After graduation, he pursued a career on the stage in New York.
Memorial contributions may be directed to AIDS Project Los Angeles, an organization with which Jeter had been active for more than 10 years.Jeter told the Los Angeles Times in 1993 that viewers loved Coach Stiles because he was not perfect.After Jeter won the Emmy for his performance as assistant coach Herman Stiles in "Evening Shade," he went on to earn two more Emmy nominations -- for guest-starring roles on the drama series "Picket Fences" and "Chicago Hope. Mr. Noodle is dead http ... Michael Jeter, the Emmy- and Tony-winning actor known to "Sesame Street" viewers as Mr. Noodle, has died at his Los Angeles home. A silent character, Mr. Noodle resides in a realm of his own inside Elmo's World, accessible from behind Shade. Everyone is a Herman on some level. But a new study suggests they may increase the risk for heart disease and stroke. After graduation, he pursued a career on the stage in New York.In addition to Blue, Jeter is survived by his parents, Dr. William and Virginia Jeter, a brother and four sisters.In addition to the Tony, his song-and-dance performance in "Grand Hotel" also brought him an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Drama Desk Award and the Clarence Derwent Prize.Jeter -- whose film credits included "Waterworld," "Air Bud" and "Mouse Hunt" -- had been working on "The Polar Express," a movie based on the popular children's book by Chris Van Allsburg. He studied medicine at Memphis State University, where he also became interested in theater. He responds through pantomime, but invariably gets the process wrong, or fails to follow Elmo's instructions. Award-winning stage and screen actor Michael Jeter, an "actor's actor" who was beloved by children as Sesame Street's The Other Mr. Noodle, died over the weekend in Los Angeles, his publicist said on Tuesday.
Elmo frequently asks Mr. Noodle to demonstrate how to perform a chore or answer a question. Filming on the project was suspended Monday out of respect for Jeter's death. Michael Jeter, an Emmy- and Tony-winning actor beloved by children and parents for his portrayal of the Other Mr. Noodle on “Sesame Street,” died Sunday at his Hollywood Hills home. He was 50. "He is not perfect in any sense of the word. The actor's publicist, Dick Guttman, said Jeter had been ill, but the cause of death had not been determined. The two had previously acted together in "The Green Mile," with Jeter as a condemned murderer who befriended a mouse.In addition to the Tony, his song-and-dance performance in "Grand Hotel" also brought him an Outer Critics Circle Award, a Drama Desk Award and the Clarence Derwent Prize.Jeter was born on Aug. 26, 1952, in Lawrenceburg, Tenn. His best known roles were that of math teacher and assistant football coach Herman Stiles in the sitcom "Evening Shade" (1990-1994) and "Mr.Noodle's brother, Mister Noodle" in "Sesame Street", a role he played from 2000 to 2003. Robert Michael Jeter (August 26, 1952 – March 30, 2003) was an American character actor of film, stage, and television.His television roles included Herman Stiles on the sitcom Evening Shade from 1990 until 1994 and Mr. Noodle's brother, Mister Noodle on the Elmo's World segments of Sesame Street from 2000 until 2003. Irwin as Professor Television. He went on to appear in such movies as "Ragtime," "The Money Pit," "Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit," "The Fisher King" and "Jurassic Park III. "Jeter's stage credits included "Alice," "Cloud 9," "Greater Tuna," "Once in a Lifetime" and "Waiting for Godot."