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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Kenneth Mars, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Malcolm in the Middle
as Otto Mannkusser
Cow and Chicken
as Candy Store Geek / Policeman (voice)
The Drew Carey Show
as Mr. Tinsley
Diagnosis: Murder
as Wallace Carstairs
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Colyus
الضاحكون
as Beethoven (voice)
باتمان
as Richard (voice)
راغراتس
as Toothbrush / Candy Bar (voice)
حورية البحر
as Triton (voice)
A Different World
as Ridley
L.A. Law
as Judge John Zimring
Murder, She Wrote
as Hemsley Post
Simon & Simon
Magnum, P.I.
as Joseph
Police Woman
فرانكنشتاين الصغير
as Inspector Kemp
Columbo
as Mike
Ironside
as Adam Bronson