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Richard Hunt
Actor · Crew· The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
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
The roles that explain the career.
Trading Places
1983
The Muppet Movie
Scooter / Statler / Janice / Sweetums / Beaker / Fozzie Bear (assistant) (voice) · 1979
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Dog (voice) · 1984
The Great Muppet Caper
Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Beaker / Bellhop Rat / Bubba / Gramps / Monster / Singing Food / Cab Driver · 1981
A Muppet Family Christmas
Scooter / Janice / Statler / Beaker / Gladys the Cow / Two-Headed Monster / Snowman (voice) · 1987
Follow That Bird
Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl / Additional Muppets / Grouches (voice) · 1985
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Charlie / Lizard / George Rabbit (voice) · 1977
Saturday Night Live
1975
Filmography
29 credits across 2 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away | Junior Gorg (voice) | Film |
| 1990 | Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! | Gladys the Cow / Forgetful Jones / Don Music (voice) | Film |
| 1990 | The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson | Scooter / Beaker / Janice (voice) | Film |
| 1990 | The Muppets at Walt Disney World | Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Tug Monster / Frog (voice) | Film |
| 1987 | A Muppet Family Christmas | Scooter / Janice / Statler / Beaker / Gladys the Cow / Two-Headed Monster / Snowman (voice) | Film |
| 1986 | The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | Beaker / Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Two-Headed Monster (Stein) / Tug Monster (voice) | Film |
| 1986 | The Tale of the Bunny Picnic | Lugsy (voice) | Film |
| 1986 | The Christmas Toy | Belmont (voice) | Film |
| 1985 | Follow That Bird | Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl / Additional Muppets / Grouches (voice) | Film |
| 1985 | Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters | TV | |
| 1985 | Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets | Scooter (voice) | Film |
| 1984 | Oxford Blues | Larry | Film |
| 1984 | The Muppets Take Manhattan | Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Dog (voice) | Film |
| 1983 | 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) | TV |
| 1983 | Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock | Doozer/ Gunge / Junior Gorg/ Background Fraggles (voice) | Film |
| 1983 | Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets | Scooter / Janice / Statler / Bubba (voice) | Film |
| 1983 | Big Bird in China | Two-Headed Monster (voice) | Film |
| 1982 | The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show | Scooter / Janice / Beaker (voice) | Film |
| 1981 | The Great Muppet Caper | Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Beaker / Bellhop Rat / Bubba / Gramps / Monster / Singing Food / Cab Driver | Film |
| 1981 | The Muppets Go to the Movies | Beaker / Janice / Scooter / Sheriff / Statler (voice) | Film |
| 1979 | John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together | Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker (voice) | Film |
| 1979 | The Muppet Movie | Scooter / Statler / Janice / Sweetums / Beaker / Fozzie Bear (assistant) (voice) | Film |
| 1979 | The Muppets Go Hollywood | Various Muppets | Film |
| 1977 | Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas | Charlie / Lizard / George Rabbit (voice) | Film |
| 1976 | The Muppet Show | Statler, Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Wayne / Sweetums (voice) | TV |
| 1973 | Julie on Sesame Street | Sully (voice) | Film |
| 1972 | The Muppet Musicians of Bremen | Chicken / Additional Muppet Performer (voice) | Film |
| 1971 | Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince | Aunt Taminella | Film |
| 1970 | The Great Santa Claus Switch | Bing / Match Frackle (voice) | Film |
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