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Gender

Male

Birthday

1935-04-04 (90 years old)

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Kenneth Mars

Biography:

Kenneth Mars (April 4, 1935 – February 12, 2011) was an American actor. He appeared in two Mel Brooks films: as the deranged Nazi playwright Franz Liebkind in The Producers (1967) and Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Friedrich Kemp in Young Frankenstein (1974). He also appeared in Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up Doc? (1972), and Woody Allen's Radio Days (1987), and Shadows and Fog (1991).

Mars appeared in two seasons of Malcolm in the Middle as Otto Mannkusser, Francis's well-meaning but dimwitted boss and a German immigrant who owns a dude ranch. He voiced King Triton, Ariel's father, in the 1989 Disney animated film The Little Mermaid and its sequel, as well as its companion television series, and the Kingdom Hearts series. He also did several other animated voice-over film roles such as Littlefoot's grandfather in the Land Before Time series (up to 2008) and that of Professor Screweyes in We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), and King Colbert (Prince Cornelius's father) in Thumbelina (1994).

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Known For

Acting

2019

The Little Mermaid Live! as King Triton (voice)

2016

2006

The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers as Grandpa / Parasaurlophus (voice)
Hannah Montana as Gunther

2005

Disney Heroes Volume 1 as Old Gorilla (voice)

2003

2002

2001

The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze as Grandpa / Lambeosaurus (voice)
Teddy Bears' Picnic as Gene Molinari
The Legend of Tarzan as Old Gorilla (voice)

2000

Runaway Virus as Dr. Arnold Bowman
Malcolm in the Middle as Otto Mannkusser

1998

L.A. Doctors as Bill
Becker as Melvin
Will & Grace as Uncle Sid

1997

Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie as Professor Von Trapp (voice) (archive footage)

1996

Citizen Ruth as Dr. Charlie Rollins
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein as Inspector Kemp (archive footage)
The Pretender as Benny
Nash Bridges as Ronald Bishop
Boston Common as Clown

1995

Rough Magic as Magician
The Drew Carey Show as Mr. Tinsley
Freakazoid! as Dr. Hunterhanker (voice)

1994

Thumbelina as King Colbert (voice)

1993

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story as Professor Screweyes (voice)
Diagnosis: Murder as Wallace Carstairs
Animaniacs as Beethoven (voice)

1992

Fievel's American Tails as Sweet William (voice)
The Little Mermaid as King Triton (voice)
Batman: The Animated Series as Richard (voice)
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper as Mr. Hucklebuck

1991

Shadows and Fog as Magician
Mimi & Me as Uncle Al
Darkwing Duck as (voice)
The Pirates of Dark Water as Additional Voices

1990

Shades of L.A. as Uncle Louis Burton
TaleSpin as Heimlich Menudo (voice)
TaleSpin as Buzz (voice)
TaleSpin as Buzz / Heimlich Menudo (voice)
Tom & Jerry Kids Show as Narrator (voice)

1989

The Little Mermaid as King Triton (voice)
Get Smart, Again! as Cmdr. Drury

1988

For Keeps as Mr. Bobrucz
Illegally Yours as Hal B. Keeler
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats as Director / Dogcatcher (voice)
The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy as The Camel with the Wrinkled Knees

1987

Rented Lips as Reverend Farrell
Radio Days as Rabbi Baumel
DuckTales as Auric (voice)

1986

The Adventures of the American Rabbit as Vultor / Walt (voice)
L.A. Law as Judge John Zimring
Perfect Strangers as Ace Atkins

1985

Fletch as Stanton Boyd
Beer as A.J. Norbecker
Prince Jack as Lyndon Johnson
The Twilight Zone as (segment "Tooth and Consequences")
Misfits of Science as Sen. Donner

1984

Protocol as Lou
Charles in Charge as Poppa Grundov
Murder, She Wrote as Hemsley Post

1983

Yellowbeard as Mr. Crisp
The Biskitts as Fetch
Saturday Supercade as Quickclaw (voice)

1982

The Rules of Marriage as Red Hewitt
Remington Steele as Douglas Veenhof
Tucker's Witch as Mark Wyndham

1981

Full Moon High as The Coach - Principal Cleveland

1980

Magnum, P.I. as Joseph
Magnum, P.I. as Archie

1979

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again as Woolly Bill Hitchcock
Before and After as Ben Fryer

1978

1976

1975

Night Moves as Nick
Someone I Touched as Paul Wrightwood
Barney Miller as Officer Callahan
Wonder Woman as Colonel Von Blasko

1974

Young Frankenstein as Inspector Kemp
The Parallax View as Former FBI Agent Will
Police Woman as Manny Ziegler
Harry O as Don Yorkfield

1973

Steambath as Broker
Hawkins as Lester De Ville
Barnaby Jones as William Tarkington IV
Here We Go Again as Jim Sutton

1972

What's Up, Doc? as Hugh Simon
Second Chance as Dr. Julius Roth

1971

Desperate Characters as Otto Bentwood
Columbo as Mike
McMillan & Wife as Dr. Thursby

1969

Viva Max! as Dr. Sam Gillison
The April Fools as Les Hopkins

1968

The Producers as Franz Liebkind
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir as Joshua T. Albertson

1967

He & She as Harry Zarakardos
Mannix as Mercer
The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters

1966

ABC Stage 67 as Dr. Pratt

1965

1963

Act One as Robert E. Sherwood

1955

Gunsmoke as Clyde Hayes

1950