John Banner (28 January 1910 – 28 January 1973), born Johann Banner, was a film and television actor, who was born and died in Vienna, Austria. He is best known for his role as Master Sergeant Hans Georg Schultz in the situation comedy Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971). Schultz, constantly encountering evidence that the inmates of his stalag were planning mayhem, frequently feigned ignorance with the catchphrase, "I know nothing! I see nothing! I hear nothing!"
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Movies
36 Hours, The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz, Once Upon a Honeymoon, The Fallen Sparrow, 20,000 Eyes, Seven Miles from Alcatraz, Never Say Goodbye, Guilty of Treason, My Girl Tisa, Star Spangled Salesman, Crash of the Moons, The Story of Ruth, Hitler, The Interns, Callaway Went Thataway, Operation E...
TV Shows
The Chicago Teddy Bears, Hogan's Heroes
Star Sign
Aquarius
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Quote
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There is no such thing as a cuddly Nazi. Maybe Goering was cuddly to his wife. He wasn't cuddly to the city of Rotterdam. Schultz is not a Nazi. I see Schultz as the representative of some kind of goodness in any generation.
2
On his ironic casting as Sgt. Schultz: "Well, who better to play Nazis than we Jews?"
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Fact
1
On Februray 2, 1973, John Banner was interred at Mauer Cemetery, Vienna, plot no 57/2/26.
2
John Banner and Werner Klemperer appeared together nearly 10 years prior to "Hogans Heroes" in the episode "Safe Conduct" of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
3
In _The Untouchables_ episode "Takeover", Banner is pumped for information and says "I know nothing." 3 years before, he made the line famous as Sgt. Schultz in Hogan's Heroes (1965).
4
Passed away in his native Vienna on his 63rd birthday.
5
Another bit of irony, besides John Banner being Jewish and playing a guard in a POW camp... is that like his co-star on Hogan's Heroes, Robert Clary.... John Banner was in a concentration camp prior to his release and travel out of Nazi Occupied Germany (in the early part of the Nazi control of Germany, a trip to a concentration camp was not an automatic "death sentence"). So John Banner was lucky to leave just before the Nazi policies changed.
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Banner is best remembered for his portrayal of the Luftwaffe prison- camp guard Sergeant Schultz in the TV series Hogan's Heroes (1965). But there remains a certain irony: John Banner was Jewish.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
G.E. True
1963
TV Series
Hipp
Wide Country
1963
TV Series
The Doctor
The Interns
1962
Dr. Duane
The Counterfeit Traitor
1962
Voices (uncredited)
The Dick Powell Theatre
1962
TV Series
Vandever
Hitler
1962
Gregor Strasser
The Untouchables
1962
TV Series
Franz Koenig
Outlaws
1962
TV Series
Wint
Thriller
1961
TV Series
Prof. Martin Vander Hoven
One, Two, Three
1961
Krause / Haberdrasher (voice)
20,000 Eyes
1961
Kurt Novak
Operation Eichmann
1961
Rudolf Höss
Five Fingers
1960
TV Series
Saphani
The DuPont Show with June Allyson
1960
TV Series
Popper
77 Sunset Strip
1960
TV Series
Carl Neuman
Dante
1960
TV Series
Baron Von Zenger
Perry Mason
1960
TV Series
A. Tobler
Michael Shayne
1960
TV Series
Dr. Hess
The Roaring 20's
1960
TV Series
Otto Bauer
My Sister Eileen
1960
TV Series
Markham
1960
TV Series
Police Commissioner Langres
The Story of Ruth
1960
King of Moab
One Step Beyond
1960
TV Series
Dr. Molhaus
This Is the Life
1960
TV Series
Carl Brandt
The Wonderful Country
1959
Ben Sterner
The Blue Angel
1959
Principal Harter
The Third Man
1959
TV Series
Steiner
Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
1959
TV Series
Office Supervisor
Shotgun Slade
1959
TV Series
Corneilus
Behind Closed Doors
1958
TV Series
Prosecutor Hoxa
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1958
TV Series
Baron Carlisle
Cimarron City
1958
TV Series
P.B. Minscher
Man Without a Gun
1958
TV Series
Max Brenner
Fräulein
1958
Ulick, German Health Dept. (uncredited)
The Young Lions
1958
German Town Mayor (uncredited)
Telephone Time
1958
TV Series
The Beast of Budapest
1958
Dr. Kovach
Studio 57
1958
TV Series
Adventures of Superman
1957
TV Series
Bronsky
The Loretta Young Show
1957
TV Series
Hans
The Lineup
1957
TV Series
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna
1957
TV Series
Hans Schlosser
Conflict
1957
TV Series
Father Knows Best
1957
TV Series
Artist
The Gray Ghost
1957
TV Series
Major Von Borcke
Navy Log
1956
TV Series
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
1956
TV Series
Count Courtebiche
You Are There
1956
TV Series
Nazi News Dealer
The Power and the Prize
1956
Mr. Ruloff (uncredited)
Matinee Theatre
1955-1956
TV Series
Screen Directors Playhouse
1956
TV Series
Prefect of Police
Private Secretary
1956
TV Series
Sandor
Never Say Goodbye
1956
Oskar, the Baker
Four Star Playhouse
1956
TV Series
Koert
The Man Called X
1956
TV Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1956
TV Series
Train Conductor
Jungle Jim
1956
TV Series
Wilhelm Camphausen
Sheena: Queen of the Jungle
1956
TV Series
Brunner
Captain Midnight
1954-1955
TV Series
Van Ronk / Goronov
The Rains of Ranchipur
1955
Rashid Ali Khan (uncredited)
Mystery Is My Business
1955
TV Series
Buehler
Cradle Song
1955
TV Movie
Damon Runyon Theater
1955
TV Series
Sgt. Heinz
Fireside Theatre
1954-1955
TV Series
Joe / Josef Novak / Amos
Topper
1955
TV Series
Ali / Henri
Schlitz Playhouse
1955
TV Series
Morris Odvarka
The Whistler
1954
TV Series
Van Loovan
Adventures of the Falcon
1954
TV Series
Coldroski
Rocky Jones, Space Ranger
1954
TV Series
Bovaro
Public Defender
1954
TV Series
Executive Suite
1954
Henri (Stork Club Maître D') (uncredited)
Cavalcade of America
1954
TV Series
The Juggler
1953
Emile Halevy
Sky King
1952
TV Series
Griz Raetze
Callaway Went Thataway
1951
Headwaiter at Mocambo's (uncredited)
Go for Broke!
