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Other names
  
Jerome C. Kattan

Children
  
Chris Kattan

Role
  
Film actor


Name
  
Kip King

Years active
  
1953–2009

Ex-spouse
  
Hajnalka E. Biro

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Full Name
  
Jerome Charles Kattan

Born
  
August 11, 1937 (
1937-08-11
)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Occupation
  
Actor, voice actor and acting instructor

Died
  
July 15, 2010, Los Angeles, California, United States

Movies and TV shows
  
A Night at the Roxbury, Corky Romano, The Smurfs, Tales of The Kama Sutra: Th, Westworld

Similar People
  
Chris Kattan, Sunshine Deia Tutt, John Fortenberry, Jag Mundhra, Tom Laughlin

Kip King Memorial Tribute


Kip King (born Jerome Charles Kattan; August 11, 1937 – July 15, 2010) was an American film, television and voice actor. He was the father of American television sketch comedian Chris Kattan.

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Life and career

King was born Jerome Charles Kattan in Chicago, Illinois, the son of an Iraqi Jewish father and a Polish Jewish mother.

King was probably best known for voicing Tailor Smurf in the 1980s television cartoon series The Smurfs. Long associated with Hanna-Barbera, King provided the voice of Shecky in The Biskitts (1983). He was also in the voice casts of The Little Rascals, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (both 1982), Tom & Jerry Kids (1990), Droopy, Master Detective and the Flintstones TV special I Yabba-Dabba Do! (both 1993).

He also made many guest appearances in films and on television shows such as Diff'rent Strokes, Corky Romano, Bachelor Father, The Munsters Today, One Day at a Time,Dragnet (both 1954 and 1989 versions), Burke's Law, The Bronx Zoo, Mister Roberts, Babylon 5: Thirdspace, Barney Miller, Mister Ed, The Bill Cosby Show, My Living Doll, The Beverly Hillbillies, Ben Casey, Mannix, The Rifleman, America 2-Night, Reno 911!, 12 O'Clock High, More Than Friends, Small Wonder, Breast Men, The Fall Guy, Burke's Law, Cagney and Lacey, The Partridge Family and The Jeffersons. He also wrote the teleplay for an episode of The Betty Hutton Show.

King was an original member of The Groundlings comedy troupe.

King died on July 15, 2010, after a long illness.


