Werner Klemperer and John Banner sing Silent night Robert Clary sings a French Carol

[@Marc-js8rx]

It’s Christmas 2024, and is anybody else completely surprised to find this treasure in their video feed?? At age 67, I still catch a “Hogan’s Heroes” rerun now and then. Still light years better than so many of today’s trashy reality shows.

[@patrickflohe7427]

As a matter of fact, I’m watching it right now….it’s a commercial break.

[@stevejensen3471]

Rodga that Brother. Wonderful seeing Werner and Johann sing together! I'm 69 and will always love that show. So interesting to read the backgrounds of these men on Wikipedia, especially Leon Askin, Gen Burkhalter! Patriots all! Merry Christmas and a Happy 2025!

[@ejseabury]

I love this video. When my 19 year old son was 17, he binged watched “Hogan’s Heroes” and loved it.

[@theunknowncommenter725]

Hogan's Heroes is better than modern TV in general, not just reality shows.

[@xlerb2286]

Very surprised, but glad. It's nice to see those four again (counting Bing), and in something other than Hogan's Heros where we get to see a different aspect of their talents.

[@ericmadsen7470]

These two guys where great together. They both will be missed.

[@carlkalman1148]

The all gelled with each other in different ways.

[@mr.aldini6801]

That was a holiday gift I didn't expect!

[@higgme1ster]

Werner Klemperer, John Banner and Robert Clary were Jewish. Thank you for helping to celebrate Christmas and Rest in Peace.

[@arthurmartinson4370]

Leon Askin (General Burkhalter) was Jewish and Howard Caine (Major Hockstetter) was American and half-Jewish. Great souls, great talent.

[@MichelleyB-zk3eh]

Werner was not Jewish. His family fled the Germans during ww2, he despised the nazis , but he was not Jewish himself

[@thewkovacs316]

and clary was a holocaust survivor

[@gheller2261]

They did what Jews needed to do to stay in peoples' good favor.

[@5roundsrapid263]

I knew they were. They specifically wanted to play Nazis just to mock them!

[@richardrau3]

Such great people on great TV shows... I'm glad I was born to be part of that time...

[@johngoold1218]

What a time piece. So many American adults have no idea what these icons went through. God bless them.

[@josepha8415]

RIP Corporal LeBeau. Robert Clary is such an inspiration. He overcame such great adversity.

[@rogerlynch5279]

Especially since for the French actor this show must had been somewhat traumatic. After all he really had spent time in a hellhole of the German Konzentrations lager.

[@BillBrown-j6t]

He lived through true he'll on earth and still stayed a kind human being.may he R.i.p

[@claudiocorleone7856]

This is an amazing piece of television history thanks for posting this!

[@kmslegal7808]

God rest his soul. He was a lovely man and is missed

[@MARIANSCATLIFFE]

He overcame extreme hatred just like now t rump is very hitler like but no one is wise to him

[@hansvonschlader8227]

John Banner died on January 28th 1973.... at his own birthday party. I always liked him, seemed to be a very gentle caring man.

[@BobLouden-r9q]

Forever. I KNOW NOTHING.

[@raftermanvn-gl8nc]

Classy

[@mackermaldrill2656]

@@BobLouden-r9q I hear and see nothing also.

[@michaelmcguire4610]

John Banner stole every scene he was in.

[@mikeprevost8650]

He was. Banner was Jewish, and was fortunate enough to have left Austria shortly after the Anschluss. He went to the US, taught himself English, and then enlisted in the Army Air Force. Robert Clary was also Jewish, and he spent 3 years in various concentration camps, including Buchenwald. Banner deliberately played Sgt. Schultz as a fool just trying to survive the war, and not as a rabid Nazi.

[@paulwinborne2913]

I still watch Hogans Heroes to this day. I'm 53 years old and I despise where television and movies have progressed to.

[@howardjoiner7453]

Im 58, and you are so right.

[@ferg1680]

I’m sneaking up on 60...It’s Dec.2024 presently and I’m still digging tunnels...anyone seen any good bridges 🔥....Lol🎄

[@jonbates1603]

I’m 66 my wife 67 and we watch every night. Great show.

[@waynekolvoord968]

i am 70 and just started re-watching the show from the beginning.

[@patrickflohe7427]

@@howardjoiner7453 I am 58 too, for about another week.

[@liwanagbautista8780]

Klemperer and Banner were two incredibly wonderful people, extremely funny and very talented!

