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Robert Edward Crane [1] (July 13, 1928 – June 29, 1978) was an American actor, drummer, radio personality and disc jockey known for starring in the CBS sitcom Hogan's Heroes. Crane was a drummer from age 11, [ 2 ] and began his entertainment career as a radio personality, beginning in Hornell, New York and later in Connecticut .
During the run of Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971), actor Richard Dawson introduced Bob Crane, star of the series, to Carpenter, then a regional sales manager for Sony Electronics. [4] Carpenter often helped famous clients with video and audio equipment. [9] The two men struck up a friendship and began going to bars together.
Bob Crane as Colonel Hogan. Colonel Robert E. Hogan (portrayed by Bob Crane) – United States Army Air Forces Colonel Robert E. Hogan is the main protagonist of the series, senior officer among the prisoners of war at Stalag 13, and leader of a group of prisoners who secretly sabotage the German war effort and help allies to flee Germany.
Actor Bob Crane, shown in character in 1965 as Col. Robert Hogan from "Hogan's Heroes," was murdered in Scottsdale in 1978. John Henry Carpenter became the prime suspect soon after Crane's badly ...
Valdis' second marriage was to Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane on the set of the series on October 16, 1970. Co-star Richard Dawson served as Crane's best man. Following the birth of their son Robert Scott Crane in 1971, Valdis retired from acting. In 1978, she moved from the Los Angeles area after Crane was murdered. [3]
Auto Focus tells a dramatized story of actor Bob Crane, an affable radio show host and amateur drummer who found success on the popular sitcom Hogan's Heroes, and his dramatic descent into the underbelly of Hollywood after the series was cancelled and he formed a friendship with videographer John Henry Carpenter.
The film was based on an original screenplay by Ken Englund that Edward Small bought in 1966. [3] Harry Tugend was hired to rewrite it. [4]Bob Crane was offered the lead role because of his success in Hogan's Heroes, [5] along with three other members of the series, and the film was shot during the show's summer hiatus in 1967. [6]
Werner Klemperer with Bob Crane during an episode of Hogan's Heroes. He is best known, however, as Colonel Wilhelm Klink: the bungling, cowardly, conceited, and self-serving Kommandant of Stalag 13 on Hogan's Heroes, which was broadcast on CBS from 1965 to 1971. Klemperer, conscious that he would be playing the role of a German officer during ...