Caroll Spinney

Age: 85 | From: Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.

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Birthday: 1933-12-26 15:15:36

Death: 2019-12-08 15:15:36

Aliases: Caroll Edwin Spinney , Carroll Spinney , Ed Spinney , Carroll Edwin Spinney , Carrol Spinney , Carrol Edwin Spinney , Carol Spinney , Carol Edwin Spinney , Carol E. Spinney , Carrol E. Spinney , Caroll E. Spinney , Carroll E. Spinney , C. Ed Spinney , C. E. Spinney , Edwin Spinney , Carol Ed Spinney , Carroll Ed Spinney , Carrol Ed Spinney , C. Edwin Spinney

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.

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Movie Involvements: 54

TV Involvements: 3

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Caroll Edwin Spinney, sometimes credited as Carroll Spinney or Ed Spinney (born December 26, 1933), 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.

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Year	Character	Movie/Tv
2024	Self (archive footage)	Jim Henson Idea Man 2024-05-18 Movie
2022	Big Bird (voice) / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic 2022-07-10 Movie
2021	Self	Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street 2021-04-23 Movie
2019	Self / Big Bird	Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration 2019-11-09 Movie
	Big Bird	Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting 2019-10-01 Movie
2018	Self	Mister Rogers: It's You I Like 2018-03-06 Movie
2016	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas 2016-11-25 Movie
2015	Self - Muppet Performer	In Their Own Words: Jim Henson 2015-09-15 Movie
	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Self	I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story 2015-05-06 Movie
2012	N/A	Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers 2012-07-12 Movie
2011	Self	Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey 2011-10-21 Movie
	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Portlandia 2011-01-21 TV Show
2010	Oscar The Grouch (voice)	Sesame Street: Elmo's World: All about Faces 2010-06-01 Movie
2009	N/A	Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story 2009-12-12 Movie
	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo 2009-06-01 Movie
	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian 2009-05-20 Movie
	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Sesame Street: Being Green 2009-04-07 Movie
2008	Big Bird	Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 1 (1969-1974) 2008-10-27 Movie
	Big Bird	Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 2 (1974-1979) 2008-10-08 Movie
	Big Bird	Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 3 (1979-1984) 2008-10-08 Movie
	Oscar the Grouch as the Grouch of Hearts (voice)	Sesame Street: Abby in Wonderland 2008-01-01 Movie
	Big Bird	One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure 2008-01-01 Movie
2007	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown 2007-12-23 Movie
	Big Bird	Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? 2007-02-01 Movie
2006	Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird (voice)	A Sesame Street Christmas Carol 2006-12-01 Movie
	Oscar the Grouch	1 vs. 100 2006-10-13 TV Show
2005	Big Bird (voice)	Sesame Street: Big Bird Sings! 2005-02-01 Movie
2004	Big Bird / Oscar (voice)	Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover 2004-08-31 Movie
2003	Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch	Sesame Street: Sesame Sings Karaoke 2003-08-05 Movie
	Big Bird	Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Big Bird Gets Lost 2003-06-03 Movie
	Big Bird (voice) / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic 2003-04-26 Movie
2002	Oscar The Grouch (voice)	Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse 2002-09-03 Movie
	Oscar the Grouch (voice) (archive footage)	Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play 2002-05-31 Movie
2001	Big Bird (voice)	Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs 2 2001-10-09 Movie
	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Scrubs 2001-10-02 TV Show
1999	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland 1999-10-01 Movie
	Big Bird	The West Wing 1999-09-22 TV Show
	Big Bird (voice)	Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs 1999-03-09 Movie
	Big Bird (voice)	CinderElmo 1999-01-01 Movie
1998	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! 1998-02-20 Movie
1997	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Sesame Street: Fiesta! 1997-12-01 Movie
	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Sesame Street: Quiet Time 1997-04-01 Movie
	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies 1997-04-01 Movie
	Big Bird / Oscar (voice)	Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance 1997-01-28 Movie
1996	Big Bird (voice)	Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas 1996-12-24 Movie
	Big Bird (voice)	Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet 1996-02-06 Movie
	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Sesame Street: Imagine That! 1996-01-01 Movie
	Big Bird (voice)	Sesame Street: Elmocize 1996-01-01 Movie
	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch	Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share 1996-01-01 Movie
1994	Self / Big Bird (archive footage)	The World of Jim Henson 1994-11-23 Movie
	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch	Sesame Street \| All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! 1994-05-18 Movie
1993	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Sesame Street Stays Up Late! 1993-12-29 Movie
	Big Bird and Oscar	Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! 1993-10-29 Movie
	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration 1993-10-29 Movie
	Dog in Pound (uncredited)	Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey 1993-02-03 Movie
1991	Big Bird (voice)	Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals 1991-01-01 Movie
1990	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch	Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! 1990-04-30 Movie
	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Sesame Street: Monster Hits! 1990-01-01 Movie
1988	Picklepuss / Pop	Wow, You're A Cartoonist! 1988-10-12 Movie
	Big Bird / Oscar	Sesame Street \| Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special 1988-10-05 Movie
	Big Bird (voice)	Big Bird in Japan 1988-10-01 Movie
1987	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	A Muppet Family Christmas 1987-12-16 Movie
	Big Bird and Oscar	Sesame Street: Sing Along 1987-01-01 Movie
	Big Bird	Sesame Street: Big Bird's Story Time 1987-01-01 Movie
1986	Big Bird/Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Sesame Street: Learning About Letters 1986-05-12 Movie
	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch	The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years 1986-01-21 Movie
	Big Bird (voice)	Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories 1986-01-01 Movie
1985	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice)	Follow That Bird 1985-08-02 Movie
	Big Bird	Night of 100 Stars II 1985-03-10 Movie
1984	Caroll Spinney (self)	Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets 1984-01-01 Movie
1983	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1983-11-16 Movie
	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Big Bird in China 1983-05-29 Movie
1981	Oscar the Grouch (voice)	The Great Muppet Caper 1981-06-26 Movie
1979	Self - as Big Bird (voice)	Bob Hope on the Road to China 1979-09-16 Movie
	Big Bird (voice)	The Muppet Movie 1979-06-22 Movie
	N/A	Presenting Susan Anton 1979-04-26 TV Show
	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	A Walking Tour of Sesame Street 1979-03-01 Movie
1978	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch	A Special Sesame Street Christmas 1978-12-08 Movie
	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) (as Carroll Spinney)	Christmas Eve on Sesame Street 1978-12-03 Movie
	Big Bird	NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney 1978-09-13 Movie
1976	Big Bird	The Muppet Show 1976-09-05 TV Show
1975	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	Saturday Night Live 1975-10-11 TV Show
1974	Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)	Out to Lunch 1974-12-10 Movie
1973	N/A	Julie on Sesame Street 1973-11-23 Movie
1969	Big Bird	Sesame Street 1969-11-10 TV Show
	Oscar the Grouch	Sesame Street 1969-11-10 TV Show
	Sam the Robot	Sesame Street 1969-11-10 TV Show
	Bennett Snerf	Sesame Street 1969-11-10 TV Show
	Cookie Monster	Sesame Street 1969-11-10 TV Show
	N/A	Sesame Unpaved 1969-11-10 TV Show
	Self	Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten 1969-03-09 TV Show
1968	Self - Guest	The Dick Cavett Show 1968-06-06 TV Show
	Big Bird	Sesame Street: Ernie's Little Lie Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv