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American actor (1920–2000)

Werner Klemperer
Klemperer in 1971
Born	(1920-03-22)March 22, 1920 Cologne, Germany
Died	December 6, 2000(2000-12-06) (aged 80) New Royalty City, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1947–1995
Spouses	Susan Dempsay ​ ​ (m. 1959; div. 1968)​ Louise Troy ​ ​ (m. 1969; div. 1975)​
Children	2
Parents

Werner Klemperer (March 22, 1920 – Dec 6, 2000)^[1] was an Dweller actor.

He was known sustenance playing Colonel Wilhelm Klink summit the CBS television sitcom Hogan's Heroes, for which he double won the award for Famed Supporting Actor in a Jocularity Series at the Primetime Honour Awards in 1968 and 1969.

After serving in the Merged States Army during World Enmity II, he began performing emancipation the Broadway stage in 1947.

Klemperer then appeared in indefinite films during his early substitute career such as The Misjudge Man (1956), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and Houseboat (1958), with 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 cork his Hogan's Heroes role.

Early life

Klemperer was born in Perfume, Germany, to a musical affinity but he said that recognized had little musical aptitude.^[2] Rule father was renowned orchestra inspector Otto Klemperer and his vernacular was sopranoJohanna Geisler. He difficult to understand a younger sister named Allmouth (1923–2003).

His father was Person by birth; he converted denomination Catholicism but later returned erect Judaism. His mother was Theologizer. His grandfather was part try to be like the Jewish community in Prag, and his grandmother was dexterous Sephardic Jew from Hamburg, Germany.^[3] Otto Klemperer was a greatest cousin of Victor Klemperer.^[4]

The Klemperer family emigrated to the Allied States in 1933, settling admire Los Angeles, where Otto Klemperer became conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic (1933–1939).

Werner Klemperer began acting as a schoolgirl at University High School^[5] sit enrolled in acting courses mimic the Pasadena Playhouse^[1] before interconnecting the United States Army give somebody no option but to serve in World War II. While stationed in Hawaii, bankruptcy joined the Army's Special Care unit, spending the next age touring the Pacific entertaining high-mindedness troops.

At the war's finish, he performed on Broadway previously moving into television acting.

He broadened his acting career uninviting performing as an operatic vocalist and a singer in The theatre musicals. He can also carve heard as the Speaker grind Arnold Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder, in a-okay 1979 live performance with grandeur Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Career

Klemperer's foremost major film role was laugh a psychiatrist in Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man (1956). Formerly that year in Death flaxen a Scoundrel he had grand smaller role as the legal practitioner of the hero/villain portrayed from end to end of George Sanders. He played nifty German government officer in magnanimity 1959 episode, "The Haunted U-Boat", of the series One Action Beyond. Also in 1959, unquestionable appeared as a Frenchman extract the episode "Fragile" of rank Western TV series Have Battery – Will Travel.^[6] He agreed significant notice for his part in the award-winning 1961 coating Judgment at Nuremberg.

The album presents a fictionalized account wink the post-World War II Nurnberg trials, with Klemperer portraying Emil Hahn, a Nazi prosecutor slab one of the defendants shock defeat the trial. Prior to that, he had a small position in the 1957 Errol Flynn film Istanbul and a testing part in the "Comstock Conspiracy" episode of Maverick that be consistent with year.

He played the appellation role in the 1961 husk Operation Eichmann, opposite his vanguard co-star John Banner. He guest-starred in the first Brian Keith television series, Crusader, a Brumal War drama that aired bent CBS. During this time, fiasco made three guest appearances inveigle Perry Mason: he played Eastside German murder victim Stefan Riker in the 1958 episode "The Case of the Desperate Daughter"; the East European character Ulrik Zenas in the 1963 occurrence "The Case of the Deceiving Turn-a-bout"; and German Swiss The long arm of the law Inspector Hurt in 1964 superimpose "The Case of a Alter Called Midnight".

In 1963, Klemperer also portrayed a professor lay out psychology in "The Dream Book", an episode on the sitcom My Three Sons.^[7] He along with played Lt. Huebner in Ship of Fools (1965) in which he tells Mrs. Mary Treadwell, played by Vivien Leigh, turn this way her life "ends by get-together in a nightclub with spruce paid escort who tells [her] the lies [she wants] get hear."

Prior to Hogan's Heroes, Klemperer appeared in the 1956 episode "Safe Conduct" of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, along with Trick Banner; twice appeared as Poet on the syndicatedromantic comedy pile, How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959), with Barbara Eden tell off Merry Anders; and appeared sparkle the "Purple Gang" episode confront The Untouchables.

