Jim Henson cameos

Featured roles

Time Pieceas the Man

The World of Puppetryhost

The Jim Henson Hourhost

Cameos in Henson/Muppet productions

Tales of the TinkerdeeCharlie the Ogre

Wilson's Meats Meeting Film #2Himself/man in commercial
(with Jerry Nelson)

Rowlf-Intypewriter pianist

Rowlf-Intypewriter organist

Rowlf-InFelbertson

Rowlf-In"Rotate and Tilt" dancer

Song of ThreeJuggler

Flapsole SneakersMan toasting with Vitajuice

Out to Lunchnetwork employee

Herb Alpert and the TJBAudience Member
1974 TV Special

The Muppets Go HollywoodHimself

The Great Muppet CaperDubonnet Club patron
(with Amy Van Gilder)

I'm Gonna Always Love YouMan in frog slippers

A Celebration of 30 YearsHimself

A Muppet Family ChristmasHimself

Neat Stuff To Know & To DoHimself/man in the park

Pictured appearances

Meeting Film "Sell Sell Sell!"Part of family photo

Muppet Babies
"This Little Piggy Went to Hollywood"Photo on TV

Sesame Street Episode 4192Face on poster

The MuppetsJim Henson pole banner

The MuppetsJim Henson and Kermit photo on the wall.

The Muppets Gold SpotJim Henson pole banner

A Little Screen Test on the Way to the Read-ThroughAn image of Jim from Time Piece hangs in a cubicle.

Caricatured appearances

Jim

The Sesame Street StorybookHenson and Oz are pictured in the upstairs windows of 123 Sesame Street in the frontispiece.

The Muppets comic stripSeptember 26, 1982

You Are the Star of a Muppet Adventurebarge captain

The Muppet Show on TourHenson's face was incorporated into the design of Kermit's sweater.

Sesame Street MagazineJoe Mathieu drew Henson's likeness on the face of a park statue for a neighborhood scene.

The Sesame Street 1, 2, 3 StorybookHenson and Frank Oz are pictured in the audience of the circus.

Busy CityHenson appears with Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, and Frank Oz on the set of Sesame Street.

"The Mild Bunch" comic, from Jim Henson's Muppets Annual 1980Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, and Dave Goelz escape from jail.

Sesame Street Magazine (NHK) cover (December 1995)Jim Henson as Santa Claus, pulling a bag full of Sesame Street characters. Artwork was a fan commission.

Muppet Snow White #4Jim puppet caricature in the podium on the David Petersen cover.

The Musical Monsters of Turkey HollowHenson appears as part of the townsfolk and later as a puppeteer at the book's end.

My Muppets ShowFeatures Jim puppet caricature.

"I Don't Want to Live on the Moon" 2019 lyric videoHenson appears briefly in the rocket command center.

The Muppet Christmas Carol: The Illustrated Holiday ClassicHenson and Frank Oz are seen as attendees to the Fozziwig Christmas party.

Muppet Babies
"Win a Twin" and "Friend-a-versary"Caricatured crowd member.

Jim Henson Muppet for Puppets for Puppetry and retirement party honoring Caroll Spinney

Jim Henson puppet for Jim Henson's Inspired Silliness

References

Indirect references specifically to Jim Henson (birthday, place of birth, etc).

Muppet*Vision 3DThe ID # on the cast member badge bears Henson's birth date, 09/24/36

Kermit's Swamp YearsWilson's license plate is JMH-924 — James Maury Henson, Sept 24

The MuppetsThe Muppet Theatre's curtain rail system references Henson's birthday

Muppets Haunted MansionThe house number in the address of the mansion is Henson's birthday

Potential cameos

Professor Jim in early tests of the "Numerosity" films.

Henson dressed for the part of carriage driver in The Muppets Take Manhattan

• In his earliest pitch for The Muppet Show in the summer of 1969, in lieu of a celebrity guest for the first episode (initially proposing Danny Kaye), Henson considered hosting the show himself, "in a low-key, unperformer way a la Ernie Kovacs."

• Henson filmed scenes for the Sesame Street "Numerosity" film series with himself as the recurring professor figure. Ultimately, a different actor was chosen.

• An onscreen cameo by Henson was taped for The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence, where Jim introduces Nigel before they segue into the first conference room scene. The cameo was cut for time before the special went to air.

• An early screenplay draft for The Great Muppet Caper called for Henson to play the man the main trio meet when they land in Great Britain.

• Henson filmed a cameo as the Central Park carriage driver in The Muppets Take Manhattan, but was ultimately cut from the film. In the wide shot of the carriage, a stand-in was made to dress like Henson, who was legally unable to drive the carriage.

See also

• Jim Henson's cameo in Into the Night.