PERFORMER | Jerry Nelson |
DEBUT | 1996 |
Old Tom is a pirate in Muppet Treasure Island. He has a long, uncut beard and wears glasses. He has a background role, but is seen hugging Angel Marie when the pirates discover Flint's treasure. He is defeated when Sweetums throws a log at him.
Old Tom also played a member of the Flying Monkeys motorcycle gang in The Muppets' Wizard of Oz, in which he was performed by Tyler Bunch and Allan Trautman. He later appeared in a Haunted Holidays interstitial on Disney.com (played by Steve Whitmire), "Bohemian Rhapsody", Muppets Most Wanted (on the wall of Gulag 38B), and The Muppets episode "Because... Loveโโ".