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Martin P. Robinson

Martin P. Robinson

Birthday: 1954-03-09 | Place of Birth: Dearborn, Michigan, USA

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2019
Helpsters

as    Mr. Primm (voice)

2009
Sesame Street: Bedtime with Elmo

as    Telly Monster (voice)

2001
Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs 2

as    Snuffy / Telly (Hero Guy segment) (voice)

1999
Sesame Street: Kids' Favorite Songs

as    Telly / Snuffy (voice)

1996
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas

as    Telly Monster (voice)