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Kenneth Mars
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Kenneth Mars

1935 – 2011 · Chicago, Illinois, USA · Active 1950–2019

Born in 1935 in Chicago, Kenneth Mars made his mark in the world of cult cinema with memorable performances. He appears in Viva Max! (1969), showcasing his knack for comedy, and delivers a standout role in Police Academy 6: City Under Siege (1989) as a bumbling character that highlights his comedic timing. Mars also stars in Night Moves (1975), a neo-noir that contrasts his comedic roles with a darker narrative. His diverse contributions to film make him a notable figure in the realm of cult and exploitation cinema.

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Night Moves

Night Moves

1975 ★ 6.6
as Nick

Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case, as a former Hollywood actress whose only major roles came thanks to being married to a studio mogul wants Moseby to find and return her daughter. Harry travels to Florida to find her, but he begins to see a connection between the runaway girl, the world of Hollywood stuntmen, and a suspicious mechanic when an unsolved murder comes to light.

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Filmography

184 credits
2010s 2 credits
2019
The Little Mermaid Live! as King Triton (archive footage) (voice)
Movie ★ 6.8
2016
The Last Laugh as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.0
2000s 19 credits
2007
The Land Before Time as Grandpa Longneck (voice)
TV ★ 6.5
2006
Movie ★ 7.6
2006
Movie ★ 6.2
2006
Hannah Montana as Gunther
TV ★ 7.1
2005
Movie ★ 6.3
2005
Disney Heroes Volume 1 as Old Gorilla (voice)
Movie ★ 7.9
2003
Movie ★ 6.3
2003
Oliver Beene as Carl the Super
TV ★ 8.3
2002
Movie ★ 6.3
2002
Movie ★ 7.9
2002
TV ★ 6.9
2001
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze as Grandpa / Lambeosaurus (voice)
Movie ★ 6.1
2001
Teddy Bears' Picnic as Gene Molinari
Movie ★ 4.0
2001
The Legend of Tarzan as Old Gorilla (voice)
TV ★ 7.0
2000
Movie ★ 6.2
2000
Movie ★ 6.4
2000
Runaway Virus as Dr. Arnold Bowman
Movie ★ 5.5
2000
Malcolm in the Middle as Otto Mannkusser
TV ★ 8.5
1990s 56 credits
1998
Movie ★ 6.2
1998
TV ★ 8.5
1998
Becker as Melvin
TV ★ 7.2
1998
Will & Grace as Uncle Sid
TV ★ 6.9
1998
TV ★ 8.0
1997
Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie as Professor Von Trapp (voice) (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.5
1997
Movie ★ 6.2
1997
TV ★ 6.9
1997
TV ★ 6.6
1997
Cow and Chicken as Candy Store Geek / Policeman (voice)
TV ★ 7.1
1997
You Wish as Santa Clause
TV ★ 8.0
1996
Citizen Ruth as Dr. Charlie Rollins
Movie ★ 6.6
1996
Movie ★ 6.2
1996
Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein as Inspector Kemp (archive footage)
Movie ★ 8.3
1996
TV ★ 7.4
1996
Nash Bridges as Ronald Bishop
TV ★ 6.6
1996
TV ★ 7.0
1996
TV ★ 6.8
1996
Arli$$ as Coach Duffy
TV ★ 6.8
1995
Rough Magic as Magician
Movie ★ 5.6
1995
Movie ★ 6.2
1995
The Drew Carey Show as Mr. Tinsley
TV ★ 6.5
1995
Freakazoid! as Dr. Gunther Hunterhanker (voice)
TV ★ 7.8
1995
TV ★ 6.5
1994
Movie ★ 6.3
1994
Thumbelina as King Colbert (voice)
Movie ★ 6.5
1994
Duckman as Native American (voice)
TV ★ 7.2
1994
TV ★ 6.7
1994
Party of Five as Earl Garraty
TV ★ 7.0
1993
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story as Professor Screweyes (voice)
Movie ★ 6.1
1993
Movie ★ 9.0
1993
TV ★ 6.1
1993
Diagnosis: Murder as Wallace Carstairs
TV ★ 7.1
1993
TV ★ 6.9
1993
Animaniacs as Beethoven (voice)
TV ★ 8.0
1993
TV ★ 7.9
1992
Fievel's American Tails as Sweet William (voice)
TV ★ 6.8
1992
The Little Mermaid as King Triton (voice)
TV ★ 7.0
1992
TV ★ 8.6
1992
TV ★ 8.6
1992
Hangin' with Mr. Cooper as Mr. Hucklebuck
TV ★ 6.7
1991
Shadows and Fog as Magician
Movie ★ 6.7
1991
Mimi & Me as Uncle Al
Movie ★ 9.0
1991
TV ★ 7.4
1991
TV ★ 7.6
1991
Darkwing Duck as (voice)
TV ★ 7.4
1991
The Pirates of Dark Water as Additional Voices
TV ★ 7.6
1990
Movie ★ 4.7
1990
TV ★ 7.8
1990
Shades of L.A. as Uncle Louis Burton
TV ★ 7.0
