30 Days of Hogan's Heroes - Day 10

[belphegor1982]

Day 10 - Favourite actor?

Werner Klemperer, hands down :o) Honestly, it’s no wonder the man won prizes for his interpretation of Klink.

Colonel Klink is a snivelling, vain, petty man with an odd mix of delusions of grandeur and a desire to be just left in peace whether the war continues or not. On a meta level, you know he’s doomed to fail again

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[belphegor1982]

Oh, he was. Klemperer was the son of Otto Klemperer, a great German conductor, and the whole family fled to the United States after the Nazis came to power. He was an excellent violin player in his own right, which is hilarious when you see episodes when Klink plays the violin... Let's just say that one of the other characters wonders who is strangling a cat :D He served in the US Army in WW2 and became an actor after the war. He was mainly known for very serious roles, and then along came Hogan's Heroes and his talent for comedy became obvious :o)

He accepted Klink's part on the condition that Klink never won. Sometimes he thinks he's won, but the audience knows better :o)