--- name: "Leon Askin" canonical: "https://film.one/person/leon-askin" roles: ["Actor"] born: "18 September 1907" died: "3 June 2005" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T02:44:02.180883+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." --- # Leon Askin Actor. Born 18 September 1907 in Vienna, Austria. Died 3 June 2005. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 18 September 1907, Vienna, Austria - **Died:** 3 June 2005 - **Also known as:** Leo Aschkenasy - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Askin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q85174, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0039169/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/5795 ## Biography Leon Askin (born Leo Aschkenasy) was an Austrian-born actor. He was born in Vienna on 18 September 1907 and died there on 3 June 2005. He studied at the Max Reinhardt Seminar in Vienna and began his career on stage in the early 1930s. After fleeing Austria in 1938 due to the Nazi regime, he emigrated to the United States, served in the US Army Air Forces during the Second World War, and established a career in film and television, often in supporting roles. He appeared as Abidor in the biblical epic *The Robe* (1953) and as Peripetchikoff in Billy Wilder's *One, Two, Three* (1961). Askin is best known for playing General Albert Burkhalter in the sitcom *Hogan's Heroes* (1965–1971), appearing in 67 episodes. He continued working in film and television into the 1980s and returned to Vienna in 1994. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Robe* (1953), Fi1m 48, as Abidor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-robe.md) ## Complete filmography (103) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Ene mene muh – und tot bist du* (2001), Actor - *Kubanisch rauchen* (1999), as Waranovsky - *Die Bräute* (1998), as Rutte - *Black Flamingos - Sie lieben euch zu Tode* (1998), Actor - *Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt* (1998), series, as Francesco Del la Ribiola - *Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte* (1996), series, as alter Adler - *Glück auf Raten* (1996), Actor - *Deadly Love* (1995), Actor - *Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte* (1995), as alter Adler - *OcchioPinocchio* (1994), as Lo psichiatra - *Inspector Rex* (1994), series, as Nachbar - *Fear of Heights* (1994), as Vater Gusenleitner - *Hitler Stole My Ideas* (1994), Actor - *Odd Jobs* (1986), as Don Carlucci - *Savage Island* (1985), as Luker - *First Strike* (1985), Actor - *Frightmare* (1983), as Wolfgang - *Airplane II: The Sequel* (1982), as Moscow Anchorman - *Going Ape!* (1981), as Zebrewski - *Three's Company* (1977), series, Actor - *Meeting of Minds* (1977), series, Actor - *Switch* (1975), series, as Prince Dimitri Marenka - *Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear* (1975), Actor - *Die gelbe Nachtigall* (1975), as Jason - *Karl May* (1974), series, as Klotz-Sello - *Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers* (1974), series, Actor - *Verurteilt 1910* (1974), as Regierungsrat Stukart - *Perahim - die zweite Chance* (1974), Actor - *Happy Days* (1974), series, Actor - *Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls* (1973), as Thor - *Genesis II* (1973), as Overseer - *The World's Greatest Athlete* (1973), as Dr. Gottlieb - *Hammersmith Is Out* (1972), as Dr. Krodt - *Der schwarze Graf* (1970), series, as Amschel Talmeier - *Death Knocks Twice* (1969), as Peppe Mangano - *The Maltese Bippy* (1969), as Axel Kronstadt - *A Fine Pair* (1968), as Chief Wellman - *God's Police Patrol* (1968), as Felix - *Lucrezia* (1968), as Alessandro VI - *The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz* (1968), as Oscar - *The Perils of Pauline* (1967), as Commissar - *The Caper of the Golden Bulls* (1967), as Morchek - *Guns for San Sebastian* (1967), as Vicar General - *Double Trouble* (1967), as Inspector de Groote - *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as Riva — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md) - *The Monkees* (1966), series, as Nicolai - *Felony Squad* (1966), series, Actor - *It's About Time* (1966), series, Actor - *What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?* (1966), as Colonel Kastorp - *Do Not Disturb* (1965), as Langsdorf - *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Arnold Bebenek - *Hogan's Heroes* (1965), series, as General Burkhalter - *Honey West* (1965), series, as The Count - *John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!* (1965), as Samir - *Daniel Boone* (1964), series, as Roquelin - *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as Marvin Elom, David X. Machina - *The Outer Limits* (1963), series, as Shop Superintendent - *Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace* (1962), as Charles - *General Electric True* (1962), series, Actor - *Saints and Sinners* (1962), series, as Baron - *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* (1962), as Flocke - *Lulu* (1962), as Medizinalrat Dr. Goll - *One, Two, Three* (1961), as Peripetchikoff - *Blind Justice* (1961), as Dr. Leupold - *Always Trouble with the Bed* (1961), as Luigi Papagallo - *Towarisch* (1961), as Dimitri Gorotschenko - *Weit ist der Weg* (1960), as Luiz - *Bis dass das Geld euch scheidet…* (1960), as Anwalt Dr. Plauert - *Pension Schöller* (1960), as Fritz Bernhardi - *Der Traum des Mr. Borton* (1960), as Martin Borton - *Mistress of the World - Part II* (1960), as Fernando - *Mistress of the World - Part I* (1960), as Fernando - *Die Irre von Chaillot* (1959), as Präsident - *Entscheidung* (1959), as Lajos Morva - *Rebel Flight to Cuba* (1959), as General Cordobas - *Der Mann im Manne* (1959), as Ed Keller - *The Last Blitzkrieg* (1959), as Sergeant Steiner - *The Peter Tchaikovsky Story* (1959), as Anton Rubinstein - *Der Schinderhannes* (1958), Actor - *Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers* (1956), series, Actor - *Telephone Time* (1956), series, Actor - *Matinee Theater* (1955), series, as General Rabat - *The 20th Century Fox Hour* (1955), series, Actor - *Spy Chasers* (1955), as Alex Baxis - *Carolina Cannonball* (1955), as Otto - *Studio 57* (1954), series, Actor - *Valley of the Kings* (1954), as Valentine Arko, Antique Dealer - *Secret of the Incas* (1954), as Anton Marcu - *Knock on Wood* (1954), as Laslo Gromeck - *The Man Behind the Badge* (1953), series, as Leon - *The Veils of Bagdad* (1953), as Pasha Hammam - *Three Lives* (1953), as Dr. Stein - *The Robe* (1953), as Abidor — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/the-robe.md) - *China Venture* (1953), as Wu King - *South Sea Woman* (1953), as Pierre Marchand - *Desert Legion* (1953), as Major Vasil - *Road to Bali* (1952), as King Ramayana - *Biff Baker U.S.A.* (1952), series, as Reicher - *Adventures of Superman* (1952), series, as Prime Minister Frederick Vallen - *Assignment: Paris* (1952), as Franz (uncredited) - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as Drobash - *Lux Video Theatre* (1950), series, as Gustave, Felix Bassenak, Mike Czerny - *Immediate Call* (1939), Writer ## Gallery - ![Leon Askin](https://film.one/media/person/1237754/gallery-1456d174136e.jpg) Leon Askin — Anita Askin-Wicher, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/Leon_Askin_2001.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Leon Askin in Road to Bali - cropped screenshot (1952)](https://film.one/media/person/1237754/gallery-97bb05f86345.jpg) Leon Askin in Road to Bali - cropped screenshot (1952) — film screenshot (Paramount Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/Leon_Askin_in_Road_to_Bali.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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