Gertan Klauber
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 5, 1932
- Died
- August 1, 2008 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Czechoslovakia
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
Filmography
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Movie · as Ola (voice)
Acts of Passion
TV · 1 ep
The Queen's Nose
TV · as Robber · 1 ep
Backbeat
Movie · as Pimp
Good King Wenceslas
Movie · as Kalousek
A Very Polish Practice
Movie · as Swarthy Man on Plane
House of Cards
TV · as Blackhead · 1 ep
Jack the Ripper
TV · as Diemschutz · 2 eps
Inspector Morse
TV · as German Man · 1 ep
Crossbow
TV · 2 eps
A Dangerous Kind of Love
Movie · as Mr. Seiler
Top Secret!
Movie · as East German Mayor
The Cold Room
Movie · as Older Nazi
Diana
TV · as Roger · 1 ep
Octopussy
Movie · as Bubi
Blackadder
TV · as King George III · 1 ep
Bad Timing
Movie · as Ambulance Man
Thomas & Sarah
TV · as Max · 1 ep
Carry On Emmannuelle
Movie · as German Soldier
The Famous Five
TV · as Brian · 1 ep
That's Carry On!
Movie · as Wash Orderly / Marcus (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Professionals
TV · as Helmut Brenick · 1 ep
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Movie · as The Pasha
Operation: Daybreak
Movie · as Kubelwagen Driver (uncredited)
The Sweeney
TV · as Emilio · 1 ep
Poldark
TV · as Tom Harry · 3 eps
Percy's Progress
Movie · as Pablo
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
Movie · as Gestapo
Venom
Movie · as Kurt
Playhouse
TV · as Streicher · 1 ep
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
TV · as Waiter · 2 eps
Whoops Baghdad
TV · as Majordomo · 1 ep
The Pied Piper
Movie · as Town Cryer
Carry On Abroad
Movie · as Postcard Seller
Up the Front
Movie · as Donner
Our Miss Fred
Movie · as German Officer (uncredited)
Colditz
TV · as Korporal Henneberg, German Radio Announcer (voice) · 1 ep
The Protectors
TV · as Gromeld · 1 ep
Carry On Henry
Movie · as Bidet
Upstairs, Downstairs
TV · as Albert Schoenfeld · 1 ep
Wuthering Heights
Movie · as Drunk Man (as Gertain Klauber)
Scream and Scream Again
Movie · as Border Guard
Cry of the Banshee
Movie · as Tavern Keeper
Leo the Last
Movie · as Man in Secret Meeting (uncredited)
The Goodies
TV · 1 ep
Before Winter Comes
Movie · as Russian Major
Department S
TV · as Antonio Mardi · 1 ep
Happy Ever After
TV · as Kuslov · 1 ep
The Deadly Affair
Movie · as Man at Zurich Airport
Carry On Doctor
Movie · as Wash Orderly
Billion Dollar Brain
Movie · as Dr. Kaarna (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Movie · as Ola
The Prisoner
TV · as Cafe Waiter · 1 ep
Softly, Softly
TV · 1 ep
The Informer
TV · as Frank · 1 ep
Operation Crossbow
Movie · as Soldier at Rocket Plant
The Big Job
Movie · as Milkman
Doctor Who: The Romans
Movie · as Galley Master
Dateline Diamonds
Movie · as Meverhof
You Must Be Joking
Movie · as Fork Lift Truck Driver (uncredited)
BBC Play of the Month
TV · as Turkish Inspector, Montfleury, Konon Molody · 1 ep
The Troubleshooters
TV · as Alexei Lavrovsky, Kulatov · 1 ep
Carry On Cleo
Movie · as Marcus
Hot Enough for June
Movie · as Technician in Czech Glass Factory
Carry On Spying
Movie · as Code Clerk
Sherlock Holmes
TV · 1 ep
HMS Paradise
TV · as Native Chief · 1 ep
Theatre 625
TV · as Landlord · 1 ep
The Count of Monte Cristo
TV · as Second Gendarme · 1 ep
Doctor Who
TV · as Ola, Galley Master · 4 eps
Crane
TV · as Habbas, Darius · 1 ep
Espionage
TV · as Prison Guard, Innkeeper · 1 ep
The Saint
TV · as The Barman, Renato · 1 ep
Man of the World
TV · as Arturo · 1 ep
The Breaking Point
Movie · as Lofty
The Kitchen
Movie · as Gaston
Anna Karenina
Movie · as Stationmaster
The Pursuers
Movie · as Bernstein
Three on a Spree
Movie · as Joe
The Avengers
TV · as Kruger · 1 ep
The Hands of Orlac
Movie · as Fairground attendant
Don't Panic Chaps
Movie · as Schmidt
One Step Beyond
TV · as Porter · 1 ep
No Hiding Place
TV · 1 ep
The Government Inspector
Movie · as Mishka
Battle of the V-1
Movie · as SS Guard (uncredited)
Jesus of Nazareth
TV · 1 ep