About
Caroll Spinney
Overview
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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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Known for
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| 2024 | Jim Henson Idea Man | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2022 | Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic | Actor | Big Bird (voice) / Oscar the Grouch (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2021 | Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration | Actor | Self / Big Bird | 59 Average |
| 2019 | Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting | Actor | Big Bird | N/A N/A |
| 2018 | Mister Rogers: It's You I Like | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2016 | Once Upon a Sesame Street Christmas | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2015 | In Their Own Words: Jim Henson | Actor | Self - Muppet Performer | 59 Average |
| 2015 | I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Self | 60 Fair |
| 2012 | Sesame Street: Elmo's Magic Numbers | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2011 | Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey | Actor | Self | 61 Fair |
| 2010 | Sesame Street: Elmo's World: All about Faces | Actor | Oscar The Grouch (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story | Actor | 58 Average |
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| 2009 | Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo | Actor | Oscar the Grouch (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2009 | Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian | Actor | Oscar the Grouch (voice) | 61 Fair |
| 2009 | Sesame Street: Being Green | Actor | Oscar the Grouch (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 1 (1969-1974) | Actor | Big Bird | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 3 (1979-1984) | Actor | Big Bird | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | Sesame Street: Old School Vol. 2 (1974-1979) | Actor | Big Bird | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | Sesame Street: Abby in Wonderland | Actor | Oscar the Grouch as the Grouch of Hearts (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2008 | One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure | Actor | Big Bird | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Sesame Street: Elmo's Christmas Countdown | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2007 | Sesame Street: Elmo's World: What Makes You Happy? | Actor | Big Bird | N/A N/A |
| 2006 | A Sesame Street Christmas Carol | Actor | Oscar the Grouch / Big Bird (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2005 | Sesame Street: Big Bird Sings! | Actor | Big Bird (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Sesame Street: A Celebration of Me, Grover | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2003 | Sesame Street: Sesame Sings Karaoke | Actor | Big Bird, Oscar the Grouch | 58 Average |
| 2003 | Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Big Bird Gets Lost | Actor | Big Bird | 59 Average |
| 2003 | Sesame Street 4-D Movie Magic | Actor | Big Bird (voice) / Oscar the Grouch (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Sesame Street: Elmo Visits the Firehouse | Actor | Oscar The Grouch (voice) | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Sesame Street: Bert & Ernie's Word Play | Actor | Oscar the Grouch (voice) (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 2001 | Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs 2 | Actor | Big Bird (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1999 | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1999 | Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs | Actor | Big Bird (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1999 | CinderElmo | Actor | Big Bird (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1998 | Sesame Street: Elmopalooza! | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Sesame Street: Fiesta! | Actor | Oscar the Grouch (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies | Actor | Oscar the Grouch (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Sesame Street: Quiet Time | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Sesame Street: Get Up and Dance | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas | Actor | Big Bird (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Sesame Street: Do the Alphabet | Actor | Big Bird (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Sesame Street: Elmocize | Actor | Big Bird (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Sesame Street: Imagine That! | Actor | Oscar the Grouch (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1996 | Sesame Street: Kid's Guide to Life: Learning to Share | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch | N/A N/A |
| 1994 | The World of Jim Henson | Actor | Self / Big Bird (archive footage) | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Sesame Street | All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever! | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Sesame Street Stays Up Late! | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1993 | Sesame Street: 25 Wonderful Years: A Musical Celebration! | Actor | Big Bird and Oscar | 59 Average |
| 1993 | Sesame Street Jam: A Musical Celebration | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Actor | Dog in Pound (uncredited) | 66 Fair |
| 1991 | Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals | Actor | Big Bird (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | Jim Henson's Memorial Service | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Silly! | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch | 58 Average |
| 1990 | Sesame Street: Monster Hits! | Actor | Oscar the Grouch (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Wow, You're A Cartoonist! | Actor | Picklepuss / Pop | N/A N/A |
| 1988 | Sesame Street | Put Down the Duckie: An All-Star Musical Special | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Big Bird in Japan | Actor | Big Bird (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1988 | Sesame Street, Special | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1987 | A Muppet Family Christmas | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 1987 | Sesame Street: Sing Along | Actor | Big Bird and Oscar | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | Sesame Street: Learning About Letters | Actor | Big Bird/Oscar the Grouch (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1986 | The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch | 59 Average |
| 1986 | Sesame Street: Sleepytime Songs & Stories | Actor | Big Bird (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1985 | Follow That Bird | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch / Bruno the Trashman (voice) | 59 Average |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Actor | Big Bird | 59 Average |
| 1984 | Henson's Place: The Man Behind the Muppets | Actor | Caroll Spinney (self) | 59 Average |
| 1983 | Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1983 | Big Bird in China | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1981 | The Great Muppet Caper | Actor | Oscar the Grouch (voice) | 62 Fair |
| 1979 | Bob Hope on the Road to China | Actor | Self - as Big Bird (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1979 | The Muppet Movie | Actor | Big Bird (voice) | 66 Fair |
| 1979 | A Walking Tour of Sesame Street | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) | N/A N/A |
| 1978 | A Special Sesame Street Christmas | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch | 59 Average |
| 1978 | Christmas Eve on Sesame Street | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) (as Carroll Spinney) | 59 Average |
| 1978 | NBC Salutes the 25th Anniversary of the Wonderful World of Disney | Actor | Big Bird | N/A N/A |
| 1974 | Out to Lunch | Actor | Big Bird / Oscar the Grouch (voice) | 58 Average |
| 1973 | Julie on Sesame Street | Actor | 59 Average |
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| 1969 | Sesame Unpaved | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 1969 | Sesame Street | Actor | Big Bird | 70 Good |
| Sesame Street: Ernie's Little Lie | Actor | Big Bird | N/A N/A |
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Writing |
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| 1983 | Big Bird in China | Writing | Story | 58 Average |