[@patrickflohe7427]

I agree. It saddens me that we’ve lost them, but I guess it was their time.

[@deaustin4018]

I still think John Banner was the real star of that show, a comedic genius

[@Petemonster62]

Yes, John Banner had a real knack for comedy!

[@LoriCor-]

The French version of the show is called, "Papa Schultz", so I think they agree. :) I adored Schultzy.

[@kconner58]

Banner as Schultz made that show. He was funny.

[@robertstrobel2558]

He was my favorite character in the show. I also loved the last episode when he says that he owns the biggest toy store in Germany.

[@jimwilliams4088]

@@robertstrobel2558 Yes he was my favorite as well! 😊

[@jamescombs8316]

Robert Clary is 93 years old, December 25, 2019.

[@dang1861]

And the last living actor from the main cast

[@lamontburton1233]

@@dang1861 You forgot to mention Kenneth Washington who played Baker Ivan Dixon's replacement for the 6th and final season.He's still alive as I post this.

[@dang1861]

@@lamontburton1233 ah, yes. I forgot about Washington. Nina Talbot, who played the Russian agent, Mayra, is still alive but she wasn't really a main character

[@lamontburton1233]

@@dang1861 No problem. I forgot about Nita Talbot and her appearances on the show.Elsewhere I mentioned my uncle Dr.Isaac Walker owned & operated his own drugstore & one of his customers good friends was Mr.Dixon who I met at the drugstore in the mid 1980's.I said hi to Mr.Dixon and complimented him on his work.I wanted to ask him about Hogan's Heroes but from what I heard & read especially in the black press he felt his Kinchloe character was a token & wanted to pursue a directing & producing career which was successful.

[@johntarter5661]

Wow! And I am now 63 years old. Where did our youth go?

[@alexlarams]

So cool seeing Werner Klemperer and John Banner doing this together.

[@johnschuh8616]

And doing it well. They must have really worked on it.

[@cupcakequeen0617]

The French Christmas Carol hits different since Robert Clary passed away. 😢

[@donbraden8533]

I drove limousines in Columbus ohio had the honor of driving Mr Klemperer what a wonderful man God rest his soul

[@crazypiratesquirrel3038]

Don Braden Oh cool! Why was he in Cbus?

[@dianafrost936]

Kenley plays?

[@crazypiratesquirrel3038]

@@dianafrost936​​⁠ Kenley Players which performed summers at the old Vets Memorial building? Possibly. That would be the only thing I could think of. My parents had season tickets for the longest time.

[@MM-yi9zn]

Both actors are super legends. So love them. Rob Clary is also superb. Hogans Heroes was tremendous. Could watch over & over.

[@dmgiova3788]

We do! Love the series.

[@suzannemarienau2760]

​@@dmgiova3788My husband and I do too. 😊

[@pilsnrimgaard2507]

Ahh yes, back when TV had class and swank.

[@mdclibrary1585]

Clary was also Jewish. Mazel Tov!!!!

[@robposton2763]

+Mark Miller "TV" did not force them. This is an absurdly stupid comment! secondly, Jesus was a Jew. Third, none of the Jews that I know, have a problem with Christmas carols, any more than I have a problem with Jewish music. What IS shameful, are ignorant people such as yourself, that are so narrow minded that they want to make an issue out of everything, even when there is not one.

[@bluemarshall6180]

MDC Library Hm?

[@jimscaggs2422]

So true a bygone era never to return,a time when entertainment had something that is so lacking today,class and well talent.

[@willsaucier979]

Very true!!! Today they have no sense of morals and differently no class

[@ocheltree1]

I'm watching this on a windy day in Ks. 12/18/2020. I couldn't help but tear up. These men gave my brothers and I a lot of enjoyment during our childhood. We watched Hogans Hero's faithfully, it gave us a break from the chaos of our alcoholic, chaotic family. Rest in joy, Mr's. Klemperer and Banner. Mr Clary is 94 at this time and I wish him a lovely Christmas. Thank you fella's for all the laughter. Blessings to all who read this. Merry Christmas and Namaste

[@paulzammataro7185]

All 3 of them were personally affected by WWII

[@kathleenkirchoff9223]

Back when entertainment was inspiring and could find humor in the darkest of situations.

[@Ken-dv9uf]

Col. Klink & Sgt Schultz.......Das Wunderbar!!!

