Caroll Spinney - Actor Profile

Caroll Spinney

20Movies
10.0 Best Rating

Biography

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Caroll Edwin Spinney, sometimes credited as Carroll Spinney or Ed Spinney (December 26, 1933 – December 8, 2019), was an American puppeteer most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the children's television show Sesame Street. Description above from the Wikipedia article Caroll Spinney, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Top Rated Movies

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Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse (2002) movie poster
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Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse — Elmo learns fire safety from Firefighter Bill. This all comes about because he was scared after being in a fire at Mr. H

Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse

2002•Family
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Sesame Street: Big Bird Sings! (2005) movie poster
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Sesame Street: Big Bird Sings! — Big Bird may not be able to fly, but he can sing. He joins Snuffy to spend some time looking through Bird's scrapbook an

Sesame Street: Big Bird Sings!

2005
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Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance (1997) movie poster
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Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance — Big Bird decides to hold a birthday party for Radar in the dance studio around the corner. More kids than Sesame Street

Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance

1997•Family
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Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies (1997) movie poster
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Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies — In a spoof of Siskel and Ebert's Sneak Previews, Telly and Oscar are seen in a movie theater, reviewing the silliest son

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies

1997•Family
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Jim Henson's Memorial Service (1990) movie poster
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Jim Henson's Memorial Service — Following Jim Henson's passing on May 16th 1990, two public memorial services were held. The first (featured here) was h

Jim Henson's Memorial Service

1990•Documentary

Complete Filmography & Verdicts

YearMovieCharacterRatingVerdict
2002 Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse Oscar The Grouch (voice) ★ 10.0 HIT
2005 Sesame Street: Big Bird Sings! Big Bird (voice) ★ 10.0 HIT
1997 Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance Big Bird / Oscar (voice) ★ 10.0 HIT
1997 Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies Oscar the Grouch (voice) ★ 10.0 HIT
1990 Jim Henson's Memorial Service - ★ 10.0 HIT
2019 Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration Self / Big Bird ★ 9.3 HIT
1988 Big Bird in Japan Big Bird (voice) ★ 9.1 HIT
N/A Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch ★ 9.0 HIT
2002 Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play Oscar the Grouch (voice) (archive footage) ★ 8.5 HIT
1985 Night of 100 Stars II Big Bird ★ 8.0 HIT
1996 Sesame Street: Elmocize Big Bird (voice) ★ 8.0 HIT
1973 Julie on Sesame Street - ★ 8.0 HIT
2018 Mister Rogers: It's You I Like Self ★ 7.9 HIT
2021 Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street Self ★ 7.5 HIT
2015 I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Self ★ 7.4 HIT
1978 Christmas Eve on Sesame Street Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) ★ 7.3 HIT
1993 Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! Big Bird and Oscar ★ 7.3 HIT
1994 The World of Jim Henson Self / Big Bird (archive footage) ★ 7.3 HIT
2011 Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey Self ★ 7.2 HIT
1979 The Muppet Movie Big Bird (voice) ★ 7.2 HIT