<Tr> <Th> Parent (s) </Th> <Td> Otto Klemperer Johanna Geisler (de) </Td> </Tr> <P> Werner Klemperer (March 22, 1920--December 6, 2000) was a German - American stage, film, and television actor and singer / musician . </P> <P> Born in Cologne, Rhine Province, Germany, Klemperer and his family fled Germany in 1935 . After serving in the United States Army during World War II, he began his professional acting career on the Broadway stage in 1947 . Klemperer appeared in several films and numerous guest starring roles during the 1950s and 1960s . In 1965, he won the role of Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the CBS television sitcom Hogan's Heroes . The series aired for six seasons with Klemperer receiving a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series nomination for each year, winning the award in 1968 and 1969 . </P> <P> Klemperer was born in Cologne, Germany, to a musical family, but he said that he had little musical aptitude . His father was renowned conductor Otto Klemperer and his mother was soprano Johanna Geisler (de). He had a younger sister named Lotte (1923--2003). His father was Jewish by birth; he converted to Catholicism but later returned to Judaism . His mother was Lutheran . Otto Klemperer was a first cousin of Victor Klemperer . </P>

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