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Werner Klemperer

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Werner Klemperer

Born March 22, 1920 in Cologne, North-Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyDied December 6, 200023 films

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

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Judgment at Nuremberg posterFirst watchJudgment at Nuremberg19618.0as Emil HahnIn 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Wrong Man poster7.1The Wrong Man1956Houseboat poster6.4Houseboat1958Ship of Fools poster6.6Ship of Fools1965

Filmography

23 films as actor
  1. 1992Queen EstherHaman (voice)
  2. 1991The Cabinet of Dr. RamirezFat Man Looking for a Tax Break
  3. 1988CabaretHerr Schultz
  4. 1981The Return of the Beverly HillbilliesC.D. Medford
  5. 1972Assignment: MunichInsp. Hoffman
  6. 1969Wake Me When the War Is OverErich Mueller
  7. 1968The Wicked Dreams of Paula SchultzKlaus
  8. 1965Ship of FoolsLt. Huebner
  9. 1965Dark IntruderProf. Malaki
  10. 1964Youngblood HawkeMr. Leffer
  11. 1962Escape from East BerlinWalter Brunner
  12. 1961Judgment at NurembergEmil Hahn
  13. 1961Operation EichmannAdolf Eichmann
  14. 1959Judgment at NurembergEmil Hahn
  15. 1958HouseboatHarold Messner
  16. 1958The GoddessJoe Wilsey
  17. 1958The High Cost of LovingJoseph Jessup
  18. 1957Kiss Them for MeLt. Walter Wallace
  19. 1957IstanbulPaul Renkov
  20. 1956The Wrong ManDr. Bannay (uncredited)
  21. 19565 Steps to DangerDr. Frederick Simmons
  22. 1956Death of a ScoundrelHerbert Bauman (Clementi's lawyer)
  23. 1956Flight to Hong KongBendesh