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Aron Tager

Acting

Born June 30, 1934 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died February 28, 2019

Also known as Aaron Tager · Aaron Taggart

Biography

Aron Tager was a versatile American-Canadian actor, voice artist, and sculptor. He is most fondly remembered by 90s kids for his recurring role as the eccentric "mad scientist" Dr. Vink in the Nickelodeon horror anthology series Are You Afraid of the Dark?

Filmography41 titles

Are You Afraid of the Dark?

1990as Dr. Vink

Monk

2002as Leo Otterman

Goosebumps

1995as Dr. Shreek

A Nero Wolfe Mystery

as Commissioner Bernard Fromm

Lost Girl

2010as Mayer

Donkey Kong Country

as Cranky Kong (voice)

The Hardy Boys

as Jimmy

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003as Pops

Masters of Horror

2005

Serendipity

2001as Janitor

X-Men

2000as Emcee

Heroes Reborn

2015as Old Angry Guy

A Lobster Tale

2006as Morty Thorpe

The Devil's Arithmetic

1999as Uncle Abe

Earth: Final Conflict

1997as Smackovich

Relic Hunter

1999as Lawrence Zale

Puppets Who Kill

Ransom

2017as Grandfather

Blazing Dragons

Goon

2011as Mr. Goldsmith

He Never Died

2015as Announcer

The Black Cat

2007as George Graham

Cool Money

2005as Judge Raymond Ziff

Blind Faith

1998as Judge Aker

The Echo

2008as Old Man

You Kill Me

2007as Walter Fitzgerald

Salem Witch Trials

2002as Giles Corey

Murder at 1600

1997as Treasury Guard #2

Rocky Marciano

1999as Charley Goldman

The Third Miracle

1999as Cardinal Humes

Billable Hours

as Mortie Fagen

Jane and the Dragon

2005as Sir Theodore Boarmaster (voice)

Lives of the Saints

as Lawyer

Santa Who?

2000as Grandpa

88

2015as Dale

Captive Heart: The James Mink Story

1996as Conductor

The Windsor Protocol

1998

Highlander: The Final Dimension

1994as Stosh

A Holiday Romance

1999as Joseph

Universal Soldier II: Brothers in Arms

1998as John Devreaux

Universal Soldier III: Unfinished Business

1998as John Devereaux