Aron Tager obit

Aron Tager Obituary

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TAGER, ARON It is with great sadness we announce the passing of Aron Tager. Aron passed away suddenly at the age of 84. A larger than life personality, he was an artist, actor, poet and inspiration to many. He leaves behind his beloved wife, Annie. His stepchildren, Liz, Cathy, Ruth and Susan. His grandchildren Alex, Tim, Chris, Max, Alex, Jennifer and Justin; his nephews Howard, Matt and David. The family will receive friends, family and guests at HERITAGE FUNERAL CENTRE, 50 Overlea Blvd. (416) 423-1000 on Saturday, March 9th, 2019 from 1 pm for a Celebration of his Life. Directions and online condolences may be found at www.heritagefuneralcentre.ca

Reception Information:

Heritage Funeral Centre

50 Overlea Blvd

TORONTO, ON

CA M4H 1B6

A reception will be held at the funeral home following the Celebration of Life from 3 - 5 pm

He is best known for voicing Cranky Kong in the animated television series, Donkey Kong Country and for portraying Dr. Vink on the children's television show Are You Afraid of the Dark?.

As an artist, Tager had numerous exhibitions of his work and has sculptures installed at the following locations: Mount Anthony Union High School (Bennington, Vermont); Shaftsbury Elementary School (Shaftsbury, Vermont); Delaware County Community College, (Media, Pennsylvania); and the Indianapolis Jewish Center, Battery Park (Burlington, Vermont).

He has earned a number of accolades for his work, including the Gold Key at the National Scholastic Art Competition in 1950, the 1975 Award and Medal at the Norwich University Art Show for "Best Sculpture" and "Most Popular Work in Show", and the Award and Medal, Boston Festival of the Arts, 1985.

Trained as an actor, Tager took a 25-year hiatus to focus solely on art, particularly painting and sculpture, before returning to acting in the early 1990s. He appeared in a variety of theatrical, television and film productions, and has had parts in the movies X-Men, Rocky Marciano, Serendipity, Murder at 1600, 10,000 Black Men Named George, A Holiday Romance, and The Salem Witch Trials.

A member of the repertory cast of the A&E TV series A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001–2002), he has also appeared on the television shows At the Hotel, Kojak, Puppets Who Kill, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Monk, Goosebumps, Wild Card, Sirens, Earth: Final Conflict, Lil' Bush, Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal, Due South, Wonderfalls, Blue Murder, Relic Hunter, The Zack Files and Billable Hours. He played Max Coleman in the 2002 made-for-TV movie Martin and Lewis.

A long-time resident of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, he appeared in television commercials and occasionally performed voices for characters in animated films, children's and adult shows such as Donkey Kong Country, Blazing Dragons, Adventures of the Little Mermaid, The Busy World of Richard Scarry, Monster Force, David Copperfield, Stickin' Around, The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police, Silver Surfer, Tommy and the Wildcat, George Shrinks, Adventures in Animation 3D, Jane and the Dragon, The Dating Guy, The Adventures of Chuck and Friends.

Actor

Paul Soles and Ethan Cole in My 90-Year-Old Roommate (2016)

My 90-Year-Old Roommate

7.8

TV Series

Harry

2018

9 episodes

 

Luke Roberts, Nazneen Contractor, Brandon Jay McLaren, and Sarah Greene in Ransom (2017)

Ransom

6.6

TV Series

Grandfather

2017

1 episode

 

You Got Trumped: The First 100 Days (2016)

You Got Trumped: The First 100 Days

7.1

TV Series

Klaus

2016

10 episodes

 

The Stanley Dynamic (2014)

The Stanley Dynamic

4.1

TV Series

Walter Floggins

2014–2016

3 episodes

 

Jack Coleman, Judith Shekoni, Zachary Levi, Robbie Kay, Danika Yarosh, Ryan Guzman, and Kiki Sukezane in Heroes Reborn (2015)

Heroes Reborn

6.6

TV Mini Series

Old Angry Guy

2015

1 episode

 

Vox (2015)

Vox

8.0

TV Movie

Fernando Moroso

2015

 

Henry Rollins in He Never Died (2015)

He Never Died

6.3

Announcer

2015

 

Hard Rock Medical (2013)

Hard Rock Medical

8.1

TV Series

Fred

2015

1 episode

 

Official Canadian Theatrical Poster

88

4.9

Dale

2015

 

The Day My Butt Went Psycho! (2013)

The Day My Butt Went Psycho!

