Werner Klemperer

Werner Klemperer
Werner Klemperer
	Klemperer in 1971
Born	March 22, 1920; Cologne, Germany
Died	December 6, 2000 (aged 80); New York City, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1947–1995
Spouses	Susan Dempsay (m. 1959; div. 1968); Louise Troy (m. 1969; div. 1975); Kim Hamilton (m. 1997);
Children	2
Parents	Otto Klemperer; Johanna Geisler;

Werner Klemperer (March 22, 1920 – December 6, 2000) was an American actor. He was best 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.

After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he began performing on the Broadway stage in 1947. Klemperer then appeared in several films during his early acting career such as The Wrong Man (1956), Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), and Houseboat (1958), and 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 to his Hogan's Heroes role.

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