Acting
Gertan Klauber
Born Mar 5, 1932 · Czechoslovakia · Died Aug 1, 2008
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).
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Acting
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
2019
Science Fiction · Adventure · Drama
The Queen's Nose
1995
Comedy
Good King Wenceslas
1994
TV Movie · Action · Romance
Backbeat
1994
Drama · Music
A Very Polish Practice
1992
Drama · Comedy · TV Movie
House of Cards
1990
War & Politics · Comedy · Drama
Jack the Ripper
1988
Drama · Mystery · Crime
Crossbow
1987
Action & Adventure · Drama · Family
Inspector Morse
1987
Crime · Drama · Mystery
Top Secret!
1984
Comedy
The Cold Room
1984
Mystery · Drama · TV Movie
Diana
1984
Drama
Blackadder
1983
Comedy
Octopussy
1983
Adventure · Action · Thriller
Bad Timing
1980
Mystery · Drama · Thriller
Thomas & Sarah
1979
Drama
Carry On Emmannuelle
1978
Comedy
The Famous Five
1978
Family · Action & Adventure · Mystery
The Professionals
1977
Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama
That's Carry On!
1977
Comedy
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
1976
Mystery · Thriller
Operation: Daybreak
1975
Action · War
Poldark
1975
Drama
The Sweeney
1975
Action & Adventure · Drama · Crime
Percy's Progress
1974
Comedy
Venom
1974
Horror
Playhouse
1974
Drama
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
1974
Comedy
Whoops Baghdad
1973
Comedy
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
1973
Comedy
The Pied Piper
1972
Fantasy · Drama
Our Miss Fred
1972
Comedy · War
Carry On Abroad
1972
Comedy
Colditz
1972
Drama · War & Politics
The Protectors
1972
Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama
Up the Front
1972
Comedy
Upstairs, Downstairs
1971
Drama
Carry On Henry
1971
Adventure · Comedy · History
The Goodies
1970
Comedy
Leo the Last
1970
Drama · Comedy
Cry of the Banshee
1970
Horror
Wuthering Heights
1970
Drama · Romance
Scream and Scream Again
1970
Horror · Science Fiction
Department S
1969
Action & Adventure · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Before Winter Comes
1969
Drama · Comedy
Carry On Doctor
1967
Comedy
Billion Dollar Brain
1967
Thriller
The Prisoner
1967
Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Mystery
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
1967
Drama · Adventure · Science Fiction
The Deadly Affair
1967
Thriller · Mystery · Drama
The Informer
1966
Crime · Drama
Softly, Softly
1966
Drama · Crime
BBC Play of the Month
1965
Drama
The Big Job
1965
Comedy · Crime · Mystery
Dateline Diamonds
1965
Comedy · Music · Crime
You Must Be Joking
1965
Comedy
The Troubleshooters
1965
Drama
Operation Crossbow
1965
Drama · War · Thriller
Doctor Who: The Romans
1965
Science Fiction · Adventure · Drama
Carry On Cleo
1964
Comedy
The Count of Monte Cristo
1964
Action & Adventure · Mystery
Carry On Spying
1964
Comedy
Sherlock Holmes
1964
Mystery · Crime · Drama
Theatre 625
1964
Drama
Hot Enough for June
1964
Comedy · Thriller
Doctor Who
1963
Drama · Action & Adventure · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Espionage
1963
Action & Adventure · Drama
The Saint
1962
Action & Adventure · Crime · Drama
Man of the World
1962
Crime · Drama
The Pursuers
1961
Anna Karenina
1961
Drama · TV Movie
The Kitchen
1961
Comedy
Three on a Spree
1961
Comedy
The Avengers
1961
Action & Adventure · Crime · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Breaking Point
1961
Crime · Thriller
The Hands of Orlac
1960
Horror · Crime · Thriller
Don't Panic Chaps
1959
War · Comedy
No Hiding Place
1959
Crime · Drama
One Step Beyond
1959
Mystery · Drama · Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Government Inspector
1958
Battle of the V-1
1958
Drama · War
Jesus of Nazareth
1956
Drama