Jim Henson
Directing
Biography
Jim Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American film director, television producer and puppeteer, best known as the creator of The Muppets.
Born: September 24, 1936
Place of Birth: Greenville, Mississippi, USA
Known For
The King of Eight
The King of Eight is a 1970 short film produced for Sesame Street by Jim Henson, using stop-motion animation. The 70-second short film focuses on the title character, the jovial king (voiced by Jim Henson) of a land where everything exists in denominations of the number eight.
An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz
Film produced by the Puppeteers of America documenting a visit from Jim Henson and Frank Oz to MIT in 1989. It features an introduction as well as closing comments by Frank Oz both from 1993.
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
A television special broadcast on PBS in honor of composer, songwriter, pianist, television writer and lyricist Joe Raposo after he passed away.
Free to Be... a Family
Seminal TV special about two groups of children, one in New York City and the other in Moscow, who befriend each other over a satellite connection and find common ground. The Muppets and several celebrities make a cameo.
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
Rowlf the Dog presents the concept of the revolutionary educational children's show, Sesame Street (1969), to Kermit the Frog.
Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party
Rare footage from the Sesame Street season 18 cast and crew wrap party. 1986 When the Sesame Street cast and crew finish taping a season, they traditionally celebrate with a wrap party where they have dinner, watch a reel of outtakes and highlights from the season, and enjoy live skits that often poke fun at the show. In addition, toasts are exchanged, and awards and bottles of wine are presented to people who got engaged, married or had babies since the last party. In the earliest days of the show, Richard Hunt took it upon himself to provide entertainment for the parties, for one party, cameraman Frank Biondo was given the role of introducing one of Hunt's acts and from then on, he served as the organizer and emcee for the live show, eventually he was granted a full stage so they could set up the show. Includes an "adult version" of the song People in your neighborhood, sung by Bob McGrath.
Sam and Friends
Sam and Friends was an early live-action/puppet television show created by puppeteer Jim Henson and his eventual wife Jane. It was taped and aired locally in Washington, D.C. on WRC-TV in black-and-white, and later, color on weekdays from May 9, 1955 to December 15, 1961.
The Jim Henson Hour
The Jim Henson Hour was developed as a showcase for the Jim Henson Company's various puppet creations, including the popular Muppet characters. This hour-long anthology series was hosted by Jim Henson and generally included two segments. The first segment,"Muppetelevision," included comedy skits starring the Muppets, as well as frequent guest appearances by popular entertainers. The second segment often featured rebroadcasts of original, Henson-created productions, such as episodes from Jim Henson's "The StoryTeller" anthology series.
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Go behind the scenes — and into the costumes — as production footage from Return of the Jedi is interspersed with vintage monster movie clips in this in-depth exploration of the painstaking techniques utilized by George Lucas to create the classic creatures and characters seen in the film.
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
Miss Piggy hosts her own variety show, with special guests John Ritter, George Hamilton and Tony Clifton (Andy Kaufman). Under the direction of Kermit the Frog, the Muppets work in the control room and, amidst chaos, manage to keep the show on the air. Throughout the show, a romantic triangle develops among Piggy, Ritter (who is smitten with the pig) and Hamilton (who is deeply uncomfortable with the star's romantic inclinations).
