Theatre Klauber appeared on stage for the
Royal Shakespeare Company and the
National Theatre. He acted in
Peter Hall's 1957 West End production of
Tennessee Williams'
Camino Real, and played opposite
Glenda Jackson in
All Kinds of Men. He played the Tartar opposite
Nicol Williamson and
Prunella Scales in the RSC's 1962 production of
The Lower Depths.
Television He appeared in numerous television productions, often playing minor villains, including episodes of
The Saint,
The Professionals,
Danger Man,
The Avengers, twice in
Doctor Who as The Galley Master in
The Romans and as Ola in
The Macra Terror and as mad king
George III in
Blackadder the Third. He appeared in the
TV musical Pickwick for the
BBC in 1969. He also played a servile yet pompous waiter in one episode, "The Old Magic", of
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?.
Film Klauber was one of the regular recurring cast members of the
Carry On films, appearing in seven films total (one uncredited). He usually played small roles, cast when the producers wanted someone big and sinister, or big and jovial, but had a prominent part as 'Marcus' in
Carry On Cleo (1964). He appeared in two
James Bond films:
Octopussy (1983) and
The Living Daylights (1987), though he was uncredited for the latter. His last film role was as a pimp in the
Beatles biopic
Backbeat (1994). == Personal life ==