Alan Oppenheimer
Born: 1930-04-23 in New York City, New York, USA
Known For: Acting
Biography
Alan Oppenheimer (born April 23, 1930) is an American actor. He has appeared in or provided voiceover performances for notable films such as In the Heat of the Night (1967), Westworld (1973), Freaky Friday (1976), Private Benjamin (1980), The NeverEnding Story (1984), 9 (2009), Foxcatcher (2014) and Toy Story 4 (2019). Oppenheimer studied at Carnegie Mellon University, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1951. He began his acting career in the 1950s and gained recognition for his work in television starting in the 1960s. He became known as a versatile character actor, appearing in a wide range of TV shows with roles including a Nazi on "Hogan's Heroes," an Israeli secret agent and double-agent scientist on "Get Smart," and the second actor to portray Dr. Rudy Wells in "The Six Million Dollar Man." He also played Mickey Malph, Ralph Malph's father, on "Happy Days" and had recurring roles on "St. Elsewhere" and "Mama's Family." Oppenheimer also appeared in multiple "Star Trek" series, portraying different characters in each. He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1991 for his guest role on "Murphy Brown." In addition to his live-action work, Oppenheimer established a prolific career as a voice actor from the 1970s onwards. He is renowned for voicing many prominent characters in animated series, including Skeletor, Man-At-Arms, and Mer-Man in "He-Man and the Masters of the Universe," Ming the Merciless in "The New Adventures of Flash Gordon," and roles in "The Transformers," "Ghostbusters," and other series.
Filmography
2025
2024
- Life After the NeverEnding Story as Self
2022
- We Baby Bears as Booey / Boater #1 (voice)
- Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers as He-Man / Skeletor (voice)
2021
- Masters of the Universe: Revelation as Moss Man (voice)
2019
- Toy Story 4 as Old Timer (voice)
- Forky Asks a Question as Old Timer (voice)
- Forky Asks a Question: What Is Time? as Old Timer (voice)
2017
- Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe as Self - Voice Actor
2016
- The Curse of the Three Terrors as Skeletor
2015
- Fall of Grayskull as Narrator
2014
- Foxcatcher as Du Pont Dynasty Narrator (voice)
- Toy Masters as Self
2010
- Adventure Time as Darren the Ancient Sleeper/Sun (voice)
2009
- 9 as Scientist (voice)
- Superman/Batman: Public Enemies as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
2008
- The Secret Life of Bees as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder as Hans Engelslepen
- Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon as Self
2007
- The Making of God of War II as Prometheus
2006
- 'Til Death as Mr. Wallach
2001
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy as Father Time
2000
- Gilmore Girls as Mr. Blodgett
- Navy Bear
1998
- Invasion America as (Additional Voices)
1997
- The Practice as Judge Nelson
- Culture as Editor
1995
- Star Trek: Voyager as Nezu Ambassador
- Caroline in the City as Mr. Booth
- Ned & Stacey as Spencer Haywood
1994
- Chicago Hope as Edmund Gray
- Touched by an Angel as Gary Stein
- Fantastic Four as Hot Dog Vendor/Sanitation Worker/The Watcher (voice)
- Phantom 2040
- Trancers 4: Jack of Swords as Farr
- Trancers 5: Sudden Deth as Farr
- Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home as Newscaster / Voice on the Loudspeaker (voice)
1993
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Captain Keogh
- Diagnosis: Murder as Dr. Leonard Gould
- Home Free as Ben Brookstone
- Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight as Dr. Knox
1992
- Batman: The Animated Series as Auctioneer (voice)
- Fish Police as Additional Voices (voice)
