Richard Hunt

Richard Hunt

Known for
Acting
Born
August 17, 1951
Died
January 7, 1992 (aged 40)
Birthplace
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party poster

Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party

Movie · as Himself

2024
Jim Henson Idea Man poster

Jim Henson Idea Man

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
Jim Henson: Behind the Seams

Jim Henson: Behind the Seams

Movie

2009
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story

Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story

Movie

2009
Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland

Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland

Movie

2006
Plaza Sésamo: Lola aventuras

Plaza Sésamo: Lola aventuras

Movie · as Sesame Street muppeteer

2005
Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away poster

Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away

Movie · as Junior Gorg (voice)

2004
Muppet History 101

Muppet History 101

Movie

2004
Muppet Music Moments

Muppet Music Moments

Movie · as Self

2004
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites poster

Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites

Movie · as (voice, archive footage)

2004
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! poster

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!

Movie · as Forgetful Jones (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

2003
Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs poster

Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs

Movie · as Backup Monster (puppeteer)

2002
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play poster

Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play

Movie · as Harry (voice) (archive footage)

2001
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 poster

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3

Movie · as Statler / Scooter / Janice

1999
The Very Best of the Muppet Show poster

The Very Best of the Muppet Show

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

1999
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 poster

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2

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

1999
Sesame Unpaved poster

Sesame Unpaved

TV · 67 eps

1997
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! poster

Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!

Movie · as Kermit the Forg / Frazzletone (archive footage)

1994
The World of Jim Henson poster

The World of Jim Henson

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1993
Muppet Sing Alongs: Billy Bunny's Animal Songs poster

Muppet Sing Alongs: Billy Bunny's Animal Songs

Movie

1993
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration poster

Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration

Movie · as Gladys the Cow (voice) (archive footage)

1992
Getting Ready to Read poster

Getting Ready to Read

Movie · as Two-Headed Monster (voice)

1991
Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals poster

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

Movie · as Gladys the Cow (voice)

1990
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! poster

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

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

1990
Sesame Street: Monster Hits! poster

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!

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

1990
The Muppets at Walt Disney World poster

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

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

1990
The Earth Day Special poster

The Earth Day Special

Movie · as Crocodile (voice)

1990
Jim Henson's Memorial Service poster

Jim Henson's Memorial Service

Movie

1990
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson poster

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

Movie · as Scooter / Beaker / Janice (voice)

1989
Miss Piggy's Hollywood poster

Miss Piggy's Hollywood

Movie · as Statler

1989
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989 poster

Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989

Movie · as Self – Placido Flamingo / Don Music / Gladys the Cow

1989
The Ghost of Faffner Hall poster

The Ghost of Faffner Hall

TV · as Wild Impresario · 13 eps

1988
Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along poster

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

Movie · as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)

1988
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie poster

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

Movie · as Placido Flamingo / Additional Muppets (voice)

1988
Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director

Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director

Movie · as Janice / Scooter / Statler (voice)

1987
Sesame Street: Sing Along poster

Sesame Street: Sing Along

Movie · as Two-Headed Monster (right) (voice)

1987
A Muppet Family Christmas poster

A Muppet Family Christmas

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

1987
Down at Fraggle Rock poster

Down at Fraggle Rock

Movie · as Junior Gorg / Self

1987
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series poster

Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series

TV

1987
CBS Summer Playhouse poster

CBS Summer Playhouse

TV · as Del · 1 ep

1986
The Christmas Toy poster

The Christmas Toy

Movie · as Belmont (voice)

1986
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years poster

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

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

1986
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic poster

The Tale of the Bunny Picnic

Movie · as Lugsy (voice)

1986
Fraggles Look For Jobs poster

Fraggles Look For Jobs

Movie · as Himself

1986
Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers poster

Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers

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

1985
Follow That Bird poster

Follow That Bird

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

1985
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff poster

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff

Movie · as Camilla the Chicken (voice)

1985
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

Movie · as Scooter (voice)

1985
Muppet Treasures poster

Muppet Treasures

Movie · as Scooter / Statler / Janice

1985
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets poster

Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets

Movie · as Scooter (voice)

1985
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story poster

Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story

Movie

1985
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly poster

Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly

Movie · as Junior Gorg (Voice)

1985
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters poster

Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters

TV · 13 eps

1984
The Muppets Take Manhattan poster

The Muppets Take Manhattan

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

1984
Oxford Blues poster

Oxford Blues

Movie · as Larry

1984
The Cosby Show poster

The Cosby Show

TV · as Statler / Blue Frackle / Sandwich (voice) · 1 ep

1983
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets poster

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets

Movie · as Scooter / Janice / Statler / Bubba (voice)

1983
Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock poster

Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock

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

1983
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art poster

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

Movie · as Muppet Performer (voice)

1983
Trading Places poster

Trading Places

Movie · as Wilson

1983
Big Bird in China poster

Big Bird in China

Movie · as Two-Headed Monster (voice)

1983
Fraggle Rock poster

Fraggle Rock

TV · 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) · 72 eps

1982
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show poster

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

Movie · as Scooter / Janice / Beaker (voice)

1981
Of Muppets & Men poster

Of Muppets & Men

Movie · as Self

1981
The Great Muppet Caper poster

The Great Muppet Caper

Movie · as Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Beaker / Bellhop Rat / Bubba / Gramps / Monster / Singing Food / Cab Driver

1981
The Muppets Go to the Movies poster

The Muppets Go to the Movies

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

1979
The Muppet Movie poster

The Muppet Movie

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

1979
The Muppets Go Hollywood poster

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Movie · as Scooter / Janice / Statler / Sweetums / Pig (voice)

1979
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together poster

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

Movie · as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker (voice)

1978
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street poster

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Movie · as Ernie (assistant) / Additional Muppets (voice)

1978
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring poster

Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring

Movie · as Scooter

1977
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special

The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special

Movie · as Scooter

1977
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas poster

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Movie · as Charlie / Lizard / George Rabbit (voice)

1977
The Royal Variety Performance 1977

The Royal Variety Performance 1977

Movie

1976
The Muppet Show poster

The Muppet Show

TV · as Statler, Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Wayne / Sweetums (voice) · 120 eps

1975
Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives? poster

Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives?

Movie · as Self

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as King Ploobis’s Right Hand (voice), Wisss (voice), Glib (voice) · 7 eps

1974
Out to Lunch poster

Out to Lunch

Movie · as Various Muppets (voice)

1973
Julie on Sesame Street poster

Julie on Sesame Street

Movie · as Sully (voice)

1972
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen poster

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

Movie · as Chicken / Additional Muppet Performer (voice)

1971
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince poster

Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince

Movie · as Aunt Taminella

1970
The Great Santa Claus Switch poster

The Great Santa Claus Switch

Movie · as Bing / Match Frackle (voice)

1969
Sesame Street poster

Sesame Street

TV · 3279 eps

1969
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten

Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Scooter / Statler · 1 ep