Trace Beaulieu

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Trace Beaulieu (born November 6, 1958) is a puppeteer, writer, and actor. He is best known for his roles on Mystery Science Theater 3000.

For the first seven seasons of MST3K, Beaulieu operated and voiced the Crow T. Robot puppet. He also played the role of Dr. Clayton Forrester, who was the head mad scientist, or "mad", for the first seven seasons. Initially he was assisted by Dr. Laurence Erhardt. His second assistant was TV's Frank. Following the departure of Frank at the end of the sixth season, Mary Jo Pehl joined the cast in his place, playing Forrester's mother Pearl. At the end of the seventh season, Trace Beaulieu left the series. Pehl's Pearl Forrester character replaced him as the head "mad" and Bill Corbett took over the voicing and operation of Crow.

For the last few years, Trace has been a writer for "America's Funniest Home Videos."