Frank Oz
Frank Oz (born Frank Richard Oznowicz; 25 May 1944) is an American actor, puppeteer, and filmmaker. He began his career as a puppeteer, performing the Muppet characters of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle in The Muppet Show, and Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover in Sesame Street.
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| Full name at birth | Richard Frank Oznowicz
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| Claim to fame | Puppeteer for The Muppets
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| Date of birth | 25 May 1944
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| Place of birth | Hereford, England
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| Occupation | Voice actor, actor, film director, puppeteer
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| Height | 6' 2" (188 cm)
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| Residence | New York City, New York, U.S.
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| Net worth | $80,000,000 USD
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| University | Oakland City College
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- Collaborated five times with composer Miles Goodman. Little Shop of Horrors, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, What About Bob?, Housesitter and Indian in the Cupboard. However Goodman's score to Indian in the Cupboard became unused and replaced by a score composed by Randy Edelman.
- Uncle of Michelle Oznowicz and Jenny Oznowicz.
- Attended Jim Henson's funeral.
- One of his first performing duties for "The Muppet Show" (1976) was performing Rowlf's right hand on "The Jimmy Dean Show" (1963).
- Has directed two of his Star Wars cast mates in otherwise unrelated films: Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine/Darth Sidious) appeared in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) and Terence Stamp (Supreme Chancellor Valorum) appeared in Bowfinger (1999).
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