[@jonasgrunberger3381]

Das ist Wunderbar!!! That is wonderful sorry it hurts my eyes as i have seen that ;)

[@jjpopnfresh6822]

Ja vol

[@Moamanly]

@@jjpopnfresh6822 Ja wohl ;-)))

[@jonasgrunberger3381]

@@Moamanly jawoll

[@Moamanly]

@@jonasgrunberger3381 Genau!

[@johnmarlin7269]

TV isn't like this anymore, sadly. I saw Klemperer on Broadway in a revival of Cabaret in around 1990 - Joel Gray in maybe his last performance as the MC. Very strong performance; Klemperer really had a fine voice well suited to the part. Back then all of the actors sang and danced pretty well.

[@billrose9954]

Absolutely agree. There was talent then that maybe 10% of entertainers possess today.

[@LeonAllanDavis]

Just gorgeous. John Banner is delightfully off-key... As a young boy Robert Clary sang in a Nazi concentration camp to stay alive. He wasn't murdered because he could dance and sing and he had a beautiful voice. John Banner was Jewish and emigrated to America. But he lost a lot of his family to the Nazis. Werner Klemperer was Jewish on his father's side. Came to the US in 1935. Was a fine violinist and concert pianist. A real gentleman.

[@timirish2563]

Yes--all true! Even the recurring characters of the General and the SS Major were played by actors who were Jews. I particularly liked Klemperer, who created one of the best and original farcical characters ever on American television. For many years, Clary hosted a public access interview program in Los Angeles which focused on Jewish Identity and the Holocaust. It was well-budgeted and had many A-list guests. I recall the brilliant Theodore Bikel spoke seriously, with some sadness, about his playing many European characters in his career--but very few Jews. Sometimes you could catch a glimpse of Clary's camp number-tattoo on the inside of his wrist.

[@jimcrawford5039]

That,s right, he was the son of the great. Otto Klemperer.

[@cybrarian9]

Thank you for acknowledging this, as I also added above, with even more detail, the irony that Klemperer and Banner played Nazi soldiers though they are Jew (though Klemperer is not halachicly Jewish as his mother was not Jewish). I met Clary in 1988 as he told of his concentration camp experience. How interesting they all dealt with the plot of “Hogan’s Heroes” with extreme wit and humor, charm and grace. In a similar vein, my Dad who served in Cuba during the Korean War immediately didn’t think he’d like “M*A*S*H” because it made fun of the war. But in time he came to appreciate the fine acting and writing in that series exactly for that reason. These were terrible times and as one can expect the Jews found ways to survive by finding the humor in it as a post-traumatic therapy. I believe some of “M*A*S*H’s” writers were Jewish too. Something about being Jewish I suppose is that we find great humor in irony.

[@fgldnglbs]

Before Mel Brooks ridiculed Nazis his way, those guys did.

[@jsivco3sivco785]

@@cybrarian9 … Hi Rob; thanks for the info. However, speaking of irony, there were 2 Jewish guys in that video singing "Silent Night." But on Christmas, Christians celebrate the birth of a Jewish baby to a Jewish family!

[@johnnyreb2360]

Beautiful days gone by! Very sadly missed and loved, forever!

[@kirinnielsen2274]

Werner Klemperer's father Otto was one of the great orchestral conductors of the early-mid-20th century.

[@KingsleykSkorzeny]

Brings tear to my eyes , three men of Jewish extraction, joined by a song of peace. God bless all.

[@mackdog832]

God bless them. They really made us laugh.......they claim John Banner was a big happy gentle bear......and was a pleasure to have around the set....

[@FrauWilhelmKlink]

The way I understand it “Everyone liked John Banner.” He also looks like he slimmed down a bit, so good for him! :(

[@robinlillian9471]

I think maybe they padded Banner's costume. He also looks thinner in other roles. kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6PTqXuVbb6kobc kzbin.info/www/bejne/m36aYYmirriXb80 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z6LShH-babprq5I

[@shaughnziech2193]

Was he Chef Boy-R-Dee also?

[@matthewperrier3814]

A Hogan's Hero's Christmas?

[@RedArwBus]

@@shaughnziech2193 no,chef boy ar Dee was a real person,Hector boyardi

[@freezerguy]

Sadly this kind of class and decency is in our rear view mirror.

[@ellenaustin4597]

Wonderful class and dignity True gentlemen!

[@liberalguy513]

So true, the orange stain and his concubine have ruined our country.

[@dcrose001]

@@liberalguy513 lol ok so the perverted demtard traitors that can't decide what bathroom to use while aborting unborn children are our saviors

[@Lorgar64]

Yeah, it had nothing to do with people like The Drone King or "The guy who thought North Korea could do with nuclear technology".