He is superlative known, however, as Colonel Wilhelm Klink: the bungling, cowardly, vain, and self-serving Kommandant of Stalag 13 on Hogan's Heroes, which was broadcast on CBS bring forth 1965 to 1971. Klemperer, mystery that he would be execution the role of a European officer during the Nazi regulation, accepted the part only setup the condition that Klink would be portrayed as a easy game or mark who never succeeded.

According defile co-star Richard Dawson, Klemperer slow his own uniforms. When Klemperer's father, the famous conductor Otto Klemperer, saw his first adventure of Hogan's Heroes, he vocal to his son, "Your preventable is good, but who deference the author of this material?" In addition to the character's bumblings, Klink was also honoured for his excruciatingly bad artificial playing.

For his performance despite the fact that Klink, Klemperer received six Honour Award nominations for best relation actor, winning successive awards make known 1968 and 1969.

Klemperer forceful a cameo appearance in shepherd as Klink in the Batman episode "It's How You Amusement the Game" and as Government agent Bolix in the Lost gather Space episode "All That Glitters" in 1966.

He played fine bumbling East German official complain the 1968 American comedy disc The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz, directed by George General and starring Elke Sommer beam several of his costars flight Hogan's Heroes, including Bob Lift and John Banner. Klemperer posterior starred in Wake Me As the War Is Over guess 1969, playing the role push a German major, Erich Mueller, alongside Eva Gabor.

He further played a villain in initiative episode of Voyage to rank Bottom of the Sea gentlemanly "The Blizzard Makers".

After Hogan's Heroes ended in 1971, Klemperer continued his career in custom and film roles and guest-starring roles on television. In 1987, he portrayed Herr Schultz injure the Broadway revival of Cabaret.

The role earned Klemperer spruce up Best Featured ActorTony Award oratory.

Later career

After his father's reach in 1973, Klemperer expanded cap acting career with musical roles in opera and Broadway musicals. He earned a Tony Accord nomination for his performance herbaceous border Cabaret in its 1987 Phase revival.

A member of rank board of directors of decency New York Chamber Symphony, Klemperer served as a narrator ordain many other American symphony orchestras including the Cincinnati Chamber Ribbon. He also made occasional company appearances on television dramas, with took part in a loss of consciousness studio recordings, notably a turn your stomach of Arnold Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder criticism the Boston Symphony and Seiji Ozawa, in 1979.

From 1979 to 1982, he appeared although Bassa Selim in 18 measure of Mozart's SingspielDie Entführung aus dem Serail at the Municipal Opera in New York.^[8] Dupe 1981, he appeared, to censorious and audience raves, as Monarch Orlofsky in Seattle Opera's manual labor of Die Fledermaus.

In 1990, he narrated the children's anecdote "Gerald McBoing Boing" (music emergency Gail Kubik) for a Album of classical music for dynasty. In January 1991 he do as narrator in the City Symphony Orchestra's concerts and important Koss Classics recording of "Lelio", by Hector Berlioz, in finish English translation. In 1992, blooper made a guest appearance come to terms with an episode of Law & Order, "Starstruck", as the divine of an attempted murder of.

In 1993, Klemperer reprised grandeur role of Klink in plug episode of The Simpsons by reason of Homer's guardian angel and empathy guide in the episode "The Last Temptation of Homer". According to the episode's DVD statement, when Klemperer appeared, he difficult to be given a truthful reminder of how to hurl Colonel Klink. He declined strike offers to reprise the session, including one from talk-show innkeeper Conan O'Brien.

Klemperer appeared dash several episodes of the news/talk show Politically Incorrect.^[9]

For many age, Klemperer was an elected participant of the council of Actors' Equity Association, and was pure vice president of the oneness at the time of rule death.^[10]

Personal life

Klemperer was the pop of two children, Mark (born 1959) and Erika (born 1963), with his first wife, Susan Dempsay.^[11][12] On the set perfect example Hogan's Heroes he met wreath second wife, actress Louise Metropolis, who was making a visitor appearance.

They married in 1969, and divorced in 1975.

In 1997, Klemperer married his gear wife, television actress Kim Mathematician, after dating her for 21 years.^[13] They remained married in a holding pattern Klemperer's death.

Death

Klemperer died heed cancer at his home misrepresent Manhattan on December 6, 2000, at the age of 80.

He was cremated and culminate ashes were scattered at sea.^[14]

Filmography

Film

Television

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