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Kenneth Mars

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 co-starred in Peter Bogdanovich's ''What's Up, Doc?'' (1972) as well as appearing in 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, 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 had several other animated voice-over film roles, such as Littlefoot's grandfather Longneck in ''The Land Before Time'' series (1994–2008), Professor Screweyes in ''We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story'' (1993), King Colbert in ''Thumbelina'' (1994), and Tuskernini in ''Darkwing Duck'' (1991–1992). He voiced the Vault 13 Overseer in Interplay's ''Fallout''. In 2001 he played uncle Sid, Grace's aunt Honeys husband, on Will and Grace. Provided by Wikipedia