Steve WhitmireFilmography

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Actors: Dustin Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Jason Bateman, Zach Mills, Ted Ludzik

Synopsis: The eccentric owner of a magical toy store surprises the shop's manager by turning over ownership to her in a warm-hearted comedy fantasy directed by Zach Helm and starring Jason Bateman, Dustin Hoffman, and Natalie Portman. Portman plays the manager of the store that seems to be a reflection of Read More

Play with Me Sesame: Let's Play Games

Actors: Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Fran Brill, John Tartaglia

Synopsis: Featuring the lovable Sesame Street gang, this DVD includes five entertaining and educational chapters: "Let's Play Games", "Ernie Says", "Move & Groove", "Pigeon Pattern", and "Opposite Game". A bonus CD-Rom provides another hour's worth of interactive fun. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide Read More

Play with Me Sesame: Imagine with Me

Actors: Steve Whitmire, Eric Jacobson, Fran Brill, John Tartaglia

Synopsis: Featuring four chapters - "Up & Down", "Ernie Says", "Making Cookies", and "Perfect Pair - the Sesame Street gang is as fun and educational as ever in this DVD. A bonus CD-Rom provides another hour's worth of interactive learning. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide Read More

The Muppets' Wizard of Oz

Actors: Ashanti, Queen Latifah

Synopsis: L. Frank Baum's enduring fantasy story gets a new and very funny spin in this made-for-TV comedy. Dorothy (Ashanti) is a young woman who works in a diner in Kansas owned by her Aunt Em (Queen Latifah) and dreams of one day making it big as a singer. When a tornado makes its way through the trailer Read More

Kermit's Swamp Years: The Real Story Behind Kermit the Frog's Early Years

Actors: Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Joseph Mazzarino, Bill Barretta

Synopsis: Intended as a component of a marathon "History of the Muppets" cable-TV special, this feature-length slice of whimsy chronicles the early life of Mr. "Not Easy Being Green" himself, Kermit the Frog. At age 12, Kermit and his two best buddies, a wise-guy frog named Croaker and a Woody Allen-esque Read More

It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie

Actors: Steve Whitmire, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz

Synopsis: What would life amongst the Muppets have been without their unofficial leader Kermit the Frog? That's the question posed by this made-for-TV confection, which not only spoofs the Yuletide classic It's a Wonderful Life, but also takes satirical aim at such pop cultural phenomena as Moulin Rouge and Fear Factor Read More

Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs, Vol. 2

Synopsis: Big Bird and the rest of the Sesame Street gang are back to host this collection of children's sing-along classics. The fuzzy creatures from the popular kids' program guide tots through each song with their enthusiastic vocal encouragement. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide Read More

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland

Actors: Harland Williams, Kevin Clash, Fran Brill, Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Dave Goelz, Joseph Mazzarino, Martin P. Robinson, David Rudman, Steve Whitmire, Frank Oz, Mandy Patinkin, Vanessa Williams, Sonia Manzano, Roscoe Orman, Carmen Osbahr, Alison Bartlett O'Reilly, Ruth Buzzi, Emilio Delgado, Loretta Long, Bob McGrath

Synopsis: One of the most popular characters on Sesame Street gets his own movie in this family comedy. Playful Elmo (voice of Kevin Clash) loves his blue blanket and would never want to lose it. So when it gets spirited off to parts unknown in the midst of a tug-of-war with one of his friends, Elmo sets Read More

Muppets from Space

Actors: Kirk Thatcher, Ken Kaufman, Mark Nutter, Thomas Wolfe, Dave Goelz, Jeffrey Tambor, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Brian Henson, Ray Liotta, David Arquette, Andie MacDowell

Synopsis: At long last, the secret of just what the Great Gonzo happens to be is revealed! As Gonzo and his friend Rizzo hit the road in search of their roots, Gonzo makes a shocking discovery: his parents are actually space aliens from another galaxy. After announcing this startling news on Miss Piggy's Read More

Muppet Treasure Island

Actors: Tim Curry, Jennifer Saunders, Kevin Bishop, Billy Connolly, Frank Oz

Synopsis: Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale of a young orphan who becomes involved with pirate Long John Silver is given the Muppet treatment in this vibrant children's musical. As in The Muppet Christmas Carol, the film stays loyal to the original storyline but casts the well-known puppets in many of Read More

The Muppet Christmas Carol

Actors: Michael Caine, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson, Frank Oz

Synopsis: Brian Henson, the son of Muppet founder Jim Henson, took over directing duties after the untimely death of his father for The Muppet Christmas Carol, a sluggish re-telling of the Charles Dickens tale. Michael Caine, surrounded by legions of fuzzy, felt puppets, plays it straight as the crotchety Read More

The Cosby Show: Cliff's Nightmare

Synopsis: There is a terrible price to pay when Cliff (Bill Cosby) devours a sausage sandwich as a midnight snack. Sure enough, Cliff suffers a nightmare in which he is back in the Navy with son Theo (Malcolm-Jamal Warner) as his CO, wife Clair (Phylicia Rashad) is sucked out of the house by a tornado, and Read More

The Christmas Toy

Synopsis: As the Jones family celebrates Christmas Eve, so does another part of their household: the playroom, where the toys come to life in excited anticipation of the new toys to come the next morning. Though Balthazar the bear encourages the toys to welcome the new additions with open arms, Rugby the Read More

Fraggle Rock: Season 05

Actors: Gerard Parkes, Lee Armstrong, Phil Balsam, Myra Fried, John Pattison, Terry Angus, Townsend Coleman, Dave Goelz, Tim Gosley, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Patricia Leeper, Kathryn Mullen, Jerry Nelson, Patrick Pinney, Karen Prell, Bob Stutt, Nikki Tilroe, Cheyl Wagner, Steve Whitmire

