Bruce Lanoil

Bruce Lanoil (born July 5, 1960) is an American puppeteer and voice actor who works for The Jim Henson Company and for The Walt Disney Company. He frequently works with puppeteer David Alan Barclay.

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Lanoil was born in Brooklyn, New York, on July 5, 1960.

Lanoil has worked as a puppeteer in various films and television shows since 1986. He performed the Cat in the Hat and Fox in Socks in the first season of The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss, he also worked as a puppeteer in The Muppets, Where the Wild Things Are, Dr. Dolittle, Jack Frost, The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas, and Cats & Dogs.^[1]

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 Pepé Le Pew).^[2]^[3] For Disney, he is also a voice double for Timon from The Lion King. He has voiced Timon in Kingdom Hearts II, Disney Think Fast, and Disney's Wild About Safety shorts. He has also performed a voice sample for an additional character in the 2011 Spyro game, Skylanders: Spyro's Adventure.^{[citation needed]}

Nanny & Isaiah series - Mrs. Fingle Beezer
Popples - Puppet operator
Perfect Strangers - Ventriloquist
The Legend of Prince Valiant - Additional voices
ABC Weekend Specials - Doc Peppers
Dinosaurs - Charlene Sinclair (face performer), Les, Devil, Babysitter, Judge, Ed, UFO Host, Announcer, Shelly, Dr. Ficus, Walter Sternhagen, Larry, Stu, Mel Luster (face performer), Buddy Glimmer, various characters
The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth - Sidney Cyclops, Big Dan, Mumfred's Father, Miss Sweetie, Kay
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree - Bear, Owl
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss - The Cat in the Hat, Fox in Socks, Captain Zauber, Additional Muppets
Muppets on Wheels - Lindy,^[4] Semi Truck Driver
Aliens in the Family - Puppeteer
Muppets Tonight - Swiss Cheese, Additional Muppets
Family Guy - Additional voices
Studio DC: Almost Live - Additional Muppets
Teeny Tiny Dogs - Dinky (voice)
Good Luck Charlie - Additional puppet performer
No, You Shut Up! - Matt Rosenberg
Lady Gaga & the Muppets' Holiday Spectacular - Additional puppet performer
Grid Smasher - Additional puppeteer
Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures - Ginger Root
The Muppets - Additional puppet performer
Mr. Neighbor's House - Officer Policecop, Demon #3
Bob the Builder - Additional voices (US Dub)

[1]
The Internet Movie Database. "Bruce Lanoil". Accessed August 26, 2007.
[2]
"'Looney Tunes' has come a long way". November 12, 2003.
[3]
Lynch, Tom (2002). Screen World 2002. Lynch. ISBN 9780786486946.
[4]
N.F. Mendoza (June 11, 1995). "Video: Drive-By Muppets". latimes.com. Retrieved May 29, 2020.^{[permanent dead link]}

Early life