ActingBorn: 1933-12-26 in Waltham, Massachusetts, USA

Caroll Spinney

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.

Caroll Spinney

Featured Movies (99)

Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse

Sesame Street: Big Bird Sings!

Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance

Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies

Wow, You're A Cartoonist!

Jim Henson's Memorial Service

Sesame Street: Learning About Numbers

Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration

Big Bird in Japan

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play

Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party

Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play

Sesame Street: Elmocize

Out to Lunch

Sesame Street: Elmo's World

Mister Rogers: It's You I Like

Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!

Christmas Eve on Sesame Street

Television & Series (15)

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The West Wing

Scrubs

The Muppet Show

Sesame Street

Sesame Street

Sesame Street

Sesame Street

Sesame Street

The Colbert Report

Portlandia

Saturday Night Live

The Dick Cavett Show

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