Keith Mars
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| Keith Mars | |
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 Enrico Colantoni as Keith Mars |
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| First appearance | Pilot |
| Statistics | |
| Gender | Male |
| Age | 46 |
| Occupation | Private Investigator |
| Spouse | Lianne Mars (Estranged) |
| Children | Veronica Mars |
| Portrayed by | Enrico Colantoni |
| Created by | Rob Thomas |
Keith Mars is a fictional character on The CW television series Veronica Mars, which debuted during the fall 2004 season on UPN. He is portrayed by Enrico Colantoni.
Keith is the father of Veronica Mars. They have a very close relationship, and he is very protective of her. Keith was formerly the sheriff of the fictional Balboa County, and he currently works as a private investigator. He is 46 and a Capricorn.
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[edit] Background
After going after popular billionaire Jake Kane for the murder of his daughter Lilly, an emergency recall election removed him from office. His credibility was hurt even more after Abel Koontz confessed to the crime. Shortly thereafter, his daughter Veronica became a social outcast for siding with her dad and his wife Lianne left them. However, he refused to leave town and instead became a private investigator under the name Mars Investigations. Veronica does most of her sleuthing through Keith's numerous contacts and resources.
At the end of "Like a Virgin," Abel Koontz implied that Veronica was the biological daughter of Jake Kane. Veronica had a chance to find out who her father was in the next episode, "Drinking the Kool-Aid," but she shredded the paternity test. In "Hot Dogs," Keith sent in his own paternity test, which proved that Veronica is his biological daughter.
Since Veronica's mother, Lianne Mars, left the family, Keith has been in two romantic relationships, one with Veronica's guidance counselor Rebecca James and one with Wallace Fennel's mother, Alicia Fennel. His relationship with Rebecca was shortlived because Veronica was uncomfortable with her father's dating. He dated Alicia for several months, but they broke up in "Blast from the Past" after he confronted her about her lying to Wallace about his biological father, and in the ensuing argument Alicia questioned Keith's parenting skills.
After the revelation at the end of Season 1 that Aaron Echolls murdered Lilly, he ran for Sheriff against incumbent Don Lamb in Season 2. He lost by a narrow margin after Lamb accused Keith of being indirectly responsible for the bus crash that killed several Neptune High students. Several years earlier Keith had pulled bus driver Ed Doyle for DUI, but had not charged him. Ed Doyle was the driver of the bus that had crashed and killed several students, and it was then believed that Ed Doyle had done intentionally crashed the bus in order to commit suicide. He says after the election that "we'll get em' in 2010," so barring another recall election Lamb's position appears safe for another four years.
[edit] Interests
Keith enjoys Italian food, spending time with Veronica, jazz music and "noir flicks". His favorite musicians are Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk, Aretha Franklin, The Beach Boys, The Everly Brothers, Blue Öyster Cult and Fleetwood Mac. His favorite films are The Big Chill, Rear Window and Blazing Saddles. He enjoys watching anything on the Food Network, Austin City Limits and Charlie Rose. His favorite book is his own “Big Murder, Small Town” and his heroes are his daughter and Humphrey Bogart [1].
[edit] Appearances
Keith has appeared in every Veronica Mars episode, and is the only character aside from Veronica to do so.
[edit] Notable skills
As a private investigator and former sheriff Keith possesses certain sleuth skills which include:
- Surveillance
- Photography
- Tailing cars
- Trained in handgun usage
- Tracking/Bounty Hunting
- Performing thorough background checks
[edit] References
- Veronica Mars: The Complete First Season, Warner Home Video, 2005, UPC 01256972774.
| Veronica Mars | ||
| Episode List | Official Website | ||
| Current Main Characters | Veronica Mars | Logan Echolls | Wallace Fennel | Dick Casablancas Parker Lee | Stosh "Piz" Piznarski | Cindy "Mac" Mackenzie Don Lamb | Eli “Weevil” Navarro | Keith Mars |
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| Former Main Characters | Duncan Kane | Cassidy Casablancas | Jackie Cook | Mallory Dent | |
| Family | Kendall Casablancas | Terrence Cook | Aaron Echolls | Lynn Echolls | Trina Echolls Alicia Fennel | Celeste Kane | Jake Kane | Lilly Kane | Lianne Mars | Charlie Stone |
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| Neptune High | Van Clemmons | Vincent Clemmons | Corny | Gia Goodman | Hannah Griffith Rebecca James | Meg Manning | Madison Sinclair | Felix Toombs | Troy Vandegraff |
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| Hearst College | Chip Diller | Moe Flater | Tim Foyle | Mercer Hayes | Hank Landry | Cyrus O'Dell | |
| Residents of Neptune | Leo D'Amato | Woody Goodman | Abel Koontz | Vinnie Van Lowe Liam Fitzpatrick | Cliff McCormack | Clarence Wiedman |
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| Places | Neptune, California | Neptune Grand | Camelot Motel Neptune High | Hearst College |
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