Alan Oppenheimer

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**Alan Louis Oppenheimer** (born April 23, 1930) is an American voice, film, stage and television actor. He has performed numerous roles on live action television since the 1960s, and he has had an active career doing voice work since the 1970s.

## Early life

Oppenheimer is the son of Irene Oppenheimer (née Rothschild) (1904–1991) and Louis E. Oppenheimer (1901–1984), who was a stockbroker. He is of Jewish background.Template:Citation needed

## Career

### Character roles

As a character actor, Oppenheimer has had diverse roles in popular American television programming, from playing a Nazi in *Hogan's Heroes*, to playing an Israeli secret agent as well as a double-agent KAOS scientist on *Get Smart*, to being the second actor to play Dr. Rudy Wells in *The Six Million Dollar Man* (Martin Balsam played the role in the pilot telemovie). Oppenheimer took over as Rudy starting with the second film, "Wine, Women and War" up until the introduction of the bionic woman in 1975, whereupon Martin E. Brooks took over as Wells until cancellation). He was the original Mickey Malph (Ralph Malph's dad) on *Happy Days*. He played a recurring role during the first two seasons of *St. Elsewhere* as Helen Rosenthal's husband, Ira. He had a recurring role as Mayor Alvin B. Tutwiller on *Mama's Family*.

He then continued in science fiction genre in the 1973 cult classic *Westworld*, where he played the head IT technician. He has also appeared in three *Star Trek* series, always playing a different character. He appeared in the *Star Trek: The Next Generation* episode "Rightful Heir" as a Klingon cleric, Koroth, a primary instigator of the cloning of Kahless; on *Deep Space Nine* as a Starfleet Captain Declan Keogh in command of the *USS Odyssey*; and as an alien ambassador in *Voyager*.

Oppenheimer also appeared as film director Cecil B. DeMille in the 1994 Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's *Sunset Blvd.*

### Voice roles

 File:Loren Lester 05.jpg  Oppenheimer has voiced many characters, often for Filmation in the 1970s and 1980s, such as Oil Can Harry, Swifty and the narrator on *The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle*, Ming the Merciless on *Flash Gordon*, the Overlord on *BlackStar*, Skeletor, Man-At-Arms and Mer-Man from Filmation's 1980's cartoon *He-Man and the Masters of the Universe*, and the voice of Prime Evil in the 1986 TV series, Filmation's *Ghostbusters*. Other notable voice roles include *Thundarr the Barbarian*, Vanity on *The Smurfs*, Rhinokey and Crock from *The Wuzzles* and Falkor, Gmork, Rockbiter, and the Narrator from 1984's *The NeverEnding Story*. In the early 1990s, Oppenheimer was the voice of Merlin in *The Legend of Prince Valiant*. He also provided the voice of Barkerville in the *Pound Puppies* TV special. He also voiced Fraidy Cat on *Fraidy Cat* in 1975 and provided additional voices on *Battle of the Planets* in 1978.

 File:Loren Lester 06.jpg  Oppenheimer worked on *The Transformers*, most notably as two contrasting characters, the pacifist Beachcomber and the bellicose Warpath. His rendition of Seaspray was remarkably similar to Mer-Man, including the gurgling effects. He took over the voice of Roger Smith's butler Norman Burg in the English dub of the second season of *The Big O*. He was the voice of the unseen Alistair Crane on the soap opera *Passions* up until 2004, when the character was made fully visible and played by David Bailey. More recently, he provided the voice of the Scientist for the 2009 film *9* and Batman's butler Alfred Pennyworth in *Superman/Batman: Public Enemies*.Template:Citation needed

Oppenheimer's repertoire also includes video games, voicing Dr. Piotr Ivanovich in *Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix*, Prometheus in *God of War II* and Jandor the Airship Captain in *Nox*. In *Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel*, he spoke the part of Harold, an ancient mutated survivor of nuclear holocaust who has appeared in four of the *Fallout* series games, and played the roles of The Chariot Master and Dyntos, God of the Forge, in *Kid Icarus: Uprising*. Oppenheimer also voiced the parts of a non-player character Soldier and the Wasteland Trader, and the NPC 'enemies' Cult Ghoul Thug and Kamikaze in *Fallout: BoS*. Also, in the English TG-16 port of *Ys* Book I and II, Oppenheimer voiced the roles of the Narrator, and the game's lead antagonist, Darm.

In 2019 he guest-starred on the animated series *Tigtone* and in *Toy Story 4* as Old Timer.

