Alan Oppenheimer

Biography: Alan Oppenheimer is one of the busiest of that breed of character actors who so expertly blend into the roles they're playing that they don't seem to be acting at all. Generally cast in "management" roles in films (the chief supervisor in 1973's Westworld, for example), Oppenheimer has also been a regular or semi-regular on several TV series. He was Dr. Rudy Wells during the first season of The Six Million Dollar Man (1974-75) ex-gangster Sheldon Leonard's brother Jessie on Big Eddie (1975), Captain Finnerty on Eischeid (1979-83) and Ben Brookstone on Home Free (1993), and was seen on an occasional basis as Dr. Raymond Auerbach on Murder She Wrote and network president Eugene Kinsella on Murphy Brown. Alan Oppenheimer's most lasting legacy rests in his innumerable cartoon voiceovers for Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, Disney and other studios: He was heard as Ming the Merciless on New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979), Sidney Merciless in the "Shake Rattle and Roll" component of CBAlan Oppenheimer is one of the busiest of that breed of character actors who so expertly blend into the roles they're playing that they don't seem to be acting at all. Generally cast in "management" roles in films (the chief supervisor in 1973's Westworld, for example), Oppenheimer has also been a regular or semi-regular on several TV series. He was Dr. Rudy Wells during the first season of The Six Million Dollar Man (1974-75) ex-gangster Sheldon Leonard's brother Jessie on Big Eddie (1975), Captain Finnerty on Eischeid (1979-83) and Ben Brookstone on Home Free (1993), and was seen on an occasional basis as Dr. Raymond Auerbach on Murder She Wrote and network president Eugene Kinsella on Murphy Brown. Alan Oppenheimer's most lasting legacy rests in his innumerable cartoon voiceovers for Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, Disney and other studios: He was heard as Ming the Merciless on New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979), Sidney Merciless in the "Shake Rattle and Roll" component of CB Bears (1977), Mighty Mouse in The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle (1979 Filmation version), Big D on The Drak Pack (1980), Tawky Tawney and Uncle Dudley in Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam (1981), Vanity on The Smurfs (1981-90), Sheriff Pudge on The Trollkins (1981), Skeletor in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983), the King of Gummadon in Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1985), Colonel Trautman in Rambo (1986), Pa Kent on Superman (1988 Ruby-Spears version), Merlin in The Legend of Prince Valiant (1991), and so many others. Expand

Alan Oppenheimer's Scores

Average career score: 81
Highest Metascore: 100 Murphy Brown: Season 2
Lowest Metascore: 72 Masters of the Universe: Revelation: Season 1
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
3 tv reviews
Title: Year: Credit: User score:
tbd A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: Season 1 Sep 10, 1988 Additional Voices (1988-1991) tbd
tbd The Smurfs: Season 8 Sep 10, 1988 Vanity Smurf / Homnibus / Vanity Smurf/Father Time tbd
tbd Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987): Season 1 Dec 14, 1987 Voice 7.4
tbd Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987): Season 1 Dec 14, 1987 Voice tbd
tbd The Smurfs: Season 7 Sep 26, 1987 Vanity Smurf / Father Time / Vanity Smurf/Father Time tbd
tbd Matlock: Season 2 Sep 22, 1987 Dr. Linder tbd
tbd DuckTales: Season 1 Sep 18, 1987 Agent X / Various 8.8
tbd Night Court: Season 5 Sep 17, 1987 Crockett tbd
tbd BraveStarr: Season 1 Sep 14, 1987 Outlaw Scuzz / Handlebar / Handlebar tbd
tbd Transformers: Season 3 Sep 15, 1986 Beachcomber / Breakdown / Seaspray / Warpath / Beachcomber / Breakdown / Seaspray / Warpath 6.8
tbd She-Ra: Princess of Power: Season 2 Sep 13, 1986 Skeletor, Battle Cat, Man-At-Arms tbd
tbd The Smurfs: Season 6 Sep 13, 1986 Vanity Smurf / Father Time / Vanity Smurf/Father Time tbd
tbd Ghostbusters: Season 1 Sep 8, 1986 Voice Of Prime Evil / Prime Evil 6.5
tbd Rambo: Season 1 Apr 14, 1986 The Voice Of Col. Trautman / Col. Troutman tbd
tbd Transformers: Season 2 Sep 23, 1985 Beachcomber / Breakdown / Seaspray / Warpath / Voice Of Cybertronian Physician 8.8
tbd The Smurfs: Season 5 Sep 21, 1985 Vanity Smurf / Father Time / Homnibus / Vanity Smurf/Father Time tbd
tbd She-Ra: Princess of Power: Season 1 Sep 9, 1985 Skeletor, Battle Cat, Man-At-Arms 8.2
tbd Night Court: Season 2 Sep 27, 1984 Doctor tbd
tbd The Smurfs: Season 4 Sep 15, 1984 Vanity Smurf / Homnibus / Vanity Smurf/Father Time tbd
tbd Scooby and Scrappy-Doo: Season 6 Sep 9, 1984 Additional Voices tbd
tbd Mama's Family: Season 2 Sep 29, 1983 Mayor / Tutwiller tbd
tbd The Smurfs: Season 3 Sep 17, 1983 Vanity Smurf / Father Time / Vanity Smurf/Father Time tbd
tbd Scooby and Scrappy-Doo: Season 5 Sep 10, 1983 Additional Voices tbd
tbd He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: Season 1 Sep 5, 1983 Voice Of: Skeletor, Man-At-Arms, Cringer/Battle Cat, Merman, Buzz-Off, Roboto, Melaktha, Yuckers And Others / Skeletor/Man-At-Arms/Mer-Man 8.6
tbd St. Elsewhere: Season 1 Oct 26, 1982 Ira tbd
tbd Gimme a Break!: Season 2 Oct 2, 1982 Daniels tbd
tbd Scooby and Scrappy-Doo: Season 4 Sep 25, 1982 Additional Voices tbd
tbd The Smurfs: Season 2 Sep 18, 1982 Additional Voices / Vanity Smurf / Homnibus / Vanity Smurf/Father Time tbd
tbd Barney Miller: Season 8 Oct 29, 1981 Dietz tbd
tbd Scooby and Scrappy-Doo: Season 3 Sep 19, 1981 Additional Voices tbd