Bill Barretta
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bill Barretta, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .
Movie Appearances
Muppets from Space
as Pepe the Prawn / Bobo as Rentro / Johnny Fiama / Bubba the Rat / Cosmic Fish #2 (voice)
1999
Dear Earth
as Dr. Teeth (voice)
2021
A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
as Pepe the Prawn / Swedish Chef / Rowlf / Dr. Teeth / Bobo the Bear / Husband Pigeon (voice)
2008
Kermit's Swamp Years
as Croaker / Horace D' Fly / Roy the Frog / Turtle #2 (voice)
2002
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
as Self
2011
Lady Gaga & the Muppets Holiday Spectacular
as Pepe, The Swedish Chef, Rowlf, Dr. Teeth, Bobo, Big Mean Carl
2013
Muppets Most Wanted
as Pepe the King Prawn / Rowlf the Dog / Dr. Teeth / The Swedish Chef / Bobo the Bear / Big Mean Carl / Baby Boss / Carlo Flamingo / Leprechaun Security Guard (voice)
2014
I Love Muppets
as Pepe the King Prawn (voice)
2002
The Muppets
as Swedish Chef / Rowlf / Teeth / Pepe / Bobo / Muppet Gary (voice)
2011
Muppet Sing Alongs: Treasure Island
as Clueless Morgan (voice)
1996
Sesame Street: Elmo's Potty Time
as Louie (voice)
2006
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
as Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
1999
Weezer and the Muppets Go Fishin'
as Rowlf the Dog / Pepe the King Prawn
2002
Sesame Street: When Families Grieve
as Louie
2010
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
as Toto / Dr. Teeth / Johnny / Lew Zealand / Swedish Chef / Rowlf
2005
It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
as Pepe the King Prawn / Bobo the Bear / Johnny Fiama / Swedish Chef / Lew Zealand / Howard Tubman / Rowlf the Dog / Elvises (voice)
2002
The Happytime Murders
as Phil Philips / Junkyard / Boar
2018
Muppet Classic Theater
as Elvis (voice)
1994
Muppet Guys Talking: Secrets Behind the Show the Whole World Watched
as Self
2017
Muppet Treasure Island
as Clueless Morgan / Swedish Chef / Blind Pew (hands) / Pirate / Pig / Skulls (voice)
1996
TV Appearances
Kim Possible
as Jilly from Jersey (voice)
2002
Muppets Tonight
as Pepé / Bobo / Johnny Fiama / Clueless / Carl / Snookie / Howard
1996
Jim Henson's Animal Show with Stinky and Jake
1994
Studio DC: Almost Live
as The Swedish Chef, Pepe the King Prawn, Dr. Teeth, Rowlf the Dog, Bobo the Bear
2008
Jack and the Beanstalk: The Real Story
as Thunderdell
2001
The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss
1996
The Muppets Mayhem
as Dr. Teeth (voice)
2023
Kim Possible
as Sturgis / Museum Security Guard (voice)
2002
Telling Stories with Tomie dePaola
as Strega Nona
2001
The Muppets
as Pepe the King Prawn / Dr. Teeth / Rowlf (voice)
2015
The Muppets
as Pepe the King Prawn / Dr. Teeth / Rowlf / Bobo the Bear (voice)
2015
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
as Lonny Dufrene / Mr. Frumpus
2015