- Jonah as Jonah (voice)
1991
- Silk Stalkings
- The Legend of Prince Valiant as Merlin (voice)
- Where's Wally? as (voice)
- Absolute Strangers as Stevenson
- Music Machine as Growdy (voice)
- Child of Darkness, Child of Light as George Beavier
- Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter as Arthur Lyons
1990
- TaleSpin as Principal Ed Pomeroy (voice)
- The Wizard of Oz
- Shadow Strikers as Dr. Viper (voice)
1989
- Quantum Leap as Earl Skinner
- Coach as Dr. Alshire
- Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers as Plato / Aldrin Klordane (voice)
- X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men as The Blob (voice)
- Fat Man and Little Boy as (voice)
- Blondie & Dagwood: Second Wedding Workout as Julius Dithers (voice)
1988
- Murphy Brown as Eugene Kinsella
- Superman as Jonathan Kent (voice)
- Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters as Morris Grout (voice)
- Moving as Mr. Cadell
- Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf as Mummy (voice)
- BraveStarr: The Legend as Handlebar / Outlaw Scuzz / Stampede (voice)
1987
- Star Trek: The Next Generation as Koroth
- Married... with Children as Mr. Foodie
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles as Dr. Polidorius (voice)
- DuckTales
- BraveStarr as Diamondback / Handlebar / Outlaw Skuzz / Stampede
- Bionic Six as Prof. Amadeus Sharp (voice)
- The Two Mrs. Grenvilles as Sam Rosenthal
- Blondie & Dagwood as Julius C. Dithers (voice)
- The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy as Vanity Smurf / Doctor (voice)
1986
- Matlock as Dr. Linder
- L.A. Law as Stephen Weeks
- Rambo: The Force of Freedom
- Ghostbusters as Merlin / Prime Evil / Fangster / Captain Long John Scarechrome / Airhead
- Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos as Kimo (voice)
- The Nativity as Wise Man (voice)
- Strong Medicine as Dr. Noah Townsend
- Strong Medicine as Dr. Noah Townsend
- Daniel and the Lion's Den as King Belshazzar (voice)
- Wuzzles: Bulls of a Feather as Rhinokey / Crock / Mr. Packcat (voice)
- Skeletor's Revenge as Skeletor / Man-At-Arms / Cringer / Battle Cat / Melaktha / Cat Spy (voice)
1985
- She-Ra: Princess of Power as Skeletor / Cringer / Announcer
- Mr. Belvedere
- He-Man and She-Ra: The Secret of the Sword as Skeletor / Man-at-Arms / Cringer / Battle Cat / Bald Rebel / Chef Alan (voice)
- Wuzzles as Rhinokey / Crocosaurus (voice)
- The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible as King Belshazzar (voice)
- The Execution as Max Langbein
- He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special as Skeletor / Man-At-Arms / Zipper (voice)
- The Pound Puppies as Barkerville (voice)
- My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn as Jerry Gersler
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Dr. Raymond Auerbach
- The Transformers
- Night Court as Dr. Fine
- Who's the Boss?
- The NeverEnding Story as Rockbiter / Falkor / G'mork / Narrator (voice)
- Challenge of the GoBots
- The Smurfic Games as Vanity Smurf (voice)
1983
- He-Man and the Masters of the Universe as Skeletor / Battle Cat / Cringer / Man-at-Arms / Mer-Man / Buzz-Off (voice)
- Mama's Family
- Memorial Day as Stallings
- My Smurfy Valentine as (voice)
- The Smurfs Halloween Special
- The Smurfs: Baby's First Christmas as Vanity Smurf (voice)
1982
- Knight Rider as General Duncton
- St. Elsewhere as Ira Rosenthal
- Hotel as Dr. Seigler
- Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase as Oil Can Harry (voice)
- Divorce Wars: A Love Story as Arthur Lazar
- The Smurfs Springtime Special as Vanity Smurf (voice)
- The Smurfs Christmas Special as (voice)
1981
- Gimme a Break!
- Blackstar
- Foul Play
- The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!
