Richard Hunt (I) (1951–1992) |
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Richard Hunt did not have a face known to many -- his voice was known more than anything else. He was a major stronghold behind Jim Henson's "Muppets". 'Scooter', 'Janice', 'Sweetums' and a few others, were some of the "Muppets" that Richard was a performer and puppeteer of. He helped pave the way for Jim Henson and his company from the 1970s ...
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Born:in Bronx, New York City, New York, USADied:(age 40) in New York City, New York, USA |
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The Muppet Show
Statler / Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Wayne / Sweetums / Miss Piggy / Pig / Pigs / Chicken / Gladys / Miss Piggy's Dancing Partner / Pig Dancers / Bubba / Bobby Benson / Boppity / Cow / Turkey / Whatnot / Zucchini Brother / Blue Frackle / British Man / Bun-Bun Brother / Catgut / Frog / Gills Brother / Jugband Member / Lyle the Dog / Mean Mama / Mildred / Muppaphones / Penguin / Pig Crew Member / Prairie Dog / Shark / Snake Frackle / The Arab / Whatnot Dancer / Additional Muppets / Afghan Hound / African Mask / Aquarius Singer / Arab / Archaeologist / Asparagus / Baby / Bar Patron / Bartender / Beagle / Beaker clones / Beautiful Day Monster / Behemoth / Big Mama / Billy the Bear / Bossman / British Chap Pig / Bruno / Caterpillar / Cauliflower / Chickens / Clive Cahuenga / Cowboy / Crocodile / Dead Ear Dick / Doctor Pig / Dog / Droop / Feather Boas / French Bread / Frog Scout / Frogs / George the Janitor / Ghost / Gingerbread Man / Girl Monster / Gladys the Cafeteria Lady / Gloat / Goldfish Hunter / Gorgon Heap / Gramps / Grasshopper / Half of the Two-Headed Singer / Handcuff Salesman / Harold / Hat / J.P. Grosse / Japanese Cake / Lenny the Lizard / Les / Lizard / Lobster / Lubbock Lou / Luncheon Counter Monster / Mary Louise / Mean Mama's Baby / Merdlidop / Miss Kitty / Ohboy Bird / Otter / Pair of Teeth / Penguins / Phyllis the Merdlidop / Pig Dancer / Pig Guard / Pole Vaulter / Quongo / Raccoons / Rat / Roger / Ronald Duck / Salsburg Sauerkraut Singer / Shepherd / Skunk / Sleeze Brother / Soldier / Stalagmite / The March Hare / The Showman / Tiny / Tree / Viking Pig / Whatnot Dancers / Whatnot Gypsies / Whatnots / William Shakespeare / Winny / Wolfhound / Youknow Bird
(1976-1981)
Fraggle Songs
Junior Gorg / Gunge / Gillis Fraggle / Additional Muppets / Muppet Performer / Additional Muppets (1983-1987) / Background Fraggles / Beige Fraggle / Club Member #2 / Distinquished Fraggle / Doozer / Fire Chief Fraggle / Flex Doozer / Herkimer Fraggle / Mudwell the Mudbunny / Purple Fragglette / Storyteller Fraggle / The Genie / The Spiderfly / The Wizard / Turbo / Turbo Doozer / Venerable Sage Lambo / Wizard
(1983-1987)
Sesame Street
Two-Headed Monster / Gladys the Cow / Richard (Two-Headed Monster) / Forgetful Jones / Don Music / Placido Flamingo / Timmy Twiddlebug / Sully / Green Alphabeat / Maurice Monster / Anything Muppets / Librarian / Sonny Friendly / Little Red Riding Hood / Bear / Bruno / Cheerful / Cow / Cowboy / Monotones Vocalist / Pig #2 / Spaceship Surprise Mate / Alphabeat Vocals / Baby Bobby / Blue Man / Blue Martian / Counting Service Man / Green Subject / Larry Rhymie / Old MacDonald / Potter Piper / Telephone Operator / Additional Anything Muppets / Brad / Clancy / Delivery Man / Easter Bunny / Eddie / Eskimo Boy / Francine / Gilbert / Hot Pink Brother / Lavender Alphabeat / Lead Beetle / Monsters / Pig #3 / Sneaker / Stuie Monster / Wodehouse / Additional Muppets / Alphabeat / Assistant / Backup Vocals / Blue Beatnik / Brick-house Pig / British Chap / Carl Carrot / Cora Cow / Cowpoke / Crossing Guard / Dip Cat / Elmo / Frazzletone / French Toast / Girl / Grandpa Grouch / Green Beetle / Green Patron / Green Villager / Green Woman / Grenadier Guardsman / Harvey Monster / Headline Howie / Horseman / Jamal's Brother / Lady Lulu / Lavender Monotone / Lavender Tarnish Brother / Leo the Party Monster / Letter E / Lettuce / Little Girl / Mr. Moses / Orange Gold Son / Orange Gold Tarnish Brother / Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich / Pig / Pink / Rockhead / Spud / Stan / The Young Woman Who Lives in a Hat / Tour Guide / Townsperson #2 / Two- Headed Monster / 'Air' Backup singer / 'Spaceship