Alan Oppenheimer facts for kids
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Alan Oppenheimer
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Oppenheimer at the 2015 Phoenix Comicon
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| Born | April 23, 1930 New York City, U.S.
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1956–present |
| Spouse(s) | Marianna Elliott (m. 1958; div. 19??; m. 1992; died 2003) |
| Children | 3 |
Alan Oppenheimer, born on April 23, 1930, is an American actor. He has been acting in TV shows since the 1960s and has given his voice to many famous cartoon characters since the 1970s.
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About Alan Oppenheimer
Alan Oppenheimer was born in New York City on April 23, 1930. His parents were Louis and Irene Oppenheimer. His father worked as a stockbroker, which is someone who buys and sells stocks for others.
Acting on TV and in Movies
Alan Oppenheimer has played many different characters in popular American TV shows. For example, he was a Nazi in Hogan's Heroes. He also played a secret agent and a double-agent scientist on Get Smart.
He was the second actor to play Dr. Rudy Wells in The Six Million Dollar Man. He also played Mickey Malph, the dad of Ralph Malph, on Happy Days. Later, he had a regular role as Mayor Alvin B. Tutwiller on Mama's Family.
In movies, Oppenheimer appeared in the 1973 science fiction film Westworld. He played the head IT technician in that movie. He has also appeared in three different Star Trek TV series, playing a new character each time. He was a Klingon cleric named Koroth in Star Trek: The Next Generation. He also played a Starfleet Captain in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and an alien ambassador in Star Trek: Voyager.
He even acted on Broadway, playing film director Cecil B. DeMille in the musical Sunset Blvd. in 1994.
Voice Acting: Bringing Characters to Life
Alan Oppenheimer is very well known for his voice acting. He has voiced many characters, especially for the animation company Filmation in the 1970s and 1980s.
Some of his most famous voice roles include:
- Ming the Merciless on Flash Gordon
- Skeletor, Man-At-Arms, and Mer-Man from the popular 1980s cartoon He-Man and the Masters of the Universe
- Prime Evil in Filmation's 1986 TV series, Ghostbusters
He also voiced characters like Falkor, Gmork, Rockbiter, and the Narrator in the 1984 movie The NeverEnding Story. In the early 1990s, he was the voice of Merlin in The Legend of Prince Valiant.
Oppenheimer also worked on The Transformers TV show. He voiced two very different characters: the peaceful Beachcomber and the tough Warpath. He also voiced Seaspray.
More recently, he provided the voice of the scientist for the 2009 animated film 9. He also voiced Batman's butler, Alfred Pennyworth, in the animated movie Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. In 2019, he voiced Old Timer in Toy Story 4.
Voice Acting in Video Games
Alan Oppenheimer has also lent his voice to many video games. He voiced Dr. Piotr Ivanovich in Soldier of Fortune II: Double Helix. He was also Prometheus in God of War II. Other game roles include Jandor the Airship Captain in Nox and Harold in Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel. He also voiced Dyntos and the Chariot Master in Kid Icarus: Uprising.
Personal Life
Alan Oppenheimer married costume designer Marianna Elliott in 1958. They had three children together. They later divorced but got married again in 1992. They stayed married until Marianna passed away in 2003.
Awards and Nominations
- In 1991, Alan Oppenheimer was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. This was for his role as Eugene Kinsella in the TV comedy series Murphy Brown.
Images for kids
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Alan Oppenheimer at the 2015 Phoenix Comicon
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Oppenheimer (left) with Jim Cummings (middle) and Loren Lester (right) in 2015
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Oppenheimer and Loren Lester posing for a 2015 photograph
