Acting
Jerry Nelson
Birth Date
July 10, 1934
Death Date
August 24, 2012
(passed away at 78)
Place of Birth
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
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Biography
Jerry Nelson (July 10, 1934 – August 23, 2012) was an American puppeteer, best known for his work with The Muppets. Renowned for his wide range of characters and singing abilities, he performed Muppet characters on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and various Muppet movies and specials. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jerry Nelson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Sesame Street
Aloysius Snuffleupagus
1969 • 130 episodes
Saturday Night Live
Scred (voice)
1975 • 15 episodes
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968 • 1 episode
The Muppet Show
Floyd Pepper, Dr. Julius Strangepork, Pops, Robin the Frog, Lew Zealand, Louis Kazagger, Chicken, Crazy Harry (voice)
1976 • 120 episodes
Fraggle Rock
Gobo Fraggle / Marjory the Trash Heap / Pa Gorg / Uncle Gobo Fraggle / Mervin Merggle / Fishface / Parrot / Architect Doozer / Feenie Fraggle / Radio Announcers (voice)
1983 • 96 episodes
Muppets Tonight
Statler / Jowls / Mama Fiama
1996 • 34 episodes
Muppet Treasure Island
Statler / Blind Pew / Mad Monty / Floyd Pepper / Lew Zealand / Tomato / Pirate / Skulls / Trelawney's Butler / Screaming Cat (voice)
1996
The Muppet Movie
Floyd Pepper / Robin the Frog / Crazy Harry / Lew Zealand / Camilla / Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (assistant) (voice)
1979
The Muppets
Telethon Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
2011
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
1996 • 1 episode
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Tiny Tim Cratchit / Jacob Marley / Ghost of Christmas Present / Lew Zealand / Ma Bear / Mouse / Mr. Applegate / Penguin / Pig Gentleman / Pops / Rat (voice)
1992
The Jim Henson Hour
Self / Various
1989 • 12 episodes
The Dark Crystal
High Priestess / Dying Emperor (voice)
1982
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
2024
Sheep in the Big City
General Public
2000 • 27 episodes
Muppets Most Wanted
Announcer (voice) (uncredited)
2014
Sesame Unpaved
1999 • 67 episodes
Muppets from Space
Robin / Statler / Ubergonzo (voice)
1999
NBC Experiment in Television
Monk
1967 • 1 episode
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Camilla / Lew Zealand / Floyd / Bear / Chicken / Crazy Harry / Dog / Dr. Julias Strangepork / Granny / Penguin / Pops / The Count (voice)
1984