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Werner Klemperer

Acting

Born March 22, 1920 · Cologne, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Died December 6, 2000

Biography

Werner Klemperer was 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

Awards & recognition

  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series · 1969
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1969
  • Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series · 1968

Filmography35 titles

The Simpsons

1989as Colonel Klink (voice)

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961as Emil Hahn

Night Gallery

1969

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Mr. Ranks

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

1964as Dr. Gamma (uncredited)

Perry Mason

1957as Police Insp. Hurt

Hogan's Heroes

1965as Wilhelm Klink

Law & Order

1990as William Unger

Batman

1966as Colonel Klink

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957

Flight to Hong Kong

1956as Bendesh

Steve Canyon

as Linz

Lost in Space

1965as Bolix

Rawhide

1959

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964as Laslo Kurasov

The Wrong Man

1956as Dr. Bannay (uncredited)

The Last Laugh

2016as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

McMillan & Wife

1971as Dr. Ernest Bleeker

Maverick

1957as Alex Jennings

Operation Eichmann

1961as Adolf Eichmann

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

1967as Self / Colonel Klink (uncredited)

Thriller

1960as Mr. Clark

Gunsmoke

1955as Clifton Bunker

Ship of Fools

1965as Lt. Huebner

5 Steps to Danger

1956as Dr. Frederick Simmons

Houseboat

1958as Harold Messner

The Love Boat

1977as Mr. Perkins

Dark Intruder

1965as Prof. Malaki

Youngblood Hawke

1964as Mr. Leffer

The Doris Day Show

as Werner Klemperer

Death of a Scoundrel

1956as Herbert Bauman (Clementi's lawyer)

The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

1981as C.D. Medford

One Step Beyond

1959as Herr Bautmann

Wake Me When the War Is Over

1969as Maj. Erich Mueller

The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz

1968as Klaus