Filmography

Actor
2009
Scouts Honor as
Mr. Appleorchard
2007
Halfway Home (TV Series) as
Alan's Dad
- Halfway Parent's Day (2007) - Alan's Dad
2004
Reno 911! (TV Series) as
Larrie Plum / Falconer
- Junior Gets Married (2004) - Falconer
- Jones and Garcia's Drug Stake-Out (2004) - Larrie Plum
- Not Without My Mustache (2004) - Larrie Plum
2003
A Light in the Forest as
Lowell Hawkins
2003
Saturday Night Live (TV Series) as
Jerome Mills
- Dan Aykroyd/Beyonce (2003) - Jerome Mills (uncredited)
2001
Call Me Claus (TV Movie) as
Rabbi Rosenfarb
2001
Corky Romano as
Dr. Kipper
2000
Vice as
Judge Roper
2000
Perfumed Garden: Tales of the Kama Sutra as
Daerco
1998
A Night at the Roxbury as
Flower Customer #2
1998
Babylon 5: Thirdspace (TV Movie) as
Leo
1997
Breast Men (TV Movie) as
Barry Biggs
1996
EZ Streets (TV Series) as
Insurance Adjuster
- Every Picture Tells a Story (1996) - Insurance Adjuster
1995
High Sierra Search and Rescue (TV Series)
- Lillith, Part 1 (1995)
1993
I Yabba-Dabba Do! (TV Movie) as
Additional Voices (voice)
1992
Tom & Jerry Kids Show (TV Series)
- Penthouse Mouse/12 Angry Sheep/The Ant Attack (1992) - (voice)
1992
Jack's Place (TV Series)
- I See Cupid, I See France (1992)
1991
Timeless Tales from Hallmark (TV Series)
- Puss in Boots (1991) - (voice)
1990
Cyber-C.H.I.C. as
Dr. Von Colon
1989
Dragnet (TV Series) as
Stan Gibbon
- The Calculator (1989) - Stan Gibbon
1989
The Munsters Today (TV Series) as
Burt Fearman
- Don't Cry Wolfman (1989) - Burt Fearman
1982
The Smurfs (TV Series) as
Tailor Smurf / Tracker Smurf
- Memory Melons/Nanny's Way (1988) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- A Maze of Mirrors (1988) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Long Live Brainy (1988) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- It's a Smurfy Life/Land of Lost and Found (1988) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Denisa's Greedy Doll/Denisa's Slumber Party (1988) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Clockwork's Powerplay/Clumsy in Command (1988) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Lost Smurf (1988) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Smurfy Verdict/Chlorhydris Lost Love (1987) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Smurf Who Could Do No Wrong/Smurfette's Lucky Star (1987) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Magic Sack of Mr. Nicholas/Swapping Smurfs (1987) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- To Coin a Smurf/Smurfette Unmade (1987) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Soothsayer Smurfette/Crooner Smurf (1987) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Answer Smurf/Vanity's Wild Adventure (1987) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Scruple and the Great Book of Spells/Bouncing Smurf (1987) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Poet's Storybook/The Fastest Wizard in the World (1987) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Sleepless Smurfs/Cut-Up Smurfs (1987) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Gargamel's Sweetheart (1987) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Smurf on the Wild Side: Part 3/Smurf on the Wild Side: Part 4 (1987) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Smurf on the Wild Side: Part 1/Smurf on the Wild Side: Part 2 (1987) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Lure of the Orb/Smurfette's Flower (1986) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Snappy's Way/Fire-Fighting Smurfs (1986) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Gargamel's Dummy/Smurf on the Run (1986) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Calling Dr. Smurf/Can't Smurf the Music (1986) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Baby's New Toy/Bringing Up Bigfeet (1986) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- All the Smurf's a Stage/Smurfs on Wheels (1986) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Last Whippoorwill/The Color Smurfy (1986) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Smurfquest: Part 1/Smurfquest: Part 2 (1986) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- All Work and No Smurf/Gargamel's Time Trip (1985) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Have You Smurfed Your Pet, Today?