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Kenneth Tigar | |
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| Born | Kenneth Leslie Tigar September 24, 1942 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, translator |
| Years active | 1975–present |
Kenneth Tigar (born September 24, 1942) is an American actor, primarily on American television, and translator.
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Kenneth Tigar | |
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| Born | Kenneth Leslie Tigar September 24, 1942 |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, translator |
| Years active | 1975–present |
Kenneth Tigar (born September 24, 1942) is an American actor, primarily on American television, and translator.
Kenneth Leslie Tigar was born into a Jewish family in Chelsea, Massachusetts, and raised in the Greater Boston Area. [1] [2]
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. [3]
Tigar made his film debut in The Happy Hooker (1975). He went on to play Mr. Raymaker in Just One of the Guys (1985) and Professor Swivet in 18 Again! (1988). Tigar's later film roles include playing a bomb squad leader in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) and Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), Weil in Primal Fear (1996), a lawyer in Conspiracy Theory (1997), and a brief but pivotal part as a German resister to Loki in The Avengers (2012).
He has appeared in numerous television shows, including starring as the short-tempered Captain Jensen in L.A. Heat from 1997 to 1999, appearing in a total of 47 episodes. He guest-starred in two episodes of Cheers , playing different characters – "The Boys in the Bar" in Season 1 as a gay character called Fred, and later in Season 4's "Don Juan Is Hell", as a professor of Diane's. [4] He also played Dr. Gordon on Dallas , Sid Sidlevich (Maggie's boss) on Growing Pains , Fritz Heath on Dynasty , Dr. Keinholz on ER , and Walter Doyle on House of Cards , [5] among many other roles.
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1975 | The Happy Hooker | Steve | Screen debut |
| 1978 | The Gypsy Warriors | SS Captain 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) | |
| The Runnin' Kind | Stan Shank | ||
| 1992 | Lethal Weapon 3 | Becker (bomb squad leader) | |
| 1993 | My Life | Dr. Califano | |
| Snapdragon | Captain | ||
| 1995 | Jade | Corporate Man | |
| Rage | Harry | ||
| 1996 | Cadillac Ranch | Clown | (as Ken Tigar) |
| Primal Fear | Weil | ||
| Riot | Harry Johansen | ||
| 1997 | Little Bigfoot | Largo | |
| Conspiracy Theory | Lawyer | ||
| Hollywood Safari | Sheriff Todd | ||
| A Thousand Acres | Doctor | ||
| The Underground | Tim Scully | ||
| 2000 | Blessed Art Thou | Robert | |
| 2005 | Time of Fear | Coroner | |
| 2012 | The Avengers | Old German Man | |
| 2014 | The Union | Earl | |
| 2015 | Hell's Heart | Father Francis |
| Year | Production | Role | Notes |
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| 1976 | The Adams Chronicles | Secretary | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 1976–1981 | Barney Miller | Stefan Koepeknie / Elliot Porter / Fletcher / Jesus Christ / Philip Pollock | 6 episodes |
| 1977 | Man from Atlantis | Dr. Miller Simon | 3 episodes |
| The Waltons | Clem Beal | ||
| 1978 | Actor | The Farmer | TV movie |
| 1978 | Charlie's Angels | Danner | Episode: "Antique Angels" |
| 1978 | Kaz | Verdict in Department 12 | |
| 1978 | The Rock Rainbow | Jim | TV movie |
| 1978 | The Rockford Files | Jerry Simpson | Episode: "Local Man Eaten by Newspaper" |
| 1979 | Project U.F.O. | Ron Denby | Episode: "Sighting 4024: The Scoutmaster Incident" |
| 1979 | Barnaby Jones | Gavin Brewster | Episode: "Fatal Overture" |
| 1979 | The Golden Gate Murders | Father O'Brien | TV movie |
| 1980 | Love, Natalie | The Guest | TV movie |
| 1980 | Eight Is Enough | Mr. Whitney | Episode: "Jeremy" |
| 1980 | The Babysitter | Tom Montgomery | TV movie |
| 1981 | CHiPs | Webb | Episode: "Finders Keepers" |
| The Gangster Chronicles | Thomas E. Dewey | 13 episodes | |
| Nero Wolfe | Morty Barbage | Episode: "The Blue Ribbon Hostage" | |
| Park Place | Hammond | Episode: "Crazy Judge" | |
| The Big Black Pill | Trotter | TV movie | |
| WKRP in Cincinnati | Dr. Hunnisett | Episode: "Frog Story" | |
| 1982 | Pray TV | Parker | TV movie |
| 1982 | Bosom Buddies | Spinkus | Episode: "Hildy's Dirt Nap" |
| 1982 | The Facts of Life | Mr. Garfield | Episode: "Daddy's Girl" |
| 1983 | Knight Rider | Dr. Kempler | Episode: "Give Me Liberty... or Give Me Death" |
| 1983 | Missing Pieces | Alan Rosenus | TV movie |
| 1983 | Special Bulletin | Dr. Abraham Sczrsma | TV movie |
| 1983 | Thursday's Child | Bill Richardson | TV movie |
| 1983–1984 | Hart to Hart | Baldwin / Harold Ashby | 2 episodes |
| 1983–1985 | Cheers | Fred / Dr. Lowell Greenspon | 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 | Episode: "Death and Taxes" |
| Hunter | Judge Calvin Tyler | Episode: "True Confessions" | |
| Webster | Mr. Terry | Episode: "A Test of Character" | |
| 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 | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Margan (uncredited) | 1 episode - "Symbiosis" |
| 1988–1989 | Dynasty | Fritz Heath | 5 episodes |
| 1989 | Who's the Boss? | Mr. Timmons | Episode: "In Sam We Trust" |
| 1990 | Newhart | "Mom" - Game store owner | 1 episode |
| 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 | Sunset Beach | Dr. Anthony Moulton | 2 episodes |
| 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 | Congressman Gladman | |
| 1999 | L.A. Heat | Captain Jensen | |
| 2007 | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Terrence Winthrop | 1 episode - "Privilege" |
| 2008–2009 | Fringe | Johan Lennox | speaking German |
| 2010 | Boardwalk Empire | Doctor Lissenger (Dentist) | |
| 2011 | Nurse Jackie | Dentist | |
| 2012 | Elementary | Philip Armistead [6] | |
| 2013–2018 | House of Cards | Walter Doyle [7] | 4 episodes |
| 2013–2014 | Alpha House | Senator Paul Mower [8] | 4 episodes |
| 2016 | Madam Secretary | Scientist | 1 episode - "On the Clock" |
| 2016–2019 | The Man In The High Castle | Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler | 13 episodes |
| 2017 | Blindspot | Sean Clark [9] | |
| 2018–2022 | Bull | Judge Javonovich | 2 episodes |
| 2020, 2023 | Hunters | Heinz Richter | 2 episodes - "In the Belly of the Whale"; "The Trial of Adolf Hitler" |
| 2021 | Evil | Winston | Episode: "S Is for Silence" [10] |
| 2024 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Detective (ret.) Ed McCluskey | 1 episode - "Marauder" |
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