Frank Meschkuleit

Meschkuleit with Trish Leeper on a break from performing the Gorgs.

Frank Meschkuleit is a Canadian puppeteer who has worked on various Muppet and Henson productions, most notably as the body performer of Junior Gorg for the final season of Fraggle Rock. His Muppet career was launched when he was working as a bike mechanic and a teacher encouraged him to audition when Jim Henson put out an open casting call for a project:

“They needed 75 puppeteers, ’cause Jim Henson wanted to do a shot with the biggest number of puppeteers in the history of television... I did something hugely stupid. I drew a little sort of Señor Wences face on my hand and did my Tattoo voice from Fantasy Island. I just kept talking, figuring they’d throw me out any second.”

Outside of the Muppets, Meschkuleit has puppeteered on such series as Iris the Happy Professor, Noddy, and Don't Eat the Neighbors and on such films as Bride of Chucky, Scary Movie 3, Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle (operating a raccoon), and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. He also performs his own one-man show, Frank's Left Hand, playing such diverse characters as failed actor Pinky (a pinky finger) and Tampy, a mouse made from a tampon on a stick.

Perhaps his most recognizable role amongst Canadians is the voice of Toopy on the animated series Toopy and Binoo and various spin-offs, including the puppet series Vroom Vroom Zoom (performing as well as puppet building).

Henson Credits

• Fraggle Rock: Background Fraggles, Junior Gorg (body, in episodes 505, 509, 511, 512, and 513)
• Follow That Bird
• The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
• Basil Hears a Noise
• Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock: Boober Fraggle (puppetry), The World's Oldest Fraggle (puppetry), and Uncle Traveling Matt (puppetry, in episodes 101, 106, 113, and 211; shared with Kevin Clash in episodes 201 and 213); Pa Gorg, Large Marvin Fraggle, Mantivore, Gluey Rudey

External links

• Official site as of 2017, via Wayback Machine