Synopsis: Miniscule Fraggle leader Travelling Matt issues his final 13 reports on the wonders of Outer Space (aka the "real" world) during the fifth and last season of the live-action puppet series Fraggle Rock. As always, things are moving apace in Fraggle Rock, the tiny community hidden under the huge Read More

Labyrinth

Actors: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly, Toby Froud, Brian Henson, Shelley Thompson, Christopher Malcolm

Synopsis: George Lucas produced and Jim Henson directed this gothic fantasy which pits living and breathing actors Jennifer Connelly and David Bowie (who, along with Trevor Jones, provides the film's music) against a motley collection of Muppet monsters. The film centers upon teenage Sarah (Connelly), who Read More

Fraggle Rock: Season 04

Actors: Gerard Parkes, Lee Armstrong, Phil Balsam, Myra Fried, John Pattison, Terry Angus, Townsend Coleman, Dave Goelz, Tim Gosley, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Patricia Leeper, Kathryn Mullen, Jerry Nelson, Patrick Pinney, Karen Prell, Bob Stutt, Nikki Tilroe, Cheyl Wagner, Steve Whitmire

Synopsis: "Head Fraggle" Travelling Matt continues to act as liaison between his own tiny world and Outer Space (otherwise known as the "real" world) during season four of the live-action puppet series Fraggle Rock. As before, Matt manages to escape the detection of Doc, the human owner of the house behind Read More

Fraggle Rock: Season 03

Actors: Gerard Parkes, Lee Armstrong, Phil Balsam, Myra Fried, John Pattison, Terry Angus, Townsend Coleman, Dave Goelz, Tim Gosley, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Patricia Leeper, Kathryn Mullen, Jerry Nelson, Patrick Pinney, Karen Prell, Bob Stutt, Nikki Tilroe, Cheyl Wagner, Steve Whitmire

Synopsis: Season three of the live-action puppet series Fraggle Rock serves up 13 new adventures, taking place in the tiny world hidden beneath the big rock that rests in the backyard of human inventor, Doc. As before, head Fraggle Travelling Matt continues in his explorations of Outer Space (otherwise Read More

Dreamchild

Actors: Coral Browne, Ian Holm, Peter Gallagher, Nicola Cowper, Caris Corfman, Amelia Shankley

Synopsis: Irreverent British writer Dennis Potter speaks aloud what many literary historians have only postulated in whispers in Dreamchild. The film is set in 1932, on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Alice in Wonderland creator Lewis Carroll. The guest of honor at the New York-based celebration is Read More

The Muppets Take Manhattan

Actors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Richard Hunt, Art Carney

Synopsis: Jim Henson's Muppets find themselves in Manhattan yearning to get a musical on Broadway in this charming film that also chides show business and its foibles. Kermit the Frog has just put together a successful variety show at Danhurst college (probably somewhere between Amherst and Dartmouth), and Read More

Fraggle Rock: Season 02

Actors: Gerard Parkes, Lee Armstrong, Phil Balsam, Myra Fried, John Pattison, Terry Angus, Townsend Coleman, Dave Goelz, Tim Gosley, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Patricia Leeper, Kathryn Mullen, Jerry Nelson, Patrick Pinney, Karen Prell, Bob Stutt, Nikki Tilroe, Cheyl Wagner, Steve Whitmire

Synopsis: Travelling Matt, the leader of the teeny-tiny Fraggle civilization, continues to dispatch informational postcards during his journey into Outer Space (actually the "real" world) during season two of the live-action puppet series Fraggle Rock. As usual, there's a lot of activity in the world Read More

Fraggle Rock: Season 01

Actors: Gerard Parkes, Lee Armstrong, Phil Balsam, Myra Fried, John Pattison, Terry Angus, Townsend Coleman, Dave Goelz, Tim Gosley, Jim Henson, Richard Hunt, Patricia Leeper, Kathryn Mullen, Jerry Nelson, Patrick Pinney, Karen Prell, Bob Stutt, Nikki Tilroe, Cheyl Wagner, Steve Whitmire

Synopsis: Although kindly old inventor Doc is unaware that a tiny civilization lives beneath the rock behind his house, Doc's dog, Sprocket, is all too cognizant of this phenomenon. Thus is established the premise of the live-action puppet show Fraggle Rock, which launched its first season's worth of 24 Read More

The Dark Crystal

Actors: John Baddeley, David Buck, Jim Henson, Kathryn Mullen, Dave Goelz, Brian Muehl, Stephen Garlick

Synopsis: Jim Henson ventures into Tolkien territory in his all-Muppet fantasy feature The Dark Crystal. The titular Crystal maintains equilibrium in a mythical kingdom. When the Crystal is broken, the evil Skeksis take over, killing off the good-guy Gelflings and enslaving everyone else. Two of the Read More

The Great Muppet Caper

Actors: Charles Grodin, Diana Rigg

Synopsis: The Great Muppet Caper is the second Muppet film and it is considerably more complex than its predecessor, The Muppet Movie, which was essentially just a road movie. As the film begins, Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear are reporters who have failed to bag a story of a London jewel heist, which Read More

The Muppet Movie

Actors: Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Charles Durning, Dave Goelz

Synopsis: Kermit the Frog and Fozzie Bear, from of the large crew of loveably fuzzy characters created by puppetmaster Jim Henson, have embarked on a quest for stardom. They take a trip to Hollywood, riding in or on a wide variety of vehicles along the way. They begin their journey on a bicycle pedalled by Read More