2.5

TV Series

(voice)

2014

1 episode

 

Eva Amurri, Jon Dore, and Donald Faison in Stag (2013)

Stag

4.0

Old Man

2013

 

Olivier Martinez and Missy Peregrym in Cybergeddon (2012)

Cybergeddon

6.0

TV Series

Arthur Hastings

2012

2 episodes

 

Searching for Wonder

8.0

Short

Professor

2011

 

The Adventures of Chuck & Friends (2010)

The Adventures of Chuck & Friends

5.2

TV Series

Grandpa Treadwell

Salty Saul (voice)

2011

2 episodes

 

Seann William Scott in Goon (2011)

Goon

6.8

Mr. Goldsmith

2011

 

American Wife

Short

Elderly Man

2010

 

Lost Girl (2010)

Lost Girl

7.6

TV Series

Mayer

2010

2 episodes

 

The Untitled Work of Paul Shepard (2010)

The Untitled Work of Paul Shepard

6.3

Dr. Max Henreid

2010

 

The Dating Guy (2009)

The Dating Guy

4.7

TV Series

Captain Steiner (voice)

2009

5 episodes

 

The Way It Used to Be

Short

Alfred

2009

 

Jon Dore in The Jon Dore Television Show (2007)

The Jon Dore Television Show

8.1

TV Series

Mr. Pansky

2009

1 episode

 

Joshua Peace in You Might as Well Live (2009)

You Might as Well Live

5.4

Rabbi Kirshenblat

2009

 

Suikoden Tierkreis (2008)

Suikoden Tierkreis

7.6

Video Game

Macoute (English version, voice)

2008

 

Billable Hours

6.9

TV Series

Mortie Fagen

2006–2008

26 episodes

 

Green

8.4

Short

Stanley

2008

 

Jesse Bradford in The Echo (2008)

The Echo

5.5

Old Man

2008

 

Téa Leoni and Ben Kingsley in You Kill Me (2007)

You Kill Me

6.4

Walter Fitzgerald

2007

 

Masters of Horror (2005)

Masters of Horror

7.4

TV Series

George Graham

2007

1 episode

 

Boys Briefs 4 (2006)

Boys Briefs 4

5.6

Video

Calvin (segment "Gold")

2006

 

A Lobster Tale (2006)

A Lobster Tale

6.1

Morty Thorpe

2006

 

Tajja Isen in Jane and the Dragon (2005)

Jane and the Dragon

7.2

TV Series

Sir Theodore Boarmaster

Sir Theodore (voice)

2006

26 episodes

 

Dogasaur (2006)

Dogasaur

6.8

TV Short

Alfred lippe'

2006

 

The Shakespeare Comedy Show

4.4

TV Series

Lear (segment "Queen Lear")

2006

1 episode

 

Courts mais GAY: Tome 11 (2006)

Courts mais GAY: Tome 11

7.8

Calvin (segment "Gold")

2006

 

Paulino Nunes in At the Hotel (2006)

At the Hotel

4.6

TV Series

Norman

2006

1 episode

 

The Buck Calder Experience (2006)

The Buck Calder Experience

TV Movie

Lou Blatts

2006

 

Gold (2005)

Gold

6.2

Short

Calvin

2005

 

Kojak (2005)

Kojak

5.7

TV Series

Grant Cleveland

2005

1 episode

 

John Cassini and James Marsters in Cool Money (2005)

Cool Money

5.5

TV Movie

Judge Raymond Ziff

2005

 

Sophia Loren, Kris Kristofferson, Sabrina Ferilli, Fab Filippo, and Nick Mancuso in Lives of the Saints (2004)

Lives of the Saints

6.6

TV Movie

Lawyer

2004

 

Wonderfalls (2004)

Wonderfalls

8.3

TV Series

Gwen

2004

1 episode

 

Puppets Who Kill (2002)

Puppets Who Kill

7.5

TV Series

Deprogrammer

2004

1 episode

 

The Absence of Emily (2003)

The Absence of Emily

6.6

Short

Mr. Brewster

2003

 

Joely Fisher in Wild Card (2003)

Wild Card

6.7

TV Series

William Von Riet

2003

1 episode

 

Thora Birch in Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003)

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

7.1

TV Movie

Pops

2003

 

Name of the Rose (2003)

