Richard Hunt

Acting · 40 years old

The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

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: Let's Eat! Funny Food Songs

Backup Monster (puppeteer)

Jim Henson's Memorial Service

Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party

Himself

The Jim Henson Hour

The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show

Scooter / Janice / Beaker (voice)

Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play

Harry (voice) (archive footage)

Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters

The Muppet Show

Statler, Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Wayne / Sweetums (voice)

Julie on Sesame Street

Jim Henson Idea Man

Self (archive footage)

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Ernie (assistant) / Additional Muppets (voice)

The World of Jim Henson

Self (archive footage)

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)