- Banner is best remembered for his portrayal of the Luftwaffe prison-camp guard "Sergeant Schultz" in the TV series Hogan's Heroes (1965). But there remains a certain irony: John Banner was Jewish.
- In The Untouchables (1959) episode Takeover (1962), Banner is pumped for information and says "I know nothing." Six years later, he made the line famous as Sgt. Schultz in Hogan's Heroes (1965).
- On February 2, 1973, John Banner was interred at Mauer Cemetery, Vienna, plot no. 57/2/26.
- John Banner and Werner Klemperer appeared together nearly 10 years prior to Hogan's Heroes (1965) in the episode Safe Conduct (1956) of Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955).
- Passed away in his native Vienna on his 63rd birthday.
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