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
as Ola (voice)
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
as Ola (voice)
Good King Wenceslas
as Kalousek
Good King Wenceslas
as Kalousek
Backbeat
as Pimp
Backbeat
as Pimp
A Very Polish Practice
as Swarthy Man on Plane
A Very Polish Practice
as Swarthy Man on Plane
A Dangerous Kind of Love
as Mr. Seiler
A Dangerous Kind of Love
as Mr. Seiler
Top Secret!
as Mayor
Top Secret!
as Mayor
Top Secret!
as Mayor
Top Secret!
as Mayor
The Cold Room
as Older Nazi
The Cold Room
as Older Nazi
Octopussy
as Bubi
Octopussy
as Bubi
Bad Timing
as Ambulance Man
Bad Timing
as Ambulance Man
Carry On Emmannuelle
as German Soldier
Carry On Emmannuelle
as German Soldier
That's Carry On!
as Wash Orderly / Marcus (archive footage) (uncredited)
That's Carry On!
as Wash Orderly / Marcus (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as The Pasha
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution
as The Pasha
Operation: Daybreak
as Kubelwagen Driver (uncredited)
Operation: Daybreak
as Kubelwagen Driver (uncredited)
Percy's Progress
as Pablo
Percy's Progress
as Pablo
Venom
as Kurt
Venom
as Kurt
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
as Gestapo
Soft Beds, Hard Battles
as Gestapo
The Pied Piper
as Town Cryer
The Pied Piper
as Town Cryer
Our Miss Fred
as German Officer (uncredited)
Our Miss Fred
as German Officer (uncredited)
Carry On Abroad
as Postcard Seller
Carry On Abroad
as Postcard Seller
Up the Front
as Donner
Up the Front
as Donner
Carry On Henry
as Bidet
Carry On Henry
as Bidet
Leo the Last
as Man in Secret Meeting (uncredited)
Leo the Last
as Man in Secret Meeting (uncredited)
Cry of the Banshee
as Tavern Keeper
Cry of the Banshee
as Tavern Keeper
Wuthering Heights
as Drunk Man (as Gertain Klauber)
Wuthering Heights
as Drunk Man (as Gertain Klauber)
Scream and Scream Again
as Border Guard
Scream and Scream Again
as Border Guard
Before Winter Comes
as Russian Major
Before Winter Comes
as Russian Major
Carry On Doctor
as Wash Orderly
Carry On Doctor
as Wash Orderly
Billion Dollar Brain
as Dr. Kaarna (uncredited)
Billion Dollar Brain
as Dr. Kaarna (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
as Ola
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror
as Ola
The Deadly Affair
as Man at Zurich Airport
The Deadly Affair
as Man at Zurich Airport
The Big Job
as Milkman
The Big Job
as Milkman
Dateline Diamonds
as Meverhof
Dateline Diamonds
as Meverhof
Operation Crossbow
as Soldier at Rocket Plant
Operation Crossbow
as Soldier at Rocket Plant
Doctor Who: The Romans
as Galley Master
Doctor Who: The Romans
as Galley Master
Carry On Cleo
as Marcus
Carry On Cleo
as Marcus
Carry On Spying
as Code Clerk
Carry On Spying
as Code Clerk
Hot Enough for June
as Technician in Czech Glass Factory
Hot Enough for June
as Technician in Czech Glass Factory
The Pursuers
as Bernstein
The Pursuers
as Bernstein
Anna Karenina
as Stationmaster
Anna Karenina
as Stationmaster
The Kitchen
as Gaston
The Kitchen
as Gaston
Three on a Spree
as Joe
Three on a Spree
as Joe
The Breaking Point
as Lofty
The Breaking Point
as Lofty
The Hands of Orlac
as Fairground attendant
The Hands of Orlac
as Fairground attendant
Don't Panic Chaps
as Schmidt
Don't Panic Chaps
as Schmidt
The Government Inspector
as Mishka
The Government Inspector
as Mishka
Battle of the V-1
as SS Guard (uncredited)
Battle of the V-1
as SS Guard (uncredited)