First Name
Leon
Last Name
Askin
Date of Birth
18 September 1907
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Star Sign
Virgo
Date of Death
03 June 2005
Place of Death
Vienna, Austria
Cause of Death
Cause of death: unspecified
Ethnicity
White
Religion
Jewish
Claim to Fame
General Burkhalter on Hogan`s Heroes
Gender
Male
Nationality
Austrian
Wikipedia Text
Leon Askin (September 18, 1907 – June 3, 2005) was an Austrian actor best known for portraying the character "General Burkhalter" on the TV sitcom Hogan's Heroes.
Couple Profile
Leon Askin (September 18, 1907 – June 3, 2005) was an Austrian actor.
Askin was born Leon Aschkenasy into a Jewish family in Vienna, the son of Malvine (Susman) and Samuel Aschkenazy. Askin already wanted to be an actor as a child. His dream came true, and in the 1930s he worked as a cabaret artist and director at the "ABC Theatre" in Vienna: in this position he also helped the career of the writer Jura Soyfer get off the ground in 1935. As a highly versatile stage actor, he was well-known as "the man of a thousand faces."
Persecuted by the Nazis, Askin escaped to the United States via France, arriving in New York in 1940 with no money and less than a basic knowledge of English. When the U.S. entered the Second World War Askin joined the U.S. Army. While serving in the military he learned that his parents had been killed at Treblinka extermination camp.
After the war, Askin went to Hollywood, invariably portraying foreign characters who speak English with a strong accent. Fans of the TV series Adventures of Superman recall his portrayals of an eastern European diamond smuggler in a black-and-white episode, and as a South American prime minister in a color episode. He gained wide recognition and popularity by appearing as the stern General Albert Burkhalter in the sitcom Hogan`s Heroes in the late 1960s.
Though known to audiences primarily for his film and television work, Askin was extremely active in theater, both as an actor and a director.
As opposed to some other exiled Austrians, Askin never refused to work again in his home country. In fact, in 1994 he permanently took up residence in Vienna, where he remained active until his death, in cabaret as well as the Volksoper and Festwochen. He was awarded Vienna`s Gold Medal of Honor.
Askin died on June 3rd, 2005 in Vienna. He was 97.
Father: Samuel Aschkenasy
Mother: Malvine Aschkenasy
Wife: Mimi
Wife: Annelies "Lies" Ehrlich
Couple Profile Source
www.imdb.com/name/nm0039169/bio
Full Name at Birth
Leo Aschkenasy
Occupation Text
Actor
Build
Large
Hair Color
Grey
Age
97
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