Gernot Duda

Gernot Duda (1928-2004) was a German voice actor, based out of Munich, who dubbed various episodic roles on Die Muppet Show (The Muppet Show), notably King Rupert the Second in folge 118. He was also heard in Jim Hensons beste Geschichten (The StoryTeller) and dubbed Doc Hopper in Die Muppets feiern Jim Henson  (The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson).

A dubbing actor since the 1960s, Duda was usually heard as raspy, gruff, or burly types. Beginning in small roles as policemen or soldiers, he dubbed Aldo Ray in several films, Charles Bronson three times, Paul L. Smith in Dune and Ten Little Indians, Oliver Reed in The Three Musketeers, Julius Harris in Live and Let Die, Telly Savalas in Mackenna's Gold, Bela Lugosi in Son of Frankenstein, and Nigel Green as Hercules in Jason and the Argonauts. For TV, he dubbed Ted Ross on the short-lived MacGruder & Loud, E. E. Bell on Married... with Children, wrestler H. B. Haggerty on Columbo and The Incredible Hulk, and various guests on Star Trek, ALF, and others. Cartoon voices included Barney Gumble, Hans Moleman, Captain McCallister, and others on The Simpsons, Bob on the animated ALF, Tummi Gummi on Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Scooby-Dum and various suspects and monsters in assorted Scooby-Doo series, Doctor Octopus on Spider-Man, and Grimlord and others on Transformers.

In film, Duda appeared in the 1960 feature-length Father Brown adaptation Das schwarze Schaf (The Black Sheep) as a burly blacksmith (and murder suspect) and later in the 1985 Thomas Gottschalk comedy Big Mäc. English-language appearances include Billy Wilder's One, Two Three (as a suitcase salesman, with Peter Capell and Red Buttons), Town without Pity, and The Bashful Elephant as well as an episode of the 1981 TV series Smuggler. German TV credits included appearances on Derrick, Tatort, Der Kommissar , and regular or recurring roles on Fernfahrer, Bergdoktor, and Mit Leib und Seele.

Muppet/Henson dubbing credits

 * Die Muppet Show (The Muppet Show): King Rupert the Second (folge 118), Frogs (Folge 120), Zuzu Fitzwaller (Folge 406)
 * Jim Hensons beste Geschichten (The StoryTeller): Cook ("Die fehlende Geschichte")
 * Die Muppets feiern Jim Henson (The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson): Doc Hopper