Horst Gentzen

Horst Gentzen  (1930 - 1985) was a German actor and voice-over performer who dubbed the German voice of Kermit the Frog on Die Muppet Show and in The Muppet Movie and The Muppets Take Manhattan. Trained in the stage, Gentzen was active in the West Berlin theaters as a juvenile, beginning in 1946, and soon transitioned into films.

Beginning in the 1950s, Gentzen became active in radio and as a voice actor, dubbing Jerry Lewis in more than 20 films, Kenneth Williams in the British Carry On series, and Peter Lorre in Casablanca and the Mr. Moto series, as well as David Warner in Tom Jones. Animation credits included Cowslip in Watership Down and such Disney roles as Ludwig Von Drake, The Reluctant Dragon, and the fox in Mary Poppins. When Gentzen died, Andreas von der Meden, who had played Kermit in Sesamstrasse and alternated with Gentzen in films, took over full-time as the frog.