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A character actor, Askin, born Jewish in Austria, fled persecution by the Nazis first to France, then to the U.S., and served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He appeared in more than 50 films and countless TV shows, and is most remembered as the evil-looking Gen. Albert Burkhalter in the 1965 TV comedy Hogan's Heroes. He retired to his native Vienna in 1994, and died there June 3. He was 97.
From This is True for 29 May 2005
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