Jim Henson
Directing
Born September 24, 1936 in Greenville, Mississippi, USA
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.
Filmography
Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party
Ernie / Himself
Labyrinth 2
Takalani Sesame
The First Snow of Fraggle Rock
The Muppet Script
Self (archive footage)
Joan Rivers at the BBC
Self (archive footage)
Jim Henson Idea Man
Self (archive footage)
The Muppets Mayhem
Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock
Muppets Haunted Mansion
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Self (archive footage)
Muppets Now
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
Ernie
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Muppet Babies
Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow
The Muppets
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
Self (archive footage)
In Their Own Words
Self (archive footage)
Fozzie's Bear-ly Funny Fridays
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
Self
Muppets Most Wanted
Kermit The Frog (archival recordings) (uncredited)
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
The Muppets
Kermit the Frog (archive voice) (uncredited)
Epic Rap Battles of History
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Studio DC: Almost Live
Reflections of 'The Dark Crystal'
Self
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
Ernie (voice) (archive footage)
Muppets TV
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies
Kermit the Frog
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
Ernie / Kermit the Frog / Mah Na Mah Na / Fat Blue / The Baker / King of 8 (voice) (archive footage) (uncredited)
Sesame Street: Cookie Monster's Best Bites
Guy Smiley (voice, archive footage)
Muppets Magic from 'The Ed Sullivan Show!'
Muppet Performer
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Kermit's Swamp Years
Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play
Kermit the Frog / Bip Bippadotta / Lavender Anything Muppet in Fat Cat (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Play with Me Sesame
The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3
Kermit the Frog / Waldorf / Rowlf / Link Hogthrob
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
Muppets from Space
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
Sesame Unpaved
The Best of Kermit on Sesame Street
Kermit the Frog (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
Ernie / Harvey Monster (voice) (archive footage)
Sesame Street: Quiet Time
Ernie ("Naptime") / Kermit the Frog (voice) (archive footage)
Muppet Treasure Island
Muppet Sing Alongs: Treasure Island
Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet
Ernie (voice)
Sesame Street: Imagine That!
Ernie (voice) (archive footage)
Mr. Willowby's Christmas Tree
Orson Welles: The One-Man Band
The World of Jim Henson
Self / Kermit the Frog / Rowlf (archive footage)
Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!
Kermit the Frog / Ernie (archive footage)
Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration!
Ernie
Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration
Ernie / Kermit the Frog / Guy Smiley (archive footage) (voice)
The Muppet Christmas Carol
A Classic Christmas from The Ed Sullivan Show
Kermit the Frog (voice)
Dog City
Getting Ready to Read
Kermit / Ernie / Bip Bippadotta (voice)
Dinosaurs
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze
Little Mermaid's Island
Living with Dinosaurs
Basil Hears a Noise
The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson
Self / Various Muppets (archive footage)
Mother Goose Stories
Disneyland's 35th Anniversary Celebration
The Witches
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
Self / Kermit the Frog (voice)
The Muppets at Walt Disney World
Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Swedish Chef / Link Hogthrob (voice)
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly!
Ernie / Singer / Kermit the Frog (archive footage) (segment "One Banana") (voice)
The Earth Day Special
Kermit the Frog (voice)
Sesame Street: Monster Hits!
Harvey Monster (voice)
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
Kermit the Frog
The Song of the Cloud Forest
An Evening with Jim Henson and Frank Oz
Self
Miss Piggy's Hollywood
Waldorf
Dog City
Self / Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Bugsy Them (voice)
The Jim Henson Hour
Self / Various
Free to Be... a Family
Kermit the Frog (voice)
Wow, You're A Cartoonist!
