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Dr Hertz Van Rental
Played by Russ Abbot
An eminent German expert on the paranormal, played by Russ Abbot in the Russ Abbot's Madhouse horror spoof The Bloody Curse of Count Dracula. Draped in garlic, he is summoned by his old friend Sir Godfrey Davis to investigate a village…
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An eminent German expert on the paranormal, played by Russ Abbot in the Russ Abbot's Madhouse horror spoof The Bloody Curse of Count Dracula. Draped in garlic, he is summoned by his old friend Sir Godfrey Davis to investigate a village biting and keeps calling vampires "van hires". His name is one of the sketch's car-hire puns.
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