Werner Klemperer

Werner Klemperer (March 22, 1920 – December 6, 2000) was a German-American stage entertainer, actor, and singer. He was best known for the role of Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the CBS television sitcom Hogans Heroes, for which he won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards in 1968 and 1969.After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he began performing on the Broadway stage in 1947. Klemperer then appeared in several films during his early acting career such as The Wrong Man (1956), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and Houseboat (1958), and numerous roles in television shows such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1956), Perry Mason (1956), Maverick (1957), Gunsmoke (1958), The Untouchables (1960), and Have Gun Will Travel (1961), prior to his Hogans Heroes role.

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