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Werner Klemperer: American actor (1920–2000).
Born in Cologne (died at age 80).
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Primetime Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
1969
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Primetime Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
1969
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Primetime Emmy Award
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
1968
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Primetime Emmy Awards
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Biography
Werner Klemperer was an American actor. He was best 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.
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Werner Klemperer was born in Cologne.
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