Find A Grave - Hogan's Heroes television show

Askin, Leon b. September 18, 1907 d. June 3, 2005
Actor. Best known for playing 'General Albert Burkhalter' in the 1960s classic television series, "Hogan’s Heroes." Leon was born into a Jewish family in Vienna. He started his career a nine year-old boy reciting a 17-stanza eulogy for Emperor Francis Joseph in front of the city hall of Vienna's ninth district. He went on to work as a cabaret artist in the 1930s. He would then have to flee to France, and later to the United States to escape persecution by the Nazis. He would even serve in the...[Read More] (Bio by: David)
Zentralfriedhof, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Banner, John b. January 28, 1910 d. January 28, 1973
Actor. Fondly remembered for his role of 'Sergeant Schultz' in the classic 1960s television sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" (1965 - 1971). An Austrian actor of Jewish descent in his hometown of Vienna, he was forced to leave when Germany and Austria unified in 1938, at the age of 28, during the Anschluss (union) between the two countries. There are reports that he spent time in a German Concentration Camp, but these are unconfirmed. At the time of the Anschluss, he was touring Switzerland with an...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Abdominal hemorrhage
Mauer Cemetery, Vienna, Wien, Austria
Plot: Group 57, row 2, number 26
Bruck, Karl b. March 16, 1906 d. August 21, 1987
Actor. Played King Duncan on Star Trek. Had multiple appearances on Hogan's Heroes, and appeared in many other television shows.
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Caine, Howard b. January 2, 1926 d. December 28, 1993
Actor. He is best remembered for playing the role of German Gestapo Major 'Wolfgang Hochstetter' in the television comedy series, "Hogan's Heroes" (1967 to 1971). Born Howard Cohen in Nashville, Tennessee, he appeared in a Hal Roach "Our Gang" skit that was being filmed there, and took an interest in becoming an actor. In 1939, his family moved to New York City, where he began to learn acting. After service in the United States Navy at the end of World War II, he continued his studies at the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Eden Memorial Park, Mission Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Crane, Bob (Robert) [original burial site] b. July 13, 1928 d. June 29, 1978
Actor, Hogan's Heroes cast. Born in Connecticut, Crane started out in show business as a drummer, and eventually became a disk jockey. For nine years in California, he hosted a morning drive show that was very popular. He had many famous people on this show, ranging from Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Monroe, and Frank Sinatra, to name a few. Eventually he decided to get into acting, and landed guest roles on such shows as the Dick Van Dyke Show. He was cast in a regular role on The Donna Reed...[Read More]
Cause of death: Murdered (Crushed Skull)
Oakwood Memorial Park, Chatsworth, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Crane, Bob (Robert) b. July 13, 1928 d. June 29, 1978
Actor, Hogan's Heroes cast. Born in Connecticut, Crane started out in show business as a drummer, and eventually became a disk jockey. For nine years in California, he hosted a morning drive show that was very popular. He had many famous people on this show, ranging from Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Marilyn Monroe, and Frank Sinatra, to name a few. Eventually he decided to get into acting, and landed guest roles on such shows as the Dick Van Dyke Show. He was cast in a regular role on The Donna Reed...[Read More]
Cause of death: Murdered (Crushed Skull)
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Middle of the lawn area
Dixon, Ivan b. April 6, 1931 d. March 16, 2008
Actor, Director. Born in New York City, he is best known for his role of Sgt. James 'Kinch' Kinchloe in the comedy series "Hogan's Heroes". Dixon began his career during the late 1950s, originating the role of Joseph Asagai in the 1959 Broadway production of "A Raisin in the Sun" and reprising it in in the 1961 film version. He also had memorable film credits with "Porgy and Bess" (1959), "Nothing But a Man" (1964) and "A Patch of Blue" (1965). His other television appearances include, "The...[Read More] (Bio by: C.S.)
Cause of death: Complications of kidney failure
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Hovis, Larry b. February 20, 1936 d. September 9, 2003
Actor. Hovis is best remembered for his roles on television as 'Sergeant Andrew Carter' on Hogan's Heroes from 1965 to 1971, and 'Private First Class Larry Gottschalk' on "Gomer Pyle, USMC" from 1964 to 1965. Hovis was born on February 20, 1936, in Wapato, Washington, beginning his career as a vocalist in the musical group, 'The Mascots' later appearing in several plays on Broadway. He also appeared in the films, "Lone Star State of Mind" (2002), "Yorick" (2002), "Shadow Force" (1993), "Sex And...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Cause of death: Cancer
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Klemperer, Werner b. March 22, 1920 d. December 7, 2000
Actor. He is best remembered for his role of 'Colonel Wilhelm Klink' on the television series, "Hogan's Heroes" (1965 to 1971). He was also an accomplished orchestra conductor. Born in Cologne, Germany, his father was famed German conductor Otto Klemperer. During the mid-1930s, the Jewish Klemperer family was forced to flee Nazi Germany, and arriving in the United States, young Werner Klemperer studied music, becoming an accomplished concert violinist, and determined to be an orchestra...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Cancer
Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea
Pitlik, Noam b. November 4, 1932 d. February 18, 1999
Prolific character actor. He was also an Emmy, Peabody and Director's Guild of America award winning director of over 200 episodes of TV series such as "Taxi," "Mr. Belvedere," "Barney Miller," "Wings," "Hogan's Heroes" and "One Day At A Time." (Bio by: Angelo Darden)
Cause of death: Lung Cancer
Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend
Valdis, Sigrid b. September 21, 1935 d. October 14, 2007
Actress. Best known for her role as Colonel Klink's secretary "Hilda" on the televsion series "Hogan's Heroes." She married the show's star Bob Crane on the set in 1970, the couple had two children. Crane was murdered in 1978. Though of Swedish decent she was born Patricia Olson in Bakersfield, California. She grew up in southern California and graduated from Marymount High School. After high school she moved to Europe and later New York and worked as a model. She made her film debut in...[Read More] (Bio by: David)
Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA

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