- Born
- Died
- Nickname
- Kenny
- Height6′ 3″ (1.91 m)
- Kenneth Mars was an American actor and comedian. 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).
- IMDb mini biography by: Bonitao
- SpouseBarbara Jean Neugeboren (Newborn)(March 1961 - July 1970) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenRebecca D Mars
- ParentsSonny Mars
- Usually played comedic roles, often German characters, especially in Mel Brooks films.
- Recorded a comedy LP where he portrayed Henry Kissinger.
- Mars began acting in 1961 with the first national company of "The Sound of Music" as Baron Elberfeld and understudied the role of Max (also in the cast was Barbara Newborn, who became his wife). In 1963, he graduated with a degree in Fine Arts and Drama from Northwestern University.
- His father, Bernard "Sonny" Mars (born Baruch Bernard Myrski; 1914-1985), was a comedian, who was a radio and television personality.
- He had two daughters with his wife, Barbara: Susannah Mars and Rebecca. He also had six grandchildren.
- He has appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: The Producers (1967), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), Young Frankenstein (1974) and The Little Mermaid (1989).
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