1951
German Officer (uncredited)
King Solomon's Mines
1950
Austin - Safari Client (uncredited)
The Lone Ranger
1950
TV Series
Von Baden
Guilty of Treason
1950
Dr. Szandor Deste
The Argyle Secrets
1948
Winter
To the Victor
1948
Jacques Lestrac
My Girl Tisa
1948
Otto
The Beginning or the End
1947
German Laboratory Assistant (uncredited)
Nocturne
1946
Charles Shawn (uncredited)
Rendezvous 24
1946
Ernst - Nazi Henchman (uncredited)
Tangier
1946
Ferris Wheel Operator (uncredited)
The Fallen Sparrow
1943
Anton
They Came to Blow Up America
1943
Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
This Land Is Mine
1943
German Sergeant (uncredited)
Tonight We Raid Calais
1943
Kurz (uncredited)
The Moon Is Down
1943
Lt. Prackle (uncredited)
Immortal Sergeant
1943
Officer (uncredited)
The Fighting Guerrillas
1943
Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
Seven Miles from Alcatraz
1942
Fritz Weinermann
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1942
German Capt. Von Kleinoch
Desperate Journey
1942
Conductor on Empty Troop Train (uncredited)
Pacific Blackout
1941
uncredited
It Started with Eve
1941
Party Guest (uncredited)
Accent on Love
1941
Austrian Tenant (uncredited)
Spring Parade
1940
Cymbalist (uncredited)
The Partridge Family
1972
TV Series
Max Ledbetter
Alias Smith and Jones
1972
TV Series
Otto
The Doris Day Show
1972
TV Series
Bruno
The Chicago Teddy Bears
1971
TV Series
Uncle Latzi
Hogan's Heroes
1965-1971
TV Series
Sgt. Hans Georg Schultz / Wolfgang Brauner
Togetherness
1970
Hipolitas Mollnar
Star Spangled Salesman
1968
Documentary short
Chef
The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
1968
Weber
The Red Skelton Hour
1967
TV Series
Sgt. Schultz
The Lucy Show
1966
TV Series
Sgt. Schultz
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1965
TV Series
Martin Rutke
Mister Ed
1965
TV Series
Professor Meyerhoff
Hazel
1965
TV Series
Mr. Mueller
The Baileys of Balboa
1964-1965
TV Series
Hans
The Rogues
1964
TV Series
Steiner / Fat Man
The Cara Williams Show
1964
TV Series
Zinzer
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
1964
TV Series
Dr. Foster
36 Hours
1964
Ernst
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1964
TV Series
Russian Chairman
Kisses for My President
1964
Vasiliovich Alexminitch (uncredited)
Bedtime Story
1964
Burgermeister (uncredited)
Mr. and Mrs.
1964
TV Movie
Guard
My Three Sons
1964
TV Series
Chief of Protocol
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1964
TV Series
Dutch Customs Man
Dr. Kildare
1964
TV Series
Mr. Schultz
The Virginian
1963-1964
TV Series
August the Head Waiter / Gus Schultz
The Prize
1963
German Correspondent (uncredited)
The Donna Reed Show
1963
TV Series
Cruikshank
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
TV Series
General
The Yellow Canary
1963
Sam Skolman
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1960-1963
TV Series
Chief / Dr. Otto von Schwering
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hogan's Heroes
1970
TV Series performer - 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Mike Douglas Show
1972
TV Series
Himself
Della
1969
TV Series
Himself
The Leslie Uggams Show
1969
TV Series
Himself
The Hollywood Palace
1965
TV Series
Himself - Singer
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Inside Edition
2015
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Sixties
2014
TV Mini-Series documentary
Sgt. Hans Georg Schultz
Family Guy
2012
TV Series
Sgt. Schultz
Crash of Moons
1954
TV Movie
Bavarro
The Gypsy Moon
1954
Bavarro
Known for movies
Hogan's Heroes (1965-1971) as Sgt. Hans Georg Schultz / Wolfgang Brauner
36 Hours (1964) as Ernst
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942) as German Capt. Von Kleinoch