Uncle Deadly is a character from Jim Henson's Muppets franchise. A melodramatic theater ghost introduced as "The Phantom of the Muppet Theater" in the first season of The Muppet Show, Deadly has made a significant comeback in the years since 2011's The Muppets movie.
Description[]
Uncle Deadly is a blue dragon-like creature with sunken eyes, barb-like whiskers and a bearded snout generally seen in a worn-out suit, though his costuming tends to change. Designed by Muppet artist Michael Frith, earlier designs had a more gargoyle-like appearance with wings.
Appearances[]
D23 Expo[]
Deadly at the Disneyland mansion, and with Constance Hatchaway
At the 2019 D23 Expo's Celebrating 50 Years of the Haunted Mansion panel, Uncle Deadly participated in a reading of an early X. Atencio script taking on the role of the Ghost Host. Deadly also claimed to be a part-time resident of the Mansion, haunting on Tuesdays and Thursdays[1].
Muppets Haunted Mansion[]
Uncle Deadly appears as the minister for Constance's wedding to Pepe the King Prawn. His face can also be seen in the Muppet variation of the Staring Wallpaper.
As part of the Disney Parks YouTube channel's announcement of the project, Deadly would host an interactive behind the scenes tour of four incarnations of the Mansion[2].
Trivia[]
- Uncle Deadly's first appearance in The Muppet Show was in the Vincent Price episode, accompanying Price in a haunted house sketch as "the beautiful assistant" and singing "You've Got a Friend" with him in the episode's finale.
- According to an interview for the 2011 Muppets film, he haunted Stage 28 on the Universal Backlot with the Phantom of the Opera[3].
- He's from Borehamwood, England, according to his D23 nametag. This is where Elstree Studios was located - where The Muppet Show was filmed.