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Pons Maar

American actor (born 1951) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Pons Maar (born August 4, 1951) is an American actor, puppeteer, artist and filmmaker.[1]

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Career

His first feature film as an actor was Return to Oz (1985), in which he played the lead Wheeler; he also worked behind the scenes as a performance co-ordinator. His work on Return to Oz led to roles in other fantasy films, including The Golden Child (1986) and Masters of the Universe (1987).[2]

Maar performed as the voice and body model for the Noid in the popular Domino's Pizza commercials of the 1980s.[3]

Maar also worked as a performer for the entire 65-episode run of the television series Dinosaurs and co-starred in the film Theodore Rex (1995).[4]

Recently, he served for two years as co-head of the puppeteer committee for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG).

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Filmography

Film

Television

  • Straight Up (1988) - Heroin
  • The Simple Life (1998) - Barry the Dinosaur
  • Dinosaurs (1991–1994) - Roy Hess (in-suit performer), Fran Sinclair (in-suit performer; occasionally), Ansel (in-suit performer), Brigitte (in-suit performer), Chef (in-suit performer), Dr. Fricus (in-suit performer), Bert (in-suit performer), various characters
  • Don't Eat the Neighbours (2001–2002) - Puppeteer

Commercials

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Production work

References

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