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Werner Klemperer
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| Known for: | Judgment at Nuremberg, Houseboat, Ship of Fools |
| Birthday: | 22 March 1920, Cologne, North-Rhine-Westphalia, Germany |
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Served in the U.S. Army from 1942-1945.
Son of conductor Otto Klemperer.
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."
Although he was most famous for playing a colonel in the German Luftwaffe (air corps), Klemperer's family were German Jews who fled Nazi Germany in the 1930s.
Immersed himself into teaching himself English so completely, that he found himself actuially thinking and dreaming in English.
Is portrayed by Kurt Fuller in Auto Focus (2002).
During World War II, served in the U.S. Army and was assigned to Maurice Evans' Special Entertainment Unit serving with fellow actor Carl Reiner.
He was nominated for a 1975 Joseph Jefferson Award for Best Guest Artist for his performance in "The Great Sebastians," at the Ivanhoe Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.
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