/Unsound Smurfs (1985) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Grouchiest Game in Town/Queen Smurfette (1985) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Dark-Ness Monster (1985) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Dreamy's Pen Pals/Papa's Flying Bed (1985) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Papa's Day Off/The Smurflings (1985) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- He Who Smurfs Last/Baby's First Word (1985) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Patchwork Bear/Hefty and the Wheelsmurfer (1984) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Monster Smurfs/The Bad Place (1984) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Bigmouth Smurf/Baby's Enchanted Didey (1984) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- A Circus for Baby (1984) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Papa's Worrywarts/Lazy's Slumber Party (1984) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- A Float Full of Smurfs/Smurfette's Sweet Tooth (1984) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Incredible Shrinking Wizard (1984) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Breakfast at Greedy's/The Secret of Shadow Swamp (1984) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Master Smurf/Tailor's Magic Needle (1984) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Jokey's Funny Bone/Tick Tock Smurfs (1984) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Gingerbread Smurfs/Jokey's Shadow (1984) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Symbols of Wisdom/Blue Eyes Returns (1984) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Smurf on Wood (1984) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Hats Off to Smurfs/The Noble Stag (1983) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- A Gift for Papa's Day (1983) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Baby's First Christmas/Beauty Is Only Smurf Deep (1983) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Moor's Baby/Hefty's Heart (1983) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Baby Smurf Is Missing/The Smurfs' Time Capsule (1983) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Smurf Who Would Be King (1983) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- How to Smurf a Rainbow/Smurfette for a Day (1983) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Last Smurfberry (1983) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Once in a Blue Moon/All Creatures Great and Smurf (1983) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Papa's Wedding Day (1982) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Blue Plague/The Last Laugh (1982) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- Smurfs at Sea (1982) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Black Hellebore (1982) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- S-Shivering S-Smurfs/Sister Smurf (1982) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Smurf Who Couldn't Say No (1982) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
- The Adventures of Robin Smurf (1982) - Tracker Smurf (voice)
- The Smurf Springtime Special (1982) - Tailor Smurf (voice)
1988
Out of This World (TV Series) as
Dr. Stockman
- The Illness (1988) - Dr. Stockman
1988
The Bronx Zoo (TV Series) as
Uncle Louie
- Behind Closed Doors (1988) - Uncle Louie
1988
Small Wonder (TV Series) as
Kenny Hart
- I'll Drink to That (1988) - Kenny Hart
1987
'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy (TV Short) as
Tailor Smurf (voice)
1986
Rocky Road (TV Series) as
Peter Collister Chitwood
- Robbie's Inheritance (1986) - Peter Collister Chitwood
1986
Student Confidential as
Mr. Goldman
1986
The Fall Guy (TV Series)
- The Bigger They Are (1986)
1985
Charlie & Co. (TV Series) as
Ronald Sandler
- Beaus and Arrows (1985) - Ronald Sandler
- Silent Knight (1985) - Ronald Sandler
- Who's Watching the Roads? (1985) - Ronald Sandler
- For the Love of Lauren (1985) - Ronald Sandler
- Happy Anniversary- Sort Of (1985) - Ronald Sandler
- Operation Richmond (1985) - Ronald Sandler
- Will Be Around (1985) - Ronald Sandler
- Like Father, Like Son (1985) - Ronald Sandler
- The World According to Jim (1985) - Ronald Sandler
- Buddy, Can You Spare My Dime? (1985) - Ronald Sandler
- Muggers or Us (1985) - Ronald Sandler
- Pilot (1985) - Ronald Sandler
- Easy for You to Say (1985) - Ronald Sandler
1985
Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) as
Businessman
- On the Street (1985) - Businessman
1985
Handsome Harry's (TV Movie) as
Honest Stu Olsen
1984
The Jeffersons (TV Series) as
Mr. Mendelson
- The Gift (1984) - Mr. Mendelson
1984
The Facts of Life (TV Series) as
Florist
- All by Herself (1984) - Florist
1983
The Biskitts (TV Series) as
Shecky
- Turnaround Hound/A Dark and Stormy Knight (1983) - Shecky (voice)
- The Swamp Monster/May the Best Biskitt Win (1983) - Shecky (voice)
- The Moonpond/Fly Me to the Goon (1983) - Shecky (voice)
- The Trojan Biskitt/Snatched from Scratch (1983) - Shecky (voice)
- The Golden Biskitt/The Bone in the Stone (1983) - Shecky (voice)
- The Biskitt Who Cried Wolf/Shecky's Last Laugh (1983) - Shecky (voice)
- Spinner's Surprise/Two Leagues Under the Pond (1983) - Shecky (voice)
- Raiders of the Lost Bark/The Princess and the Plea (1983) - Shecky (voice)
- Moving Day/A Biskitt Halloween (1983) - Shecky (voice)
- Dogfoot/Up to His Old Tricks (1983) - Shecky (voice)
- Belling the Wild Cat/King Max's War (1983) - Shecky (voice)
- As the Worm Turns/Trouble in the Tunnel (1983) - Shecky (voice)
- Around the Swamp in a Daze/Rogue Biskitt (1983) - Shecky (voice)
1983
Philip Marlowe, Private Eye (TV Series) as
Dispatcher
- Finger Man (1983) - Dispatcher
1983
The Smurfic Games (TV Short) as
Tailor Smurf (voice)
1982
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (TV Series) as
Additional Voices
- A Gem of a Case/Scooby-Doo and Genie-Poo/Tumbleweed Derby (1982) - Additional Voices (voice)
1982
The Little Rascals (TV Series) as
Additional Voices
- Rascals' Revenge (1982) - Additional Voices (voice)
1980
One Day at a Time (TV Series) as
Mr. Roberts / Mr. Hamilton
- It's in the Cards (1982) - Mr. Roberts
- Mrs. O'Leary's Kid (1982) - Mr. Roberts
- Alex Moves In (1981) - Mr. Roberts
- Ann Meets Nick: Part 1 (1980) - Mr. Hamilton
1981
The Ri¢hie Ri¢h/Scooby-Doo Show (TV Series)
- rr/Around the World on Eighty Cents/rr/No Substitute for a Watch Dog/rr/Robot Robber (1981) - (voice)
- Sopwith Scooby/Dog Gone/Tenderbigfoot/Carnival Man/Scooby and the Beanstalk/The Day the Estate Stood Still (1981) - (voice)
- Hardhat Scooby/Money Talks/Hothouse Scooby/Mischief Movie/Pigskin Scooby/An Ordinary Day (1981) - (voice)
- Scooby-Doo 2000/Rich Mice/Punk Rock Scooby/King Bee/Canine to Five/Chilly Dog (1981) - (voice)
- Backstage Scooby/A Special Talent/Scooby's House of Mystery/Villians Incorporated/Sweet Dreams Scooby/Bye-Bye Baby (1981) - (voice)
- Scooby Dooby Goo/Voodoo Island/Rickshaw Scooby/Tooth Is Stranger than Fiction/Scooby's Luck of the Irish/Butlering Made Easy (1981) - (voice)
- Scooby's Escape from Atlantis/Richie of the Round Table/Excalibur Scooby/I Want My Mummy/Scooby Saves the World/Canine Cadet (1981) - (voice)
- Scooby Nocchio/Space Shark/Lighthouse Keeper Scooby/The Chef's Watch Dog/Scooby's Roots/Schoolhouse Romp (1981) - (voice)
1981
Bosom Buddies (TV Series) as
Budd Shore
- The Show Must Go On (1981) - Budd Shore
1979
Diff'rent Strokes (TV Series) as
Dr. Padnick
- Arnold's Girlfriend: Part 2 (1979) - Dr. Padnick
- Arnold's Girlfriend: Part 1 (1979) - Dr. Padnick
1977
Barney Miller (TV Series) as
Nicholas Baskin / Paul Powell
- Identity (1979) - Nicholas Baskin
- Thanksgiving Story (1977) - Paul Powell
1978
More Than Friends (TV Movie) as
Lily Pad Pal
1978
America 2-Night (TV Series) as
Rabbi Abraham 'Shecky' Stein / Rabbi Shecky Stein
- Rolletti-Sherwood Divorce (1978) - Rabbi Shecky Stein
- Wedding Reception (1978) - Rabbi Abraham 'Shecky' Stein
- Rolletti-Sherwood Wedding (1978) - Rabbi Abraham 'Shecky' Stein
1977
Rosetti and Ryan (TV Series) as
Wardell
- Men Who Love Women (1977) - Wardell
1976
Slumber Party '57 as
School Teacher
1975
Murph the Surf as
Party Guest
1974
Black Starlet as
Commercial Director
1973
Westworld as
Technician
1972
Mannix (TV Series) as
Dr. Kelly
- Lifeline (1972) - Dr. Kelly
1971
Longstreet (TV Series) as
Dr. Fowler
- "I See", Said the Blind Man (1971) - Dr. Fowler
1970
The Bill Cosby Show (TV Series) as
Sam Cutter / Wes
- A Dirty Business (1971) - Sam Cutter
- Open House (1970) - Wes
1970
The Partridge Family (TV Series) as
2nd Musician
- Did You Hear the One About Danny Partridge? (1970) - 2nd Musician
1970
Nancy (TV Series) as
The Reporter
- Adam, the TV Star (1970) - The Reporter
1970
