In Memoriam

Kenneth Mars, 1936-2011

By February 15, 2011No Comments

Mars #1

With Shirley MacLaine in Desperate Characters, Frank D. Gilroy, 1971.

Not many people knew it, but the Führer was a ter­rif­ic dancer…

 

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  • Sal C says:
    February 15, 2011 at 9:32 am

    Ah, but for me Kenneth Mars will always be about that pitch-perfect accent (and that hair!) in ‘What’s Up, Doc?’
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W‑C9_51vQHw

  • Stephen Whitty says:
    February 15, 2011 at 11:03 am

    And a sad note, too, of the passing of Dave Friedman, the shame­less show­man behind such pop­u­list pulch­ritude, stu­pendous splat­ter (and allit­er­at­ively advert­ised films) as “Blood Feast,” “She Freak” and “Trader Hornee.”

  • James says:
    February 15, 2011 at 3:02 pm

    Sad news. I was just think­ing about him the oth­er day. He was a cult between me and my German friend Julius when we were stu­dents togeth­er and obsessed with ‑The Producers-. “Today Broadway; tomorrow…”