1990
TV ★ 7.0
1990
TaleSpin as Heimlich Menudo (voice)
TV ★ 7.4
1990
TaleSpin as Buzz (voice)
TV ★ 7.4
1990
TaleSpin as Buzz / Heimlich Menudo (voice)
TV ★ 7.4
1990
Tom & Jerry Kids Show as Narrator (voice)
TV ★ 6.5
1980s 44 credits
1989
The Little Mermaid as King Triton (voice)
Movie ★ 7.4
1989
Get Smart, Again! as Cmdr. Drury
Movie ★ 5.3
1989
Movie ★ 6.2
1989
Movie ★ 5.1
1988
For Keeps as Mr. Bobrucz
Movie ★ 6.5
1988
Illegally Yours as Hal B. Keeler
Movie ★ 4.5
1988
Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats as Director / Dogcatcher (voice)
Movie ★ 6.7
1988
Rented Lips as Reverend Farrell
Movie ★ 3.8
1988
The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy as The Camel with the Wrinkled Knees
TV ★ 8.8
1987
Radio Days as Rabbi Baumel
Movie ★ 7.1
1987
TV ★ 7.0
1987
DuckTales as Auric (voice)
TV ★ 7.7
1986
Movie ★ 5.5
1986
L.A. Law as Judge John Zimring
TV ★ 7.1
1986
TV ★ 6.3
1986
Perfect Strangers as Ace Atkins
TV ★ 6.7
1985
Fletch as Stanton Boyd
Movie ★ 6.8
1985
Beer as A.J. Norbecker
Movie ★ 4.4
1985
Prince Jack as Lyndon Johnson
Movie ★ 9.0
1985
The Twilight Zone as (segment "Tooth and Consequences")
TV ★ 7.7
1985
TV ★ 6.8
1985
Misfits of Science as Sen. Donner
TV ★ 7.0
1984
Protocol as Lou
Movie ★ 5.5
1984
Charles in Charge as Poppa Grundov
TV ★ 6.1
1984
The Duck Factory as Harmon Alison
TV ★ 6.1
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Hemsley Post
TV ★ 7.5
1983
Yellowbeard as Mr. Crisp
Movie ★ 5.6
1983
Movie ★ 9.0
1983
TV ★ 6.0
1983
Saturday Supercade as Quickclaw (voice)
TV ★ 7.0
1983
Masquerade as Harold Hayes
TV ★ 7.5
1983
Pitfall as Quickclaw
TV
1982
Movie ★ 3.0
1982
Remington Steele as Douglas Veenhof
TV ★ 7.1
1982
TV ★ 7.0
1982
TV ★ 5.2
1982
Tucker's Witch as Mark Wyndham
TV ★ 5.2
1981
Full Moon High as The Coach - Principal Cleveland
Movie ★ 4.4
1981
TV ★ 6.7
1981
TV ★ 7.4
1980
Magnum, P.I. as Joseph
TV ★ 7.3
1980
TV ★ 7.0
1980
Magnum, P.I. as Archie
TV ★ 7.3
1970s 42 credits
1979
The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again as Woolly Bill Hitchcock
Movie ★ 6.5
1979
Movie ★ 7.0
1979
Before and After as Ben Fryer
Movie ★ 3.8
1979
Heaven Only Knows as Bert Hammond
Movie ★ 7.0
1979
TV ★ 6.6
1979
TV ★ 7.1
1979
TV ★ 6.9
1979
TV ★ 7.5
1979
Supertrain as Turley
TV ★ 5.6
1978
Movie ★ 4.3
1978
TV ★ 7.0
1976
TV ★ 7.1
1976
TV ★ 7.2
1976
TV ★ 7.0
1975
Movie ★ 6.7
1975
Someone I Touched as Paul Wrightwood
Movie ★ 5.1
1975
Movie ★ 4.4
1975
Barney Miller as Officer Callahan
TV ★ 7.4
1975
TV ★ 6.0
1975
Wonder Woman as Colonel Von Blasko
TV ★ 7.0
1974
Young Frankenstein as Inspector Kemp
Movie ★ 7.9
1974
The Parallax View as Former FBI Agent Will
Movie ★ 6.8
1974
Movie ★ 6.0
1974
TV ★ 6.4
1974
TV ★ 7.5
1974
Police Woman as Manny Ziegler
TV ★ 6.4
1974
Harry O as Don Yorkfield
TV ★ 5.2
1974
Harry O as Dr. Mangram
TV ★ 5.2
1973
Steambath as Broker
Movie ★ 5.1
1973
Movie ★ 6.7
1973
Hawkins as Lester De Ville
TV ★ 7.8
1973
Barnaby Jones as William Tarkington IV
TV ★ 7.0
1973
Here We Go Again as Jim Sutton
TV ★ 6.0
1972
What's Up, Doc? as Hugh Simon
Movie ★ 7.4
1972
Movie ★ 5.0
1972
Second Chance as Dr. Julius Roth
Movie ★ 7.0
1971
Desperate Characters as Otto Bentwood
Movie ★ 5.1
1971
Columbo as Mike
TV ★ 8.1
1971
McMillan & Wife as Dr. Thursby
TV ★ 7.0
1971
McMillan & Wife as Mr. Buchanan
TV ★ 7.0
1960s 19 credits
1969
Movie ★ 7.6
1969
Viva Max! as Dr. Sam Gillison
Movie ★ 5.9
1969
The April Fools as Les Hopkins
Movie ★ 5.9
1969
TV ★ 6.1
1969
TV ★ 6.1
1969
TV ★ 6.1
1969
TV ★ 6.1
1968
The Producers as Franz Liebkind
Movie ★ 7.1
1968
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir as Joshua T. Albertson
TV ★ 6.6
1967
TV ★ 6.8
1967
He & She as Harry Zarakardos
TV ★ 5.2
1967
Mannix as Mercer
TV ★ 6.8
1967
The Carol Burnett Show as Self - Guest / Various Characters
TV ★ 7.7
1967
Ironside as Adam Bronson
TV ★ 6.9
1966
TV ★ 6.2
1966
ABC Stage 67 as Dr. Pratt
TV ★ 6.8
1965
Get Smart as Tom Orlando
TV ★ 7.9
1963
Act One as Robert E. Sherwood
Movie ★ 6.3
1950s 2 credits
1955
Gunsmoke as Clyde Hayes
TV ★ 6.7
1950
TV ★ 7.0