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Biography

Richard Hunt (SCOOTER, SWEETUMS, STATLER, BEAKER, JANICE AND GLADYS) is literally a born actor; everyone in his family has at some time worked in…more

Born

8/16/1951, Bronx, New York, USA

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Gender

Male

Credits

Star (11)

Role
- The Jim Henson Hour
  Beaker / Statler
  - S 1: Ep 9 Garbage
    7/30/89
  - S 1: Ep 8 Musicians
    7/23/89
  - S 1: Ep 7 Health and Fitness
    7/16/89
  - S 1: Ep 6 Monster Maker
    7/9/89
  - S 1: Ep 5 The Ratings Game
    5/14/89
  - + 9 More Credits
- Fraggle Rock
  Beige Cave Fraggle, Firechief Fraggle, Gillis Fraggle, Gunge, Herkimer Fraggle, Junior Gorg, Magical Spider-Fly, The Mean Genie,
  - S 5: Ep 13 Change of Address
    3/30/87
  - S 5: Ep 12 The Honk of Honks
    3/23/87
  - S 5: Ep 11 The Gorg Who Would Be King
    3/16/87
  - S 5: Ep 10 Inspector Red
    3/9/87
  - S 5: Ep 9 Ring Around the Rock
    3/2/87
  - + 91 More Credits
- Little Muppet Monsters
  Scooter
  - S 1: Ep 2 Space Cowboys
    9/21/85
  - S 1: Ep 1 In The Beginning
    9/14/85
- The Muppet Show
  Beaker / Miss Piggy (1976-1977) / Janice (1977-1981) / Wayne / Scooter / Statler / Sweetums
  - S 1: Ep 4 The Muppets Take Manhattan
    7/13/84
  - S 2: Ep 16 Cleo Laine
    5/1/78
  - S 2: Ep 5 Judy Collins
    1/1/78
  - S 2: Ep 2 Zero Mostel
    12/9/77
  - S 2: Ep 3 Milton Berle
    11/11/77
  - + 45 More Credits
- The Muppet Show
  Beaker / Miss Piggy / Janice / Wayne / Scooter / Statler / Sweetums
  - S 3: Ep 24 Leslie Uggams
    7/5/79
- The Muppet Show
  Beaker/ Janice/ Wayne / Scooter / Statler / Sweetums
  - S 3: Ep 23 Lynn Redgrave
    5/24/79
- The Muppet Show
  Beaker / Janice/ Wayne / Scooter / Statler / Sweetums
  - S 3: Ep 22 Roy Rogers & Dale Evans
    5/17/79
  - S 3: Ep 18 Lesley Ann Warren
    2/8/79
  - S 3: Ep 16 Elke Sommer
    1/25/79
- The Muppet Show
  Beaker/ Janice / Wayne / Scooter / Statler / Sweetums
  - S 3: Ep 21 Roger Miller
    5/10/79
  - S 3: Ep 17 Danny Kaye
    2/1/79
  - S 3: Ep 8 Cheryl Ladd
    11/9/78
- The Muppet Show
  Beaker / Janice / Wayne / Scooter / Statler / Sweetums
  - S 3: Ep 20 Sylvester Stallone
    2/22/79
  - S 3: Ep 19 Harry Belafonte
    2/15/79
  - S 3: Ep 15 Spike Milligan
    1/18/79
  - S 3: Ep 14 Marisa Berenson
    12/21/78
  - S 3: Ep 11 Raquel Welch
    11/30/78
  - + 10 More Credits
- Sesame Unpaved
  Gladys the Cow/Two Headed Monster/Sully
  - S 1: Ep 2 Letter B Trasure Hunt
    11/18/69
  - S 1: Ep 1 Series Premiere
    11/10/69
  - S 1: Ep 67 Birth of Gabriella
    5/19/89
  - S 1: Ep 66 Maria's Mother Visits
    3/23/89
  - S 1: Ep 65 Maria Is Pregnant
    3/1/89
  - + 62 More Credits
- Sesame Street
  Others + Gladys the Cow (1970-1992), Sister Twiddlebug (1971-1984), Sully (1973-2002), Don Music (1973-1990), Two Headed Monster
Recurring Role (14)

Role
- The Muppet Show
  Beaker / Miss Piggy (1976-1977) / Janice (1977-1981) / Wayne / Scooter / Statler / Sweetums
  - S 7: Ep 10 The Wizard of Oz
    5/20/05
  - S 7: Ep 12 It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
    11/29/02
  - S 1: Ep 8 Kermit's Swamp Years
    9/3/02
  - S 1: Ep 7 Muppets From Space
    7/14/99
  - S 5: Ep 6 Muppet Treasure Island
    2/16/96
  - + 52 More Credits
- The Muppet Show
  Lenny the Lizard/Fazoob/Asparagus/Giant Balloon
  - S 2: Ep 8 Steve Martin
    10/31/77
- The Muppet Show
  Bartender/Frogs
  - S 1: Ep 24 Juliet Prowse
    4/25/77
- The Muppet Show
  Gorgon Heap/Catgut
  - S 1: Ep 23 Avery Schreiber
    4/18/77
- The Muppet Show
  Feather Boas/Cow
  - S 1: Ep 19 Twiggy
    2/7/77
- The Muppet Show
  Miss Kitty/Behemoth/Ghost
  - S 1: Ep 18 Vincent Price
    1/31/77
- The Muppet Show
  2-Headed Singer
  - S 1: Ep 17 Ben Vereen
    1/24/77
- The Muppet Show
  Bread/Girls
  - S 1: Ep 16 Charles Aznavour
    1/17/77
- The Muppet Show
  Boppity
  - S 1: Ep 13 Candice Bergen
    11/29/76
- The Muppet Show
  Japanese Cake
  - S 1: Ep 12 Valerie Harper
    11/22/76
- The Muppet Show
  Borcellino Brother/Green Hunchback Frackle
  - S 1: Ep 11 Florence Henderson
    11/15/76
- The Muppet Show
  Beautiful Day Monster/Ohboy Bird
  - S 1: Ep 8 Paul Williams
    10/25/76
- The Muppet Show
  Boppity/Crazy Harry/Joel's Hat
  - S 1: Ep 7 Joel Grey
    10/18/76
- The Muppet Show
  Ohboy Bird / Pig / Lust
  - S 1: Ep 2 The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence
    3/19/75
Guest Star (3)

Role
- The Cosby Show
  Puppeteer/Voice of Statler
  - S 6: Ep 14 Cliff's Nightmare
    1/11/90
- The Secret Life of Toys
  Belmont
  - — "Jim Henson's 'The Christmas Toy'"
    12/24/86
- The Academy Awards
  Statler (Voice)
  - S 58: Ep 1 The 58th Annual Academy Awards
    3/24/86
Director (1)

Role
- Fraggle Rock
  Director
  - S 5: Ep 12 The Honk of Honks
    3/23/87
Production Designer (3)

Role
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
  Production Designer
  - S 2: Ep 9 How to Recognise Different Parts of the Body
    11/24/70
  - S 2: Ep 8 Archaeology Today
    11/17/70
  - S 2: Ep 6 It's a Living (aka School Prizes)
    11/3/70
  - S 2: Ep 5 Live from the Grill-O-Mat
    10/27/70
- The Troubleshooters (1965)
  Production Designer
  - S 6: Ep 17 Injury To The Nation
    9/7/70
  - S 6: Ep 11 A Truly Exotic Development
    7/27/70
- Softly Softly
  Production Designer
  - S 3: Ep 24 Don't Tell Me, Let Me Guess
    3/21/68
  - S 3: Ep 21 Unfinished Business
    2/29/68
  - S 3: Ep 16 Landing Whispers
    1/25/68

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Trivia
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- Richard Hunt attended Jim Henson's memorial where he opened the memorial with a speech, sang with his fellow Muppeteers including Simon Smith and his Dancing Bear with Frank Oz, and started with Scooter singing Just One Person.
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- Richard Hunt's main Muppet, Scooter the Go-fer, has been Muppeteered by his brother, Adam Hunt in the movie Muppets from Space.
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- The first person to recognize Richard was current Muppeteer David Rudman who figured out who he was at a party after having seen him on 60 Minutes.
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Quotes
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- Hunt: I talked a lot like him (Scooter). 'Cause he's my voice (In Scooter's voice when I was younger like this!
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