Alan Oppenheimer
Alan Oppenheimer (born April 23, 1930) is an American 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.
Alan Oppenheimer | |
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Oppenheimer at the 2015 Phoenix Comicon | |
| Born | April 23, 1930 New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1956–present |
| Spouses |
Marilyn Greenwood (m. 1984; div. 1990) |
| Children | 3 |
Early life edit
Oppenheimer was born in New York City on April 23, 1930, to Louis and Irene Oppenheimer. His father worked as a stockbroker.[1]
Career edit
Character roles edit
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 film). Oppenheimer took over as Rudy starting with the second pilot film, "Wine, Women and War" up until the introduction of The Bionic Woman in 1975, whereupon Martin E. Brooks took over as Wells up 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.[2]
Voice acting edit
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 1980s cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, and the voice of Prime Evil in the 1986 TV series, Filmation's Ghostbusters.[3] Other notable voice roles include Thundarr the Barbarian, Vanity on The Smurfs, Rhinokey and Crock from The Wuzzles and Falkor, Gmork, 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.
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.
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 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 Turbografx-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.[4]
Personal life edit
Oppenheimer married costume designer Marianna Elliott in 1958 and together they had three children.[5] The couple divorced, but wed again in 1992 and remained married up until her death in 2003.[5] In 1984, he wed professional tennis player Marilyn Greenwood. They divorced in 1990.[citation needed]
Filmography edit
Films edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Office of Special Investigation | U.S.A.F. instructor | Uncredited |
| 1966 | Gammera the Invincible | Dr. Contrare | |
| 1967 | Gunn | Whiteside | Credited as Allan Oppenheimer |
| In the Heat of the Night | Ted Appleton | Uncredited | |
| 1968 | How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life | Everett Bauer | |
| Star! | Andre Charlot, Producer | ||
| 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 | |
| Westworld | Chief Supervisor | ||
| 1975 | Win, Place or Steal | Lt. Mannite | |
| The Lives of Jenny Dolan | Springfield | ||
| The Hindenburg | Albert Breslau | ||
| 1976 | Helter Skelter | Aaron Stovitz | |
| Freaky Friday | Mr. Joffert | ||
| 1978 | Record City | Blind Man | |
| 1979 | A Pleasure Doing Business | Marvin | |
| 1980 | Private Benjamin | Rabbi | |
| 1981 | Macbeth | Duncan | |
| 1982 | Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase | Mighty Mouse | Voice |
| 1984 | The NeverEnding Story | Falkor | Voice[6] |
| 1985 | The Secret of the Sword | Skeletor, Man-At-Arms, Cringer / Battle Cat, Bald Rebel, Chef Alan | |
| He-Man & She-Ra: A Christmas Special | Skeletor, Man-At-Arms, Zipper | Voice | |
| 1988 | BraveStarr: The Movie | Handlebar, Outlaw Scuzz, Stampede | |
| Moving | Mr. Cadell | ||
| 1989 | Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland | Oomp | Voice[6] |
| 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 | The Secret Life of Bees | Additional voices | |
| 9 | The Scientist | Voice[6] | |
| Superman/Batman: Public Enemies | Alfred Pennyworth | ||
| 2014 | Foxcatcher | Du Point Dynasty Narrator | |
| 2017 | Best Fiends: Boot Camp[7] | King Slug | |
| 2019 | Toy Story 4 | Old Timer | Voice[6] |
| 2022 | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | He-Man, Skeletor |
Television edit
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | The Defenders | Dr. Frick | |
| 1966 | The Felony Squad | Ed Clark | |
| The F.B.I. | Ludovic Krols | ||
| 1966–1967 | I Spy | Colonel Benkovsky | |
| 1967 | It's About Time | Pettijohn | |
| He & She | Murray Mouse | ||
| Judd for the Defense | District Attorney Tom Rogers | ||
