Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1951-08-17
Deathday
1992-01-07
Place of Birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Richard Hunt
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
Trading Places
as Wilson
The Muppet Movie
as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Sweetums / Beaker / Fozzie Bear (assistant) (voice)
The Cosby Show
as Statler / Blue Frackle / Sandwich (voice)
The Muppets Take Manhattan
as Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Dog (voice)
The Muppet Show
as Statler, Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Wayne / Sweetums (voice)
The Great Muppet Caper
as Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Beaker / Bubba
Sesame Street
Fraggle Rock
as 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)
A Muppet Family Christmas
as Scooter / Janice / Statler / Beaker / Gladys the Cow / Two-Headed Monster / Snowman (voice)
Follow That Bird
as Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl / Additional Muppets / Grouches (voice)