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Kenneth Mars

Biography

Kenneth Mars was an American actor whose career spanned film, television, and voice work. Born in Chicago and trained in fine arts and acting at Northwestern University, he made his acting debut in 1962 on Car 54, Where Are You? He often played characters with exaggerated accents, among them Franz Liebkind, a Nazi playwright, in The Producers (1968) and a police inspector in Young Frankenstein (1974). His film credits also included Peter Bogdanovich's What's Up, Doc? (1972), Woody Allen's Shadows and Fog (1991), and The Parallax View (1974). On television he played Otto Mannkusser on Malcolm in the Middle and Harry Zarakartos on He & She. As a voice actor he was King Triton in The Little Mermaid (1989), the villain Professor Screweyes in the animated film We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), and Grandpa Longneck in The Land Before Time series. He retired from acting in 2008.

75years old at death

  • Born Chicago
  • Died Granada Hills
  • Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19

Movie Career

Films
38
Career span
51 years1968 to 2019

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  1. First role

    In 1962, Mars began his acting career with a role as a book publisher on the show Car 54, Where Are You?.

  2. A first

    Mars played Sir Evelyn Oakleigh in a 1962 Off-Broadway revival of the Cole Porter musical Anything Goes. It was his first character with a broad accent.

Kenneth Mars movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Little Mermaid1989 Animation, Family, Fantasyas Tritonvoice

    IMDb rating 7.6316K votes

  2. Young Frankenstein1974 Comedyas Inspector Kemp

    IMDb rating 8.0182K votes

  3. The Producers1968as Franz Liebkind

    IMDb rating 7.565K votes

  4. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid1969as Marshal

    IMDb rating 8.0240K votes

  5. What's Up, Doc?1972as Hugh Simon

    IMDb rating 7.630K votes

  6. Fletch1985as Stanton Boyd

    IMDb rating 6.962K votes

  7. The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea2000as King Triton

    IMDb rating 5.525K votes

  8. Thumbelina1994as King Colbertvoice

    IMDb rating 6.320K votes

Most often with

Charles Grosvenor directed eight of these films, Roy Allen Smith three and John Musker two. Rob Paulsen appears in twelve of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Kenneth Mars's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$656 million

17 of the 38 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 38 films: 17 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 6 never in cinemas; 14 figure not found.

  • 17Worldwide figure
  • 1US gross only
  • 6Never in cinemas
  • 14Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 92% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    The Little Mermaid1989as Triton (voice)
    $211M32.2% of the total
  2. 2
    $102M15.6% of the total
  3. 3
    Young Frankenstein1974as Inspector Kemp
    $86M13.1% of the total
  4. 4
    What's Up, Doc?1972as Hugh Simon
    $66M10.1% of the total
  5. 5
    Fletch1985as Stanton Boyd
    $60M9.1% of the total
  6. 6
    $33M5.1% of the total
  7. 7
    Protocol1984as Lou
    $26M4.0% of the total
  8. 8
    The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again1979as Marshal Woolly Bill Hitchcock
    $21M3.2% of the total
For Keeps? (1988), $17.5 millionThumbelina (1994), $11.4 millionWe're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), $9.3 millionYellowbeard (1983), $4.3 millionThe Parallax View (1974), $2.9 millionShadows and Fog (1991), $2.7 millionThe Producers (1968), $1.6 millionCitizen Ruth (1996), $285,112Rough Magic (1995), $247,202

$50.3 millionfrom the other 9 films with a worldwide figure, 8% of the total