| Get Smart | Agent 498 | ||
| 1967–1969 | Hogan's Heroes | Colonel Sitzer, Herman Freitag, Major Byron Buckles, Wilhelm | |
| 1968 | The Andy Griffith Show | Mr. Ruskin | |
| The Name of the Game | Harvey | ||
| Here Come the Brides | Benet | ||
| 1968–1971 | The Mod Squad | Bob Ross, Phil Norval | |
| 1969 | Lancer | Dan'l Drew | |
| The Queen and I | H.R. Martin | ||
| My Friend Tony | Dr. Mink | ||
| The Bill Cosby Show | Dwight McDevitt | ||
| Ironside | Arnold Cane | ||
| The Mod Squad | Phil Norval | ||
| 1969–1970 | That Girl | Dr. Globe, Morgan Jerome, Mr. Katz, Stewart Hurly | |
| Here Come the Brides | Benet, Victor | ||
| 1970 | I Dream of Jeannie | Congressman Farragut | |
| Hastings Corner | Dr. Byron Dorman | ||
| My World and Welcome to It | The Principal | ||
| Three for Tahiti | Cecil Barrett | ||
| The Governor & J.J. | Mr. Federenko | ||
| The High Chaparral | Sweets | ||
| The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | George Hartnell | ||
| 1971 | The Partridge Family | Wink Burgess | |
| Love, American Style | Captain Blodgett | ||
| Inside O.U.T. | Edgar Winston | ||
| The Good Life | Rolls Royce manager | ||
| McCloud | Mervin Simmons | ||
| The Jimmy Stewart Show | Prof. Lokacs | ||
| Nichols | Averrel | ||
| 1971–1972 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father | Sy Freeman | |
| Bonanza | Darius Dalrymple, Ernesto, Wentworth | ||
| Insight | Marty, Sergeant Varron | ||
| The Doris Day Show | Marvin Patterson, The Doctor | ||
| 1972 | The Paul Lynde Show | Fletcher Lyons | |
| Bewitched | Blades Buckholtzer | ||
| Here's Lucy | Dr. Parker, Herb Hinkley | ||
| 1973 | Butch Cassidy | Additional voices | |
| Goober and the Ghost Chasers | |||
| Speed Buggy | |||
| The New Scooby-Doo Movies | Windmaker #4 | Voice | |
| Inch High, Private Eye | Additional voices | ||
| Wait Till Your Father Gets Home | |||
| 1973–1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Dr. Rudy Wells | |
| 1974, 1979 | ABC Afterschool Special | First Cadet, de Brigny, John Hocker | Voice, 2 episodes |
| 1974 | Valley of the Dinosaurs | Gorok | Voice |
| Hong Kong Phooey | Additional voices | ||
| 1975 | Uncle Croc's Block | Fraidy Cat, Tinker, Dog | Voice |
| Fraidy Cat | |||
| The Tom and Jerry Show | Ringmaster, Sapstone | Voice, 2 episodes | |
| 1976–1978 | The Scooby-Doo Show | Jim Rivets, Mr. Collins, Tarlof, Officer Oldfield, Squire Marley, Jean Pierre Baptiste, Chin Wong Sing | Voice |
| 1976–1979 | Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle | Tomos, Orbin, Phobeg | |
| 1977 | Washington: Behind Closed Doors | Simon Cappell | |
| CB Bears | Sidney Merciless | Voice | |
| Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics | Additional voices | ||
| Space Sentinels | Man-Wolf, Morpheus | Voice, 2 episodes | |
| Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels | Additional voices | Episode: "The Mystery Mansion Mix-Up" | |
| The All New Superfriends Hour | Dr. Cranum (in "The Brain Machine"), (in "The Secret Four"), Hydronoid #2 (in "Invasion of the Hydronoids"), Doctor Fright (in "Doctor Fright"), Wolfman (in "The Man Beasts of Xra"), The Marsh Monster (in "The Marsh Monster"), Captain Shark (in "The Protector"), Gentleman Ghost (in "The Ghost"), Scientist (in "The Ghost") | Voice, 7 episodes | |
| Hawaii Five-O | Bernie Fryer | Episode: "The Friends of Joey Kalima" | |
| 1978 | The Ghost of Flight 401 | Barton | |
| Peeping Times | Miles Rathbourne | ||
| Battle of the Planets | Additional voices | ||
| 1978–1979 | Fabulous Funnies | Captain Katzenjammer, King Guzzle, Irwin, Grelber, Tumbleweeds | Voice |
| Fangface | Additional voices | ||
| 1979 | ABC Weekend Special | 2 episodes | |
| Blind Ambition | George Simonson | ||
| 1979–1980 | The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle | Mighty Mouse, Oil Can Harry, Swifty, Narrator | |
| 1979–1981 | The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show | Toyman, Half-Ape | Voice |
| 1979–1982 | The New Adventures of Flash Gordon | Ming the Merciless, Hans Zarkov, Gundar the Desert Hawk | |
