Gertan Klauber
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 5, 1932
- Died
- August 1, 2008
- Birthplace
- Czechoslovakia
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 2019
as Ola (voice)
Good King Wenceslas 1994
as Kalousek
Backbeat 1994
as Pimp
A Very Polish Practice 1992
as Swarthy Man on Plane
- A Dangerous Kind of Love
A Dangerous Kind of Love 1986
as Mr. Seiler
Top Secret! 1984
as East German Mayor, as Mayor
The Cold Room 1984
as Older Nazi
Octopussy 1983
as Bubi
Bad Timing 1980
as Ambulance Man
Carry On Emmannuelle 1978
as German Soldier
That's Carry On! 1977
as Wash Orderly / Marcus (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution 1976
as The Pasha
Operation: Daybreak 1975
as Kubelwagen Driver (uncredited)
Percy's Progress 1974
as Pablo
Venom 1974
as Kurt
Soft Beds, Hard Battles 1974
as Gestapo
The Pied Piper 1972
as Town Cryer
Our Miss Fred 1972
as German Officer (uncredited)
Carry On Abroad 1972
as Postcard Seller
Up the Front 1972
as Donner
Carry On Henry 1971
as Bidet
Leo the Last 1970
as Man in Secret Meeting (uncredited)
Cry of the Banshee 1970
as Tavern Keeper
Wuthering Heights 1970
as Drunk Man (as Gertain Klauber)
Scream and Scream Again 1970
as Border Guard
Before Winter Comes 1969
as Russian Major
Carry On Doctor 1967
as Wash Orderly
Billion Dollar Brain 1967
as Dr. Kaarna (uncredited)
Doctor Who: The Macra Terror 1967
as Ola
The Deadly Affair 1967
as Man at Zurich Airport
The Big Job 1965
as Milkman
Dateline Diamonds 1965
as Meverhof
You Must Be Joking 1965
as Fork Lift Truck Driver (uncredited)
Operation Crossbow 1965
as Soldier at Rocket Plant
Doctor Who: The Romans 1965
as Galley Master
Carry On Cleo 1964
as Marcus
Carry On Spying 1964
as Code Clerk
Hot Enough for June 1964
as Technician in Czech Glass Factory
The Pursuers 1961
as Bernstein
Anna Karenina 1961
as Stationmaster
The Kitchen 1961
as Gaston
Three on a Spree 1961
as Joe
The Breaking Point 1961
as Lofty
The Hands of Orlac 1960
as Fairground attendant
Don't Panic Chaps 1959
as Schmidt
The Government Inspector 1958
as Mishka
Battle of the V-1 1958
as SS Guard (uncredited)
Credits from TMDB.