Mogens von Gadow

Mogens von Gadow (b. 1930) is a German voice actor who has dubbed many German translations of Muppet productions, including Dr. Julius Strangepork in early episodes of Die Muppet Show, Wembley Fraggle in Die Fraggles, and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew in The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, and Muppets Tonight (in which he also dubbed guest Larry King).

Von Gadow studied as a radio technician in Wuppertal, Germany, and later began performing on stage. In the 1960s, he entered film and television, appearing in such international films as Something for Everyone (1970, with Angela Lansbury) and Roman Polanski's What? His television credits include Hufnagel in the German children's series Meister Eder und sein Pumuckl.

Since 1967, he has been active as a dubbing voice actor. He has dubbed Ian Holm in several films (including Alien and the Lord of the Rings series), Warwick Davis in The Ewok Adventure and the Harry Potter franchise, Henry Gibson in The Blues Brothers, and Paul Dooley in Popeye. Animation credits include dubbing Philoctetes in Disney's Hercules, Jigo in the Miyazaki feature Princess Mononoke, and Silver in Watership Down. He also dubbed Mr. Prosser in the television version of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.