Gertan Klauber
Known for Acting · 79 credits
- Born
- 1932-03-05
- Died
- 2008-08-01
- Place of birth
- Czechoslovakia
- Also known as
- Gertain Klauber · Gerton Klauber
Biography
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).
Known For
TV Shows (34)
Doctor Who
1963
as Ola
The Avengers
1961
as Kruger
The Saint
1962
as The Barman / Renato
BBC Play of the Month
1965
as Turkish Inspector / Montfleury / Konon Molody
Blackadder
1983
as King George III
Inspector Morse
1987
as German Man
The Professionals
1977
as Helmut Brenick
The Sweeney
1975
as Emilio
Playhouse
1974
as Streicher
One Step Beyond
1959
as Porter
Theatre 625
1964
as Landlord
No Hiding Place
1959
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
as Albert Schoenfeld
The Prisoner
1967
as Cafe Waiter
The Protectors
1972
as Gromeld
Softly, Softly
1966
The Goodies
1970
Poldark
1975
as Tom Harry
Sherlock Holmes
1964
Crossbow
1987
Espionage
1963
as Prison Guard / Innkeeper
Department S
1969
as Antonio Mardi
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Waiter
Colditz
1972
as Korporal Henneberg / German Radio Announcer (voice)
The Queen's Nose
1995
as Robber
Jack the Ripper
1988
as Diemschutz
Man of the World
1962
as Arturo
Crane
1963
as Habbas / Darius
House of Cards
1990
as Blackhead
The Informer
1966
as Frank
Diana
1984
as Roger
HMS Paradise
1964
as Native Chief
Whoops Baghdad
1973
as Majordomo
Jesus of Nazareth
1956
Movies (45)
Octopussy
1983
as Bubi
Top Secret!
1984
as East German Mayor
Operation Crossbow
1965
as Soldier at Rocket Plant
Carry On Cleo
1964
as Marcus
Wuthering Heights
1970
Backbeat
1994
as Pimp
The Hands of Orlac
1960
as Fairground attendant
Billion Dollar Brain
1967
as Dr. Kaarna (uncredited)
The Deadly Affair
1967
as Man at Zurich Airport
The Pied Piper
1972
as Town Cryer
Hot Enough for June
1964
as Technician in Czech Glass Factory
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
as The Pasha
Bad Timing
1980
as Ambulance Man
Operation: Daybreak
1975
as Kubelwagen Driver (uncredited)
Carry On Henry
1971
as Bidet
Carry On Doctor
1967
as Wash Orderly
Percy's Progress
1974
as Pablo
Battle of the V-1
1958
as SS Guard (uncredited)
Leo the Last
1970
as Man in Secret Meeting (uncredited)
Don't Panic Chaps
1959
as Schmidt
Up the Front
1972
as Donner
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
1974
as Gestapo
Carry On Abroad
1972
as Postcard Seller
Before Winter Comes
1969
as Russian Major
Carry On Spying
1964
as Code Clerk
Carry On Emmannuelle
1978
as German Soldier
Scream and Scream Again
1970
as Border Guard
That's Carry On!
1977
as Wash Orderly / Marcus (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Kitchen
1961
as Gaston
A Very Polish Practice
1992
as Swarthy Man on Plane
The Big Job
1965
as Milkman
Anna Karenina
1961
as Stationmaster
Dateline Diamonds
1965
as Meverhof
The Cold Room
1984
as Older Nazi
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
1967
as Ola
Cry of the Banshee
1970
as Tavern Keeper
Doctor Who: The Romans
1965
as Galley Master
Three on a Spree
1961
as Joe
The Breaking Point
1961
as Lofty
The Government Inspector
1958
as Mishka
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
2019
as Ola (voice)
Venom
1974
as Kurt
The Pursuers
1961
as Bernstein
A Dangerous Kind of Love
1986
as Mr. Seiler
Good King Wenceslas
1994
as Kalousek
About Gertan Klauber
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… With 79 credits spanning from 1956 to 2019, Gertan Klauber has appeared in 45 films and 34 TV shows.
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- Octopussy (1983) — as Bubi
- Top Secret! (1984) — as East German Mayor
- Operation Crossbow (1965) — as Soldier at Rocket Plant
- Carry On Cleo (1964) — as Marcus
- Wuthering Heights (1970)
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