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Dave Goelz

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Dave Goelz

Born Jul 16, 1946 · 80 years117 titles 94 movies · 23 TV
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Dave Goelz (born July 16, 1946) is a puppeteer best-known for his association with The Muppets, and in particular with the Muppet character Gonzo. His other Muppet characters include Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot (the saxophonist of Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem), Beauregard the janitor and Tiny (the humungous chicken in The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland) . He also performed the characters of Boober Fraggle and Uncle Travelling Matt on Fraggle Rock. He also performed the puppetry for various characters, including Sir Didymus and Wiseman's Hat (both voiced by David Shaughnessy) in Labyrinth. Outside of Muppeteering, he is the current voice actor for the Disney character Figment. After Jim Henson died in 1990, Goelz took over puppeteering Waldorf in 1992. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dave Goelz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .

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David Goelz

Born

Jul 16, 1946

Los Angeles, California, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

116

Acting credits

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Writing

2

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Career timeline

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1961 1 title(s)

1966 1 title(s)

1969 2 title(s)

1975 3 title(s)

1976 2 title(s)

1977 3 title(s)

1978 2 title(s)

1979 4 title(s)

1981 3 title(s)

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1984 3 title(s)

1985 8 title(s)

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1990 5 title(s)

1992 2 title(s)

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1995 1 title(s)

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2019 1 title(s)

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