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 'Hogan's Heroes' Actor Werner Klemperer Dead at 80 Friday December 8, 2000
Werner Klemperer, the German-born actor best known as the bumbling Nazi Col. Klink in the 1960s television sitcom ``Hogan's Heroes,'' has died at the age of 80. Klemperer, winner of two Emmy awards for his role as the monocled Klink, constantly foiled by a group of Allied soldiers being held in a German prison camp during World War II, had been suffering from cancer. He died at his home on Wednesday. Born in Cologne to a Jewish family who fled the Nazis in the 1930, Klemperer came to the United States in 1933 with his father, famed conductor Otto Klemperer, who became music director for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. After serving in the U.S. Army for three years, he began acting in films in 1956 in ``Death of a Scoundrel'' and ``Flight to Hong Kong.'' He was often typecast as fumbling, ridiculous Nazis of the sort that eventually led to his long-running role as Klink in ''Hogan's Heroes,'' Klemperer, who received Emmy nominations in each of the show's six seasons, won his supporting actor awards in 1968 and 1969. Other films included ``The Goddess'' (1958), ``Operation Eichmann,'' in which he played the title role, ``Judgement at Nuremberg,'' (1961), and ``Ship of Fools'' (1965). In recent years he appeared on Broadway, notably in revivals of ``Cabaret'' in 1988 and ``Uncle Vanya'' in 1995. He also often appeared in operas and as a narrator for concerts by symphony orchestras across the nation, including the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, whose ``Impresario'' was broadcast on PBS. Operatic roles included ``Die Fledermaus,'' ``The Sound of Music'' and ``The Abduction From the Seraglio'' He also appeared on talk shows including ABC's ``Politically Incorrect.'' Klemperer was married four times and had two children, a daughter and a son. A public memorial will be held in the coming weeks. For Webmasters read
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