Dave Goelz has been one of the lead Muppet performers for over 35 years, performing Gonzo the Great, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Zoot, and Beauregard on The Muppet Show. He has also portrayed Boober Fraggle and Uncle Travelling Matt on Fraggle Rock, the voice of Subconscious Guard Frank in Inside Out, and as Rugby Tiger in The Christmas Toy.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
The Muppets Mayhem (2023)
Starring as Zoot
(10 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Track 10: We Will Rock You (May 10, 2023)
- Episode 1x09: Track 9: Drift Away (May 10, 2023)
- Episode 1x08: Track 8: Virtual Insanity (May 10, 2023)
- Episode 1x07: Track 7: Eight Days a Week (May 10, 2023)
- Episode 1x06: Track 6: Fortunate Son (May 10, 2023)
- Episode 1x05: Track 5: Break on Through (May 10, 2023)
- Episode 1x04: Track 4: The Times They Are A-Changin' (May 10, 2023)
- Episode 1x03: Track 3: Exile on Main Street (May 10, 2023)
- Episode 1x02: Track 2: True Colors (May 10, 2023)
- Episode 1x01: Track 1: Can You Picture That (May 10, 2023)
Guest starring as Waldorf
- Episode 1x10: Track 10: We Will Rock You (May 10, 2023)
Guest starring as Jimmy Shoe
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Track 10: We Will Rock You (May 10, 2023)
- Episode 1x05: Track 5: Break on Through (May 10, 2023)
Storybots: Answer Time (2022)
Starring as Various Characters
(5 episodes)
- Episode 2x12: Time and Distance (Jul 10, 2023)
- Episode 2x06: Tornados (Jul 10, 2023)
- Episode 2x01: Fractions (Jul 10, 2023)
- Episode 1x05: Budgets (Nov 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Glue (Nov 21, 2022)
Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Back to the Rock (2022)
Starring as Boober
(27 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: Hope and Socks (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x12: Letting Go (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x11: Lost and Found Fraggles (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x10: Fraggle Up (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x09: The Great Radish Ball (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x08: Colder Boulders (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x07: This for That (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x06: Mezzo: Live in Concert (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x05: I'm Pogey (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x04: The Repeatee Birds (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x03: When Mokey Met Lanford (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x02: The Twisty-Turny-Thon (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x01: The Great Wind (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 1x14: Night of the Lights (Nov 18, 2022)
- Episode 1x13: All of Us (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x12: Into the Trash (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x11: Deep Dive (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x10: Wembley the Spokesfraggle (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x09: The Giggle Gaggle Games (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x08: Craggle Lagoon (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: Flight of the Flutterflies (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: The Legend of Icy Joe (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Four Wembleys and a Birthday (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: The Glow (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: The Merggle Moon Migration (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Red and the Big Jump (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jan 21, 2022)
Guest starring as World's Oldest Fraggle
(10 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: Hope and Socks (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x10: Fraggle Up (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x07: This for That (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x06: Mezzo: Live in Concert (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x02: The Twisty-Turny-Thon (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 1x14: Night of the Lights (Nov 18, 2022)
- Episode 1x12: Into the Trash (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x10: Wembley the Spokesfraggle (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x09: The Giggle Gaggle Games (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: The Merggle Moon Migration (Jan 21, 2022)
Guest starring as Uncle Travelling Matt
(26 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: Hope and Socks (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x12: Letting Go (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x10: Fraggle Up (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x09: The Great Radish Ball (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x08: Colder Boulders (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x07: This for That (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x06: Mezzo: Live in Concert (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x05: I'm Pogey (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x04: The Repeatee Birds (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x03: When Mokey Met Lanford (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x02: The Twisty-Turny-Thon (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x01: The Great Wind (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 1x14: Night of the Lights (Nov 18, 2022)
- Episode 1x13: All of Us (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x12: Into the Trash (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x11: Deep Dive (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x10: Wembley the Spokesfraggle (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x09: The Giggle Gaggle Games (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x08: Craggle Lagoon (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: Flight of the Flutterflies (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: The Legend of Icy Joe (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Four Wembleys and a Birthday (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: The Glow (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: The Merggle Moon Migration (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Red and the Big Jump (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jan 21, 2022)
