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Gertan Klauber
Actor
Born March 5, 1932Died August 1, 2008 (76 years)
George Gertan Klauber (5 March 1932 – 1 August 2008) was a Czech-born British actor, known for playing various character parts in films and television programmes, particularly the Carry On comedies. Of Sudeten German and Jewish descent, Klauber was born in Czechoslovakia in 1932, and moved to the United Kingdom prior to the outbreak of World War II. He studied drama at the Birmingham School of Acting (now the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire).
He appeared in numerous television productions, often playing minor villains, including episodes of The Saint, The Professionals, Danger Man, The Avengers, twice in Doctor Who as The Galley Master in The Romans and as Ola in The Macra Terror and as mad king George III in Blackadder the Third. He appeared in the TV musical Pickwick for the BBC in 1969. He also played a servile yet pompous waiter in one episode, "The Old Magic", of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Klauber was one of the regular recurring cast members of the Carry On films, appearing in seven films total (one uncredited). He usually played small roles, cast when the producers wanted someone big and sinister, or big and jovial, but had a prominent part as 'Marcus' in Carry On Cleo (1964).
He appeared in two James Bond films: Octopussy (1983) and The Living Daylights (1987), though he was uncredited for the latter.
His last film role was as a pimp in the Beatles biopic Backbeat (1994).
He appeared in numerous television productions, often playing minor villains, including episodes of The Saint, The Professionals, Danger Man, The Avengers, twice in Doctor Who as The Galley Master in The Romans and as Ola in The Macra Terror and as mad king George III in Blackadder the Third. He appeared in the TV musical Pickwick for the BBC in 1969. He also played a servile yet pompous waiter in one episode, "The Old Magic", of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Klauber was one of the regular recurring cast members of the Carry On films, appearing in seven films total (one uncredited). He usually played small roles, cast when the producers wanted someone big and sinister, or big and jovial, but had a prominent part as 'Marcus' in Carry On Cleo (1964).
He appeared in two James Bond films: Octopussy (1983) and The Living Daylights (1987), though he was uncredited for the latter.
His last film role was as a pimp in the Beatles biopic Backbeat (1994).
Filmography
| 2012 | |
| 2003 | Red Cap (TV Series) · as Turgut Ata |
| 2000 | Inside 'Octopussy' · as Buhi |
| 1995 | The Queen's Nose (TV Series) · as Robber |
| 1995 | |
| 1995 | The Famous Five (1995) (TV Series) · as Mr. Slither |
| 1994 | Good King Wenceslas · as Kalousek |
| 1994 | The Knock (TV Series) · as Helmut Max |
| 1994 | Backbeat · as Pimp |
| 1991 | Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady · as Night-Club Doorman |
| 1990 | House of Cards (TV Series) · as Blackhead |
| 1988 | Jack the Ripper (1988) (TV Series) · as Diemschutz |
| 1987 | Fortunes of War (TV Series) · as Fat German |
| 1987 | |
| 1987 | The Ruth Rendell Mysteries (TV Series) · as Bernard |
| 1987 | The Living Daylights · as Fairground Cafe Owner |
| 1987 | Inspector Morse (TV Series) · as German Man |
| 1985 | Screen One (TV Series) · as Swarthy Man On Plane |
| 1984 | The Bill (TV Series) · as Roadsweeper |
| 1984 | Top Secret! · as East German Mayor |
| 1984 | The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (TV Series) · as Ship Steward On Fulda |
| 1984 | The Cold Room · as Older Nazi |
| 1984 | Diana (1984) (TV Series) · as Roger |
| 1983 | Octopussy · as Bubi |
| 1982 | Blackadder (TV Series) · as King George Iii |
| 1981 | A Fine Romance (1981) (TV Series) · as Maitre D |
| 1980 | Bad Timing: A Sensual Obsession · as Ambulance Man |
| 1979 | Crime and Punishment (1979) (TV Series) · as Porter At Pawnbroker's Flat |
| 1979 | Thomas and Sarah (TV Series) · as Max |
| 1979 | Room Service (1979) (TV Series) · as Gustav |
| 1978 | Carry on Emmannuelle · as German Soldier |
| 1978 | Spearhead (TV Series) · as Restaurant Guest |
| 1978 | The Famous Five (TV Series) · as Brian |
