Robert Michael Jeter (August 26, 1952 – March 30, 2003) was an American actor.
He began his career in theater, which culminated in a Tony Award for his performance in the musical Grand Hotel. On television, he was a regular on the sitcom Evening Shade (for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award) and played Mr. Noodle's brother, Mr. Noodle, in the "Elmo's World" portion of Sesame Street. His films included Tango & Cash, Miller's Crossing, The Fisher King, Waterworld, Air Bud, MouseHunt, Patch Adams, The Green Mile, and Jurassic Park 3. The Green Mile required him to learn a Cajun accent and earned him a SAG Award nomination along with the rest of the cast.
Jeter was openly gay, and disclosed that he was HIV positive in 1997. He died in 2003 at the age of 50 after suffering an epileptic seizure. His last two films, Open Range and The Polar Express, were released posthumously and dedicated to him.
Filmography on TV Tropes:
- Hair (1979) as Sheldon
- Ragtime (1981) as Special Reporter
- Zelig (1983) as Freshman #2
- The Money Pit (1986) as Arnie
- Tango & Cash (1989) as Skinner
- Miller's Crossing (1990) as Adolph
- The Fisher King (1991) as Homeless Cabaret Singer
- Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993) as Father Ignatius
- Drop Zone (1994) as Earl Leedy
- Waterworld (1995) as Old Gregor
- Air Bud (1997) as Norm Snively
- MouseHunt (1997) as Quincy Thorpe
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) as L. Ron Burnquist
- Thursday (1998) as Dr. Jarvis
- Patch Adams (1998) as Rudy
- True Crime (1999) as Dale Porterhouse
- The Green Mile (1999) as Eduard Delacroix
- Jakob the Liar (1999) as Avron
- The Gift (2000) as Gerald Weems
- Jurassic Park III (2001) as Udesky
- Open Range (2003) as Percy
- The Polar Express (2004) as Smokey/Steamer (voice)
- Lou Grant (1 episode, 1980) as Max Galt
- Search for Tomorrow (2 episodes, 1982) as Ticket Agent
- Night Court (1 episode, 1986) as Confessing Crook in Holding Cell
- Designing Women (2 episodes, 1987) as Calvin Klein
- Crime Story (1 episode, 1988) as Sen. Michael Gaspari
- Another World (1 episode, 1988) as Arnie Gallo
- Evening Shade (99 episodes, 1990–94) as Herman Stiles
- Tales of the City (2 episodes, 1993) as Carson Callas
- Gypsy (TV movie, 1993) as Mr. Goldstone
- Picket Fences (3 episodes, 1993–95) as Peter Lebeck
- Aladdin: The Series (1 episode, 1994) as Runta (voice)
- Chicago Hope (1 episode, 1995) as Bob Ryan
- The Boys Next Door (TV movie, 1996) as Arnold Wiggins
- Dream On (1 episode, 1996) as Dr. Enoch
- Suddenly Susan (1 episode, 1996) as Lawrence Rosewood
- Mrs. Santa Claus (TV movie, 1996) as Arvo
- Sesame Street (12 episodes, 1996–2016) as Michael Tweeter/Mr. Noodle's Brother, Mr. Noodle
- Elmo's World (29 episodes, 1998–2003) as Mr. Noodle's Brother, Mr. Noodle
- Murphy Brown (1 episode, 1997) as Vic
- Duckman (1 episode, 1997) as Dr. William Blay (voice)
- Johnny Bravo (1 episode, 1997) as Lawrence (voice)
- Veronica's Closet (1 episode, 1998) as Edwin Murloff
- The Wild Thornberrys (4 episodes, 1998–99) as Biederman (voice)
- Touched by an Angel (1 episode, 1999) as Gus Zimmerman
- Hey Arnold! (1 episode, 2002) as Nate Horowitz (voice)
- Taken (2 episodes, 2002) as Bill Jeffries
- Evening Shade (1 episode, 1992)
