Most Recent Role: Voice of Miss Piggy on E!'s 101
Alias Name(s): Miss Piggy
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Hereford, England, UK
Birthday: 5-25-1944
Birth Name: Richard Frank Oznowicz
Alias Name(s): Miss Piggy
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Hereford, England, UK
Birthday: 5-25-1944
Birth Name: Richard Frank Oznowicz
During the 1980's Frank got a job directing now Eric Jacobson sometimes does his work.
Most Recent Appearance
Incredible Celebrity Slimdowns 60 - 41
Wednesday 15 March 2006 on E!
60. Teri Hatcher 59. Whoopi Goldberg 58. Matt Damon 57. Camryn Manheim 56. Portia De Rossi 55. Nicole Kidman 54. Missy Elliott 53. Nicolas Cage 52. Heidi Klum 51. Morgan Spurlock 50. Jamie-Lynn Sigler 49. Vivica A. Fox 48. Jerry O'Connell 47. Demi Moore ...
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Frank's mother was Flemish and his father Dutch.
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Frank was considered to direct Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005). He even stated in interviews his plan for it: Steve Martin would have been Willy Wonka; Michael Caine would have been Grandpa Joe; Rick Moranis would have been Mr. Teevee; The Jim Henson Company would have made Oompa-Loompa muppets; Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson and Louise Gold would have puppeteered the Oompa-Loompas, while Frank Oz, as Miss Piggy, would have voiced Grandma Georgina.
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Frank has directed two of his Star Wars cast mates in otherwise unrelated films: Ian McDiarmid (Palpatine/Darth Sidious) appeared in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) and Terence Stamp (Supreme Chancellor Valorum) appeared in Bowfinger (1999).
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Frank attended Jim Henson's funeral.
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Frank is a recipient of the prestigious Connor Award, given by the brothers of the Phi Alpha Tau fraternity based out of Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts. He is also an honourary brother of the fraternity.
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Frank Oz: [About the fame of Miss Piggy]:"I wouldn't like to be that famous, I value my privacy. Mind you, Miss Piggy enjoys every moment of it. If it were not for me, she would spend all her time in the limelight".
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Other Appearances
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Little Muppet Monsters
Fozie Bear/Miss Piggy |
Muppets Tonight
Miss Piggy / Fozzie Bear / Sam the Eagle / Animal |
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Play with Me Sesame
Bert / Grover / Additional Muppets |
Sesame Unpaved
Bert /Grover /Cookie Monster/Lefty the Salesman/Harvey Kneeslapper |
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The Jim Henson Hour
Fozzie Bear / Miss Piggy |
The Muppet Show
Miss Piggy(1977-1981)/ Fozzie Bear / Animal / Sam the Eagle / The Swedish Chef (Hands) |
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| The Muppet Show |
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Disneyland
A Muppet Family Christmas Fozzie Bear, Animal, Miss Piggy, Swedish Chef (Hands), Bert, Grover, Cookie Monster, Sam the Eagle, Marvin Suggs |
Disneyland
The Muppets at Walt Disney World Voice Of: Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Animal |
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Disneyland
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration voice of Miss Piggy |
Disneyland
The Muppets at Walt Disney World voice of Miss Piggy/Fozzie Bear |
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Dolly
Episode 8 (Unknown Title) Miss Piggy |
E!'s 101
Incredible Celebrity Slimdowns 60 - 41 Voice of Miss Piggy |
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The Funkhousers
pilot |
The Muppet Show
The Muppets Take Manhattan |
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The Muppet Show
Pearl Bailey Creative Consultant |
The Muppet Show
Lynn Redgrave Creative Consultant |
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The Muppet Show
Liberace Creative Consultant |
The Muppet Show
Sylvester Stallone Creative Consultant |
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The Muppet Show
Spike Milligan Creative Consultant |
The Muppet Show
Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge Creative Consultant |
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Muppets Tonight
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For those severe Internet-based critics who fear Elmo has gone too far and completely taken over Sesame Street, the Children's Television Workshop crafted the first-ever ancient reruns of the show... more The Jim Henson Hour
The Jim Henson Hour was an 'experimental' attempt to recapture the style of The Muppet Show but also incorporate the new and cutting-edge puppetry techniques and special effects of the Henson... more
The Muppet Show
After the success of Sesame Street in 1969, Muppet creator Jim Henson wanted to have a chance at his own series. In 1974, Henson shot a Muppet special called The Muppets' Valentine Show, which... more
In 1987 CBS wanted to expand the Muppet Babies Universe with another series called Little Muppet Monsters that featured live action muppets and animation. It even featured the adult versions of... more
Muppets Tonight"Muppets Tonight!" was a short lived new version of the classic 'The Muppet Show', that hoped to appeal to a new generation. This series continued with several traditions that the original series... more Play with Me Sesame
Welcome to the Play with Me Sesame guide at TV.com! Noggin, a joint venture between Sesame Workshop and Nickelodeon, is the commercial-free educational cable network geared primarily to... more Sesame Unpaved
For those severe Internet-based critics who fear Elmo has gone too far and completely taken over Sesame Street, the Children's Television Workshop crafted the first-ever ancient reruns of the show... more The Jim Henson Hour
The Jim Henson Hour was an 'experimental' attempt to recapture the style of The Muppet Show but also incorporate the new and cutting-edge puppetry techniques and special effects of the Henson... more
The Muppet ShowAfter the success of Sesame Street in 1969, Muppet creator Jim Henson wanted to have a chance at his own series. In 1974, Henson shot a Muppet special called The Muppets' Valentine Show, which... more
