Jim Henson — Actor (16)
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Muppets Most Wanted (2014) [Movie] Douban IMDb WikiData
Muppets Most Wanted
director: James Bobin actor: Ricky Gervais / Ty Burrell …
other title: Muppets 2 - Ricercati / Marretas Procuram-se …
While on a grand world tour, The Muppets find themselves wrapped into an European jewel-heist caper headed by a Kermit the Frog look-alike and his dastardly sidekick.
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The Muppet Movie (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData
The Muppet Movie
director: James Frawley actor: Jim Henson / Frank Oz …
other title: Ecco il film dei Muppet / As Aventuras dos Marretas …
A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to leave the swamp to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there, he meets a bear, a pig, a whatever – his future muppet crew – while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!
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Rocky III (1982) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Rocky III
director: Sylvester Stallone actor: Sylvester Stallone / Talia Shire …
other title: Rocky III - Das Auge des Tigers / Rocky III : L'Œil du tigre …
After an intense fight with Clubber Lang and the death of his trainer Mickey, Rocky Balboa is left devastated. Former rival Apollo Creed steps in to help Balboa get back his fighting spirit.
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The Great Muppet Caper (1981) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
The Great Muppet Caper
director: Jim Henson actor: Jim Henson / Frank Oz …
other title: Giallo in casa Muppet / Os Marretas contra-atacam …
Kermit and Fozzie are newspaper reporters sent to London to interview Lady Holiday, a wealthy fashion designer whose priceless diamond necklace is stolen. Kermit meets and falls in love with her secretary, Miss Piggy. The jewel thieves strike again, and this time frame Miss Piggy. It's up to Kermit and Muppets to bring the real culprits to justice.
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The Muppets Take Manhattan (1984) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Muppets Take Manhattan
director: Frank Oz actor: Jim Henson / Frank Oz …
other title: I Muppet alla conquista di Broadway / Muppets indtager Manhattan …
When the Muppets graduate from Danhurst College, they take their song-filled senior revue to New York City, only to learn that it isn't easy to find a producer who's willing to back a show starring a frog and a pig. Of course, Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy won't take no for an answer, launching a search for someone to take them to Broadway.
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Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas (1977) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB TMDB
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
director: Jim Henson actor: Jerry Nelson / Frank Oz …
other title: Noël en musique / La banda de Emmet celebra la Navidad
A poor otter family risks everything for the chance to win the cash prize of a talent contest for Christmas.
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The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show (1982) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Fantastic Miss Piggy Show
director: Jim Henson actor: Frank Oz / Jim Henson …
Miss Piggy hosts her own variety show, with special guests John Ritter, George Hamilton and Tony Clifton (Andy Kaufman). Under the direction of Kermit the Frog, the Muppets work in the control room and, amidst chaos, manage to keep the show on the air. Throughout the show, a romantic triangle develops among Piggy, Ritter (who is smitten with the pig) and Hamilton (who is deeply uncomfortable with the star's romantic inclinations).
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Hey Cinderella! (1969) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Hey Cinderella!
director: Jim Henson actor: Belinda Montgomery / Robin Ward …
other title: Los Teleñecos: Hey Cinderella! / Hey, Cinderella! …
Hey Cinderella! is a one-hour Jim Henson special which tells a cracked version of the classic fairy tale. Cinderella lives with her wicked stepmother (as everyone who ever read the fairy tale knows), but what part of the story is never told is how Cinderella's fairy godmother had help from monsters, a prince pretending to be a gardener, and none other than Kermit the Frog.
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Time Piece (1965) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Time Piece
director: Jim Henson actor: Jim Henson / Enid Cafritz …
Dislocation in time, time signatures, time as a philosophical concept, and slavery to time are some of the themes touched upon in this 9-minute experimental film, which was written, directed, and produced by Jim Henson. Screened for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in May of 1965, "Time Piece" enjoyed an eighteen-month run at one Manhattan movie theater and was nominated for an Academy Award for Outstanding Short Subject.
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The Paperwork Explosion (1967) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
The Paperwork Explosion
director: Jim Henson actor: Jim Henson / Frank Oz
Mankind has devoted too much time, too much money and plenty of space on paperwork and more paperwork. In the 1960's, to remove all those obstacles and all that paper, and in order to make life easier, IBM has created a groundbreaking device - a machine that could improve office relations and operations. IBM, through Jim Henson's picture, presents the 'Magnetic Tape Selectric Typewriter', a machine that does the work while we do the thinking.
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Out to Lunch (1974) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Out to Lunch
director: Bill Davis actor: Luis Ávalos / Jim Boyd …
The Muppets of Sesame Street and the cast of The Electric Company take over the ABC Nightly News when the newsroom staff takes a lunch break.
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The Christmas Toy (1986) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Christmas Toy
director: Eric Till actor: Dave Goelz / Steve Whitmire …
other title: Die wundersame Geschichte vom Weihnachtsspielzeug / Los Teleñecos: El juguete de navidad
It's Christmas Eve and the playroom is alive with excitement for the new toys that will arrive the next day. Balthazar, the old and wise bear, explains to the other toys that they must welcome the newcomers even though each of them may be replaced as one of the children's new favorite toys.
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Follow That Bird (1985) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Follow That Bird
director: Ken Kwapis actor: Caroll Spinney / Jim Henson …
other title: Vila Sésamo Onde Está o Garibaldo / Sesamstrasse: Bibos abenteuerliche Flucht …
Big Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker, who thinks it would be better for him to live with other birds. Unhappy, Big Bird runs away from his foster home, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.
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The Great Santa Claus Switch (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The Great Santa Claus Switch
director: John Moffitt actor: Art Carney / Ed Sullivan …
Santa Claus and his elves are ready to deliver presents to children everywhere, but the evil wizard, Cosmo Scam, has hatched a plot to kidnap Santa and take his place! One by one, Cosmo abducts Santa’s elves and replaces them with his evil henchmen. Can Fred the Elf save Christmas before Cosmo burglarizes the world?