“Hogan’s Heroes” actor Leon Askin, 97
Posted: Friday, June 3rd, 2005 7:56 pmVIENNA, Austria (AP) — Leon Askin, the actor who played Gen. Albert Burkhalter in the 1960s television comedy “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died, Austrian officials said Friday. …
Askin was best known for his role as the Nazi general who constantly threatened to send the prisoner of war camp’s inept commander, Col. Wilhelm Klink, to the Russian front because of his stupidity. … Read full obituary
