Ask AP: Who played ALF?

Celebrity Q&A
on June 4, 2009

In the TV series ALF, who played ALF?
-Bill Koenig, Dublin, Texas

ALF, the loveable "Alien Life Form" star of the popular 1980s sitcom, was a puppet created-and controlled-by Paul Fusco, who was typically assisted by two other puppeteers to make ALF’s hand, arm and facial-features movements. For "full-body" scenes requiring ALF to walk, run or stand, 2-foot-9-inch Hungarian actor Michu Meszaros-who once toured with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus as "The Shortest Man in the World"-donned a costume.

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