Werner Klemperer

Acting

Werner Klemperer

Born 1920-03-22 · Cologne, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Werner Klemperer was an American actor. He was 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

Acting credits

Judgment at Nuremberg poster
8.0

In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.

Judgment at Nuremberg

1961

The Wrong Man poster
7.1

In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

The Wrong Man

1956

Houseboat poster
6.4

An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.

Houseboat

1958

Ship of Fools poster
6.6

A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for pre-WWII Germany represents a microcosm of early-1930s society.

Ship of Fools

1965

The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz poster
3.9

A beautiful East German Olympic hopeful pole-vaults over the Berlin Wall to freedom.

The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz

1968

The Last Laugh poster
7.0

Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, and the implications for other seemingly off-limits topics in a society that prizes free speech.

The Last Laugh

2016

Istanbul poster
6.0

A suspected diamond smuggler returns to Istanbul and finds the lady love he thought was dead...or does he?

Istanbul

1957

Kiss Them for Me poster
5.7

Three navy war heroes are booked on a morale-building "vacation" in San Francisco. Once they manage to elude their ulcerated public relations officer, the trio throw a wild party with plenty of pretty girls.

Kiss Them for Me

1957

Assignment: Munich poster
8.0

Undercover agent, using his bar as a front, battles three killers to find a stolen fortune.

Assignment: Munich

1972

Flight to Hong Kong poster
7.3

On an airliner bound for Hong Kong, Tony, a career crook who deals in stolen diamonds, agonizes over whether he should stick with his girlfriend or pursue Pamela, an intriguing novelist with whom he's instantly infatuated. Viewing Tony's dastardly deeds as great material for her new book, Pamela gladly encourages him to continue his criminal behavior.

Flight to Hong Kong

1956

Cabaret poster
NR

A pro-shot of Cabaret's 1987 Broadway revival.

Cabaret

1988

Death of a Scoundrel poster
6.0

A Czech refugee uses women to advance his business interest.

Death of a Scoundrel

1956

The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies poster
5.8

Jed Clamplett and his backwoods family help solve an energy crisis in their own rustic ways for their Beverly Hills neighborhood they still cannot adjust to.

The Return of the Beverly Hillbillies

1981

5 Steps to Danger poster
6.6

Can a couple keep important secrets from Communist spies?

5 Steps to Danger

1956

Youngblood Hawke poster
6.3

An unknown Kentucky writer comes to New York and pursues fame and women.

Youngblood Hawke

1964

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez poster
5.2

Featuring music instead of any dialogue and set in a near Kafkaesque future, this loose remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari follows a bureaucrat whom mysterious Dr. Ramirez and his hideous sidekick want as their latest victim.

The Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez

1991

Dark Intruder poster
6.3

Police call in occult expert to help solve series of murders.

Dark Intruder

1965

Queen Esther poster
6.7

This Hanna-Barbera animated video tells a version of the Bible story about Esther, whose heroism is commemorated annually by the feast of Purim. Esther, a Jewish orphan girl, is chosen by King Ahasuerus of Persia to be his queen.

Queen Esther

1992

The Goddess poster
6.0

A woman adored by the people around her ultimately struggles to be happy with herself.

The Goddess

1958

Star Spangled Salesman poster
8.0

A collection of television celebrities pitch United States Savings bonds.

Star Spangled Salesman

1968

The High Cost of Loving poster
6.6

Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut. But life becomes less predictable when he doesn't receive an invitation to an important luncheon being held by the new company president. Convinced that he's about to lose his job, Jim begins to mull over his limited prospects when his wife confirms that she's pregnant.

The High Cost of Loving

1958

Operation Eichmann poster
6.8

Drama about the life Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer responsible for the deaths of countless Jewish people during World War II.

Operation Eichmann

1961

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty poster
7.0

Steve Martin's second NBC special was made up entirely of sketches. Highlights include: Marty Robbins' "El Paso" with monkeys; "The Death Of Socrates"; and "Bizarre Oddities Of The World."

Steve Martin: Comedy Is Not Pretty

1980

Wake Me When the War Is Over poster
5.2

During the latter days of WWII an American Lieutenant accidentally falls out of an airplane into German territory. He is taken in by a Baroness who becomes smitten with him and doesn't want him to leave, so she doesn't tell him that the war has ended...for five years!

Wake Me When the War Is Over

1969