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Leon Askin is a Actor and Writer Autrichien born on 18 september 1907 at Vienna (Austria)

Leon Askin

Leon Askin
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Birth name Leon Aschkenasy
Nationality Austria
Birth 18 september 1907 at Vienna (Austria)
Death 3 june 2005 (at 97 years) at Vienna (Austria)

Leon Askin (September 18, 1907 – June 3, 2005) was an Austrian actor best known for portraying the character "General Burkhalter" on the TV situation comedy Hogan's Heroes.

Biography

Enfant, Leon Askin désire déjà être acteur. Son rêve devient réalité en 1930.

De confession juive et persécuté par les Nazis, Leon émigre aux États-Unis, via la France, arrivant à New York en 1940, sans argent et maîtrisant peu la langue. Quand les États-Unis entrent en guerre, il rejoint l'U.S. Army le 23 octobre 1942 en Virginie (États-Unis), et reçoit le matricule 33447271. Il y apprend que ses parents ont été tués au camp d'extermination de Treblinka.

Après la guerre, Leon Askin part à Hollywood, interprétant toujours des personnages étrangers au fort accent. Il gagne la célébrité avec le rôle du Général Albert Burkhalter dans la série télévisée Papa Schultz sur le tard dans les années 1960.

Contrairement à de nombreux exilés autrichiens, Leon Askin ne refuse jamais de retourner dans son pays d'origine. En fait, il garde un pied à terre permanent à Vienne, où il reste actif jusqu'à sa mort à l'âge de 97 ans.

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Leon Askin (46 films)

