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| genre = [[Sitcom]]
| creator = {{plainlist|
* [[Bernard Fein]]
* [[Albert S. Ruddy]]
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| starring = {{plainlist|
* [[Bob Crane]]
* [[Werner Klemperer]]
* [[John Banner]]
* [[Robert Clary]]
* [[Richard Dawson]]
* [[Ivan Dixon]]
* [[Larry Hovis]]
* [[Kenneth Washington]]
}}
| producer = [[Edward H. Feldman]]<ref>{{cite book| title=Hogan's Heroes: Behind the Scenes at Stalag 13| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7SUKAgAAQBAJ&q=feldman| first=Brenda Scott| last=Royce| pages=24–25| publisher=Macmillan| date=October 15, 1998| edition=reprint| isbn=978-1580630313| access-date=November 14, 2020}}</ref>
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| last_aired = {{end date|1971|3|28}}
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'''''Hogan's Heroes''''' is an American television [[sitcom]] created by [[Bernard Fein]] and [[Albert S. Ruddy]] which is set in a [[Prisoner-of-war camp|prisoner-of-war (POW) camp]] in [[Nazi Germany]] during [[World War II]], and centers around a group of Allied prisoners who use the POW camp as an operations base for sabotage and espionage purposes directed against Nazi Germany. It ran for 168 episodes (six seasons) from September 17, 1965, to April 4, 1971, on the [[CBS]] network, and has been broadcast in reruns ever since.
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===Setting===
The setting is the fictional ''[[Stalag|Luft Stalag]]'' 13, a [[prisoner-of-war camp]] for captured [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] airmen. Like the historical [[Stalag XIII-C]],<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.uncommon-travel-germany.com/stalag_13.html| title=Stalag 13 History: What Really Happened There?| website=Uncommon Travel Germany| access-date=November 14, 2020}}</ref> it is located just outside a town called [[Hammelburg]], although its location in the show is fictional, and does not correspond to
The show is a combination of several writing styles that were popular in the 1960s: the "wartime" show, the "spy" show, and "camp comedy".
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==Characters==
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[[File:Hogan's Heroes main cast 1965.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|First season cast (
* [[Bob Crane]] as U.S. Colonel Robert E. Hogan, the senior ranking POW officer and the leader of the men in the POW camp. He uses his wit and ingenuity to commit sabotage and obtain military information. Crane was offered the role after appearing as "guy next door" types in television shows like ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' and as a regular in ''[[The Donna Reed Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cinemaretro.com/index.php?/archives/8625-CINEMA-RETRO-HOSTS-BOOK-EVENT-FOR-AUTHORS-ROBERT-CRANE-AND-CHRISTOPHER-FRYER.html |title=Cinema Retro Hosts Book Event for Authors Robert Crane and Christopher Fryer |website=Cinemaretro |date=May 8, 2015 |access-date=October 16, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite interview |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkocHRV6fCY
* [[Werner Klemperer]] as German Colonel Wilhelm Klink, the commandant of the POW camp. He is completely unaware of Hogan's operation and is proud the camp has a perfect no-escape record under his command. In real life, Klemperer was from a Jewish family (his father was the orchestral conductor [[Otto Klemperer]]) and found the role to be a "double-edged sword"; his agent initially failed to tell him the role of Klink was intended to be comedic. Klemperer remarked, "I had one qualification when I took the job: if they ever wrote a segment whereby Colonel Klink would come out the hero, I would leave the show."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/08/arts/werner-klemperer-klink-in-hogan-s-heroes-dies-at-80.html |title=Werner Klemperer, Klink in 'Hogan's Heroes,' Dies at 80 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |last=Weinraub |first=Bernard |date=December 8, 2000 |access-date=October 13, 2018}}</ref>
* [[John Banner]] as German Sergeant Hans Schultz, the camp's first sergeant. He is a clumsy and inept, but extremely affable man who often gives out information to the prisoners for bribes, or simply by talking too much, without realizing he is giving away information. Hogan and his men frequently plot or perform their subversive activities in plain sight of Schultz, knowing he would never report them for fear of being punished or sent to fight at the Russian front for allowing such activity on his watch. He would often exit the scene with his catch phrase "I know (see, hear) nothing!" Banner was born to Jewish parents and was in fact a sergeant during World War II, but in the U.S. Army.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ex-Villain John Banner Turns 'Good Guy' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1005397/john_banner_interview/? |newspaper=[[Fresno Bee]] |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |first=Charles| last=Witbeck |page=15-TV |date=April 16, 1967}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/02/02/archives/john-banner-the-sgt-schultz-of-hogans-heroes-dies-at-63-on-stage-in.html |title=John Banner, the Sgt. Schultz Of 'Hogan's Heroes,' Dies at 63 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 2, 1973 |access-date=October 13, 2018}}</ref>
* [[Robert Clary]] as French Corporal Louis LeBeau, a gourmet chef, and patriotic Frenchman, frequently referred to as "the cockroach" by both Klink and Schultz. Clary was Jewish in real life and was deported to a [[Nazi concentration camps|Nazi concentration camp]], but survived by using his talent in singing and dancing in shows. Clary said in an interview with the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', "Singing, entertaining, and being in kind of good health at my age, that's why I survived. I was very immature and young and not really fully realizing what situation I was involved with ... I don't know if I would have survived if I really knew that."<ref>{{cite news |title=Robert Clary a survivor in life and entertainment |first=Susan |last=King |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=March 24, 2013 |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-xpm-2013-mar-24-la-et-mn-classic-hollywood-robert-clary20130325-story.html}}</ref>
* [[Richard Dawson]] as RAF<ref>{{cite web | url=https://iavmuseum.org/hogans-heroes/ | title=Hogan's Heroes – IAVM }}</ref> Corporal Peter Newkirk, the group's [[Scam|con man]], magician, [[pickpocketing|pickpocket]], [[card sharp]], [[forger]], [[bookie]], tailor, [[lock picking|lock picker]], and [[safe cracker]]. He is a skilled tailor and is in charge of making uniforms for POWs impersonating German soldiers. Dawson's role as a military member in the film ''[[King Rat (film)|King Rat]]'' was reportedly the reason he landed a spot on ''Hogan's Heroes''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-06-04/hogans-heroes-star-dies/4049816 |title=Hogan's Heroes star Richard Dawson dies |
* [[Ivan Dixon]] as U.S. Staff Sergeant James Kinchloe (seasons
[[File:LarryHovis.jpg|thumb|Larry Hovis as Sgt. Carter]]
* [[Larry Hovis]] as U.S. Technical Sergeant Andrew J. Carter, a bombardier who is an expert in chemistry, explosives, and demolitions. He makes explosive devices as needed. Hovis appeared in the pilot episode as a different character, but became a regular cast member when the show was picked up.
