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Jun 5, 2005 · June 5, 2005 12 AM PT. From Associated Press. VIENNA — Leon Askin, the actor who played Gen. Albert Burkhalter in the 1960s television comedy “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died, Austrian officials said...
Jun 3, 2005 · Leon Askin (Born: September 18, 1907, Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), Height 6ft [1.83m]) was an Austrian-American actor who enjoyed a successful career in both theater and television. He is best known for his portrayal of General Albert Burkhalter in the hit sitcom "Hogan's Heroes," a role he played for six seasons from 1965 to 1971.
Jun 20, 2005 · Actor. By Variety Staff. Leon Askin, who played Gen. Albert Burkhalter in “Hogan’s Heroes,” died June 3 in Vienna, Austria. He was 97. Askin was best known for his role as the Nazi general who...
American. Ethnicity. Austrian. Gender. Male. Occupation. Actor, director, producer, writer, accent coach. Birth Details. September 18, 1907. Vienna, Austria. Famous Works. CREDITS. Stage Appearances. Shylock, The Merchant of Venice, Broadway production, 1952. Title role, Othello, Hamburg and Berlin, West Germany, 1957. Idiots Delights, 1971.
Jun 3, 2005 · Leon Askin was a renowned Austrian character actor who was featured in a wide array of American productions. As a young man, Askin became a successful stage actor in his homeland, and he relocated to the United States in 1940 to escape Nazi persecution. After serving in the American military in...
Jun 9, 2005 · Leon Askin, the actor who played Gen. Albert Burkhalter in the 1960s television comedy “Hogan’s Heroes,” died Friday at a Vienna hospital. He was 97. Askin was best known for his role as the Nazi general who constantly threatened to send the prisoner-of-war camp’s inept commander, Col. Wilhelm Klink, to the Russian front because of his ...
Active in films and as a drama teacher and lecturer into the 1980s, Leon Askin is best known to American TV addicts as the gross (and gross-kopfed) SS officer Burkhalter on the 1960s sitcom Hogan's Heroes. Read More ↓. Movie Highlights. See Full Filmography.
