Caroll Spinney
Sign in to saveAmerican puppeteer (1933–2019)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1933-12-26
- Died
- 2019-12-08
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Scram! Don't Bother Me!
- I'm Ready to Read Sesame Street Big Bird
- How to Be a Grouch
- The wisdom of Big Bird (and the dark genius of Oscar the Grouch)
- How to be a grouch, by Oscar the Grouch
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Film & TV
Acting · Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Caroll Edwin Spinney (sometimes credited as Carroll Spinney or Ed Spinney; December 26, 1933 – December 9, 2019) was an American puppeteer most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the children's television show Sesame Street.
Known for
- Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic — Big Bird (voice) / Oscar the Grouch (voice)2022
- Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street — Self2021
- Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration — Self / Big Bird2019
- Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting — Big Bird2019
- Mister Rogers: It's You I Like — Self2018
- Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice)2016
- I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story — Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Self2015
- In Their Own Words: Jim Henson — Self - Muppet Performer2015
- Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! — Big Bird/Oscar2015
- Drew: The Man Behind the Poster — Self2013
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 16
- Total plays
- 350
Caroll Edwin Spinney, sometimes credited as Carroll Spinney or Ed Spinney (born December 26, 1933) is a puppeteer most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the children's television show Sesame Street. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Caroll+Spinney">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Merits and Limitations of Radical vs. Nonradical Pathways in Persulfate-Based Advanced Oxidation Processes
· 2023 · cited 595x
- Complement C5a receptors and neutrophils mediate fetal injury in the antiphospholipid syndrome
· 2003 · cited 571x
- Hallux Valgus: Demographics, Etiology, and Radiographic Assessment
· 2007 · cited 468x
- Activation of peroxymonosulfate/persulfate by nanomaterials for sulfate radical-based advanced oxidation technologies
· 2018 · cited 464x
- Mechanistic insight into reactivity of sulfate radical with aromatic contaminants through single-electron transfer pathway
· 2017 · cited 403x
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Key dates
- Born
- 26 December 1933
- Died
- 8 December 2019
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Waltham
- Place of death
- Woodstock
- Occupation
- voice actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Daytime Emmy Award
- Notable work
- Sesame Street
Gallery (2)
Connections
Categories
1933 births2019 deathsAmerican comic strip cartoonistsAmerican illustratorsAmerican male comediansAmerican male writersAmerican puppeteersAnimators from MassachusettsArtists from MassachusettsComedians from Middlesex County, MassachusettsMilitary personnel from MassachusettsPeople from Acton, Massachusetts