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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]
Played Mr. Raymaker in, "Just One of the Guys". 1985.
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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]
Tigar's film roles include playing a bomb squad leader in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) and Lethal Weapon 3 (1992), and in The Avengers (2012), in which he has a brief but pivotal part as a German resister to Loki.
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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, 1976–1981) | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 [5] | ||
| 2013–2018 | House of Cards | Walter Doyle [6] | 4 episodes | |
| 2013–2014 | Alpha House | Senator Paul Mower [7] | 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 [8] | ||
| 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" |
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