Kenneth Mars Biography

Fast Facts

• Graduated with a degree in Fine Arts and Drama from Northwestern University
• Married Barbara Newborn on June 1997, having two children and six grandchildren
• Died of pancreatic cancer at age 75
• Began acting after graduation, joining the first national company of the Sound of Music
• Actor and voice artist best remembered from "The Producers" (1967), "Young Frankenstein" (1974), "The Little Mermaid" (1989), TV's "Malcolm in the Middle," "The Pink Panther" and much more
• Released his "Henry the First" comedy album in 1975, where he portrayed statesman and political scientist Henry Kissinger in a several bits
• Also an accomplished theater actor, even performing on Broadway