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| + | '''Warwick Davis''' (1970-) is best known to ''[[Star Wars]]'' fans for his role as Wicket the Ewok in ''Star Wars: Return of the Jedi'' (as well as ''Caravan of Courage: The Ewok Adventure'' and ''Ewoks: The Battle for Endor''). In 1988, he played the title character in ''Willow''. Some of his other films include ''Star Wars: The Phantom Menace'', ''Ray'', and the ''Leprechaun'' and ''Harry Potter'' series. |
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| − | [[Image:Performer.frankoz.jpg|frame|Frank Oz]] |
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| − | '''Richard Frank Oznowicz: May 25, 1944 - present''' |
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| + | His [[Creature Shop]] roles include ''[[Labyrinth]]'', Grildrig in ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'', and ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''. |
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| − | Frank was born in England in 1944, and moved to America when he was five. He joined the Henson company in 1963, as a right hand for [[Rowlf the Dog|Rowlf]]. He was then nineteen years old. It took him four years to work up the courage to do his own voices for his characters. |
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| − | Starting in mid-1990's, after 30+ years of faithful Muppeteering, Frank started to transition himself away from his Muppet duties to focus on directing. He occasionally performs his characters on [[Sesame Street]], but most of his classic characters, like [[Fozzie Bear]], [[Miss Piggy]], [[Animal]], [[Sam Eagle]], [[Bert]], [[Grover]] and others have been recast to other performers - mainly [[Eric Jacobson]]. |
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| − | ==Puppeteer Credits== |
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| − | * '''Muppet Characters:''' [[Fozzie Bear]], [[Miss Piggy]], [[Animal]], [[Sam the Eagle]], [[The Snowths]], [[George the Janitor]], [[Marvin Suggs]], [[Frank Oz Muppet]], [[The Swedish Chef]] (hands), [[Rowlf]] (Assistant), [[Male Koozbanian Creature]], [[Forcryingoutloud Bird]] |
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| − | * '''Sesame Characters:''' [[Bert]], [[Cookie Monster]], [[Grover]], [[Harvey Kneeslapper]], [[Lefty the Salesman]], [[Prince Charming]], [[Tessie Twiddlebug]] |
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| − | * '''[[Saturday Night Live]]:''' [[The Mighty Favog]] |
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| − | * '''[[Muppet Meeting Films]]:''' [[Grump]] |
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| − | * '''[[The Dark Crystal]]:''' [[Aughra]] (not the voice), [[Skeksis Chamberlain]] (not the voice) |
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| − | * '''[[Labyrinth]]:''' [[Wiseman]] (not the voice) |
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| − | * '''[[Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas]]:''' [[Chuck]] |
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| − | * '''[[Tales from Muppetland]]:''' |
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| − | * '''[[The Great Santa Claus Switch]]:''' |
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| − | * '''Star Wars:''' Yoda |
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| − | ==Director Credits== |
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| − | '''Henson Projects''' |
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| − | * [[The Muppets Take Manhattan]] |
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| − | * [[The Dark Crystal]] (Co-director with [[Jim Henson]]) |
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| − | * [[The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show]] |
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| − | '''Non-Henson Projects''' |
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| − | * Horrible Bosses |
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| − | * The Stepford Wives |
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| − | * The Score |
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| − | * Bowfinger |
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| − | * In & Out |
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| − | * The Indian in the Cupboard |
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| − | * HouseSitter |
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| − | * What About Bob? |
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| − | * Dirty Rotten Scoundrels |
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| − | * Little Shop of Horrors |
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| − | ==Trivia== |
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| − | * His birth name was Richard Frank Oznowicz. |
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| − | * Had an on screen cameo in the Great Muppet Caper, in the Press Office when Gonzo shouts "Stop the Presses!" |
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| − | * [[Kermit]] asks the Wizard of Oz if he is related to Frank Oz in [[The Muppets' Wizard of Oz]] |
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| − | * First met [[Jim Henson]] at the Puppeteers of America festival in, 1961 at the age of 17. |
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| − | ==Awards & Honors== |
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| − | '''1974''' |
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| − | * Daytime Emmy for Individual Achievement in Children's Programming for [[Sesame Street]]. |
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| − | '''1976''' |
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| − | * Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Children's Programming for Sesame Street. |
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| − | '''1979''' |
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| − | *Daytime Emmy for Individual Achievement in Children's Programming for Sesame Street. |
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| − | ==See Also== |
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| − | *[[Cameos: Frank Oz]] |
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==External Links== |
==External Links== |
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| − | *[http://www.imdb.com/name/ |
+ | *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001116/ IMDb] |
| + | *[http://www.warwickdavis.co.uk/ Warwick Davis Official Website] |
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Revision as of 01:40, 13 January 2006
Warwick Davis (1970-) is best known to Star Wars fans for his role as Wicket the Ewok in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (as well as Caravan of Courage: The Ewok Adventure and Ewoks: The Battle for Endor). In 1988, he played the title character in Willow. Some of his other films include Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Ray, and the Leprechaun and Harry Potter series.
His Creature Shop roles include Labyrinth, Grildrig in Gulliver's Travels, and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.