Jim Henson
James Maury Henson (September 24, 1936 – May 16, 1990) was an American puppeteer, actor, animator, creative producer, and director who achieved worldwide notability as the creator of the Muppets. Henson was also well known for creating Fraggle Rock (1983–1987) and as the director of The Dark Crystal (1982) and Labyrinth (1986), as well as creating the puppets for Sesame Street (1969). Born in Greenville, Mississippi, and raised in both Leland, Mississippi, and University Park, Maryland, Henson began developing puppets in high school. He created Sam and Friends (1955–1961), a short-form comedy television program on WRC-TV, while he was a freshman at the University of Maryland, College Park, in collaboration with fellow student Jane Nebel. Henson and Nebel co-founded Muppets, Inc. – now The Jim Henson Company – in 1958, and married less than a year later in 1959. Henson graduated from the University of Maryland with a degree in home economics. In 1969, Henson joined the children's television program Sesame Street (1969–present) where he helped to develop Muppet characters for the series. He and his creative team also appeared on the first season of the sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live (1975–present). He produced the sketch comedy television series The Muppet Show (1976–1981) during this period. Henson revolutionized the way puppetry is captured and presented in video media, and he won fame for his characters – particularly Kermit the Frog, Rowlf the Dog, and the characters on Sesame Street. During the later years of his life, he founded the Jim Henson Foundation and Jim Henson's Creature Shop. He won the Emmy Award twice for his involvement in The Storyteller (1987–1988) and The Jim Henson Hour (1989). Henson died in New York City from toxic shock syndrome caused by Streptococcus pyogenes. At the time of his death, he was in negotiations to sell his company to The Walt Disney Company, but talks fell through after his death. He was posthumously awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991, and was named a Disney Legend in 2011. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jim Henson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The King of Eight
(The King of Eight)
The Muppet Movie
(Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Doc Hopper's Men / Link Hogthrob / Swedish Chef (voice))
Into the Night
(Man on Phone)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
(Ernie / Singer / Kermit the Frog (archive footage) (segment "One Banana") (voice))
The Muppets Take Manhattan
(Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Swedish Chef / Ernie / Granny / Horse & Carriage Rider / Link Hogthrob / The Newsman (voice))
Of Muppets & Men
(Self)
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
(Ernie (voice) (archive footage))
A Muppet Family Christmas
(Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Dr. Teeth / Swedish Chef / Waldorf / Ernie / Self)
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
(Ernie (voice))
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
(Self / Various Muppets (archive footage))
I Love Liberty
(Kermit the Frog (voice))
Follow That Bird
(Kermit the Frog / Ernie (voice))
Hey Cinderella!
(Kermit The Frog / King Goshposh / Rufus (voice))
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
(Jim Henson (self))
The Great Muppet Caper
(Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Swedish Chef / The Muppet Newsman)
Dog City: The Movie
(Self / Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Bugsy Them (voice))
Julie: My Favourite Things
(Kermit the Frog/Dr. Teeth)
Sesame Street: Imagine That!
(Ernie (voice) (archive footage))
The Christmas Toy
(Kermit the Frog (voice))
Time Piece
(Man)
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
(Ernie/Kermit the Frog/King Peter the Persnickety (voice))
Muppet Video: Rowlf's Rhapsodies with the Muppets
(Rowlf (voice))
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
(Kermit the Frog)
Muppet Treasures
(Kermit The Frog / The Swedish Chef / Waldorf / Link Hogthrob / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / The Newsman)
The Muppet Revue
(Kermit the Frog (voice))
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
(Kermit the Frog / Mean Floyd / Rat (voice))
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
(Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Swedish Chef / Link Hogthrob (voice))
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
(Kermit / Garth / King Rupert (voice))
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
(Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Waldorf / Zeke (voice))
Free to Be... a Family
(Kermit the Frog (voice))
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
(Kermit The Frog (voice))
The Muppets Go Hollywood
(Various Muppets)
The Wizard of Id
(The Wizard / The Spook (voice))
The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
(Self)
The Muppets on Puppets
(Self / Rowlf the Dog)
The Great Santa Claus Switch
(Fred / Lothar (voice))
Inside the Labyrinth
(Self)
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
(Self)
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
(Kermit the Frog)
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
(Kermit the Frog (voice))
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
(Ernie / Harvey Monster (voice) (archive footage))
Sesame Street: Sing Along
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
(Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Grump / Conrad Love / The Spook)
Hip Hip Parade!
