Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 17, 1951
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.
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Known For - Movies
Trading Places
as Wilson
The Muppet Movie
as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Sweetums / Beaker / Fozzie Bear (assistant) (voice)
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
The Great Muppet Caper
as Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Beaker / Bubba
The Earth Day Special
as Crocodile (voice)
Follow That Bird
as Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl / Additional Muppets / Grouches (voice)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
as Beaker / Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Two-Headed Monster (Stein) / Tug Monster (voice)
The World of Jim Henson
as Self (archive footage)
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
as Gladys the Cow (voice) (archive footage)
The Muppets Take Manhattan
as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Dog (voice)
Known For - TV Shows
Saturday Night Live
as King Ploobis’s Right Hand (voice)
Saturday Night Live
as Wisss (voice)
Saturday Night Live
as Glib (voice)
Sesame Street
The Cosby Show
as Statler / Blue Frackle / Sandwich (voice)
The Oscars
as Scooter / Statler
The Muppet Show
as Statler, Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Wayne / Sweetums (voice)
Fraggle Rock
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)
CBS Summer Playhouse
as Del
