Robert Edward Crane was an American actor, drummer, radio personality, disc jockey and star of the CBS sitcom Hogan's Heroes.
Crane in Hogan's Heroes, 1969
Apartment 132A of the Winfield Place Apartments (now condominiums) where Crane was murdered
Crane and Valdis' gravestone, bearing their portraits and the banner "Hogan and Hilda, Together Forever"
Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom created by Bernard Fein and Albert S. Ruddy which is set in a prisoner-of-war camp in Nazi Germany during World War II. It centers on a group of Allied
Bob Crane
…Robert Edward Crane (July 13, 1928 – June 29, 1978) was an American actor, drummer, radio personality, disc jockey and star of the CBS sitcom Hogan's Heroes. Crane was a drummer from age 11, and began his entertainment career as a radio personality, beginning in Hornell, New York, and later in Connecticut…
First season cast (l–r): Cynthia Lynn, Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Ivan Dixon, Robert Clary, and Richard Dawson. Absent: Larry Hovis
Larry Hovis as Sgt. Carter
Robert Clary spent three years during World War II in a concentration camp and still had his ID tattoo on his arm.
Col. Hogan with Major Bonacelli (Hans Conried) in the season 1 episode "The Pizza Parlor"