Kenneth Mars
Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA — Apr 04 1935• Died Feb 12 2011
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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…
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Columbo
Mike
Diagnosis: Murder
Wallace Carstairs
Rugrats
Murder, She Wrote
Hemsley Post
Malcolm in the Middle
Otto Mannkusser
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Colyus
Mannix
Will & Grace
Uncle Sid
Magnum, P.I.
Joseph
L.A. Law
Judge John Zimring
Batman: The Animated Series
Richard (voice)
The Drew Carey Show
Mr. Tinsley
Love, American Style
Jake
Nash Bridges
Ronald Bishop
Hannah Montana
Gunther
Tom & Jerry Kids Show
Narrator (voice)
Party of Five
Earl Garraty
Arli$$
Coach Duffy
Hart to Hart
The Pretender
Benny
Animaniacs
Beethoven (voice)
Tiny Toon Adventures
Alice
The Twilight Zone
(segment "Tooth and Consequences")
The Facts of Life
Police Woman
Barney Miller
Officer Callahan
Simon & Simon
Ironside
Adam Bronson
Duckman
Native American (voice)
Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman
Grant Gendell
Get Smart
Tom Orlando
Becker
Melvin
Charles in Charge
Poppa Grundov
A Different World
Ridley
The Carol Burnett Show
Self - Guest / Various Characters
Remington Steele
Douglas Veenhof
Barnaby Jones
William Tarkington IV
Laverne & Shirley
That Girl
TaleSpin
Heimlich Menudo (voice)
Darkwing Duck
Trapper John, M.D.
Harry O
Don Yorkfield
DuckTales
Auric (voice)
Weird Science
227
The Angry Beavers
Gunsmoke
Clyde Hayes
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Mr. Hucklebuck
Hardcastle and McCormick
The Naked Truth
Judge
McMillan & Wife
Dr. Thursby
Cagney & Lacey
L.A. Doctors
Bill
Bobby's World
Wonder Woman
Colonel Von Blasko
Room 222
Cow and Chicken
Just Shoot Me!
Horst
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
Perfect Strangers
Ace Atkins
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
Director
The Legend of Tarzan
Old Gorilla (voice)
Boston Common
Clown
Good Morning, Miami
Marty
Freakazoid!
Dr. Hunterhanker (voice)
The Flintstone Comedy Show
Lou Granite
The Little Mermaid
King Triton (voice)
The Little Mermaid
King Triton (voice)
ABC Stage 67
Dr. Pratt
$weepstake$
Godzilla: The Series
The Land Before Time
Grandpa Longneck (voice)
Oliver Beene
Carl the Super
The Flintstone Kids
Narrator
Saturday Supercade
Quickclaw (voice)
Masquerade
Harold Hayes
Misfits of Science
Sen. Donner
Project U.F.O.
Hawkins
Lester De Ville
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Joshua T. Albertson
Bruno the Kid
Mighty Max
The Pirates of Dark Water
Additional Voices
Tucker's Witch
He & She
Harry Zarakardos
Young Frankenstein
Inspector Kemp
The Biskitts
Fetch
Shades of L.A.
Uncle Louis Burton
The Duck Factory
Harmon Alison
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Marshal
Good Heavens
Thumbelina
King Colbert (voice)
Here We Go Again
Jim Sutton
The Producers
Franz Liebkind
The Debbie Reynolds Show
The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy
The Camel with the Wrinkled Knees
The Bob Crane Show
Radio Days
Rabbi Baumel
The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving
Grandpa (voice)
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
Professor Screweyes (voice)
Fletch
Stanton Boyd
The Parallax View
Former FBI Agent Will
Fievel's American Tails
Sweet William (voice)
What's Up, Doc?
Hugh Simon
Protocol
Lou
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
Mayor
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
Grandpa (voice)
Night Moves
Nick
The Last Laugh
Self
For Keeps
Mr. Bobrucz
Yellowbeard
Mr. Crisp
Rough Magic
Magician
Laverne & Shirley in the Army
Sgt. Turnbuckle
Shadows and Fog
Magician
Viva Max!
Dr. Sam Gillison
Mimi & Me
Uncle Al
The April Fools
Les Hopkins
Full Moon High
The Coach - Principal Cleveland
The Rules of Marriage
Red Hewitt
Desperate Characters
Otto Bentwood
Illegally Yours
Hal B. Keeler
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
Grandpa (voice)
Teddy Bears' Picnic
Gene Molinari
Steambath
Broker
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock
Grandpa (voice)
Act One
Robert E. Sherwood
Citizen Ruth
Dr. Charlie Rollins
It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!
Max Mencken
The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island
Grandpa (voice)
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again
Woolly Bill Hitchcock
Second Chance
Dr. Julius Roth
Get Smart, Again!
Cmdr. Drury
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
Grandpa / Parasaurlophus (voice)
The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water
Grandpa (voice)
The Little Mermaid Live!
King Triton (archive footage) (voice)
Goin' Coconuts
Kruse
Runaway Virus
Dr. Arnold Bowman
You Can't Take it With You
Mr. Kolenkhov
Group Madness
Self
Rented Lips
Reverend Farrell
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses
Grandpa (voice)
Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's
Reverend Pete
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
Grandpa (voice)
Beer
A.J. Norbecker
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration
Grandpa (voice)
How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale
Buzz
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze
Grandpa / Lambeosaurus (voice)
The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea
King Triton (voice)
Someone I Touched
Paul Wrightwood
Carol Burnett & Company
Before and After
Ben Fryer
Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie
Professor Von Trapp (voice) (archive footage)
She'll Take Romance
Smokey
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats
Director / Dogcatcher (voice)
Disney Heroes Volume 1
Old Gorilla (voice)
Prince Jack
Lyndon Johnson
Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?
Mitchell Bernard
The Making of 'The Producers'
Self
The Adventures of the American Rabbit
Vultor / Walt (voice)
Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?
Self
Hello Mother, Goodbye!
Son
Son of Dinosaurs
Self
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein
Inspector Kemp (archive footage)
Heaven Only Knows
Bert Hammond
The Land Before Time: 2 DinoRiffic Adventures
Grandpa Longneck
Hello Mother, Goodbye!