Kenneth Mars

Kenneth Mars

1935-04-04 – 2011-02-12 (age 75) Chicago, Illinois, USA
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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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The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid

1989

as King Triton (voice)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Thumbelina
Thumbelina

1994

as King Colbert (voice)

Young Frankenstein
Young Frankenstein

1974

as Inspector Kemp

Fletch
Fletch

1985

as Stanton Boyd

The Producers
The Producers

1968

as Franz Liebkind

Yellowbeard
Yellowbeard

1983

as Mr. Crisp

Radio Days
Radio Days

1987

as Rabbi Baumel

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

1993

as Professor Screweyes (voice)

Viva Max!
Viva Max!

1969

as Dr. Sam Gillison

The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze

2001

as Grandpa / Lambeosaurus (voice)

Night Moves
Night Moves

1975

as Nick

The Parallax View
The Parallax View

1974

as Former FBI Agent Will