<Tr> <Th> Years active </Th> <Td> 1939--1972 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Spouse (s) </Th> <Td> Christine </Td> </Tr> <P> John Banner (born Johann Banner, 28 January 1910--28 January 1973) was an Austrian - born American film and television actor . He is best known for his role as Master Sergeant Schultz in the situation comedy Hogan's Heroes (1965--1971). Schultz, constantly encountering evidence that the inmates of his stalag were planning mayhem, frequently feigned ignorance with the catchphrase, "I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing!" (or, more commonly as the series went on, "I know nothing, nothing!"). </P> <P> Banner was born to Jewish parents in Vienna, Austria - Hungary . He studied for a law degree at the University of Vienna, but decided instead to become an actor . In 1938, when he was performing with an acting troupe in Switzerland, Adolf Hitler annexed Austria to Nazi Germany . Banner emigrated to the United States, where he rapidly picked up English . </P>

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