.Bruce Lanoil (b. July 5, 1960) is a puppeteer. He has also done some occasional voice acting.
He performed The Cat in the Hat and Fox in Socks in the The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss. He performed Lindy in the direct-to-video specials Muppets On Wheels and Things That Fly. Additionally, he performed Mo Frackle on Family Feud and Stevenson the Parrot for the Muppet Treasure Island CD-ROM game.
He worked as a puppeteer on many Creature Shop projects, including Dinosaurs, Dr. Dolittle, Jack Frost, and Cats & Dogs. 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 (voicing the character Pepe Le Pew in the latter). He is also the new voice double for Timon (Nathan Lane) from The Lion King; so far he has voiced Timon in Kingdom Hearts II and Disney's "Wild About Safety" shorts.
Henson/Muppet Credits[]
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss: The Cat in the Hat, Fox in Socks, Alonzo, Announcer, Aunt May, Barney Balaban, Big Nosed Whozit, Big-Bottomed Rumpit, Bob, King of the Wickershams, First Mate, Grandpa Mullally, Green-Tufted Sneel (in "Yertle the King"), Hajji, The Hum-Bleeper, King Noogle of Nug, Larry Nooly, Little Wimpy Guy (not the voice), Mayor's Servant, Money Whozit, Morton's Pink Friend, Mr. Webley, Newsboy, Onlooker #2, Pa Blozzit, Ronald Q. Clark, Singing Classmate in Play, Subscription-Selling Whozit, Tiger, Uncle Dutter, Unhappy Man, Zander, Zauber
The Muppet Show Live: Rowlf (right hand), Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (right hand), Additional Muppets
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Additional Muppets
Muppets Tonight: The Swiss Cheese, Additional Muppets
Aliens in the Family: Spit (face)
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
Muppet Classic Theater
Dinosaurs: Charlene Sinclair (face), Judge D. X. Machina (puppeteer/voice), The Babysitter (face), Clerk (face), Devil (face), Dr. Ficus (face), Glenda Molehill (face), Larry (face), Mr. Harold Heffer (face), Scabby (face), Al "Sexual" Harris (face), Shelly (face), Solomon (face), Stu (face), UFO! Host (face), Mel Luster (face)