(Kermit the Frog)
Muppet Picker Upper
(Kermit the Frog / Leo (voice))
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
(Kermit the Frog / Waldorf / Rowlf / The Swedish Chef)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
(Kermit the Frog / Waldorf / Rowlf / The Swedish Chef)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
(Kermit the Frog / Waldorf / Rowlf / Link Hogthrob)
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
(Ernie (voice))
The Paperwork Explosion
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
(Self)
Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments
Muppet History 101
Muppet Music Moments
(Self)
Jim Henson: Behind the Seams
Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland
Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story
Jim Henson: In Performance
Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
(Muppet Performer)
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
(Self (archive footage))
Night of 100 Stars II
(Kermit the Frog)
The World of Jim Henson
(Self / Kermit the Frog / Rowlf (archive footage))
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
(Waldorf)
Down at Fraggle Rock
(Cantus the Minstrel / Convincing John / Self / Host)
Big Bird in China
(Ernie (voice))
Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along
(Rowlf the Dog (voice))
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear
(Kermit the Frog (voice))
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
(Kermit the Frog / Ernie (voice))
An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz
(Self)
Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
(Harvey Monster (voice))
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
(Kermit the Frog / Harrison Fox / Harvey / Snake (voice))
The Muppets Go to the Movies
(Kermit / Rowlf / Link Hogthrob / The Swedish Chef / Waldorf)
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
(Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Waldorf / Dr. Teeth / The Swedish Chef (voice))
The Orson Welles Show
(Self / Kermit the Frog (voice))
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
(Ernie)
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
(Kermit the Frog (voice))
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
(Cantus the Minstrel (voice))
Tales of the Tinkerdee
(Kermit the Frog / King Goshposh / Charlie the Ogre (voice))
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
(Self)
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
(Self / Kermit the Frog (voice))
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
(Kermit the Frog/Ernie (voice))
Muppet Side Splitter
(Leo (voice))
Mickey's 50
(Kermit the Frog (voice))
Pure Goldie
(Kermit the Frog (voice))
Muppets Most Wanted
(Kermit The Frog (archival recordings) (uncredited))
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
(Kermit the Frog / Ernie / Dr. Teeth / Rowlf / Link Hogthrob / The Newsman / The Swedish Chef / Waldorf / Mahna Mahna / Harry the Hipster / Self)
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
(Dog (voice))
Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director
(Kermit the Frog / Swedish Chef / Rowlf the Dog / Link Hogthrob (voice))
Wow, You're A Cartoonist!
(Kermit The Frog)
The Best of Ernie and Bert
(Ernie)
The Muppet Show Pitch Reel
(Leo / Kermit the Frog (voice))
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
(Ernie)
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
(Kermit the Frog / Bip Bippadotta / Lavender Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage))
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
(Ernie ("Naptime") / Kermit the Frog (voice) (archive footage))
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
(Ernie / The King (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice))
Labyrinth
(Goblins (uncredited))
The Bob Hope All Star Christmas Comedy Special
(Kermit the Frog / Rowlf)
Out to Lunch
(Kermit / Ernie / Guy Smiley / Person with Cue Card (voice))
Limbo: The Organized Mind
(Limbo (voice))
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
(Self (archive footage))
The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
(Kermit the Frog (voice) (archive footage))
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
(Kermit the Frog / Ernie (archive footage))
The Dark Crystal
(Jen / High Priest, Ritual Master)
Muppet Breaker Upper
(Leo)
Muppet Gimme a Break
(Leo / Pasta in "Meal Break")
The Earth Day Special
(Kermit the Frog (voice))
Muppet Breakthrough
(Leo)
Just a Few Announcements
(Kermit the Frog)
The Muppet Introduction
(Kermit the Frog)
Rowlf the Salesman
(Rowlf the Dog)
Meal Break
(Leo / Spaghetti)
Grump Critic
(Leo)
Let's Have the Dam Break
(Leo)
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
(Ernie / Kermit the Frog (archive footage) (uncredited))
Joan Rivers at the BBC
(Self (archive footage))
Alexander the Grape
(Freddy the Fierce (voice))
The Idea Man
(Limbo)
This Way to Sesame Street
(Ernie/Kermit)
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
(Kermit The Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Dr. Teeth)
Sesame Street at Night?