Love, American Style (TV Series)(segment "Love and the Nurse")
- Love and the Nurse/Love and the Old Boyfriend (1970) - (segment "Love and the Nurse")
1968
The Danny Thomas Hour (TV Series) as
Milton
- Two for Penny (1968) - Milton
1967
Thunder Alley as
Dom
1967
Captain Nice (TV Series) as
Policeman #2
- That Thing (1967) - Policeman #2
1966
Rome, Sweet Home (TV Movie) as
Philoxenus
1966
The Red Skelton Hour (TV Series) as
College Frat Boy
- Love at First Fright (1966) - College Frat Boy
1966
Batman (TV Series) as
Nick
- He Meets His Match, the Grisly Ghoul (1966) - Nick
- The Joker Goes to School (1966) - Nick
1966
My Brother the Angel (TV Series) as
Messenger
- The Hawaiian Caper (1966) - Messenger
1965
Mister Roberts (TV Series) as
Wiley
- Happy Birthday, to Who? (1965) - Wiley
1965
Ben Casey (TV Series) as
Victor
- Journeys End in Lovers Meeting (1965) - Victor
1965
My Three Sons (TV Series) as
Al
- Steve and the Computer (1965) - Al
1964
My Living Doll (TV Series) as
Bellboy
- The Rhoda Gamble (1964) - Bellboy
1964
12 O'Clock High (TV Series) as
Sgt. Weinstock
- Decision (1964) - Sgt. Weinstock
1964
The Beverly Hillbillies (TV Series) as
Producer #3
- Clampett City (1964) - Producer #3
1964
Burke's Law (TV Series) as
Skins
- Who Killed the Surf Broad? (1964) - Skins
1964
My Favorite Martian (TV Series) as
Freddie Carson
- Shake Well and Don't Use (1964) - Freddie Carson
1964
The Eleventh Hour (TV Series) as
Tom
- A Full Moon Every Night (1964) - Tom
1964
The Lieutenant (TV Series) as
Ed Colmbs
- Gone the Sun (1964) - Ed Colmbs
1963
Channing (TV Series) as
Gross / Bunky
- Memory of a Firing Squad (1964) - Gross
- A Doll's House with Pompoms and Trophies (1963) - Bunky
1962
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (TV Series) as
Bobo Bowman / Emil
- Kid from Brooklyn (1963) - Bobo Bowman
- The Sleeping Sentry (1962) - Emil
1962
Going My Way (TV Series) as
The 2nd Boy / Joey
- Tell Me When You Get to Heaven (1963) - The 2nd Boy
- A Matter of Principle (1962) - Joey
1962
The Proper Time as
Jerry Rohn
1962
Kid Galahad as
Round Card Man at Romero Fight (uncredited)
1962
The Real McCoys (TV Series) as
Spookie
- Meeting Hassie's Friends (1962) - Spookie
1961
The Detectives (TV Series) as
Seymour
- The Queen of Craven Point (1961) - Seymour
1961
Breakfast at Tiffany's as
Delivery Boy (uncredited)
1961
Mister Ed (TV Series) as
Norman Howard
- Sorority House (1961) - Norman Howard
1960
Bachelor Father (TV Series) as
Ansel
- Where There's a Will (1960) - Ansel
1960
M Squad (TV Series) as
Badger
- Needle in a Haystack (1960) - Badger
1960
The DuPont Show with June Allyson (TV Series) as
Ward
- The Way Home (1960) - Ward
1959
Playhouse 90 (TV Series) as
Charlie Snider
- A Trip to Paradise (1959) - Charlie Snider
1959
The Rifleman (TV Series) as
Donnel O' Mahoney
- The Deadeye Kid (1959) - Donnel O' Mahoney
1959
December Bride (TV Series)
- Beat Generation (1959)
1958
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! as
Soldier (uncredited)
1958
The Ed Wynn Show (TV Series) as
Danny
- The Music Lovers (1958) - Danny
1958
Man with a Camera (TV Series) as
Ding Dong Fabrizi
- Closeup on Violence (1958) - Ding Dong Fabrizi
1956
Dragnet (TV Series) as
John Colter
- The Big Star (1958)
- The Big Hobby (1958)
- The Big Wish (1956) - John Colter
1958
Studio One (TV Series)
- A Funny-Looking Kid (1958)
- The Fair-Haired Boy (1958)
1958
The Walter Winchell File (TV Series) as
Freddy Lundberg
- The Reporter (1958) - Freddy Lundberg
1957
Peyton Place as
Pee Wee (uncredited)
1957
Kiss Them for Me as
Marine (uncredited)
1957
Johnny Trouble as
Kip King
1957
Dino as
Allie (uncredited)
1956
Tea and Sympathy as
Ted
1956
The Young Guns as
Miguel (uncredited)
1956
Big Town (TV Series)
- The Policeman (1956)
1955
Medic (TV Series) as
Lambert
- When Mama Says Jump (1955) - Lambert
Writer
1960
The Betty Hutton Show (TV Series) (teleplay - 1 episode)
- Gullible Goldie (1960) - (teleplay)
Miscellaneous
2004
Meet the Fockers (adr voice)
Self
2009
Bollywood Hero (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.3 (2009) - Self
- Episode #1.2 (2009) - Self
- Episode #1.1 (2009) - Self
2009
A Golightly Gathering (Video short) as
Self
1990
Death in Hollywood (Video documentary) as
Narrator (voice)
Archive Footage
2014
America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton (Video) as
Self

References

Kip King Wikipedia