Alan Oppenheimer

Alan Oppenheimer is an Emmy Award-nominated actor who appeared as Koroth in the sixth season episode , Keogh in the second season episode and later the Nezu ambassador in the third season episode . In addition, Oppenheimer was the voice of Captain Wells in the tutorial section of the Taldren PC 0Pgame Star Trek: Starfleet Command II - Empires at War, which also featured the voices of Michael Bell and George Takei. However, he is probably best recognized as a distinguished voice actor, having done voiceover work for dozens of animated shorts, television series, and films. 
== Voice work ==
Oppenheimer has lent his voice to several animated programs developed by Filmation, the studio responsible for . Perhaps his most notable work for Filmation was the voice of Skeletor and Man at Arms (among several other characters) in the popular 1980s series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and the spin-off series She-Ra Princess of Power. (Oppenheimer would later reprise the voice role of Skeletor in the 2022 film alongside Tim Robinson and Eric Bana while also voicing He-Man as well.) He also voiced the famous Mighty Mouse in Filmation's The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle in 1979. Filmation's Mighty Mouse series also featured the voice of Frank Welker as Heckle and Jeckle and Filmation head Norm Prescott. Another Filmation series Oppenheimer worked on was The New Adventures of Flash Gordon, in which he voiced Ming the Merciless.
In addition to his Filmation work, Oppenheimer is recognized as the voice of Vanity Smurf in Hanna-Barbera's The Smurfs (1981-90), alongside the late Hamilton Camp, who voiced Greedy and Harmony Smurf. Oppenheimer and Camp had previously co-starred together on the short-lived series He & She (1967-68), which also starred Kenneth Mars. While still working on Smurfs, Oppenheimer voiced characters in (1984). He later voiced in the animated television pilot Pryde of the X-Men, based on the characters owned by Marvel Comics. Others who voiced characters in the pilot include Michael Bell (as Cyclops), Earl Boen (as Colossus), Ron Gans (as Magneto), and the aforementioned Frank Welker (as Nightcrawler, The Toad, and Lockheed). 
Oppenheimer voiced Councillor Berrybowum in multiple episodes of Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears from 1987 through 1991. Among the other voice actors he worked with on this show were Walker Edmiston, Jason Marsden, and R.J. Williams. Oppenheimer provided voices on several other Disney cartoons during this time, including several characters on DuckTales, Principal Ed Pomeroy on TaleSpin, and crime boss Aldren Klordane in the pilot movie for Chip 'N' Dale Rescue Rangers. 
In 1992, Oppenheimer lent his voice to the Japanese animated film Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland. René Auberjonois and Michael Bell had voice-over roles in this film, as well. Oppenheimer later voiced Professor Jack Archer on the animated series Phantom 2040, working with the likes of Paddi Edwards, Richard Lynch, Ron Perlman, Pamela Segall, and Paul Williams. 
In 2003, several years after the first season finished production, Oppenheimer replaced James Milton for the second season of the anime The Big O as Norman Burg, the butler to the series' protagonist. The main antagonist of the series, Alex Rosewater, was voiced in both seasons by Michael Forest. 
As of 2009, Oppenheimer continues to do voice work for television and movies, as well as for video games. Some of his video game credits have included Forgotten Realms: Baldur's Gate II – Shadows of Amn (with Michael Bell, Michael Dorn, James Horan, Jason Marsden, Dwight Schultz, David Warner, and Frank Welker), Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix (with Earl Boen, Michael Bell, Rosalind Chao, Boris Krutonog, Kenneth Mars, and Keith Szarabajka), and God of War II (with Paul Eiding, Armin Shimerman, and Marc Worden).
More recently, Oppenheimer can be heard in Toy Story 4 and as the Scientist in the 2009 animated film 9, which also featured the voice of Christopher Plummer. Oppenheimer then voiced butler in the direct-to-DVD movie Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. Among the others with voice-over roles in this movie are LeVar Burton and Clancy Brown. Oppenheimer is not the first Star Trek veteran to play the character of Alfred; Clive Revill voiced the character in early episodes of Batman: The Animated Series, while Ian Abercrombie played the role in the 2002-2003 live-action series Birds of Prey. In 2015, he voiced Paladin Brandis in , alongside Keith Szarabajka, Tim Russ, Dwight Schultz, and Robert Picardo.
== Live-action television work ==
Besides his voiceover credits, Oppenheimer has played a variety of notable live-action roles. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, he appeared in episodes of such shows as I Spy, Get Smart (working with Walker Edmiston and William Schallert), Hogan's Heroes, I Dream of Jeannie, The Mod Squad (which starred Tige Andrews and Clarence Williams III), Bewitched, Bonanza, and Happy Days (working with Don Most, Anson Williams, and Ed Peck). 
