Richard Hunt

Acting

August 17, 1951

Died January 7, 1992 (40 years old)

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Acting Credits

Directed

IMDb

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 Wikiped...

Known For

Saturday Night Live

King Ploobis’s Right Hand (voice)

Saturday Night Live

Wisss (voice)

Saturday Night Live

Glib (voice)

Sesame Street

The Cosby Show

Statler / Blue Frackle / Sandwich (voice)

The Oscars

Scooter / Statler

Fraggle Rock

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)

Fraggle Rock

Filmography

Jim Henson Idea Man

2024

as Self (archive footage)

7.8

Jim Henson: Behind the Seams

2014

Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story

2009

Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland

2009

Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away

2005

as Junior Gorg (voice)

Muppet History 101

2004

Muppet Music Moments

2004

as Self

Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites

2004

as (voice, archive footage)

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!

2004

as Forgetful Jones (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.6

Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs

2003

as Backup Monster (puppeteer)

Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play

2002

as Harry (voice) (archive footage)

8.2

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3

2001

as Statler / Scooter / Janice

The Very Best of the Muppet Show

1999

as Statler / Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Sweetums / Gladys

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2

1999

as Statler / Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Sweetums / Gladys

6.7

Sesame Unpaved

1999

Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!

1997

as Kermit the Forg / Frazzletone (archive footage)

6.4

The World of Jim Henson

1994

as Self (archive footage)

7.4

Muppet Sing Alongs: Billy Bunny's Animal Songs

1993

Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration

1993

as Gladys the Cow (voice) (archive footage)

Getting Ready to Read

1992

as Two-Headed Monster (voice)

Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals

1991

as Gladys the Cow (voice)

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

1990

as Gladys the Cow / Forgetful Jones / Don Music (voice)

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!

1990

as Stuie Monster (voice) / Lavender Frazzletone (voice) / Two-Headed Monster (right half) (voice) / Furline Huskie (voice) / Kermit the Frog (voice)

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

1990

as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Tug Monster / Frog (voice)

6.6

The Earth Day Special

1990

as Crocodile (voice)

6.1

Jim Henson's Memorial Service

1990

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

1990

as Scooter / Beaker / Janice (voice)

6.8

Miss Piggy's Hollywood

1989

as Statler

Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989

1989

as Self – Placido Flamingo / Don Music / Gladys the Cow

7.3

The Ghost of Faffner Hall

1989

as Wild Impresario

7.7

Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along

1988

as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

1988

as Placido Flamingo/Additional Muppets (voice)

6.8

Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director

1988

as Janice / Scooter / Statler (voice)

Sesame Street: Sing Along

1987

as Two-Headed Monster (right) (voice)

A Muppet Family Christmas

1987

as Scooter / Janice / Statler / Beaker / Gladys the Cow / Two-Headed Monster / Snowman (voice)

6.9

Down at Fraggle Rock

1987

as Junior Gorg / Self

Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series

1987

7.4

CBS Summer Playhouse

1987

as Del

The Christmas Toy

1986

as Belmont (voice)

6.9

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

1986

as Beaker / Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Two-Headed Monster (Stein) / Tug Monster (voice)

6.1

The Tale of the Bunny Picnic

1986

as Lugsy (voice)

7.4

Fraggles Look For Jobs

1986

as Himself

Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers

1986

as Count - assistant / Dip Cat / Orange Gold Tarnish Brother / Ernie - assistant / Honker (voice)

Follow That Bird

1985

as Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl / Additional Muppets / Grouches (voice)

6.5

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff

1985

as Camilla the Chicken (voice)

8.5

Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

1985

as Scooter (voice)

Muppet Treasures

1985

as Scooter / Statler / Janice

7.3

Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets

1985

as Scooter (voice)

7.3

Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story

1985

6.8

Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly

1985

as Junior Gorg (Voice)

Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters

1985

8.8

The Muppets Take Manhattan

1984

as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Dog (voice)

6.6

Oxford Blues

1984

as Larry

5.5

The Cosby Show

1984

as Statler / Blue Frackle / Sandwich (voice)

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets

1983

as Scooter / Janice / Statler / Bubba (voice)

6.7

Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock

1983

as Doozer/ Gunge / Junior Gorg/ Background Fraggles (voice)

Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

1983

as Muppet Performer (voice)

6.6

Trading Places

1983

as Wilson

7.2

Big Bird in China

1983

as Two-Headed Monster (voice)

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)

7.3