Cast & creator
Dave Goelz
Best known for Saturday Night Live, Sesame Street, The Cosby Show
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 .
Also known as: David Goelz
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1961–2026 · acting roles
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Saturday Night Live
The Great Gonzo (voice) (uncredited)
1975
Sesame Street
1969
The Cosby Show
The Great Gonzo / Digit (voice)
1984
Inside Out
Subconscious Guard Frank (voice)
2015
Inside Out 2
Mind Cop Frank (voice)
2024
An Audience with...
The Great Gonzo
1978
The Muppet Show
Gonzo / Zoot / Beauregard / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
1976
Muppets Tonight
Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen / Waldorf / Randy / Beauregard / Bill
1996
Fraggle Rock
The World's Oldest Fraggle
1983Fraggle Rock
Boober / Uncle "Traveling" Matt / Side Bottom / The World's Oldest Fraggle (voice)
1983Fraggle Rock
Uncle "Traveling" Matt
1983
The Muppets
The Great Gonzo / Waldorf / Zoot (voice)
2015
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Baffi (voice) / Baffi (puppet)
2019
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Boober Fraggle (voice)
2022Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Co-Executive Producer
2022
The Muppets Mayhem
Zoot (voice)
2023
Labyrinth
Didymus / The Hat / The Four Guards / Left Door Knocker / Firey 3 (voice)
1986
The Muppets
Gonzo / Honeydew / Zoot / Beauregard / Waldorf (voice)
2011
The Jim Henson Hour
Self / Various
1989
The Muppet Show
Gonzo / Zoot / Waldorf / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
2026
Jim Henson's Animal Show with Stinky and Jake
1994
The Muppet Movie
The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot / Doglion / Iraqian in El Sleezo Cafe / Pig (voice)
1979
The Dark Crystal
Fizzgig, a Friendly Monster / General, Garthim Master
1982
Fraggle Rock: Rock On!
Boober Fraggle / Travelling Matt (voice)
2020
The Parent Trap
Teenager (uncredited)
1961
The First Snow of Fraggle Rock
Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt / World's Oldest Fraggle (voice)
2025The First Snow of Fraggle Rock
Co-Executive Producer
2025
Muppets Now
Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
2020
Muppets Most Wanted
The Great Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot, Beauregard, Waldorf
2014
Muppet Moments
The Great Gonzo
2015
The Muppet Christmas Carol
The Great Gonzo as Charles Dickens / Robert Marley / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Betina Cratchit / Rat / Zoot (voice)
1992The Great Debate
2009
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self
2024Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
Self
1969
Muppets from Space
Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Waldorf / The Birdman (voice)
1999
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
1985
Prop Culture
Self
2020
Muppet Treasure Island
The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Waldorf / Mudwell the Mudbunny / Zoot (voice)
1996
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Gonzo / Bunsen / Zoot / Beauregard / Waldorf / Chip / Randy Pig
2021
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Gonzo / Chester - Rat / Bill - Frog / Zoot / Beauregard / Dog / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Penguin (voice)
1984
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Humongous Chicken (voice)
1999
Studio DC: Almost Live
Gonzo the Great, Zoot, Waldorf, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Pancake the Water Buffalo
2008
The Great Muppet Caper
The Great Gonzo / Beauregard / Zoot / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Lobbuck Lou / Singing Food (voice)
1981
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Waldorf / Zoot (voice)
2002
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Tin Thing / Kalidah Critic #2 / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot
2005
Kermit's Swamp Years
Waldorf (voice)
2002
Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony
Waldorf (Episode 1-8)
2005
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
The Great Gonzo / Waldorf / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot (voice)
2008
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
Gonzo (voice)
1990
The Disney Family Singalong - Volume II
The Muppets Puppeteer
2020
The Earth Day Special
Old Frog (voice)
1990
The World of Jim Henson
Self (archive footage)
1994
Secret Life of Toys
Rugby / Ditz
1994
Dog City
Frisky (voice)
1989
A Muppet Family Christmas
Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot / Beauregard / Boober Fraggle
1987
The Muppets Go Hollywood
The Great Gonzo / Zoot / Pig (voice)
1979
Seth Rogen's Hilarity for Charity
Gonzo / Waldorf (voice)
2018
