Actor
Kenneth Mars
April 4, 1935 · Chicago, Illinois, USA
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.
Notable work
7.4The Little Mermaid (1989)
as Triton (voice)
8.5Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
as Otto Mannkusser
7.9Young Frankenstein (1974)
as Inspector Kemp
7.6Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
as Marshal
8.6Batman: The Animated Series (1992)
as Richard (voice) and as M2 (voice)
6.4The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000)
as King Triton (voice)
7.9Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993)
as Colyus
5.1Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989)
as Mayor
7.1The Producers (1968)
as Franz Liebkind
8.1Columbo (1971)
as Mike
6.7Fletch (1985)
as Stanton Boyd
8Animaniacs (1993)
as Beethoven (voice)
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