Characters created for the pilot, including Splurge, were performed by Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, and George Latshaw. Nelson played the Black Duke, with a puppet head covering the top half of his face, but the rest was his own body (similar to the musicians later used in Hey Cinderella!) The human actors, consisting of various New York stage and TV veterans, included Jill O'Hara (sister of Jenny O'Hara) as Cinderella, plus Will Mackenzie (as Prince Charming), Elaine Hyman, and Mary Louise Wilson. The other human characters were the Fairy Godmother and the Queen, while other Muppets included the King, the Prime Minister, and the stepsisters. As the most ambitious use of live actors with Muppets at the time, the pilot was produced in collaboration with Albatross Productions Inc.