[@kp4949]

@@liberalguy513 shameful.....

[@mistergrandpasbakery9941]

I wish I could hit the like button about 100 times for this! Bless Bing Crosby for showcasing the extraordinary talent of the Hogan's Heroes crew on his Xmas specials.

[@shriaingnama]

sshhh speak not of clit

[@jeffnettleton3858]

His production company produced Hogan's Heroes. Of course, it's a bit weird to have three Jewish actors singing Christmas carols

[@onion6foot]

@@jeffnettleton3858 I thought about that, too. But, it seems like a bit of Grace and right, especially since there were Christians who died for Jewish people.. These songs soften our hearts.

[@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time]

@@jeffnettleton3858 That's right, it was in Crosby's own self interest to have these three Jewish guys signing Christmas Carols, if Crosby had produced the Three Stooges, he would have had Larry, Moe, and whomever had replace Curly at this time signing on his special instead.🤣😂😅

[@olivegreenpants7153]

Bing was an awful person

[@markadams7597]

Love it! Thanks for posting....

[@bullsfan1983]

Sadly, they don't make shows like this anymore. Thanks for memories.

[@sharkinstx]

Rest In Peace, Werner and John. A couple of real gentlemen. I used to enjoy hearing Werner Klemperer announcing classical music concerts.

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

klemperer and banner, two great actors and great men

[@johnnyllooddte3415]

clary is a great singer too

[@darylcumming7119]

A piece of tv history.

[@Nevada_Dan]

Why is this bringing a tear to these 62-year-old eyes?...

[@u686st7]

Silent Night always gets me choked up.

[@razor6552]

I work with a man who is related to the man who wrote Silent Night. He sings it at church at Christmas time

[@dartist079]

Beautiful. Hogans Heros was/is one of the best tv shows out there.

[@55tumbler]

yaaaa

[@LordOfNothingham]

Could not make a show like that today.

[@thomasglynn2282]

Green acres was same time period and never gets the recognition it deserved

[@theunknowncommenter725]

Over 50 years old, and it never gets old.

[@paulmazzola398]

Absolutely the best show and never get tired of watching it. No one could ever duplicate the shows genius comedy work. Only one other show was Night Court in the 1980's.

[@infantinofan]

Even more amazing is that Robert Clary is a survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp. Clary, the only still living member of this trio (and maybe of the Hogan's Heroes cast) turned 94 in March of 2020.

[@ellenmacleay2497]

Not a coincidence as Bing Crosby produced "Hogans Heroes".

[@55tumbler]

o bing O

[@robertallen6710]

..ty Ellen..

[@logictheorist]

Three Jewish guys who fled or survived the Nazi's. The same three who gained celebrity status by starring in an American TV sitcom about a WWII German prisoner of war camp. Two portrayed German soldiers and one portrayed a POW. All singing Christmas carols in foreign languages on an American variety show. How American is that... This is what immigration brings to our kaleidoscope of people we call Americans. To quote Robin Williams who portrayed a Russian defector to the US in Moscow on the Hudson, "what a country!". I love it.

[@crominion6045]

"I see nothing, I hear nothing, I know nothing....NOTHING!" 😄

[@55tumbler]

please hogan its worth my life

[@tadabrown9095]

Schulze is my favorite character. Named my sweet shih Tzu Schulze!!

[@TysonNeil]

Some of the greatest philosophy of the 20th century.

[@randallebritt1150]

Schultz is one of my favorite Hogans heroes characters

[@timloveless5409]

I call this the Sgt Schultz defense and use it often.

[@thebes118]

As a kid back then I never realized what a wonderful period of time in America that was. Yes there were bad things then just as there are now. But it just seemed more normal I guess,..better morals and unity. A golden age of television. I miss these guys..

[@waswaswad]

it was the golden age of television for sure. The actors were something else. Real personalities

[@nratchr]

Sir, I concure most wholeheartedly!

[@Triton_Secure]

@John Doe you've trotted out that line in response to HOW MANY comments? Congratulations... you've mastered copy/paste. How many years did it take? (edit for typo only)

[@youtubesnamingpolicysucks]

Just like Mel Brooks said about Blazing Sadles, satire is dead. All these old movies and series would NEVER get approved in modern society. Hell you can't even find the old Looney Tunes or Hanna-Barbera cartoons anymore....

[@SternDrive]

I just learned of Robert Clary's history. He almost had me in tears. Class act !

