Leon Askin
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Leon Askin was an Austrian actor best known in North America for portraying the character General Burkhalter on the TV situation comedy Hogan's Heroes. From the 1950s onward he had a steady career on
Askin in Road to Bali (1952)
Leon Askin's grave located at Vienna Central Cemetery.
Hogan's Heroes
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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
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"