Frank Oz Biography (1944-)

Full name, Richard Frank (some sources cite Frank Richard) Oznowicz; born May25, 1944, in Hereford, England; son of Isidore and Frances Oznowicz; married; wife's name, Robin, 1979; children: one. Addresses: Office: Henson Associates, P.O. Box 20726, New York, NY 10023-1488.; Agent: Creative ArtistsAgency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupation: Puppeteer, actor, producer, director, writer
Birth Details: May 25, 1944; Hereford, United Kingdom

Famous Works

CREDITS
Film Appearances
Voices, Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince (also known as Frog Prince), 1972
Voices, Muppet Musicians of Bremen (also known as Tales from Muppetland: The Muppet Musicians of Bremen), 1972
Voices of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam the Eagle, and Marvin Suggs, The Muppet Movie, Associated Film Distributors, 1979
Corrections officer, The Blues Brothers, Universal, 1980
Voice of Yoda, The Empire Strikes Back (also known as Star Wars: Episode V--The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1980
Mr. Collins and voice of Miss Piggy, An American Werewolf in London (also known as American Werewolf), Universal, 1981
Voices of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle, The Great Muppet Caper, Universal, 1981
Voices of Aughra and Skeksis Chamberlain, The Dark Crystal, Universal/Associated Film Distributors/ITC Entertainment, 1982
Voice of Yoda, Return of the Jedi (also known as Star Wars: Episode VI--Return of Jedi and Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1983
Corrupt cop, Trading Places, Paramount, 1983
Voices of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Sam the Eagle, Bert, Cookie Monster, and board member for Ocean Breeze Soap, The Muppets Take Manhattan, TriStar, 1984
Voices of Cookie Monster, Bert, and Grover, Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird! (also known as Follow That Bird), Warner Bros., 1985
Test monitor, Spies Like Us, Warner Bros., 1985
Voice of the wiseman, Labyrinth, TriStar, 1986
Pathologist, Innocent Blood (also known as A French Vampire inAmerica), Warner Bros., 1992
Voices of Miss Piggy as Emily Crachit, Fozzie Bear as Fozziwig, Sam the Eagle, Animal, and other characters, The Muppet Christmas Carol, BuenaVista, 1992
Voices of Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear as emperor, Muppet Classic Theatre, 1994
Voices of Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear, It's Not Easy Being Green, 1994
Voices of Miss Piggy as Benjamina Gunn, Fozzie Bear as Squire Trelawney,Sam the Eagle as Mr. Samuel Erroll, and Animal, Muppet Treasure Island, Buena Vista, 1996
Warden, Blues Brothers 2000, Universal, 1998
Voice of Yoda, Star Wars: Episode 1--The Phantom Menace (also known as The Phantom Menace and Star War I: The Phantom Menace), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1999
Voices of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle, Muppetsfrom Space, Columbia, 1999
Voices of Bert, Grover, and Cookie Monster, The Adventures of Elmo inGrouchland, Columbia, 1999
Voice of Fungus, Monsters, Inc., Buena Vista, 2001
Voice of Yoda, Star Wars: Episode II--Attack of the Clones (also known as Attack of the Clones: The IMAX Experience, Star Wars II, and Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones), Twentieth Century-Fox, 2002
Voice of First Mate Piggy for Pigs in Space: The Movie.
Film Director
(With Jim Henson) The Dark Crystal, Universal/Associated Film Distributors/ITC Entertainment, 1982
The Muppets Take Manhattan, TriStar, 1984
Little Shop of Horrors, Warner Bros., 1986
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Orion, 1988
What about Bob?, Buena Vista, 1991
HouseSitter, Universal, 1992
The Indian in the Cupboard, Paramount, 1995
In & Out, Paramount, 1997
Bowfinger, MCA/Universal, 1999
The Score, Paramount, 2001
Film Work
Other
Producer (with David Lazer), The Great Muppet Caper, Universal, 1981
Executive producer, The Muppet Christmas Carol, Buena Vista, 1992
Executive producer, Muppet Treasure Island, Buena Vista, 1996
Television Appearances
Series
Voices of Bert, Grover, Cookie Monster, and other characters, Sesame Street (also known as Canadian Sesame Street, The New Sesame Street, Open Sesame, Sesame Park, and Les amis de Sesame), PBS, 1969-2001
Voices of Fozzie Bear, Animal, Miss Piggy, Sam the Eagle, Swedish Chef, and other characters, The Muppet Show, syndicated, 1976-1981
Voices of Miss Piggy and Fozzie Bear, The Jim Henson Hour, 1989

