Richard Hunt

ActorCrewDirector Aug 17 (died age 40) The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA 1953–2024 (71 year career)

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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 Wikiped…

Known For

Film

Trading Places

Wilson

Film

The Muppet Christmas Carol

In Memory Of

Film

The Muppet Movie

Scooter / Statler / Janice / Sweetums / Beaker / Fozzie Bear (assistant) (voice)

Film

The Muppet Show

Statler, Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Wayne / Sweetums (voice)

Film

The Great Muppet Caper

Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Beaker / Bubba

Film

Sesame Street

7.1 1969

Film

The Muppets Take Manhattan

Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Dog (voice)

Film

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)

Filmography

Acting (81)

Movies (69)

Jim Henson Idea Man

2024

as Self (archive footage)

7.7

Jim Henson: Behind the Seams

2014

Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story

2009

2.0

Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland

2009

Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away

2005

as Junior Gorg (voice)

Muppet Music Moments

2004

as Self

Muppet History 101

2004

Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites

2004

as (voice, archive footage)

Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs

2003

as Backup Monster (puppeteer)

10.0

Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play

2002

as Harry (voice) (archive footage)

8.5

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3

2001

as Statler / Scooter / Janice

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2

1999

as Statler / Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Sweetums / Gladys

6.0

The Very Best of the Muppet Show

1999

as Statler / Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Sweetums / Gladys

7.0

Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!

1997

as Kermit the Forg / Frazzletone (archive footage)

6.7

The World of Jim Henson

1994

as Self (archive footage)

7.3

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

1993

as Gladys the Cow (voice) (archive footage)

6.0

Muppet Sing Alongs: Billy Bunny's Animal Songs

1993

Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals

1991

as Gladys the Cow (voice)

Muppet*Vision 3-D

1991

as Scooter, Statler, Beaker, Sweetums, Chuck, Chicken

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

1990

as Scooter / Beaker / Janice (voice)

6.8

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

1990

as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Tug Monster / Frog (voice)

6.5

The Earth Day Special

1990

as Crocodile (voice)

6.3

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!

1990

as Stuie Monster (voice) / Lavender Frazzletone (voice) / Two-Headed Monster (right half) (voice) / Furline Huskie (voice) / Kermit the Frog (voice)

6.0

Jim Henson's Memorial Service

1990

10.0

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

1990

as Gladys the Cow / Forgetful Jones / Don Music (voice)

6.0

Miss Piggy's Hollywood

1989

as Statler

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

1988

as Placido Flamingo/Additional Muppets (voice)

6.0

Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along

1988

as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)

Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director

1988

as Janice / Scooter / Statler (voice)

A Muppet Family Christmas

1987

as Scooter / Janice / Statler / Beaker / Gladys the Cow / Two-Headed Monster / Snowman (voice)

6.9

Sesame Street: Sing Along

1987

as Two-Headed Monster (right) (voice)

6.0

Down at Fraggle Rock

1987

as Junior Gorg / Self

The Tale of the Bunny Picnic

1986

as Lugsy (voice)

7.0

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

1986

as Beaker / Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Two-Headed Monster (Stein) / Tug Monster (voice)

7.0

The Christmas Toy

1986

as Belmont (voice)

6.7

Fraggles Look For Jobs

1986

as Himself

Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers

1986

as Count - assistant / Dip Cat / Orange Gold Tarnish Brother / Ernie - assistant / Honker (voice)

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff

1985

as Camilla the Chicken (voice)

Follow That Bird

1985

as Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl / Additional Muppets / Grouches (voice)

6.4

Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets

1985

as Scooter (voice)

Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

1985

as Scooter (voice)

Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly

1985

as Junior Gorg (Voice)

Muppet Treasures

1985

as Scooter / Statler / Janice

Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story

Oxford Blues

as Larry

The Muppets Take Manhattan

1984

as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Dog (voice)

6.6

Trading Places

1983

as Wilson

7.2

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets

1983

as Scooter / Janice / Statler / Bubba (voice)

6.8

Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock

1983

as Doozer/ Gunge / Junior Gorg/ Background Fraggles (voice)

Big Bird in China

1983

as Two-Headed Monster (voice)

5.8

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1983

as Muppet Performer (voice)

6.5

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

1982

as Scooter / Janice / Beaker (voice)

8.5

The Great Muppet Caper

1981

as Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Beaker / Bubba

6.9

Of Muppets & Men

1981

as Self

7.0

The Muppets Go to the Movies

1981

as Beaker / Janice / Scooter / Sheriff / Statler (voice)

7.1

The Muppet Movie

1979

as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Sweetums / Beaker / Fozzie Bear (assistant) (voice)

7.2

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

1979

as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker (voice)

7.1

The Muppets Go Hollywood

1979

as Various Muppets

6.2

Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring

1978

as Scooter

7.0

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

1978

as Ernie (assistant) / Additional Muppets (voice)

7.3

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

1977

as Charlie / Lizard / George Rabbit (voice)

6.9

The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special

1977

as Scooter

6.0

Sesamstraße - Wissen Sie wo Ernie wohnt?

1975

as Self

Out to Lunch

1974

as Various Muppets (voice)

6.0

Julie on Sesame Street

1973

8.0

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

1972

as Chicken / Additional Muppet Performer (voice)

6.6

The Great Santa Claus Switch

1970

as Bing / Match Frackle (voice)

6.0

Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party

as Himself

9.0

Getting Ready to Read

as Jim Hensons Muppets

Television (12)

Sesame Unpaved

The Jim Henson Hour

CBS Summer Playhouse

as Del

Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters

1985

8.3

The Cosby Show

1984

as Statler / Blue Frackle / Sandwich (voice)

7.0

Fraggle Rock

1983

as 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)

7.3