Robert Emmett McGrath (June 13, 1932 – December 4, 2022) was an American actor, singer, and children's author best known for playing original human character and music teacher Bob Johnson on the educational television series Sesame Street from 1969 to 2016. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bob McGrath, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

KNOWN FOR

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1965
The Mike Douglas Show
1972
Sesame Street
1969
Kraft Music Hall
1968
Sesame Unpaved
1999
Jim Henson Idea Man
2024
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
1993
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
1999
Follow That Bird
1985
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989
1989
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
2019
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
36
2024
Jim Henson Idea Man
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
as Self
2019
Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration
as Bob
2019
Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting
as Bob Johnson (archive footage)
2015
I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story
as Self
2015
In Their Own Words: Jim Henson
as Self - Actor, Sesame Street
2015
Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo!
as Bob
2011
Sesame Street: Wild Words and Outdoor Adventures
2010
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days
as Bob (uncredited) (archive footage)
2006
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol
as Bob (archive footage)
2004
Sesame Street: What's the Name of That Song?
as Bob
2004
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On!
as Bob
1999
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland
as Bob
1999
The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play
as Bob (archive footage)
1999
Sesame Unpaved
1998
Sesame Street: Elmopalooza!
as Bob
1997
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies
as Bob Johnson (archive footage)
1996
Sesame Street: Elmo Saves Christmas
as Bob
1993
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
as Bob Johnson
1993
Sesame Street's 25th Birthday: A Musical Celebration
as Bob
1993
Sesame Street Stays Up Late!
as Bob
1990
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
as Self
1989
Sesame Street: 20 Years & Still Counting! 1969-1989
as Self – Bob
1987
Sesame Street: Sing Along
as Bob
1985
Follow That Bird
as Bob
1983
Don't Eat the Pictures: Sesame Street at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
as Bob
1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Bob Johnson
1978
A Special Sesame Street Christmas
as Bob
1978
Christmas Eve on Sesame Street
as Bob
1972
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1969
This Way to Sesame Street
as Bob
1969
Sesame Street
as Bob Jackson
1968
Kraft Music Hall
as Self
1965
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Sesame Street: Big Bird's Favorite Party Games
as Bob
Sesame Street 1986 Wrap Party
as Himself