Bill Barretta Autographs
Bill Barretta is an American puppeteer, producer, writer, director, and actor, best known for his involvement with the Muppets. Barretta performs the Muppet characters Pepe the King Prawn, Bobo the Bear and Johnny Fiama, he also inherited the roles of Rowlf the Dog, The Swedish Chef, and Dr. Teeth after Jim Henson’s death in 1990. He originated the role of Louie, Elmo's dad, on Sesame Street.
Barretta began performing with The Jim Henson Company in 1991, as the body performer of Earl Sinclair on Dinosaurs. He later developed several new characters on Muppets Tonight, including Pepe the King Prawn, Johnny Fiama, and Bobo the Bear.
Barretta has taken over several of Jim Henson's roles, such as Dr. Teeth, Rowlf the Dog, and Swedish Chef. His Muppet film debut was in the 1996 Muppet Treasure Island as Clueless Morgan. He had several roles in Muppets from Space (1999) and served as Muppet captain on The Muppets and Muppets Most Wanted. He played the main puppet character Phil Phillips in The Happytime Murders (2018), which won a Houston Film Critics Society best worst film award.
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Traded items with a signature of Bill Barretta
The most expensive item with a signature of Bill Barretta (Bill Barretta signed autographed Muppets Bobo the Bear 8x10 photo Beckett BAS) was sold in June 2025 for $195.00 while the cheapest item (Bill Barretta signed autographed 4x4 photo Puppeteer Muppet Show Swedish Chef) found a new owner for $0.99 in September 2022. The month with the most items sold (7) was October 2020 with an average selling price of $75.00 for an autographed item of Bill Barretta. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in June 2025 with $195.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $1.00 was July 2019. In average, an autographed item from Bill Barretta is worth $20.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Bill Barretta were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | Bill Barretta Autographed Hand Signed 8x10 Photo Muppets Swedish Chef | $29.99 |  |
| Bill Barretta Autographed Hand Signed 8x10 Photo Muppets Swedish Chef | $29.99 | |
| Bill Barretta Muppets Rowlf the Dog Signed 8x10 Photo BAS Autographed | $59.99 | |
| Bill Barretta Muppets Rowlf the Dog Signed 8x10 Photo BAS Autographed | $59.99 | |
| Bill Barretta Muppets The Swedish Chef Signed 8x10 Photo BAS Autographed | $79.99 | |
| Bill Barretta Muppets The Swedish Chef Signed 8x10 Photo BAS Autographed | $79.99 | |
| Bill Barretta puppeteer The Muppet Show Rowlf the Dog signed autographed photo | $25.00 | |
| Bill Barretta signed autographed Muppets Bobo the Bear 8x10 photo Beckett BAS | $195.00 | |
| Bill Barretta signed autographed Muppets Bobo the Bear 8x10 photo Beckett BAS | $195.00 | |
| The Muppets " Pepe" The Prawn Bill Barretta Signed 8x10 JSA Certified Authentic | $69.50 | |
| The Muppets " Pepe" The Prawn Bill Barretta Signed 8x10 JSA Certified Authentic | $69.50 | |
| The Muppets " Rowlf" The Dog Bill Barretta Signed 8x10 JSA Certified Authentic | $69.50 | |
| The Muppets " Rowlf" The Dog Bill Barretta Signed 8x10 JSA Certified Authentic | $69.50 | |
| The Muppets " Swedish Chef" Bill Barretta Signed 8x10 JSA Certified Authentic | $89.00 | |
| The Muppets " Swedish Chef" Bill Barretta Signed 8x10 JSA Certified Authentic | $89.00 | |