Voices of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Sam the Eagle, Animal, and lion in thejungle, Muppets Tonight!, ABC, 1996
Voices of Animal, Baby Kermit, and Fozzie Bear for the series Muppet Babies; also appeared in The Orson Welles Show.
Specials
Chuck, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas, 1977
Voices of Muppets, Julie Andrews: One Step into Spring, CBS, 1978
Voices of Bert, Grover, and Cookie Monster, Christmas Eve on Sesame Street, 1978
Voices of Bert, Grover, and Cookie Monster, A Special Sesame Street Christmas, 1978
Voices of Muppets, The Muppets Go Hollywood, 1979
Voices, John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together, 1979
Voices, The Muppets Go to the Movies, 1981
(Uncredited) Himself and voice of Miss Piggy, Of Muppets and Men: TheMaking of the Muppet Show, 1981
Voice of Miss Piggy, The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show, ABC, 1982
Voices of Muppets, I Love Liberty, 1982
Voice of Miss Piggy, Night of 100 Stars, ABC, 1982
Himself, The World of "The Dark Crystal," 1983
Voice of Miss Piggy, San Francisco Ballet in Cinderella, PBS, 1985
Voices of Muppets, The Muppets--A Celebration of 30 Years, CBS, 1986
Voices of Muppets, The Television Academy Hall of Fame, NBC, 1986
Voices of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, Swedish chef, Bert, Grover, and Cookie Monster, A Muppet Family Christmas (also known as Christmas at Home with the Muppets), ABC, 1987
Voice of Fozzie Bear, Little Muppet Monsters, 1987
(Uncredited) Voices of Bert, Grover, and Cookie Monster, The Adventures of Super Grover, 1987
(Uncredited) Voices of Bert and Grover, Big Bird Brings Spring to Sesame Street, 1987
Voices of Bert, Grover, and Cookie Monster, Sesame Street Special(also known as Put Down the Duckie), PBS, 1988
Voices of Muppets, Free to Be ... a Family, ABC, 1988
Voices of Muppets, Sesame Street ... 20 and Still Counting, NBC, 1989
Voices of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle, "The Muppets at Walt Disney World," The Wonderful World of Disney, NBC, 1990
"Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special," The Wonderful World of Disney, NBC, 1990
Himself, The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson, CBS, 1990
Voices of Grover and Cookie Monster, Big Bird's Birthday or Let Me EatCake, PBS, 1991
Voices of Muppets, Holiday Greetings from the Ed Sullivan Show, CBS, 1992
Himself, "George Lucas: Heroes, Myths and Magic," American Masters, PBS, 1993
Sesame Street Stays Up Late! A Monster New Year's Eve Party, PBS,1993
Himself, "The World of Jim Henson," Great Performances, PBS, 1994
Voices of Cookie Monster and Grover, Elmo Saves Christmas, 1996
Voices of Bert, Grover, and Cookie Monster, Cinderelmo, Fox, 1999
Interviewee, Sesame Street, Arts and Entertainment, 2001
Voices of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam Eagle, It's a VeryMuppet Christmas Movie, NBC, 2002
Voices of Bert, Grover, and other Muppets, Play with Me Sesame, 2002
Himself, I Love Muppets, BBC, 2002
Also voice of Fozzie Bear for The Muppets Celebrate Richard Hunt.
Awards Presentations
Voice of Miss Piggy, The 41st Annual Emmy Awards, Fox, 1989
The 12th Annual American Comedy Awards, Fox, 1998
Himself and voice of Yoda, 2003 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 2003
Episodic
Voice of the Mighty Favag, Saturday Night Live, NBC, between 1975and 1976
Voice of Bert, Connie Stevens, 1977
Voice of Miss Piggy, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, 1979
Voice of Miss Piggy, Dolly, 1987
Voice of Yoda, "Running with Scissors," Al TV, 1999
Guest, The Big Breakfast, Channel 4, 2001
Guest, Breakfast, BBC, 2001
Performed as Muppet voices for multiple episodes of The Afro Family, and voice of Grover for The Electric Company; voice of Sam the Eagle, "Bald Eagle/Chicken Hawk," The Animal Show; voice of Horace, "Oh, NO! Hiccups," The Horace Music Pizza; voice of Ewey (hopping lamb), "Friends," Jim Henson's Beanie Baby Land; voice of Tarzan, "Tantor and the Magic Wand/One Blue Tiger/Turk's He," Disney's Tarzan Cubs; also appeared in an episode of International Festival of Animation.
Television Work
Director, The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (special), ABC, 1982
Creator, Frankenstein Follies (series), 1993
Director, The Funkhousers (pilot), ABC, 2002
Stage Appearances
Voice of Miss Piggy, Night of 100 Stars, Radio City Music Hall, New York City, 1982
Performed as voice of Miss Piggy for the stage show PBS Kids Live!
RECORDINGS
Videos
Voice, Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets (also known as Jim Henson's Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets),1985
Voice of Miss Piggy, Oscar's Greatest Moments (also known as Oscar's Greatest Moments 1971-1991), 1992
Video Games
Voices of Miss Piggy as Benjamina Gunn and Fozzie Bear as Squire Trelawney, Muppets Treasure Island, 1996
Voices, The Muppet CD-ROM: Muppets Inside, 1996
Voices of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal, and Sam the Eagle, Muppet Race Mania, Midway Games/Sony CEE, 2000
WRITINGS
Screenplays
(With Tom Patchett) The Muppets Take Manhattan, TriStar, 1984

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