* [[Kenneth Washington]] as U.S. Sergeant Richard Baker (season 6). He assumed the duties of Sergeant Kinchloe after Ivan Dixon left the series. Upon the death of Robert Clary on November 16, 2022, Washington became the last surviving cast member of ''Hogan's Heroes''.<ref name="h">{{Cite book |last=Royce |first=Brenda |date=October 15, 1998 |title=Hogan's Heroes: The Unofficial Companion |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7SUKAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA116
==Episodes==
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=== Theme music ===
The theme music was composed by [[Jerry Fielding]], who added lyrics to the theme for ''Hogan's Heroes Sing The Best of World War II'' – an album featuring Dixon, Clary, Dawson, and Hovis singing World War II songs. The song also appeared on the album ''Bob Crane, His Drums and Orchestra, Play the Funny Side of TV''.<ref name="Royce"/> Bob Crane,
=== Casting ===
[[File:Robert Clary 1953.JPG|thumb|upright|Robert Clary spent three years during World War II in a [[concentration camp]] and still had his ID tattoo on his arm.]]
The actors who played the four major German roles—[[Werner Klemperer]] (Klink),<ref name=weintraub>{{cite news |last=Weintraub |first=Bernard |title=Werner Klemperer, Klink in 'Hogan's Heroes,' Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/08/arts/werner-klemperer-klink-in-hogan-s-heroes-dies-at-80.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 8, 2000 |access-date=March 28, 2014}}</ref> [[John Banner]] (Schultz), [[Leon Askin]] (General Burkhalter), and [[Howard Caine]] (Major Hochstetter)—were all [[Jews|Jewish]]. In fact, Klemperer, Banner, and Askin had all fled the Nazis before or during World War II (Caine, whose birth name was Cohen, was an American)
Robert Clary, a French Jew who played LeBeau, spent three years in a [[concentration camp]] (with an identity tattoo from the camp on his arm, "A-5714"); his parents and other family members were killed there. Other Jewish actors, including [[Harold Gould]] and [[Harold J. Stone]], made multiple appearances playing German generals. Also, the Jewish actress [[Louise Troy]] appeared in several episodes.
=== German release: ''Ein Käfig voller Helden'' ===
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[[Donald Bevan]] and [[Edmund Trzcinski]], the writers of the 1951 play ''[[Stalag 17]]'', a World War II prisoner-of-war story turned into a 1953 [[Stalag 17|feature film]] by [[Paramount Pictures]], sued [[Bing Crosby|Bing Crosby Productions]], the show’s producer, for infringement. Their lawsuit was unsuccessful. While the jury found in favor of the plaintiffs, a federal judge overruled them. The judge found "striking difference in the dramatic mood of the two works."<ref name=Royce>{{cite book| title=Hogan's Heroes: Behind the Scenes at Stalag 13| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LbJ_AQAAQBAJ&q=hogan%27s+heroes+suit+settled+stalag+17&pg=PT26| last=Royce| first=Brenda Scott| date=October 15, 1998| page=22| publisher=Renaissance Books| isbn=978-1580630313| access-date=March 28, 2014}}</ref><ref name="wga">{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/wga-fights-movie-rights-hogans-heroes-bing-crosby-302842 |title=WGA Fights Over Movie Rights to 'Hogan's Heroes' |last=Gardner |first=Eric |newspaper=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=March 21, 2012 |access-date=June 4, 2012}}</ref>
In 2012, an arbitration hearing was scheduled to determine whether [[Bernard Fein]] and [[Albert S. Ruddy]], the creators of the show, had transferred the right to make a movie of ''Hogan's Heroes'' to Bing Crosby Productions along with the television rights or had retained the derivative movie rights.<ref name="wga" /> In 2013, Fein (through his estate) and Ruddy acquired the sequel and other separate rights to ''Hogan’s Heroes'' from [[Mark Cuban]] via arbitration, and a movie based on the show was planned.<ref name=fleming>{{cite news| last=Fleming| first=Mike Jr.| url=https://
==Reception==
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[[Category:World War II television comedy series]]
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