Gertan Klauber
Known for: Acting
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).
Filmography
Series
Doctor Who
Ola
1963
Series
Doctor Who
Galley Master
1963
Series
The Avengers
Kruger
1961
Series
The Saint
The Barman
1962
Series
The Saint
Renato
1962
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Turkish Inspector
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Montfleury
1965
Series
BBC Play of the Month
Konon Molody
1965
Series
Theatre 625
Landlord
1964
Series
Playhouse
Streicher
1974
Series
The Professionals
Helmut Brenick
1977
Series
No Hiding Place
1959
Series
One Step Beyond
Porter
1959
Series
Inspector Morse
German Man
1987
Series
Blackadder
King George III
1983
Series
The Sweeney
Emilio
1975
Series
Upstairs, Downstairs
Albert Schoenfeld
1971
Series
Crossbow
1987
Series
The Protectors
Gromeld
1972
Series
Espionage
Prison Guard
1963
Series
Espionage
Innkeeper
1963
Series
The Prisoner
Cafe Waiter
1967
Series
Softly, Softly
1966
Series
The Goodies
1970
Series
Man of the World
Arturo
1962
Series
Department S
Antonio Mardi
1969
Series
Poldark
Tom Harry
1975
Series
The Famous Five
Brian
1978
Series
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Waiter
1973
Series
Sherlock Holmes
1964
Film
Octopussy
Bubi
1983
Series
The Informer
Frank
1966
Series
The Queen's Nose
Robber
1995
Series
Colditz
Korporal Henneberg
1972
Series
Colditz
German Radio Announcer (voice)
1972
Series
House of Cards
Blackhead
1990
Crane
Habbas
1963
Crane
Darius
1963
Series
Diana
Roger
1984
Series
Jack the Ripper
Diemschutz
1988
HMS Paradise
Native Chief
1964
Film
Top Secret!
East German Mayor
1984
Film
Top Secret!
Mayor
1984
Series
Thomas & Sarah
Max
1979
Series
Whoops Baghdad
Majordomo
1973
Series
The Count of Monte Cristo
Second Gendarme
1964
Film
Backbeat
Pimp
1994
Happy Ever After
Kuslov
1969
Film
Hot Enough for June
Technician in Czech Glass Factory
1964
Film
Billion Dollar Brain
Dr. Kaarna (uncredited)
1967
Film
Scream and Scream Again
Border Guard
1970
Film
Wuthering Heights
Drunk Man (as Gertain Klauber)
1970
Film
Operation Crossbow
Soldier at Rocket Plant
1965
Film
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
The Pasha
1976
Film
Bad Timing
Ambulance Man
1980
Film
Cry of the Banshee
Tavern Keeper
1970
Film
Operation: Daybreak
Kubelwagen Driver (uncredited)
1975
Film
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
Gestapo
1974
Film
The Deadly Affair
Man at Zurich Airport
1967
Film
That's Carry On!
Wash Orderly / Marcus (archive footage) (uncredited)
1977
Film
The Hands of Orlac
Fairground attendant
1960
Series
Jesus of Nazareth
1956
Film
Carry On Abroad
Postcard Seller
1972
Film
Carry On Cleo
Marcus
1964
Film
You Must Be Joking
Fork Lift Truck Driver (uncredited)
1965
Film
Carry On Doctor
Wash Orderly
1967
Film
The Pied Piper
Town Cryer
1972
Film
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Ola
1967
Film
Carry On Spying
Code Clerk
1964
Film
A Very Polish Practice
Swarthy Man on Plane
1992
Film
Battle of the V-1
SS Guard (uncredited)
1958
Film
Don't Panic Chaps
Schmidt
1959
Film
Doctor Who: The Romans
Galley Master
1965
Film
Carry On Henry
Bidet
1971
Film
Three on a Spree
Joe
1961
Acts of Passion
1999
Film
The Big Job
Milkman
1965
Film
Carry On Emmannuelle
German Soldier
1978
Film
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Ola (voice)
2019
Film
Our Miss Fred
German Officer (uncredited)
1972
Film
Before Winter Comes
Russian Major
1969
Film
Leo the Last
Man in Secret Meeting (uncredited)
1970
Film
Percy's Progress
Pablo
1974
A Dangerous Kind of Love
Mr. Seiler
1986
Film
Up the Front
Donner
1972
Film
Good King Wenceslas
Kalousek
1994
Film
Dateline Diamonds
Meverhof
1965
Film
The Cold Room
Older Nazi
1984
Film
Venom
Kurt
1974
Film
The Kitchen
Gaston
1961
Film
The Breaking Point
Lofty
1961
Film
Anna Karenina
Stationmaster
1961
Film
The Pursuers
Bernstein
1961
Film
The Government Inspector
Mishka
1958