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Rick Lyon Biography ((?)-)

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, puppeteer, voice–over artist

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Work
• Additional voices, Muppet*vision 3-D (also known as Jim Henson's Muppet*vision 3-D, Kermit the Frog presents Muppet*vision 3-D, and Muppet*vision 4-D), 1991
• Animatronic puppeteer: "Tokka," Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, New Line Cinema, 1991
• Animatronic puppeteer: "Donatello," Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, New Line Cinema, 1993
• Puppetry, The NeverEnding Story III (also known as The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia, NeverEnding Story III: Return toFantasia, Die Unendliche Geschichte III--Rettung aus Phantasien),Miramax, 1994
• (Uncredited) Puppeteer, Men in Black (also known as MIB), Sony Pictures Entertainment, 1997
• Television Appearances
• Series
• CGI for Elmo's world and additional muppets, Sesame Street (also known as Les amis de Sesame, Canadian Sesame Street, Open Sesame, and Sesame Park), PBS, 1986-
• The Jim Henson Hour, NBC, 1989
• Additional monkeys, Between the Lions, PBS, 2000
• Specials
• The Muppets at Walt Disney World, NBC, 1990
• Sesame Street Stays Up Late! A Monster New Year's Eve Party, PBS,1993
• Voice of Crash, Crash the Curiousaurus, ABC, 1995
• Additional muppets, Elmopalooza!, ABC, 1998
• Appeared as Stick Stickly, Nick's New Year's Special and StickStickly Stuck!, both Nickelodeon; Sheep, A Cathedral Christmas, PBS and Black Entertainment Television; Swimpy, Binyah Binyah, Nickelodeon.
• Pilots
• Omar Meercat, Me and My Friends, Nickelodeon, 1998
• Television Work
• Series
• Puppetry, Sesame Street (also known as Les amis de Sesame, Canadian Sesame Street, Open Sesame, and Sesame Park), PBS, 1986-
• Stand-in: "Bear," Bear in the Big Blue House, The Disney Channel,1997
• Puppetry, The Book of Pooh, The Disney Channel, 2001
• Puppeteer, Crank Yankers, Comedy Central, 2002
• Specials
• Puppeteer, The Muppets at Walt Disney World, NBC, 1990
• Muppet performer, Sesame Street's All-Star 25th Birthday: Stars and Street Forever!, ABC, 1994
• Puppeteer, Crash the Curiousaurus, ABC, 1995
• Muppeteer, Elmopalooza!, ABC, 1998
• Muppet performer, Elmo's Magic Cookbook, Food Network, 2001
• Also worked as a puppeteer for Cinderelmo; Between the Lions, PBS; Sesame English; The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson, CBS.
• Pilots
• Puppeteer, puppet designer, and coordinator, Feelings, 1998
• Puppeteer, Me and My Friends, Nickelodeon, 1998
• Episodic
• Also worked as assorted puppets, Whirligig.
• RECORDINGS
• Videos
• Worked as puppeteer for Going to Court, Massachusetts Office of Public Information; Muppet Meeting Films; Muppet Sing-Along Home Videos; Sesame Street Home Video Series; Sesame Street Goes to theDoctor; Elmo's Magic Cookbook; as lead puppeteer for Pinatta'sView; Ukranian Power Home Video Series, Pts. 1 & II; JewishHeritage Video Series, Passover and Chanukah; appeared as Charlie, Charlie and Chops' Clubhouse Adventures; Baby Bugs Bunny, Baby Looney Tunes Video Series.
• Music Videos; as Puppeteer
• Performed in Mansun's "Legacy"; David Bowie's "Pretty Things."

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic

• Rick Lyon Home Page, http://www.lyonpuppets.com, September 21, 2002