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name: "Jerry Juhl"
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tmdb_id: 64184
wikidata_id: "Q1349850"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "27 July 1938"
died: "26 September 2005"
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average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T02:34:49.308964+00:00"
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# Jerry Juhl

## Identity

Jerry Juhl

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jerry-juhl
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jerry-juhl
- **IMDb ID:** nm0432075
- **TMDB ID:** 64184
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1349850
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Juhl, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349850, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0432075/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64184

Writer. Born 27 July 1938 in St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. Died 26 September 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 27 July 1938, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
- **Died:** 26 September 2005
- **Also known as:** Jerome Ravn Juhl
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 2 Emmys (2 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Juhl, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349850, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0432075/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/64184

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Muppet Treasure Island*](https://film.one/film/muppet-treasure-island.md) (73)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jerry Juhl (also credited as Jerome Ravn Juhl) was an American television and film writer best known for his long association with Jim Henson and the Muppets. He began working with Henson in the early 1960s on Sam and Friends, initially as a puppeteer, before concentrating on writing. He contributed to Sesame Street, served as head writer on The Muppet Show from its second season onward, and wrote for Fraggle Rock and The Jim Henson Hour.

Juhl wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for several Muppet feature films, including The Muppet Movie (1979), The Great Muppet Caper (1981), The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), Muppet Treasure Island (1996) and Muppets from Space (1999). He received multiple Emmy Awards for his television writing.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Muppet Treasure Island* (1996), Fi1m 73, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/muppet-treasure-island.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Muppet Treasure Scriptland* (2026), Original Film Writer
- *The Muppet Scriptmas Carol* (2025), Original Film Writer
- *The Scripted Muppet Caper* (2025), Original Film Writer
- *The Muppet Script* (2025), Original Film Writer
- *Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting* (2019), Writer
- *Jim Henson's Turkey Hollow* (2015), Story
- *Jim Henson: Behind the Seams* (2014), Actor
- *Jim Henson: His Sesame Street Story* (2009), Actor
- *Jim Henson's Tales from Muppetland* (2009), Actor
- *Muppet History 101* (2004), as Producer
- *Jim Henson: Commercials and Experiments* (2004), as Producer
- *The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 3* (2001), Writer
- *Muppets from Space* (1999), Writer
- *The Very Best of the Muppet Show: Volume 2* (1999), Writer
- *The Very Best of the Muppet Show* (1999), Writer
- *Muppet Treasure Island* (1996), Screenplay — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/muppet-treasure-island.md)
- *The Muppet Christmas Carol* (1992), Screenplay
- *Living with Dinosaurs* (1990), Co-Producer
- *The Muppets Celebrate Jim Henson* (1990), Writer
- *Jim Henson's Memorial Service* (1990), Actor
- *The Muppets at Walt Disney World* (1990), Writer
- *The Earth Day Special* (1990), Writer
- *The Song of the Cloud Forest* (1989), Co-Producer
- *The Jim Henson Hour* (1989), series, Producer, Writer
- *Lighthouse Island* (1989), Co-Producer, Writer
- *A Muppet Family Christmas* (1987), Writer
- *The Muppets: A Celebration of 30 Years* (1986), Writer
- *Muppet Treasures* (1985), Writer
- *Gonzo Presents Muppet Weird Stuff* (1985), Writer
- *Children's Songs and Stories with the Muppets* (1985), Writer
- *The Bells of Fraggle Rock* (1984), Writer
- *Fraggle Rock: Live by the Rule of the Rock* (1983), Writer
- *Fraggle Rock* (1983), series, Writer, Producer
- *The Great Muppet Caper* (1981), Writer
- *The Muppets Go to the Movies* (1981), Writer
- *The Muppet Movie* (1979), as Additional Muppet Performer · Writer
- *The Muppets Go Hollywood* (1979), Writer
- *Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas* (1977), Writer
- *The Muppet Show* (1976), series, Writer
- *The Muppet Musicians of Bremen* (1972), as Chicken (voice) · Writer, Lyricist
- *Tales from Muppetland: The Frog Prince* (1971), as Taminella / Kay (voice) · Writer, Lyricist
- *The Great Santa Claus Switch* (1970), Writer, Lyricist
- *The Muppets on Puppets* (1970), Writer
- *Sesame Street* (1969), series, Writer
- *The Cube* (1969), Writer
- *The Wizard of Id* (1969), as The King of Id (voice)
- *Youth '68* (1968), Writer
- *NBC Experiment in Television* (1967), series, Writer
- *Rowlf the Salesman* (1966), Writer
- *The Reindeer* (1965), as Blitzen (voice)
- *Alexander the Grape* (1965), as Alexander the Grape (voice)
- *Time Piece* (1965), as Bartender
- *Tales of the Tinkerdee* (1962), as Taminella Grinderfall / Palace Guard (voice) · Writer
- *Visual Thinking* (1961), Writer

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 2 won

- 1981: Primetime Emmy Award (won)
- 1970: Primetime Emmy Award (won)

### Other awards — 1 won

- Writers Guild of America Award 1989: Writers Guild of America Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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