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  1. John Banner

    Brief biography and partial filmography

  2. John Banner Filmography

    From the ever-vigilant Internet Movie Database

  3. Hogan's Barracks

    Fan pages for the show that include a short bit on Banner

  4. The Hofbrau

    Another Hogan fan site, with various Banner tidbits

John Banner Biography

John Banner, a Jew, fled his native Austria in 1938 after the Nazi Anschluss. Years later he got his revenge by playing the buffoonish German sergeant Hans Schultz in the popular American TV series Hogan's Heroes. Schultz's nervous catch-phrase, "I know nothing! Nooooothing!" is still in pop culture circulation. Banner had character roles in many movies, including To The Victor (1948), Never Say Goodbye (1956) and The Interns (1962); he played Nazi Rudolf Hess in Operation Eichmann (1961).

Extra credit:

Banner's co-stars on Hogan's Heroes included Bob Crane as Hogan and Richard Dawson as Newkirk.

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