# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dave-goelz
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:44:58.508Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dave-goelz"
name: "Dave Goelz"
slug: "dave-goelz"
description: "David Charles Goelz is an American puppeteer and actor. He is known for his work with the Muppets, performing the characters Gonzo the Great, Dr. Bunsen Honeydew, Beauregard, Zoot, and Waldorf. He joined Jim Henson's Muppet team in 1973 and has remained a key performer in many Muppet productions, including The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and various movies and television specials."
tagline: "American actor and puppeteer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dave_Goelz.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1946-07-16"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.96
  momentum:             1.454545454545454
  historical:           12.44130266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0324397/"
    handle:    "nm0324397"
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "ديف جويلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ديف جويلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dave Goelz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%95%DB%8C%DA%A4_%DA%AF%DB%86%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "دەیڤ گۆلز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Goelz"
    title: "Dave Goelz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Goelz"
    title: "Dave Goelz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88_%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%B2"
    title: "دیو گولز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Goelz"
    title: "Dave Goelz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%93%D7%99%D7%99%D7%91_%D7%92%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%96"
    title: "דייב גולז"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Goelz"
    title: "Dave Goelz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B4%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%84"
    title: "デーヴ・ゲルツ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Goelz"
    title: "Dave Goelz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Goelz"
    title: "Dave Goelz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2761980"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64181"
    title: "Dave Goelz"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump