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
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: 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 Himself
2010
- Adventure Time as Darren the Ancient Sleeper/Sun (voice)
2009
- 9 as Scientist (voice)
- Superman/Batman: Public Enemies as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
2008
- Jane Doe: Eye of the Beholder as Hans Engelslepen
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
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
- Touched by an Angel as Gary Stein
- Fantastic Four as Hot Dog Vendor/Sanitation Worker/The Watcher (voice)
- 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)
- Phantom 2040
1993
- Diagnosis: Murder as Dr. Leonard Gould
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Captain Keogh
- Invisible: The Chronicles of Benjamin Knight as Dr. Knox
- Home Free as Ben Brookstone
1992
- Batman: The Animated Series as Auctioneer (voice)
- Jonah as Jonah (voice)
1991
- Silk Stalkings
- The Legend of Prince Valiant as Merlin (voice)
- Absolute Strangers as Stevenson
- Where's Wally? as (voice)
- Child of Darkness, Child of Light as George Beavier
- Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter as Arthur Lyons
- Music Machine as Growdy (voice)
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)
- Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland as Oomp (voice)
- Fat Man and Little Boy as (voice)
- X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men as The Blob (voice)
- Blondie & Dagwood: Second Wedding Workout as Julius Dithers (voice)
1988
- Murphy Brown as Eugene Kinsella
- Scooby-Doo! and the Reluctant Werewolf as Mummy (voice)
- Superman as Jonathan Kent (voice)
- Moving as Mr. Cadell
- Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters as Morris Grout (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
- The Smurfs: 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy as Vanity Smurf / Doctor (voice)
- Bionic Six as Prof. Amadeus Sharp (voice)
- Blondie & Dagwood as Julius C. Dithers (voice)
- The Two Mrs. Grenvilles as Sam Rosenthal
1986
- Matlock as Dr. Linder
- L.A. Law as Judge Stephen Weeks
- Strong Medicine as Dr. Noah Townsend
- The Nativity as Wise Man (voice)
- Ghostbusters as Merlin / Prime Evil / Fangster / Captain Long John Scarechrome / Airhead
- Rambo: The Force of Freedom
- Daniel and the Lion's Den as King Belshazzar (voice)
- Skeletor's Revenge as Skeletor / Man-At-Arms / Cringer / Battle Cat / Melaktha / Cat Spy (voice)
- The Wuzzles: Bulls of a Feather as Rhinokey / Crock / Mr. Packcat (voice)
- Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos as Kimo (voice)
- Strong Medicine as Dr. Noah Townsend
1985
- She-Ra: Princess of Power as Skeletor / Cringer / Announcer
- The Execution as Max Langbein
- Mr. Belvedere
- My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol Flynn as Jerry Gersler
- The Pound Puppies as Barkerville (voice)
- 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)
- He-Man and She-Ra: A Christmas Special as Skeletor / Man-At-Arms / Zipper (voice)
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Dr. Raymond Auerbach
- Night Court as Dr. Fine
- The Transformers
- 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
- The Smurfs: Baby's First Christmas as Vanity Smurf (voice)
- The Smurfs Halloween Special
- My Smurfy Valentine as (voice)
1982
- Knight Rider as General Duncton
- St. Elsewhere as Ira Rosenthal
- The Smurfs Christmas Special as (voice)
- Divorce Wars: A Love Story as Arthur Lazar
- Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase as Oil Can Harry (voice)
- The Smurfs Springtime Special as Vanity Smurf (voice)
1981
- Macbeth as Duncan
- Gimme a Break!
- Romeo and Smurfette as Vanity Smurf (Voice)
- Blackstar
- Trollkins
- Foul Play
- The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam!
1980
- Private Benjamin as Rabbi
- The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show
- Thundarr the Barbarian as Mindok the Mind Menace (voice)
- 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 New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle & Jeckle as Oil Can Harry / Swifty / Narrator (voice)
- You Can't Take it With You as FBI Man
- Blind Ambition as George Simonson
- A Pleasure Doing Business as Marvin
- Eischied as Captain Finnerty
- The New Adventures of Flash Gordon
1978
- Vega$
- Record City as Blindman
- The Ghost of Flight 401 as Barton
- To Kill a Cop as Capt. Finnerty
- Peeping Times as Miles Rathbourne
- How to Survive the '70s and Maybe Even Bump Into Happiness
1977
- Lou Grant
- Soap as Mr. Kirby
- Tail Gunner Joe as Eisenhower Publicist
- Washington: Behind Closed Doors as Simon Cappell
- Shake, Rattle and Roll as Sidney Merciless
1976
- Alice
- Freaky Friday as Mr Joffert
- Riding with Death as Dr. Arthur Hale
- Helter Skelter as Aaron Stovitz
- Gemini Man
- The Gentleman Tramp as Narrator
1975
- Barney Miller as William Deats
- S.W.A.T.
- The Bionic Woman as Dr. Rudy Wells
- The Lives of Jenny Dolan as Springfield
- Win, Place or Steal as Lt. Mannite
- The Ghost Busters
- The Hindenburg as Albert Breslau
- Fraidy Cat as Fraidy "Nine" Cat (voice)
- Big Eddie
1974
- Happy Days
- The Six Million Dollar Man as Dr. Rudy Wells
- Petrocelli
- Cyrano as First Cadet / de Brigny (voice)
- Harry O
- Death Sentence as Lubell
- Hong Kong Phooey
- Judgment: The Court Martial of the Tiger of Malaya — General Yamashita
- Murder Works Overtime as Canavan
- Valley of the Dinosaurs
1973
- Westworld as Chief Supervisor
- The Thief Who Came to Dinner as Insurance Man
- What Are Best Friends For? as Dr. Otto Ludwig
- The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War as Dr. Rudy Wells
- Lotsa Luck as Monroe
- The New Perry Mason as Spencer Phillips
- Chase
- The Six Million Dollar Man: The Solid Gold Kidnapping as Dr. Rudy Wells
- Daddy's Girl as Bennett
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
- Star! as Andre Charlot
- Uptight as Unctuous Man in Arcade (uncredited)
- Here Come the Brides
- The Outsider as Pete
- How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life as Everett Bauer
1967
- Ironside
- Mannix as John Cordell
- The High Chaparral as Sweets
- Judd for the Defense
- He & She as Murray Mouse
- In the Heat of the Night as Ted Appleton (uncredited)
1966
- Felony Squad
- That Girl
- Gammera the Invincible as Dr. Contrare
1965
- Get Smart
- I Dream of Jeannie as Congressman Farragut
- Hogan's Heroes as Freitag
- 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)