Werner Klemperer
Actor, TV Actor
1920 – 2000
Who was Werner Klemperer?
Werner Klemperer was a German-born American stage, film, and television actor and musician.
Born in Cologne, Klemperer and his family fled Germany in 1935. After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he began his professional acting career on the Broadway stage in 1947. Klemperer appeared in several films and numerous guest starring roles during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1965, he won the role of Colonel Klink on the CBS television sitcom, Hogan's Heroes. The series aired for six seasons with Klemperer receiving a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nomination for each year, winning the award in 1968 and 1969.
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- Born
- Mar 22, 1920
Cologne - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Louise Troy
(1969/10/28 - 1975) - Susan Dempsey
(1959 - 1968) - Kim Hamilton
(1997 - 2000/12/06)
- Louise Troy
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- Germany
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 6, 2000
Manhattan
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on July 23, 2013
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