Dr . Julius Strangepork Dr . Julius Strangepork is an elderly pig who serves as resident scientist aboard the Swinetrek spaceship in the recurring " Muppet Show " sketch Pigs in Space . His fellow crew members include Captain Link Hogthrob and First Mate Piggy . The German - accented " " Dr . Strangepork performed routine repair work as well as offering diagnostics on planets or approaching spacecrafts . It was revealed in that Dr . Strangepork is the only one who knows how all of the Swinetrek works . He is also the inventor of questionably useful devices such as the Dissolvatron ( ) and invisibility pills ( ) . As a performer outside of the " Pigs in Space " sketches , Strangepork was occasionally seen on stage with the other pigs . He appeared in the chorus for " Cigarettes and Whiskey " in ( as a smoker with a more rural accent ) and portrayed Fritz , the murdered director , in . He also played the scientist ( whose nephew is Fozzie Bear ) in the Frankenstein parody , " Nephew of Frankenstein " in the 1981 special " The Muppets Go to the Movies " . In films , Dr . Strangepork had silent cameo roles , often accompanying Link and other pigs , in " The Muppet Movie " , " The Muppets Take Manhattan " , " The Muppets " , " Muppets Most Wanted " and a speaking part in " The Muppet Christmas Carol " as one of Fred ' s party guests . Along with Link and First Mate Piggy , he also appeared in animated form in segments on the short - lived " Little Muppet Monsters " . In " " story arc , he appears in the " Link Hogthrob , Monster Smasher " segments under the name Dr . Hugo Strangepork . Later appearances included a guest spot as the beach commissioner in a " Bay of Pigswatch " sketch on " Muppets Tonight " , a silent cameo with the Gonzo followers at Cape Doom in " Muppets from Space " , a vocal cameo in the video game " Muppets Party Cruise " , and the online music video for " Bohemian Rhapsody " . Performer . Dr . Strangepork was performed by Jerry Nelson from his debut on " The Muppet Show " to his appearance on " Muppets Tonight " . Nelson also voiced him in the video game " Muppets Party Cruise " . In " " , Strangepork was performed by David Rudman , and mostly dubbed later by Jerry Nelson ( three of his lines remain undubbed ) . Matt Vogel performed Dr . Strangepork in the " Bohemian Rhapsody " video , and was quoted in an interview with The Muppet Mindset as saying , Vogel also performed Dr . Strangepork in the Pigs in Space online series and " The Muppets Take the Bowl " . Origins . Dr . Nauga , a character bearing a striking resemblance to Dr . Strangepork , appeared in a sketch called " Return to Beneath the Planet of the Pigs " on " " . The puppet , refurbished with brown hair and eyebrows , was part of the pig ensemble in the first season of " The Muppet Show " and appeared in various At the Dance and Panel Discussion sketches , among others . The pig ' s white hair was restored for the second season , and he was thereafter known as Dr . Strangepork . His name and German dialect is a likely nod to the title character ( played by Peter Sellers ) of the 1964 film " Dr . Strangelove or : How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb " . Sources . _ _ NOWYSIWYG _ _