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 (74)
Inside Out 2
Mind Cop Frank (voice)
Inside Out
Subconscious Guard Frank (voice)
Labyrinth
Didymus / The Hat / The Four Guards / Left Door Knocker / Firey 3 (voice)
Muppet Treasure Island
The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Waldorf / Mudwell the Mudbunny / Zoot (voice)
The Muppet Show
Gonzo / Zoot / Waldorf / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
The Parent Trap
Teenager (uncredited)
The Muppets
Gonzo / Honeydew / Zoot / Beauregard / Waldorf (voice)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Great Gonzo as Charles Dickens / Robert Marley / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Betina Cratchit / Rat / Zoot (voice)
The Muppet Movie
The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot / Doglion / Iraqian in El Sleezo Cafe / Pig (voice)
The First Snow of Fraggle Rock
Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt / World's Oldest Fraggle (voice)
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Gonzo / Bunsen / Zoot / Beauregard / Waldorf / Chip / Randy Pig
Muppets Most Wanted
The Great Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot, Beauregard, Waldorf
The Dark Crystal
Fizzgig, a Friendly Monster / General, Garthim Master
Muppets from Space
Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Waldorf / The Birdman (voice)
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Gonzo / Chester - Rat / Bill - Frog / Zoot / Beauregard / Dog / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Penguin (voice)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Waldorf / Zoot (voice)
Dog City
Frisky (voice)
The Great Muppet Caper
The Great Gonzo / Beauregard / Zoot / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Lobbuck Lou / Singing Food (voice)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Humongous Chicken (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)
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
The Muppets Puppeteer
Kermit's Swamp Years
Waldorf (voice)
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
Gonzo (voice)
The Earth Day Special
Old Frog (voice)
A Muppet Family Christmas
Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot / Beauregard / Boober Fraggle
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
The Great Gonzo / Beauregard / Boober Fraggle / Zoot (voice)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Beauregard / Zoot / Uncle 'Travelling' Matt Fraggle / Boober Fraggle (voice)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
The Great Gonzo / Zoot / Pig (voice)
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
The Great Gonzo / Zoot / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
Muppet Treasures
Gonzo / Zoot / Penguin
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
The Great Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Waldorf, Zoot (voice)
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
Gonzo/Waldorf (voice)
I Love Muppets
The Great Gonzo (voice)
Muppet Classic Theater
Gonzo / Rizzo the Rat / Randy Pig (voice)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Gonzo / Zoot / Dr Bunsen Honeydew
The Orson Welles Show
Gonzo (voice)
The Christmas Toy
Rugby the Tiger / Ditz (voice)
The Muppet Revue
Gonzo (voice)
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Waldorf (voice)
Robbie Williams - One Night At the Palladium
Gonzo the Great / Waldorf
Muppet Sing Alongs: Treasure Island
The Great Gonzo (voice) (archive footage)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
Gonzo / Zoot / Dr Bunsen Honeydew
The Muppets Go to the Movies
The Great Gonzo / Joe / Beauregard / Fireman (voice)
Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
Boober Fraggle / Philo / Uncle Travelling Matt (voice)
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
Gonzo (voice)
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
Gonzo
Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002
Gonzo / Waldorf ("Keep Fishin")
Muppet Sing Alongs: It's Not Easy Being Green
Gonzo / Wendell / Otto the Octopus / Boober Fraggle (voice)
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
1990
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
Gonzo / Beauregard
The Muppets - Studio DC - Almost Live
Gonzo / Waldorf (voice)
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
Waldorf (voice)
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
Gonzo (voice)
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Beauregard / Zoot / Frog (voice)
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Wendell / Pop-eyed Catfish / Will Possum (voice)
Muppet Picker Upper
Gonzo (voice)
Rudy Coby: The Coolest Magician on Earth
Gonzo (as Gonzo The Great)
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
1985
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly
Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt (voice)
Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun!
1976
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
Gonzo the Great / Zoot / Lubbock Lou (voice)
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic
Zoot (voice) / Boober (voice) / Gonzo (voice) / others (voice)
Bear in the Big Blue House: A Berry Bear Christmas
Jack the Dog
The Muppets: Classical Chicken
The Great Gonzo
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
Gonzo
The Song of the Cloud Forest
Milton (voice)
Weezer and the Muppets Go Fishin'
Gonzo
Fraggles Look For Jobs
Boober (voice)
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt (voice)
Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away
Boober Fraggle (voice)
The Muppets All-Star Comedy Gala
Gonzo / Waldorf / Beauregard (voice)
The Great Gonzo: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Weirdo
Gonzo the Great, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Waldorf
TV Shows (21)
Sesame Street
3277 eps
Saturday Night Live
The Great Gonzo (voice) (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Cosby Show
The Great Gonzo / Digit (voice) · 1 eps
The Muppet Show
Gonzo / Zoot / Beauregard / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice) · 120 eps
An Audience with...
The Great Gonzo · 1 eps
Fraggle Rock
The World's Oldest Fraggle
Fraggle Rock
Boober / Uncle "Traveling" Matt / Side Bottom / The World's Oldest Fraggle (voice) · 96 eps
Fraggle Rock
Uncle "Traveling" Matt
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Baffi (voice) / Baffi (puppet) · 3 eps
Muppets Tonight
Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen / Waldorf / Randy / Beauregard / Bill · 34 eps
The Muppets
The Great Gonzo / Waldorf / Zoot (voice) · 16 eps
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Boober Fraggle (voice) · 27 eps
Muppets Now
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice) · 6 eps
The Muppets Mayhem
Zoot (voice) · 10 eps
Jim Henson's Animal Show with Stinky and Jake
65 eps
Muppet Moments
The Great Gonzo · 41 eps
Fraggle Rock: Rock On!
Boober Fraggle / Travelling Matt (voice) · 6 eps
Studio DC: Almost Live
Gonzo the Great, Zoot, Waldorf, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Pancake the Water Buffalo · 2 eps
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
13 eps
Secret Life of Toys
Rugby / Ditz · 13 eps
Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony
Waldorf (Episode 1-8) · 35 eps
Self / Appearances (11)
The Jim Henson Hour
Self / Various · 12 eps
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self
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: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
Self
Of Muppets & Men
Self
Down at Fraggle Rock
Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt / Self
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
Self
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
Self
