Kenneth Mars (April 4, 1935 - February 12, 2011) was an American actor best known for Young Frankenstein, The Producers, and The Little Mermaid (1989).
He was married to Barbara Newborn and they had two children.
He died in 2011 at the age of 75 from pancreatic cancer.
Filmography
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Film Roles
- Act One as Robert E. Sherwood
- The Producers as Franz Liebkind
- The April Fools as Les Hopkins
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Marshal
- Viva Max! as Dr. Sam Gillison
- Desperate Characters as Otto Bentwood
- Second Chance as Dr. Julius Roth
- What's Up, Doc? as Hugh Simon
- Steambath as Broker
- Guess Whos Been Sleeping In My Bed as Mitchell Bernard
- The Parallax View as Former FBI Agent Will Hunter
- Young Frankenstein as Inspector Kemp
- Its A Bird Its A Plane Its Superman as Max Mencken
- Someone I Touched as Paul Wrightwood
- Night Moves as Nick
- Goin Coconuts as Kruse
- You Can't Take It With You as Mr. Kolenkhov
- The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again as Marshal Woolly Bill Hitchcock
- Before And After as Ben Fryer
- Full Moon High as The Coach
- The Rules Of Marriage as Red Hewitt
- Yellowbeard as Mr. Crisp and Verdugo
- Protocol as Lou
- Prince Jack as Lyndon Johnson
- Fletch as Stanton Boyd
- Beer as A.J. Norbecker
- The Adventures of the American Rabbit as Walt/Vultor
- Radio Days as Rabbi Baumel
- For Keeps as Mr. Bobrucz
- Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats as Director/Dogcatcher
- Illegally Yours as Hal B. Keeler
- Rented Lips as Rev. Farrell
- Get Smart Again as Cmdr. Drury
- Police Academy 6: City Under Siege as Mayor
- Asterix and the Big Fight as Fishstix
- The Little Mermaid (1989) as King Triton
- The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea as King Triton
- Shell Take Romance as Smokey
- Shadows and Fog as Magician
- Basic Values Sex Shock And Censorship In The90s as Rev. Pete
- We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story as Prof. Screweyes
- Thumbelina (1994) as King Colbert
- The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure as Grandpa Longneck
- The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving as Grandpa Longneck
- The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists as Grandpa Longneck
- The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island as Grandpa Longneck
- The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock as Grandpa Longneck
- The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire as Grandpa Longneck
- The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze as Grandpa Longneck/Lambeosaurus
- The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water as Grandpa Longneck
- The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration as Grandpa Longneck
- The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses as Grandpa Longneck
- The Land Beforetime XII The Great Day Of The Flyers as Grandpa Longneck
- Rough Magic as Magician
- Citizen Ruth as Dr. Charlie Collins
- Runaway Virus as Dr. Arnold Bowman
- How To Marry A Billionaire A Christmas Tale as Buzz
- Teddy Bears Picnic as Gene Molinari
Television Roles
- Deadline as Reporter (1 episode)
- Car Fifty Four Where Are You as Book Publisher (1 episode)
- The Trials Of O Brien as Barry Schweitzer (1 episode)
- Gunsmoke as Clyde Hayes (1 episode)
- Get Smart as Tom Orlando (1 episode)
- He And She as Harry Zarakardos (21 episodes)
- The Ghost and Mrs. Muir as Joshua T. Albertson/Ellsworth Gordon (2 episodes)
- Mannix as Mercer (1 episode)
- The Debbie Reynolds Show as Elia Stanislaus (1 episode)
- Room 222 as Charles Shaffer (1 episode)
- That Girl as Captain Gooney (1 episode)
- Love, American Style as various (5 episodes)
- McMillan & Wife as Dr. Thursby/Mr. Buchanan (2 episodes)
- Insight as Eddie Simmons/Ben Lipton (2 episodes)
- Ironside (1967) as Adam Bronson (1 episode)
- Here We Go Again as Jim Sutton (1 episode)
- Hawkins as Lester De Ville (1 episode)
- Harry O as Dr. Mangram/Don Yorkfield (2 episodes)
- Wonder Woman (1975) as Col. Von Blasko (1 episode)
- Police Woman as Manny Ziegler/Mort Barker (2 episodes)
- Good Heavens as Henry (1 episode)
- Barney Miller as Officer Callahan (1 episode)
- Family as Bob Fingerman (2 episodes)
- Black Sheep Squadron as Harold French (1 episode)
- Columbo as Mike (1 episode)
- Fernwood Tonight as William W.D. 'Bud' Prize (8 episodes)
- The Tony Randall Show as Dr. Stanner (1 episode)
- Alice (1976) as Dr. Lewis Evers/Billy Joe (2 episodes)
- Tabitha as Ducky Roberts (1 episode)
- Supertrain as Turley (1 episode)
- Barnaby Jones as William Tarkington IV (1 episode)
- Hart to Hart as Dr. Cobb (1 episode)
- The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang as various
- The Facts of Life as Mr. Harris (1 episode)
- Trollkins as various
