Leon Askin’s resume read like a blockbuster: arrested by the Gestapo, escaped Austria, then landed in Hollywood—where he took the ultimate revenge by playing a comically inept Nazi general. He turned real-life terror into televised laughter, proving that sometimes the best
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MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY:
“Geography can be a state of mind.”
Leon Askin in Assignment: Paris!
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Leon Askin (Gen. Burkhalter - Hogan’s Heroes) refused to say "Heil Hitler" in any scene, forcing writers to give his character a persistent cough to cover the salute.
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Heute vor 77 Jahren: "In memoriam Richard Tauber". Eine Gedenkveranstaltung mit Vera Schwarz, Leon Askin, Manfred Inger, Basil Rathbone und Kitty Mattern. Aufbau (New York), 30. Jänner 1948.
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