John Banner (Actor)

Reviews of John Banner Movies

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Movies starring John Banner have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 60%.

It Started with Eve - released in 1941 - is John Banner's highest rated movie, with a score of 78% based on 18 reviews.

The lowest rated film from John Banner is Crash of Moons - released in 1954 - with a score of 27% based on 7 reviews.

Actor Biography

John Banner

Banner as Sergeant Hans Georg Schultz on Hogan's Heroes (c. late-1960s).

Born Johann Banner

28 January 1910

Vienna, Austria-Hungary

Died 28 January 1973 (aged 63)

Vienna, Austria

Cause of death abdominal hemorrhage

Resting place Friedhof Mauer, Vienna, Austria

Occupation Actor

Years active 1939–1972

Spouse(s) Christine

John Banner (born Johann Banner, 28 January 1910 – 28 January 1973) was an Austrian-born American film and television actor. He is best known for his role as Master Sergeant Schultz in the situation comedy Hogan's Heroes (1965–1971). Schultz, constantly encountering evidence that the inmates of his stalag were planning mayhem, frequently feigned ignorance with the catchphrase, "I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing!" (or, more commonly as the series went on, "I know nothing, nothing!").

John Banner has acted in films with Otto Reichow, Bess Flowers, Henry Rowland and Charles McGraw.

John Banner has worked with these film directors: Edward Dmytryk, Henry Koster, Billy Wilder and Robert Wise.