Hogan's Heroes (TV) Necrology


actors appearing in all 168 episodes

character

lifespan

age

cause of death

Bob Crane

Col. Robert Hogan

July 13, 1928 -

June 29, 1978

49

homicide

Werner Klemperer

Col. Wilhelm Klink

March 22, 1920 -

December 6, 2000




80

cancer

John Banner

Sgt. Hans Schultz

January 28, 1910 -

January 28, 1973



63

ruptured aortic aneurysm

Robert Clary

Cpl. Louis LeBeau

March 1, 1926 – November 16, 2022

96

natural causes

Richard Dawson

Cpl. Peter Newkirk

November 20, 1932 -

June 2, 2012

79

esophageal cancer

Larry Hovis

Sgt. Andrew Carter

February 20, 1936 – September 9, 2003

67

esophageal cancer

appeared in 142 episodes













Ivan Dixon

Sgt. James Kinchloe

April 6, 1941 - March 16, 2008

76

brain hemorrhage & kidney disease

appeared in 67 episodes













Leon Askin

Gen. Albert Burkhalter

September 18, 1907 - June 3, 2005

97

natural causes

appeared in 56 episodes













Sigrid Valdis*

Hilda (Klink's secretaty)

September 21, 1935 - October 14, 2007

72

lung cancer

appeared in 39 episodes













Howard Caine

Maj. Wolfgang Hochstetter

January 2, 1936 – December 28, 1993

67

heart attack

appeared in 24 episodes













Kenneth Washington†

Sgt. Richard Baker

October 19, 1936 – July 18, 2025

88

undisclosed

* Married co-star Bob Crane while the series was still in production.
† Washington was the last surviving cast member. He stepped into the role that Ivan Dixon had when Dixon left the series.
 

Hogan's Heroes was my fave show from 3rd grade to 7th grade. My folks didn't like it so I got to go watch in the back room on black and white tv and rabbit ear antennas. Good times.
 

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