Gertan Klauber
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).
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).
Acted in
Good King Wenceslas
1994
as Kalousek
Backbeat
1994
as Pimp
A Very Polish Practice
1992
as Swarthy Man on Plane
House of Cards
1990
as Blackhead
Jack the Ripper
1988
as Diemschutz
Inspector Morse
1987
as German Man
Top Secret!
1984
as East German Mayor
Top Secret!
1984
as Mayor
The Cold Room
1984
as Older Nazi
Blackadder
1983
as King George III
Octopussy
1983
as Bubi
Bad Timing
1980
as Ambulance Man
Carry On Emmannuelle
1978
as German Soldier
The Professionals
1977
as Helmut Brenick
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
as The Pasha
Operation: Daybreak
1975
as Kubelwagen Driver (uncredited)
Poldark
1975
as Tom Harry
The Venturers
1975
The Sweeney
1975
as Emilio
Percy's Progress
1974
as Pablo
Venom
1974
as Kurt
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
1974
as Gestapo
Whoops Baghdad
1973
as The Sultan's Servant
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
as Waiter
The Pied Piper
1972
as Town Cryer
Carry On Abroad
1972
as Postcard Seller
Dead of Night
1972
Colditz
1972
as Korporal Henneberg
Colditz
1972
as German Radio Announcer (voice)
The Protectors
1972
as Gromeld
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
as Albert Schoenfeld
Carry On Henry
1971
as Bidet
The Goodies
1970
Cry of the Banshee
1970
as Tavern Keeper
Wuthering Heights
1970
Scream and Scream Again
1970
as Border Guard
Department S
1969
as Antonio Mardi
Before Winter Comes
1969
as Russian Major
Carry On Doctor
1967
as Wash Orderly
Billion Dollar Brain
1967
as Dr. Kaarna (uncredited)
The Prisoner
1967
as Cafe Waiter
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
1967
as Ola
The Deadly Affair
1967
as Man at Zurich Airport
The Informer
1966
as Frank
Softly, Softly
1966
Dateline Diamonds
1965
as Meverhof
Operation Crossbow
1965
as Soldier at Rocket Plant
Doctor Who: The Romans
1965
as Galley Master
The Big Job
1965
as Milkman
Carry On Cleo
1964
as Marcus
Carry On Spying
1964
as Code Clerk
Sherlock Holmes
1964
Hot Enough for June
1964
as Technician in Czech Glass Factory
Doctor Who
1963
as Ola
The Saint
1962
as The Barman
The Saint
1962
as Renato
Man of the World
1962
The Pursuers
1961
as Bernstein
Anna Karenina
1961
as Stationmaster
The Kitchen
1961
as Gaston
Three on a Spree
1961
as Joe
The Avengers
1961
as Kruger
The Breaking Point
1961
as Lofty
The Hands of Orlac
1960
as Fairground attendant
No Hiding Place
1959
One Step Beyond
1959
as Porter
Don't Panic Chaps!
1959
as Schmidt