Kermit The Frog
Sesame Street: Put Down the Duckie
Kermit the Frog/Ernie (voice)
The Best of Ernie and Bert
Ernie
The Storyteller: The True Bride
The Storyteller: The Heartless Giant
The Storyteller: Sapsorrow
The Storyteller: Hans My Hedgehog
The Storyteller: A Story Short
Jim Henson: Sing-Along, Dance-Along, Do-Along
Rowlf the Dog (voice)
Hey, You're as Funny as Fozzie Bear
Kermit the Frog (voice)
The Storyteller: The Luck Child
The Storyteller: Fearnot
The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death
The Storyteller
A Muppet Family Christmas
Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Dr. Teeth / Swedish Chef / Waldorf / Ernie / Self
Dolly
Kermit the Frog (voice)
Fraggle Rock: The Animated Series
Down at Fraggle Rock
Cantus the Minstrel / Convincing John / Self / Host
CBS Summer Playhouse
Sesame Street: Sing Along
Inside the Labyrinth
Self
The Christmas Toy
Kermit the Frog (voice)
Labyrinth
Goblins (uncredited)
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
Ernie/Kermit the Frog/King Peter the Persnickety (voice)
The Tale of the Bunny Picnic
Dog (voice)
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
Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories
Ernie / The King (Bedtime Stories & Songs) (voice)
Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers
Ernie / Kermit the Frog / King of 8 (voice) (uncredited)
Jim Henson's Little Muppet Monsters
Follow That Bird
Kermit the Frog / Ernie (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)
Muppet Video: The Kermit and Piggy Story
Kermit the Frog (voice)
Fraggle Rock: Scared Silly
Night of 100 Stars II
Kermit the Frog
Into the Night
Man on Phone
Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets
Kermit the Frog (voice)
The Bells of Fraggle Rock
Cantus the Minstrel (voice)
Muppet Babies
The Muppets Take Manhattan
Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Swedish Chef / Ernie / Granny / Horse & Carriage Rider / Link Hogthrob / The Newsman (voice)
Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets
Jim Henson (self)
Classic Creatures: Return of the Jedi
Self
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Ernie (voice)
Reading Rainbow
Kermit the Frog
Big Bird in China
Ernie (voice)
Rocky Mountain Holiday with John Denver and the Muppets
Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Waldorf / Zeke (voice)
Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock
Fraggle Rock
Gobo Fraggle, Convincing John, Cantus (voice)
The World of 'The Dark Crystal'
Self
The Dark Crystal
Jen / High Priest, Ritual Master
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
Kermit The Frog (voice)
Wogan
Self
I Love Liberty
Kermit the Frog (voice)
Of Muppets & Men
Self
Muppet Side Splitter
Leo (voice)
The Great Muppet Caper
Kermit the Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Swedish Chef / The Muppet Newsman / Zeke / Man in Dubonnet Club
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 Muppet Movie
Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Waldorf / Doc Hopper's Men / Link Hogthrob / Swedish Chef (voice)
The Muppets Go Hollywood
Various Muppets
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Ernie / Kermit the Frog (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Orson Welles Show
Self / Kermit the Frog (voice)
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
Kermit the Frog / Ernie (voice)
Hip Hip Parade!
Kermit the Frog
Mickey's 50
Kermit the Frog (voice)
1, rue Sésame
Julie Andrews: One Step Into Spring
Kermit The Frog / Rowlf the Dog / Dr. Teeth
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
Kermit the Frog / Harrison Fox / Harvey / Snake (voice)
The Royal Variety Performance 1977
The Muppet Show
Kermit the Frog, Waldorf, Rowlf the Dog, Link Hogthrob, The Swedish Chef, Dr. Teeth, The Newsman (voice)
Sesame Street- Do you know where Ernie lives?
Self
Saturday Night Live
King Ploobis (voice)
Julie: My Favourite Things
Kermit the Frog/Dr. Teeth
Muppet Picker Upper
Kermit the Frog / Leo (voice)
The Muppet Introduction
Kermit the Frog
Out to Lunch
Kermit / Ernie / Guy Smiley / Person with Cue Card (voice)
Julie on Sesame Street
Ernie/ Kermit the Frog (voice)
The Muppet Musicians of Bremen
Kermit the Frog / Mean Floyd / Rat (voice)
The King of Eight
The King of Eight
Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince
Kermit / Garth / King Rupert (voice)
The Queen of Six
Pure Goldie
Kermit the Frog (voice)
Number Twelve Rocks
Great Performances
Kermit the Frog (voice)
The Great Santa Claus Switch
Fred / Lothar (voice)
Doll House
The Muppets on Puppets
Self / Rowlf the Dog
Sesame Street
This Way to Sesame Street
Ernie/Kermit
Sam the Snake
Sam the Snake
Sesame Street Pitch Reel
Kermit the Frog / Rowlf / Grump / Conrad Love / The Spook
Hey Cinderella!
Kermit The Frog / King Goshposh / Rufus (voice)
The Cube
Gorilla (voice)
The Wizard of Id
The Wizard / The Spook (voice)
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
Wheels That Go
The Paperwork Explosion
Ripples
NBC Experiment in Television
Gorilla (voice)
Bufferin: Memories
Limbo: The Organized Mind
Limbo (voice)
The Idea Man
Limbo
I'm Nobody
Limbo (voice)
Rowlf the Salesman
Rowlf the Dog
The Reindeer
Dasher / Prancer (voice)
Alexander the Grape
Freddy the Fierce (voice)
Run, Run
Time Piece
Man
Robot
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self (archive footage)
Tales of the Tinkerdee
Kermit the Frog / King Goshposh / Charlie the Ogre (voice)
Shearing Animation
Drums West
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
Visual Thinking
Kermit / Harry the Hipster (voice)
Cat and Mouse
Sam and Friends
Kermit the Frog
The Wonderful World of Disney
Self
The Oscars
Self / Kermit The Frog / Waldorf
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade