Kenneth Mars

Acting · Born 1935-04-04 in Chicago, Illinois, USA

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…

Filmography

• The Little Mermaid as King Triton (voice)
• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Marshal
• Young Frankenstein as Inspector Kemp
• How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale as Buzz
• The Producers as Franz Liebkind
• The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again as Woolly Bill Hitchcock
• The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire as Grandpa (voice)
• Yellowbeard as Mr. Crisp
• What's Up, Doc? as Hugh Simon
• The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration as Grandpa (voice)