Remembering Werner Klemperer

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Werner Klemperer (March 22, 1920 – December 6, 2000) is best known for his role as the bumbling Colonel Wilhelm Klink, a role he only agreed to take on with the condition that none of Klink’s schemes would ever succeed and that he would always wind up looking foolish. Klemperer, son of conductor Otto Klemperer, was born in Cologne, Germany in 1920. In 1935, while he was a teenager, he and his family emigrated from Germany and settled in Los Angeles. He later served in the U.S. Army from 1942-45. He has 95 acting credits to his name, including an uncredited cameo appearance the Batman episode called “It’s How You Play the Game.” (below)

Col Klink (Werner Klemperer) and Col Hogan (Bob Crane)

Col Klink (Werner Klemperer), Sgt. Schultz (John Banner), Col Hogan (Bob Crane)

Sgt. Schultz (John Banner), Col Hogan (Bob Crane), Col Klink (Werner Klemperer)

Batclimb cameo with Col Klink (Werner Klemperer), Robin (Burt Ward) and Batman (Adam West)

Batman: Colonel, what are you doing here in Gotham City?

Colonel Klink: I am looking for an underground agent.

Robin: One of ours or one of yours?

Batman: And why at the Exposition Hall at the Coliseum?

Colonel Klink: Who knows? You never know where you might find one.

Batman: Be careful not to get picked up. Chief O’Hara can be very tough with aliens incognito.

Colonel Klink: Incognito? With my monocle?

Robin: Well, say hello to Col. Hogan for us.

Colonel Klink: It’s a wonder he hasn’t tried to borrow your Bat-rope to pull another one of his escapes!

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