John Banner Biography
Actor
John Banner, a Jew, fled his native Austria in 1938 after the Nazi Anschluss. Years later he got his revenge by playing the buffoonish German sergeant Hans Schultz in the popular American TV series Hogan's Heroes. Schultz's nervous catch-phrase, "I know nothing! Nooooothing!" is still in pop culture circulation. Banner had character roles in many movies, including To The Victor (1948), Never Say Goodbye (1956) and The Interns (1962); he played Nazi Rudolf Hess in Operation Eichmann (1961).Extra credit: Banner's co-stars on Hogan's Heroes included Bob Crane as Hogan and Richard Dawson as Newkirk.
Blog posts mentioning John Banner:
Four Good Links
John Banner
Brief biography and partial filmography
John Banner Filmography
From the ever-vigilant Internet Movie Database
Hogan's Barracks
Fan pages for the show that include a short bit on Banner
The Hofbrau
Another Hogan fan site, with various Banner tidbits
Vital Stats
Birth
Birthplace
Death
28 January 1973
(abdominal bleeding, age 63)
Best Known As
Sergeant Schultz on Hogan's Heroes
