Caroll Spinney
An image from A Muppet Family Christmas, one of the productions that also features Caroll Spinney.
Caroll Spinney

Caroll Spinney

December 26, 1933 — Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S.

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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.

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Sesame Street

Sesame Street

1969

A Muppet Family Christmas

A Muppet Family Christmas

1987

Follow That Bird

Follow That Bird

1985

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story

2015

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

2021

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

1978

Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets

Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets

1984

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

1996