Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1907-09-18 (98 years old)
Deathday
2005-06-03
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria
Also known As
Leo Aschkenasy
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. Born Leo Aschkenasy in Vienna, Austria, in 1907, Askin developed an interest in acting at a young age. He studied at the Max Reinhardt Seminar, a prestigious acting school in Vienna, and began his career on the stage in the early 1930s. With the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany, Askin, a Jew, was force...
1961
as Peripetchikoff
1953
as King Ramayana
1954
as Anton Marcu
1966
as Colonel Kastorp
1953
as Abidor
1965
as Langsdorf
1959
as Lajos Morva
1968
as Vicar General
1973
as Overseer
1973
1954
as Laslo Gromeck
1981
as Wolfgang
1969
as Peppe Mangano
1953
as Pierre Marchand
1985
as Luker
1955
as Otto
1954
as Valentine Arko, Antique Dealer
1994
as Lo psichiatra
1955
as Alex Baxis
1960
as Anwalt Dr. Plauert
1953
as Major Vasil
1967
as Morchek
1960
as Fernando
1960
as Fritz Bernhardi
1960
as Luiz
1962
as Flocke
1962
as Charles
1959
as General Cordobas
1995
as alter Adler
1994
as Vater Gusenleitner
1961
as Dr. Leupold
1960
as Martin Borton
1961
as Luigi Papagallo
1968
1960
as Fernando
1995
1959
as Anton Rubinstein
1999
as Waranovsky
1974
as Regierungsrat Stukart
1985
1982
as Moscow Anchorman
1959
as Sergeant Steiner
1962
as Medizinalrat Dr. Goll
1953
as Pasha Hammam
1973
as Dr. Gottlieb
1972
as Dr. Krodt
1969
as Axel Kronstadt
1967
as Inspector de Groote
1968
as Alessandro VI
1975
as Jason
1998
as Rutte
1959
as Präsident
1968
as Felix
1961
as Dimitri Gorotschenko
1996
1965
as Samir
1959
as Ed Keller
1968
as Chief Wellman
1986
as Don Carlucci
1952
as Franz (uncredited)
1981
as Zebrewski
1953
as Wu King
1967
as Commissar
1953
as Dr. Stein
1977
as Haufman Berger
1939
as Writer
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