Three, possibly:
Howard Caine, who played Major Hochstetter, was born Howard Cohen. IIRC, Howard was born in Nashville - and was quite the proficient banjo player. Hard to reconcile that with the Gestapo uniform, isn't it?
Notice that the two guys who played Nazi Germany officers on Hogan's Heroes were Jews!
IIRC, Werner Klemperer survived a concentration camp in his youth.
Three, possibly:
Howard Caine, who played Major Hochstetter, was born Howard Cohen. IIRC, Howard was born in Nashville - and was quite the proficient banjo player. Hard to reconcile that with the Gestapo uniform, isn't it?
all 4 were John Banner and the guy who played major Hochsteder was . Was this an intentional inside joke by the writers?