Kenneth Mars

Career timeline

1. 1935 · Born

   Born in Chicago, Illinois, USA

2. 1955 · Screen debut

   Gunsmoke (TV)

3. 1971 · Breakthrough

   Columbo (TV)

4. 2006 · Latest release

   Hannah Montana (TV)

5. 2011 · Died

   February 12, 2011

Career in numbers

1 1950s

8 1960s

16 1970s

19 1980s

31 1990s

10 2000s

• Comedy44
• Animation33
• Family27
• Drama26
• Crime14
• Mystery14

Highest-rated title Batman: The Animated Series 1992 8.6 Most popular title Columbo 1971 8.1

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Kenneth Mars in our catalogue.

Rob Paulsen

13 titles together

Tress MacNeille

12 titles together

Jeff Bennett

11 titles together

John Ingle

11 titles together

Michael Tavera

10 titles together

Miriam Flynn

9 titles together

Charles Grosvenor

8 titles together

Anndi McAfee

8 titles together

Aria Noelle Curzon

8 titles together

Frank Welker

6 titles together

1. 2006 Hannah Montana as Gunther 7.1 TV
2. 2006 The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers as Grandpa / Parasaurlophus (voice) 6.2 Movie
3. 2005 The Land Before Time XI: Invasion of the Tinysauruses as Grandpa (voice) 6.3 Movie
4. 2003 The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration as Grandpa (voice) 6.3 Movie
5. 2002 The Land Before Time IX: Journey to Big Water as Grandpa (voice) 6.3 Movie
6. 2001 The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze as Grandpa / Lambeosaurus (voice) 6.2 Movie
7. 2001 The Legend of Tarzan as Old Gorilla (voice) 7.1 TV
8. 2000 The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire as Grandpa (voice) 6.2 Movie
9. 2000 The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea as King Triton (voice) 6.4 Movie
10. 2000 Malcolm in the Middle as Otto Mannkusser 8.5 TV
11. 1998 The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock as Grandpa (voice) 6.2 Movie
12. 1998 Becker as Melvin 7.3 TV
13. 1998 L.A. Doctors as Bill TV
14. 1998 Will & Grace as Uncle Sid 6.9 TV
15. 1998 Godzilla: The Series 7.9 TV
16. 1997 Cow and Chicken as Candy Store Geek / Policeman (voice) 7.1 TV
17. 1997 The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island as Grandpa (voice) 6.3 Movie
18. 1997 The Angry Beavers 7.0 TV
19. 1997 Just Shoot Me! as Horst 6.7 TV
20. 1996 The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists as Grandpa (voice) 6.2 Movie
21. 1996 Arli$$ as Coach Duffy TV
22. 1995 Freakazoid! as Dr. Gunther Hunterhanker (voice) 7.8 TV
23. 1995 The Land Before Time III: The Time of the Great Giving as Grandpa (voice) 6.2 Movie
24. 1994 The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure as Grandpa (voice) 6.3 Movie
25. 1994 Party of Five as Earl Garraty 7.0 TV
26. 1994 Duckman as Native American (voice) 7.3 TV
27. 1994 Weird Science 6.6 TV
28. 1993 We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story as Professor Screweyes (voice) 6.1 Movie
29. 1993 Diagnosis: Murder as Wallace Carstairs 7.1 TV
30. 1993 Animaniacs as Beethoven (voice) 8.0 TV
31. 1993 Mighty Max 6.3 TV
32. 1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Colyus 7.9 TV
33. 1992 Hangin' with Mr. Cooper as Mr. Hucklebuck 6.7 TV
34. 1992 The Little Mermaid as King Triton (voice) 7.0 TV
35. 1992 Batman: The Animated Series as Richard (voice) 8.6 TV
36. 1991 Darkwing Duck 7.4 TV
37. 1990 She'll Take Romance as Smokey Movie
38. 1990 Evening Shade as Mayor Ogden TV
39. 1990 Tiny Toon Adventures 7.8 TV
40. 1990 TaleSpin as Heimlich Menudo (voice) 7.4 TV
41. 1990 Tom & Jerry Kids Show as Narrator (voice) 6.4 TV
42. 1989 The Little Mermaid as Triton (voice) 7.4 Movie
43. 1989 Police Academy 6: City Under Siege as Mayor 5.1 Movie
44. 1988 For Keeps as Mr. Bobrucz 6.5 Movie
45. 1987 A Different World as Ridley 7.2 TV
46. 1987 DuckTales as Auric (voice) 7.7 TV
47. 1986 The Flintstone Kids as Narrator 6.5 TV
48. 1986 Perfect Strangers as Ace Atkins 6.7 TV
49. 1986 The Adventures of the American Rabbit as Vultor / Walt (voice) Movie
50. 1985 The Twilight Zone as (segment "Tooth and Consequences") 7.7 TV
51. 1985 Beer as A.J. Norbecker Movie
52. 1985 Fletch as Stanton Boyd 6.7 Movie
53. 1984 Protocol as Lou 5.5 Movie
54. 1984 Charles in Charge as Poppa Grundov 6.1 TV
55. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Hemsley Post 7.5 TV
56. 1983 Hardcastle and McCormick 6.5 TV
57. 1983 Yellowbeard as Mr. Crisp 5.6 Movie
58. 1981 Simon & Simon 6.7 TV
59. 1980 Magnum, P.I. as Joseph 7.3 TV
60. 1980 The Flintstone Comedy Show as Lou Granite 7.4 TV
61. 1979 Trapper John, M.D. 6.6 TV
62. 1979 Hart to Hart as Dr. Cobb 6.9 TV
63. 1979 Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo as Director 7.5 TV
64. 1979 The Facts of Life 7.0 TV
65. 1978 Project U.F.O. TV
66. 1976 Alice 7.0 TV
67. 1976 Laverne & Shirley 7.1 TV
68. 1975 Wonder Woman as Colonel Von Blasko 7.0 TV
69. 1975 It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman! as Max Mencken Movie
70. 1975 Barney Miller as Officer Callahan 7.4 TV
71. 1974 Young Frankenstein as Inspector Kemp 7.9 Movie
72. 1974 Police Woman 6.5 TV
73. 1974 The Parallax View as Former FBI Agent Will 6.8 Movie
74. 1973 Barnaby Jones as William Tarkington IV 7.0 TV
75. 1971 Desperate Characters as Otto Bentwood Movie
76. 1971 Columbo as Mike 8.1 TV
77. 1969 Love, American Style as Jake 6.2 TV
78. 1969 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid as Marshal 7.6 Movie
79. 1969 Room 222 6.1 TV
80. 1968 The Producers as Franz Liebkind 7.1 Movie
81. 1967 Mannix 6.9 TV
82. 1967 Ironside as Adam Bronson 6.8 TV
83. 1966 That Girl 6.2 TV
84. 1965 Get Smart as Tom Orlando 8.0 TV
85. 1955 Gunsmoke as Clyde Hayes 6.7 TV

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