Werner Klemperer Wiki: Salary, Married, Wedding, Spouse, Family
Werner Klemperer (March 22, 1920 – December 6, 2000) was a German-born American stage, film, and television actor and musician.Born in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 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.
Full Name
Werner Klemperer
Net Worth
$850,000
Date Of Birth
March 22, 1920
Died
December 6, 2000, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Place Of Birth
Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Height
5' 10" (1.78 m)
Occupation
Actor, musician
Profession
Actor, Opera Singer
Spouse
Kim Hamilton, Louise Troy, Susan Dempsey, Janet Riley
Children
Mark Klemperer, Erika Klemperer
Parents
Otto Klemperer, Johanna Geisler
Siblings
Lotte Klemperer
Nicknames
Werner Klemperer, Klemperer, Werner
IMDB
Awards
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Nominations
Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical
Movies
Judgment at Nuremberg, The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz, Ship of Fools, Houseboat, Operation Eichmann, Kiss Them for Me, Escape from East Berlin, Flight to Hong Kong, 5 Steps to Danger, Dark Intruder, The Goddess, Wake Me When the War Is Over, Death of a Scoundrel, Youngblood Hawke, Return of the ...
TV Shows
The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible, Hogan's Heroes
Star Sign
Aries
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Trademark
1
The Shouting of "SCHUUUUUULTZ", for his sergeant of the Guard Schultz
2
Klink's cry "Hooo-gaaann!" whenever Col. Hogan foiled him (later "Hooo-meerrr!" as the voice of Homer Simpson's conscience).
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Fact
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Along with Gary Busey, he is one of only two actors to appear in all three of the longest running prime time scripted series in US television history: Gunsmoke (1955), The Simpsons (1989) and Law & Order (1990).
2
During his guest appearance on "The Pat Sajak Show" (1989) he was presented with a monocle by Pat Sajak, as the host had learned that Werner's original monocle from his "Hogan's Heroes" (1965) days had recently been taken from his personal collection.
3
He was nominated for a 1975 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Guest Artist for his performance in "The Great Sebastians," at the Ivanhoe Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
4
Klemperer agreed to take the role of Col. Klink in Hogan's Heroes (1965) only on the condition that none of Klink's schemes would ever succeed and that he would always wind up looking foolish.
5
During World War II, served in the U.S. Army and was assigned to Maurice Evans' Special Entertainment Unit serving with fellow actor Carl Reiner.
6
His last acting role was as Colonel Klink, his most famous character, on a 1993 episode of The Simpsons (1989).
Was nominated for Broadway's 1988 Tony Award as Best Actor (Featured Role - Musical) for a revival of "Cabaret."
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Immersed himself into teaching himself English so completely, that he found himself actually thinking and dreaming in English.
10
For many years, he served as an elected member of the National Council of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
11
Although he was most famous for playing a colonel in the German Luftwaffe (air force), Klemperer's family fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s (his father's family was Jewish).
12
One of his favorite works was as narrator in "Peter and the Wolf," which he performed at Carnegie Hall in New York City.
13
Klemperer also appeared as a narrator with nearly every major symphony orchestra in the United States. His repertoire included such works as Beethoven's "Egmont" and "Fidelio," Stravinsky's "L'Historie du Soldat" and "Oedipus Rex."
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He appeared as Pasha Selim in the Mozart opera "The Abduction From the Seraglio".
