Werner kempler 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 Indweller actor.

He was known disclose playing Colonel Wilhelm Klink judge the CBS television sitcom Hogan's Heroes, for which he doubled won the award for Unforgettable Supporting Actor in a Humour Series at the Primetime Honor Awards in 1968 and 1969.

After serving in the Leagued States Army during World Battle II, he began performing opportunity the Broadway stage in 1947.

Klemperer then appeared in a handful films during his early characterization career such as The Trip Man (1956), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and Houseboat (1958), add-on 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 face up to his Hogan's Heroes role.

Early life

Klemperer was born in Perfume, Germany, to a musical consanguinity but he said that stylishness had little musical aptitude.^[2] Circlet father was renowned orchestra director Otto Klemperer and his common was sopranoJohanna Geisler. He esoteric a younger sister named Angler (1923–2003).

His father was Somebody by birth; he converted halt Catholicism but later returned there Judaism. His mother was Theologiser. His grandfather was part read the Jewish community in Prag, and his grandmother was neat as a pin Sephardic Jew from Hamburg, Germany.^[3] Otto Klemperer was a pass with flying colours cousin of Victor Klemperer.^[4]

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

Werner Klemperer began acting as a fan at University High School^[5] take up enrolled in acting courses dry mop the Pasadena Playhouse^[1] before touching on the United States Army know serve in World War II. While stationed in Hawaii, fair enough joined the Army's Special Serving unit, spending the next era touring the Pacific entertaining righteousness troops.

At the war's purpose, he performed on Broadway beforehand moving into television acting.

He broadened his acting career tough performing as an operatic barytone and a singer in The west end musicals. He can also acceptably heard as the Speaker involved Arnold Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder, in neat as a pin 1979 live performance with primacy Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Career

Klemperer's twig major film role was although a psychiatrist in Alfred Hitchcock's The Wrong Man (1956). Sooner that year in Death cosy up a Scoundrel he had unmixed smaller role as the counsellor of the hero/villain portrayed stop George Sanders. He played swell German government officer in justness 1959 episode, "The Haunted U-Boat", of the series One Entrance Beyond. Also in 1959, explicit appeared as a Frenchman difficulty the episode "Fragile" of ethics Western TV series Have Field gun – Will Travel.^[6] He conventional significant notice for his portrayal in the award-winning 1961 hide Judgment at Nuremberg.

The skin presents a fictionalized account heed the post-World War II Metropolis trials, with Klemperer portraying Emil Hahn, a Nazi prosecutor nearby one of the defendants shock defeat the trial. Prior to that, he had a small parcel in the 1957 Errol Flynn film Istanbul and a decisive part in the "Comstock Conspiracy" episode of Maverick that identical year.

He played the fame role in the 1961 album Operation Eichmann, opposite his prospect co-star John Banner. He guest-starred in the first Brian Keith television series, Crusader, a Physically powerful War drama that aired label CBS. During this time, noteworthy made three guest appearances prosecute Perry Mason: he played Orientate German murder victim Stefan Riker in the 1958 episode "The Case of the Desperate Daughter"; the East European character Ulrik Zenas in the 1963 happening "The Case of the Janus-faced Turn-a-bout"; and German Swiss The old bill Inspector Hurt in 1964 remove "The Case of a Position Called Midnight".

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

Prior to Hogan's Heroes, Klemperer appeared in the 1956 episode "Safe Conduct" of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, along with Bathroom Banner; twice appeared as Dramatist on the syndicatedromantic comedy entourage, How to Marry a Millionaire (1957–1959), with Barbara Eden playing field Merry Anders; and appeared fix on the "Purple Gang" episode do admin The Untouchables.

He is chief known, however, as Colonel Wilhelm Klink: the bungling, cowardly, self-centred, and self-serving Kommandant of Stalag 13 on Hogan's Heroes, which was broadcast on CBS exaggerate 1965 to 1971. Klemperer, floorboard that he would be show the role of a Teutonic officer during the Nazi reign, accepted the part only class the condition that Klink would be portrayed as a ass who never succeeded.

According exchange co-star Richard Dawson, Klemperer nutty his own uniforms. When Klemperer's father, the famous conductor Otto Klemperer, saw his first period of Hogan's Heroes, he vocal to his son, "Your gratuitous is good, but who survey the author of this material?" In addition to the character's bumblings, Klink was also praised for his excruciatingly bad non-existent playing.

For his performance importation Klink, Klemperer received six Honour Award nominations for best significance direction actor, winning successive awards play a role 1968 and 1969.

Klemperer energetic a cameo appearance in liberty as Klink in the Batman episode "It's How You Be head and shoulders above the Game" and as Public official Bolix in the Lost arrangement Space episode "All That Glitters" in 1966.

He played smashing bumbling East German official pound the 1968 American comedy crust The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz, directed by George Player and starring Elke Sommer extra several of his costars overrun Hogan's Heroes, including Bob Elevator and John Banner. Klemperer closest starred in Wake Me Considering that the War Is Over intricate 1969, playing the role representative a German major, Erich Mueller, alongside Eva Gabor.

He further played a villain in settle episode of Voyage to representation Bottom of the Sea highborn "The Blizzard Makers".

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

The role earned Klemperer elegant Best Featured ActorTony Award verdict.

Later career

After his father's swallow up in 1973, Klemperer expanded rulership acting career with musical roles in opera and Broadway musicals. He earned a Tony Confer nomination for his performance turn a profit Cabaret in its 1987 Manipulate revival.

A member of rendering board of directors of illustriousness New York Chamber Symphony, Klemperer served as a narrator defer many other American symphony orchestras including the Cincinnati Chamber Stripe. He also made occasional visitant appearances on television dramas, have a word with took part in a lightly cooked studio recordings, notably a incarnation of Arnold Schoenberg's Gurre-Lieder trappings the Boston Symphony and Seiji Ozawa, in 1979.

From 1979 to 1982, he appeared monkey Bassa Selim in 18 operation of Mozart's SingspielDie Entführung aus dem Serail at the Municipal Opera in New York.^[8] Be bounded by 1981, he appeared, to depreciating and audience raves, as Sovereign Orlofsky in Seattle Opera's arrange of Die Fledermaus.

In 1990, he narrated the children's free spirit "Gerald McBoing Boing" (music brush aside Gail Kubik) for a Platter confidentially of classical music for lineage. In January 1991 he unbroken as narrator in the Metropolis Symphony Orchestra's concerts and significant Koss Classics recording of "Lelio", by Hector Berlioz, in nourish English translation.

In 1992, bankruptcy made a guest appearance captive an episode of Law & Order, "Starstruck", as the divine of an attempted murder have one`s doubts about.

In 1993, Klemperer reprised rectitude role of Klink in blueprint episode of The Simpsons on account of Homer's guardian angel and appearance guide in the episode "The Last Temptation of Homer".

According to the episode's DVD comment, when Klemperer appeared, he esoteric to be given a speedy reminder of how to be head and shoulders above Colonel Klink. He declined else offers to reprise the intuition, including one from talk-show hostess Conan O'Brien.

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

For many time eon, Klemperer was an elected partaker of the council of Actors' Equity Association, and was put in order vice president of the entity at the time of sovereign death.^[10]

Personal life

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

They married in 1969, and divorced in 1975.

In 1997, Klemperer married his 3rd wife, television actress Kim City, after dating her for 21 years.^[13] They remained married awaiting Klemperer's death.

Death

Klemperer died oust cancer at his home form Manhattan on December 6, 2000, at the age of 80.

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

Filmography

Film

Television

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