elvis Facts, Double Trouble - Part 3 - 3

Double Trouble - Part 3 of 3

Many of the supporting cast for "Double Trouble" were veteran European character actors.
One such actor was Austrian born Leon Askin, who played Inspector De Groote.  Often cast as the "funny villain," he has worked with such actors as Richard Burton, James Cagney and Doris Day.  And although he has had a long career on stage, in film and on TV, his best remembered work might be that of German General Burkhalter in the TV series "Hogan's Heroes," who was always threatening to send the character of Colonel Klink to the eastern front.

The Wiere Brothers - Harry, Herbert and Sylvester - played the eccentric detectives. In 1922 when the youngest of them, Sylvester was only 12 years old, they formed the comedy group The Wiere Brothers and appeared on stage. They came to America in the mid-1930s and were headliners on the theater and nightclub circuit with their unique comedy routines. They were very talented and could sing, dance, play several instruments and perform acrobatics.  Their musical talents can be seen in the Bob Hope/Bing Crosby film "Road to Rio." In 1960 they starred in the TV series "Oh, Those Bells" directed by former Three Stooges director Jules White. Their routines could be seen on such variety shows as Rowan and Martin's "Laugh In." When Sylvester died unexpectedly in 1970, Harry and Herbert went into semi-retirement.
Harry died in 1991 and Herbert in 1999.

Principal filming for "Double Trouble" began on July 11, 1966 and was finished by August 30, 1966.  Elvis almost immediately went into production for the film "Easy Come, Easy Go," which would be finished and released in March of 1967,
just weeks before "Double Trouble" opened on April 5, 1967.
"Double Trouble" hit #58 on "Variety" magazine's popularity list of films for 1967