(Guy Smiley / Ernie / Kermit the Frog (voice) (archive footage))
Visual Thinking
(Kermit / Harry the Hipster (voice))
The Reindeer
(Dasher / Prancer (voice))
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
(Kermit the Frog)
The Muppet Script
(Self (archive footage))
I'm Nobody
(Limbo (voice))
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
(Guy Smiley (voice, archive footage))
Kagayake! Gorō Mapetto Geba Geba 90-pun!
(Kermit the Frog)
The Vent Event
(Kermit the Frog)
A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show
(Kermit the Frog (voice))
Jim Henson Idea Man
(Self (archive footage))
Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party
(Ernie / Himself)
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
(Ernie / Kermit the Frog / Guy Smiley (archive footage) (voice))
Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers
(Ernie / Kermit the Frog / King of 8 (voice) (uncredited))
Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives?
(Self)
Keep U.S. Beautiful
(Muppets)
Getting Ready to Read
(Kermit / Ernie / Bip Bippadotta (voice))
Sesame Street
Fraggle Rock
(Gobo Fraggle, Convincing John, Cantus (voice))
Fraggle Rock
(Convincing John)
Fraggle Rock
(Cantus)
Sam and Friends
(Kermit the Frog)
The Muppet Show
(Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, Rowlf the Dog, Link Hogthrob, The Swedish Chef, Dr. Teeth, The Newsman (voice))
The Jim Henson Hour
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
Sesame Unpaved
Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten
(Self)
Reading Rainbow
(Kermit the Frog)
Einer wird gewinnen
(Self)
Wogan
(Self)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
The Wonderful World of Disney
(Self)
NBC Experiment in Television
(Gorilla (voice))
Wedden, dat..?
(Self)
Fraggle Rock
(Cantus the Minstrel, Convincing John, Additional Muppets (voice))
Fraggle Rock
(Convincing John (voice, uncredited))
Fraggle Rock
(Cantus the Minstrel (voice))
Fraggle Rock
(Convincing John (voice))
Great Performances
(Kermit the Frog (voice))
Dolly
(Kermit the Frog (voice))
In Their Own Words
(Self (archive footage))
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Saturday Night Live
(King Ploobis (voice))
The Oscars
(Self / Kermit The Frog / Waldorf)
The Witches
(Executive Producer)
The Muppet Movie
(Producer)
Fozzie's Bear-ly Funny Fridays
(Creator)
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
(Director)
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
(Director)
The Dark Crystal
(Director)
The Dark Crystal
(Producer)
The Muppets Take Manhattan
(Executive Producer)
Labyrinth
(Story)
Labyrinth
(Director)
The Great Muppet Caper
(Director)
The Cube
(Director)
The Wizard of Id
(Director)
Dog City: The Movie
(Director)
The Christmas Toy
(Producer)
Time Piece
(Director)
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
(Director)
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
(Director)
The Muppets Go to the Movies
(Producer)
The Muppets Go to the Movies
(Writer)
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
(Producer)
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
(Director)
Basil Hears a Noise
(In Memory Of)
Ripples
(Director)
Inside the Labyrinth
(Writer)
Wheels That Go
(Director)
Youth '68
(Producer)
Youth '68
(Writer)
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
(Writer)
Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
(Director)
Living with Dinosaurs
(Executive Producer)
Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff
(Writer)
Muppets Most Wanted
(Characters)
The Muppets
(Characters)
Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments
(Director)
Muppet History 101
(Director)
Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland
(Director)
Hey Cinderella!
