--- name: "John Banner" canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-banner" roles: [] born: "28 January 1910" died: "28 January 1973" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T02:09:58.548947+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # John Banner Actor. Born 28 January 1910 in Stanislau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine]. Died 28 January 1973. ## Details - **Born:** 28 January 1910, Stanislau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine] - **Died:** 28 January 1973 - **Also known as:** Johann Banner, جان بنر - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Banner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85154, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0052308/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/50764 ## Biography John Banner (also credited as Johann Banner) was an Austrian-born American actor. Born on 28 January 1910 in Stanislau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine), he fled Austria in 1938 as a Jewish refugee following the Anschluss and emigrated to the United States. He appeared in numerous films and television series, often in supporting roles as German or European characters. Banner is best known for portraying Sergeant Hans Schultz in the CBS sitcom Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971). Other credits include uncredited roles in King Solomon's Mines (1950) and One, Two, Three (1961), as well as appearances in The Young Lions (1958), 36 Hours (1964) and episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and Perry Mason. Banner died on 28 January 1973 in Vienna, Austria. *Sources: imdb.com, themoviedb.org, findagrave.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *King Solomon's Mines* (1950), Fi1m 72, as Austin - Safari Client (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/king-solomons-mines.md) ## Complete filmography (92) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Chicago Teddy Bears* (1971), series, Actor - *Alias Smith and Jones* (1971), series, Actor - *The Partridge Family* (1970), series, as Max Ledbetter - *Togetherness* (1970), as Hipolitas - *The Doris Day Show* (1968), series, as Bruno - *The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz* (1968), as Weber - *Hogan's Heroes* (1965), series, as Hans Schultz - *36 Hours* (1964), as Ernst - *The Young Marrieds* (1964), series, as Dimitri Kilarin #1 - *The Cara Williams Show* (1964), series, as Zinzer - *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as Dr. Foster - *The Baileys of Balboa* (1964), series, Actor - *Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea* (1964), series, as Russian Chairman - *The Rogues* (1964), series, as Steiner - *Kisses for My President* (1964), as Vasiliovich Alexminitch (uncredited) - *Bedtime Story* (1964), as Burgermeister (uncredited) - *The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour* (1964), as Guard - *Kraft Suspense Theatre* (1963), series, as Martin Rutke - *The Yellow Canary* (1963), as Sam Skolman - *The Lucy Show* (1962), series, as Sergeant Schultz - *General Electric True* (1962), series, Actor - *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Dutch Customs Man - *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Gus Schultz, August the Head Waiter - *Hitler* (1962), as Gregor Strasser - *One, Two, Three* (1961), as Krause / Haberdasher (voice) (uncredited) - *Alcoa Premiere* (1961), series, as Kaspar Kraus - *Hazel* (1961), series, as Mr. Mueller - *20,000 Eyes* (1961), as Kurt Novak - *Operation Eichmann* (1961), as Rudolf Hoff - *Mister Ed* (1961), series, Actor - *The Roaring 20's* (1960), series, Actor - *Outlaws* (1960), series, Actor - *Thriller* (1960), series, as Prof. Martin Vander Hoven - *The Story of Ruth* (1960), as King Of Moab - *The Wonderful Country* (1959), as Ben Sterner - *The Untouchables* (1959), series, as Franz Koenig - *The Third Man* (1959), series, Actor - *The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis* (1959), series, as Chief - *The DuPont Show with June Allyson* (1959), series, as Mr. Popper - *The Blue Angel* (1959), as Principal Harter - *The Peter Tchaikovsky Story* (1959), as Office Supervisor - *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Dr. Molhaus - *77 Sunset Strip* (1958), series, as Carl Neuman - *Behind Closed Doors* (1958), series, as Prosecutor Hoxa - *The Donna Reed Show* (1958), series, Actor - *The Young Lions* (1958), as German Town Mayor (uncredited) - *The Beast of Budapest* (1958), as Dr. Kovach - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as A. Tobler - *One Coat of White* (1957), as Vegaro - *The Gale Storm Show* (1956), series, as Hans Schlosser - *The Dream* (1956), as Prefect of Police - *Telephone Time* (1956), series, Actor - *Never Say Goodbye* (1956), as Oskar - *The Man Called X* (1956), series, Actor - *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, Actor - *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Train Conductor - *Navy Log* (1955), series, Actor - *Sheena: Queen of the Jungle* (1955), series, as Brunner - *The Gypsy Moon* (1954), as Bavarro - *Father Knows Best* (1954), series, as Artist - *Studio 57* (1954), series, Actor - *The Whistler* (1954), series, Actor - *Crash of Moons* (1954), as Bavarro - *Executive Suite* (1954), as Henri - Stork Club Maître D' (uncredited) - *Public Defender* (1954), series, as Mr. Lambert - *With This Ring* (1954), Actor - *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Hans - *The Juggler* (1953), as Emile Halevy - *Private Secretary* (1953), series, Actor - *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, Actor - *Four Star Playhouse* (1952), series, as Koert - *Adventures of Superman* (1952), series, as Bronsky - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, Actor - *Callaway Went Thataway* (1951), as Headwaiter at Mocambo's (uncredited) - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Morris Odvarka - *Go for Broke!* (1951), as German Officer (uncredited) - *King Solomon's Mines* (1950), as Austin - Safari Client (uncredited) — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/king-solomons-mines.md) - *Guilty of Treason* (1950), as Dr. Szandor Deste - *To the Victor* (1948), as Jacques Lestrac - *The Argyle Secrets* (1948), as Winter - *My Girl Tisa* (1948), as Otto - *Nocturne* (1946), as Charles Shawn (uncredited) - *The Fallen Sparrow* (1943), as Anton - *This Land Is Mine* (1943), as German Sergeant - *They Came to Blow Up America* (1943), as Gestapo Agent - *The Moon Is Down* (1943), as Lt. Prackle (uncredited) - *Once Upon a Honeymoon* (1942), as Von Kleinoch (uncredited) - *Seven Miles from Alcatraz* (1942), as Fritz - *Desperate Journey* (1942), Actor - *Pacific Blackout* (1941), Actor - *It Started with Eve* (1941), as Party Guest (uncredited) - *Spring Parade* (1940), as Cymbalist (uncredited) ## Gallery - ![Photo of Bob Crane as Colonel Hogan and John Banner as Sergeant Schultz from the television program Hogan's Heroes. (1966)](https://film.one/media/person/1236543/gallery-2aebeecec289.jpg) Photo of Bob Crane as Colonel Hogan and John Banner as Sergeant Schultz from the television program Hogan's Heroes. (1966) — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/ff/Bob_Crane_John_Banner_Hogan%27s_Heroes_1966.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![John Banner](https://film.one/media/person/1236543/gallery-5685cc6af33c.jpg) John Banner — CBS Television, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/John_Banner_Bob_Crane_Hogan%27s_Heroes_1965.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![John Banner](https://film.one/media/person/1236543/gallery-34743f24f1bc.jpg) John Banner — Image via TMDB - ![John Banner](https://film.one/media/person/1236543/gallery-ffba9e2564c8.jpg) John Banner — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. 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