He may be best-remembered for his roles in several Mel Brooks films: the insane Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in 1968′s The Producers, and the relentless Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Fredrich Kemp in 1974′s Young Frankenstein. And for those of us who go deep into single-season 60′s sitcom gems, he played Harry Zarakartos on He & She.

“Ja. Not many people know this, but the fuhrer was descended from a long line of English queens.”