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Dr. Teeth is the leader of the band, The Electric Mayhem. Originally performed by Jim Henson, Dr. Teeth plays the keyboard and is also lead singer of the band. He first appeared in The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence in 1975, and has taken a prominent role in Muppet productions ever since. He is green-skinned and red-haired with, as his name suggests, a large grinning mouth of teeth. He wears a scruffy beard, a fur vest, a striped shirt, and a floppy purple top hat. He has very long arms so additional puppeteers are required to guide them; this design enabled Henson to work the Teeth puppet while another performer acted as Teeth's "hands" in order to play the keyboard. His introductory lines in The Muppet Movie are: "Golden teeth and golden tones, welcome to my presence."

Dr. Teeth has been less involved in recent Muppet productions due to Jim Henson's death. After being performed by John Kennedy, the role of Dr Teeth was briefly taken over by Bill Barretta. He most recently appeared in the webshow Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony, performed by Victor Yerrid.

He has also appeared in all of the Muppet movies, from his prominent roles in The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, and The Muppets Take Manhattan, to his much smaller, often non-speaking roles in The Muppet Christmas Carol, Muppet Treasure Island, Muppets From Space, It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie, and The Muppets' Wizard of Oz.

Contents 1 Trivia 2 Casting History 3 Filmography 4 Book Appearances

Trivia

• Dr. Teeth's look was inspired by jazz keyboardist Dr. John. Henson's original sketch for the character appears in the book Jim Henson's Designs and Doodles. Michael Frith then made a more refined, color sketch of the character, with the heading "Leon 'Doctor' Eltonjohn Dontshoot (the Piano Player)" -- adding the influence of Elton John (and possibly Leon Russell) to the character. Dr. Teeth's creative vocabulary is a direct nod to Dr. John. Dr. Teeth was built by Don Sahlin.

Casting History

• Jim Henson - from The Muppet Show: Sex and Violence (1975) to The Muppets at Walt Disney World (1990)

• John Kennedy - Muppets On Location (1991), Muppet Treasure Island video game (1996), Muppets from Space (1999), Muppet Race Mania video game (2000), Muppet Party Cruise video game (2003)

• Bill Barretta - Muppet Treasure Island (1996), The Muppets' Wizard of Oz (2005), A Green and Red Christmas (2006)

• Victor Yerrid - Statler and Waldorf: From the Balcony Episode 9 (2005)

Filmography

Book Appearances

• The Muppet Show Book
• It's The Muppet Show!
• The Comic Muppet Book
• Muppets at Sea
• Jim Henson's Muppet Show Bill
• The Muppets Take Manhattan (Comic Book)
• Cleopigtra