Actor
Jim Thurman
March 13, 1935 · Dallas, Texas, USA
James Frederick Thurman (March 13, 1935 – April 14, 2007) was an American actor, writer, director, cartoonist, and producer. He is best known for the writings of TV gags for the likes of Bob Hope, Bob Newhart, Carol Burnett, Bill Cosby, and Dean Martin.
Born in Dallas, Texas but raised in Vicksburg, Michigan, Thurman received a degree from the University of Michigan. He began his career as a copywriter at various advertising agencies in Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Later he moved to Los Angeles with his writing partner Gene Moss, where they formed a boutique advertising agency, "Creative Advertising Stuff".
Notable work
Often works with
Jerry Nelson
4 titles together
The Muppet Show, Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!, Out to Lunch
Frank Oz
3 titles together
The Muppet Show, Out to Lunch, A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Caroll Spinney
3 titles together
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!, Out to Lunch, A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
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Colin Carman
3 titles together
Richard Scarry's Best Counting Video Ever!, One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish, Richard Scarry's Best ABC Video Ever!
Jim Henson
2 titles together
The Muppet Show, Out to Lunch
Richard Hunt
2 titles together
The Muppet Show, Out to Lunch
Full filmography · 15
King of the Rest
cast
2020
Right!
as Man (voice)
2006
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
as Teeny Little Superguy (voice) (archive footage)
2004
Snowie and the Seven Dorps
as Voice
1990
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
as Intro Narrator / Ned / Guy in an Old Hat / Anthropomorphic Dog #1 / Narrator (voice)
1989
Richard Scarry's Best Counting Video Ever!
as (voice)
1989
Richard Scarry's Best ABC Video Ever!
as (voice)
1989The Quitter
as Smoker/Cloud (voice) and Writer
1987
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Pilot (archive footage) (uncredited) and Writer
1979It's So Nice to Have a Wolf Around the House
as (voice) and Writer
1979
Crocodile eating crackers
as Man (voice)
1976
Out to Lunch
Writer
1974