Alan Louis Oppenheimer (born April 23, 1930) is an American actor and
voice actor. He has performed numerous roles on live action television
since the 1960s, and has had an active career doing voice work since
the 1970s.Oppenheimer was born on April 23, 1930 in New York City the
son of Irene (née Rothschild; 1904-1991) and Louis E. Oppenheimer
(1901-1984), who was a stockbroker. He is of Jewish background.As a
character actor, Oppenheimer has had diverse roles in popular American
television programming, from playing a Nazi in Hogan's Heroes, to
playing an Israeli secret agent as well as a double-agent KAOS
scientist on Get Smart, to being the second actor to play Dr. Rudy
Wells in The Six Million Dollar Man (Martin Balsam played the role in
the pilot telemovie). Oppenheimer took over as Rudy starting with the
second film, "Wine, Women and War" up until the introduction of the
bionic woman in 1975, whereupon Martin E. Brooks took over as Wells
until cancellation). He was the original Mickey Malph (Ralph Malph's
dad) on Happy Days. He played a recurring role during the first two
seasons of St. Elsewhere as Helen Rosenthal's husband, Ira. He had a
recurring role as Mayor Alvin B. Tutwiller on Mama's Family.He then
continued in science fiction genre in the 1973 cult classic Westworld,
where he played the head IT technician. He has also appeared in three
Star Trek series, always playing a different character. He appeared in
the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Rightful Heir" as a
Klingon cleric, Koroth, a primary instigator of the cloning of
Kahless; on Deep Space Nine as a Starfleet Captain Declan Keogh in
command of the USS Odyssey; and as an alien ambassador in Voyager.
voice actor. He has performed numerous roles on live action television
since the 1960s, and has had an active career doing voice work since
the 1970s.Oppenheimer was born on April 23, 1930 in New York City the
son of Irene (née Rothschild; 1904-1991) and Louis E. Oppenheimer
(1901-1984), who was a stockbroker. He is of Jewish background.As a
character actor, Oppenheimer has had diverse roles in popular American
television programming, from playing a Nazi in Hogan's Heroes, to
playing an Israeli secret agent as well as a double-agent KAOS
scientist on Get Smart, to being the second actor to play Dr. Rudy
Wells in The Six Million Dollar Man (Martin Balsam played the role in
the pilot telemovie). Oppenheimer took over as Rudy starting with the
second film, "Wine, Women and War" up until the introduction of the
bionic woman in 1975, whereupon Martin E. Brooks took over as Wells
until cancellation). He was the original Mickey Malph (Ralph Malph's
dad) on Happy Days. He played a recurring role during the first two
seasons of St. Elsewhere as Helen Rosenthal's husband, Ira. He had a
recurring role as Mayor Alvin B. Tutwiller on Mama's Family.He then
continued in science fiction genre in the 1973 cult classic Westworld,
where he played the head IT technician. He has also appeared in three
Star Trek series, always playing a different character. He appeared in
the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Rightful Heir" as a
Klingon cleric, Koroth, a primary instigator of the cloning of
Kahless; on Deep Space Nine as a Starfleet Captain Declan Keogh in
command of the USS Odyssey; and as an alien ambassador in Voyager.
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