Name of the Rose

2.9

Short

Professor Wiseman

2003

 

The Fur Store (2003)

The Fur Store

7.8

Short

2003

 

The One (2003)

The One

5.4

TV Movie

Ace the Baker

2003

 

Good Fences (2003)

Good Fences

5.7

TV Movie

Belcher

2003

 

Roman Podhora in Blue Murder (2001)

Blue Murder

6.3

TV Series

Motel Manager

2003

1 episode

 

Salem Witch Trials (2002)

Salem Witch Trials

6.1

TV Movie

Giles Corey

2002

 

Boys Briefs 2 (2002)

Boys Briefs 2

7.1

Video

Trick 1 (segment "Touch")

2002

 

Jon Voight, Teri Polo, and Gil Bellows in Second String (2002)

Second String

5.8

TV Movie

Charley Tuck

2002

 

Martin and Lewis (2002)

Martin and Lewis

6.4

TV Movie

Max Coleman

2002

 

Megan Mullally and Juliet Stevenson in The Pact (2002)

The Pact

5.5

TV Movie

Judge H. Rossiter

2002

 

The Rats (2002)

The Rats

4.9

TV Movie

Janitor

2002

 

Fancy Dancing (2002)

Fancy Dancing

5.7

Zero

2002

 

Tony Shalhoub in Monk (2002)

Monk

8.1

TV Series

Leo Otterman

2002

1 episode

 

Charles S. Dutton, Mario Van Peebles, and Andre Braugher in 10,000 Black Men Named George (2002)

10,000 Black Men Named George

6.9

TV Movie

Governor Morrow

2002

 

Keep the Faith, Baby (2002)

Keep the Faith, Baby

6.8

TV Movie

Chairman Emanuel Celler

2002

 

Brendan Fletcher in Touch (2002)

Touch

7.0

Short

Trick 1 (as Aaron Tager)

2002

 

The Kid (2001)

The Kid

6.1

TV Movie

Guard

Mr. Camiso (voice)

2001

 

Protection (2001)

Protection

5.2

Lujak

2001

 

John Stamos and Melissa George in Thieves (2001)

Thieves

7.0

TV Series

Sid

2001

1 episode

 

Screech Owls (2001)

Screech Owls

7.8

TV Series

Grandfather

2001

1 episode

 

John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale in Serendipity (2001)

Serendipity

6.8

Janitor (as Aaron Taggart)

2001

 

Century Hotel (2001)

Century Hotel

5.9

Older Salvatore

2001

 

A Nero Wolfe Mystery (2001)

A Nero Wolfe Mystery

8.4

TV Series

Mr. Carlisle

Commissioner Skinner

Commissioner Bernard Fromm ...

2001

6 episodes

 

Pilot: Part 1 (2001)

Doc

6.0

TV Series

Artie Ostrowski

2001

1 episode

 

Chasing Cain (2001)

Chasing Cain

6.4

TV Movie

Rad

2001

 

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows (2001)

Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows

7.9

TV Mini Series

George Jessel

2001

2 episodes

 

The Associates (2001)

The Associates

5.9

TV Series

2001

1 episode

 

The Zack Files (2000)

The Zack Files

7.4

TV Series

Old Man

2000

1 episode

 

Leslie Nielsen in Santa Who? (2000)

Santa Who?

5.3

TV Movie

Grandpa

2000

 

Monster by Mistake (1996)

Monster by Mistake

5.3

TV Series

Chief Stern

2000

1 episode

 

Patrick Stewart, James Marsden, and Hugh Jackman in X-Men (2000)

X-Men

7.3

Emcee

2000

 

Donkey Kong Country (1997)

Donkey Kong Country

5.4

TV Series

Cranky Kong (voice)

1997–2000

14 episodes

 

Common Ground (2000)

Common Ground

7.3

TV Movie

Mr. Manos

2000

 

Blaster's Universe (1999)

Blaster's Universe

7.5

TV Series

1999

8 episodes

 

Naomi Judd in A Holiday Romance (1999)

A Holiday Romance

6.6

TV Movie

Joseph (as Aaron Tager)

1999

 

Judd Nelson and Paula Abdul in Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story (1999)

Mr. Rock 'n' Roll: The Alan Freed Story

6.4

TV Movie

J. Edgar Hoover

1999

 

Tia Carrere in Relic Hunter (1999)

Relic Hunter

6.5

TV Series

Lawrence Zale

1999

1 episode

 

