Kenneth Mars

Kenneth Mars

1935-04-04 Chicago, Illinois, USA 69 Credits

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 b...

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The Little Mermaid Live!

The Little Mermaid Live!

2019

as King Triton (voice)

6.9
Acting

Live musical performances by a star-studded cast will be interwoven into the broadcast of the animated classic.

The Last Laugh

The Last Laugh

2016

as Self

6.9
Acting

Feature documentary about humor and the Holocaust, examining whether it is ever acceptable to use humor in connection with a tragedy of that scale, an...

The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers

The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers

2006

as Grandpa / Parasaurlophus (voice)

6.2
Acting

As the Great Day of the Flyers nears, the Great Valley's flying youngsters are eager to participate in the annual exhibition to show off their skills....

The Land Before Time: 2 DinoRiffic Adventures

The Land Before Time: 2 DinoRiffic Adventures

2006

as Grandpa Longneck

7.6
Acting
Disney Heroes Volume 1

Disney Heroes Volume 1

2005

as Old Gorilla (voice)

7.9
Acting
The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses

The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses

2005

as Grandpa (voice)

6.3
Acting

Littlefoot and his friends return in another adventure. But this time, they aren't the smallest dinosaurs in the valley anymore.

The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration

The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration

2003

as Grandpa (voice)

6.3
Acting

A bedtime story leads Littlefoot and his grandparents on a journey to a new land, where Littlefoot discovers someone who vanished before he was born: ...

The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water

The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water

2002

as Grandpa (voice)

6.2
Acting

Littlefoot befriends with a mysterious, fun-loving dolphin-like creature named Mo, who is trapped in "new water" caused by heavy rain. The gang then g...

The Making of 'The Producers'

The Making of 'The Producers'

2002

as Self

7.5
Acting

An hour-long making-of featurette which features interviews and anecdotes from the likes of Mel Brooks, Gene Wilder, Kenneth Mars, Lee "Ulla" Meredith...

The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze

The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze

2001

as Grandpa / Lambeosaurus (voice)

6.1
Acting

When the dinosaur families get trapped in a valley by an ice storm, one family of "spike tail" dinosaurs volunteers to leave since they consume more f...

Teddy Bears' Picnic

Teddy Bears' Picnic

2001

as Gene Molinari

2.3
Acting

In Harry Shearer's tongue-in-cheek comedy, a waiter at Zanbesu Glen (a chi-chi Northern California resort) uses his movie camera to spy on the annual ...

The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire

The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire

2000

as Grandpa (voice)

6.2
Acting

Littlefoot and his pals set off in search of a "stone of cold fire" that fell from the night sky. Since he's the only one who has seen it though, nobo...

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

How to Marry a Billionaire: A Christmas Tale

2000

as Buzz

3.4
Acting

Three broke men try to become rich by finding rich women.

Runaway Virus

Runaway Virus

2000

as Dr. Arnold Bowman

4.6
Acting

Two virus experts track down contagious people across the world. But it's only a matter of time before L.A. is exposed to the virus.

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

2000

as King Triton (voice)

6.4
Acting

Set several years after the first film, Ariel and Prince Eric are happily married with a daughter, Melody. In order to protect Melody from the Sea Wit...

The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock

The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock

1998

as Grandpa (voice)

6.1
Acting

Legends claim that Saurus Rock keeps bad luck out of the Great Valley. Is it really true? Could the mysterious Longneck named Doc be the famous Lone D...

The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island

The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island

1997

as Grandpa (voice)

6.2
Acting

Littlefoot and his friends the gang in their next when a swarm of leaf gobblers had destroyed their homes and this forces them to find a new home but ...

Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie

Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie

1997

as Professor Von Trapp (voice) (archive footage)

6.0
Acting

Bruno the Kid faces a trio of world-class villains, just as his mentor, Jarlsburg, decides to retire.

Citizen Ruth

Citizen Ruth

1996

as Dr. Charlie Rollins

6.6
Acting

"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is...

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists

The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists

1996

as Grandpa (voice)

6.2
Acting

When Littlefoot grandfather falls ill, The dinosaurs only way to cure him is a flower in the forbidding land of mist which hold unexpecting perils and...

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

Making Frankensense of Young Frankenstein

1996

as Inspector Kemp (archive footage)

8.5
Acting

Via reminiscences from writer/actor Gene Wilder and others, this documentary recalls the making of the 1974 film Young Frankenstein.

Rough Magic

Rough Magic

1995

as Magician

5.6
Acting

In the 1950s, a pretty magician's apprentice travels to Mexico to escape her boyfriend, a wealthy politician, and to find a Mayan shaman who will teac...

