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

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