Frank Oz — Actor (33)
The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Great Santa Claus Switch
director: John Moffitt actor: Art Carney / Ed Sullivan
Santa Claus and his elves are ready to deliver presents to children everywhere, but the evil wizard, Cosmo Scam, has hatched a plot to kidnap Santa and take his place! One by one, Cosmo abducts Santa’s elves and replaces them with his evil henchmen. Can Fred the Elf save Christmas before Cosmo burglarizes the world?
Night of 100 Stars (1982) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Night of 100 Stars
director: Clark Jones actor: Jane Alexander / Peter Allen
The most glittering, expensive, and exhausting videotaping session in television history took place Friday February 19, 1982 at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The event, for which ticket-buyers paid up to $1,000 a seat (tax-deductible as a contribution to the Actors' Fund) was billed as "The Night of 100 Stars" but, actually, around 230 stars took part. And most of the audience of 5,800 had no idea in advance that they were paying to see a TV taping, complete with long waits for set and costume changes, tape rewinding, and the like. Executive producer Alexander Cohen estimated that the 5,800 Radio City Music Hall seats sold out at prices ranging from $25 to $1,000. The show itself cost about $4 million to produce and was expected to yield around $2 million for the new addition to the Actors Fund retirement home in Englewood, N. J. ABC is reputed to have paid more than $5 million for the television rights.
Follow That Bird (1985) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Follow That Bird
director: Ken Kwapis actor: Caroll Spinney / Jim Henson
other title: Vila Sésamo Onde Está o Garibaldo / Sesamstrasse: Bibos abenteuerliche Flucht
Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.
Out to Lunch (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Out to Lunch
director: Bill Davis actor: Luis Ávalos / Jim Boyd
The Muppets of Sesame Street and the cast of The Electric Company take over the ABC Nightly News when the newsroom staff takes a lunch break.
The Paperwork Explosion (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Paperwork Explosion
director: Jim Henson actor: Jim Henson / Frank Oz
Mankind has devoted too much time, too much money and plenty of space on paperwork and more paperwork. In the 1960's, to remove all those obstacles and all that paper, and in order to make life easier, IBM has created a groundbreaking device - a machine that could improve office relations and operations. IBM, through Jim Henson's picture, presents the 'Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter', a machine that does the work while we do the thinking.
Time Piece (1965) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Time Piece
director: Jim Henson actor: Jim Henson / Enid Cafritz
Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this 9-minute experimental film, which was written, directed, and produced by Jim Henson. Screened for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in May of 1965, "Time Piece" enjoyed an eighteen-month run at one Manhattan movie theater and was nominated for an Academy Award for Outstanding Short Subject.
Innocent Blood (1992) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Innocent Blood
director: John Landis actor: Anne Parillaud / David Proval
other title: Amore all'ultimo morso / Blod på tanden
Marie is a vampire with a thirst for bad guys. When she fails to properly dispose of one of her victims, a violent mob boss, she bites off more than she can chew and faces a new, immortal danger.
Hey Cinderella! (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Hey Cinderella!
director: Jim Henson actor: Belinda Montgomery / Robin Ward
other title: Los Teleñecos: Hey Cinderella! / Hey, Cinderella!
Hey Cinderella! is a one-hour Jim Henson special which tells a cracked version of the classic fairy tale. Cinderella lives with her wicked stepmother (as everyone who ever read the fairy tale knows), but what part of the story is never told is how Cinderella's fairy godmother had help from monsters, a prince pretending to be a gardener, and none other than Kermit the Frog.
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
director: Jim Henson actor: Frank Oz / Jim Henson
Miss Piggy hosts her own variety show, with special guests John Ritter, George Hamilton and Tony Clifton (Andy Kaufman). Under the direction of Kermit the Frog, the Muppets work in the control room and, amidst chaos, manage to keep the show on the air. Throughout the show, a romantic triangle develops among Piggy, Ritter (who is smitten with the pig) and Hamilton (who is deeply uncomfortable with the star's romantic inclinations).