[@powerboatguy2308]

Sad, he is the only surviving cast member of that great show.

[@TheLittleDeath1]

In Hogans Heros he was wearing clothes with long sleves. Even in summer. It was because he still had his number on his arm.

[@drakesucks]

@@powerboatguy2308 He's also a Holocaust survivor.

[@paulenzor6993]

Hogan's heroes!! Brings back memories of one of the best shows of childhood!! Incredible great performances!!

[@chheinrich8486]

Werner und John, ihr seid großartig gewesen

[@ROUSEVIDEO]

Awesome piece of television history.

[@warrenroy5376]

I was very surprised to hear this! I didn't know how beautiful singing voices Klempner and Banner had! I actually was awed by their singing!I was amazed. I plan to hang on to this for this coming Christmas Lord willing and I live! Thank you and God bless you!

[@normandoty6133]

that was so beautiful who would have thought Werner & Banner had such good singing voices, Clary we knew was a singer. this was exceptional i am so glad that i stumbled across it. thank you so very much for the posting.

[@h2otek312]

Norman Doty , are you not aware of Klemperer's music background? Didn't realize his vocal ability either, but the family had no lack of musical talent in general!

[@JustClaude13]

I heard him in Abduction From The Seraglio on the Met's broadcast. He was great.

[@tryithere]

He was only a colonel.

[@wrightflyer7855]

+tryithere, he would be the first to admit he would have been just as happy being only a private.

[@mikef445]

Their talented singing voices isn't the only thing they had in common. All 3 of them were refugees from Hitler's Germany.

[@wendyroman4944]

Wow! I didn't know they could sing like that! BEAUTIFUL!❤🌹

[@crystalr7602]

Some of my favorite people.....all these men brought such joy, laughs and great moments to me over my entire life. I miss them all very much. I hope someone's around to accept my thanks to all and the others that are not there. Those were the days.....

[@thebestisyettocome4114]

12/30/2019 It was a pleasure to view this after so many years. I'm now 98 and let me tell you, Bing, had a wonderful time putting this show together with his "Hogan's Heroes" cast. Benjamin Hahn, Retired Beverly Hills CA

[@shriaingnama]

how you know?

[@MoonOverYou]

@@shriaingnama Because it's true.

[@msnat61]

All the Hogans Heroes guys had excellent musical talents. I always loved when they would “break out” in a song (once it was a lullaby) in order to put Schultz to sleep so they could carry out their ruse/mission. This is a beautiful clip...also I appreciate hearing the history of the Christmas carols we still sing to this day. Thanks for posting! ❤️🎼🎶🎵❤️

[@realbogus]

Very well done. Lovely. They have great singing voices. Robert Cleary was great... and did survive hell... ❤

[@moonspots01]

Television show with class and dignity. Won't see that again anytime soon.

[@normanbloom]

You said that statement right. I don,t like the sitcoms of today at all.take this Big Bang series that seems to be all over the TV in re runs, I can,t even watch 5 minutes of it.What,s it all about anyways?

[@marquee6]

Maybe it is because we allow it.

[@kendallrivers1119]

The sitcoms today also lack intelligence and actual laughs. I'm sorry all these popular "comedies" critics love so much are just pretentious and boring. Nothing like Hogan or Green Acres, The Andy Griffith Show, Frasier, Sanford and Son etc. Real comic gems.

[@kendallrivers1119]

@@normanbloom nothing it's about nothing lol

[@Triton_Secure]

@@normanbloom "Big Bang" is a 'cool kids' view of what geeks might be like. I absolutely detest it.

[@Cappy22279]

Werner, John and Robert were class acts. I loved Hogan’s Heros as a child and only recently realized the background of these men. Singing in German and French was so touching. Germany created our Christmas traditions. I love hearing carols in German even though I only speak English.

[@Blacksheepishot]

Talents far beyond mere screen appearances.

[@michaelpimentel3002]

Robert Clary sang a very nice version of "Il est né, le divin Enfant" (English: He is born, the divine Child) a traditional French Christmas carol.

[@Robinallenyukon]

Nice to see Werner Klemperer and John Banner remind us of something good from Germany"s history !

[@saxonysaxonia395]

russrjn Austria Was Over 900years a central part of the Holy german empire..!! Austrians are germans

[@user-tq1tf6hh9w]

Holy Roman Empire. The First Reich.

[@maxfrankow1238]

Amen to that.

[@ohger1]

What a wonderful moment in TV history preserved.

