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Steve Whitmire
Steve Whitmire is credited on 69 releases across 22 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1979–2020 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
69
Pressings credited
22
Albums
6
Decades active
77
In collections
Biography
Steven Lawrence Whitmire (born September 24, 1959) is an American puppeteer, known primarily for his work with the Jim Henson Company, Sesame Workshop, and the Muppets Studio. Beginning his involvement with the Muppets in 1978, Whitmire originated the roles of Rizzo the Rat, Lips, Wembley Fraggle, and Bean Bunny. He also inherited the roles of Kermit the Frog and Ernie after Jim Henson's death in 1990; he performed the characters until 2016 and 2014, respectively. In later years, he also performed Statler and Beaker.
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Credited work
69 releases · 22 albums · active 1979–2020
- Performance · 63
- Other credits · 6
Studios: Third Son Productions · Music Recorders, Inc. · The Burbank Studios · Music Recording, Inc.
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
The Muppet Movie (Original Soundtrack Recording)
1979
A Christmas Together
1979
The Muppet Christmas Carol (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1992
The Great Muppet Caper (An Original Soundtrack Recording)
1981
Rocky Mountain Holiday
1983
The Muppets (Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack)
2011
Favorite Songs From Jim Henson's Muppets
1986
The Muppets Take Manhattan (The Original Sound Track)
1984
Frequent collaborators
- The Muppets
- John Denver
- Kermit
- The Fraggles
- Fraggle Rock
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