Kip King

Kip King (born Jerome Charles Kattan; August 11, 1937 – July 15, 2010) was an American film, television and voice actor. He was the father of American television sketch comedian Chris Kattan.
Life and career
King was born Jerome Charles Kattan in Chicago, Illinois, the son of an Iraqi-Jewish father and a Polish-Jewish mother. His father, who was from Baghdad, was a letter carrier for T.E. Lawrence.
King was probably best known for voicing Tailor Smurf in the 1980s television cartoon series The Smurfs. Long associated with Hanna-Barbera, King provided the voice of Shecky in The Biskitts (1983). He was also in the voice casts of The Little Rascals (1982), Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979-1980), Tom & Jerry Kids (1990), Droopy, Master Detective and the Flintstones TV special I Yabba-Dabba Do! (both 1993).
He also made many guest appearances in films and on television shows such as Diff'rent Strokes, Corky Romano, Bachelor Father, The Munsters Today, One Day at a Time, Dragnet (both 1954 and 1989 versions), Burke's Law, The Bronx Zoo, Mister Roberts, Babylon 5: Thirdspace, Barney Miller, Mister Ed, The Bill Cosby Show, My Living Doll, The Beverly Hillbillies, Ben Casey, Mannix, The Rifleman, America 2-Night, Reno 911!, 12 O'Clock High, More Than Friends, Small Wonder, Breast Men, The Fall Guy, Burke's Law, Cagney and Lacey, The Partridge Family and The Jeffersons. He also wrote the teleplay for an episode of The Betty Hutton Show.
King was an original member of The Groundlings comedy troupe.
King died on July 15, 2010, after a long illness.
Filmography
Animated roles
Droopy, Master Detective - Additional Voices
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo - Additional Voices
The Biskitts - Shecky
The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour - Additional Voices
The Smurfs - Tailor Smurf
Timeless Tales from Hallmark - Various Characters
Tom & Jerry Kids - Additional Voices
Live-action roles
12 O'Clock High - Sgt. Weinstock
America 2-Night - Rabbi Shecky Stein
Babylon 5: Thirdspace - Leo
Bachelor Father - Ansel
Barney Miller - Nicholas Baskin, Paul Powell
Batman - Nick
Ben Casey - Victor
Big Town
Bollywood Hero - Himself
Bosom Buddies - Budd Shore
Burke's Law - Skins
Captain Nice
Cagney and Lacey - Businessman
Call Me Claus - Rabbi Rosenfarb
Charlie and Company - Ronald Sandler
The Real McCoys - Spookie
Diff'rent Strokes - Dr. Padnick
Don't Call Me Charlie! - Irving (1963 – unaired episode)
Dragnet - Johnny Colter (1956)
Dragnet - Stan Gibbon (1989)
EZ Streets - Insurance Adjuster
Going My Way - Second Boy, Joey
Halfway Home - Alan's Dad
Handsome Harry's - Honest Stu Olsen
High Sierra Search and Rescue
Jack's Place
Longstreet - Dr. Fowler
Love, American Style (segment Love and the Nurse)
Mannix - Dr. Kelly
Man with a Camera - Ding Dong Fabrizi
Medic - Lambert
Mister Ed - Norman Howard
Mister Roberts - Wiley
More Than Friends - Lily Pad Pal
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington - Emil, Bobo Bowman
M Squad - Badger
My Favorite Martian - Freddie Carson
My Living Doll - Bellboy
One Day at a Time - Mr. Neiman, Mr. Robters
Out of This World - Dr. Stockman
Reno 911! - Larry Plum
Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women - Wardell
Saturday Night Live - Jerome Mills (uncredited)
Small Wonder - Kenny Hart
The Beverly Hillbillies - Producer #3
The Bill Cosby Show - Sam Cutter
The Bronx Zoo - Uncle Louie
The Eleventh Hour - Tom
The Facts of Life - Florist
The Fall Guy
The Jeffersons - Mr. Mendelson
The June Allyson Show - Ward
The Munsters Today - Burt Fearman
The Partridge Family - Second Musician
The Proper Time - Jerry Rohn
The Rifleman - Donnel O'Mahoney
The Smothers Brothers Show - Messenger
The Walter Winchell File - Freddy Lundberg
Film roles
The Young Guns (1956) - Miguel (uncredited)
Tea and Sympathy (1956) - Ted
Dino - Allie (uncredited)
Johnny Trouble (1957) - Kip King
Kiss Them for Me (1957) - Marine (uncredited)
Peyton Place (1957) - Pee Wee (uncredited)
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) - Soldier (uncredited)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) - Delivery Boy (uncredited)
Kid Galahad (1962) - Round Card Man for Romero, Galahad Fight (uncredited)
The Proper Time (1962) - Jerry Rohn
Thunder Alley (1967) - Dom
Westworld (1974) - Technician #6
Black Starlet (1974) - Commercial Director
Murph the Surf (1975) - Party Guest #3
Slumber Party '57 (1976) - School Teacher
Scout's Honor (1980, TV Movie) - Mr. Appleorchard
Student Confidential (1987) - Mr. Goldman
Cyber-C.H.I.C. (1990) - Dr. Von Colon
I Yabba-Dabba Do! (1993, TV Movie) - (voice)
Breast Men (1997, TV Movie) - Barry Biggs
A Night at the Roxbury (1998) - Flower Customer #2
Perfumed Garden (2000) - Daerco
Vice (2000) - Judge Roper
Corky Romano (2001) - Dr. Kipper
A Light in the Forest (2003) - Lowell Hawkins
A Golightly Gathering (2009) - Himself
Scouts Honor (2009) - Mr. Appleorchard (final film role)
References
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1937 births
2010 deaths
American male film actors
American people of Iraqi-Jewish descent
American people of Polish-Jewish descent
American male television actors
American male voice actors
Jewish American male actors
Male actors from Chicago
American Mizrahi Jews
21st-century Mizrahi Jews
20th-century Mizrahi Jews
21st-century American Jews