Creator / Gertan Klauber

Gertan Klauber, born George Gertan Klauber, (5 March 1932 — 1 August 2008), was a Czechoslovakia-born British character actor.

After being born in Czechoslovakia he eventually made his way to England, where he trained at the Birmingham Theatre School. During this time, he appeared on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.

Klauber played minor roles in a few Carry On films, with his biggest part being Bidet, one of King Francis' soldiers in Carry On Henry. On TV, he often played one-off villains in episodes of series such as The Avengers (1960s), Danger Man, Doctor Who, The Professionals, The Saint, and Blackadder The Third.

He was married to fellow actor Gwendolyn Watts until her death in 2000, while he died at the age of 76.

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Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:

Films

• Carve Her Name with Pride (1958) — German Train Guard (Uncredited Role)
• Carry On Spying (1964) — Code Clerk
• Carry On Cleo (1964) — Marcus
• Operation Crossbow (1965) — Security Guard at Rocket Plant (Uncredited Role)
• Follow That Camel (1967) — Spiv (Deleted Role)
• Carry On Doctor (1967) — Wash Orderly
• Scream and Scream Again (1970) — Border Guard (Uncredited Role)
• Cry of the Banshee (1970) — Tavern Keeper
• Wuthering Heights (1970) — Man
• Carry On Henry (1971) — Bidet
• Up the Front (1972) — Donner
• Carry On Abroad (1972) — Postcard Seller
• Operation Daybreak (1975) — Kubelwagen Feldwebel (Uncredited Role)
• The Seven Per Cent Solution (1976) — Pasha
• Carry On Emmannuelle (1978) — German Soldier
• Bad Timing (1980) — Ambulance Man
• Octopussy (1983) — Bubi
• Top Secret! (1984) — Mayor
• The Living Daylights (1987) — Fairground Café Owner (Uncredited Role)

Series

• One Step Beyond, episode "The Villa" (1961) — Porter
• The Count of Monte Cristo, episode "The Chateau D'lf" (1964) — Gendarme
• Dixon of Dock Green, episode "Edward the Confessor" (1965) — Bos'n Zeromsky
• Doctor Who, 5 episodes:
  • 1 episode of 4-episode story "The Romans" (1965) — Galley Master
  • 4-episode story "The Macra Terror" (1967) — Ola
• Danger Man, episode "The Man with the Foot" (1966) — Hencke
• The Prisoner, "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling" (1967) — Café Waiter
• The Saint, 2 episodes:
  • "The Counterfeit Countess" (1967) — Barman
  • "Vendetta for the Saint: Part 2" (1969) — Renato
• The Avengers, episode "Homicide and Old Lace" (1969) — Kruger
• Department S, episode "The Double Death of Charlie Crippen" (1969) — Antonio Mardi
• The Goodies, episode "Tower of London" (1970) — The Black Rod
• Colditz, 2 episodes:
  • "Murder?" (1973) — Korporal Henneberg
  • "Chameleon" (1974) — German Radio Announcer
• Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?, 2 episodes^{show list} "The Old Magic", "One for the Road" (1973-74) — Waiter
• Upstairs Downstairs, episode "The Beastly Hun" (1974) — Albert Schoenfeld
• The Sweeney, episode "Queen's Pawn" (1975) — Emilio
• The Professionals, episode "Take Away" (1980) — Helmut Brenick
• Blackadder The Third, episode "Duel and Duality" (1987) — King George III
• Crossbow, 2 episodes:
  • "The Physician" (1988) — Govener Jonah
  • "Spirit of Rebellion" (1989) — Luke's Father
• Inspector Morse, episode "The Last Enemy" (1989) — German Man
• The Bill, episode "When Did You Last See Your Father?" (1990) — Roadsweeper
• House of Cards, episode "Chapter One" (1990) — Blackhead
• Screen One, episode "A Very Polish Practice" (1992) — Swarthy Man on Plane
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones, episode "Attack of the Hawkmen" (1995) — Maurice
• The Queen's Nose, 2 episodes (1996-99) — Robber
• Red Cap, episode "Payback" (2003) — Turgut Ata

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