## Personal life

Oppenheimer married costume designer Marianna Elliott in 1958, with whom he had three children. The couple divorced but then remarried years later in 1992, until her death in 2003. Before marrying her again, he married professional tennis player Marilyn Greenwood in 1984 and got a divorce in 1990.

## Filmography

### Films

* unknown – *Office of Special Investigation* – U.S.A.F. instructor (uncredited)
* 1966 – *Gammera the Invincible* – Dr. Contrare
* 1967 – *Gunn* – Whiteside
* 1967 – *In the Heat of the Night* – Ted Appleton (uncredited)
* 1968 – *How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life* – Everett Bauer
* 1968 – *Star!* – Andre Charlot, Producer
* 1968 – *Up Tight!* – Unctuous Man in Arcade
* 1969 – *The Maltese Bippy* – Adolph Springer
* 1970 – *Little Big Man* – Major
* 1972 – *The Groundstar Conspiracy* – General Hackett
* 1973 – *The Thief Who Came to Dinner* – Insurance Man
* 1973 – *Westworld* – Chief Supervisor
* 1975 – *Win, Place or Steal* – Lt. Mannite
* 1975 – *The Lives of Jenny Dolan* – Springfield
* 1975 – *The Hindenburg* – Albert Breslau
* 1976 – *Helter Skelter* – Aaron Stovitz
* 1976 – *Freaky Friday* – Mr. Joffert
* 1977 – *Hawaii Five-O* "The Friends of Joey Kalima" as Bernie Fryer
* 1978 – *Record City* – Blind Man
* 1979 – *A Pleasure Doing Business* - Marvin
* 1980 – *Private Benjamin* – Rabbi
* 1981 – *Macbeth* – Duncan
* 1984 – *The Neverending Story* – Falkor/Gmork/Rockbiter (uncredited)
* 1984 - *Locke the Superman* - Locke (1989 Dub)
* 1988 – *Moving* – Mr. Cadell
* 1989 – *Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland* – Oomp
* 1992 – *Love Field* – Announcer
* 1993 – *Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight* – Dr. Knox
* 1994 – *Trancers 5: Sudden Deth* – Farr
* 1997 – *Culture*
* 2008 – *Juan Frances: Live* – Mr. French
* 2009 – *9* – The Scientist
* 2017 – *Best Fiends: Boot Camp* – King Slug
* 2019 – *Toy Story 4* - Old Timer

