Acting
Richard Hunt
Birth Date
August 17, 1951
Death Date
January 7, 1992
(passed away at 40)
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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Biography
Richard Hunt (August 17, 1951 – January 7, 1992) was an American puppeteer, best known as a Muppet performer on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and other projects for The Jim Henson Company. His roles on The Muppet Show included Scooter, Statler, Janice, Beaker, and Sweetums and characters on Sesame Street included Gladys the Cow, Don Music, and Forgetful Jones. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Hunt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Saturday Night Live
King Ploobis’s Right Hand (voice)
1975 • 7 episodes
Sesame Street
1969 • 3277 episodes
The Cosby Show
Statler / Blue Frackle / Sandwich (voice)
1984 • 1 episode
The Oscars
Scooter / Statler
1953 • 1 episode
The Muppet Show
Statler, Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Wayne / Sweetums (voice)
1976 • 120 episodes
Fraggle Rock
Junior Gorg (himself) / Gunge / Mudwell the Mudbunny / Herkimer Fraggle / The Spiderfly / Gillis Fraggle / Turbo / The Genie / Purple Fragglette / Fire Chief Fraggle / Flex Doozer / Background Fraggles (voice)
1983 • 72 episodes
Trading Places
Wilson
1983
The Muppet Movie
Scooter / Statler / Janice / Sweetums / Beaker / Fozzie Bear (assistant) (voice)
1979
Sesame Unpaved
1999 • 67 episodes
The Earth Day Special
Crocodile (voice)
1990
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
2024
CBS Summer Playhouse
Del
1987 • 1 episode
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
1987
Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs
Backup Monster (puppeteer)
2003
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Dog (voice)
1984
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Gladys the Cow (voice) (archive footage)
1993
The Great Muppet Caper
Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Beaker / Bellhop Rat / Bubba / Gramps / Monster / Singing Food / Cab Driver
1981
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Beaker / Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Two-Headed Monster (Stein) / Tug Monster (voice)
1986
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Scooter / Beaker / Janice (voice)
1990
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
Self
1969 • 2 episodes