The Third Miracle (1999)

The Third Miracle

6.5

Cardinal Humes

1999

 

Peter Sallis in M.U.G.E.N (1999)

M.U.G.E.N

7.3

Video Game

1999

 

Jon Favreau in Rocky Marciano (1999)

Rocky Marciano

6.5

TV Movie

Charley Goldman

1999

 

My Gentleman Friends (1999)

My Gentleman Friends

TV Movie

1999

 

Kirsten Dunst in The Devil's Arithmetic (1999)

The Devil's Arithmetic

6.3

TV Movie

Uncle Abe

1999

 

Konsta Hietanen in Tommy and the Wildcat (1998)

Tommy and the Wildcat

5.6

Kalle Pokka (English version, voice)

1998

 

Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story (1998)

Scandalous Me: The Jacqueline Susann Story

5.2

TV Movie

Producer One

1998

 

Jayne Heitmeyer, Anita La Selva, Robert Leeshock, and Leni Parker in Earth: Final Conflict (1997)

Earth: Final Conflict

6.3

TV Series

Smackovich

1998

1 episode

 

Burt Reynolds, Matt Battaglia, and Jeff Wincott in Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business (1998)

Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business

3.0

TV Movie

John Devreaux

1998

 

Gary Busey, Matt Battaglia, and Jeff Wincott in Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms (1998)

Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms

2.9

TV Movie

John Devreaux

1998

 

Kyle MacLachlan in Jack Higgins's the Windsor Protocol (1998)

Jack Higgins's the Windsor Protocol

5.0

TV Movie

Uncle Misha

1998

 

His Bodyguard (1998)

His Bodyguard

5.4

TV Movie

Dr. Frank

1998

 

Blazing Dragons (1996)

Blazing Dragons

7.6

TV Series

King Allfire (voice)

1996–1998

26 episodes

 

Mackenzie Astin and Laurie Metcalf in The Long Island Incident (1998)

The Long Island Incident

6.2

TV Movie

Gun Salesman

1998

 

The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police (1997)

The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police

7.7

TV Series

(voice)

1997–1998

11 episodes

 

Stickin' Around (1996)

Stickin' Around

7.1

TV Series

Various

1996–1998

22 episodes

 

Silver Surfer (1998)

Silver Surfer

7.1

TV Series

Master of Zenn-La (voice)

1998

4 episodes

 

Charles S. Dutton, Courtney B. Vance, Kadeem Hardison, and Garland Whitt in Blind Faith (1998)

Blind Faith

7.3

TV Movie

Judge Aker

1998

 

The Busy World of Richard Scarry (1993)

The Busy World of Richard Scarry

7.4

TV Series

(voice)

1993–1997

36 episodes

 

Dmitriy Frid in Peacekeepers (1997)

Peacekeepers

7.5

TV Movie

Mondolo

1997

 

Wind at My Back (1996)

Wind at My Back

7.8

TV Series

Joe Willis

1997

1 episode

 

Paul Gross and David Marciano in Due South (1994)

Due South

8.0

TV Series

Tom

Bert Block

Nelson

1995–1997

3 episodes

 

PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996)

PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal

7.1

TV Series

County Coroner Louis Arnold

1997

1 episode

 

Diane Lane and Wesley Snipes in Murder at 1600 (1997)

Murder at 1600

6.1

Treasury Guard #2

1997

 

Trilogy of Terror II (1996)

Trilogy of Terror II

5.6

TV Movie

Steve

1996

 

Louis Gossett Jr., Rachael Crawford, and Kate Nelligan in Captive Heart: The James Mink Story (1996)

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

7.2

TV Movie

Conductor

1996

 

Goosebumps (1995)

Goosebumps

7.6

TV Series

Dr. Shreek (as Aaron Tager)

1995

1 episode

 

Where's the Money, Noreen? (1995)

Where's the Money, Noreen?