(Director)
Limbo: The Organized Mind
(Animation Director)
Limbo: The Organized Mind
(Director)
Time Piece
(Producer)
Time Piece
(Writer)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
(In Memory Of)
The Paperwork Explosion
(Director)
The Paperwork Explosion
(Producer)
A Muppet Family Christmas
(Executive Producer)
Muppets Haunted Mansion
(Characters)
The Song of the Cloud Forest
(Director)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
(Producer)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
(Writer)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show
(Producer)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
(Writer)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2
(Creator)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
(Producer)
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
(Writer)
Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along
(Executive Producer)
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear
(Executive Producer)
The Dark Crystal
(Story)
Robot
(Director)
Time Piece
(Animation)
Run, Run
(Producer)
Run, Run
(Director of Photography)
Alexander the Grape
(Director)
Cat and Mouse
(Director)
Drums West
(Director)
Run, Run
(Director)
Shearing Animation
(Director)
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
(Story)
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
(Executive Producer)
The Idea Man
(Director)
The King of Eight
(Director)
The Queen of Six
(Director)
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
(Writer)
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
(Producer)
The Cube
(Writer)
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
(Creator)
Doll House
(Director)
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
(Producer)
Tales of the Tinkerdee
(Producer)
Tales of the Tinkerdee
(Writer)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
(Creator)
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
(Director)
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
(Producer)
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
(Producer)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
(In Memory Of)
The Best of Ernie and Bert
(Director)
Muppet Studios Presents: You're the Director
(Executive Producer)
Julie on Sesame Street
(Producer)
The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
(Director)
Number Twelve Rocks
(Director)
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
(Executive Producer)
Alexander the Grape
(Storyboard Artist)
Alexander the Grape
(Writer)
Alexander the Grape
(Animation)
Muppet Picker Upper
(Director)
Rowlf the Salesman
(Director)
Muppet Treasures
(Writer)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
(Characters)
Muppet Sing Alongs: Treasure Island
(Characters)
The Muppet Movie
(Characters)
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
(Characters)
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
(Characters)
The Muppets Take Manhattan
(Characters)
Muppets from Space
(Characters)
Muppet Treasure Island
(Characters)
A Muppet Family Christmas
(Characters)
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
(Characters)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
(Characters)
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
(Characters)
Follow That Bird
(Characters)
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
(Characters)
Kermit's Swamp Years
(Characters)
Hey Cinderella!
(Characters)
The Muppets on Puppets
(Characters)
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
(Characters)
The Great Santa Claus Switch
(Characters)
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
(Characters)
Visual Thinking
(Director)
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together
(Characters)
The Muppets Go to the Movies
(Characters)
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
(Characters)
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
(Characters)
The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years
(Characters)
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
(Characters)
The Christmas Toy
(Characters)
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Special
(Characters)
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
(Characters)
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
(Characters)
The Reindeer
(Director)
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
(Characters)
The Great Muppet Caper
(Characters)
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
(Producer)
The Muppet Script
(Original Concept)
I'm Nobody
(Director)
Visual Thinking
(Writer)
Visual Thinking
(Prop Designer)
Bufferin: Memories
(Director)
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly
(Writer)
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly
(Executive Producer)
The Great Santa Claus Switch
(Executive Producer)
The First Snow of Fraggle Rock
(Characters)
The Storyteller: Fearnot
(Executive Producer)
The Storyteller: Hans My Hedgehog
(Executive Producer)
The Storyteller: A Story Short
(Executive Producer)
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
(Executive Producer)
The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death
(Director)
The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death
(Executive Producer)
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
(Executive Producer)
The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant
(Director)
The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant
(Executive Producer)
The Storyteller: The True Bride
(Executive Producer)
The Storyteller
(Director)
The Storyteller
(Executive Producer)
Muppet Babies
(Director)
Muppet Babies
(Executive Producer)
The Jim Henson Hour
(Executive Producer)
The Muppet Show
(Writer)
The Muppet Show
(Producer)
Fraggle Rock
(Director)
Fraggle Rock
(Producer)
NBC Experiment in Television
(Director)
NBC Experiment in Television
(Writer)
Dinosaurs
(In Memory Of)
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
(Executive Producer)
CBS Summer Playhouse
(Executive Producer)
The Jim Henson Hour
(Director)
The Muppets
(Characters)
The Muppets Mayhem
(Characters)
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
(Characters)
Muppet Babies
(Characters)
Studio DC: Almost Live
(Characters)
Saturday Night Live
(Writer)
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
(Characters)
Muppets TV
(Characters)
Muppet Babies
(Creator)
5, Rue Sésame
(Creator)
Fraggle Rock
(Creator)
Takalani Sesame
(Creator)
Sam and Friends
(Creator)
The Muppet Show
(Creator)
The Storyteller
(Creator)
The Jim Henson Hour
(Creator)
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
(Creator)
1, rue Sésame
(Creator)
Kermit's Swamp Years
(Creator)
Little Mermaid's Island
(Creator)
Mother Goose Stories
(Creator)
Dog City
(Creator)
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
(Creator)
Sesame Street
(Creator)
Muppets Now
(Creator)