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2006-10-23 15:49:16
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answer #6
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answered by Anonymous
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Hogan's Heroes was an American television situation comedy that ran from 1965 to 1971 on the CBS network. Starring Bob Crane as Colonel Robert Hogan, the show was set at Stalag 13, a German prisoner of war camp for Western Allied prisoners during World War II.
Bob Crane
Werner Klemperer
John Banner
Robert Clary
Richard Dawson
Ivan Dixon
Sigrid Valdis
Cynthia Lynn
Larry Hovis
Kenneth Washington
[edit] Colonel Robert E. Hogan
American Colonel Hogan (portrayed by Bob Crane) was the "senior ranking POW officer." Hogan was the leader of the group, and often their best strategist. In typical episodes, he would receive information and assignments from the German Underground or from Allied Headquarters in London; typical tasks included: setting bombs on German bridges, using microfilm to photograph militarily strategic files, gathering information about German tank or troop movements (and radioing that information to London via allied submarines), receiving and processing important scientists to help them escape Germany, etc. As the lead character, Hogan also (occasionally) "got the girl." In regard to personal information: Robert Hogan was born in Cleveland, Ohio. In contrast to Colonel Klink, he graduated at the top of his military class.
[edit] Sgt. James Kinchloe and Sgt. Richard Baker
Sgt. James Kinchloe (portrayed by Ivan Dixon), was an African-American Army non-commissioned officer; his primary task was radio, telegraph, and other forms of electronic communications. Also a talented mimic, Kinchloe easily imitated German officers speaking over radio or telephone.
During the final season of the series (1970–1971), Ivan Dixon did not appear as the character Sgt. Kinchloe; the producers replaced his character without any explanation with Sgt. Richard Baker (also portrayed by an African-American actor, Kenneth Washington). The tasks assigned to Sgt. Baker were identical to those of Sgt. Kinchloe.
[edit] Sgt. Andrew J. Carter
Sgt. Carter (portrayed by Larry Hovis) was an American Army non-commissioned officer; his primary task was ordnance and bomb-making. Typically, Col. Hogan would assign Sgt. Carter the task of making a bomb with a specialized timer (or a bomb disguised in a pack of cigarettes, or a bomb in a desk flag stand, etc). He also showed talent in chemistry, and could produce formulas as needed. Carter was often called on to impersonate German officers, Gestapo and other characters, most notably Adolf Hitler. While bright in his work, Carter often showed a lack of common sense otherwise.
[edit] Corporal Louis LeBeau
Cpl. LeBeau (French actor Robert Clary) was a French Army non-commissioned officer who was also a chef. In a typical episode, while LeBeau would be cooking a gourmet meal of the finest French or German cuisine for Col. Klink and other German officers (to help distract them), Col. Hogan and the others would be hard at work photographing their papers (or otherwise taking advantage of their distraction). However, LeBeau also assisted with the general work of spying and sabotaging the Germans. He was also a master of stealth technique who had taken the precaution of befriending the camp's guard dogs. As a result (as was shown in the title sequence), he was able to enter their compound through a secret entrance under a doghouse without the dogs raising the alarm. In many episodes, LeBeau bribed Schultz with strudel and other food. He also made uniforms for use as disguises in undercover work and was referred to as a tailor on occasion.
[edit] Corporal Peter Newkirk
Cpl. Newkirk (portrayed by British actor Richard Dawson) was a Royal Air Force non-commissioned officer. His primary function was that of a general conman, pick-pocket, forger, and occasionally a German officer impersonator. In a typical episode, Newkirk would be called upon to steal a vital map and hide it on his person, even while he was being actively searched. He also assists in distracting the Germans and performing other sabotage work.
