Kenneth Tigar

Kenneth Tigar
Born	(1942-09-24) September 24, 1942 Chelsea, Massachusetts
Occupation	Actor, translator
Years active	1975–present

Kenneth Tigar (born September 24, 1942) is an American actor and translator.

Life and career

Tigar was born in Chelsea, Massachusetts and raised in the Boston area. He received his BA and Ph.D. in German literature from Harvard University. As an undergraduate, he was active in theater as both an actor and a director. He spent a year at the University of Göttingen and performed in Vienna and other European cities. He speaks fluent German and has translated a number of German plays into English.

He starred as Captain Jensen in L.A. Heat and has appeared in numerous television series such as The West Wing, Boardwalk Empire, Barney Miller, Night Court, Highway To Heaven and Fringe, as well as in motion pictures such as The Avengers, where he speaks with a German accent.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1975	The Happy Hooker	Steve	Screen debut
1978	The Gypsy Warriors	Capt. Schullman
1981	Gangster Wars	Thomas E. Dewey
1985	Just One of the Guys	Mr. Raymaker
	Creator	Pavlo
1987	Jake's M.O.	Sol Godlman
1988	18 Again!	Professor Swivet
	Phantasm II	Father Meyers
1989	Lethal Weapon 2	Becker (bomb squad leader)
1992	Lethal Weapon 3	Becker (bomb squad leader)
1996	Primal Fear	Weil
	Cadillac Ranch	Clown (as Ken Tigar)
	Riot	Harry Johansen
1997	Little Bigfoot	Largo
	The Underground	Tim Scully
	Conspiracy Theory	Lawyer
	A Thousand Acres	Doctor
	Hollywood Safari	Sheriff Todd
2005	Time of Fear	Coroner
2012	The Avengers	Old German Man

Television works

Year	Production	Role	Notes
1976	The Adams Chronicles	Secretary	TV miniseries, 1 episode
1976–1981	Barney Miller	Danner	5 different characters (including Jesus Christ) in 6 episodes
1977	Man from Atlantis	Dr. Miller Simon	3 episodes
	The Waltons	Clem Beal
1978	Charlie's Angels	Danner
1980	The Babysitter	Tom Montgomery	TV movie
1983	Knight Rider	Dr. Kempler
	Missing Pieces	Alan Rosenus	TV movie
	Special Bulletin	Dr. Abraham Sczrsma	TV movie
	Thursday's Child	Bill Richardson	TV movie
1983–1984	Hart to Hart	Baldwin / Harold Ashby	2 episodes
1983–1985	Cheers	Dr. Lowell Greenspon / Fred	2 episodes
1983–1986	Hill Street Blues	Randolph Scripps	2 episodes
1984	Fatal Vision	Pathologist	TV movie
1985	Simon & Simon	Larry Trowbridge	2 episodes
	Night Court	Mr. Slotkin	1 episode - "The Hostage"
1986	Magnum, P.I.	Milton Collins
1986–1993	L.A. Law	Clarence O'Malley
1987	The Betty Ford Story	Dr. Lukash	TV movie
	Dallas	Dr. Gordon	4 episodes
	Night Court	Gus Melman	1 episode - "Her Honor, Part 4"
	Highway To Heaven	Mr. Meyers	1 episode - "Normal People"
1987–1989	Growing Pains	Sid Sidlevich	6 episodes
1988–1989	Dynasty	Fritz Heath	5 episodes
1992	Quantum Leap	Ben Steiner
1993	Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	Dr. Samuel Platt	1 episode - Pilot
1995	Beverly Hills, 90210	Mr. Warren
1996	Murder, She Wrote	Dave Pittman
1997	Star Trek: Voyager	Dammar
1997–1999	L.A. Heat	Captain Jensen
1998	ER	Dr. Keinholz	2 episodes
1998	Route 9	Bank Manager	TV movie
1999	The X-Files	Dr. Plant	1 episode - "S.R. 819"
1999	The West Wing	Dr. Keinholz	Congressman Gladman
2008–2009	Fringe	Johan Lennox	speaking German
2010	Boardwalk Empire	Dentist
2011	Nurse Jackie	Dentist
2012	Elementary	Philip Armistead
2013–2014	House of Cards	Walter Doyle	2 episodes
2013–2014	Alpha House	Senator Paul Mower	4 episodes

External links

• Kenneth Tigar at the Internet Movie Database