The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving

The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving

1995

as Grandpa (voice)

6.2
Acting

When a sudden shortage of water threatens all life in the great valley, The gang of young dinosaur must cooperate with a group of bullies to make a ri...

The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure

The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure

1994

as Grandpa (voice)

6.3
Acting

This time, while building a hideaway in their new home of the Great Valley, Littlefoot and the gang rescue a mysterious egg from two scheming egg-napp...

Thumbelina

Thumbelina

1994

as King Colbert (voice)

6.4
Acting

Born of a flower and growing to only a couple of inches tall, poor Thumbelina is worried she'll never meet someone her own size, until she happens to ...

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

1993

as Professor Screweyes (voice)

6.1
Acting

Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes them intelligent and non-violent. They agree to go to th...

Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's

Sex, Shock & Censorship in the 90's

1993

as Reverend Pete

Acting

Newswoman Fay Sommerfield takes a morally outraged look at excessive violence, bad language and sacrilege that pass for entertainment in the early 90s...

Shadows and Fog

Shadows and Fog

1991

as Magician

6.7
Acting

With a serial strangler on the loose, a bookkeeper wanders around town searching for the vigilante group intent on catching the killer.

Mimi & Me

1991

as Uncle Al

Acting

Mimi, a free spirited girl out shopping, is given a mysterious box by a dying man, who instructs her not to give it to his killers. While being chased...

She'll Take Romance

She'll Take Romance

1990

as Smokey

2.5
Acting

A TV reporter leads a search for the most romantic man in Seattle and finds one for herself.

Son of Dinosaurs

Son of Dinosaurs

1989

6.2
Acting

The mysterious Dr. Lizardi entrusts Gary and Eric with a dinosaur egg. Now, they must find out everything they can about dinosaurs before the egg hat...

The Little Mermaid

The Little Mermaid

1989

as King Triton (voice)

7.4
Acting

This colorful adventure tells the story of an impetuous mermaid princess named Ariel who falls in love with the very human Prince Eric and puts everyt...

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

Police Academy 6: City Under Siege

1989

as Mayor

5.2
Acting

Our favourite police men are called together to deal with a gang who rob banks and jewelers. Using their various talents as well as their extraordinar...

Get Smart, Again!

Get Smart, Again!

1989

as Cmdr. Drury

5.3
Acting

KAOS has invented a weather machine so Maxwell Smart and Agent 99 are called back into action to foil this evil plan.

Illegally Yours

Illegally Yours

1988

as Hal B. Keeler

4.2
Acting

Called up for jury duty, Richard Dice finds his first crush and only real, but unrequited love, on trial for murder. Richard desperately tries to prov...

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats

1988

as Director / Dogcatcher (voice)

6.4
Acting

Beverly hills dowager leaves everything to Benny the Ball because her only rightful heir, her niece Amy, is missing. But that's only if Benny stays al...

For Keeps

For Keeps

1988

as Mr. Bobrucz

6.5
Acting

Young high school couple Darcy Elliot and Stan Bobrucz are one year from graduation, with promising futures ahead of them. But their paths take a dras...

Rented Lips

Rented Lips

1987

as Reverend Farrell

3.7
Acting

A documentary filmmaker, who has spent the last 15 years making films like "Aluminum: Our Shiny Friend," is finally given the chance to make the docum...

Radio Days

Radio Days

1987

as Rabbi Baumel

7.1
Acting

The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944,...

The Adventures of the American Rabbit

The Adventures of the American Rabbit

1986

as Vultor / Walt (voice)

5.2
Acting

To fight evil, a young rabbit can transform into a star spangled superhero.

Prince Jack

Prince Jack

1985

as Lyndon Johnson

Acting

A dramatic look at the inner workings of the Kennedy administration.

Beer

Beer

1985

as A.J. Norbecker

4.0
Acting

An advertising firm, desperate to keep an account from a financially-ailing brewery, concocts a macho ad campaign centering on three losers who inadve...

Fletch

Fletch

1985

as Stanton Boyd

6.7
Acting

When investigative reporter Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher goes undercover to write a piece on the drug trade at a local beach, he's approached by wealthy bu...

Protocol

Protocol

1984

as Lou

5.5
Acting

A Washington waitress saves the Emir of Ohtar's life, launching her diplomatic career and a scandal.

Yellowbeard

Yellowbeard

1983

as Mr. Crisp

5.5
Acting

For years Yellowbeard had looted the Spanish Main, making men eat their lips and swallow their hearts. Caught and convicted for tax evasion, he's sent...