[edit] German (Axis) Main Characters
[edit] Colonel Wilhelm Klink
Oberst (Col.) Klink (played by Werner Klemperer) was a patriotic German of aristocratic (Junker) Prussian origin, an old-line Luftwaffe officer as well as a social climber. He also has a pretentious coat of arms with the letter "K" in his living quarters. Klink was never mentioned as a formal member of the Nazi Party, and was portrayed as a bumbling self-serving bureaucrat, rather than evil. Although self-centered, he was largely considered a likeable character. Because he was so easily manipulated by Hogan and his fellow prisoners, the worst thing that could have happened for the prisoners was for Klink to be transferred away; this concern formed the basis of an occasional plot line.
Klink's record speaks for itself—he gained entry to a military academy only because of his uncle's influence; the uncle was barber to a mayor. Not only did he graduate dead last in his class, he was the only one who had not made it to the rank of general. Colonel Klink wears both a Pour le Mérite and Iron Cross, though the series' only direct reference to his WWI service was that while piloting a plane, he panicked and crashed, causing his passenger, the "Blue Baron," to walk with a limp for the rest of his life. For 20 years after the Great War, Klink was a captain with an efficiency rating a few points above miserable. In the only direct reference to World War II service—prior to becoming a POW camp commandant—he claims to want to pilot a Heinkel again.
His worst nightmare is the prospect of being married to General Burkhalter's porcine sister. He even threatens to have Hogan shot for proposing such a horrible fate and claims no court-martial in the world would convict him of murder for doing so.
The character of Colonel Klink is based on the real German Colonel Klenk, CO of the German Luftwaffe Base at the village of Herzogenaurach (later US Army Herzo Army Base) near Nuremberg.
[edit] Sergeant Hans Schultz
"Hogan's Heroes" (DVD cover)Hogan is indirectly aided by Klink's bumbling, highly incompetent guard Sgt. (Feldwebel) Hans Schultz (played by John Banner). Schultz is a basically good-hearted man who, when confronted with possible shenanigans by the prisoners that he would rather not believe or avoid the complications of having to report, would simply wegschauen (look away), repeating, "I hear nothing, I see nothing, I know nothing!". This eventually became a well-known catch-phrase for the television series.
In one episode, Schultz confided in Hogan that he was a Social Democrat; perhaps this would explain his turning a blind eye to the obvious Allied activities. He tells Hogan another time that despite their being on opposite sides, "Sometimes, you are also my friend." During World War II he was awarded a fictitious Iron Cross 4th Class.In another episode, Hogan is talking about escaping and Schultz says that if he ever does he wants Hogan to take him with him.
Over the years that the series was produced, the character of Sergeant Schultz was expanded by his actor and the show's writers. In "War Takes a Holiday", it is learned that the sergeant was, before the war, the owner of a famous German toy factory, and longed for nothing more than to return to his previous profession. This episode presents a scene in which Klink and Schultz are discussing what they would do after the war. Schultz said he would go back to the Schotzy Toy Company. Klink was impressed, since it was the largest toy company in Germany, so he asked, "Do you think your boss will give you your old job back?" and was flabbergasted when Schultz said, "Why not? I am the boss!". For once, Klink offered Schultz a cigar, though slamming the box on the nasty Gestapo Major Hochstetter's fingers.
In another episode, Colonel Klink is relieved of his command, and Schultz is installed as his successor. Improbably, the sergeant proves himself to be a capable wartime tactician and extremely competent in the military arts. His efforts completely disrupt Hogan's espionage operation, and the rest of the episode involves Hogan and his crew operating to convince Schultz that he is nothing more than the incompetent his superiors have always claimed. Their ruse is successful, although everyone—including the audience and Schultz himself—know that it is a ruse.
[edit] Helga/Hilda
Helga (played by Cynthia Lynn from 1965-1966) and then Hilda (played by Sigrid Valdis from 1966 to 1971) was Klink's voluptuous, blonde secretary. A running joke of the series was that Hilda and Hogan were engaged in a longtime affair. Many scenes would open or close with them kissing passionately, often almost right under Klink's nose, further cementing his bumbling persona. Hilda would occasionally assist Hogan and his band with tidbits of information or access to papers or equipment, but her involvement and assistence was much less overt than that of his official band of compatriots.
2006-10-23 15:50:23
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answer #10
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answered by Tannas 3
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