Fred Maire
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Added by AlealFred Maire (b. 1932) is a German actor and voice actor. Following his education as a classical actor, he performed on stage in Cologne, Basel, Bremen, Berlin and Munich. Early in his career, he began working as a voice actor, primarily as the German dubbing voice of such actors as Klaus Kinski, Dennis Hopper and Harvey Keitel.
Maire's first association with the Muppets came with the German dub of The Muppet Movie, looping Elliott Gould (as the beauty pagent host). He subsequently played Gobo Fraggle in Die Fraggles, sharing the part with Eberhard Storeck, who provided Gobo's singing voice. Most recently, Maire dubbed The Wizard in The Muppets Wizard of Oz.
His other dubbing credits range from Danny DeVito in the first dub of Taxi and Michael Landon in Little House on the Prairie to Wile E. Coyote and Witch Hazel in the Looney Tunes.