Caroll Spinney

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1933-12-26 (86 years old)

Deathday

2019-12-08

Place of Birth

Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.

Caroll Spinney

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Caroll Edwin Spinney, sometimes credited as Carroll Spinney or Ed Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019), was an American puppeteer most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the children's television show Sesame Street. Description above from the Wikipedia article Caroll Spinney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1990

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch

2002

Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse

as Oscar The Grouch (voice)

1985

Follow That Bird

as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice)

1984

1999

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1996

Sesame Street: Imagine That!

as Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1986

Sesame Street: Learning About Letters

as Big Bird/Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1988

Big Bird in Japan

as Big Bird (voice)

2009

Sesame Street: Being Green

as Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2008

Sesame Street: Abby in Wonderland

as Oscar the Grouch as the Grouch of Hearts (voice)

2015

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Self

1987

Sesame Street: Sing Along

as Big Bird and Oscar

2022

Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic

as Big Bird (voice) / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1993

Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey

as Dog in Pound (uncredited)

2010

1996

1998

Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!

as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2015

In Their Own Words: Jim Henson

as Self - Muppet Performer

1985

1987

A Muppet Family Christmas

as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2024

Jim Henson Idea Man

as Self (archive footage)

1983

Big Bird in China

as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2006

A Sesame Street Christmas Carol

as Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird (voice)

1978

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2007

Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown

as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1999

CinderElmo

as Big Bird (voice)

2009

1990

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!

as Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1978

A Special Sesame Street Christmas

as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2003

Sesame Street: Sesame Sings Karaoke

as Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch

2005

1997

Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance

as Big Bird / Oscar (voice)

1996

Sesame Street: Elmocize

as Big Bird (voice)

1981

The Great Muppet Caper

as Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1986

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1979

The Muppet Movie

as Big Bird (voice)

1994

The World of Jim Henson

as Self / Big Bird (archive footage)

1993

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2002

Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play

as Oscar the Grouch (voice) (archive footage)

1997

Sesame Street: Quiet Time

as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2009

Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo

as Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1997

Sesame Street: Fiesta!

as Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2016

Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas

as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1974

Out to Lunch

as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1979

Bob Hope on the Road to China

as Self - as Big Bird (voice)

1979

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

2004

1988

Wow, You're A Cartoonist!

as Picklepuss / Pop

1993

Sesame Street Stays Up Late!

as Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)

1977

Sesame Street at Night?

as Big Bird (voice) (archive footage)

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Getting Ready to Read

as Big Bird, Oscar

2000

1990

1999

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play

as Big Bird/Oscar the Grouch (archive footage)

Production

1983

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