He’s forever known for playing Jean-Luc Picard and Charles Xavier, whom he “admired for their morality, for their kindness, for their sensitivity, for their compassion.” 

The daughter of a vaudevillian, she was married to the youngest member of the wacky comedy team for two decades.

He also worked on ‘Bewitched,’ ‘Get Smart,’ ‘The Andy Griffith Show,’ ‘The Governor & J.J.’ and ‘See No Evil, Hear No Evil’ and came up with the villain King Tut for ‘Batman.’

The German-born star appeared on both sides of the Atlantic in comedies and films filled with international intrigue.