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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. Voice acting Oppenheimer (left) with Jim Cummings (middle) and Loren Lester (right) in 2015 DeMille in the 1994 Broadway production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Sunset Blvd. Oppenheimer also appeared as film director Cecil B. 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. He has also appeared in three Star Trek series, always playing a different character. He then continued in science fiction genre in the 1973 cult classic Westworld, where he played the head IT technician. He had a recurring role as Mayor Alvin B. Elsewhere as Helen Rosenthal's husband, Ira. He played a recurring role during the first two seasons of St. He was the original Mickey Malph ( Ralph Malph's dad) on Happy Days. Brooks took over as Wells until cancellation). Oppenheimer took over as Rudy starting with the second film, "Wine, Women and War" up until the introduction of the bionic woman in 1975, whereupon Martin E. Rudy Wells in The Six Million Dollar Man ( Martin Balsam played the role in the pilot film). Career Character roles Īs 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. Oppenheimer was born in New York City on April 23, 1930, to Louis and Irene Oppenheimer. 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. ( July 2022)Īlan Oppenheimer (born April 23, 1930) is an American actor. Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. This article's lead section may be too short to adequately summarize the key points.