In 1973, Oppenheimer took over the role of Dr. Rudy Wells from Martin Balsam on the second pilot movie for The Six Million Dollar Man. He continued to occasionally play the role through the first and second seasons of that show (after the pilot films, the series was produced by Harve Bennett). He left after his character performed the original bionic replacement surgery on Jaime Sommers (The Bionic Woman) in an episode that co-starred Malachi Throne and Paul Carr. Although another actor took over the role, Oppenheimer reprised Dr. Wells for one later episode that was a sequel to an earlier storyline and featured flashback footage involving Oppenheimer alongside newly shot footage.
Oppenheimer had a role in (1976, featuring Marc Alaimo, David Clennon, Bruce French, Skip Homeier, and Robert Ito). That same year, Oppenheimer appeared in the TV movie Riding with Death, working with Andrew Prine. In 1978, Oppenheimer appeared in the Paramount Television movie The Ghost of Flight 401, as did Gary Lockwood, Allan Miller, Byron Morrow, Eugene Roche, and Mark L. Taylor.
During the 1980s, Oppenheimer guest-starred on shows such as (1980, with Robin Gammell and Logan Ramsey), (with Nicolas Coster and Louise Sorel), (with Ron Glass and James Gregory), (starring Madge Sinclair), (starring John Larroquette), (directed by Leo Penn), and (starring Corbin Bernsen and Larry Drake). He also played Ira Rosenthal in two episodes of , starring William Daniels, Ed Begley, Jr. Christina Pickles, and Norman Lloyd.
In addition, Oppenheimer played Mayor Alvin Tutweiller in several episodes of the NBC sitcom Mama's Family. He then landed a recurring role as Eugene Kinsella on , for which he received an nomination in 1991. He appeared in eleven episodes of Murphy Brown from 1988 through 1992, during which time he worked alongside fellow Trek performers Hamilton Camp, Paul Collins, Paul Eiding, John Hostetter, Rif Hutton, Graham Jarvis, William Sadler, Jack Shearer, and Nancy Youngblut.
Other television series on which Oppenheimer has guest starred include (two episodes, including one with Tricia O'Neil), (starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell, with Jerry Hardin and Barbara J. Tarbuck), (with Cyril O'Reilly), (directed by Vincent McEveety, acting with Richard Fancy and Nancy Youngblut), (with Clyde Kusatsu, Richard McGonagle, and Bill Smitrovich), and (with Olivia Hack). In 2008, he appeared in Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder, starring Lea Thompson, featuring John Fleck, Julianna McCarthy, Natalia Nogulich, and Mark Rolston.
== Live-action film work ==
Oppenheimer has several feature films to his credit. His first was (1973, featuring Sherry Jackson and George Murdock. This was followed later that year with a small, uncredited role in (1967, with Clegg Hoyt, Kermit Murdock, and William Schallert). The following year, he had a role in , which was directed by Robert Wise. Oppenheimer later appeared in Wise's (1975, with René Auberjonois and Rex Holman). 
In 1969, Oppenheimer co-starred with Arthur Batanides, Julie Newmar, and Garry Walberg, as well as fellow Deep Space Nine guest actor Fritz Weaver, in . Oppenheimer followed this with a small role in (1970, featuring Jeff Corey as "Wild Bill" Hickock). Oppenheimer then appeared in (1972, with Tim O'Connor).
Perhaps Oppenheimer's most notable film role is that of the Chief Supervisor in (1973, featuring Majel Barrett). Others who appeared in this film include Davis Roberts, Charles Seel, and Paul Sorensen.
Oppenheimer later appeared in (1973), in which he played the supporting role of Mr. Joffert. Charles F. Wheeler, who provided additional photography for , was the Director of Photography on Freaky Friday. Some of Oppenheimer's other film credits during the 1970s included (1973, with Gregory Sierra), the 1975 comedy Win, Place or Steal (starring Dean Stockwell), and (1978, with Ed Begley, Jr., Frank Gorshin, and Wendy Schaal).
In 1980, Oppenheimer appeared as a rabbi in , which also featured Richard Herd. He later appeared in (1988, with Leslie Jordan and Paul Willson). This latter film also featured set decoration by Linda DeScenna. Oppenheimer later played the role of Farr in (1994) and (1994), both written by Peter David and both starring Tim Thomerson, with Stephen Macht.
Oppenheimer has not physically appeared in a feature film since the Academy Award-nominated short Culture in 1998.
==Personal==
Oppenheimer is the third cousin of the late nuclear physicist , who was portrayed by Dwight Schultz in (1989, featuring Ed Lauter and Logan Ramsey).
== Star Trek appearances ==
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