[@Mark-hz5nc]

How beautiful! What these men saw and survived. God bless them all!

[@pamfoster4460]

This is the first time for me seeing this-I am 'blown away' and glad this was found and posted

[@alexlarams]

Watched Hogan's Heroes when I was a little kid back in the 60's and loved the reruns when I was in HS in the late 70's. Never really realized how incredibly talented Werner Klemperer was but considering he came from a very artistic/musical family, it's not all that surprising. It's so awesome to see this stuff because he really was a great guy along with John Banner as well.

[@Triton_Secure]

@John Doe moron!!

[@craigx1433]

Wow...I am 63 now and never missed Hogan's Heroes when it came on every week,especially the intro song...all these three were Jewish and yet had open heart's for the German people and Christmas...such classy people!

[@bambiwest1391]

Beautiful and this song whether sung in English or German brings tears to my eyes ~ God bless and stille nacht everyone 🎄

[@trixie898989]

Wow, haven't sung Silent Night that way since I was a kid but the words came right back. Thanks Will 🥰

[@MrTech226]

Werner (Klink) Klemperer has musical blood in his family, his father, Otto Klemperer was a famous conductor in Europe

[@alexlarams]

And he was also the director of the Los Angeles Philharmonic as well.

[@JACKnJESUS]

Yep, and his mother was an opera singer.

[@latishacollins8110]

There is actually footage of Werner playing with the Royal Philharmonic with his father conducting.

[@JeffDeWitt]

He and Jack Benny had something in common. Both had characters that were notoriously bad at playing the violin, and both men were actually very good at it.

[@acdii]

@@JeffDeWitt It takes a good violinist to be a really bad one. LOL

[@joeprimal2044]

This would have been epic to have on Hogan's Heroes.

[@pauljojo6855]

They could have worked it in a million different ways too.

[@joeprimal2044]

@@pauljojo6855 I agree. It would have been epic. It would have sent the message that we're all just human underneath and left us wondering why we seem so determined to kill each other.

[@LameWolff]

I couldn't help myself. While Klemperer and Banner were singing was waiting for the to burst into a comedy skit.

[@crazypiratesquirrel3038]

If I remember more than once the heroes put on a vaudeville style show. They could have easily had a group of the Germans sing German Christmas songs. The only thing stopping it was I think it might have been a running joke that Klink was just as good with singing as he was with the violin. But I'm sure they could have had him singing well just for one episode. That would have made a great Christmas episode! Everyone singing their national Christmas/holiday songs. 🎶😃🎶🍻🎶

[@chriscunningham6362]

This is so cool! John and Werner were class acts!

[@sergeantwarden471]

That's class ! Won't ever see that or anything like it ever again.

[@andreasfaltynek5154]

Zwei unvergleichliche Schauspieler, die ein wunderbares Weihnachtslied zum Besten geben. Auch Robert Clary hat meine Bewunderung. Die "kleine Küchenschabe" hat mich neben Klink und Schultz immer wieder zum Lachen gebracht. Werner Klemperer und John Banner ruhet in Frieden, Robert Clary - mögest Du noch viele Jahre erleben.

[@SurfCityBill]

This is a mind blower. Never pictured these guys as anything other than Hogans Heroes characters.

[@Ducati_Dude]

Typecasting... 😉👍

[@VonWenk]

Klemperer was in several episodes of Have Gun - Will Travel as different characters, as well as Perry Mason and a 2nd-season episode of Law & Order as the father of a man obsessed with a soap opera actress.. If you couldn't any of these actors in anything other than Hogan's Heroes, maybe you should broaden your horizons.

[@Russell_Rieckenberg]

@@VonWenk He also was in a Broadway reprisal of "Caberet" that is, or was, on KZbin, but the video quality is very, very poor.

[@ferg1680]

Bill L - if this was a mind blower to you, it’s a good thing you never followed Bob Crane’s off camera antics !

[@SurfCityBill]

@@ferg1680 I have all of Bob's videos, "The Essential Bob" and "Being Bob" are my favorites.

[@hendriphile]

I haven't seen this since the original television airing, about 50 years ago. What good times.

[@daved.7071]

I knew Banner, Klemperer and Clary were good comedic actors, but I never would have guessed they could also sing 🎵 so well

[@billwithers4038]

check out the Hogan's Heros album ... Kinchlow, Carter, Newkirk sing with Lebo...

