Cast & creator
Bob McGrath
Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, Sesame Street
Robert Emmett McGrath (June 13, 1932 – December 4, 2022) was an American actor, singer, and children's author best known for playing original human character and music teacher Bob Johnson on the educational television series Sesame Street from 1969 to 2016. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob McGrath, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Robert Emmett McGrath
31
film credits
5
television credits
36
1958–2024 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (36)
Showing 36 of 36 credits
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Sesame Street
Bob Jackson
1969
Kraft Music Hall
Self
1958
Sesame Unpaved
1999
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
2024
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Bob
1999
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Bob
1993
Follow That Bird
Bob
1985
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989
Self – Bob
1989
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
Bob
2019
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self
2021
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
Bob Johnson (archive footage)
2019
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Bob
2004
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
Bob
1978
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
Bob (archive footage)
2006
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
Bob
1998
Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures
2011
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
Bob Johnson
1993Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
Bob
1993
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
Self
2015
Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party
Himself
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
Bob
1996
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
Bob (uncredited) (archive footage)
2010
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Bob
1978
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
Bob
2004
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play
Bob (archive footage)
1999
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
Self - Actor, Sesame Street
2015
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Self
1990
This Way to Sesame Street
Bob
1969
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bob
1983
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies
Bob Johnson (archive footage)
1997
Sesame Street: Sing Along
Bob
1987
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Bob Johnson
1979
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
Bob
2015
Sesame Street: Big Bird's Favorite Party Games
Bob