- Trollkins
- Romeo and Smurfette as Vanity Smurf (Voice)
- Macbeth as Duncan
1980
- Thundarr the Barbarian as Mindok the Mind Menace (voice)
- Private Benjamin as Rabbi
- Take It to the Limit as Narrator (voice)
1979
- Hart to Hart as Cyrus St. Cyr
- Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo as Mr. Percy
- The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
- The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle as Oil Can Harry / Swifty / Narrator (voice)
- Flash Gordon as Ming the Merciless / Dr. Hans Zarkov (voice)
- Blind Ambition as George Simonson
- Eischied as Captain Finnerty
- You Can't Take it With You as FBI Man
- A Pleasure Doing Business as Marvin
1978
- Vega$
- To Kill a Cop as Capt. Finnerty
- To Kill a Cop as Capt. Finnerty
- Record City as Blindman
- The Ghost of Flight 401 as Barton
- Peeping Times as Miles Rathbourne
- How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness
1977
- Lou Grant
- Soap as Mr. Kirby
- Washington: Behind Closed Doors as Simon Cappell
- Shake, Rattle and Roll as Sidney Merciless
- Tail Gunner Joe as Eisenhower Publicist
1976
- Alice
- What's Happening!! as Mr. Sloan
- Gemini Man
- Freaky Friday as Mr Joffert
- Helter Skelter as Aaron Stovitz
- Riding with Death as Dr. Arthur Hale
- The Gentleman Tramp as Narrator
1975
- Barney Miller as William Deats
- S.W.A.T.
- The Ghost Busters
- The Hindenburg as Albert Breslau
- Fraidy Cat as Fraidy "Nine" Cat (voice)
- Big Eddie
- Win, Place or Steal as Lt. Mannite
- The Bionic Woman as Dr. Rudy Wells
- The Lives of Jenny Dolan as Springfield
1974
- Happy Days
- The Six Million Dollar Man as Dr. Rudy Wells
- Petrocelli
- Harry O
- Hong Kong Phooey
- Valley of the Dinosaurs
- Death Sentence as Lubell
- Cyrano as First Cadet / de Brigny (voice)
- Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
- Murder Works Overtime as Canavan
1973
- Westworld as Chief Supervisor
- Chase
- Lotsa Luck as Monroe
- The New Perry Mason as Spencer Phillips
- The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War as Dr. Rudy Wells
- The Thief Who Came to Dinner as Insurance Man
- The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping as Dr. Rudy Wells
- Daddy's Girl as Bennett
- What Are Best Friends For? as Dr. Otto Ludwig
1972
- ABC Afterschool Special
- Temperatures Rising as George
- The Groundstar Conspiracy as General Hackett
1971
- Nichols as Averrel
- Inside O.U.T. as Edgar Winston
1970
- McCloud
- The Partridge Family as Wink Burgess
- Little Big Man as Major
- Three for Tahiti as Cecil Barrett
1969
- Love, American Style as Captain Blodgett
- Medical Center as Dr. Harry Danfield
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father as Sy Freeman
- The Bill Cosby Show
- My World and Welcome to It
- The Maltese Bippy as Adolph Springer
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as Bernie Fryer
- The Name of the Game as Harvey
- Here's Lucy as Herb Hinkley
- Lancer
- The Mod Squad as Bob Ross
- The Outsider as Pete
- Here Come the Brides
- Star! as Andre Charlot
- Uptight as Unctuous Man in Arcade (uncredited)
- How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life as Everett Bauer
1967
- Mannix as John Cordell
- Ironside
- The High Chaparral as Sweets
- Judd, for the Defense
- He & She as Murray Mouse
- In the Heat of the Night as Ted Appleton (uncredited)
- Gunn as Whiteside
1966
- That Girl
- Felony Squad
- Gammera the Invincible as Dr. Contrare
1965
- Hogan's Heroes as Freitag
- Get Smart as Dr. Madre
- I Dream of Jeannie as Congressman Farragut
- The F.B.I. as Ludovic Krols
- I Spy as Benkovsky
1964
1960
- The Andy Griffith Show as Mr. Ruskin
1959
- Bonanza as Ernesto Salinas
- The Untouchables as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)