Editing Bob Crane (section)

===''Hogan's Heroes'' (1965–1971)===
In 1965, Crane was offered the starring role in a [[CBS]] television [[sitcom]] set in a [[World War II]] [[prisoner of war|POW]] camp. ''[[Hogan's Heroes]]'' involved the sabotage and espionage missions of [[Allied Powers of World War II|Allied]] soldiers, led by Colonel Robert Hogan, from under the noses of the oblivious Germans guarding them. The show was an immediate ratings hit, finishing in the top ten in its first year. The series lasted for six seasons on CBS, and Crane was nominated for an [[Primetime Emmy Awards|Emmy Award]] in 1966 and 1967.

After having a [[Romantic relationship|love affair]] with ''Hogan'' co-star [[Cynthia Lynn]],<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Rice |first=Lynette |date=August 26, 2019 |title=The Tragic, Unsolved Murder of Hogan's Heroes Star Bob Crane |url=https://ew.com/tv/2019/08/26/bob-crane-hogans-heroes-unsolved-murder/ |access-date=September 6, 2021 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> the actress who played Helga, Crane became romantically involved in 1968 with Lynn's replacement Patricia Olson, who played Hilda under the stage name [[Sigrid Valdis]]. Crane divorced Terzian in 1970, just before their 21st anniversary, and married Olson on the set of the show later that year, with series co-star [[Richard Dawson]] serving as [[best man]].<ref name="people">{{cite magazine |last=Tresniowski |first=Alex |magazine=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=November 4, 2002 |volume=58 |number=19 |title=What About Bob? |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20138390,00.html |accessdate=November 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081101193558/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20138390,00.html |archive-date=November 1, 2008 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref><ref name="milwaukee">{{Cite news |date=November 22, 2007 |title=Sigrid Valdis, 72 |page=8E |work=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ROMqAAAAIBAJ&pg=5507,586277&dq=bob+crane+sigrid&hl=en |access-date=December 15, 2012}}</ref>
The couple's son, Robert Scott "Scotty" Crane, was born in 1971,<ref name="BC's little me's"/> and they later adopted a daughter, Ana Marie. 

Crane's son Robert David later alleged that Crane was not the biological father of any of Olson's children. When they were married in 1970, Olson was already pregnant, but Crane had had a [[vasectomy]] in 1968 while he was still married to Terzian.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Fryer |first=Christopher |title=Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |year=2015 |isbn=9780813160757 |location=Lexington, KY |pages=93–94 |language=English}}</ref> Crane and Olson [[marital separation|separated]] in 1977,<ref name=milwaukee/> and were mere weeks away from finalizing their divorce at the time of Crane's death in June 1978.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Fryer |first=Christopher |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ReptBgAAQBAJ&dq=%E2%80%9CMy+dad+and+Patti+were+just+weeks+from+the+decree+finalizing+their+divorce%E2%80%9D&pg=PA70 |title=Crane: Sex, Celebrity, and My Father's Unsolved Murder |publisher=University Press of Kentucky |year=2015 |isbn=9780813160757 |location=Lexington, KY |pages=70 |language=English}}</ref>