Actor

Caroll Spinney

24 credited titles on WatchWise

Caroll Edwin Spinney (sometimes credited as Carroll Spinney or Ed Spinney; December 26, 1933 – December 9, 2019) was an American puppeteer most famous for playing Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on the children's television show Sesame Street.

Caroll Spinney in one minute

Strongest genre

Comedy

$78M · 100% hit rate

Biggest hit

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

$413M

Standout efficiency

9.6x

The Muppet Movie · gross ÷ budget

Commercial performance

Associated lifetime gross

$78M

Combined reported budget

$28M

Gross / budget

2.8x

Bankability Index

32 / 100

All figures are associated, not attributed — box-office numbers are sourced from TMDB and Wikipedia (reused under CC BY-SA), shown in US$, and weighted by billing prominence. Coverage varies by title; figures are estimates, not audited trade data.