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
- Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites as (voice, archive footage)
- Muppet History 101
- 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
- The Very Best of the Muppet Show as Statler / Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Sweetums / Gladys
- Sesame Unpaved
- 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)
1992
- The Muppet Christmas Carol ... (In Memory Of)
1991
- Muppet*Vision 3D as Scooter / Beaker / Statler / Sweetums / Chuck (voice)
- 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
- 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)
- The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson as Scooter / Beaker / Janice (voice)
- Sesame Street: Monster Hits! as Stuie Monster (voice) / Lavender Frazzletone (voice) / Two-Headed Monster (right half) (voice) / Furline Huskie (voice) / Kermit the Frog (voice)
- The Earth Day Special as Crocodile (voice)
- Jim Henson's Memorial Service
1989
- Miss Piggy's Hollywood as Statler
- The Jim Henson Hour
1988
- Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director as Janice / Scooter / Statler (voice)
- Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
- Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie as Placido Flamingo/Additional Muppets (voice)
1987
- CBS Summer Playhouse as Del
- A Muppet Family Christmas as Scooter / Janice / Statler / Beaker / Gladys the Cow / Two-Headed Monster / Snowman (voice)
- Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
- Sesame Street: Sing Along as Two-Headed Monster (right) (voice)
- Down at Fraggle Rock as Junior Gorg / Self
1986
- The Christmas Toy as Belmont (voice)
- The Tale of the Bunny Picnic as Lugsy (voice)
- The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years as Beaker / Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Two-Headed Monster (Stein) / Tug Monster (voice)
- Fraggles Look For Jobs as Himself
1985
- Follow That Bird as Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl / Additional Muppets / Grouches (voice)
- Muppet Treasures as Scooter / Statler / Janice
- Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly as Junior Gorg (Voice)
- Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
- Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff as Camilla the Chicken (voice)
- Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets as Scooter (voice)
- Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
- Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets as Scooter (voice)
1984
- The Cosby Show as Statler / Blue Frackle / Sandwich (voice)
- Oxford Blues as Larry
- The Muppets Take Manhattan as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Dog (voice)
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)
- Big Bird in China as Two-Headed Monster (voice)
- Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets as Scooter / Janice / Statler / Bubba (voice)
- Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as Muppet Performer (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
- Of Muppets & Men as Self
- The Muppets Go to the Movies as Beaker / Janice / Scooter / Sheriff / Statler (voice)
1979
- The Muppet Movie as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Sweetums / Beaker / Fozzie Bear (assistant) (voice)
- John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker (voice)
- The Muppets Go Hollywood as Various Muppets
1978
- Christmas Eve on Sesame Street as Ernie (assistant) / Additional Muppets (voice)
- Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring as Scooter
1977
- The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special as Scooter
- Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas as Charlie / Lizard / George Rabbit (voice)
1976
- The Muppet Show as Statler, Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Wayne / Sweetums (voice)
1975
- Saturday Night Live as King Ploobis’s Right Hand (as Jim Henson’s Muppets) (voice)
1974
- Out to Lunch as Various Muppets (voice)
1972
- The Muppet Musicians of Bremen as Chicken / Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
1970
- The Great Santa Claus Switch as Bing / Match Frackle (voice)