Cast & creator
Best known for Doctor Who, Doctor Who, The Avengers
George Gertan Klauber (5 March 1932 – 1 August 2008) was a Czech-born British actor, known for playing various character parts in films and television programmes, particularly the Carry On comedies. Of Sudeten German and Jewish descent, Klauber was born in Czechoslovakia in 1932, and moved to the United Kingdom prior to the outbreak of World War II. He studied drama at the Birmingham School of Acting (now the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire). He appeared in numerous television productions, often playing minor villains, including episodes of The Saint, The Professionals, Danger Man, The Avengers, twice in Doctor Who as The Galley Master in The Romans and as Ola in The Macra Terror and as mad king George III in Blackadder the Third. He appeared in the TV musical Pickwick for the BBC in 1969. He also played a servile yet pompous waiter in one episode, "The Old Magic", of Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? Klauber was one of the regular recurring cast members of the Carry On films, appearing in seven films total (one uncredited). He usually played small roles, cast when the producers wanted someone big and sinister, or big and jovial, but had a prominent part as 'Marcus' in Carry On Cleo (1964). He appeared in two James Bond films: Octopussy (1983) and The Living Daylights (1987), though he was uncredited for the latter. His last film role was as a pimp in the Beatles biopic Backbeat (1994).
Also known as: Gertain Klauber, Gerton Klauber
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film credits
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television credits
94
1956–2019 · acting roles
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Ola
1963
Galley Master
1963
Kruger
1961
The Barman
1962
Renato
1962
Turkish Inspector
1965
Montfleury
1965
Konon Molody
1965
Streicher
1974
Helmut Brenick
1977
Landlord
1964

German Man
1987
Porter
1959
King George III
1983
Emilio
1975
Albert Schoenfeld
1971
Cafe Waiter
1967

Gromeld
1972

Prison Guard
1963
Innkeeper
1963

Tom Harry
1975
Antonio Mardi
1969
Brian
1978
Arturo
1962
Bubi
1983
Waiter
1973
Korporal Henneberg
1972
German Radio Announcer (voice)
1972
Robber
1995
Blackhead
1990
Frank
1966

Roger
1984Habbas
1963Darius
1963Native Chief
1964
Max
1979
East German Mayor
1984
Mayor
1984
Diemschutz
1988
Second Gendarme
1964
Majordomo
1973Kuslov
1969
Dr. Kaarna (uncredited)
1967
Pimp
1994
Soldier at Rocket Plant
1965
Drunk Man (as Gertain Klauber)
1970
Postcard Seller
1972
Man at Zurich Airport
1967
Technician in Czech Glass Factory
1964
Ambulance Man
1980
Marcus
1964
Kubelwagen Driver (uncredited)
1975
The Pasha
1976
Gestapo
1974
Fairground attendant
1960
Tavern Keeper
1970
Border Guard
1970

Wash Orderly / Marcus (archive footage) (uncredited)
1977
Code Clerk
1964
Wash Orderly
1967
Bidet
1971
Bernstein
1961
Schmidt
1959
SS Guard (uncredited)
1958
Town Cryer
1972
Ola
1967
Older Nazi
1984
Fork Lift Truck Driver (uncredited)
1965
Kalousek
1994
Man in Secret Meeting (uncredited)
1970
Swarthy Man on Plane
1992
Ola (voice)
2019
Joe
1961
Milkman
1965
Pablo
1974
Galley Master
1965
Russian Major
1969
German Soldier
1978
German Officer (uncredited)
1972
Donner
1972Mr. Seiler
1986
Lofty
1961
Meverhof
1965
Kurt
1974
Stationmaster
1961
Mishka
1958
Gaston
1961