Frank Oz Biography
Born: May 25, 1944
Born in Hereford, England, Frank Oz (born Frank Oznowicz) graduated from California's Oakland City College during 1962 and joined the humans behind Jim_Henson's fledgling Muppet group as a puppeteer the following year. He was part of the first-season cast of Saturday_Night_Live as the Mighty Favag and appeared in The_Blues_Brothers with John_Belushi and Dan_Aykroyd. After The_Muppet_Show went on the air in 1976, Oz became vice president of the Henson organization, and was responsible for the portrayals of Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, and Animal, among other characters, earning three Emmy Awards for his work on the show. He later served as a producer for The_Great_Muppet_Caper (1980), directed by Henson, with whom he co-directed The_Dark_Crystal a year later. He later directed The_Muppets_Take_Manhattan in 1984. Two years later, with Henson in the director's chair, Oz was one of the voices in Labyrinth. Moving outside of Henson's orbit, Oz directed the screen version of the musical Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Dirty_Rotten_Scoundrels (1988), What_About_Bob? (1991), and the Kevin_Kline vehicle In & Out (1997). He also served as the voice of Yoda in five Star_Wars movies: The_Empire_Strikes_Back, Return of the Jedi, Star_Wars:_Episode_I_--_The_Phantom_Menace, Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones, and Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith. Bruce Eder, Rovi
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