Richard Hunt

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1951-08-17 (41 years old)

Deathday

1992-01-07

Place of Birth

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

Richard Hunt

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 Wikipedia.

Acting

1979

The Muppet Movie

as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Sweetums / Beaker / Fozzie Bear (assistant) (voice)

1984

The Muppets Take Manhattan

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

1981

1985

Follow That Bird

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

1981

The Great Muppet Caper

as Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Beaker / Bubba

1986

The Christmas Toy

as Belmont (voice)

1985

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff

as Camilla the Chicken (voice)

1985

Muppet Treasures

as Scooter / Statler / Janice

1972

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

as Chicken / Additional Muppet Performer (voice)

1983

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets

as Scooter / Janice / Statler / Bubba (voice)

1987

Sesame Street: Sing Along

as Two-Headed Monster (right) (voice)

2005

1981

The Muppets Go to the Movies

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

1982

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

as Scooter / Janice / Beaker (voice)

1979

The Muppets Go Hollywood

as Various Muppets

2005

Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock

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

1984

Oxford Blues

as Larry

1997

Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!

as Kermit the Forg / Frazzletone (archive footage)

1999

The Very Best of the Muppet Show

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

1999

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2

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

2001

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3

as Statler / Scooter / Janice

1983

1987

A Muppet Family Christmas

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

2024

Jim Henson Idea Man

as Self (archive footage)

1987

Down at Fraggle Rock

as Junior Gorg / Self

1988

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

as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)

1978

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

as Ernie (assistant) / Additional Muppets (voice)

1990

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!

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

1977

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

as Charlie / Lizard / George Rabbit (voice)

1979

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker (voice)

1990

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

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

1983

Big Bird in China

as Two-Headed Monster (voice)

1986

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

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

1970

The Great Santa Claus Switch

as Bing / Match Frackle (voice)

1986

1994

The World of Jim Henson

as Self (archive footage)

1988

Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director

as Janice / Scooter / Statler (voice)

2002

Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play

as Harry (voice) (archive footage)

2003

Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs

as Backup Monster (puppeteer)

1974

Out to Lunch

as Various Muppets (voice)

1990

The Earth Day Special

as Crocodile (voice)

2004

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Getting Ready to Read

as Jim Hensons Muppets

1990

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

as Scooter / Beaker / Janice (voice)

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