Kenneth Mars Movies and Career Information

Kenneth Mars (born April 14, 1936) is an American television, movie and voice actor. Best known for his roles in several Mel Brooks films, the most memorable being the insane Nazi playwright of Springtime for Hitler, Franz Liebkind, in 1968's The Producers and the relentless Police Inspector Hans Wilhelm Fredrich Kemp in 1974's Young Frankenstein. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. In 1962, he made his acting debut as a book publisher on the comedy series Car 54, Where Are You?. from the on he appeared on multiple other TV series; as Clyde Hayes on Gunsmoke, as Tom Orlando on Get Smart, as Doctor Thursby and Mister Buchanan on McMillan & Wife, as Jack on The Bob Crane Show and on many others. Mars had the role of the friendly fireman neighbor Harry Zarakartos on the television sitcom He & She, and has also been featured in a number of small roles in programs such as the Misfits of Science pilot episode, the audio program Adventures in Odyssey, and the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Shadowplay". He was cast opposite Bette Davis in Hello Mother, Goodbye!, a 1973 television pilot that was aired by NBC but never added to its schedule. From 1970 till 1974 he guest starred in 5