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Kermit The Frog (archival recordings) (uncredited)
as Ernie (voice) (archive footage)
as Kermit the Frog
as Guy Smiley (voice, archive footage)
as Muppet Performer
as Kermit the Frog / Bip Bippadotta / Lavender Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage)
as Kermit the Frog / Waldorf / Rowlf / Link Hogthrob
as Kermit the Frog / Waldorf / Rowlf / The Swedish Chef
as Kermit the Frog / Waldorf / Rowlf / The Swedish Chef
as Kermit the Frog (voice) (archive footage)
as Ernie / Harvey Monster (voice) (archive footage)
as Ernie ("Naptime") / Kermit the Frog (voice) (archive footage)
as Ernie (voice)
as Ernie (voice) (archive footage)
as Self / Kermit the Frog / Rowlf (archive footage)
as Kermit the Frog / Ernie (archive footage)
as Ernie / Kermit the Frog / Guy Smiley (archive footage) (voice)
as Kermit the Frog (voice)
as Self / Various Muppets (archive footage)
as Self / Kermit the Frog (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Swedish Chef / Link Hogthrob (voice)
as Ernie / Singer / Kermit the Frog (archive footage) (segment "One Banana") (voice)
as Kermit the Frog (voice)
as Harvey Monster (voice)
as Kermit the Frog
as Waldorf
as Self / Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Bugsy Them (voice)
as Kermit the Frog (voice)
as Kermit The Frog
as Kermit the Frog/Ernie (voice)
as Ernie
as Kermit the Frog (voice)
as Rowlf the Dog (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Dr. Teeth / Swedish Chef / Waldorf / Ernie / Self
as Kermit the Frog (voice)
as Cantus the Minstrel / Convincing John / Self / Host
as Self
as Kermit the Frog (voice)
as Goblins (uncredited)
as Ernie/Kermit the Frog/King Peter the Persnickety (voice)
as Dog (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Ernie / Dr. Teeth / Rowlf / Link Hogthrob / The Newsman / The Swedish Chef / Waldorf / Mahna Mahna / Harry the Hipster / Self
as Ernie / The King (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)
as Ernie / Kermit the Frog / King of 8 (voice) (uncredited)
as Kermit the Frog / Ernie (voice)
as Kermit the Frog
as Kermit The Frog / The Swedish Chef / Waldorf / Link Hogthrob / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / The Newsman
as Kermit the Frog (voice)
as Kermit the Frog (voice)
as Kermit the Frog
as Man on Phone
as Kermit the Frog (voice)
as Cantus the Minstrel (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Swedish Chef / Ernie / Granny / Horse & Carriage Rider / Link Hogthrob / The Newsman (voice)
as Jim Henson (self)
as Kermit the Frog
as Ernie (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Waldorf / Zeke (voice)
as Gobo Fraggle, Convincing John, Cantus (voice)
as Convincing John
as Cantus
as Cantus the Minstrel, Convincing John, Additional Muppets (voice)
as Convincing John (voice, uncredited)
as Cantus the Minstrel (voice)
as Convincing John (voice)
as Jen / High Priest, Ritual Master
as Kermit The Frog (voice)
as Self
as Kermit the Frog (voice)
as Self
as Leo (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Swedish Chef / The Muppet Newsman
as Kermit / Rowlf / Link Hogthrob / The Swedish Chef / Waldorf
as Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Waldorf / Dr. Teeth / The Swedish Chef (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Doc Hopper's Men / Link Hogthrob / Swedish Chef (voice)
as Various Muppets
as Ernie / Kermit the Frog (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self / Kermit the Frog (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Ernie (voice)
as Kermit the Frog
as Kermit the Frog (voice)
as Kermit The Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Dr. Teeth
as Kermit the Frog / Rowlf
as Kermit the Frog / Harrison Fox / Harvey / Snake (voice)
as Guy Smiley / Ernie / Kermit the Frog (voice) (archive footage)
as Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, Rowlf the Dog, Link Hogthrob, The Swedish Chef, Dr. Teeth, The Newsman (voice)
as Leo / Kermit the Frog (voice)
as King Ploobis (voice)
as Kermit the Frog/Dr. Teeth
as Kermit the Frog / Leo (voice)
as Kermit the Frog
as Kermit / Ernie / Guy Smiley / Person with Cue Card (voice)
as Kermit the Frog / Mean Floyd / Rat (voice)
as The King of Eight
as Kermit / Garth / King Rupert (voice)
as Kermit the Frog (voice)
as Kermit the Frog (voice)
as Fred / Lothar (voice)
as Self / Rowlf the Dog
as Ernie/Kermit
as Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Grump / Conrad Love / The Spook
as Kermit The Frog / King Goshposh / Rufus (voice)
as The Wizard / The Spook (voice)
as Self - Guest
as Gorilla (voice)
as Limbo (voice)
as Limbo
as Limbo (voice)
as Rowlf the Dog
as Dasher / Prancer (voice)
as Freddy the Fierce (voice)
as Man
as Self
as Kermit the Frog / King Goshposh / Charlie the Ogre (voice)
as Self
as Kermit / Harry the Hipster (voice)
as Kermit the Frog
as Self / Kermit The Frog / Waldorf
as Ernie / Himself