| 1980 | Drak Pack | Count Dracula | |
| The Lone Ranger | Additional voices | ||
| 1980–1981 | Thundarr the Barbarian | Mindok the Mind Menace, Muragg, Old Wizard | Voice, 2 episodes |
| The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang | Controller, Krolack | Voice, episode: "Science Friction"; uncredited | |
| 1980–1982 | Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo | Additional voices | |
| 1981 | Blackstar | Carpo, Overlord | Voice |
| 1981–1982 | The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! | Uncle Marvel, Doctor Sivana, Tawky Tawny, Shazam | Voice[6] |
| Trollkins | Sheriff Pudge Trollism | Voice | |
| Hero High | Narrator, Mr. Sampson | ||
| 1981–1989 | The Smurfs | Vanity Smurf, Father Time | |
| 1982 | My Smurfy Valentine | Vanity Smurf | Voice, television film |
| Mama's Family | Mayor Tutweller | ||
| The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour | Additional voices | ||
| Richie Rich | |||
| The Smurfs Christmas Special | Vanity Smurf | Voice, television film | |
| 1982–1985 | Knight Rider | General Duncton, Joe Lewis | |
| 1983 | The Smurfic Games | Vanity Smurf | Voice, television film |
| 1983–1985 | He-Man and the Masters of the Universe | Skeletor, Cringer / Battle Cat, Man-At-Arms, Mer-Man, Roboto | Voice |
| 1985 | Challenge of the GoBots | Mobius | Voice, episode: "Genius and Son" |
| 1985–1986 | The Transformers | Beachcomber, Breakdown, Seaspray, Warpath | Voice |
| 1985 | The Wuzzles | Rhinokey, Crocosaur, Mr. Packcat | |
| The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo | Mirror Demon, Professor Fantazmo | Voice, 2 episodes | |
| 1985–1987 | She-Ra: Princess of Power | Skeletor, Cringer / Battle Cat, Man-At-Arms | Voice |
| 1986 | The Centurions | Dr. Gates | Voice |
| Ghostbusters | Prime Evil, Fangster, Long John Scarechrome | ||
| Rambo: The Force of Freedom | Sam Trautman | ||
| Karate Kommandos | President | ||
| Strong Medicine | Dr. Townsend | ||
| 1987 | Bionic Six | Professor Amadeus Sharp, Metalhand | Voice |
| Tis The Season To Be Smurfy | Vanity Smurf | Voice, television film | |
| 1987–1988 | BraveStarr | Handlebar, Outlaw Scuzz, Stampede | Voice |
| Snorks | Additional voices | 4 episodes | |
| 1987–1990 | DuckTales | Colonel Beaureguard DuBark, All My Ducklings Actor, Von Doghausen | Voice, 3 episodes |
| 1988 | A Pup Named Scooby-Doo | Additional voices | Season 1 |
| Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf | Mummy, Swamp Thing | Voice, television film | |
| The New Yogi Bear Show | Additional voices | ||
| Superman | Jonathan Kent | Voice | |
| Matlock | Dr. Linder | Episode: "The Heiress" | |
| 1988–1989 | Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters | Goolem, Morris P. Grout | Voice |
| Fantastic Max | Additional voices | ||
| 1989 | Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers | Plato, Aldrin Klordane, Captain Kernel | Voice |
| X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men | Blob, Colonel Chaffey | Voice, television film | |
| TUGS | Top Hat, O.J., Hercules | Voice, test US dub | |
| 1990 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Dr. Polidorius | Voice, episode: "Rebel Without a Fin" |
| The Wizard of Oz | Wizard | Voice | |
| 1991 | TaleSpin | Principal Ed Pomeroy | Voice, episode: "Sheepskin Deep" |
| Captain Planet and the Planeteers | Dr. Borzon | Voice, episode: "Meltdown Syndrome" | |
| Where's Waldo? | Additional voices | ||
| James Bond Jr. | The Chameleon | Voice | |
| Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter | Arthur Lyons | ||
| 1991–1993 | The Legend of Prince Valiant | Merlin | Voice[6] |
| 1992 | Fish Police | Additional voices | Episode: "The Two Gils" |
| Tom & Jerry Kids | 3 episodes | ||
| The Little Mermaid | Episode: "The Evil Manta" | ||
| 1993 | Bonkers | 2 episodes | |
| I Yabba-Dabba Do! | Television film | ||
| Star Trek: The Next Generation | Koroth | ||
| 1994 | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Captain Keogh | |
| Batman: The Animated Series | Auctioneer | Voice, episode: "Time Out of Joint"[6] | |