[@IronManXXX]

When shows had class and performers were not using thier stardom for political rants.....God bless them all, whether still with us or gone....thank you so very much!

[@firsttimr]

This is absolutely beautiful - thank you men, but thank you most Lord Jesus.

[@faithbassed49]

I watch reruns of Hogan’s Heroes every night, seeing this makes me like these gentlemen even more than I already did!!!

[@jesterflight8593]

I grew up listening to Bing Crosby, my favorite Disney movie is Headless Horseman & The Toad all told & sung by Bing’s extraordinarily beautiful singing voice, he sounds Angelic. I got to meet him, my grandparents worked & lived on the world famous King Ranch, my grandfather was only a cowboy & grandmother was a maid just like their parents & their parents parents, I got a job at 13, only because of blood relatives. When I was 15 they got me a DL for agricultural duty , and one day I had to drive their Bulletproof Pullman Mercedes to their private airport & made trips all day to the grand mansion, and my job was to clean dog kennels, dog poop, clean & car for all hunting dogs, and clean stables of thoroughbred polo ponies. As I was called by one of the maids to take clothes & pickup clothes from the cleaners, I heard Mr Bing Crosby in the garden, while reading the Wallstreet journal he was singing. We were never to look at the people who visited & always had to look down while always taking off our cap/hat, he was insistent on talking to me, and one of the Special Texas Rangers told him “Mr Crosby their trained not to ever talk to the visitors of the King Ranch mansion & they know this because all his ancestors have all been born on this ranch & are buried here, they don’t have their own home or car, these people are absolutely devoted & dedicated to never break the rules, or the entire family can be thrown out of the ranch. I never got to say a word, but I split quickly after the talk Special Texas Ranger allowed me to get back to work. I also saw Ken Curtis “Festus” from “Gun Smoke” and Ronald Reagan when he was a governor, and he tried to tip me $100 when I loaded their luggage into the Falcon 550 one of numerous jets the King Ranch owned, but I didn’t take it, and I remember Mrs Reagan saying “Dear, your going to get all his family thrown off this beautiful ranch, don’t you understand they are the peasants of Captain Richard King, and all his family are now in control, but his Ken back when this ranch was founded also had Mexican peasants that care for these family members now” I knew I wouldn’t get in trouble because I never took one penny from anyone & I always got to work 30 minutes ahead of time, but the wonderful people I got to take their luggage, drive during bird hunting season & drive the diesel Pullman Limousine made special in Frankfurt Germany using Texas Oak inside & King Ranch Santa Gertrudis bull hide instead of carpet & cream cow on all the upholstery. It was the best time of my life in the 70’s while I worked there, and truly my favourite job because I was trusted with millions of dollars of autos, equipment, etc. Sorry for the rhetoric, but Bing Crosby actually was a humanitarian & a phenomenal personality as was all the actors like Ronald Reagan before he became governor, I would see them yearly , and was privileged to drive them in King Ranch hunting cars .

[@Mindaro]

Blessed duo sing a blessed duet . Perfection, my 75 year old heart knew a peace deep within. So lovely. Thank you all who shared this with me. Love and joy to us all.😇

[@MoonOverYou]

Think of the heartbreak Banner and Klemperer must have felt while they were singing~remembering their families and homeland before the war, when they had to escape. You can see it in their eyes.

[@TheReal10bears]

I remember seeing this Bing Crosby Christmas special. I loved Shultz line, "I know nothing"😂👍

[@joebullington4997]

That was very sweet and quite touching. I'm not sure how I happened across this rare clip but I'm happy that I did. Thank you for sharing this little gem.

[@joymahan2157]

I am so glad I found this video. Their voices are so touching. Thank you for sharing.

[@m.a.6136]

Robert Clary's ability to entertain is what keep him alive when he was in a concentration camp during WW2.

[@garylefevers]

Just awesome. A true blessing to hear these songs being expressed in their native language. I heard on The History Guy about the first time Silent Night was sung. Never thought I would actually hear it. Especially by such talented and personal favorite performers. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays. Stay safe folks.

[@terrywhelan6651]

There was talent back then not like today when it's all about looks.

[@OVERHERE-OVERHERE]

Terry Whelan Sex appeal,controversy, And outlandishness, Political correctness...

[@raybrown3510]

lol

[@kennethmelnychuk9737]

Frauline Helga (both actresses) was easy on the eyes.

[@QueensJack]

I don't know if anyone has posted a comment like this yet but the 3 people mentioned, Werner Klemperer, John Banner and Robert Clary were all German Concentration Camp survivors as well as the actors most of us remember them for being..

