Leon Askin Quotes

Leon Askin — Austrian Actor born on September 18, 1907, died on June 03, 2005

Leon Askin was an Austrian actor best known for portraying the character "General Burkhalter" on the TV situation comedy Hogan's Heroes... (wikipedia)

Unfortunately I put the opening date on the 5th of December 1941 and on the 7th of December the Japanese bombarded Pearl Harbour. My dream of a theater in Washington D.C. came to a prompt end.

It was one of the great chances in my life to become a Dumont actor.

The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre.

To be a Dumont actor was considered to be a great honor for an actor, yet it also had its disadvantages.

In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it, in the evening we had a very thin meat soup with some potatoes in it.

Leon Askin Quotes

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