6.2

TV Movie

Manager

1995

 

Paul Popowich and Colin K. Gray in The Hardy Boys (1995)

The Hardy Boys

7.0

TV Series

Jimmy

1995

1 episode

 

Curtis's Charm (1995)

Curtis's Charm

6.7

Park Worker

1995

 

Sean Young and Tim Daly in Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)

Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde

4.5

Lawyer

1995

 

TekWar (1994)

TekWar

6.4

TV Series

Alonzo Del Amo

1995

1 episode

 

Sirens (1993)

Sirens

6.8

TV Series

Tommy Flint

Gideon Wylie

1994–1995

2 episodes

 

Tales of the Wild (1994)

Tales of the Wild

6.9

TV Series

McCready

1995

1 episode

 

Bruce Boxleitner and Hunter Tylo in The Maharaja's Daughter (1994)

The Maharaja's Daughter

6.4

TV Mini Series

Police Captain

1994

3 episodes

 

Monster Force (1994)

Monster Force

7.3

TV Series

(voice)

1994

13 episodes

 

Scoop III (1994)

Scoop III

7.0

TV Series

Caissier smoked-meat (as Aaron Tager)

1994

1 episode

 

Christopher Lambert in Highlander: The Final Dimension (1994)

Highlander: The Final Dimension

4.5

Stosh

1994

 

Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1990)

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

8.2

TV Series

Dr. Vink

Zeebo

Carney

1990–1994

6 episodes

 

Gary Busey, Michael Paré, and Wendii Fulford in Warriors (1994)

Warriors

4.4

Gen. Moorhead

1994

 

C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues (1994)

C'était le 12 du 12 et Chili avait les blues

6.0

L'homme au cigare

1994

 

The Real Story of...

TV Series

Pierrot

The King

Father Abbot (voice) ...

1994

4 episodes

 

Kelly LeBrock, Michael York, Richard M Dumont, Susan Glover, Julian Lennon, and Andrea Martin in David Copperfield (1993)

David Copperfield

6.3

TV Movie

Additional Voices (voice)

1993

 

Mothers and Daughters (1993)

Mothers and Daughters

6.8

McEwan

1993

 

Divine Fate (1993)

Divine Fate

6.8

Short

(voice)

1993

 

Because Why (1993)

Because Why

5.9

Bert

1993

 

Sweet Killing (1993)

Sweet Killing

4.7

Officer Lipsky

1993

 

Armen and Bullik (1993)

Armen and Bullik

4.9

TV Movie

Charnac

1993

 

Gildor Roy in Requiem for a Handsome Bastard (1992)

Requiem for a Handsome Bastard

7.4

Emission télé

1992

 

Leolo (1992)

Leolo

7.4

Fishmonger (as Aaron Tager)

1992

 

Gary Busey and John Rhys-Davies in Canvas (1992)

Canvas

4.4

Jimmy

1992

 

Twin Sisters (1992)

Twin Sisters

5.1

Video

Butler

1992

 

Heritage Minutes (1991)

Heritage Minutes

7.9

TV Series

McFarlane

1991

1 episode

 

Urban Angel (1991)

Urban Angel

8.0

TV Series

The Printer

1991

1 episode

 

Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid (1991)

Saban's Adventures of the Little Mermaid

6.6

TV Series

Anselm (1991) (English version, voice, as Aaron Tager)

1991

 

Moïse (1990)

Moïse

Short

1990

 

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Movie (1984)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Movie

6.9

Pap Finn (English version, voice)

1984

 

Hakkuruberii no bôken (1976)

Hakkuruberii no bôken

7.4

TV Series

Pap Finn (US) (voice)

1976

5 episodes

 

Additional Crew

Konsta Hietanen in Tommy and the Wildcat (1998)

Tommy and the Wildcat

5.6

dubbing (english version)

1998

 

Thanks

DKC: Return to Krocodile Isle (2023)

DKC: Return to Krocodile Isle

9.3

Short

in memoriam of

2023

 

Self

Tager

Short

Self

2013

 

Love, Hate & Propaganda: The Cold War (2011)

Love, Hate & Propaganda: The Cold War

6.7

TV Series

Self (voice)

2011

1 episode

 

Adventures in Animation 3D (2004)

Adventures in Animation 3D

6.6

Short

Fats

Phil Johnson (voice)

2004

 

The Love Prophet and the Children of God (1998)

The Love Prophet and the Children of God

6.7

David Berg (voice)

1998

 

Archive Footage

Yann Barthès in Quotidien (2016)

Quotidien

6.4

TV Series

Klaus (archive footage)

2016

1 episode

 

Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Dr Vink's Video Fortune Teller (1994)

Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Dr Vink's Video Fortune Teller

Video

Self (archive footage)

1994

 

Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Feel the Fear (1994)

Are You Afraid of the Dark?: Feel the Fear

4.6

Music Video

Self (archive footage)

1994