Alan Oppenheimer
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.
Born: April 23, 1930
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known For
Blondie & Dagwood
The world's favorite comic strip couple trades places when Blondie gets a job after Dagwood Bumstead gets fired again.
Cyrano
Long-nosed Cyrano de Begerac helps an army officer woo Roxanne, the woman he loves in this animated version of Edmond Rostand's play.
Batman: The Animated Series
Vowing to avenge the murder of his parents, Bruce Wayne devotes his life to wiping out crime in Gotham City as the masked vigilante "Batman".
Adventure Time
Unlikely heroes Finn and Jake are buddies who traverse the mystical Land of Ooo. The best of friends, our heroes always find themselves in the middle of escapades. Finn and Jake depend on each other through thick and thin.
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Follow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the all-new USS Enterprise NCC-1701D, as they explore new worlds.
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
The exploits of the Grim Reaper, who has been forced into being the best friend of two children. A spin-off of the show Grim & Evil.
BraveStarr
On the planet New Texas, people live in futuristic conditions reminiscent of the Wild West. Here, Marshall Bravestarr fights for justice and righteousness with his supernatural abilities.
Music Machine
While flying a kite on a hill, two children named Stevie and Nancy are swept away aloft by their kite in sci-fi fashion to a fantasy, wonderland-type world called Agapeland. It is a lush green place near a river, containing over-sized mushrooms, living plants, and friendly woodland animals. Shortly after their arrival in the pleasant Agapeland, Stevie and Nancy discover the Marvelous Music Machine, which Stevie explains is a "quanamatic digilator." Stevie tries to make it work, but only succeeds in causing it to produce a loud noise, which shoves him back into the Music Machine's caretaker (possibly creator), The Conductor.
Quantum Leap
Theorizing that one could time travel within his own lifetime, Dr. Sam Beckett stepped into the Quantum Leap accelerator and vanished... He woke to find himself trapped in the past, facing mirror images that were not his own and driven by an unknown force to change history for the better. His only guide on this journey is Al, an observer from his own time, who appears in the form of a hologram that only Sam can see and hear. And so Dr. Beckett finds himself leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong and hoping each time that his next leap will be the leap home.
Gilmore Girls
Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
Filmography
as He-Man / Skeletor (voice)
as Booey / Boater #1 (voice)
as Moss Man (voice)
as Old Timer (voice)
as Old Timer (voice)
as Self - Voice Actor
as Skeletor
as Narrator
as Du Pont Dynasty Narrator (voice)
as Himself
as Darren the Ancient Sleeper/Sun (voice)
as Alfred Pennyworth (voice)
as Scientist (voice)
as Additional Voices (voice)
as Hans Engelslepen
as Prometheus
as Mr. Wallach
as Father Time
as Mr. Blodgett
as Editor
as Judge Nelson
as Mr. Booth
as Spencer Haywood
as Nezu Ambassador
as Hot Dog Vendor/Sanitation Worker/The Watcher (voice)
as Firelord/Hot Dog Vendor/The Watcher (voice)
as Gary Stein
as Judge
as Edmund Gray
as Farr
as Newscaster / Voice on the Loudspeaker (voice)
