Richard Hunt
Acting
Born: 1951-08-17 in The 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.
Known For
Sesame Street
Saturday Night Live
King Ploobis’s Right Hand (voice)
Saturday Night Live
Wisss (voice)
Saturday Night Live
Glib (voice)
The Cosby Show
Statler / Blue Frackle / Sandwich (voice)
The Muppet Show
Statler, Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Wayne / Sweetums (voice)
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)
The Oscars
Scooter / Statler
Trading Places
Wilson
The Muppet Movie
Scooter / Statler / Janice / Sweetums / Beaker / Fozzie Bear (assistant) (voice)
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Dog (voice)
Sesame Unpaved
CBS Summer Playhouse
Del
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Gladys the Cow (voice) (archive footage)
The Great Muppet Caper
Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Beaker / Bellhop Rat / Bubba / Gramps / Monster / Singing Food / Cab Driver
Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs
Backup Monster (puppeteer)
Follow That Bird
Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl / Additional Muppets / Grouches (voice)
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
Muppet Treasures
Scooter / Statler / Janice
A Muppet Family Christmas
Scooter / Janice / Statler / Beaker / Gladys the Cow / Two-Headed Monster / Snowman (voice)
Oxford Blues
Larry
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989
Self – Placido Flamingo / Don Music / Gladys the Cow
Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party
Himself
The Earth Day Special
Crocodile (voice)
The World of Jim Henson
Self (archive footage)
Out to Lunch
Various Muppets (voice)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Gladys the Cow / Forgetful Jones / Don Music (voice)
Of Muppets & Men
Self
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
The Christmas Toy
Belmont (voice)
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
Chicken / Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Tug Monster / Frog (voice)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Beaker / Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Two-Headed Monster (Stein) / Tug Monster (voice)
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Charlie / Lizard / George Rabbit (voice)
The Ghost of Faffner Hall
Wild Impresario
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
Scooter / Janice / Beaker (voice)