Werner Klemperer is a Actor American born on 22 march 1920 at Cologne (German)
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Nationality USABirth 22 march 1920 at Cologne (
German)
Death 6 december 2000 (at 80 years) at New York City (
USA)
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 Wilhelm 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. Biography
Klemperer was the father of two children, Mark and Erika, with his first wife, Susan Dempsey. On the set of Hogan's Heroes, he met his second wife, actress Louise Troy, who was making a guest appearance. They married in 1969, and divorced in 1975.
In 1997, Klemperer married his third wife, television actress Kim Hamilton, after dating for the prior 21 years. They remained married until Klemperer's death. Hamilton died on September 16, 2013, aged 81.
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