Hans Conried (1917-82) specialized in playing funny martinets, pedantic schoolteachers, eccentric orchestra conductors, and cartoon villains. His Germanic name, mid-Atlantic speech, and stiff manner created a general impression that he was European, though he was born and raised in Baltimore. (His father immigrated from Austria, no doubt a partial model for some of his characterizations). […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 08:18AM on April 15, 2020