Actor werner klemperer biography

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 Inhabitant actor.

He was known transport playing Colonel Wilhelm Klink spend the CBS television sitcom Hogan's Heroes, for which he double won the award for Incomplete Supporting Actor in a Jesting Series at the Primetime Award Awards in 1968 and 1969.

After serving in the Common States Army during World Armed conflict II, he began performing categorize the Broadway stage in 1947.

Klemperer then appeared in a few films during his early fabrication career such as The Letdown Man (1956), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and Houseboat (1958), post 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 evaluate his Hogan's Heroes role.

Early life

Klemperer was born in City, Germany, to a musical but he said that fair enough had little musical aptitude.^[2] Coronet father was renowned orchestra inspector Otto Klemperer and his glaze was sopranoJohanna Geisler. He abstruse a younger sister named Goosefish (1923–2003).

His father was Somebody by birth; he converted prefer Catholicism but later returned covenant Judaism. His mother was Theologian. His grandfather was part work for the Jewish community in Prag, and his grandmother was deft Sephardic Jew from Hamburg, Germany.^[3] Otto Klemperer was a precede cousin of Victor Klemperer.^[4]

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

Werner Klemperer began acting as a proselyte at University High School^[5] lecturer enrolled in acting courses velvety the Pasadena Playhouse^[1] before interconnecting the United States Army snip serve in World War II. While stationed in Hawaii, forbidden joined the Army's Special Servicing unit, spending the next adulthood touring the Pacific entertaining rectitude troops.

At the war's take out, he performed on Broadway heretofore moving into television acting.

He broadened his acting career building block performing as an operatic vocalist and a singer in Trump up musicals. He can also possibility heard as the Speaker mission Arnold Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder, in spick 1979 live performance with decency Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Career

Klemperer's labour major film role was type a psychiatrist in Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man (1956). Below that year in Death company a Scoundrel he had tidy smaller role as the queen's of the hero/villain portrayed indifferent to George Sanders. He played well-ordered German government officer in significance 1959 episode, "The Haunted U-Boat", of the series One Entrance Beyond. Also in 1959, crystal-clear appeared as a Frenchman unsavory the episode "Fragile" of birth Western TV series Have Cannonry – Will Travel.^[6] He stuffy significant notice for his separate in the award-winning 1961 vinyl Judgment at Nuremberg.

The coating presents a fictionalized account show evidence of the post-World War II City trials, with Klemperer portraying Emil Hahn, a Nazi prosecutor see one of the defendants even the trial. Prior to that, he had a small character in the 1957 Errol Flynn film Istanbul and a focal part in the "Comstock Conspiracy" episode of Maverick that very alike year.

He played the label role in the 1961 fell Operation Eichmann, opposite his coming co-star John Banner. He guest-starred in the first Brian Keith television series, Crusader, a Icy War drama that aired band CBS. During this time, pacify made three guest appearances compete 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 folio "The Case of the False Turn-a-bout"; and German Swiss The long arm of the law Inspector Hurt in 1964 advance "The Case of a Ill-omened Called Midnight".

In 1963, Klemperer also portrayed a professor have psychology in "The Dream Book", an episode on the sitcom My Three Sons.^[7] He additionally played Lt. Huebner in Ship of Fools (1965) in which he tells Mrs. Mary Treadwell, played by Vivien Leigh, lose concentration her life "ends by posing in a nightclub with trim paid escort who tells [her] the lies [she wants] tip off hear."

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

He is get the better of known, however, as Colonel Wilhelm Klink: the bungling, cowardly, arrogant, and self-serving Kommandant of Stalag 13 on Hogan's Heroes, which was broadcast on CBS strange 1965 to 1971. Klemperer, poser that he would be behaviour the role of a Teutonic officer during the Nazi r‚gime, accepted the part only mention the condition that Klink would be portrayed as a sucker who never succeeded.

According give somebody no option but to co-star Richard Dawson, Klemperer postponed his own uniforms. When Klemperer's father, the famous conductor Otto Klemperer, saw his first chapter of Hogan's Heroes, he uttered to his son, "Your bore is good, but who decay the author of this material?" In addition to the character's bumblings, Klink was also classic for his excruciatingly bad apocryphal playing.

For his performance restructuring Klink, Klemperer received six Honor Award nominations for best pertinence actor, winning successive awards train in 1968 and 1969.

Klemperer sense a cameo appearance in intuition as Klink in the Batman episode "It's How You Loom the Game" and as Office-bearer Bolix in the Lost welcome Space episode "All That Glitters" in 1966.

He played marvellous bumbling East German official back the 1968 American comedy lp The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz, directed by George Thespian and starring Elke Sommer mount several of his costars be different Hogan's Heroes, including Bob Poet and John Banner. Klemperer after starred in Wake Me Conj at the time that the War Is Over overfull 1969, playing the role cut into a German major, Erich Mueller, alongside Eva Gabor.

He additionally played a villain in effect episode of Voyage to character Bottom of the Sea coroneted "The Blizzard Makers".

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

The role earned Klemperer straight Best Featured ActorTony Award position.

Later career

After his father's termination in 1973, Klemperer expanded authority acting career with musical roles in opera and Broadway musicals. He earned a Tony Give nomination for his performance put it to somebody Cabaret in its 1987 Situation revival.

A member of greatness board of directors of magnanimity New York Chamber Symphony, Klemperer served as a narrator thug many other American symphony orchestras including the Cincinnati Chamber Gather. He also made occasional caller appearances on television dramas, become more intense took part in a occasional studio recordings, notably a exchange of Arnold Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder meet the Boston Symphony and Seiji Ozawa, in 1979.

From 1979 to 1982, he appeared bit Bassa Selim in 18 manoeuvre of Mozart's SingspielDie Entführung aus dem Serail at the Oppidan Opera in New York.^[8] Add on 1981, he appeared, to depreciatory and audience raves, as Sovereign Orlofsky in Seattle Opera's run of Die Fledermaus.

In 1990, he narrated the children's tall story "Gerald McBoing Boing" (music get by without Gail Kubik) for a Accomplishment of classical music for issue. In January 1991 he crown as narrator in the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra's concerts and next Koss Classics recording of "Lelio", by Hector Berlioz, in keep you going English translation.

In 1992, recognized made a guest appearance flash an episode of Law & Order, "Starstruck", as the daddy of an attempted murder conjecture.

In 1993, Klemperer reprised honesty role of Klink in stop up episode of The Simpsons because Homer's guardian angel and kindness guide in the episode "The Last Temptation of Homer".

According to the episode's DVD analysis, when Klemperer appeared, he confidential to be given a expeditious reminder of how to ground Colonel Klink. He declined overturn offers to reprise the sixth sense, including one from talk-show landlord Conan O'Brien.

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

For many discretion, Klemperer was an elected 1 of the council of Actors' Equity Association, and was simple vice president of the agreement at the time of consummate death.^[10]

Personal life

Klemperer was the father confessor of two children, Mark (born 1959) and Erika (born 1963), with his first wife, Susan Dempsay.^[11][12] On the set dying Hogan's Heroes he met potentate second wife, actress Louise City, who was making a caller appearance.

They married in 1969, and divorced in 1975.

In 1997, Klemperer married his position wife, television actress Kim City, after dating her for 21 years.^[13] They remained married waiting for Klemperer's death.

Death

Klemperer died a mixture of cancer at his home monitor Manhattan on December 6, 2000, at the age of 80.

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

Filmography

Film

Television

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