Surprise' Officer / AM Monsters / Additional Muppet Performer / Ali Baba / Announcer / Apple / Apple Monster / Aristocrat / Back-Up Cow / Bad Barney / Bartender / Beetles Lead Vocalist / Beetles Vocalist / Benny / Bill Rhymington / Bip's Backup Trio / Bird / Blue Guy / Boy / British Guy / Brown Cow / Bruce / Caller #3 / Candlemaker / Captain Vegetable / Carl the Cop / Cavewoman / Cedric / Chauffeur / Cheerful Dwarf / Chester the Bartender / Classmate / Dark Green Monster / Delivery Woman / Dip / Dr. Kvetch / Driver / Farmer Fowler / Fat Blue Boy / Fenwick la Touche / Fish / Forgettinest Jones / Friend / Garbage Man / Gladys / Gladys The Cow / Greaser / Green Cowgirl / Green Eskimo / Green Greaser / Green Witch / Green Wolf / Grouch Host / Grover (Assistant) / Guy Smiley / Ham / Harry / Harvey's Victim / Herry Assistant / Honkers / Jacques Shoesteau (segment 'In, On, and Under') / Janitor / King Gerry's Doctor / King's Horseman / Lavender Man / Lavender Woman / Lead Singer of Movin' / Leaky / Little Pig / Little Sammy Pottle / Man / Man on Telephone / Martian / Mate / Mirror / Monotone #1 / Monotones Vocals / Monster at Disco / Movin' Lead Singer / Muppet Performer / Nick Redfield / Oil Man / Old MacDougal / Oscar's Nephew / Prince / Prince Charming / Pumpkin Cowboy / Pumpkin Man / Pumpkin Victim / Richie / Royal Subject / Second Weather Man / Shaking Shoe / Sheep / Shoe / Sid / Sister / Soldier John / Son #1 / Subject #1 / Subjects / TV Announcer / Tall Grey Monster / Tenor Elevator Singer / The Letter E / The Pig / The Shaking Shoe / The Two Headed Monster / Thief #2 / Thoroughbred / Ticklish Skeleton / Toulouse / Townsperson / Tree / Umbrella Salesman / Various Anything Muppets / Various Muppets / Victor / Villager / Willy Nilly / Winnie Wiggins / Woman / Young Woman who Lives in a Hat / Zig-Zag Dancer / Zookeeper
(1972-2005)
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Actor (62 credits)
Actor (62 credits)
1972-1994
Sesame Street
(TV Series)
Two-Headed Monster / Gladys the Cow / Richard (Two-Headed Monster) / ...
Two-Headed Monster / Gladys the Cow / Richard (Two-Headed Monster) / ...
- Episode #25.51
(1994)
... Sonny Friendly (voice)
- Yankee Doodle's pony leaves her
(1993)
... Sully / Two-Headed Monster / Green Alphabeat (voice)
- Telly Plays the Triangle
(1993)
... Placido Flamingo / Old MacDonald (voice)
- Episode #24.115
(1993)
... Two-Headed Monster (voice)
- Episode #24.80
(1993)
... Cow (voice)
1991
Sesame Street: Numbers
(Video Game)
(voice)
1987-1991
Shalom Sesame
(TV Series)
Stuie Monster / Harvey Monster / Telephone Operator / ...
Stuie Monster / Harvey Monster / Telephone Operator / ...
- King Sing Israel
(1991)
... Stuie Monster / Harvey Monster (voice)
- The Aleph-Bet Telethon
(1991)
... Telephone Operator (voice)
- Passover
(1991)
... Green Alphabeat / Backup Vocals (voice)
- Journey to Secret Places
(1990)
... (voice)
- Chanukah
(1990)
... Gladys the Cow (voice)
1991
Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game
(Video short)
(voice)
1991
Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals
(Video short)
Gladys the Cow (voice)
Gladys the Cow (voice)
1990
The Magical World of Disney
(TV Series)
Scooter / Statler / Janice / ...
Scooter / Statler / Janice / ...
- The Muppets at Walt Disney World
(1990)
... Scooter / Statler / Janice / ... (voice)
1990
Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
(Video short)
Herry's Mother / Two-Headed Monster / Furline Huskie / ... (voice)
Herry's Mother / Two-Headed Monster / Furline Huskie / ... (voice)
1990
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
(Video short)
Gladys the Cow / Forgetful Jones / Don Music (voice)
Gladys the Cow / Forgetful Jones / Don Music (voice)
1990
The Cosby Show
(TV Series)
Statler / Blue Frackle / Sandwich
Statler / Blue Frackle / Sandwich
- Cliff's Nightmare
(1990)
... Statler / Blue Frackle / Sandwich (voice)
1989
The Ghost of Faffner Hall
(TV Series)
Wild Impresario
Wild Impresario
- Music Brings Us Together
(1989)
... Wild Impresario (voice)
- Anyone Can Make Music
(1989)
... Wild Impresario (voice)
- The Power of Music
(1989)
... Wild Impresario (voice)
- Discovering New Sounds
(1989)
... Wild Impresario (voice)
- Notation: The Sign That Gets the Sound
(1989)
... Wild Impresario (voice)
1989
The Jim Henson Hour
(TV Series)
Statler / Beaker / Crasher / ...
