Cast & creator
Richard Hunt
Best known for Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live, Saturday Night Live
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.
75
film credits
15
television credits
86
1953–2024 · acting roles
7.0
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (90)
Showing 90 of 90 credits
Saturday Night Live
King Ploobis’s Right Hand (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Wisss (voice)
1975Saturday Night Live
Glib (voice)
1975
Sesame Street
1969
The Cosby Show
Statler / Blue Frackle / Sandwich (voice)
1984
The Oscars
Scooter / Statler
1953
The Muppet Show
Statler, Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Wayne / Sweetums (voice)
1976
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)
1983Fraggle Rock
Director
1983
Trading Places
Wilson
1983
Sesame Unpaved
1999
CBS Summer Playhouse
Del
1987
The Muppet Movie
Scooter / Statler / Janice / Sweetums / Beaker / Fozzie Bear (assistant) (voice)
1979
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
1987
The Muppet Christmas Carol
In Memory Of
1992
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
2024Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
Self
1969
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
1985
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Dog (voice)
1984
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
Gladys the Cow (voice) (archive footage)
1993
Follow That Bird
Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl / Additional Muppets / Grouches (voice)
1985
The Great Muppet Caper
Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Beaker / Bellhop Rat / Bubba / Gramps / Monster / Singing Food / Cab Driver
1981
The Earth Day Special
Crocodile (voice)
1990
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989
Self – Placido Flamingo / Don Music / Gladys the Cow
1989
Sesame Street: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs
Backup Monster (puppeteer)
2003
The World of Jim Henson
Self (archive footage)
1994
A Muppet Family Christmas
Scooter / Janice / Statler / Beaker / Gladys the Cow / Two-Headed Monster / Snowman (voice)
1987
Oxford Blues
Larry
1984
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Scooter / Janice / Statler / Sweetums / Pig (voice)
1979
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Forgetful Jones (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
2004
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
Kermit the Forg / Frazzletone (archive footage)
1997
Muppet Treasures
Scooter / Statler / Janice
1985
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Placido Flamingo / Additional Muppets (voice)
1988
The Ghost of Faffner Hall
Wild Impresario
1989
Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along
Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
1988Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along
Director
1988
Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party
Himself
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
Scooter / Janice / Beaker (voice)
1982
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Scooter / Beaker / Janice (voice)
1990
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
Camilla the Chicken (voice)
1985
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
Beaker / Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Two-Headed Monster (Stein) / Tug Monster (voice)
1986
The Muppets Go to the Movies
Beaker / Janice / Scooter / Sheriff / Statler (voice)
1981The Royal Variety Performance 1977
1977
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
Chicken / Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
1972
The Christmas Toy
Belmont (voice)
1986
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
Scooter
1978
The Great Santa Claus Switch
Bing / Match Frackle (voice)
1970
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
Statler / Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Sweetums / Gladys
1999
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
Harry (voice) (archive footage)
2002
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
Statler / Scooter / Janice
2001
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
Statler / Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Sweetums / Gladys
1999
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Charlie / Lizard / George Rabbit (voice)
1977
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Tug Monster / Frog (voice)
1990
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Gladys the Cow / Forgetful Jones / Don Music (voice)
1990
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
Lugsy (voice)
1986
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
Statler
1989Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
Scooter (voice)
1985
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly
Junior Gorg (Voice)
1985
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Ernie (assistant) / Additional Muppets (voice)
1978
Down at Fraggle Rock
Junior Gorg / Self
1987
Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers
Count - assistant / Dip Cat / Orange Gold Tarnish Brother / Ernie - assistant / Honker (voice)
1986The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special
Scooter
1977
Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
Stuie Monster (voice) / Lavender Frazzletone (voice) / Two-Headed Monster (right half) (voice) / Furline Huskie (voice) / Kermit the Frog (voice)
1990
Big Bird in China
Two-Headed Monster (voice)
1983
Muppet Sing Alongs: Billy Bunny's Animal Songs
1993
Jim Henson's Memorial Service
1990
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker (voice)
1979
Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals
Gladys the Cow (voice)
1991
Julie on Sesame Street
Sully (voice)
1973
Getting Ready to Read
Two-Headed Monster (voice)
1992
Out to Lunch
Various Muppets (voice)
1974
Fraggle Rock: Dance Your Cares Away
Junior Gorg (voice)
2005
Sesame Street: Elmo's Sing-Along Guessing Game
Director
1991
Fraggles Look For Jobs
Himself
1986
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
Scooter / Janice / Statler / Bubba (voice)
1983
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
Scooter (voice)
1985
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Muppet Performer (voice)
1983
Sesame Street: Sing Along
Two-Headed Monster (right) (voice)
1987
Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives?
Self
1975
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
Aunt Taminella
1971Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director
Janice / Scooter / Statler (voice)
1988Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story
2009Jim Henson: Behind the Seams
2014Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland
2009
Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
Doozer/ Gunge / Junior Gorg/ Background Fraggles (voice)
1983
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
1985
Of Muppets & Men
Self
1981
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
(voice, archive footage)
2004Muppet Music Moments
Self
2004