Kenneth Mars

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

4/4/1935

Place of Birth

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Also Known As

کنت مارس

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...

Career Timeline

2019

The Little Mermaid Live!

as King Triton (voice)

2016

The Last Laugh

as Self

2006

Hannah Montana

as Gunther

The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers

as Grandpa / Parasaurlophus (voice)

The Land Before Time: 2 DinoRiffic Adventures

as Grandpa Longneck

2005

Disney Heroes Volume 1

as Old Gorilla (voice)

The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses

as Grandpa (voice)

2003

The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration

as Grandpa (voice)

Oliver Beene

as Carl the Super

2002

The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water

as Grandpa (voice)

The Making of 'The Producers'

as Self

Good Morning, Miami

as Marty

2001

The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze

as Grandpa / Lambeosaurus (voice)

The Legend of Tarzan

as Old Gorilla (voice)

Teddy Bears' Picnic

as Gene Molinari

2000

The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire

as Grandpa (voice)

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

as Buzz

Runaway Virus

as Dr. Arnold Bowman

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

as King Triton (voice)

Malcolm in the Middle

as Otto Mannkusser

1998

The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock

as Grandpa (voice)

Becker

as Melvin

L.A. Doctors

as Bill

Will & Grace

as Uncle Sid

Godzilla: The Series

Role unknown

1997

Cow and Chicken

Role unknown

The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island

as Grandpa (voice)

Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie

as Professor Von Trapp (voice) (archive footage)

The Angry Beavers

Role unknown

Just Shoot Me!

as Horst

1996

Citizen Ruth

as Dr. Charlie Rollins

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists

as Grandpa (voice)

Bruno the Kid

Role unknown

The Pretender

as Benny

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

Role unknown

Nash Bridges

as Ronald Bishop

Boston Common

as Clown

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

as Inspector Kemp (archive footage)

1995

The Drew Carey Show

as Mr. Tinsley

The Naked Truth

as Judge

Freakazoid!

as Dr. Hunterhanker (voice)

Rough Magic

as Magician

The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving

as Grandpa (voice)

1994

The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure

as Grandpa (voice)

Party of Five

as Earl Garraty

Thumbelina

as King Colbert (voice)

Duckman

as Native American (voice)

Weird Science

Role unknown

1993

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

as Professor Screweyes (voice)

Diagnosis: Murder

as Wallace Carstairs

Animaniacs

as Beethoven (voice)

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman

as Grant Gendell

Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's

as Reverend Pete

Mighty Max

Role unknown

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

as Colyus

1992

Hangin' with Mr. Cooper

as Mr. Hucklebuck

Fievel's American Tails

as Sweet William (voice)

The Little Mermaid

as King Triton (voice)

Batman: The Animated Series

as Richard (voice)

Batman: The Animated Series

as M2 (voice)

1991

Shadows and Fog

as Magician

Mimi & Me

as Uncle Al

Darkwing Duck

Role unknown

Darkwing Duck

as (voice)

Rugrats

Role unknown

The Pirates of Dark Water

as Additional Voices

1990

She'll Take Romance

as Smokey

Shades of L.A.

as Uncle Louis Burton

Tiny Toon Adventures

Role unknown

TaleSpin

as Heimlich Menudo (voice)

TaleSpin

as Buzz (voice)

TaleSpin

as Buzz / Heimlich Menudo (voice)

Bobby's World

Role unknown

Tom & Jerry Kids Show

as Narrator (voice)

1989

Son of Dinosaurs

Role unknown

The Little Mermaid

as King Triton (voice)

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

as Mayor

Get Smart, Again!

as Cmdr. Drury

1988

The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy

as The Camel with the Wrinkled Knees

Rented Lips

as Reverend Farrell

Illegally Yours

as Hal B. Keeler

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

as Director / Dogcatcher (voice)

For Keeps

as Mr. Bobrucz

1987

A Different World

as Ridley

DuckTales

as Auric (voice)

Radio Days

as Rabbi Baumel

1986

L.A. Law

as Judge John Zimring

The Flintstone Kids

as Narrator

Perfect Strangers

as Ace Atkins

The Adventures of the American Rabbit

as Vultor / Walt (voice)

1985

Prince Jack

as Lyndon Johnson

Misfits of Science

as Sen. Donner

The Twilight Zone

as (segment "Tooth and Consequences")

227

Role unknown

Beer

as A.J. Norbecker

Fletch

as Stanton Boyd

1984

Protocol

as Lou

Charles in Charge

as Poppa Grundov

Murder, She Wrote

as Hemsley Post

The Duck Factory

Role unknown

1983

Hardcastle and McCormick

Role unknown

The Biskitts

as Fetch

Saturday Supercade

as Quickclaw (voice)

Yellowbeard

as Mr. Crisp

Group Madness

as Self

1982

Tucker's Witch

Role unknown

Tucker's Witch

as Mark Wyndham

Remington Steele

as Douglas Veenhof

The Rules of Marriage

as Red Hewitt

Cagney & Lacey

Role unknown

1981

Simon & Simon

Role unknown

Laverne & Shirley in the Army

as Sgt. Turnbuckle

Full Moon High

as The Coach - Principal Cleveland

1980

Magnum, P.I.

as Joseph

Magnum, P.I.

as Archie

The Flintstone Comedy Show

as Lou Granite

1979

Before and After

as Ben Fryer

Trapper John, M.D.

Role unknown

Hart to Hart

Role unknown

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo

as Director

The Facts of Life

Role unknown

Carol Burnett & Company

Role unknown

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

as Woolly Bill Hitchcock

You Can't Take it With You

as Mr. Kolenkhov

$weepstake$

Role unknown

Heaven Only Knows

as Bert Hammond

1978

Goin' Coconuts

as Kruse

Project U.F.O.

Role unknown

1976

Alice

Role unknown

Good Heavens

Role unknown

Laverne & Shirley

Role unknown

1975

Wonder Woman

as Colonel Von Blasko

Night Moves

as Nick

The Bob Crane Show

Role unknown

Someone I Touched

as Paul Wrightwood

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!

as Max Mencken

Barney Miller

as Officer Callahan

1974

Young Frankenstein

as Inspector Kemp

Police Woman

Role unknown

Police Woman

as Manny Ziegler

Harry O

as Don Yorkfield

Harry O

as Dr. Mangram

The Parallax View

as Former FBI Agent Will

Hello Mother, Goodbye!

Role unknown

Hello Mother, Goodbye!

as Son

1973

Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?

as Mitchell Bernard

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

Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?

as Self

1971

McMillan & Wife

as Dr. Thursby

McMillan & Wife

as Mr. Buchanan

Desperate Characters

as Otto Bentwood

Columbo

as Mike

1969

Viva Max!

as Dr. Sam Gillison

Love, American Style

as Jake

Love, American Style

as Joe

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

as Marshal

The Debbie Reynolds Show

Role unknown

Room 222

Role unknown

The April Fools

as Les Hopkins

1968

The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

as Joshua T. Albertson

The Producers

as Franz Liebkind

1967

Mannix

Role unknown

Mannix

as Mercer

The Carol Burnett Show

as Self - Guest / Various Characters

He & She

as Harry Zarakardos

Ironside

as Adam Bronson

1966

ABC Stage 67

as Dr. Pratt

That Girl

Role unknown

1965

Get Smart

Role unknown

1963

Act One

as Robert E. Sherwood

1955

Gunsmoke

as Clyde Hayes

1950

The Bob Hope Show

as Self