| 1977 | The Professionals (TV Series) · as Helmut Brenick |
| 1977 | That's Carry On! · as Various Characters |
| 1977 | Rosie (TV Series) · as Antonio |
| 1976 | The Seven-Per-Cent Solution · as The Pasha |
| 1975 | Operation Daybreak · as Kubelwagen Driver (uncredited) |
| 1975 | Poldark (TV Series) · as Tom Harry |
| 1975 | The Sweeney (TV Series) · as Emilio |
| 1974 | Undercovers Hero · as Gestapo |
| 1974 | It's Not the Size That Counts · as Pablo |
| 1973 | Playhouse (TV Series) · as Streicher |
| 1973 | Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads (TV Series) · as Waiter |
| 1972 | Carry on Abroad · as Postcard Seller |
| 1972 | Our Miss Fred · as German Officer |
| 1972 | Dead of Night (TV Series) |
| 1972 | Colditz (TV Series) · as Korporal Henneberg |
| 1972 | The Protectors (TV Series) · as Gromeld |
| 1972 | Up the Front · as Donner |
| 1972 | The Pied Piper · as Town Cryer |
| 1971 | Upstairs, Downstairs (TV Series) · as Albert Schoenfeld |
| 1971 | Carry on Henry VIII · as Bidet |
| 1971 | The Legend of Spider Forest · as Kurt |
| 1970 | The Goodies (TV Series) |
| 1970 | Cry of the Banshee · as Tavern Keeper |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | Scream and Scream Again · as Border Guard |
| 1969 | Paul Temple (TV Series) · as Captain Groter |
| 1969 | Softly Softly Task Force (TV Series) · as Knowles |
| 1969 | Hadleigh (TV Series) · as Hotel Proprietor |
| 1969 | Pickwick · as Landlord |
| 1969 | Department S (TV Series) · as Antonio Mardi |
| 1969 | Vendetta for the Saint · as Renato |
| 1968 | Before Winter Comes · as Russian Major |
| 1968 | The Morecambe and Wise Show (TV Series) · as Kommandant's Aide |
| 1967 | Carry on Doctor · as Wash Orderly |
| 1967 | Carry on Follow That Camel · as Algerian Spiv |
| 1967 | Billion Dollar Brain · as Dr. Kaarna (uncredited) |
| 1967 | The Prisoner (1967) (TV Series) · as Cafe Waiter |
| 1967 | The Deadly Affair · as Man At Zurich Airport |
| 1967 | Traitor (1967) (TV Series) · as Barkeeper Jack |
| 1966 | The Man Who Never Was (TV Series) · as East German Security Officer |
| 1966 | The Baron (TV Series) · as Security Guard |
| 1966 | Softly Softly (TV Series) |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Konon Molody |
| 1965 | The Big Job · as Milkman |
| 1965 | Dateline Diamonds · as Meverhof |
| 1965 | You Must Be Joking! · as Forklift Driver |
| 1965 | The Troubleshooters (TV Series) · as Kulator |
| 1965 | Operation Crossbow · as Soldier At Rocket Plant |
| 1965 | Doctor Who: The Romans · as Galley Master |
| 1964 | Carry on Cleo · as Marcus |
| 1964 | The Count of Monte Cristo (1964) (TV Series) · as Second Gendarme |
| 1964 | The Wednesday Play (TV Series) · as Austrian |
| 1964 | Hot Enough for June · as Technician In Czech Glass Factory |
| 1964 | Carry on Spying · as Code Clerk |
| 1964 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes (TV Series) |
| 1964 | Theatre 625 (TV Series) · as Landlord |
| 1963 | Doctor Who (TV Series) · as Ola |
| 1963 | Espionage (TV Series) · as Innkeeper |
| 1962 | Zero One (1962) (TV Series) · as Hafner |
| 1962 | |
| 1962 | Man of the World (TV Series) |
| 1961 | The Pursuers · as Bernstein |
| 1961 | Anna Karenina · as Stationmaster |
| 1961 | The Kitchen · as Gaston |
| 1961 | Two Wives at One Wedding · as Roger |
| 1961 | Three on a Spree · as Joe |
| 1961 | The Avengers (TV Series) · as Kruger |
| 1961 | The Great Armored Car Swindle · as Lofty |
| 1960 | The Hands of Orlac · as Fairground Attendant |
| 1960 | Beyond the Curtain · as Reception Clerk |
| 1960 | BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV Series) · as Buloff |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place (TV Series) |
| 1959 | Interpol Calling (TV Series) · as Waiter |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond (TV Series) · as Porter |
| 1959 | Don't Panic Chaps · as Schmidt |
| 1958 | Missiles from Hell · as Ss Guard - Stefan At Dentist |
| 1958 | Carve Her Name with Pride · as German Train Guard |
| 1957 | Television World Theatre (TV Series) · as Mishka |
| 1955 | Dixon of Dock Green (TV Series) · as Bos'n Zeromsky |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre (TV Series) · as German Private |