Martin P. Robinson
Biography
Martin P. Robinson (born March 9, 1954) is a puppeteer for the Jim Henson Company. He originally built, designed, and performed the puppets for Little Shop of Horrors. He is perhaps best known for his work on Sesame Street. He has performed the characters of Telly Monster, Slimey the Worm, Mr. Snuffleupagus, and Tony The Turtle on the show for more than 20 years. He also performed the character Riff on Allegra's Window, and was an animatronic puppeteer for Leonardo in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. He is the puppeteer responsible for training the puppeteers on Sesame Tree. He was born on March 9, 1954 in Dearborn, Michigan. Graduated from Brookfield East High School, in Brookfield, Wisconsin, suburb of Milwaukee. He was married to Annie Evans on August 9, 2008 on the set of Sesame Street, in the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, NY. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin P. Robinson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Movie Appearances
CinderElmo
as Telly Monster / Aloysius 'Snuffy' Snuffleupagus (voice)
1999
Sesame Street: M is for Mystery
as Telly
2014
Sesame Street: The Great Numbers Game
as Telly
1998
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: Head to Toe with Elmo!
as Snuffy (voice)
2003
Sesame Street: Three Bears and a New Baby
as Telly Monster (voice)
2003
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
as Telly / Pestie / Laundromad Guy (voice)
1999
Sesame Street: Imagine That!
as Telly Monster (voice)
1996
Sesame Street: Learning About Letters
as Snuffy/Telly Monster/Buster the Horse/Irvine the Grouch (voice)
1986
Sesame Street: A Magical Halloween Adventure
2004
Sesame Street: Sing, Hoot & Howl with the Sesame Street Animals
as Buster the Horse / Sheep / Fish (voice)
1991
Sesame Street: Elmo Says BOO!
as Telly
1997
Oscar's Handmade Halloween
as Sesame Street Puppet Performer / Puppet Captain
2023
Jerry Nelson: A Celebratory Birthday Animatic
as Telly Monster (voice)
2022
Sesame Street: Being Green
as Telly (voice)
2009
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
as Self
2011
Sesame Street: The Best of Elmo
as Announcer/Telly Monster/Snuffy (voice) (archive footage)
1994
Muppet Sing Alongs: Treasure Island
as Shark / Big Snort (voice)
1996
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
as Mr. Snuffleupagus (voice)
1983
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
as Telly / Mr. Snuffleupagus / Slimey / Yip-Yip (voice)
1998
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
as Leonardo
1990
