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).
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Known For
The Little Mermaid
(1989)
King Triton (voice)
The Producers
(1968)
Franz Liebkind
Young Frankenstein
(1974)
Inspector Kemp
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969)
Marshal
The Parallax View
(1974)
Former FBI Agent Will
Police Academy 6: City Under Siege
(1989)
Mayor
Thumbelina
(1994)
King Colbert (voice)
The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure
(1994)
Grandpa (voice)
The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock
(1998)
Grandpa (voice)
The Land Before Time XII: The Great Day of the Flyers
(2006)
Grandpa / Parasaurlophus (voice)
The Land Before Time IV: Journey Through the Mists
(1996)
Grandpa (voice)
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
(1993)
Professor Screweyes (voice)
The Land Before Time VIII: The Big Freeze
(2001)
Grandpa / Lambeosaurus (voice)
The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration