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Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Fraggle Rock (1983)
Starring as Convincing John
- Episode 1x06: The Preachification of Convincing John (Feb 14, 1983)
The Muppet Show (1976)
Starring as Link Hogthrob
(10 episodes)
- Episode 5x04: James Coburn (Apr 1, 1980)
- Episode 3x01: Helen Reddy (Sep 21, 1978)
- Episode 2x03: Edgar Bergen (Oct 10, 1977)
- Episode 1x20: Phyllis Diller (Feb 14, 1977)
- Episode 1x10: Valerie Harper (Nov 22, 1976)
- Episode 1x05: Joel Grey (Oct 18, 1976)
- Episode 1x04: Ruth Buzzi (Oct 11, 1976)
- Episode 1x03: Sandy Duncan (Oct 4, 1976)
- Episode 1x02: Jim Nabors (Sep 27, 1976)
- Episode 1x01: Rita Moreno (Sep 20, 1976)
Starring as Rowlf the Dog
(7 episodes)
- Episode 1x07: Lena Horne (Nov 1, 1976)
- Episode 1x06: Paul Williams (Oct 25, 1976)
- Episode 1x05: Joel Grey (Oct 18, 1976)
- Episode 1x04: Ruth Buzzi (Oct 11, 1976)
- Episode 1x03: Sandy Duncan (Oct 4, 1976)
- Episode 1x02: Jim Nabors (Sep 27, 1976)
- Episode 1x01: Rita Moreno (Sep 20, 1976)
Starring as Kermit the Frog
(6 episodes)
- Episode 2x03: Edgar Bergen (Oct 10, 1977)
- Episode 1x07: Lena Horne (Nov 1, 1976)
- Episode 1x06: Paul Williams (Oct 25, 1976)
- Episode 1x05: Joel Grey (Oct 18, 1976)
- Episode 1x04: Ruth Buzzi (Oct 11, 1976)
- Episode 1x02: Jim Nabors (Sep 27, 1976)
Starring as The Swedish Chef
- Episode 1x07: Lena Horne (Nov 1, 1976)
Starring as Dr. Teeth
- Episode 1x05: Joel Grey (Oct 18, 1976)
Saturday Night Live (1975)
Guest starring as King Ploobis
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x03: Rob Reiner / John Belushi as Joe Cocker (Oct 25, 1975) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x02: Paul Simon / Art Garfunkel, Randy Newman, Phoebe Snow (Oct 18, 1975) [Co-Star]
- Episode 1x01: George Carlin / Billy Preston, Janis Ian (Oct 11, 1975) [Co-Star]
Sesame Street (1969)
Starring as King of Eight
Starring as Beautiful Day Monster
Starring as Bip Bippadotta
Starring as Ernie
Starring as Guy Smiley
Starring as Kermit the Frog
Starring as Little Chrissy
Starring as Thomas Twiddlebug
Starring as The Martains
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
Guest starring as Guest Host
- Episode 1979-04-02: Apr 2, 1979 (Apr 2, 1979)
Guest starring as Jim Henson
- Episode 1975-03-18: Mar 18, 1975 (Mar 18, 1975)
The Mike Douglas Show (1961)
Guest starring as Co-Host
- Episode 5x222: Jim Henson (co host), The Mills Brothers, Carmel Quinn, A.E. Hotchner, Marie Walther (Jul 19, 1966)
The Wonderful World of Disney (1954)
Guest starring as Kermit the Frog
- Episode 34x23: The Muppets at Walt Disney World (May 6, 1990)
Guest starring as Jim Henson
- Episode 25x08: Mickey's 50 (Nov 19, 1978)
Oscars (1953)
Guest starring as Jim Henson
- Episode 1986-03-24: The 58th Annual Academy Awards (Mar 24, 1986)
Crew Credits
Jim Henson's Fraggle Rock Back to the Rock (2022)
Show crew as Character Design
(27 episodes)
- Episode 2x13: Hope and Socks (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x12: Letting Go (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x11: Lost and Found Fraggles (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x10: Fraggle Up (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x09: The Great Radish Ball (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x08: Colder Boulders (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x07: This for That (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x06: Mezzo: Live in Concert (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x05: I'm Pogey (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x04: The Repeatee Birds (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x03: When Mokey Met Lanford (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x02: The Twisty-Turny-Thon (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 2x01: The Great Wind (Mar 29, 2024)
- Episode 1x14: Night of the Lights (Nov 18, 2022)
- Episode 1x13: All of Us (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x12: Into the Trash (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x11: Deep Dive (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x10: Wembley the Spokesfraggle (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x09: The Giggle Gaggle Games (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x08: Craggle Lagoon (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: Flight of the Flutterflies (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x06: The Legend of Icy Joe (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Four Wembleys and a Birthday (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: The Glow (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: The Merggle Moon Migration (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Red and the Big Jump (Jan 21, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Pilot (Jan 21, 2022)
Fraggle Rock (1983)
Show crew as Executive Producer
(8 episodes)
- Episode 3x01: The Bells of Fraggle Rock (Dec 24, 1984)
- Episode 2x01: Wembley's Egg (Jan 2, 1984)
- Episode 1x24: New Trash Heap in Town (Jul 4, 1983)
- Episode 1x12: The Finger of Light (Mar 28, 1983)
- Episode 1x09: The Lost Treasure of the Fraggles (Mar 7, 1983)
- Episode 1x06: The Preachification of Convincing John (Feb 14, 1983)
- Episode 1x05: The Thirty-Minute Work Week (Feb 7, 1983)
- Episode 1x01: Beginnings (Jan 10, 1983)
Show crew as Creator
(8 episodes)
- Episode 3x01: The Bells of Fraggle Rock (Dec 24, 1984)
- Episode 2x01: Wembley's Egg (Jan 2, 1984)
- Episode 1x24: New Trash Heap in Town (Jul 4, 1983)
- Episode 1x12: The Finger of Light (Mar 28, 1983)
- Episode 1x09: The Lost Treasure of the Fraggles (Mar 7, 1983)
- Episode 1x06: The Preachification of Convincing John (Feb 14, 1983)
- Episode 1x05: The Thirty-Minute Work Week (Feb 7, 1983)
- Episode 1x01: Beginnings (Jan 10, 1983)
Episode crew as Director
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2x10: A Friend in Need (Mar 5, 1984)
- Episode 1x06: The Preachification of Convincing John (Feb 14, 1983)
- Episode 1x01: Beginnings (Jan 10, 1983)
The Muppet Show (1976)
Episode crew as Writer
(114 episodes)
- Episode 5x24: Gene Kelly (Aug 19, 1980)
- Episode 5x23: Buddy Rich (Aug 12, 1980)
- Episode 5x22: Johnny Cash (Aug 11, 1980)
- Episode 5x21: Chris Langham (Aug 5, 1980)
- Episode 5x20: Debbie Harry (Aug 4, 1980)
- Episode 5x19: Wally Boag (Jul 28, 1980)
- Episode 5x18: Marty Feldman (Jul 14, 1980)
- Episode 5x17: Hal Linden (Jul 8, 1980)
- Episode 5x16: Gladys Knight (Jul 3, 1980)
- Episode 5x15: Melissa Manchester (Jul 1, 1980)
- Episode 5x14: Carol Burnett (Jun 23, 1980)
- Episode 5x13: Mac Davis (Jun 16, 1980)
- Episode 5x12: Tony Randall (Jun 3, 1980)
- Episode 5x11: Linda Ronstadt (May 27, 1980)
- Episode 5x10: Paul Simon (May 19, 1980)
- Episode 5x09: Jean-Pierre Rampal (May 12, 1980)
- Episode 5x08: Roger Moore (Apr 29, 1980)
- Episode 5x07: Senor Wences (Apr 28, 1980)
- Episode 5x06: Glenda Jackson (Apr 21, 1980)
- Episode 5x05: Brooke Shields (Apr 7, 1980)
- Episode 5x03: Shirley Bassey (Mar 24, 1980)
- Episode 5x02: Joan Baez (Mar 17, 1980)
- Episode 5x01: Loretta Swit (Mar 10, 1980)
- Episode 4x24: Alan Arkin (May 22, 1980)
- Episode 4x23: Diana Ross (May 15, 1980)
- Episode 4x22: Carol Channing (May 8, 1980)
- Episode 4x21: Doug Henning (May 1, 1980)
- Episode 4x20: Andy Williams (Mar 20, 1980)
- Episode 4x19: Jonathan Winters (Mar 13, 1980)
- Episode 4x18: Anne Murray (Mar 6, 1980)
- Episode 4x17: Dizzy Gillespie (Feb 28, 1980)
- Episode 4x15: Lynda Carter (Feb 14, 1980)
- Episode 4x14: Christopher Reeve (Feb 7, 1980)
- Episode 4x13: Dyan Cannon (Jan 31, 1980)
- Episode 4x12: Arlo Guthrie (Dec 4, 1979)
- Episode 4x11: Phyllis George (Nov 29, 1979)
- Episode 4x10: Lola Falana (Nov 22, 1979)
- Episode 4x09: Liza Minnelli (Nov 15, 1979)
- Episode 4x08: Beverly Sills (Nov 8, 1979)
- Episode 4x07: Victor Borge (Nov 1, 1979)
- Episode 4x06: Dudley Moore (Oct 25, 1979)
- Episode 4x05: Kenny Rogers (Oct 18, 1979)
- Episode 4x04: Crystal Gayle (Oct 11, 1979)
- Episode 4x03: Shields & Yarnell (Oct 4, 1979)
- Episode 4x02: Linda Lavin (Sep 27, 1979)
- Episode 4x01: John Denver (Sep 20, 1979)
- Episode 3x24: Leslie Uggams (Jul 5, 1979)
- Episode 3x23: Lynn Redgrave (May 24, 1979)
- Episode 3x22: Roy Rogers & Dale Evans (May 17, 1979)
- Episode 3x21: Roger Miller (May 10, 1979)
- Episode 3x20: Sylvester Stallone (Feb 22, 1979)
- Episode 3x19: Harry Belafonte (Feb 15, 1979)
- Episode 3x18: Lesley Ann Warren (Feb 8, 1979)
- Episode 3x17: Danny Kaye (Feb 1, 1979)
- Episode 3x16: Elke Sommer (Jan 25, 1979)
- Episode 3x15: Spike Milligan (Jan 18, 1979)
- Episode 3x14: Marisa Berenson (Dec 21, 1978)
- Episode 3x13: Gilda Radner (Dec 14, 1978)
- Episode 3x12: Leo Sayer (Dec 7, 1978)
- Episode 3x11: Raquel Welch (Nov 30, 1978)
- Episode 3x10: Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge (Nov 23, 1978)
- Episode 3x09: Pearl Bailey (Nov 16, 1978)
- Episode 3x08: Cheryl Ladd (Nov 9, 1978)
- Episode 3x07: Alice Cooper (Nov 2, 1978)
- Episode 3x06: Loretta Lynn (Oct 26, 1978)
- Episode 3x05: Liberace (Oct 19, 1978)
- Episode 3x04: James Coco (Oct 12, 1978)
- Episode 3x03: Jean Stapleton (Oct 5, 1978)
- Episode 3x02: Roy Clark (Sep 28, 1978)
- Episode 2x24: Cloris Leachman (May 22, 1978)
- Episode 2x23: Cleo Laine (May 15, 1978)
- Episode 2x22: Petula Clark (May 8, 1978)
- Episode 2x21: Lou Rawls (May 1, 1978)
- Episode 2x20: Jaye P. Morgan (Mar 6, 1978)
- Episode 2x19: Peter Sellers (Feb 27, 1978)
- Episode 2x18: Julie Andrews (Feb 20, 1978)
- Episode 2x17: Bob Hope (Feb 13, 1978)
- Episode 2x16: Elton John (Feb 6, 1978)
- Episode 2x15: Judy Collins (Jan 30, 1978)
- Episode 2x14: Rudolf Nureyev (Jan 23, 1978)
- Episode 2x13: Zero Mostel (Dec 13, 1977)
- Episode 2x12: John Cleese (Dec 5, 1977)
- Episode 2x11: Teresa Brewer (Dec 5, 1977)
- Episode 2x10: Don Knotts (Nov 28, 1977)
- Episode 2x09: Rich Little (Sep 26, 1977)
- Episode 2x08: Milton Berle (Nov 14, 1977)
- Episode 2x07: Bernadette Peters (Nov 7, 1977)
- Episode 2x06: Steve Martin (Oct 31, 1977)
- Episode 2x05: Nancy Walker (Oct 24, 1977)
- Episode 2x04: Dom DeLuise (Oct 17, 1977)
- Episode 2x03: Edgar Bergen (Oct 10, 1977)
- Episode 2x02: Madeline Kahn (Oct 3, 1977)
- Episode 2x01: George Burns (Sep 19, 1977)
- Episode 1x24: Juliet Prowse (Apr 25, 1977)
- Episode 1x23: Avery Schreiber (Apr 18, 1977)
- Episode 1x22: Connie Stevens (Feb 28, 1977)
- Episode 1x21: Ethel Merman (Feb 21, 1977)
- Episode 1x19: Twiggy (Feb 7, 1977)
- Episode 1x18: Vincent Price (Jan 31, 1977)
- Episode 1x17: Ben Vereen (Jan 24, 1977)
- Episode 1x16: Kaye Ballard (Mar 7, 1977)
- Episode 1x15: Charles Aznavour (Jan 17, 1977)
- Episode 1x14: Mummenschanz (Mar 21, 1977)
- Episode 1x13: Harvey Korman (Dec 13, 1976)
- Episode 1x12: Bruce Forsyth (Dec 6, 1976)
- Episode 1x11: Candice Bergen (Nov 29, 1976)
- Episode 1x10: Valerie Harper (Nov 22, 1976)
- Episode 1x08: Peter Ustinov (Nov 8, 1976)
- Episode 1x07: Lena Horne (Nov 1, 1976)
- Episode 1x06: Paul Williams (Oct 25, 1976)
- Episode 1x05: Joel Grey (Oct 18, 1976)
- Episode 1x04: Ruth Buzzi (Oct 11, 1976)
- Episode 1x03: Sandy Duncan (Oct 4, 1976)
- Episode 1x02: Jim Nabors (Sep 27, 1976)