Dave Goelz
Known for Acting · 116 credits
- Born
- 1946-07-16 (age 80)
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- David Goelz
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.
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Known For
Sesame Street
1969
Saturday Night Live
1975
as The Great Gonzo (voice) (uncredited)
The Cosby Show
1984
as The Great Gonzo / Digit (voice)
Inside Out 2
2024
as Mind Cop Frank (voice)
Inside Out
2015
as Subconscious Guard Frank (voice)
Fraggle Rock
1983
as Uncle "Traveling" Matt / Boober / Uncle "Traveling" Matt / Side Bottom / The World's Oldest Fraggle (voice)
TV Shows (23)
Sesame Street
1969
Saturday Night Live
1975
as The Great Gonzo (voice) (uncredited)
The Cosby Show
1984
as The Great Gonzo / Digit (voice)
Fraggle Rock
1983
as Uncle "Traveling" Matt / Boober / Uncle "Traveling" Matt / Side Bottom / The World's Oldest Fraggle (voice)
An Audience with...
1978
as The Great Gonzo
The Muppet Show
1976
as Gonzo / Zoot / Beauregard / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019
as Baffi (voice) / Baffi (puppet)
The Muppets Mayhem
2023
as Zoot (voice)
The Muppets
2015
as The Great Gonzo / Waldorf / Zoot (voice)
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
2022
as Boober Fraggle (voice)
Muppets Tonight
1996
as Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen / Waldorf / Randy / Beauregard / Bill
The Jim Henson Hour
1989
as Self / Various
Jim Henson's Animal Show with Stinky and Jake
1994
Prop Culture
2020
as Self
Muppets Now
2020
as Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
The Great Debate
2009
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
1969
as Self
Muppet Moments
2015
as The Great Gonzo
Studio DC: Almost Live
2008
as Gonzo the Great, Zoot, Waldorf, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Pancake the Water Buffalo
Fraggle Rock: Rock On!
2020
as Boober Fraggle / Travelling Matt (voice)
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
1985
Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony
2005
as Waldorf (Episode 1-8)
Secret Life of Toys
1994
as Rugby / Ditz
Movies (93)
Inside Out 2
2024
as Mind Cop Frank (voice)
Inside Out
2015
as Subconscious Guard Frank (voice)
The Dark Crystal
1982
as Fizzgig, a Friendly Monster / General, Garthim Master
Labyrinth
1986
as Didymus / The Hat / The Four Guards / Left Door Knocker / Firey 3 (voice)
The Muppet Show
2026
as Gonzo / Zoot / Waldorf / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
The Parent Trap
1961
as Teenager (uncredited)
The First Snow of Fraggle Rock
2025
as Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt / World's Oldest Fraggle (voice)
The Muppets
2011
as Gonzo / Honeydew / Zoot / Beauregard / Waldorf (voice)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
1992
as The Great Gonzo as Charles Dickens / Robert Marley / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Betina Cratchit / Rat / Zoot (voice)
Muppets Most Wanted
2014
as The Great Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot, Beauregard, Waldorf
Dog City
1989
as Frisky (voice)
The Muppet Movie
1979
as The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot / Doglion / Iraqian in El Sleezo Cafe / Pig (voice)
Muppets from Space
1999
as Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Waldorf / The Birdman (voice)
Muppet Treasure Island
1996
as The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Waldorf / Mudwell the Mudbunny / Zoot (voice)
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
as Self
Muppet Treasures
1985
as Gonzo / Zoot / Penguin
The Earth Day Special
1990
as Old Frog (voice)
The Muppets Take Manhattan
1984
as Gonzo / Chester - Rat / Bill - Frog / Zoot / Beauregard / Dog / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Penguin (voice)
The Great Muppet Caper
1981
as The Great Gonzo / Beauregard / Zoot / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Lobbuck Lou / Singing Food (voice)
Muppets Haunted Mansion
2021
as Gonzo / Bunsen / Zoot / Beauregard / Waldorf / Chip / Randy Pig
The World of Jim Henson
1994
as Self (archive footage)
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
2005
as Tin Thing / Kalidah Critic #2 / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999
as Humongous Chicken (voice)
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977
Kermit's Swamp Years
2002
as Waldorf (voice)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
2002
as The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Waldorf / Zoot (voice)
Muppet Classic Theater
1994
as Gonzo / Rizzo the Rat / Randy Pig (voice)
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
1985
as Gonzo (voice)
A Muppet Family Christmas
1987
as Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot / Beauregard / Boober Fraggle
Down at Fraggle Rock
1987
as Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt / Self
The Orson Welles Show
1979
as Gonzo (voice)
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly
1985
as Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt (voice)
Muppet Picker Upper
1975
as Gonzo (voice)
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
2020
as The Muppets Puppeteer
The Muppets Take The O2
2018
as The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot / Waldorf / Beauregard / Chip / Himself (voice)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
1979
as Various Muppets
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
1986
as The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Beauregard / Zoot / Uncle 'Travelling' Matt Fraggle / Boober Fraggle (voice)
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
1990
as Gonzo (voice)
Muppet Sing Alongs: Treasure Island
1996
as The Great Gonzo (voice) (archive footage)
The Christmas Toy
1986
as Rugby the Tiger / Ditz (voice)
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
2008
as The Great Gonzo / Waldorf / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot (voice)
The Muppets: Classical Chicken
2008
as The Great Gonzo
I Love Muppets
2002
as The Great Gonzo (voice)
The Muppets - Studio DC - Almost Live
2008
as Gonzo / Waldorf (voice)
Best Ever Muppet Moments
2006
as Self
Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun!