- Private Benjamin (1981) as Cpt. Buck Stoker (1 episode)
- The Smurfs as various (10 episodes)
- Magnum, P.I. as Archie/Joseph the Caretaker (2 episodes)
- Laverne And Shirley In The Army as Sgt. Turnbuckle (13 episodes)
- Mork And Mindy Laverne And Shirley Fonz Hour as Sgt. Turnbuckle (2 episodes)
- The Little Rascals as various (1 episode)
- Tuckers Witch as Mark Wyndham (1 episode)
- Richie Rich as various (1 episode)
- Shirt Tales as various (13 episodes)
- Trapper John, M.D. as Malcolm Carrothers/Dr. French (2 episodes)
- Simon & Simon as Ned Bartlett/Don Diablo/Fritz Markham/Ben Dodge (3 episodes)
- Cagney & Lacey as Murray (1 episode)
- Small And Frye as Grosso (1 episode)
- Saturday Supercade as Quicklaw (2 episodes)
- The Mississippi as Kraus (1 episode)
- The Biskitts as Max/Fetch/Snarl
- Whiz Kids as Elwood Sellers (1 episode)
- Challenge Of The Go Bots as various
- The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries as Orson Kane/Maid Mummy (1 episode)
- Call To Glory as Frank (1 episode)
- Murder, She Wrote as Hemsley Post (1 episode)
- Misfits of Science as Sen. Donner (1 episode)
- Remington Steele as Douglas Veenhof (1 episode)
- The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo as Mayor
- Hardcastle and McCormick as Gerald 'Jerry' Hardcastle/Burt Schneider (2 episodes)
- The Twilight Zone (1985) as Tooth Fairy (1 episode)
- Teen Wolf as Mayor Marconi (2 episodes)
- The Flintstone Kids as various (16 episodes)
- Charles in Charge as Poppa Grundov (1 episode)
- DuckTales (1987) as Vulcan (2 episodes)
- Head of the Class as Uncle Charlie (1 episode)
- The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley as various (1 episode)
- The Adventures Of Raggedy Ann And Andy as The Camel with the Wrinkled Knees (8 episodes)
- Fantastic Max as various (3 episodes)
- The Further Adventures Of Super Ted as Sleepless Knight (1 episode)
- A Pup Named Scooby-Doo as various (14 episodes)
- Paddington Bear (1989-90 series) as various (2 episodes)
- 227 as Joe Bouvier (1 episode)
- The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda as various (1 episode)
- Timeless Tale From Hallmark as Mr. Budgeknot (1 episode)
- Tiny Toon Adventures as Flavio (1 episode)
- Perfect Strangers as Alvin 'Ace' Atkins (1 episode)
- Shades Of LA as Uncle Louis Burton (3 episodes)
- TaleSpin as Buzz/Heimlich Menudo (3 episodes)
- Darkwing Duck as Tuskernini/Police Agent (6 episodes)
- The Pirates of Dark Water as various (9 episodes)
- A Different World as Ridley (1 episode)
- Captain Planet and the Planeteers as Moisha Lowkowitz (1 episode)
- Fievel's American Tails as Sweet William (6 episodes)
- Civil Wars as Judge Mankowitz (2 episodes)
- The Little Mermaid (1992) as King Triton/Dr. Vile (26 episodes)
- Bonkers as Gloomy (1 episode)
- Rugrats as various (1 episode)
- Animaniacs as Beethoven (1 episode)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Colyus (1 episode)
- Evening Shade as Mayor Ogden (1 episode)
- L.A. Law as Judge John Zimring (1 episode)
- M.A.N.T.I.S. as Medical Examiner Reese (1 episode)
- Mighty Max as Prof. Zygote (2 episodes)
- Batman: The Animated Series as M2/Richard (2 episodes)
- Diagnosis: Murder as Wallace Carstairs (1 episode)
- Freakazoid! as Dr. Gunther Hunterhanker (1 episode)
- The Pink Panther as Commissioner (3 episodes)
- Hangin' with Mr. Cooper as Mr. Hucklebuck (1 episode)
- The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest as Faust/Police Captain (1 episode)
- Jungle Clubs as Buffalo (1 episode)
- Party of Five as Earl Garraty (1 episode)
- Boston Common as Clown (1 episode)
- Lois & Clark as Grant Gendell (1 episode)
- Weird Science as Kommandant/Judge (2 episodes)
- The Drew Carey Show as Mr. Tinsley (1 episode)
- The Naked Truth as Judge (1 episode)
- Police Academy: The Series as Dr. Otis P. Quackenbush (1 episode)
- Life with Louie as various (4 episodes)
- Cow and Chicken as various (1 episode)
- Godzilla: The Series as Alexander Preloran (1 episode)
- The Pretender as Benny (2 episodes)
- The Angry Beavers as Luc (1 episode)
- Nash Bridges as Ronald Bishop (1 episode)
- Just Shoot Me! as Horst (1 episode)
- Becker as Melvin Golar (3 episodes)
- Disneys The Lgend Of Tarzan as Old Gorilla (1 episode)
- Will & Grace as Uncle Sid (2 episodes)
- Good Morning Miami as Marty (1 episode)
- Malcolm in the Middle as Otto Mannkusser (25 episodes)
- Oliver Beene as Carl the Super (1 episode)
- Hannah Montana as Gunther (1 episode)
- The Land Before Time as Grandpa Longneck (9 episodes)
Video Game Roles
- Disneys Ariel The Little Mermaid as King Triton
- Ariels Story Studio as King Triton
- Disneys The Litt Mermaid 2 as King Triton
- Kingdom Hearts as King Triton
- Kingdom Hearts II as King Triton
- Kingdom Hearts II Final Mix as King Triton
- Fallout A Post Nuclearrole Playing Game as Overseer
- Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix as various