Gertan Klauber
Acting
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
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movieDoctor Who: The Macra Terror
2019
Ola (voice)
tvThe Queen's Nose
1995
Robber
movieGood King Wenceslas
1994
Kalousek
movieA Very Polish Practice
1992
Swarthy Man on Plane
tvHouse of Cards
1990
Blackhead
tvJack the Ripper
1988
Diemschutz
tvInspector Morse
1987
German Man
movieTop Secret!
1984
East German Mayor / Mayor
movieThe Cold Room
1984
Older Nazi
tvDiana
1984
Roger
tvBlackadder
1983
King George III
movieBad Timing
1980
Ambulance Man
movieCarry On Emmannuelle
1978
German Soldier
tvThe Professionals
1977
Helmut Brenick
movieThat's Carry On!
1977
Wash Orderly / Marcus (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieThe Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
The Pasha
movieOperation: Daybreak
1975
Kubelwagen Driver (uncredited)
tvPoldark
1975
Tom Harry
tvThe Sweeney
1975
Emilio
movieVenom
1974
Kurt
tvPlayhouse
1974
Streicher
Whoops Baghdad
1973
Majordomo
movieThe Pied Piper
1972
Town Cryer
movieOur Miss Fred
1972
German Officer (uncredited)
movieCarry On Abroad
1972
Postcard Seller
tvColditz
1972
Korporal Henneberg / German Radio Announcer (voice)
tvThe Protectors
1972
Gromeld
movieUp the Front
1972
Donner
tvUpstairs, Downstairs
1971
Albert Schoenfeld
movieLeo the Last
1970
Man in Secret Meeting (uncredited)
movieCry of the Banshee
1970
Tavern Keeper
movieScream and Scream Again
1970
Border Guard
tvDepartment S
1969
Antonio Mardi
movieBefore Winter Comes
1969
Russian Major
movieCarry On Doctor
1967
Wash Orderly
movieBillion Dollar Brain
1967
Dr. Kaarna (uncredited)
tvThe Prisoner
1967
Cafe Waiter
movieThe Deadly Affair
1967
Man at Zurich Airport
tvThe Informer
1966
Frank
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Turkish Inspector / Montfleury / Konon Molody
movieThe Big Job
1965
Milkman
movieDateline Diamonds
1965
Meverhof
movieOperation Crossbow
1965
Soldier at Rocket Plant
movieDoctor Who: The Romans
1965
Galley Master
movieCarry On Cleo
1964
Marcus
HMS Paradise
1964
Native Chief
movieCarry On Spying
1964
Code Clerk
tvTheatre 625
1964
Landlord
movieHot Enough for June
1964
Technician in Czech Glass Factory
tvEspionage
1963
Prison Guard / Innkeeper
Crane
1963
Habbas / Darius
tvThe Saint
1962
The Barman / Renato
tvMan of the World
1962
Arturo
movieThe Pursuers
1961
Bernstein
movieAnna Karenina
1961
Stationmaster
movieThe Kitchen
1961
Gaston
tvThe Avengers
1961
Kruger
movieThe Hands of Orlac
1960
Fairground attendant
movieDon't Panic Chaps
1959
Schmidt
tvOne Step Beyond
1959
Porter
movieBattle of the V-1
1958
SS Guard (uncredited)
