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Bob McGrath

Bob McGrath

Actor · Died December 4, 2022, aged 90 · Ottawa, Illinois, USA

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 13, 1932
Died
December 4, 2022 (aged 90)
From
Ottawa, Illinois, USA
Works as
Actor
Titles
15 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all

What are Bob McGrath's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 6 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 6 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

Grounded 2 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 0

Gentle 6 · Charged 0 · Intense 0

Steady 6 · Shifting 0 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual 6 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

1 analyzed role

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
5
Joyful
5
Contemplative
2
Hopeful
1
Melancholic
1

How their films end

  • Happy4
  • Bittersweet2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Bob McGrath's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on HBO Max (2).

Subscription and free streaming for Bob McGrath's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

25 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page; 10 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
  • Sesame Street: 50 Years and Counting (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Bob Johnson (archive footage)

  • Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Bob

  • Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Bob (uncredited) (archive footage)

  • A Sesame Street Christmas Carol(2006)

    as Bob (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    as Bob

  • Midcredits score: 54th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
  • The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland: Sing and Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Bob (archive footage)

  • Sesame Unpaved (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 67 episodes · Actor

  • Elmopalooza!(1998)

    as Bob

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
  • Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)

    as Bob Johnson (archive footage)

  • Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
  • Sesame Street Stays Up Late!(1993)

    as Bob Johnson · as Bob

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Sesame Street: Sing Along (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Bob

  • Follow That Bird(1985)

    as Bob

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
  • Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films
  • Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films
  • Sesame Street(1969)

    Show 130 episodes · as Bob Jackson

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
  • This Way to Sesame Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Bob

  • Sesame Street: Big Bird's Favorite Party Games (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Bob

Career shape

Star power in the 66th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 25 titles, 24 of them dated from 1969 to 2019; peak year 1999.

Film career

19692019

Peak 1999 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting25 of 25: 25 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score66th

By decade

1960s2 · acting1970s3 · acting1980s3 · acting1990s8 · acting2000s3 · acting2010s5 · acting

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do Bob McGrath's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 69th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 6 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 93rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

93rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Approval · how many liked their films

87thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Reach · how many have seen their films

30thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 6

Midcredits score across 15 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up6
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th3

Shape of the crowd

4 of their 15 titles are Cult Classics.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Loved with Detractors1
  • Divisive3
  • Cult Classic4
  • Crowd Pleaser3
  • Mixed3

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Bob McGrath work with?

People who share at least 2 of Bob McGrath's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Caroll Spinney shares the most, 5.

Actors

Producers

Mixed roles