Jim Thurman
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
James Frederick Thurman (March 13, 1935 – April 14, 2007) was an American actor, writer, director, cartoonist, and producer. He is best known for the writings of TV gags for the likes of Bob Hope, Bob Newhart, Carol Burnett, Bill Cosby, and Dean Martin. Born in Dallas, Texas but raised in Vicksburg, Michigan, Thurman received a degree from the University of Michigan. He began his career as a copywriter at various advertising agencies in Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Later he moved to Los Ange...
Known For
Roger Ramjet
Various (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Teeny Little Superguy (voice) (archive footage)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Pilot (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Quitter
Smoker/Cloud (voice)
Talking About Sex: A Guide for Families
Teeny Little Super Guy
All Characters (voice)
Richard Scarry's Best ABC Video Ever!
(voice)
Richard Scarry's Best Counting Video Ever!
(voice)
Filmography
King of the Rest
2020
Right!
2006
as Man (voice)
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
2004
as Teeny Little Superguy (voice) (archive footage)
Talking About Sex: A Guide for Families
1996
Snowie and the Seven Dorps
1990
as Voice
Richard Scarry's Best ABC Video Ever!
1989
as (voice)
Richard Scarry's Best Counting Video Ever!
1989
as (voice)
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
1989
as Intro Narrator / Ned / Guy in an Old Hat / Anthropomorphic Dog #1 / Narrator (voice)
The Quitter
1987
as Smoker/Cloud (voice)
Teeny Little Super Guy
1984
as All Characters (voice)
It's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House
1979
as (voice)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
as Pilot (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crocodile eating crackers
1976
as Man (voice)
Roger Ramjet
1965
as Various (voice)