Acting
Gertan Klauber
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
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Film · 2019
Acts of Passion
Series · 1999
The Queen's Nose
Series · 1995
Backbeat
Film · 1994
Good King Wenceslas
Film · 1994
A Very Polish Practice
Film · 1992
House of Cards
Series · 1990
Jack the Ripper
Series · 1988
Inspector Morse
Series · 1987
Crossbow
Series · 1987
A Dangerous Kind of Love
Film · 1986
Top Secret!
Film · 1984
Top Secret!
Film · 1984
The Cold Room
Film · 1984
Diana
Series · 1984
Octopussy
Film · 1983
Blackadder
Series · 1983
Bad Timing
Film · 1980
Thomas & Sarah
Series · 1979
Carry On Emmannuelle
Film · 1978
The Famous Five
Series · 1978
That's Carry On!
Film · 1977
The Professionals
Series · 1977
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
Film · 1976
Operation: Daybreak
Film · 1975
The Sweeney
Series · 1975
Poldark
Series · 1975
Percy's Progress
Film · 1974
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
Film · 1974
Venom
Film · 1974
Playhouse
Series · 1974
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Series · 1973
Whoops Baghdad
Series · 1973
The Pied Piper
Film · 1972
Carry On Abroad
Film · 1972
Up the Front
Film · 1972
Our Miss Fred
Film · 1972
Colditz
Series · 1972
The Protectors
Series · 1972
Colditz
Series · 1972
Carry On Henry
Film · 1971
Upstairs, Downstairs
Series · 1971
Wuthering Heights
Film · 1970
Scream and Scream Again
Film · 1970
Cry of the Banshee
Film · 1970
Leo the Last
Film · 1970
The Goodies
Series · 1970
Before Winter Comes
Film · 1969
Department S
Series · 1969
Happy Ever After
Series · 1969
The Deadly Affair
Film · 1967
Carry On Doctor
Film · 1967
Billion Dollar Brain
Film · 1967
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
Film · 1967
The Prisoner
Series · 1967
Softly, Softly
Series · 1966
The Informer
Series · 1966
Operation Crossbow
Film · 1965
The Big Job
Film · 1965
Doctor Who: The Romans
Film · 1965
Dateline Diamonds
Film · 1965
You Must Be Joking
Film · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
BBC Play of the Month
Series · 1965
Carry On Cleo
Film · 1964
Hot Enough for June
Film · 1964
Carry On Spying
Film · 1964
Sherlock Holmes
Series · 1964
HMS Paradise
Series · 1964
Theatre 625
Series · 1964
The Count of Monte Cristo
Series · 1964
Doctor Who
Series · 1963
Crane
Series · 1963
Crane
Series · 1963
Espionage
Series · 1963
Espionage
Series · 1963
Doctor Who
Series · 1963
The Saint
Series · 1962
The Saint
Series · 1962
Man of the World
Series · 1962
The Breaking Point
Film · 1961
The Kitchen
Film · 1961
Anna Karenina
Film · 1961
The Pursuers
Film · 1961
Three on a Spree
Film · 1961
The Avengers
Series · 1961
The Hands of Orlac
Film · 1960
Don't Panic Chaps
Film · 1959
One Step Beyond
Series · 1959
No Hiding Place
Series · 1959
The Government Inspector
Film · 1958
Battle of the V-1
Film · 1958
Jesus of Nazareth
Series · 1956