[@williethebeerman]

better check your facts. Werner Klemperer's father, the great conductor Otto Klemperer, moved his family to the us in about 1933 when Werner was about 10. Banner emigrated to the United States in 1937 from Switzerland. Robert Clary was the only cast member who spent time in a Concentration camp.

[@QueensJack]

You're right Will, I read what I posted in a headline, went back and read the article below it and came up with the same information you corrected me with, thanks for doing so and civilly as well. I'll leave the post up for a while so your post makes sense to other's reading it until it gets buried lower down in the comments where and when no one will miss it and then delete it when it does..

[@theripper2811]

Robert Clary sings French Christmas Carol = il est né le divin enfant Il est né le divin enfant Jouez hautbois, résonnez musette Il est né le divin enfant Chantons tous son avènement +++++++++++++++++++++ Robert, la France pense encore à toi ! Merci pour la bonne image que tu as donner de notre pays en jouant le rôle du caporal Louis Le Beau. God Bless Ya!

[@davidpoor8638]

I never knew these three gentlemen could sing like this!!!!!!! WOW!!!!! Beautiful!!

[@johnburrows1179]

Wunderbar ❤️👍

[@alfredpratt3657]

Well, I am impressed. Werner's mother was an opera singer, but he always claimed no musical tallent. Sounded pretty good to me. John suprised me. He was Jewish. I knew he could sing, and I knew him as a very, very nice man. It shows in the emotion he put into the song. Two wonderful actors and great men. Thanks guys!

[@dq1275]

Ironically all 3 were Jewish . I saw Werner in Cabaret in San Francisco in the late 80's. Followed him off and on after that. He was a class act. He played Klink on the condition Klink was never a hero.

[@howboutthosechiefs3730]

Klink and Schultz are probably the most liked Germans by Americans :D

[@binaway]

Kemplers father was born Jewish but converted to Catholicism while still single. His mother was raised Lutheran but converted to Catholicism on her marriage. Kempler was raised Catholic. His father converted back to Judaism later in life

[@herbertbielefelder341]

A jew doesn't stop being jewish for any reason. Many jews converted in order to not be persecuted and to find a job. That's precisely what Felix Mendelssohn did. The 'BARTHOLDY' thing doesn't mean a thing to me.

[@binaway]

That wouldn't have made safe in 1930's Germany.

[@tjcassidy2694]

Murray Lee Wilson Which regiments were those, again?

[@nancywiebel9216]

Lovely voices. I am from that era of good television programming. I used to watch a lot of tv back in the day. I never watch it anymore.

[@joer5627]

Just nice. Real nice. Thank you

[@thomasdula8749]

Wow! What a treat to hear these actors sing.

[@ObamaoZedong]

Back in the days when you had to have talent to be an actor.

[@Triton_Secure]

or a pop singer

[@martiwest1753]

Amen on the talent

[@martiwest1753]

Amen

[@joshuaissac5523]

so true hollywood has fallen

[@DaveB564]

Amen to that.

[@kenbearsley8322]

This only just came up on youtube. I did not know Werner and John were such great singers.

[@carollewis3912]

We learned Silent Night in German in elementary school. I still remember the words.😊

[@JohnWilson-wg4gk]

Adestes fedalous vainetay adoramos was what we sang in German. I don't think it was Silent Night, though.

[@carollewis3912]

​@@JohnWilson-wg4gkI could tell by listening to the words they sang we had been taught correctly.

[@MichaelAndersxq28guy]

I'm not crying.... OK, I am. Knowing their back stories, and the story about that particular guitar, and how they all shared these songs from their childhood. Well, I'm verklempt.

[@rewincwulff6388]

Very special! 😘🥰😍

[@ADAMSIXTIES]

Werner Klemperer would be 100 today. This clip was airdate Dec. 25th, 1965, "The Hollywood Palace".

[@robertstrobel2558]

They sounded perfect. The big and the little guy that performed by himself are survivor the Hollicost.The little guy is still alive and I believe he is 94.

[@annczeiner3507]

Aahhh.this just took me back to a time when the whole family would sit down together and watch the variety shows! Women were gracious and classy, the men were gentlemen and had manners. Thank you for sharing this, letting my mind wander down memory lane. 😌😌

[@elixtido1448]

Why the hell didn't YT recommend this years ago??!!

[@marcuscontreras2378]

This is the original version. Done so beautifuly. Danke Schoen!!