Richard Hunt
Born: 1951-08-17 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 1992-01-07
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2024
- Jim Henson Idea Man as Self (archive footage)
2005
- Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away as Junior Gorg (voice)
2004
- Muppet History 101
- Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites as (voice, archive footage)
- Muppet Music Moments as Self
2003
- Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs as Backup Monster (puppeteer)
2002
- Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play as Harry (voice) (archive footage)
2001
- The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3 as Statler / Scooter / Janice
1999
- Sesame Unpaved
- The Very Best of the Muppet Show as Statler / Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Sweetums / Gladys
- The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2 as Statler / Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Sweetums / Gladys
1997
- Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO! as Kermit the Forg / Frazzletone (archive footage)
1994
- The World of Jim Henson as Self (archive footage)
1993
- Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration as Gladys the Cow (voice) (archive footage)
- Muppet Sing Alongs: Billy Bunny's Animal Songs
1992
- The Muppet Christmas Carol ... (In Memory Of)
- Getting Ready to Read as Two-Headed Monster (voice)
1991
- Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals as Gladys the Cow (voice)
- Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game ... (Director)
1990
- The Earth Day Special as Crocodile (voice)
- The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson as Scooter / Beaker / Janice (voice)
- Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! as Gladys the Cow / Forgetful Jones / Don Music (voice)
- The Muppets at Walt Disney World as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Tug Monster / Frog (voice)
- Jim Henson's Memorial Service
- Sesame Street: Monster Hits! as Stuie Monster (voice) / Lavender Frazzletone (voice) / Two-Headed Monster (right half) (voice) / Furline Huskie (voice) / Kermit the Frog (voice)
1989
- The Jim Henson Hour
- Miss Piggy's Hollywood as Statler
1988
- Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie as Placido Flamingo/Additional Muppets (voice)
- Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
- Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director as Janice / Scooter / Statler (voice)
1987
- CBS Summer Playhouse as Del
- Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
- A Muppet Family Christmas as Scooter / Janice / Statler / Beaker / Gladys the Cow / Two-Headed Monster / Snowman (voice)
- Down at Fraggle Rock as Junior Gorg / Self
- Sesame Street: Sing Along as Two-Headed Monster (right) (voice)
1986
- The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years as Beaker / Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Two-Headed Monster (Stein) / Tug Monster (voice)
- The Christmas Toy as Belmont (voice)
- The Tale of the Bunny Picnic as Lugsy (voice)
- Fraggles Look For Jobs as Himself
- Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers as Count - assistant / Dip Cat / Orange Gold Tarnish Brother / Ernie - assistant / Honker (voice)
1985
- Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
- Follow That Bird as Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl / Additional Muppets / Grouches (voice)
- Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff as Camilla the Chicken (voice)
- Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
- Muppet Treasures as Scooter / Statler / Janice
- Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly as Junior Gorg (Voice)
- Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets as Scooter (voice)
- Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets as Scooter (voice)
1984
- The Cosby Show as Statler / Blue Frackle / Sandwich (voice)
- The Muppets Take Manhattan as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Dog (voice)
- Oxford Blues as Larry
1983
- Trading Places as Wilson
- Fraggle Rock 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)
- Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as Muppet Performer (voice)
- Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets as Scooter / Janice / Statler / Bubba (voice)
- Big Bird in China as Two-Headed Monster (voice)
- Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock as Doozer/ Gunge / Junior Gorg/ Background Fraggles (voice)
1982
- The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show as Scooter / Janice / Beaker (voice)
1981
- The Great Muppet Caper as Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Beaker / Bubba
- The Muppets Go to the Movies as Beaker / Janice / Scooter / Sheriff / Statler (voice)
- Of Muppets & Men as Self
1979
- The Muppet Movie as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Sweetums / Beaker / Fozzie Bear (assistant) (voice)
- The Muppets Go Hollywood as Various Muppets
- John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker (voice)
1978
- Christmas Eve on Sesame Street as Ernie (assistant) / Additional Muppets (voice)
- Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring as Scooter
1977
- Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas as Charlie / Lizard / George Rabbit (voice)
- The Royal Variety Performance 1977
- The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special as Scooter
1976
- The Muppet Show as Statler, Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Wayne / Sweetums (voice)
1975
- Saturday Night Live as King Ploobis’s Right Hand (voice)
- Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives? as Self
1974
- Out to Lunch as Various Muppets (voice)
1972
- The Muppet Musicians of Bremen as Chicken / Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
1971
- Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince as Aunt Taminella
1970
- The Great Santa Claus Switch as Bing / Match Frackle (voice)
1969
1953
- The Oscars as Scooter / Statler