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Kenneth Mars
Highest Rated: 94% Young Frankenstein (1974)
Lowest Rated: Not Available
Birthday: Apr 4, 1935
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA
A prolific character actor with a penchant for absurd, theatrical European characters, Kenneth Mars provided some of the most uproarious moments in such classic comedies as Mel Brooks' "The Producers" (1968), "Young Frankenstein" (1974), and countless television shows, features and animated programs. An oversized talent in every sense, the chief weapon in Mars' comedy arsenal was his voice, which seemed to adapt to any variety of accents, including deranged Germans in "Producers" and "Frankenstein," kindly father figures like King Triton in "The Little Mermaid" (1989), and all manner of outlandish humans and animals in network cartoons. Along the way, Mars enjoyed roles in films by Woody Allen ("Radio Days," 1987), George Roy Hill ("Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," 1972), Arthur Penn ("Night Moves," 1975) and Peter Bogdanovich (1972's "What's Up, Doc?"), but it was his roles in the Brooks films and his animated work that ensured his favored status with movie lovers until his death in 2011.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 55% | The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers | Unknown (Voice) | - | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | 49% | The Land Before Time: Invasion of the Tinysauruses | Grandpa Longneck (Voice) | - | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | 58% | The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration | Grandpa (Voice) | - | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | The Land Before Time: Journey to Big Water | Grandpa (Voice) | - | 2002 |
| 0% | 39% | Teddy Bears' Picnic | Gene Molinari (Character) | $28.0K | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | 55% | The Land Before Time: The Big Freeze |
Grandpa/ |
- | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 46% | The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire | Grandpa Longneck (Voice) | - | 2000 |
| 17% | 45% | The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea | King Triton (Voice) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Runaway Virus | Dr. Arnold Bowman (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale | Buzz (Character) | - | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock | Grandpa (Voice) | - | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | 48% | The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island | Grandpa (Voice) | - | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | 45% | The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists | Grandpa (Voice) | - | 1996 |
| 81% | 74% | Citizen Ruth | Dr. Charlie (Character) | $278.5K | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 25% | Bruno the Kid | Additional Voices (Voice) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 39% | The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving | Grandpa (Voice) | - | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 41% | The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure | Grandpa (Voice) | - | 1994 |
| 40% | 66% | Thumbelina | King Colbert (Voice) | $10.1M | 1994 |
| 38% | 50% | We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story | Professor Screweyes (Voice) | $8.6M | 1993 |
| 54% | 55% | Shadows and Fog | Magician (Character) | $2.4M | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I'll Take Romance | Smokey (Character) | - | 1990 |
| 91% | 88% | The Little Mermaid | Triton (Voice) | $109.9M | 1989 |
| 0% | 28% | Police Academy 6: City Under Siege |
The Mayor/ |
$10.6M | 1989 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | Get Smart, Again! | Cmdr. Drury (Character) | - | 1989 |
| 0% | 26% | Illegally Yours | Hal B. Keeler (Character) | $123.1K | 1988 |
| 17% | 71% | For Keeps | Mr. Bobrucz (Character) | $14.7M | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rented Lips | Reverend Farrell (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 11% | Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats |
Director / |
- | 1987 |
| 93% | 84% | Radio Days | Rabbi Baumel (Character) | $11.1M | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | 56% | The Adventures of the American Rabbit |
Vultor/ |
- | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 45% | Beer | A.J. Norbecker (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 79% | 81% | Fletch | Stanton Boyd (Character) | - | 1985 |
| 33% | 38% | Protocol | Lou (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Prince Jack | Lyndon Johnson (Character) | - | 1984 |
| No Score Yet | 54% | The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again | Marshal Woolly Bill Hitchcock (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Goin' Coconuts | Kruse (Character) | - | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 29% | Someone I Touched | Paul Wrightwood (Character) | - | 1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The New, Original Wonder Woman | Colonel Von Blasko (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 84% | 71% | Night Moves | Nick (Character) | - | 1975 |
| 94% | 92% | Young Frankenstein | Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Friederich Kemp (Character) | - | 1974 |
| 86% | 78% | The Parallax View | Former FBI Agent Will (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed? | Mitchell Bernard (Character) | - | 1973 |
| 89% | 88% | What's Up, Doc? | Hugh Simon (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Second Chance | Doctor Julius Roth (Character) | - | 1972 |
| No Score Yet | 40% | Desperate Characters | Otto Bentwood (Character) | - | 1971 |
| No Score Yet | 67% | The April Fools | Les Hopkins (Character) | - | 1969 |
| 89% | 92% | Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Marshal (Character) | - | 1969 |
| 91% | 85% | The Producers | Franz Liebkind (Character) | $111.9K | 1968 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 87% | Hannah Montana | Gunther (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Malcolm in the Middle | Unknown (Character) | 2002-2006 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Will & Grace | Uncle Sid (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | 97% | Becker | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Just Shoot Me | Horst (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nash Bridges | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | The Pretender | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999-2000 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Maggie | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | You Wish | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Weird Science | Judge (Guest Star) | 1996-1997 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Drew Carey Show | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1997 |
| 86% | 85% | Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | 88% | Party of Five | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hangin' With Mr. Cooper | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 83% | The Little Mermaid | Unknown (Voice) | 1992-1994 |
| 91% | 89% | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Colyus (Guest Star) | 1994 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Rugrats |
Toothbrush/ |
1993 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Civil Wars | Judge Mankowitz (Guest Star) | 1992 |
| No Score Yet | 93% | Darkwing Duck | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Perfect Strangers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 227 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1990 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charles in Charge | Poppa Grundov (Guest Star) | 1987 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Simon & Simon |
Ned Bartlett/ |
1982 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Precinct | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Hemsley Post (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hardcastle & McCormick | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1985 |
| No Score Yet | 95% | Magnum, P.I. | Archie (Guest Star) | 1981 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Trapper John, M.D. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1982 1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Alice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 1982 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Facts of Life | Mr. Harris (Guest Star) | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hart to Hart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barnaby Jones | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1980 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tabitha | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Columbo | Mike (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Police Woman | Mort Barker (Guest Star) | 1975 1977 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Barney Miller | Officer Callahan (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Heavens | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry O | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1974-1975 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Carol Burnett Show | Guest | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | McMillan and Wife | Dr. Thursby (Guest Star) | 1971-1972 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | That Girl | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1968 1970 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Room 222 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mannix | Mercer (Guest Star) | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | He & She | Harry Zarakardos (Character) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | Get Smart | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1967 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Gunsmoke | Clyde Hayes (Guest Star) | 1967 |