The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Muppets Take Manhattan
director: Frank Oz actor: Jim Henson / Frank Oz
other title: I Muppet alla conquista di Broadway / Muppets indtager Manhattan
When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy won't take no for an answer, launching a search for someone to take them to Broadway.
The Great Muppet Caper (1981) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Great Muppet Caper
director: Jim Henson actor: Jim Henson / Frank Oz
other title: Giallo in casa Muppet / Os Marretas contra-atacam
Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy. It's up to Kermit and Muppets to bring the real culprits to justice.
Muppets Tonight (1996) [TV] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Muppets Tonight
other title: Les Muppets
Muppets Tonight is a live-action/puppet television series created by Jim Henson Productions and featuring The Muppets. Much like the "MuppeTelevision" segment of The Jim Henson Hour, Muppets Tonight was a continuation of The Muppet Show, set in a television studio, rather than a theater. It ran on ABC from 1996 to 1998 and reruns ran on Disney Channel from 1997 to 2002. As of 2013, it is the last television series to star The Muppets characters.
Muppets from Space (1999) [Movie] IMDb
Muppets from Space
director: Tim Hill actor: Dave Goelz / Steve Whitmire
other title: I Muppets venuti dallo spazio / Muppets fra rummet
When Gonzo's breakfast cereal tells him that he's the descendant of aliens from another planet, his attempts at extraterrestrial communication get him kidnapped by a secret government agency, prompting the Muppets to spring into action. It's hard to believe Gonzo's story at first, but Kermit and friends soon find themselves on an epic journey into outer space filled with plenty of intergalactic misadventures.
Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB
Blues Brothers 2000
director: 约翰·兰迪斯 actor: 丹·艾克罗伊德 / Walter Levine
other title: 福禄双霸天2000 / 블루스 브라더스 2000
Finally released from prison, Elwood Blues is once again enlisted by Sister Mary Stigmata in her latest crusade to raise funds for a children's hospital. Hitting the road to re-unite the band and win the big prize at the New Orleans Battle of the Bands, Elwood is pursued cross-country by the cops.
Jim Henson Idea Man (2024) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB IMDb WikiData
Jim Henson Idea Man
director: Ron Howard actor: Frank Oz / Dave Goelz
other title: Jim Henson: O Homem das Ideias / Jim Henson: Ein Mann voller Ideen
Featuring unprecedented access to Jim Henson's personal archives, filmmaker Ron Howard brings us a fascinating and insightful look at a complex man whose boundless imagination inspired the world.
Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge (2020) [TV] TMDB
Star Wars: Jedi Temple Challenge
director: Steve Blank / Scott Bromley actor: Ahmed Best / Mary Holland
A game show set in a galaxy far, far away, which tests young contestants’ abilities in the core Jedi principles of strength, knowledge, and bravery as they face thrilling and fun obstacles in an attempt to achieve the rank of Jedi Knight
Muppet Treasure Island (1996) [Movie] TMDB
Muppet Treasure Island
director: Brian Henson actor: Tim Curry / Billy Connolly
other title: I Muppet nell'isola del tesoro / Muppets skatteø
After telling the story of Flint's last journey to young Jim Hawkins, Billy Bones has a heart attack and dies just as Jim and his friends are attacked by pirates. The gang escapes into the town where they hire out a boat and crew to find the hidden treasure, which was revealed by Bones before he died. On their voyage across the seas, they soon find out that not everyone on board can be trusted.
The Muppet Movie (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData
The Muppet Movie
director: James Frawley actor: Jim Henson / Frank Oz
other title: Ecco il film dei Muppet / As Aventuras dos Marretas
A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever – his future muppet crew – while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
The Director and the Jedi (2018) [Movie] TMDB
The Director and the Jedi
director: Anthony Wonke actor: Rian Johnson / Ram Bergman
other title: Der Regisseur und der Jedi
An intimate documentary delving into Rian Johnson's process as he comes in as a director new to the Star Wars universe.