Richard Hunt

Acting • Born 1951-08-17 – Died 1992-01-07

Acting2The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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.

Filmography

85 credits

The Muppet Movie

Movie • 1979

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

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!

Movie • 1990

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

The Muppets Take Manhattan

Movie • 1984

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

Of Muppets & Men

Movie • 1981

Self

Follow That Bird

Movie • 1985

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

The Great Muppet Caper

Movie • 1981

Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Beaker / Bubba

The Christmas Toy

Movie • 1986

Belmont (voice)

Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff

Movie • 1985

Camilla the Chicken (voice)

Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets

Movie • 1985

Scooter (voice)

Muppet Treasures

Movie • 1985

Scooter / Statler / Janice

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

Movie • 1972

Chicken / Additional Muppet Performer (voice)

Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets

Movie • 1983

Scooter / Janice / Statler / Bubba (voice)

Sesame Street: Sing Along

Movie • 1987

Two-Headed Monster (right) (voice)

Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away

Movie • 2005

Junior Gorg (voice)

The Muppets Go to the Movies

Movie • 1981

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

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

Movie • 1982

Scooter / Janice / Beaker (voice)

The Muppets Go Hollywood

Movie • 1979

Various Muppets

Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock

Movie • 1983

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

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

Movie • 1991

Gladys the Cow (voice)

Oxford Blues

Movie • 1984

Larry

Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets

Movie • 1985

Scooter (voice)

Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!

Movie • 1997

Kermit the Forg / Frazzletone (archive footage)

The Very Best of the Muppet Show

Movie • 1999

Statler / Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Sweetums / Gladys

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2

Movie • 1999

Statler / Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Sweetums / Gladys

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

Movie • 1983

Muppet Performer (voice)

The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3

Movie • 2001

Statler / Scooter / Janice

The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special

Movie • 1977

Scooter

Jim Henson: Behind the Seams

Movie • 2014

Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story

Movie • 2009

Muppet History 101

Movie • 2004

Muppet Music Moments

Movie • 2004

Self

Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland

Movie • 2009

Trading Places

Movie • 1983

Wilson

Muppet Sing Alongs: Billy Bunny's Animal Songs

Movie • 1993

A Muppet Family Christmas

Movie • 1987

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

Miss Piggy's Hollywood

Movie • 1989

Statler

Down at Fraggle Rock

Movie • 1987

Junior Gorg / Self

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

Movie • 1988

Additional Muppet Performer (voice)

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Movie • 1978

Ernie (assistant) / Additional Muppets (voice)

Sesame Street: Monster Hits!

Movie • 1990

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

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas

Movie • 1977

Charlie / Lizard / George Rabbit (voice)

John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together

Movie • 1979

Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker (voice)

Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie

Movie • 1988

Placido Flamingo/Additional Muppets (voice)

The Muppets at Walt Disney World

Movie • 1990

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

Big Bird in China

Movie • 1983

Two-Headed Monster (voice)

The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years

Movie • 1986

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

The Great Santa Claus Switch

Movie • 1970

Bing / Match Frackle (voice)

The Tale of the Bunny Picnic

Movie • 1986

Lugsy (voice)

The World of Jim Henson

Movie • 1994

Self (archive footage)

Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story

Movie • 1985

Fraggles Look For Jobs

Movie • 1986

Himself

Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director

Movie • 1988

Janice / Scooter / Statler (voice)

Julie on Sesame Street

Movie • 1973

Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play

Movie • 2002

Harry (voice) (archive footage)

Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs

Movie • 2003

Backup Monster (puppeteer)

Out to Lunch

Movie • 1974

Various Muppets (voice)

The Earth Day Special

Movie • 1990

Crocodile (voice)

Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring

Movie • 1978

Scooter

Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites

Movie • 2004

(voice, archive footage)

Jim Henson's Memorial Service

Movie • 1990

Getting Ready to Read

Movie • 1992

Two-Headed Monster (voice)

The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson

Movie • 1990

Scooter / Beaker / Janice (voice)

Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly

Movie • 1985

Junior Gorg (Voice)

Jim Henson Idea Man

Movie • 2024

Self (archive footage)

Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party

Movie

Himself

Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration

Movie • 1993

Gladys the Cow (voice) (archive footage)

Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers

Movie • 1986

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

Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives?

Movie • 1975

Self

Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince

Movie • 1971

Aunt Taminella

The Royal Variety Performance 1977

Movie • 1977

Muppet*Vision 3-D

Movie • 1991

Scooter, Statler, Beaker, Sweetums, Chuck, Chicken

Sesame Street

TV • 1969

Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series

TV • 1987

Fraggle Rock

TV • 1983

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)