### Television work

* 1964 – *The Defenders* – Dr. Frick
* 1966 – *Felony Squad* – Ed Clark
* 1966 – *The F.B.I.* – Ludovic Krols
* 1966–1967 – *I Spy* – Benkovsky / Colonel Benkovsky
* 1967 – *It's About Time* – Pettijohn
* 1967 – *He & She* – Murray Mouse
* 1967 – *Judd for the Defense* – District Attorney Tom Rogers
* 1967 - *Get Smart* - Agent 498
* 1967–1969 – *Hogan's Heroes* – Colonel Sitzer / Herman Freitag / Major Byron Buckles / Wilhelm
* 1968 – *The Andy Griffith Show* – Mr. Ruskin
* 1968 – *The Name of the Game* – Harvey
* 1968 – *Here Come the Brides* – Benet
* 1968–1971 – *The Mod Squad* – Bob Ross / Phil Norval
* 1969 – *Lancer* – Dan'l Drew
* 1969 – *The Queen and I* – H.R. Martin
* 1969 – *My Friend Tony* – Dr. Mink
* 1969 – *The Bill Cosby Show* – Dwight McDevitt
* 1969 – *Ironside* – Arnold Cane
* 1969 – *The Mod Squad* – Phil Norval
* 1969–1970 – *That Girl* – Dr. Globe / Morgan Jerome / Mr. Katz / Stewart Hurly
* 1969–1970 – *Here Come the Brides* – Benet / Victor
* 1970 – *I Dream of Jeannie* – Congressman Farragut
* 1970 – *Hastings Corner* – Dr. Byron Dorman
* 1970 – *My World and Welcome to It* – The Principal
* 1970 – *Three for Tahiti* – Cecil Barrett
* 1970 – *The Governor & J.J.* – Mr. Federenko
* 1970 – *The High Chaparral* – Sweets
* 1970 – *The Bold Ones: The Lawyers* – George Hartnell
* 1971 – *The Partridge Family* – Wink Burgess
* 1971 – *Love, American Style* – Captain Blodgett
* 1971 – *Inside O.U.T.* – Edgar Winston
* 1971 – *The Good Life*
* 1971 – *McCloud* – Mervin Simmons
* 1971 – *The Jimmy Stewart Show* – Prof. Lokacs
* 1971 – *Nichols* – Averrel
* 1971–1972 – *The Courtship of Eddie's Father* – Sy Freeman
* 1971–1972 – *Bonanza* – Darius Dalrymple / Ernesto / Wentworth
* 1971–1972 – *Insight* – Marty / Sergeant Varron
* 1971–1972 – *The Doris Day Show* – Marvin Patterson / The Doctor
* 1972 - *The Paul Lynde Show* – Fletcher Lyons
* 1972 – *Bewitched* – Blades Buckholtzer
* 1972 – *Here's Lucy* – Dr. Parker / Herb Hinkley
* 1973 – *Speed Buggy* – Additional voices
* 1973–1974 – *The Six Million Dollar Man* – Dr. Rudy Wells
* 1976–1978 – *The Scooby-Doo Show* – Scooby-Dum (4 episodes) – Voice
* 1977 – *Washington: Behind Closed Doors* – Simon Cappell
* 1978 – *The Ghost of Flight 401* – Barton
* 1978 – *Peeping Times* – Miles Rathbourne
* 1978 – *Battle of the Planets* – Additional Voices
* 1978-1979 — *Fabulous Funnies* — Captain Katzenjammer, King Guzzle, Irwin, Grelber
* 1979 – *Blind Ambition* – George Simonson
* 1979–1982 – *The New Adventures of Flash Gordon* – Ming the Merciless / Dr. Hans Zarkov / Gundar the Desert Hawk
* 1981–1989 – *The Smurfs* – Vanity Smurf / Homnibus / Father Time – Voice
* 1982 – *Mama's Family* – Mayor Tutweller
* 1982–1985 – *Knight Rider* – General Duncton / Joe Lewis
* 1983–1985 – *He-Man and the Masters of the Universe* – Skeletor / Mer-Man / Man-At-Arms / Cringer / Battle Cat – Voice
* 1985–1986 – *The Transformers* – Beachcomber / Breakdown / Seaspray / Warpath – Voice
* 1985 - The Wuzzles - Rhinokey / Crocosaur / Mr. Packcat
* 1985 - *Sesame Street* - Octopus (animated insert *I'm An Octopus*) – Voice
* 1986 – *Strong Medicine* – Dr. Townsend
* 1987 – *Bionic Six* – Jack Bennet/Bionic-1 – Professor Sharp – Metalhead – Voice
* 1988 – *The New Yogi Bear Show* – Additional voices
* 1988 – *Superman* – Jonathan Kent – Voice
* 1991 – *Where's Waldo?* – Additional Voices
* 1991–1993 – *The Legend of Prince Valiant* – Merlin
* 1993 – *Star Trek: The Next Generation* – Koroth
* 1994 – *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine* – Captain Keogh
* 1997 – *Star Trek: Voyager* – Nezu Ambassador
* 1998 – *Diagnosis: Murder* – Leonard Gould
* 2001–2004 – *Passions* – Alistair Crane – Voice
* 2003 – *The Big O II* (English dub) – Norman Burg – Voice
* 2007 – *'Til Death* – Mr. Wallach (Ep. "Performance Anxiety")
* 2014 – *Adventure Time* – Darren the Ancient Sleeper / Sun (Ep. "Something Big") – Voice
* 2019 - *Tigtone* - Beautiful Horse Head (Ep. “Tigtone and the Beautiful War”) - Voice
* 2020 - *JJ Villard’s Fairy Tales* - Mirror Max / Roach / Flea Circus (Ep. “Snow White”) - Voice

### Video games

* 2004 - *The Bard's Tale - Additional voices - Voice*

## Awards and nominations

* 1991 – Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series as Eugene Kinsella in *Murphy Brown*

## References

1. ↑ *Sunset Boulevard* entry, broadwaymusicalhome.com; accessed May 9, 2015.
2. ↑ "Obscure Cartoon Spotlight Episode 6: Quackula". Anime Superhero News. https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/obscure-cartoon-spotlight-episode-6-quackula.5050751/.
3. ↑ Peter DeBruge (June 13, 2019). "Film Review: 'Toy Story 4'". *Variety*. https://variety.com/2019/film/reviews/toy-story-4-review-1203241658/.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://variety.com/2003/scene/people-news/marianna-elliott-1117888470/amp/
5. ↑ Boot Camp - A Best Fiends Animation
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