Tim Gosley
Tim Gosley is a Canadian puppeteer who is primarily known for his work on numerous Muppet productions. He is originally from Victoria, British Columbia. Gosley earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting from the University of Alberta and studied puppeteering with Richard Hunt from 1981-1983. He began his career portraying several minor characters on the television program Fraggle Rock from 1983-1987. He then began portraying Basil the polar bear on Sesame Park, the Canadian version of Sesame Street, a role he performed regularly for nine seasons.[1]
In 1984, Gosley was the puppeteer for Homer Honker in the film Sesame Street Presents: Follow That Bird. His other television and film credits include , Blizzard Island, Iris the Happy Professor, , and Caillou. He has also worked as a writer for the animated television series Fix and Foxi.
In 2001, Gosley was the assistant puppeteer for Owl on The Book of Pooh.
In 2003, Gosley won a Gemini Award for best preschool puppet performance. He has also presented several shadow puppet performances and has toured with his one-man puppet show version of The Ugly Duckling. In 2006, he presented The Fourth Wise Man, a Christmas puppet show starring an old shoe.[2]
References[]
- ^ Chamberlain, Adrian (November 3, 2012). "Son pays tribute to Smile Show". The Victoria Times-Colonist. p. D5. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ Chamberlain, Adrian (December 14, 2006). "Puppeteer presents a really big shoe". The Victoria Times-Colonist. p. D3. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
Sources[]
- C.P. "Anonymous Star Likes it That Way." The Globe and Mail (Canada). January 3, 1989
External links[]
Tim Gosley at IMDb
- Living people
- Canadian puppeteers
- Canadian male voice actors
- Muppet performers
- Sesame Street Muppeteers
- Fraggle Rock performers
- University of Alberta alumni