| Fantastic Four | Watcher, Firelord | Voice, episode: "The Silver Surfer and the Coming of Galactus" | |
| 1994–1995 | Phantom 2040 | Professor Jack Archer | Voice |
| 1997 | Star Trek: Voyager | Nezu Ambassador | |
| 1997–1998 | The New Adventures of Zorro | Additional voices | |
| 1998 | Diagnosis: Murder | Leonard Gould | |
| Invasion America | Additional voices | 3 episodes | |
| Jumanji | Ludwig Von Ritcher | Voice, 2 episodes | |
| 2000 | Rocket Power | Television Announcer | |
| 2001–2004 | Passions | Alistair Crane | |
| 2003 | The Big O | Norman Burg | Voice, English dub |
| 2003, 2006 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Father Time, Mighty Moe | Voice, 5 episodes |
| 2004 | Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex | Laoban | Voice, episode: "Red Data" |
| 2005 | Clifford's Puppy Days | Mr. Solomon | Voice, 2 episodes[6] |
| 2007 | 'Til Death | Mr. Wallach | Episode: "Performance Anxiety" |
| 2014 | Adventure Time | Darren the Ancient Sleeper, Sun | Voice, episode: "Something Big"[6] |
| 2019 | Tigtone | Beautiful Horse Head | Voice, episode: "Tigtone and the Beautiful War" |
| Forky Asks a Question | Old Timer | Voice, episode: "What is Time?" | |
| 2020 | JJ Villard's Fairy Tales | Mirror Max, Roach, Flea Circus | Voice, episode: "Snow White" |
| 2021 | Masters of the Universe: Revelation | Moss Man | Voice[6] |
| 2022 | He-Man and the Masters of the Universe | King Grayskull | Voice |
Video games edit
- 1990 – Ys I & II – Darm[6]
- 1999 – T'ai Fu: Wrath of the Tiger – Leopard Master[6]
- 1999 – Revenant – Ogrok, Urgg[6]
- 2000 – Nox – Captain, Necromancer 1, Lewis
- 2000 – Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn – Guardian Telwyn, Sir Sarles, Mornmaster Thaddin Dawnhunter
- 2000 – Star Trek: Starfleet Command II: Empires at War – Additional voices
- 2000 – Invictus – Additional voices
- 2001 – Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel – Harold, Cult Ghoul Thug, Cult Ghoul Soldier
- 2002 – Earth & Beyond – Memnon
- 2002 – Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix – Dr. Piotr Ivanovich
- 2003 – Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader – Additional voices
- 2004 – Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel – Harold, Cult Ghoul Thug,Soldier
- 2004 – Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II – Additional voices
- 2004 – Law & Order: Justice Is Served – Charles Northcutt
- 2004 – The Bard's Tale – Additional voices[8]
- 2007 – God of War II – Prometheus[6]
- 2008 – Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Conspiracy – Additional voices
- 2008 – Tom Clancy's EndWar – Additional voices
- 2012 – Kid Icarus: Uprising – Chariot Master, Dyntos (English dub)[6]
- 2015 – Fallout 4 – Paladin Brandis[6]
Awards and nominations edit
- 1991 – Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series as Eugene Kinsella in Murphy Brown
References edit
- ^ Contemporary Theatre, Film and Television. Gale. 1989. p. 292. ISBN 9780810320703.
- ^ Sunset Boulevard entry, broadwaymusicalhome.com; accessed May 9, 2015.
- ^ . Anime Superhero News. Archived from the original on February 19, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
- ^ Peter DeBruge (June 13, 2019). "Film Review: 'Toy Story 4'". Variety. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
- ^ a b Gil, Billy (June 25, 2003). "Marianna Elliott".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Alan Oppenheimer (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved October 15, 2023. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its opening and/or closing credits and/or other reliable sources of information.
- ^ "Boot Camp - A Best Fiends Animation". Archived from the original on December 21, 2021 – via www.youtube.com.
- ^ InXile Entertainment. The Bard's Tale. InXile Entertainment. Scene: Ending credits, 2:10:20 in, More Great Talent.
External links edit
- Alan Oppenheimer at IMDb
- Alan Oppenheimer at the Internet Broadway Database
- at the TCM Movie Database