Leon Askin

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-09-18 (98 years old)

Deathday

2005-06-03

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria

Leon Askin

Biography

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...

Acting

1961

One, Two, Three

as Peripetchikoff

1953

Road to Bali

as King Ramayana

1954

Secret of the Incas

as Anton Marcu

1953

The Robe

as Abidor

1965

Do Not Disturb

as Langsdorf

1959

Entscheidung

as Lajos Morva

1968

Guns for San Sebastian

as Vicar General

1973

Genesis II

as Overseer

1954

Knock on Wood

as Laslo Gromeck

1981

Frightmare

as Wolfgang

1969

Death Knocks Twice

as Peppe Mangano

1953

South Sea Woman

as Pierre Marchand

1985

1954

Valley of the Kings

as Valentine Arko, Antique Dealer

1994

OcchioPinocchio

as Lo psichiatra

1955

Spy Chasers

as Alex Baxis

1960

1953

Desert Legion

as Major Vasil

1960

Pension Schöller

as Fritz Bernhardi

1960

1959

Rebel Flight to Cuba

as General Cordobas

1994

Fear of Heights

as Vater Gusenleitner

1961

Blind Justice

as Dr. Leupold

1960

Der Traum des Mr. Borton

as Martin Borton

1961

Always Trouble with the Bed

as Luigi Papagallo

1959

The Peter Tchaikovsky Story

as Anton Rubinstein

1999

Kubanisch rauchen

as Waranovsky

1974

Verurteilt 1910

as Regierungsrat Stukart

1982

Airplane II: The Sequel

as Moscow Anchorman

1959

The Last Blitzkrieg

as Sergeant Steiner

1962

Lulu

as Medizinalrat Dr. Goll

1953

The Veils of Bagdad

as Pasha Hammam

1973

1972

Hammersmith Is Out

as Dr. Krodt

1969

The Maltese Bippy

as Axel Kronstadt

1967

Double Trouble

as Inspector de Groote

1968

Lucrezia

as Alessandro VI

1998

Die Bräute

as Rutte

1959

1961

Towarisch

as Dimitri Gorotschenko

1959

Der Mann im Manne

as Ed Keller

1968

A Fine Pair

as Chief Wellman

1986

Odd Jobs

as Don Carlucci

1952

Assignment: Paris

as Franz (uncredited)

1981

Going Ape!

as Zebrewski

1953

China Venture

as Wu King

1967

1953

Three Lives

as Dr. Stein

Production

1939

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