as Farr
as Dr. Leonard Gould
as Dr. Knox
as Ben Brookstone
as Captain Keogh
as Auctioneer (voice)
as Jonah (voice)
as (voice)
as Merlin (voice)
as George Beavier
as Stevenson
as Arthur Lyons
as Growdy (voice)
as Principal Ed Pomeroy (voice)
as Dr. Viper (voice)
as Julius Dithers (voice)
as (voice)
as The Blob (voice)
as Oomp (voice)
as Earl Skinner
as Plato / Aldrin Klordane (voice)
as Captain Kernel (voice)
as Dr. Alshire
as Eugene Kinsella
as Mummy (voice)
as Jonathan Kent (voice)
as Goolem / Morris Grout (voice)
as Morris Grout (voice)
as Goolem (voice)
as Handlebar / Outlaw Scuzz / Stampede (voice)
as Mr. Cadell
as Dr. Polidorius (voice)
as Vanity Smurf / Doctor (voice)
as Koroth
as Colonel Beauregard DuBark (voice)
as Diamondback / Handlebar / Outlaw Skuzz / Stampede
as Julius C. Dithers (voice)
as Prof. Amadeus Sharp (voice)
as Mr. Foodie
as Sam Rosenthal
as Judge Stephen Weeks
as Kimo (voice)
as Merlin / Prime Evil / Fangster / Captain Long John Scarechrome / Airhead
as Dr. Noah Townsend
as Dr. Linder
as Wise Man (voice)
as Rhinokey / Crock / Mr. Packcat (voice)
as Dr. Noah Townsend
as Skeletor / Man-At-Arms / Cringer / Battle Cat / Melaktha / Cat Spy (voice)
as Skeletor / Man-At-Arms / Zipper (voice)
as Barkerville (voice)
as King Belshazzar (voice)
as Rhinokey / Crocosaurus (voice)
as Skeletor / Cringer / Announcer
as Skeletor / Man-at-Arms / Cringer / Battle Cat / Bald Rebel / Chef Alan (voice)
as Jerry Gersler
as Max Langbein
as Dr. Raymond Auerbach
as Vanity Smurf (voice)
as Rockbiter / Falkor / G'mork / Narrator (voice)
as Falkor / G'mork / Rockbiter / Narrator (uncredited)
as Dr. Fine
as Judge Crockett
as Vanity Smurf (voice)
as Skeletor / Battle Cat / Cringer / Man-at-Arms / Mer-Man / Buzz-Off (voice)
as (voice)
as (voice)
as Oil Can Harry (voice)
as Ira Rosenthal
as General Duncton
as Joe Lewis
as Vanity Smurf (voice)
as Arthur Lazar
as Vanity Smurf (Voice)
as Duncan
as Rabbi
as Mindok the Mind Menace (voice)
as Morag (voice)
as Narrator (voice)
as Mr. Percy
as Mr. Husai
as (voice)
as Cyrus St. Cyr
as Captain Finnerty
as Oil Can Harry / Swifty / Narrator (voice)
as George Simonson
as FBI Man
as Capt. Finnerty
as Barton
as Blindman
as Miles Rathbourne
as Mr. Kirby
as Sidney Merciless
as Simon Cappell
as Eisenhower Publicist
as Mr Joffert
as Narrator
as Aaron Stovitz
as Dr. Arthur Hale
as Albert Breslau
as Springfield
as Fraidy "Nine" Cat (voice)
as Dr. Rudy Wells
as Lt. Mannite
as William Deats
as Lubell
as Canavan
as First Cadet / de Brigny (voice)
as Dr. Rudy Wells
as Rudy Wells
as Dr. Otto Ludwig
as Dr. Rudy Wells
as Dr. Rudy Wells
as Spencer Phillips
as Monroe
as Chief Supervisor
as Insurance Man
as George
as General Hackett
as Averrel
as Edgar Winston
as Major
as Wink Burgess
as Mr. Atwater
as Lorenzo Bernard
as Cecil Barrett
as Captain Blodgett
as Dr. Harry Danfield
as Sy Freeman
as Dwight McDevitt
as Adolph Springer
as Unctuous Man in Arcade (uncredited)
as Bob Ross
as Phil Norval
as Herb Hinkley
as Dr. Parker
as Bernie Fryer
as Harvey
as Pete
as Andre Charlot
as Everett Bauer
as John Cordell
as Dr. Hal Lusk
as Sweets
as Murray Mouse
as Ted Appleton (uncredited)
as Dr. Contrare
as Ludovic Krols
as Gordon Frisch
as Dr. Madre
as Congressman Farragut
as Freitag
as Wilhelm
as Colonel Sitzer
as Benkovsky
as Mr. Ruskin
as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
as Ernesto Salinas
as Darius Dalrymple