Paul Fusco (born January 29, 1953) is an American puppeteer, voice-over artist, and character actor. He is best known as the puppeteer and voice of the title character on the sitcom ALF, for which he also served as creator, writer, producer, and director. He formed the production company Alien Productions with Tom Patchett and Bernie Brillstein.
Like most 15-year-olds, Duncan can see adulthood on the horizon: money, freedom, cars and girls; but the reality is more like: always being broke, driving with one's mom sitting shotgun and babysitting one's sister. He's not exceptional, but he has a wild imagination in which he's never anything less than amazing.
Release Date: 2020-02-16
Character: ALF (voice)
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 268
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
Release Date: 2017-09-25
Character: Alf
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 2637
Donald Trump has it all. Money, power, respect, and an Eastern European bride. But all his success didn't come for nothing. First, he inherited millions of dollars from his rich father, then he grabbed New York City by the balls. Now you can learn the art of negotiation, real estate, and high-quality brass.
Release Date: 2016-02-10
Character: Alf
Vote Count: 92
A contemporary and culturally resonant drama about a young programmer, Elliot, who suffers from a debilitating anti-social disorder and decides that he can only connect to people by hacking them. He wields his skills as a weapon to protect the people that he cares about. Elliot will find himself in the intersection between a cybersecurity firm he works for and the underworld organizations that are recruiting him to bring down corporate America.
Release Date: 2015-06-24
Character: ALF (voice)
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 4750
This hidden-camera series follows four lifelong friends -- Brian "Q"' Quinn, James "Murr"' Murray, Joe Gatto and Sal Vulcano -- who take dares to an outrageous level. To find out who is best under pressure, the guys compete in awkward and outrageous hidden-camera hijinks with the loser performing what is deemed to be the most-mortifying challenge yet.
Release Date: 2011-12-15
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 365
Photographer Paul Fusco had a coveted place on the train carrying Robert Kennedy's body, with the assignment of covering the funeral -- but he ended up using all his film on the people he saw from his window, lined up to pay their respects.
Release Date: 2010-08-13
Character: Himself
Vote Count: 2
ALF's Hit Talk Show is an American cable television talk show that aired on TV Land in 2004 for seven episodes. The host is the puppet character ALF, of 1980s television fame. At the beginning of each show, ALF is introduced by his "sidekick", Ed McMahon. The show ran in a 30-minute block and featured guests such as Drew Carey and Joe Mantegna. Prior to the series' debut, Entertainment Weekly described ALF's Hit Talk Show as "a one-shot, a lead-in" for TV Land's marathon of the original ALF sitcom.
Release Date: 2004-07-07
Episode Count: 7
Vote Count: 1
A celebration of NBC's 75 year history, featuring clips of special moments.
Release Date: 2002-05-05
Character: ALF
In this updated version of the classic "The Love Boat" series, recently divorced former U.S. Navy captain Jim Kennedy III takes the helm of a Caribbean cruise ship - along with its crew mates - on adventuresome voyages that sometimes lead to romance. The series aired on UPN from 1998 to 1999.
Release Date: 1998-04-13
Character: ALF (voice)
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 7
Six years ago, the space alien ALF was on his way back to his new home when the Alien Task Force finally caught up with him. Now he is being studied at a top-secret base. There he finds allies who feel that ALF's existence should be announced to the world to ensure his safety... especially when they learn that the abrasive Colonel Milfoil wants ALF destroyed.
Release Date: 1996-02-17
Department: Writing
Job: Screenplay
Character: ALF (voice)
Vote Count: 104
Space Cats is a cartoon series for television that aired on NBC in 1991. It is a comedy show about alien felines helping mankind. It was from Paul Fusco, the creator of ALF.
Release Date: 1991-09-14
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character: Captain Catgut (voice)
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 1
North Pole elves meet an elf toy sales rep. Traditional toys developed here are being outdone by other global toy manufacturers, including Crandall Toys, one of the worst. They must expand their toy lines into new directions. The elves must retrain and succeed, or failure means they may need to be outsourced to other manufacturers. Can they survive?
Release Date: 1990-12-24
Department: Directing
Job: Director
Character:
Blossom Russo is a highly intelligent and spunky teenager. The youngest of three, she lives with her divorced musician father, Nick, eldest brother and recovering substance abuser Anthony, and decidedly not-so-bright middle brother Joey. Along for the ride is Blossom's ditzy best friend, Six, who sometimes shows flashes of great perception.
Release Date: 1990-07-05
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 103
The plot chronicles the exploits of Michael, a teenager who is using marijuana and stealing his father's beer. His younger sister, Corey, is worried about him because he started acting differently. When her piggy bank goes missing, her cartoon tie-in toys come to life to help her find it. After discovering it in Michael's room along with his stash of drugs, the various cartoon characters proceed to work together and take him on a fantasy journey to teach him the risks and consequences a life of drug-use can bring and save the world.
Release Date: 1990-04-21
Character: ALF (voice)
Vote Count: 42
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
Release Date: 1989-12-17
Character: ALF (voice)
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 10058
Avarissa, a witch so evil that she was banished to an underground kingdom, attempts to trick a human child into committing a despicable act so that she can switch places with him and escape.
Release Date: 1989-10-29
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Vote Count: 2
A prime-time special previewing NBC's 1989-90 Saturday morning lineup, hosted by the cast members of NBC's "Saved by the Bell."
