
Richard Hunt
Born
1951-08-17
Place of birth
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Died
1992-01-07
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
Wilson

The Muppet Movie
Scooter / Statler / Janice / Sweetums / Beaker / Fozzie Bear (assistant) (voice)

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 Muppets Take Manhattan
Scooter / Statler / Janice / Beaker / Dog (voice)

The Muppet Show
Statler, Scooter / Janice / Beaker / Wayne / Sweetums (voice)

The Great Muppet Caper
Scooter / Statler / Sweetums / Janice / Beaker / Bubba

Sesame Street
TV Series

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)

A Muppet Family Christmas
Scooter / Janice / Statler / Beaker / Gladys the Cow / Two-Headed Monster / Snowman (voice)

Follow That Bird
Gladys the Cow / Feathered Friends Owl / Additional Muppets / Grouches (voice)

The Oscars
Scooter / Statler

Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Charlie / Lizard / George Rabbit (voice)