# Danny Seagren

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{{Short description|American actor and puppeteer (1943–2025)}}
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| name         = Danny Seagren
| birth_name   = Daniel Morley Seagren
| birth_date   = {{birth_date|1943|11|15}}
| birth_place  = [Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA](/source/Minneapolis%2C_Minnesota%2C_USA), U.S.
| death_date   = {{death_date and age|2025|11|10|1943|11|15}}
| death_place  = [Little River, South Carolina](/source/Little_River%2C_South_Carolina), U.S.
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| occupation   = {{hlist|Puppeteer|actor}}
| years_active = 1969–1996
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'''Daniel Morley Seagren''' (November 15, 1943 – November 10, 2025) was an American puppeteer and actor.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Browning |first=John Edgar |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Dracula_in_Visual_Media/32-FBgZ1Ct4C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Danny+Seagren+Big+Bird&pg=PA83&printsec=frontcover |title=Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010 |last2=Picart |first2=Caroline Joan (Kay) |date=2014-01-10 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-6201-8 |language=en}}</ref>

==Life and career==
Seagren was born in [Minneapolis](/source/Minneapolis) on November 15, 1943, the son of Morley R. Seagren and Carol C. (Linner).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Danny Seagren Obituary (1943 – 2025) - Legacy Remembers |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/danny-seagren-obituary?pid=210400796 |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=Legacy.com}}</ref>

Seagren was notably the first person to portray [Spider-Man](/source/Spider-Man) in the 1970s children's series ''[The Electric Company](/source/The_Electric_Company)''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Jacobs |first=Dale |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Graphic_Encounters/bYDFAgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=spider-man+the+electric+company&pg=PA176&printsec=frontcover |title=Graphic Encounters: Comics and the Sponsorship of Multimodal Literacy |date=2013-08-29 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing USA |isbn=978-0-8264-4424-0 |language=en}}</ref> He also portrayed the character on ''[Spidey Super Stories](/source/Spidey_Super_Stories).<ref>{{cite book |last1=Sacks |first1=Jason |title=American Comic Book Chronicles: The 1970s |last2=Dallas |first2=Keith |date=2014 |publisher=TwoMorrows Publishing |isbn=978-1605490564 |page=146}}</ref>'' Seagren also portrayed [Big Bird](/source/Big_Bird) on ''[Sesame Street](/source/Sesame_Street)'' for a number of episodes during the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web |last=White |first=Peter |date=2025-11-27 |title=Danny Seagren Dies: 'Sesame Street' Star & First Live-Action Spider-Man, Was 81 |url=https://deadline.com/2025/11/danny-seagren-dies-sesame-street-spider-man-1236630525/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}</ref>

Seagren died on November 10, 2025, at the age of 81.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barnes |first=Mike |date=2025-11-27 |title=Danny Seagren, 'Electric Company' Star and the First Live-Action Spider-Man, Dies at 81 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/danny-seagren-dead-electric-company-spider-man-1236436815/ |access-date=2025-12-03 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|nm0780480}}

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Category:1943 births
Category:2025 deaths
Category:20th-century American male actors
Category:American puppeteers
Category:Actors from Minneapolis

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