Hogan's Heroes

Bob Crane played the lead role of Col. Robert E. Hogan, an officer in a prisoner of war compound.

Robert Clary, pictured here in 1953, co-starred as Corporal Louis LeBeau.

Hogan's Heroes is a 1960s TV series about life in a German POW camp during World War II. The show was successful during its original six-year run on CBS from 1965–1971, and has been widely syndicated since its cancellation in 1971.

Plot Summary

"Hogan's Heroes" are prisoners in Stalag 13, a WWII German POW camp. Under the nose of the hapless kommandant Col. Klink, and the equally hapless prison guard Sgt. Schultz (who's catchphrase was "I know nothing -- nothing!" in a German accent), the prisoners engage in many sabotage and subterfuge missions in and around the camp.

Cast

This list may not be exhaustive.

Allies

Actor	Role	Duration	Notes
Bob Crane	Col. Robert E. Hogan	Seasons 1–6	The leader of the group, portrayed as American
Robert Clary	Cpl. Louis LeBeau	Seasons 1–6	Portrayed as French
Richard Dawson	Cpl. Peter Newkirk	Seasons 1–6	Portrayed as British
Larry Hovis	Sgt. Andrew Carter	Seasons 1–6
Ivan Dixon	Staff Sgt. James Kinchloe	Seasons 1–5
Kenneth Washington	Sgt. Richard Baker	Season 6	Replaced Kinchloe in Season 6 as the radioman
Bernard Fox	Col. Rodney Crittendon	Seasons 1–6; recurring
Leonid Kinskey	Vladimir Minsk	Season 1	Appears only in the black-and-white pilot episode

Axis

Actor	Role	Duration	Notes
Werner Klemperer	Col. Wilhelm Klink	Seasons 1–6	Kommandant of Stalag 13
John Banner	Sgt. Hans Schultz	Seasons 1–6	Stalag 13's Sergeant of the Guard
Cynthia Lynn	Helga	Season 1; recurring	Klink's secretary and a secret ally of Hogan's
Sigrid Valdis	Hilda	Seasons 2–6; recurring	Like Helga, Klink's secretary and Hogan's secret ally
Leon Askin	Gen. Albert Burkhalter	Seasons 1–6; recurring	Klink's superior officer in the Luftwaffe
Howard Caine	Maj. Wolfgang Hochstetter	Seasons 1–6; recurring	Ill-tempered Gestapo/SS officer

External links

• Hogan's Heroes at IMDb