Group Madness

Group Madness

1983

as Self

Acting

A behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of 1983's Yellowbeard

The Rules of Marriage

The Rules of Marriage

1982

as Red Hewitt

1.0
Acting

A seemingly perfect marriage disintegrates, as both husband and wife become involved in a series of affairs.

Full Moon High

Full Moon High

1981

as The Coach - Principal Cleveland

4.3
Acting

High-school quarterback Tony Walker is bitten by a werewolf and transforms into a growling beast that hungrily chases down beautiful girls.

Before and After

Before and After

1979

as Ben Fryer

2.7
Acting

Patty Duke loses weight and discovers her husband has been cheating on her.

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

1979

as Woolly Bill Hitchcock

6.4
Acting

Amos and Theodore, the two bumbling outlaw wannabes from The Apple Dumpling Gang, are back and trying to make it on their own. This time, the crazy du...

You Can't Take it With You

You Can't Take it With You

1979

as Mr. Kolenkhov

Acting

Emmy winner Jean Stapleton and Academy Award winner Art Carney star in the Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart about a sl...

Goin' Coconuts

Goin' Coconuts

1978

as Kruse

3.8
Acting

The toothsome singing duo, Donny and Marie Osmond, head for Hawaii in this comedy. The trouble begins when Marie acquires a lovely necklace without re...

Night Moves

Night Moves

1975

as Nick

6.7
Acting

Private detective and former football player Harry Moseby gets hired on to what seems a standard missing person case - a former Hollywood actress want...

Someone I Touched

Someone I Touched

1975

as Paul Wrightwood

5.4
Acting

A woman learns that her husband has been unfaithful and that she has acquired a venereal disease. Then she learns that, after years of trying, she is ...

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!

It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!

1975

as Max Mencken

4.0
Acting

TV adaptation of the campy 1960s Broadway musical about the Man of Steel, his friends, his enemies, and his self-image problems.

Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein

1974

as Inspector Kemp

7.9
Acting

A young neurosurgeon inherits the castle of his grandfather, the famous Dr. Victor von Frankenstein. In the castle he finds a funny hunchback, a prett...

The Parallax View

The Parallax View

1974

as Former FBI Agent Will

6.8
Acting

An ambitious reporter gets in trouble while investigating a senator's assassination which leads to a vast conspiracy involving a multinational corpora...

Hello Mother, Goodbye!

Hello Mother, Goodbye!

1974

6.0
Acting

A successful engineer tires of his high-tension job and quits to start his own mail-order company, much to his mother's consternation.

Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?

Guess Who's Sleeping in My Bed?

1973

as Mitchell Bernard

5.0
Acting

A divorcee wakes up one morning to find her penniless ex-husband, his new wife and baby and their big dog camped out on her doorstep, looking for a pl...

Steambath

Steambath

1973

as Broker

5.4
Acting

Tandy, Merideth and assorted others unexpectedly wake up in a steambath with no easy exit. After spending some time there, it becomes clear that the s...

What's Up, Doc?

What's Up, Doc?

1972

as Hugh Simon

7.4
Acting

The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.

Second Chance

Second Chance

1972

as Dr. Julius Roth

7.0
Acting

A rich stockbroker buys a Nevada ghost town as a community for people who need a second chance in life.

Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?

Screwball Comedies... Remember Them?

1972

as Self

5.0
Acting

A documentary about the making of Peter Bogdanovich's screwball comedy "What's Up Doc?" starring Barbra Streisand and Ryan O'Neal.

Desperate Characters

Desperate Characters

1971

as Otto Bentwood

5.3
Acting

Sophie and Otto Bentwood are a middle-aged, middle class, childless Brooklyn Heights couple trapped in a loveless marriage. He is an attorney, she a t...

Viva Max!

Viva Max!

1969

as Dr. Sam Gillison

5.5
Acting

In order to prove his greatness to his unimpressed girlfriend, Mexican general Max takes a group of men across the border and recaptures the Alamo - i...

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969

as Marshal

7.6
Acting

As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in ho...

The April Fools

The April Fools

1969

as Les Hopkins

6.0
Acting

Newly-promoted if none too happily married Howard Brubaker leaves a rowdy company party early with the stunning Catherine, whom it turns out is hersel...

The Producers

The Producers

1968

as Franz Liebkind

7.1
Acting

Broadway producer Max Bialystock and his accountant, Leo Bloom plan to make money by charming wealthy old biddies to invest in a production many times...

Act One

Act One

1963

as Robert E. Sherwood

5.9
Acting

This autobiographical story traces the career of playwright Moss Hart. Moss struggles as a dramatic writer until he concentrates his efforts on writin...