Kip King


Kip King was an American film, television and voice actor. He was the father of American television sketch comedian Chris Kattan.

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. He was also in the voice casts of The Little Rascals, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo, Tom & Jerry Kids, Droopy, Master Detective and the Flintstones TV special I Yabba-Dabba Do!.
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, Burke's Law, The Bronx Zoo, Mister Roberts, , 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

Animated roles