Werner Klemperer

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Remembering Werner Klemperer

born March 22, 1920 and passed away December 6, 2000.

Werner Klemperer was an American actor who was best known for playing Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the tv 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.

He served in the United States Army during World War II, then began performing on the Broadway stage in 1947. He appeared in several movies during his early acting career, such as The Wrong Man (1956), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) and Houseboat (1958), and he had numerous roles on tv shows such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956), Perry Mason (1957), Maverick (1957), Gunsmoke (1958), The Untouchables (1960) and Have Gun – Will Travel (1961).

Werner died of cancer at his home in Manhattan at the age of 80. He was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea.

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