Paul Fusco

Paul Fusco (born January 29, 1953) is an American puppeteer, actor, television producer, writer and director. He is 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.

Early life Fusco was born on January 29, 1953 in New Haven, Connecticut.

The ALF renaissance led to ALF's Hit Talk Show in 2004, created and produced by Fusco for TV Land. The show was a mix of celebrity chat and skits filmed in front of a live audience from Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard and lasted eight episodes. In November 2007, ALF appeared as "TV Icon of the Week" on The O'Reilly Factor. In 2016, ALF made appearances on two different television series, Mr. Robot and Young Sheldon, one episode of each.

In August 2012, Fusco confirmed that Sony Pictures Animation had acquired the rights to ALF and would develop the property into a CGI-live action hybrid feature. The Smurfs producer Jordan Kerner would also produce the film, along with Tom Patchett and Fusco.

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