1976
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
1985
as Gonzo (voice)
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012
as Waldorf (voice)
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
1989
as Gonzo
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
2013
as The Great Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Waldorf, Zoot (voice)
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
1990
as The Great Gonzo / Beauregard / Boober Fraggle / Zoot (voice)
Just a Few Announcements
1975
as Gonzo
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
1990
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
2018
as Gonzo/Waldorf (voice)
Robbie Williams - One Night At the Palladium
2013
as Gonzo the Great / Waldorf
Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002
2004
as Gonzo / Waldorf ("Keep Fishin")
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
1990
as The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Beauregard / Zoot / Frog (voice)
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
1982
as Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
2011
as Waldorf (voice)
The Muppet Revue
1985
as Gonzo (voice)
The Muppets Go to the Movies
1981
as The Great Gonzo / Joe / Beauregard / Fireman (voice)
The Muppets: Stars & Stripes FOREVER!
2008
as Waldorf
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
1983
as Gonzo the Great / Zoot / Lubbock Lou (voice)
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
1978
as Gonzo
Journey Through the Labyrinth
2007
as Self
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
1977
as Wendell / Pop-eyed Catfish / Will Possum (voice)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
1999
as Gonzo / Zoot / Dr Bunsen Honeydew
Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away
2005
as Boober Fraggle (voice)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
2001
as Gonzo / Beauregard
Muppet Sing Alongs: It's Not Easy Being Green
1994
as Gonzo / Wendell / Otto the Octopus / Boober Fraggle (voice)
Fraggles Look For Jobs
1986
as Boober (voice)
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
2007
as Self
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
1999
as Gonzo / Zoot / Dr Bunsen Honeydew
Of Muppets & Men
1981
as Self
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
1979
as The Great Gonzo / Zoot / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland
2009
Weezer and the Muppets Go Fishin'
2002
as Gonzo
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
2017
as Self
Rudy Coby: The Coolest Magician on Earth
1995
as Gonzo (as Gonzo The Great)
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
1984
as Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt (voice)
Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
1983
as Boober Fraggle / Philo / Uncle Travelling Matt (voice)
The Song of the Cloud Forest
1989
as Milton (voice)
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
1985
Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
1992
as Gonzo
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
1985
as Gonzo (voice)
Dear Earth
2021
as Zoot (voice)
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
2020
as Self
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic
2022
as Zoot (voice) / Boober (voice) / Gonzo (voice) / others (voice)
Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director
1988
as Gonzo (voice)
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special
1977
as Gonzo
The Great Gonzo: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Weirdo
2005
as Gonzo the Great, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Waldorf
Bear in the Big Blue House: A Berry Bear Christmas
2000
as Jack the Dog
The Muppets All-Star Comedy Gala
2012
as Gonzo / Waldorf / Beauregard (voice)
About Dave Goelz
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… With 116 credits spanning from 1961 to 2026, Dave Goelz has appeared in 93 films and 23 TV shows.
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Most Popular Dave Goelz Movies
- Inside Out 2 (2024) — as Mind Cop Frank (voice)
- Inside Out (2015) — as Subconscious Guard Frank (voice)
- The Dark Crystal (1982) — as Fizzgig, a Friendly Monster / General, Garthim Master
- Labyrinth (1986) — as Didymus / The Hat / The Four Guards / Left Door Knocker / Firey 3 (voice)
- The Muppet Show (2026) — as Gonzo / Zoot / Waldorf / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
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