Drawings of Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch by Caroll Spinney, their puppeteer and voice on “Sesame Street” since 1969, at his home in Woodstock, Conn., Oct. 11, 2018.

Puppeteer Caroll Spinney, seated, and his wife Debra Spinney participate in the ceremonial lighting of the Empire State Building in honor of Sesame Street's 50th anniversary on Friday, Nov. 8 ...

In a recent joint interview with Debra, his onetime colleague and his wife of nearly 40 years, Spinney, sporting shaggy silver locks, a trim beard and a self-effacing manner, calls the film ...

WOODSTOCK, Conn. — The friendly, bearded face of Caroll Spinney may not be one you recognize immediately. But if you have watched TV at any point in the past 50 years or so, you are almost ...