He is a clumsy and inept, but extremely affable man who often gives out information to the prisoners for bribes, often LeBeau's gourmet cooking. To his point, Olson had Crane dug up and moved to another cemetery without telling his family and set up a memorial website from which she sold the Bob Cranes amateur tapes and nude photographs. Hogans Heroes fans will no doubt be familiar with the Mercedes-Benz W31 vehicle which is very much a part of the narrative. Note: The highest average rating for the series is in bold text. Patricia Annette Olson (September 21, 1935 October 14, 2007), known by her stage name Sigrid Valdis, was an American actress who played "Hilda" in the American television series Hogan's Heroes. This is why homework is essential for scriptwriters. One of his final roles was in 1971, costarring with Dean Jones in The Chicago Teddy Bears. Banner attempted to sum up the paradox of his role by saying, "Who can play Nazis better than us Jews?" Set in a Nazi Germany prisoner-of-war camp during, It was an unlikely comedic triumph, as we watched Hogan and his fellow so-called prisoners do their best in terms of the war effort from inside, always assisted by the incompetence of the German camp leaders. Clary . The son of famed orchestral conductor Otto Klemperer, Werner did not follow the same beats as his father and began acting in 1952 after serving in the US Army. Bob Crane, The 'Hogan's Heroes' Star Whose Murder Remains Unsolved www.sitcomsonline.com Outdoor scenes were filmed on the 40 Acres Backlot. Bob Crane as Colonel Robert Hogan, the senior ranking POW officer and the leader of the men in the POW camp. After the show ended, Banner moved back to Europe, and died on January 28, 1973 of a stomach hemorrhage while he was visiting friends in Vienna. This list includes all of the Hogan's Heroes main actors and actresses, so if they are an integral part of the show you'll find them below.