Robert Clary (born Robert Max Widerman; March 1, 1926) is a French-American actor, published author, and lecturer. He is best known for his role in the television sitcom Hogan's Heroes as Corporal LeBeau ("Frenchie"). Clary is the last living principal cast member of the show from its inception. Kenneth Washington, who joined during the last season, also is still living.
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Remembrance of Love, The Hindenburg, A New Kind of Love, New Faces, Thief of Damascus, Ten Tall Men
TV Shows
Hogan's Heroes, Safe Haven
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Summing up his Holocaust experiences: "The whole experience was a complete nightmare, the way they treated us, what we had to do to survive. We were less than animals. Sometimes I dream about those days. I wake up in a sweat terrified for fear I'm about to be sent away to a concentration camp. But I don't hold a grudge because that's a great waste of time. Yes, there's something dark in the human soul. For the most part human beings are not very nice. That's why when you find those who are, you cherish them."
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Even though he spent time in German Concentration Camps and lost many family members during World War II, and even though he lectures about the Holocaust, many people who have seen him on stage or screen are not aware that Clary is Jewish.
Retired from acting and gives lectures about the Holocaust. [December 2001]
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After the death of cast mate Richard Dawson in 2012, Clary is the only surviving complete series cast member of Hogan's Heroes (1965), only final season regular Kenneth Washington is still alive as of 2013.
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Clary and Larry Hovis (Andrew Carter on Hogan's Heroes (1965), former singer) would sing together between shots.
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Clary, having been in a concentration camp, has a tattoo on his arm.
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During most of the filming of the first season of Hogan's Heroes (1965), Robert became frustrated with the smallness of the part he was playing. At one point, he wanted to leave the show altogether, but something a director said to him made change his mind.
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Was good friends with Werner Klemperer (Colonel Klink from Hogan's Heroes (1965)), even after the show had been canceled, and until Werner's death.
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Best remembered by the public for his role as "Corporal Louis LeBeau" in the television series Hogan's Heroes (1965).
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