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- Jerry Nelson (July 10, 1934 – August 23, 2012) was an American puppeteer, best known for his work with The Muppets. Known for his wide range of characters and singing abilities, he performed Muppet characters on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and various Muppet movies and specials.
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Jerry Nelson (July 10, 1934 – August 23, 2012) was an American puppeteer, best known for his work with The Muppets. Known for his wide range of characters and singing abilities, he performed Muppet characters on Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, and various Muppet movies and specials.
- Early Works with Henson
- Sesame Street
- The Muppet Show
- 1980s
- 1990s
- 2000s
- 2010s
- Audio Credits
- Notes
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Jerry Nelson first worked with Jim Henson in 1965 when Frank Oz got drafted and Henson needed somebody to perform the right hand of Rowlf on The Jimmy Dean Show. However, Frank Oz failed his draft physical, but since Nelson had just gotten his job, Oz chose to take some time off from performing and thereby allow Nelson to stay on with the Muppets. ...
Jerry Nelson became part of Sesame Street as it began its second season. In this season alone, he was given a variety of new characters, including Herbert Birdsfoot, Sherlock Hemlock, Herry Monster, Little Jerry, Simon Soundman, and Farley. In 1972, he originated the role of Count von Count, who is perhaps his best-known character. Other notable ch...
Jerry Nelson performed in both of the Muppet Show pilots. In The Muppets Valentine Show, he reprised Thog and also performed Droop and Miss Mousey. In The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence, he performed Electric Mayhem bass player Floyd Pepper for the first time, Statler, and several other roles (including Dr. Nauga and two of the Seven Deadly Sins). W...
On Fraggle Rock, Jerry Nelson performed the show's lead character, Gobo Fraggle. He also played Marjory the Trash Heap and Pa Gorg. Nelson was one of the few Muppet performers to record voices in The Dark Crystal, as the Dying Skeskis Emperor and the Skeksis High Priest (puppeteered by others). In The Christmas Toy, he performed Balthazar, who he w...
Following Richard Hunt's death in 1992, Nelson took over the role of Statler, which he had originated in The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence. He also performed The Ghost of Christmas Present in The Muppet Christmas Carol, as well as Mad Monty and Blind Pew in Muppet Treasure Island. He performed many minor characters on Muppets Tonight, as well as on...
In the early 2000s, Jerry Nelson began to phase out performing his primary Muppet Show family characters. Many of his characters drifted to silent background roles and several were recast; Statler was assumed by Steve Whitmire starting with 2002's "Keep Fishin'" music video, Floyd Pepper was briefly recast to John Kennedy, and Nelson's half of the ...
Although he was uncredited, Nelson reprised his role as announcer during The Muppet Telethon in 2011's The Muppets. Audio clips of his original introductions to Veterinarian's Hospital and Pigs in Space are also heard in the film, when Kermit first walks into The Muppet Theatre. In 2012, Nelson participated in Frank Oz's documentary Muppet Guys Tal...
Sesame Street: Number Guy; solo/lead vocal performances on the songs Turkey in the Straw, Moonshine, Don't Waste Water, Lucky Thirteen, I'm the Big One Now, In My Book, Get Out and Stay Out; remake...Muppets Inside CD-ROM: The Newsman, Statler, Lew Zealand, Floyd Pepper(archive footage)His daughter Christine, who was dying of cystic fibrosis, made a cameo appearance with him in The Great Muppet Caper.Nelson also wrote songs for Muppet productions: "Don't Throw It on the Ground" (lyrics) for Sesame Street, various songs (lyrics, music, or both) for The Secret Life of Toys, and "Where You At?" fo...- 16 min
Jerry Nelson. Actor: The Muppet Show. Puppeteer, actor, musician, and master of voices, Jerry Nelson originally joined Henson & Company as a temporary replacement for Frank Oz, who had been drafted into the armed services in the 60's.
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Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson, and The Muppets in The Great Muppet Caper (1981)- Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, and Jerry Nelson in The Muppet Movie (1979)
- Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson, Rowlf, The Great Gonzo, The Electric Mayhem, Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, The Muppets, and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Movie (1979)
- Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, David Rudman, and Steve Whitmire in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
- Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, Michael Kilgarriff, and Jerry Nelson in The Dark Crystal (1982)
- Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, Kathryn Mullen, Jerry Nelson, The Great Gonzo, Kermit the Frog, and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Movie (1979)
- Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, The Great Gonzo, The Muppets, and Fozzie Bear in The Muppet Movie (1979)
- Frank Oz, John Baddeley, David Buck, Charles Collingwood, Barry Dennen, Louise Gold, Miki Iveria, Patrick Monckton, Brian Meehl, Jerry Nelson, Bob Payne, Mike Quinn, Tim Rose, Susan Westerby, Steve Whitmire, and Thick Wilson in The Dark Crystal (1982)
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- Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Dave Goelz, Louise Gold, Richard Hunt, Jerry Nelson, and The Muppets in The Muppet Show (1976)
Jerry Nelson. Actor: The Muppet Show. Puppeteer, actor, musician, and master of voices, Jerry Nelson originally joined Henson & Company as a temporary replacement for Frank Oz, who had been drafted into the armed services in the 60's.
- July 10, 1934
- August 23, 2012
Aug 24, 2012 · Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer best known for playing Count von Count on Sesame Street and Gobo Fraggle on Fraggle Rock, died Thursday, the Jim Henson Company confirmed. He was 78.
- Kate Stanhope
Jerry Nelson, the puppeteer behind Count Von Count on Sesame Street, as well as dozens of other characters, has died at the age of 78.
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Jerome Lawrence "Jerry" Nelson was an American puppeteer, singer, and musician, who started his career working for Bill Baird. Throughout the 1960s, he worked on-and-off with Jim Henson before officially joining Henson's company full-time in 1970, becoming one of the principal Muppet performers...
