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Main Discussion Area => In Memoriam, Happy Birthday => Topic started by: RGMike on February 14, 2011, 06:45:56 PM

Title: RIP Kenneth Mars
Post by: RGMike on February 14, 2011, 06:45:56 PM

of Young Frankenstein, The Producers and many other films & TV shows

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/young-frankenstein-actor-kenneth-mars-99482

Title: Re: RIP Kenneth Mars
Post by: RGMike on February 15, 2011, 08:07:24 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-d85PxawBA

Title: Re: RIP Kenneth Mars
Post by: mshray on February 15, 2011, 09:45:33 AM

Not mentioned in that article, but he was also the voice of King Triton, Ariel's father, in Little Mermaid, which resurrected Disney animation.

Title: Re: RIP Kenneth Mars
Post by: RGMike on February 15, 2011, 09:59:09 AM

Quote from: mshray on February 15, 2011, 09:45:33 AM

Not mentioned in that article, but he was also the voice of King Triton, Ariel's father, in Little Mermaid, which resurrected Disney animation.

and I must use the opportunity to flog the great CBS '60s sitcom He & She, which you can find on YouTube. Ahead of its time, with the sort of sophisticated writing that would become a CBS hallmark in the '70s with MTM and Newhart (some of the same writers, actually). Mars played a fireman whose station was across the street from the main characters (Richard Benjamin & Paula Prentiss).