
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.
- June 13, 1932
- December 4, 2022 (aged 90)
- Ottawa, Illinois, USA
- Actor
- 15 on MovieCove · 25 credits in all
Known for
What are Bob McGrath's films like?
Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Society and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 6
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
Easy watch 6 · Affecting 0 · Heavy 0
Resolved 6 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Allyas Bob in A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)
Moods and endings
- 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)

Sesame Street: Play All Day with Elmo! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Sesame Street: 40 Years of Sunny Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Sesame Street: Elmo's World: The Street We Live On! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
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)

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

Elmopalooza!(1998)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Sesame Street: Sing Yourself Sillier at the Movies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
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)

Follow That Bird(1985)
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)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all shows
This Way to Sesame Street (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

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

Biggest box office
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)

Highest rated
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021)
Film career
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.
- 1969Screen debut· Sesame Street
- 1985First film· Follow That Bird
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.
- 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
- Caroll SpinneyShared titles: Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021), Sesame Street Stays Up Late! (1993), A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979), A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978), Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)See all 5 shared titles with Caroll Spinney

- Emilio DelgadoShared titles: Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021), Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019), Sesame Street Stays Up Late! (1993), A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)See all 4 shared titles with Emilio Delgado

- Roscoe OrmanShared titles: Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021), Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019), A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979)See all 3 shared titles with Roscoe Orman

- Sonia ManzanoShared titles: Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021), Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019), A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978)See all 3 shared titles with Sonia Manzano

Producers
- Lisa SimonShared titles: Sesame Street Stays Up Late! (1993), Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Lisa Simon
- Michael J. CozellShared titles: A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979), Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Michael J. Cozell
Mixed roles
- Christopher CerfShared titles: Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021), Sesame Street's 50th Anniversary Celebration (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Christopher Cerf

- Jon StoneShared titles: Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street (2021), Christmas Eve on Sesame Street (1978)See all 2 shared titles with Jon Stone

