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John Banner

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John Banner ( 1910 - 1973 ) was an Austrian actor .1 He was best known for his role as Sgt.2 Schulz on Hogan's Heroes . John Banner was born in Vienna, Austria on January 28 , 1910 . He passed away of an abdominal hemorrhage on his birthday , also in Vienna, Austria . John Banner, being Jewish , spent time in a concentration camp before being released out of Occupied Germany . Lucky for Banner, the time which he spent in the concentration camp , Nazi policies had not yet changed. John Banner's film credits include over 40 films and over 70 television appearances including Mr. Ed , The Partridge Family , The Lucy Show and Perry Mason . v t e3

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austrian actor

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austrian-born american actor

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