15 Facts About Robert Clary

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Robert Clary was born on Robert Max Widerman; March 1,1926 and is a French-American actor, singer, author, artist, and lecturer.

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Robert Clary is best known for his role in the television sitcom Hogan's Heroes as Corporal Louis LeBeau.

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3.

Robert Clary was tattooed with the identification "A5714" on his left forearm.

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4.

Robert Clary returned to the entertainment business and began singing songs that not only became popular in France, but in the United States as well.

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5.

Robert Clary made his first recordings in 1948; they were brought to the United States on wire and were issued on disk by Capitol Records.

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6.

One of Robert Clary's first American appearances was a French-language comedy skit on The Ed Wynn Show in 1950.

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Robert Clary guest-starred on The Munsters Today as Louis Schecter, Lily's acting coach, in the episode "Green Eyed Munsters".

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The series was set in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II, and Robert Clary played a French POW who was a member of an Allied sabotage unit operating from inside the camp.

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9.

Robert Clary became one of the last two surviving principal cast members of Hogan's Heroes, with Kenneth Washington, when Cynthia Lynn died on March 10,2014.

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10.

Robert Clary is the last surviving original principal cast member.

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11.

Robert Clary appeared on the soap operas Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless, and The Bold and the Beautiful.

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12.

Robert Clary appeared in the 1975 film The Hindenburg, which portrayed a fictional plot to blow up the German airship after it arrived at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station.

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13.

Robert Clary played Joseph Spah, a real-life passenger on the airship's final voyage.

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14.

Robert Clary spent years touring Canada and the United States, speaking about the Holocaust.

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15.

Robert Clary is a painter, painting from photographs he takes on his travels.

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