TV's 'Colonel Klink' Dead at 80

NEW YORK (AP) â€” Werner Klemperer, a refugee from Nazi Germany who went on to play the bumbling German prison-camp commandant Col. Klink on TV's ``Hogan's Heroes,'' has died. He was 80.

Thursday, December 7th 2000, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

NEW YORK (AP) â€” Werner Klemperer, a refugee from Nazi Germany who went on to play the bumbling German prison-camp commandant Col. Klink on TV's ``Hogan's Heroes,'' has died. He was 80.

Klemperer died of cancer Wednesday at his home in New York, said his publicist, Bernie Ilson.

Klemperer, who fled Germany in the 1930s with his father, Otto, a distinguished conductor, won two Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Klink on the 1960s sitcom about World War II Allied prisoners of war.

He also received a Tony nomination in 1988 as a feature actor in a musical for his role in Hal Prince's revival of ``Cabaret.''

Klemperer's film credits included ``Death of a Scoundrel,'' ``The Goddess,'' ``Judgment at Nuremburg,'' and ``Ship of Fools.''

Klemperer also appeared as a narrator with nearly every major symphony orchestra in the United States. His repertoire included such works as Beethoven's ``Egmont'' and ``Fidelio,'' Stravinsky's ``L'Historie du Soldat'' and ``Oedipus Rex.''