Guest starring as Young Travelling Matt
- Episode 2x11: Lost and Found Fraggles (Mar 29, 2024)
Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Rock On! (2020)
Starring as Boober Fraggle
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Party Down in Fraggle Rock! (May 26, 2020)
- Episode 1x04: A Common Connection (May 12, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: The Fraggletastic Talent Show! (May 5, 2020)
- Episode 1x01: Shine On! (Apr 21, 2020)
Starring as Uncle Travelling Matt
(4 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Party Down in Fraggle Rock! (May 26, 2020)
- Episode 1x04: A Common Connection (May 12, 2020)
- Episode 1x03: The Fraggletastic Talent Show! (May 5, 2020)
- Episode 1x02: The Cave of the Silly Creatures (Apr 28, 2020)
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
Guest starring as Baffi
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: A Single Piece Was Lost (Aug 30, 2019)
- Episode 1x07: Time to Make ... My Move (Aug 30, 2019)
- Episode 1x03: What Was Sundered and Undone (Aug 30, 2019)
The Muppets (2015)
Starring as Zoot / The Great Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Waldorf
(15 episodes)
- Episode 1x16: Because... Love (Mar 1, 2016)
- Episode 1x15: Generally Inhospitable (Mar 1, 2016)
- Episode 1x14: Little Green Lie (Feb 23, 2016)
- Episode 1x13: Got Silk? (Feb 16, 2016)
- Episode 1x12: A Tail Of Two Piggies (Feb 9, 2016)
- Episode 1x11: Swine Song (Feb 2, 2016)
- Episode 1x10: Single All the Way (Dec 8, 2015)
- Episode 1x09: Going, Going, Gonzo (Dec 1, 2015)
- Episode 1x08: Too Hot to Handler (Nov 17, 2015)
- Episode 1x07: Pig's in a Blackout (Nov 10, 2015)
- Episode 1x06: The Ex-Factor (Nov 3, 2015)
- Episode 1x05: Walk the Swine (Oct 27, 2015)
- Episode 1x04: Pig Out (Oct 13, 2015)
- Episode 1x02: Hostile Makeover (Sep 29, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: Pig Girls Don't Cry (Sep 22, 2015)
Brain Games (2011)
Guest starring as Dr. Bunsen Honeydew
(5 episodes)
- Episode 8x07: Rebel Wilson: Love and Attraction (Feb 24, 2020)
- Episode 8x05: Jack Black: Music (Feb 10, 2020)
- Episode 8x03: Drew Brees: Performance (Jan 27, 2020)
- Episode 8x02: Ted Danson: Fact Or Fiction? (Jan 20, 2020)
- Episode 8x01: Male Brain vs. Female Brain (Jan 20, 2020)
Jim Henson's Animal Show (1994)
Starring as Stinky the Skunk
(6 episodes)
- Episode 3x03: The Owl and the Frog (Jan 4, 1997)
- Episode 2x01: The Chimpanzee and the Hyena (May 6, 1995)
- Episode 1x20: The Kangaroo and the Frog (Sep 30, 1994)
- Episode 1x17: The Raccoon and the Polar Bear (Sep 30, 1994)
- Episode 1x16: The Tiger and the Tiger Beetle (Sep 30, 1994)
- Episode 1x07: The Lion and the Zebra (Sep 30, 1994)
Fraggle Rock (1983)
Starring as Boober Fraggle
(13 episodes)
- Episode 4x11: Wonder Mountain (Mar 17, 1986)
- Episode 3x13: Scared Silly (Mar 25, 1985)
- Episode 3x01: The Bells of Fraggle Rock (Dec 24, 1984)
- Episode 2x10: A Friend in Need (Mar 5, 1984)
- Episode 2x01: Wembley's Egg (Jan 2, 1984)
- Episode 1x24: New Trash Heap in Town (Jul 4, 1983)
- Episode 1x13: We Love You, Wembley (Apr 4, 1983)
- Episode 1x12: The Finger of Light (Mar 28, 1983)
- Episode 1x09: The Lost Treasure of the Fraggles (Mar 7, 1983)
- Episode 1x06: The Preachification of Convincing John (Feb 14, 1983)
- Episode 1x05: The Thirty-Minute Work Week (Feb 7, 1983)
- Episode 1x03: Let the Water Run (Jan 24, 1983)
- Episode 1x01: Beginnings (Jan 10, 1983)
Starring as Uncle Traveling Matt
The Muppet Show (1976)
Starring as Gonzo / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew / Zoot
(9 episodes)
- Episode 5x04: James Coburn (Apr 1, 1980)
- Episode 2x03: Edgar Bergen (Oct 10, 1977)
- Episode 1x20: Phyllis Diller (Feb 14, 1977)
- Episode 1x10: Valerie Harper (Nov 22, 1976)
- Episode 1x05: Joel Grey (Oct 18, 1976)
- Episode 1x04: Ruth Buzzi (Oct 11, 1976)
- Episode 1x03: Sandy Duncan (Oct 4, 1976)
- Episode 1x02: Jim Nabors (Sep 27, 1976)
- Episode 1x01: Rita Moreno (Sep 20, 1976)
Guest starring as Beauregard
- Episode 3x01: Helen Reddy (Sep 21, 1978)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Guest starring as The Great Gonzo
- Episode 1979-04-02: Apr 2, 1979 (Apr 2, 1979)
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
Guest starring as The Great Gonzo
- Episode 34x23: The Muppets at Walt Disney World (May 6, 1990)
Crew Credits
Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Back to the Rock (2022)
Show crew as Co-Executive Producer
(27 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: Hope and Socks (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x12: Letting Go (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x11: Lost and Found Fraggles (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x10: Fraggle Up (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x09: The Great Radish Ball (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x08: Colder Boulders (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x07: This for That (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x06: Mezzo: Live in Concert (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x05: I'm Pogey (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x04: The Repeatee Birds (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x03: When Mokey Met Lanford (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x02: The Twisty-Turny-Thon (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x01: The Great Wind (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 1x14: Night of the Lights (Nov 18, 2022)
- Episode 1x13: All of Us (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x12: Into the Trash (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x11: Deep Dive (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x10: Wembley the Spokesfraggle (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x09: The Giggle Gaggle Games (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x08: Craggle Lagoon (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: Flight of the Flutterflies (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: The Legend of Icy Joe (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Four Wembleys and a Birthday (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: The Glow (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: The Merggle Moon Migration (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Red and the Big Jump (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jan 21, 2022)