Gertan Klauber
Acting
Born: March 5, 1932 · Czechoslovakia
Died: August 1, 2008 (aged 76)
Highest Rated
Biography
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).
Movies (47)
Octopussy
Bubi
Top Secret!
East German Mayor
Top Secret!
Mayor
Scream and Scream Again
Border Guard
Bad Timing
Ambulance Man
Operation Crossbow
Soldier at Rocket Plant
Hot Enough for June
Technician in Czech Glass Factory
Backbeat
Pimp
Billion Dollar Brain
Dr. Kaarna (uncredited)
Wuthering Heights
Drunk Man (as Gertain Klauber)
Carry On Spying
Code Clerk
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Pasha
That's Carry On!
Wash Orderly / Marcus (archive footage) (uncredited)
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
Gestapo
Cry of the Banshee
Tavern Keeper
Carry On Henry
Bidet
Operation: Daybreak
Kubelwagen Driver (uncredited)
The Hands of Orlac
Fairground attendant
Before Winter Comes
Russian Major
Leo the Last
Man in Secret Meeting (uncredited)
You Must Be Joking
Fork Lift Truck Driver (uncredited)
Good King Wenceslas
Kalousek
Carry On Cleo
Marcus
Carry On Abroad
Postcard Seller
The Deadly Affair
Man at Zurich Airport
Battle of the V-1
SS Guard (uncredited)
The Pied Piper
Town Cryer
Up the Front
Donner
Doctor Who: The Romans
Galley Master
Carry On Doctor
Wash Orderly
Our Miss Fred
German Officer (uncredited)
The Cold Room
Older Nazi
Carry On Emmannuelle
German Soldier
Don't Panic Chaps
Schmidt
A Very Polish Practice
Swarthy Man on Plane
The Big Job
Milkman
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Ola (voice)
Percy's Progress
Pablo
Three on a Spree
Joe
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Ola
Anna Karenina
Stationmaster
Venom
Kurt
The Breaking Point
Lofty
Dateline Diamonds
Meverhof
The Pursuers
Bernstein
The Government Inspector
Mishka
The Kitchen
Gaston
TV Shows (41)
Doctor Who
Ola · 4 eps
Doctor Who
Galley Master · 1 eps
The Avengers
Kruger · 1 eps
The Saint
The Barman · 1 eps
The Saint
Renato · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Turkish Inspector · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Montfleury · 1 eps
BBC Play of the Month
Konon Molody · 1 eps
The Professionals
Helmut Brenick · 1 eps
Theatre 625
Landlord · 1 eps
Playhouse
Streicher · 1 eps
No Hiding Place
1 eps
Inspector Morse
German Man · 1 eps
Upstairs, Downstairs
Albert Schoenfeld · 1 eps
One Step Beyond
Porter · 1 eps
The Sweeney
Emilio · 1 eps
Blackadder
King George III · 1 eps
The Prisoner
Cafe Waiter · 1 eps
The Protectors
Gromeld · 1 eps
Softly, Softly
1 eps
Crossbow
2 eps
The Goodies
1 eps
Espionage
Prison Guard · 1 eps
Espionage
Innkeeper · 1 eps
Department S
Antonio Mardi · 1 eps
Poldark
Tom Harry · 3 eps
The Famous Five
Brian · 1 eps
Colditz
Korporal Henneberg · 1 eps
Colditz
German Radio Announcer (voice) · 1 eps
Jack the Ripper
Diemschutz · 2 eps
The Queen's Nose
Robber · 1 eps
Man of the World
Arturo · 1 eps
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Waiter · 2 eps
Sherlock Holmes
1 eps
House of Cards
Blackhead · 1 eps
The Informer
Frank · 1 eps
Diana
Roger · 1 eps
Thomas & Sarah
Max · 1 eps
The Count of Monte Cristo
Second Gendarme · 1 eps
Whoops Baghdad
Majordomo · 1 eps
Jesus of Nazareth
1 eps