Dave Goelz
Acting
Born: July 16, 1946 (age 80) · Los Angeles, California, USA
Highest Rated
Biography
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 .
Known for
Inside Out
2015
Inside Out 2
2024
Labyrinth
1986
The Muppets
2011
The Dark Crystal
1982
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
The Muppet Movie
1979
The Cosby Show
1984
Muppet Treasure Island
1996
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019
The Parent Trap
1961
Photos (1)
Movies (75)
Inside Out 2
Mind Cop Frank (voice)
Inside Out
Subconscious Guard Frank (voice)
The Dark Crystal
Fizzgig, a Friendly Monster / General, Garthim Master
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Gonzo / Bunsen / Zoot / Beauregard / Waldorf / Chip / Randy Pig
The Muppet Movie
The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot / Doglion / Iraqian in El Sleezo Cafe / Pig (voice)
Labyrinth
Didymus / The Hat / The Four Guards / Left Door Knocker / Firey 3 (voice)
The Muppets
Gonzo / Honeydew / Zoot / Beauregard / Waldorf (voice)
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Gonzo / Chester - Rat / Bill - Frog / Zoot / Beauregard / Dog / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Penguin (voice)
The Great Muppet Caper
The Great Gonzo / Beauregard / Zoot / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Lobbuck Lou / Singing Food (voice)
The Parent Trap
Teenager (uncredited)
Muppets Most Wanted
The Great Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot, Beauregard, Waldorf
The Muppet Show
Gonzo / Zoot / Waldorf / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Great Gonzo as Charles Dickens / Robert Marley / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Betina Cratchit / Rat / Zoot (voice)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Humongous Chicken (voice)
The First Snow of Fraggle Rock
Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt / World's Oldest Fraggle (voice)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Waldorf / Zoot (voice)
Muppet Treasure Island
The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Waldorf / Mudwell the Mudbunny / Zoot (voice)
Muppets from Space
Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Waldorf / The Birdman (voice)
Kermit's Swamp Years
Waldorf (voice)
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Tin Thing / Kalidah Critic #2 / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
The Great Gonzo / Waldorf / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot (voice)
A Muppet Family Christmas
Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot / Beauregard / Boober Fraggle
The Earth Day Special
Old Frog (voice)
The Song of the Cloud Forest
Milton (voice)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Beauregard / Zoot / Uncle 'Travelling' Matt Fraggle / Boober Fraggle (voice)
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Waldorf (voice)
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Beauregard / Zoot / Frog (voice)
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
The Muppets Puppeteer
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
Gonzo (voice)
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Wendell / Pop-eyed Catfish / Will Possum (voice)
The Christmas Toy
Rugby the Tiger / Ditz (voice)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
The Great Gonzo / Zoot / Pig (voice)
The Muppets - Studio DC - Almost Live
Gonzo / Waldorf (voice)
The Orson Welles Show
Gonzo (voice)
Dog City
Frisky (voice)
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
Gonzo / Waldorf (voice)
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
Gonzo (voice)
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
The Great Gonzo / Beauregard / Boober Fraggle / Zoot (voice)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
Gonzo / Zoot / Dr Bunsen Honeydew
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
The Great Gonzo / Zoot / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
Muppet Treasures
Gonzo / Zoot / Penguin
Robbie Williams - One Night At the Palladium
Gonzo the Great / Waldorf
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
Gonzo / Beauregard
The Muppets Go to the Movies
The Great Gonzo / Joe / Beauregard / Fireman (voice)
Muppet Sing Alongs: Treasure Island
The Great Gonzo (voice) (archive footage)
Rudy Coby: The Coolest Magician on Earth
Gonzo (as Gonzo The Great)
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
1990
Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002
Gonzo / Waldorf ("Keep Fishin")
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic
Zoot (voice) / Boober (voice) / Gonzo (voice) / others (voice)
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt (voice)
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
Gonzo
The Muppet Revue
Gonzo (voice)
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
Gonzo
I Love Muppets
The Great Gonzo (voice)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Gonzo / Zoot / Dr Bunsen Honeydew
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly
Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt (voice)
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
Gonzo (voice)
The Muppets All-Star Comedy Gala
Gonzo / Waldorf / Beauregard (voice)
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
The Great Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Waldorf, Zoot (voice)
Muppet Classic Theater
Gonzo / Rizzo the Rat / Randy Pig (voice)
Fraggles Look For Jobs
Boober (voice)
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
Waldorf (voice)
Weezer and the Muppets Go Fishin'
Gonzo
The Great Gonzo: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Weirdo
Gonzo the Great, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Waldorf
The Muppets: Classical Chicken
The Great Gonzo
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
1985
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
Gonzo the Great / Zoot / Lubbock Lou (voice)
Muppet Picker Upper
Gonzo (voice)
Just a Few Announcements
Gonzo
Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun!
1976
Bear in the Big Blue House: A Berry Bear Christmas
Jack the Dog
Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
Boober Fraggle / Philo / Uncle Travelling Matt (voice)
Muppet Sing Alongs: It's Not Easy Being Green
Gonzo / Wendell / Otto the Octopus / Boober Fraggle (voice)
Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away
Boober Fraggle (voice)
TV Shows (22)
Sesame Street
3279 eps
Saturday Night Live
The Great Gonzo (voice) (uncredited) · 1 eps
Saturday Night Live
The Great Gonzo / Waldorf (voice) (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Cosby Show
The Great Gonzo / Digit (voice) · 1 eps
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Boober Fraggle (voice) · 27 eps
The Muppets Mayhem
Zoot (voice) · 10 eps
Fraggle Rock
Uncle "Traveling" Matt
Fraggle Rock
The World's Oldest Fraggle
Fraggle Rock
Boober / Uncle "Traveling" Matt / Side Bottom / The World's Oldest Fraggle (voice) · 96 eps
An Audience with...
The Great Gonzo · 1 eps
The Muppet Show
Gonzo / Zoot / Beauregard / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice) · 120 eps
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Baffi (voice) / Baffi (puppet) · 3 eps
The Muppets
The Great Gonzo / Waldorf / Zoot (voice) · 16 eps
Muppets Tonight
Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen / Waldorf / Randy / Beauregard / Bill · 34 eps
Muppets Now
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice) · 6 eps
Muppet Moments
The Great Gonzo · 41 eps
Jim Henson's Animal Show with Stinky and Jake
65 eps
Fraggle Rock: Rock On!
Boober Fraggle / Travelling Matt (voice) · 6 eps
Studio DC: Almost Live
Gonzo / Zoot / Waldorf / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Pancake (voice) · 2 eps
Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony
Waldorf (Episode 1-8) · 35 eps
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
13 eps
Secret Life of Toys
Rugby / Ditz · 13 eps
Self / Appearances (11)
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self
The Jim Henson Hour
Self / Various · 12 eps
Prop Culture
Self · 1 eps
The World of Jim Henson
Self (archive footage)
Best Ever Muppet Moments
Self
Journey Through the Labyrinth
Self
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
Self
Down at Fraggle Rock
Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt / Self
Of Muppets & Men
Self
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
Self
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
Self
