Horst Ebersberg

Known for

Acting

Born

May 8, 1935

Birthplace

Kitzbühel, Tyrol, Austria

Died

April 18, 2012 (aged 76)

Biography

Horst Ebersberg (born May 8, 1935, in Kitzbühel, Tyrol, Austria, died April 18, 2023), was an Austrian-born character actor, who is mainly remembered for playing German soldiers in American films and television shows of the 1960s, including three episodes of the 1960s sitcom, Hogan's Heroes.

Austrian-born actor, photographer and champion Alpine skier. Horst Ebersberg was born in Kitzbühel to physician Dr. Lothar Ebersberg and his wife Annette. Both parents were skilled alpinists. Annette was also a close acquaintance of film maker Leni Riefenstahl. It had been intended that their son would follow his father into the medical profession. However, Horst (a close friend of the legendary Toni Sa...

Best known work

Torn Curtain

1966

Mission: Impossible

1966

Von Ryan's Express

1965

Hogan's Heroes

1965

Perry Mason

1957

Combat!

1962

Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice

1969

Morituri

1965

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

1962

36 Hours

1964

Filmography

1982
Ohne Ball und ohne Netz
1974
DerrickTV
as Zamecke (1 episode)
1969
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
as Horst
1968
The Secret War of Harry Frigg
as Lt. Gruber
1967
Counterpoint
1967
Garrison's GorillasTV
1967
How I Spent My Summer Vacation
as Guard #1 (uncredited)
1966
Mission: ImpossibleTV
as Otto (1 episode)
1966
JerichoTV
1966
The Rat PatrolTV
as Lt. Hardt (1 episode)
1966
What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
as German Officer (uncredited)
1966
Torn Curtain
as East German Interpreter (uncredited)
1965
ConvoyTV
as Juergens (13 episodes)
1965
Honey WestTV
as Gunter (1 episode)
1965
Hogan's HeroesTV
as Gunther (1 episode), as Mueller - S.S. (uncredited) (1 episode), as S.S. Sergeant (1 episode)
1965
Morituri
as Crew Member (uncredited)
1965
Von Ryan's Express
1964
36 Hours
as Swiss Officer (uncredited)
1964
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.TV
as Swen (1 episode), as Huck (1 episode), as Dolby (1 episode)
1964
12 O'Clock HighTV
as Capt. Hiller (1 episode), as German Orderly (1 episode), as German Sentry (1 episode), as Bruno Zemler (1 episode)
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler TheatreTV
as Lieutenant (1 episode), as The Swiss Soldier (1 episode)
1963
Burke's LawTV
as Max (1 episode), as Batton (1 episode)
1962
Combat!TV
as German Corporal (1 episode), as Sgt. Dekker (1 episode), as German Sergeant (1 episode), as German Sentry (1 episode), as German with dog (1 episode), as German (1 episode), as Brucke (1 episode), as Sentry (1 episode)
1962
The Alfred Hitchcock HourTV
as The 1st Acolyte (1 episode)
1957
Perry MasonTV
as German Border Guard (1 episode)