Bill Barretta
Puppeteer, Musical Artist
1964 –
Who is Bill Barretta?
Bill Barretta has been performing with the Muppets since 1991, when he performed the body of family father Earl Sinclair on Dinosaurs. He later developed several new characters on Muppets Tonight, including Pepe the King Prawn, Johnny Fiama and Bobo the Bear.
Along with having his own Muppet characters, Bill has taken over several of Jim Henson's roles, such as Dr. Teeth, Rowlf the Dog, Mahna Mahna and Swedish Chef, and briefly took over Jerry Nelson's role of Lew Zealand.
His film debut as a principal puppeteer was in 1996's Muppet Treasure Island as Clueless Morgan.
In addition, Bill has produced two of the Muppets' television movies, It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie and The Muppets' Wizard of Oz. Bill also provides additional voices on Kim Possible. He is a native of Yardley, Pennsylvania.
His recent performance was in Disney's The Muppets.
Bill is the younger brother of the children's book author and illustrator, Gene Barretta.
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- Born
- Jun 19, 1964
Yardley - Also known as
- Bill Beretta
- William Paul Barretta
- Pepe the King Prawn
- The Swedish Chef
- The Swdeish Chef
- Pepe the Prawn
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Employment
- Sesame Place
- Lived in
- Pennsylvania
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on July 23, 2013
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