Release Date: 1989-10-02
Character: ALF (voice)
ALF Tales is an animated American series that ran on the NBC television network on Saturdays from August 1988 to December 1989. The show was a spinoff from the series ALF: The Animated Series. The show had characters from that series play various characters from fairy tales. The fairy tale was usually altered for comedic effect in a manner relational to Fractured Fairy Tales. Each story typically spoofs a film genre, such as the "Cinderella" episode done as an Elvis movie. Some episodes featured a "fourth wall" effect where ALF is backstage preparing for the episode, and Rob Cowan would appear drawn as a TV executive to try to brief ALF on how to improve this episode. For instance Cowan once told ALF who was readying for a medieval themed episode that "less than 2% of our audience lives in the Dark Ages".
Release Date: 1988-09-10
Department: Creator
Job: Creator
Character: ALF (voice)
Episode Count: [ 21 ]
Vote Count: 8
The Tanners decide to spend Christmas in a cabin in the woods but ALF soon gets trapped in a box of toys going to a children's hospital.
Release Date: 1987-12-14
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character: ALF
Vote Count: 5
ALF: The Animated Series is an animated cartoon spin-off based on the live-action Sitcom series ALF. It premiered on September 26, 1987 and ran for 26 episodes. ALF Tales was a spinoff from the series that ran on the NBC television network on Saturdays from August 1988 to December 1989. The show had characters from that series play various characters from fairy tales. The fairy tale was usually altered for comedic effect in a manner relational to Fractured Fairy Tales.
Release Date: 1987-09-26
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Character:
Episode Count: 26
Vote Count: 17
ALF (short for Alien Life Form) and Benji Gregory explore an shabby mansion hoping to find hidden treasure. During their search, they manage to preview the NBC's Saturday morning schedule of 1987.
Release Date: 1987-09-12
Character: Alf
Vote Count: 3
ALF bumps his head and loses his memory. All he knows is that his name is Wayne Schlagel and that he's an insurance agent. The Tanners try to make ALF remember who he really is.
Release Date: 1987-02-09
Department: Crew
Job: Creator
Character: ALF
A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.
Release Date: 1986-09-22
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Character: ALF (voice)
Episode Count: 101
Vote Count: 1116
Matlock is an American television legal drama, starring Andy Griffith in the title role of criminal defense attorney Ben Matlock. The show, produced by The Fred Silverman Company, Dean Hargrove Productions, Viacom Productions and Paramount Television originally aired from September 23, 1986 to May 8, 1992 on NBC; and from November 5, 1992 until May 7, 1995 on ABC. The show's format is similar to that of CBS's Perry Mason, with Matlock identifying the perpetrators and then confronting them in dramatic courtroom scenes. One difference, however, was that whereas Mason usually exculpated his clients at a pretrial hearing, Matlock usually secured an acquittal at trial, from the jury.
Release Date: 1986-03-03
Episode Count: 1
Vote Count: 117
When aliens kidnap Carl and whisk him away to the planet Klepter, he incites a prisoner revolt to get back to Earth in time for the Fourth of July.
Release Date: 1984-07-01
Department: Writing
Job: Story
In this TV special, Sherman the elf bungles his way from one job to the next at the North Pole, trying to find where he fits in. Finally, Santa Claus gives him the assignment of guarding his magic toy bag on Christmas Eve.
Release Date: 1983-12-01
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Character: Santa Claus
A group of cats have a warm safe place to stay but no food. When Tom the Turkey comes to town to begin his acting career the cats intervene so they can have turkey for Thanksgiving. A pack of neighborhood dogs who guard a local restaurant have all the food they want but are freezing. Learning about the cats' plot to turn Tom into dinner they try to stop the cats. Soon they realize if they work together everyone would have enough to eat and a safe place to stay.
Release Date: 1983-11-10
Department: Production
Job: Producer
Character: Tom Turkey
Vote Count: 1
It’s the day before Easter, but there aren’t enough eggs and there isn’t enough dye. Time is running out for the Easter Bunny! But maybe two young boys have the answer. Could all the children of the world help out by colouring their own eggs? This is AN EASTER STORY kids will think of at every Easter Egg Hunt!
Release Date: 1983-01-01
Department: Writing
Job: Story
Character:
A long-lost holiday gem, The Valentine’s Day That Almost Wasn’t, is now releasing for the very first time ever in any home video format. From Paul Fusco – creator and producer of NBC’s award-winning Alf (1986-1990) and the writer/puppeteer/voice behind the iconic television alien – this popular holiday TV special showcases classic, wholesome, family entertainment at its best. She’ll haunt you, she’ll taunt you, and fill you with fear... Rubella E. Slime has never been nice a day in her life, and this year she’s looking to make the world a much less nice place as well.
Release Date: 1982-02-10
Department: Production
Job: Producer
It is time to crown a new king of the kingdom of Bogg, and King Mildew's son, Milo, seems like the best creature for the job. However, Vandred, the king's brother, has other plans, and intends to put his son, Vandal, on the thrown. He challenges Milo, who must prove his worthiness by retrieving the Crown of Bogg and returning it to the kingdom. The crown has been banned from the kingdom for years because it is cursed, but Mildew and Milo are willing to face the risks of the quest in order to keep Vandred and Vandal from assuming control of the kingdom
Release Date: 1981-10-01
Department: Writing
Job: Writer
Character: Prince Milo / Vandred