Bruce Lanoil, Steve Whitmire and David Gumpel on the set of the Muppets on Wheels video.
Bruce Lanoil (b. July 5, 1960) is a puppeteer, actor and voice actor who has been in several Muppet productions and other Henson Company projects.
He performed The Cat in the Hat and Fox in Socks in the first season of The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss. He performed Lindy in the direct-to-video specials Muppets on Wheels and Things That Fly. Additionally, he performed Mo Frackle on Family Feud and Stevenson the Parrot for the Muppet Treasure Island CD-ROM game.
He worked as a puppeteer on many Creature Shop projects, including Dinosaurs, Dr. Dolittle, Jack Frost, and Cats & Dogs. After the sale of the Muppets to Disney, Lanoil continued to work with Henson on several digital puppetry projects including Frances (Father Badger) and Sid the Science Kid (facial puppetry and voice of Philbert the dog) and its movie spin-off (Bobbybot). He also performed on the pilot Teeny Tiny Dogs and the Henson Alternative productions No, You Shut Up! and The Happytime Murders.
Outside of the Henson company, he was an on-set animation reference puppeteer and voice actor for the movies Monkeybone and Looney Tunes: Back in Action (as Pepe LePew). He has been the voice match for Timon (Nathan Lane) from The Lion King in Kingdom Hearts II and Disney's "Wild About Safety" shorts. He was heard in the film Spaced Invaders (as Pez, one of the aliens), and other puppetry credits include The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth.
Muppet/Creature Shop Credits[]
- Muppet*Vision 3D[1]
- Dinosaurs: Charlene Sinclair (face), The Babysitter (face), Clerk (face), The Devil (face), Dr. Ficus (face), Glenda Molehill (face), Larry (face), Scabby (face), Al "Sexual" Harris (face), Shelly (face), Solomon (face), Stu Boombird (face), UFO! Host (face), Mel Luster (face), Mr. Harold Heffer (puppetry), Judge D. X. Machina, Mr. Pulman (body, "Employee of the Month")
- Muppet Classic Theater: The Royal Jeweler, Sheep, Rabbit
- Muppet Sing Alongs: It's Not Easy Being Green
- Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
- Muppets on Wheels: Lindy
- Things That Fly: Lindy
- Muppet Treasure Island (CD-ROM): Stevenson the Parrot
- Muppets Tonight: François Fromage, Lobster (episode 102), Additional Muppets
- Aliens in the Family: Spit (puppeteer)[1]
- The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: The Cat in the Hat (season 1), Fox in Socks (season 1), Alonzo, Aunt May, Barney Balaban, Big-Bottomed Rumpit, Bob, King of the Wickershams, Grandpa Mullally, Green-Tufted Sneel (in "Yertle the King"), Harold in "Unhappy People" (voice only), Hajji, The Hum-Bleeper, King Noogle, Larry Nooly, Mayor's Servant, Money Whozit, Morton's Pink Friend, Webley, Murgatroyd, Newsboy, Onlooker #2, Pa Blozzit, Ronald Q. Clark, Singing Classmate in Play, Subscription-Selling Whozit, Tiger, Uncle Dutter, Zander, Zauber
- Muppets from Space
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Additional Muppets
- The Muppet Show Live: Rowlf (right hand), Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (right hand), Additional Muppets
- Family Feud: Mo Frackle
- The Adventures of Pinocchio: Principal Pinocchio puppeteer
- Cats & Dogs: Mr. Tinkles, others
- The Country Bears: Henry (facial puppetry)
- Studio DC: Almost Live: Assistance for Kermit the Frog in "Bop to the Top"
- Where the Wild Things Are: puppeteer
- The Muppets Kitchen with Cat Cora: The Early Bird, Rat in "Movie Night"
- The Muppets: Additional Muppet Performer
- Disney Drive-On with The Muppets: The 10th Old Man, Monkey Writer
- The Muppets (episodes 105 through 116)
- The Muppets Take the Bowl: The Swedish Chef (puppetry during "Rainbow Connection")[2]
- The Muppets Take the O2
- Muppets Haunted Mansion: Duddy, Ballroom Rat, Mo Frackle
- The Muppets Mayhem
Sources[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 PerformFX - Official site (archived version)
- ↑ Jake's Happy Nostalgia Show Episode 131 (30:21-30:35)