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Richard Hunt

Acting Born Aug 17, 1951 The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Film

Fail Safe

1964

Saturday Night Live

as King Ploobis’s Right Hand (voice)

Saturday Night Live

as Wisss (voice)

Saturday Night Live

as Glib (voice)

The Cosby Show

as Statler / Blue Frackle / Sandwich (voice)

The Muppet Show

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

Boardwalk Empire

as Wilson

Full filmography

  • Sesame Street (1969)
  • Saturday Night Live (1975) as King Ploobis’s Right Hand (voice)
  • Saturday Night Live (1975) as Wisss (voice)
  • Saturday Night Live (1975) as Glib (voice)
  • The Cosby Show (1984) as Statler / Blue Frackle / Sandwich (voice)
  • The Muppet Show (1976) as Statler, Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Wayne / Sweetums (voice)
  • The Oscars (1953) as Scooter / Statler
  • Trading Places (1983) as Wilson
  • 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)
  • CBS Summer Playhouse (1987) as Del
  • The Muppet Movie (1979) as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Sweetums / Beaker / Fozzie Bear (assistant) (voice)
  • Sesame Unpaved (1999)
  • Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series (1987)
  • The Great Muppet Caper (1981) as Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Beaker / Bellhop Rat / Bubba / Gramps / Monster / Singing Food / Cab Driver
  • The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Dog (voice)
  • Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten (1969) as Self
  • Jim Henson Idea Man (2024) as Self (archive footage)
  • Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters (1985)
  • The Earth Day Special (1990) as Crocodile (voice)
  • Follow That Bird (1985) as Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl / Additional Muppets / Grouches (voice)
  • The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years (1986) as Beaker / Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Two-Headed Monster (Stein) / Tug Monster (voice)
  • A Muppet Family Christmas (1987) as Scooter / Janice / Statler / Beaker / Gladys the Cow / Two-Headed Monster / Snowman (voice)
  • Oxford Blues (1984) as Larry
  • The World of Jim Henson (1994) as Self (archive footage)