Actor
Gertan Klauber
Born March 5, 1932 in CzechoslovakiaDied August 1, 200846 films
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).
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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).
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First watchTop Secret!19847.1as East German MayorPopular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
46 films as actor- 2019Doctor Who: The Macra TerrorOla (voice)
- 1994Good King WenceslasKalousek
- 1994BackbeatPimp
- 1992A Very Polish PracticeSwarthy Man on Plane
- 1986A Dangerous Kind of LoveMr. Seiler
- 1984Top Secret!East German Mayor
- 1984The Cold RoomOlder Nazi
- 1983OctopussyBubi
- 1980Bad TimingAmbulance Man
- 1978Carry On EmmannuelleGerman Soldier
- 1976The Seven-Per-Cent SolutionThe Pasha
- 1975Operation: DaybreakKubelwagen Driver (uncredited)
- 1974Percy's ProgressPablo
- 1974VenomKurt
- 1974Soft Beds, Hard BattlesGestapo
- 1972The Pied PiperTown Cryer
- 1972Our Miss FredGerman Officer (uncredited)
- 1972Carry On AbroadPostcard Seller
- 1972Up the FrontDonner
- 1971Carry On HenryBidet
- 1970Leo the LastMan in Secret Meeting (uncredited)
- 1970Cry of the BansheeTavern Keeper
- 1970Wuthering HeightsDrunk Man (as Gertain Klauber)
- 1970Scream and Scream AgainBorder Guard
- 1969Before Winter ComesRussian Major
- 1967Carry On DoctorWash Orderly
- 1967Billion Dollar BrainDr. Kaarna (uncredited)
- 1967Doctor Who: The Macra TerrorOla
- 1967The Deadly AffairMan at Zurich Airport
- 1965The Big JobMilkman
- 1965Dateline DiamondsMeverhof
- 1965You Must Be JokingFork Lift Truck Driver (uncredited)
- 1965Operation CrossbowSoldier at Rocket Plant
- 1965Doctor Who: The RomansGalley Master
- 1964Carry On CleoMarcus
- 1964Carry On SpyingCode Clerk
- 1964Hot Enough for JuneTechnician in Czech Glass Factory
- 1961The PursuersBernstein
- 1961Anna KareninaStationmaster
- 1961The KitchenGaston
- 1961Three on a SpreeJoe
- 1961The Breaking PointLofty
- 1960The Hands of OrlacFairground attendant
- 1959Don't Panic ChapsSchmidt
- 1958The Government InspectorMishka
- 1958Battle of the V-1SS Guard (uncredited)