Leon Askin
Leon Askin
Leon Askin; September 18, 1907 – June 3, 2005) was an Austrian actor best known for portraying the character "General Burkhalter" on the TV situation comedy Hogan's Heroes...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth18 September 1907
CountryAustria
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Unfortunately I put the opening date on the 5th of December 1941 and on the 7th of December the Japanese bombarded Pearl Harbour. My dream of a theater in Washington D.C. came to a prompt end.
A Dumont actor was considered to be too stilted - the way we Dumont actors used to speak.
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It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession.
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From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life.
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It was one of the great chances in my life to become a Dumont actor.
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We wanted to bring the political situation in Austria on stage. Naturally we could not do that without pointing to Austrian's northern neighbor Germany.