---
name: "Brian Meehl"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-meehl"
fi1m_id: "brian-meehl"
tmdb_id: 1696852
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "24 August 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T17:58:27.944719+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Brian Meehl

## Identity

Brian Meehl

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-meehl
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-meehl
- **TMDB ID:** 1696852
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1696852

Actor. Born 24 August 1952 in Canandaigua, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 24 August 1952, Canandaigua, New York, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1696852

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*The Dark Crystal*](https://film.one/film/the-dark-crystal.md) (78)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Brian Meehl, also credited as Brian Muehl, is an American puppeteer, actor and writer. He performed multiple roles in *The Dark Crystal* (1982), including the Ornamentalist (performer and voice), Urzah (performer) and the Dying Master (performer and voice). His Henson Company work includes Muppet performances in *The Great Muppet Caper* (1981) and *The Muppets Take Manhattan* (1984), as well as characters such as Barkley and Telly Monster on *Sesame Street*.

Trained as a mime, Meehl performed with the troupe Mummenschanz before joining Jim Henson. He later focused on writing for children's television, with credits on *The Magic School Bus* (1994) and other series. He has also authored young adult novels. Meehl appeared in archive footage in *Jim Henson Idea Man* (2024).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, muppet.fandom.com, darkcrystal.fandom.com, darkcrystal.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Dark Crystal* (1982), Fi1m 78, as Ornamentalist / Urzah / Dying Master — [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-crystal.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites* (2004), as (voice)
- *Prehistoric Planet* (2002), series, Writer
- *Cyberchase* (2002), series, Writer
- *The Magic School Bus* (1994), series, Writer
- *Eyewitness: Dinosaur* (1994), Writer
- *Dog City* (1992), series, as Bruno (voice)
- *The Dark Crystal* (1982), as Ornamentalist / Urzah / Dying Master — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-dark-crystal.md)
- *The Great Muppet Caper* (1981), as Muppet Performer
- *The Muppets Go to the Movies* (1981), as Muppet Performer (voice)

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