Muppet Treasures
Gonzo / Zoot / Penguin
1985
Weezer: Video Capture Device - Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002
Gonzo / Waldorf ("Keep Fishin")
2004
The Muppets - Studio DC - Almost Live
Gonzo / Waldorf (voice)
2008
The Secret Policeman's Ball
Waldorf (voice)
2012
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
1982
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
The Great Gonzo / Beauregard / Boober Fraggle / Zoot (voice)
1990
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
Gonzo (voice)
1985
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Beauregard / Zoot / Uncle 'Travelling' Matt Fraggle / Boober Fraggle (voice)
1986
The Muppets Go to the Movies
The Great Gonzo / Joe / Beauregard / Fireman (voice)
1981The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977
The Christmas Toy
Rugby the Tiger / Ditz (voice)
1986
Disney Parks Christmas Day Parade
Waldorf (voice)
2011
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
Gonzo
1978The Muppets Take The O2
The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot / Waldorf / Beauregard / Chip / Himself (voice)
2018
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
Gonzo / Zoot / Dr Bunsen Honeydew
1999
The Orson Welles Show
Gonzo (voice)
1979
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
Gonzo / Beauregard
2001
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Gonzo / Zoot / Dr Bunsen Honeydew
1999
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Wendell / Pop-eyed Catfish / Will Possum (voice)
1977
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Beauregard / Zoot / Frog (voice)
1990
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
Gonzo
1989Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
Gonzo (voice)
1985
Bear in the Big Blue House: A Berry Bear Christmas
Jack the Dog
2000
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly
Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt (voice)
1985
Muppet Sing Alongs: Treasure Island
The Great Gonzo (voice) (archive footage)
1996
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic
Zoot (voice) / Boober (voice) / Gonzo (voice) / others (voice)
2022
Down at Fraggle Rock
Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt / Self
1987
Just a Few Announcements
Gonzo
1975
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
The Great Gonzo, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Waldorf, Zoot (voice)
2013The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special
Gonzo
1977Dear Earth
Zoot (voice)
2021
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
1990
Muppet Classic Theater
Gonzo / Rizzo the Rat / Randy Pig (voice)
1994
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
The Great Gonzo / Zoot / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (voice)
1979
The Song of the Cloud Forest
Milton (voice)
1989
The Muppets: Classical Chicken
The Great Gonzo
2008
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
Self
2017
Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away
Boober Fraggle (voice)
2005
Fraggles Look For Jobs
Boober (voice)
1986
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
Gonzo the Great / Zoot / Lubbock Lou (voice)
1983
Limbo: The Organized Mind
Assistant Director
1966
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
Gonzo (voice)
1985
Rudy Coby: The Coolest Magician on Earth
Gonzo (as Gonzo The Great)
1995
Robbie Williams - One Night At the Palladium
Gonzo the Great / Waldorf
2013
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
Boober Fraggle / Uncle Travelling Matt (voice)
1984Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director
Gonzo (voice)
1988
Muppet Sing Alongs: It's Not Easy Being Green
Gonzo / Wendell / Otto the Octopus / Boober Fraggle (voice)
1994Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland
2009
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
Self
2007
Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
Boober Fraggle / Philo / Uncle Travelling Matt (voice)
1983
Weezer and the Muppets Go Fishin'
Gonzo
2002
Muppet Guys Talking: A Special Conversation to Honor Jim Henson
Self
2020
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
1985
Best Ever Muppet Moments
Self
2006
Of Muppets & Men
Self
1981
The Muppets All-Star Comedy Gala
Gonzo / Waldorf / Beauregard (voice)
2012Holiday Greetings from 'The Ed Sullivan Show'
Gonzo
1992
Muppet Picker Upper
Gonzo (voice)
1975
The Muppet Revue
Gonzo (voice)
1985
Journey Through the Labyrinth
Self
2007
I Love Muppets
The Great Gonzo (voice)
2002
Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun!
1976
The Great Gonzo: A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Weirdo
Gonzo the Great, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Waldorf
2005