| Kenneth Mars | |
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| General Information | |
| Birth Name: | Kenneth Mars |
| Birth Date: | April 4, 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Death Date: | February 12, 2011 |
| Character(s) Portrayed: | Richard |
Kenneth Mars was an American television, film and voice actor. Mars appeared in several seasons of Malcolm in the Middle as Otto, Francis's well-meaning but dim-witted boss. He was well known as the voice of King Triton, Ariel's father, in the 1989 Disney animated film The Little Mermaid and its sequel, the television series and the Kingdom Hearts series. Mars also did several other animated voice over film roles such as Littlefoot's grandfather in the Land Before Time series and that of Professor Screweyes in We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993), and King Colbert (Prince Cornelius's father) in Thumbelina (1994). Mars voiced a minor character in Batman: The Animated Series.
He died from pancreatic cancer on February 12, 2011, aged 75.
