Trace Beaulieu
Trace Beaulieu (born November 6, 1958) is a puppeteer, writer, and actor. He is best known for his roles on Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K).[1][2]
Mystery Science Theater 3000
For the first seven seasons of MST3K, Beaulieu operated and voiced the Crow T. Robot puppet and played the role of Dr. Clayton Forrester, who was the head mad scientist.[1] At the end of a truncated seventh season, Trace Beaulieu left the series.[3] Pearl Forrester (Mary Jo Pehl) replaced him as the head mad scientist and Bill Corbett took over the voicing and operation of Crow.[1]
Work after MST3K
Trace appeared as a semi-regular in Freaks and Geeks as the school's biology teacher, Mr. Lacovara. He also appeared in The West Wing episode "Bad Moon Rising". For the last few years, Trace has been a writer for America's Funniest Home Videos.[2][3][4] In 2002, he was the head writer, producer, and host of the pilot episode of the Animal Planet show People Traps.[2]
Outside of acting, Trace also wrote the script for the one-shot comic book Here Come the Big People, published by Event Comics.
Cinematic Titanic
On October 30, 2007, Joel Hodgson announced he was starting a new series — distributed on DVD — with the same "riffing on bad movies" premise as MST3K. Called Cinematic Titanic, it features several former MST3K cast and crew members: Beaulieu, J. Elvis Weinstein, Frank Conniff and Mary Jo Pehl.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "The (Nearly) Complete List of Credits", Ward E, The Satellite News.
- ^ a b c ""Trace Beaulieu"". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
- ^ a b "West Brains: Trace", The Satellite News.
- ^ "Brain Scan: Where Are They Now?", The Satellite News.
- ^ Cinematic Titanic - Homepage of MST3K alumni Joel Hodgson, Frank Conniff, Josh Weinstein, Trace Beaulieu and Mary Jo Pehl