1983Nominee
Best Performance
Trading Places
Richard Hunt
Actor · Director
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
August 17, 1951
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1979Nominee
Best Performance
The Muppet Movie
1992Winner
Best Performance
The Muppet Christmas Carol
Career Highlights
2024Highlight
Best Performance
Jim Henson Idea Man
1984Highlight
Best Performance
The Muppets Take Manhattan
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Trading Places
The Muppet Movie
The Muppet Christmas Carol