Statler / Beaker / Crasher / ...
- Videotape
(1989)
... Statler (voice)
- Fitness
(1989)
... Beaker / Statler (voice)
- First Show
(1989)
... Statler (voice, uncredited)
- Pitch Reel
... Crasher / Right Door Knocker (uncredited)
1988
Let's Learn to Play Together
(Video Game)
Forgetful Jones / Don Music / Two-Headed Monster (voice)
Forgetful Jones / Don Music / Two-Headed Monster (voice)
1988
Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director
(Video short)
Janice / Scooter / Statler (voice, uncredited)
Janice / Scooter / Statler (voice, uncredited)
1988
Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along
(Video)
(voice)
1988
Sesame Street: Oscar's Letter Party
(Video Game)
(voice)
1987
Learning to Add and Subtract
(Video short)
(voice)
1983-1987
Fraggle Songs
(TV Series)
Junior Gorg / Gunge / Gillis Fraggle / ...
Junior Gorg / Gunge / Gillis Fraggle / ...
- Change of Address
(1987)
... Junior Gorg / Gunge (voice)
- The Honk of Honks
(1987)
... Gunge (voice)
- The Gorg Who Would Be King
(1987)
... Junior Gorg / Gunge (voice)
- Inspector Red
(1987)
... (credit only)
- Ring Around the Rock
(1987)
... Junior Gorg / Gunge (voice)
1986
Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers
(Video short)
Count - assistant / Dip Cat / Orange Gold Tarnish Brother / ... (voice)
Count - assistant / Dip Cat / Orange Gold Tarnish Brother / ... (voice)
1985
Little Muppet Monsters
(TV Series)
Tug / Scooter / Announcer
Tug / Scooter / Announcer
- The Great Boodini
(1985)
... (voice)
- Space Cowboys
(1985)
... (voice)
- In the Beginning
(1985)
... Tug / Scooter / Announcer (voice)
- Mail-Order Guest
... (voice)
- Penguin for a Day
... (voice)
1983
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
(TV Movie)
Muppet Performer (voice)
Muppet Performer (voice)
1976-1981
The Muppet Show
(TV Series)
Statler / Scooter / Janice / ...
Statler / Scooter / Janice / ...
- Buddy Rich
(1981)
... Beaker / Janice / Statler (voice)
- Chris Langham
(1981)
... Scooter / Statler (voice)
- Debbie Harry
(1981)
... Scooter / Wayne / Statler / ... (voice)
- Wally Boag
(1981)
... Scooter / Janice / Beaker (voice)
- Gene Kelly
(1981)
... Scooter / Statler / Janice / ... (voice)
1979
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(TV Series)
Scooter / Statler
Scooter / Statler
- Episode dated 2 April 1979
(1979)
... Scooter / Statler (voice)
1975-1976
Saturday Night Live
(TV Series)
King Ploobis's Right Hand / Wisss / King Ploobis's right hand / ...
King Ploobis's Right Hand / Wisss / King Ploobis's right hand / ...
- Lily Tomlin/James Taylor
(1976)
... King Ploobis's Right Hand (as Jim Henson's Muppets)
- Raquel Welch/Phoebe Snow, John Sebastian
(1976)
... Wisss (voice, as Jim Henson's Muppets)
- Ron Nessen/Patti Smith Group
(1976)
... King Ploobis's right hand (credit only)
- Anthony Perkins/Betty Carter
(1976)
... King Ploobis's right hand (as Jim Henson's Muppets)
- Elliott Gould/Anne Murray
(1976)
... King Ploobis's Right Hand (voice, uncredited)
1975
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
(TV Series)
Bert (puppeteer)
Bert (puppeteer)
- Episode #1.10
(1975)
... Bert (puppeteer) (uncredited)
1975
Muppets No-Nonsense Show
(TV Movie)
(voice)
1972
Tales from Muppetland: The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
(TV Movie)
Chicken / Rat / Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
Chicken / Rat / Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
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Additional Crew (5 credits)
Additional Crew (5 credits)
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Director (3 credits)
Director (3 credits)
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Soundtrack (19 credits)
Soundtrack (19 credits)
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Thanks (2 credits)
Thanks (2 credits)
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Self (20 credits)
Self (20 credits)
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Archive footage (60 credits)
Archive footage (60 credits)
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Personal Details
Other Works:
TV commercials (performing Scooter and Statler) for Polaroid One-Step (1981).Alternate Names:
Jim Henson's Muppets | The Muppets
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