Dave Goelz

Also known as David Goelz, David Charles Goelz

American actor and puppeteer

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Puppetry 101

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Los Angeles, California, USA

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…

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The Muppet Show — Gonzo / Zoot / Waldorf / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)2026
The First Snow of Fraggle Rock — Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt / World's Oldest Fraggle (voice)2025
Inside Out 2 — Mind Cop Frank (voice)2024
Jim Henson Idea Man — Self2024
The Muppets Mayhem — Zoot (voice)2023
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic — Zoot (voice) / Boober (voice) / Gonzo (voice) / others (voice)2022
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock — Boober Fraggle (voice)2022
Dear Earth — Zoot (voice)2021
Muppets Haunted Mansion — Gonzo / Bunsen / Zoot / Beauregard / Waldorf / Chip / Randy Pig2021
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II — The Muppets Puppeteer2020

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Active from: 1946-07-16

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Dave Goelz (born July 16, 1946) is a puppeteer best known for his association with The Muppets, and in particular with the Muppet character The Great Gonzo. His other Muppet characters include Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot (the saxophonist of Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem), and Beauregard the janitor. He also performed the characters of Boober Fraggle and Uncle Travelling Matt on Fraggle Rock. Jim Henson said that the character Boober Fraggle from Fraggle Rock was based on a quote Dave Goelz sa

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Los Angeles
Occupation: actor
Educated at: Art Center College of Design
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Image: Dave Goelz.jpg

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date of birth: 1946-07-16
name in kana: デーヴ・ゲルツ
start of work period: 1974-00-00
writing language: English language
name in native language: Dave Goelz
notable role: Gonzo

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