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Actor

Airplane II: The Sequel, 1h25
Directed by Ken Finkleman
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Transport films, Sur la Lune, Aviation films, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Dans un avion, Space opera
Actors Robert Hays, Julie Hagerty, Lloyd Bridges, Chad Everett, Peter Graves, Rip Torn
Roles Moscow anchorman
Rating60% 3.0499953.0499953.0499953.0499953.049995
In the near future, the Moon has been colonized and supports a station on its surface. A lunar shuttle known as Mayflower One is being rushed to launch from Houston. The head of the ground crew, The Sarge (Chuck Connors), does not like what is occurring, but he defers to the airline's management.
Frightmare
Frightmare (1981)
, 1h30
Directed by Norman Thaddeus Vane
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror
Actors Ferdy Mayne, Nita Talbot, Leon Askin, Jeffrey Combs, Scott Thomson, Chuck Mitchell
Roles Wolfgang
Rating46% 2.3073752.3073752.3073752.3073752.307375
A group of drama students idolize their favourite horror film star, Conrad Razkoff (Ferdy Mayne). In the beginning, Conrad is acting in a commercial for dentures, and the Director (Peter Kastner) stops the filming because he does not like Conrad's performance. While the director sits on the edge of the balcony, an angry Conrad pushes him off with his cane. Later, Conrad visits a school and talks about his performances, only to faint under excitement. One of the Drama students, Meg (Jennifer Starrett), revives him. Later, as Conrad sits in his bed, his obese director Wolfgang (Leon Askin) visits him. After a long talk about his death arrangements, Conrad closes his eyes and tricks the director into believing he is dead. Then, the director denounces him until Conrad springs up and smothers him with a pillow. After Conrad dies, the seven drama students, Meg, Saint (Luca Bercovici), Bobo (Scott Thomson), Eve (Carlene Olson), Donna (Donna McDaniel), Oscar (Alan Stock), and Stu (Jeffrey Combs), go to the cemetery after dark, they sneak into the tomb where Conrad's coffin resides. The lights turn on and they see a film of Conrad stating that he welcomes them into his tomb, unless,he says, they have broken in. Creeped out, Meg asks them not to take Conrad, but they do, and take him to an old mansion where they stay for the night.
Going Ape!
Going Ape! (1981)
, 1h27
Directed by Jeremy Joe Kronsberg
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Tony Danza, Stacey Nelkin, Jessica Walter, Danny DeVito, Merie Earle, Art Metrano
Roles Zebrewski
Rating40% 2.017262.017262.017262.017262.01726
Struggling slacker Foster Sabatini is the only member of his circus family who left the life, greatly disappointing his wealthy father Max Sabatini (of The Flying Sabatinis). When Max dies, Foster and his sisters (who all hate Foster) are shocked to hear that Max left his entire estate to Foster, but only on the condition that Foster can care for his father's beloved trio of orangutans. Along with the orangutans, Foster also inherits the services of Lazlo - Max's manservant & protege. The arrival of the orangutans and Lazlo turn Foster's life upside-down, all while he attempts to win back his disgruntled girlfriend and impress her high-society mother.
Young Frankenstein, 1h41
Directed by Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Comedy science fiction films, Frankenstein films, Comedy horror films, Cyberpunk films, Children's films
Actors Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachman, Teri Garr
Roles Herr Walman (deleted scenes)
Rating79% 3.99893.99893.99893.99893.9989
Dr. Frederick Frankenstein (Gene Wilder) is a physician lecturer at an American medical school and engaged to the tightly wound socialite Elizabeth (Madeline Kahn). He becomes exasperated when anyone brings up the subject of his grandfather, the infamous mad scientist. To disassociate himself from his forebear, Frederick insists that his surname is pronounced "Fronkensteen."
The World's Greatest Athlete, 1h33
Directed by Robert Scheerer, Arthur J. Vitarelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Athletics films, Children's films
Actors John Amos, Roscoe Lee Browne, Tim Conway, Dayle Haddon, Jan-Michael Vincent, Billy De Wolfe
Roles Dr. Gottlieb
Rating56% 2.800692.800692.800692.800692.80069
In a series of establishing shots, Sam Archer (Amos) and his assistant Milo Jackson (Conway) are depicted as coaches at the fictitious Merrivale College; their teams invariably lose. A series of plot coincidences sends the pair to Africa, where they catch sight with their Safari guide Morumba (Don Pedro Colley) of the Tarzan-like Nanu, who can outrun a cheetah in full bound.
Genesis II
Genesis II (1973)
, 1h14
Directed by John Llewellyn Moxey
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Films set in the future
Actors Alex Cord, Mariette Hartley, Ted Cassidy, Percy Rodriguez, Harvey Jason, Titos Vandis
Roles Overseer
Rating59% 2.9508052.9508052.9508052.9508052.950805
In 1979, NASA scientist Dylan Hunt (Alex Cord) is working on "Project Ganymede", a suspended animation system for astronauts on long-duration space flights. As chief of the project he volunteers for the first multi-day test. He places himself in chemically induced hibernation deep inside Carlsbad Caverns; while there, his lab is buried in an earthquake. The monitoring equipment is damaged and fails to awake him at the intended end of the test. He awakens instead in 2133, emerging into a chaotic post-apocalyptic world. An event called "The Great Conflict" (a third and final World War) destroyed the civilization of Hunt's time. Various new civilizations have emerged in a struggle for control of available resources. Those with the greatest military might and the will to use it have the greatest advantage.
Hammersmith Is Out, 1h48
Directed by Peter Ustinov
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films set in psychiatric hospitals
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Peter Ustinov, Beau Bridges, George Raft, Leon Ames
Roles Dr. Krodt
Rating53% 2.663622.663622.663622.663622.66362
Billy Breedlove (Beau Bridges) is an orderly at a Texas psychiatric hospital. He simultaneously falls under the spell of two people: a blonde waitress at a local diner named Jimmie Jean Jackson (Elizabeth Taylor) and an allegedly sociopathic hospital patient named Hammersmith (Richard Burton), who is restrained in a straitjacket within a locked cell.
Death Knocks Twice, 1h26
Directed by Harald Phillip
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Dean Reed, Fabio Testi, Werner Peters, Ini Assmann, Riccardo Garrone, Mario Brega
Roles Peppe Mangano
Rating47% 2.385422.385422.385422.385422.38542
Jeune peintre mentalement instable, Francesco di Villaverde a la manie d'étrangler ses partenaires féminines une fois qu’il leur a fait l’amour. Alors qu'il supprime une femme mariée sur une plage, son meurtre est observé par un voyeur. Ce-dernier rapporte l’information à des gangsters qui imaginent un plan machiavélique pour faire endosser à Francesco un meurtre qu’ils doivent commettre. Pendant ce temps, suite à la mort de son épouse tuée par Francesco, un milliardaire américain confie l'enquête à un détective privé, Bob Martin, et lui demande également de retrouver un collier appartenant à la défunte. Martin fait rapidement le lien entre le jeune peintre et les nombreux crimes, mais comme il ne dispose pas assez de preuves contre le criminel, il va utiliser sa propre femme pour l'attirer et le piéger.
Guns for San Sebastian, 1h51
Directed by Henri Verneuil
Genres Action, Western
Actors Anthony Quinn, Anjanette Comer, Charles Bronson, Sam Jaffe, Silvia Pinal, Emilio Fernández
Roles Vicar General
Rating66% 3.304213.304213.304213.304213.30421
In 1743, a womanizing atheist outlaw, Leon Alastray (Anthony Quinn), is pursued by the Spanish military. Given sanctuary by an altruistic priest (Sam Jaffe), he is taken to a village terrorized by marauding Indians.
A Fine Pair, 1h55
Directed by Francesco Maselli
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Heist films
Actors Claudia Cardinale, Rock Hudson, Leon Askin, Ellen Corby, Walter Giller, Tomás Milián
Roles Chief Wellman
Rating49% 2.462262.462262.462262.462262.46226
Un détective s'engage dans une relation avec la superbe fille d'un vieil ami. La fille s'avère être une voleuse de bijoux, qui finit par entraîner le détective dans un cambriolage en Autriche.
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz, 1h53
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Political films
Actors Elke Sommer, Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, Joey Forman, John Banner, Leon Askin
Roles Oscar
Rating44% 2.2328952.2328952.2328952.2328952.232895
Paula Schultz (Elke Sommer) has been preparing to compete in the Olympic Games, but instead pole-vaults over the Berlin Wall to freedom in West Germany.