctant Citizen
    2/8/53
- Goodyear Television Playhouse
  Guest Star
  - S 2: Ep 1 Holiday Song
    9/14/52
  - S 1: Ep 3 Flight To Freedom
    11/11/51
- Captain Video And His Video Rangers
  unknown
  - S 2: Ep 1 June 5, 1950
    6/5/50
Cameo (1)

Role
- Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
  Cameo Appearance
  - S 2: Ep 26 Episode #40
    3/31/69
  - S 2: Ep 24 Episode #38
    3/17/69

Trivia and Quotes

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Trivia
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- Klemperer is portrayed by Kurt Fuller in the movie "Auto Focus."
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- Werner Klemperer was the only member of the Hogan's Heroes cast to win an Emmy.
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- Klemperer is renowned for his work narrating orchestra concerts. Some of these stints were captured for TV, such as PBS's 1990 The Mostly Mozart Festival, 1993's PBS Barenboim Conducts Strauss and a recording with the Milwaukee Symphony in a 1994 performance of Berlioz's Lelio.
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Quotes
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- (on accepting the Klink role) Klemperer: I had one qualification when I took the job. If they ever wrote a segment whereby Colonel Klink would come out the hero, I would leave the show.
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- (his father had asked about Werner's role on Hogan's Heroes) Klemperer: How do you explain? Then he asked me to send him a script. I didn't dare.
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- Klemperer: [My father] believed in the good old-fashioned idea that a son should learn and learn and learn. Acting was not in the learning category, and it took him a long time to accept the idea.
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