Rob Mills with Junior Gorg.
Rob Mills, circa 1980s.
Rob Mills, circa 2008.
Rob Mills (b. September 5, 1957), also credited as Robert Mills, is a Canadian puppeteer who has performed on several Muppet and Creature Shop productions beginning with Fraggle Rock.
Away from Henson, Mills was the founder of Radical Sheep Productions where he wrote, produced, and/or directed as well as puppeteering on series such as The Big Comfy Couch (as Wuzzy), Ruffus the Dog (the title character), and Panda Bear Daycare. Other puppetry credits include Under the Umbrella Tree, Iris the Happy Professor, and the film Short Circuit 2 (as one of the puppeteers of Johnny 5).
Muppet/Henson credits[]
- Fraggle Rock: Junior Gorg (body, seasons 1-4), Lanford, Baby Poison Cackler, The Blue Dragon, The Glob, Inkspot, Lizard (the transformed Mudwell), Merkey Merggle
- Follow That Bird: Board of Birds Member
- Labyrinth: Firey 3 (assistant puppeteer), Ludo (puppeteer), Red Riding Goblin (the one hit by Sir Didymus)
- Sesame Park: Dodi (1987-1996), Floyd Balding, Garth Burmengi, others
- The Christmas Toy: Bleep
- The Jim Henson Hour: Ubu, Quackers and Rover Cleveland (Dog City), Animal and Doglion ("Food"), Sweetums ("Fitness"), Gramps ("Garbage"), various others
- Basil Hears a Noise: Dodi
- Dinosaurs: B.P. Richfield (puppetry, occasionally, season 3), Robbie Sinclair (face, occasionally, season 3)
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze: Donatello (face)
- Muppet Sing Alongs: It's Not Easy Being Green
- Just for Laughs
- Turkey Hollow: Burble