Pons Maar
Pons Maar | |
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| Born | August 4, 1951 |
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| Years active | 1982–present |
Pons Maar (born August 4, 1951) is an American actor, puppeteer, artist and filmmaker.[1]
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).
Filmography
Film
- Citizen: I'm Not Losing My Mind, I'm Giving It Away (1982)
- Alice Underground (1984) - The Mock Turtle
- Return to Oz (1985) - Lead Wheeler, Nome Messenger (voice), Nurse Wilson's assistant #1
- The Golden Child (1986) - Fu
- Masters of the Universe (1987) - Saurod
- Dead Heat (1988) - Pool Zombie
- The Blob (1988) - Theatre Manager
- The American Scream (1988) - Ben Benziger
- Theodore Rex (1995) - Theodore Rex (in-suit performer)[4]
- Monkeybone (2001) - Lead puppeteer (uncredited)
- The Job (2008) - Mr. Mann
- Remembering Return to Oz (2018) - Himself
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
- Domino's Pizza - Noid (voice)
Production work
- Return to Oz (1985) (Mime movement arranger)
- Raisins Sold Out: The California Raisins II (1990) (Dancer)
- Theodore Rex (1995) (Character movement coordinator)
- George of the Jungle (1997) (Puppeteer) (uncredited)
- Species II (1998) (Creature motion supervisor)
- Phantoms (1998) (Puppet coordinator)
- Can of Worms (1999) (Puppeteer)
- Blues Brothers 2000 (1998) (Project supervisor)
- Beer Money (2001) (Additional puppeteer) (uncredited)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (2002) (Puppeteer) (uncredited)
- Don't Eat the Neighbours (2001–2002) (Puppeteer performance coordinator and casting)
- Team America: World Police (Puppeteer) (uncredited)
- The Job (2008) (Director, writer and editor)
- Fantastic (2015) (Cinematographer)
References
- ^ Cinefex, Issues 20-24. D. Shay. 1985. p. 93.
- ^ "He-Man.org Forums". www.he-man.org. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ Higgins, Chris (26 June 2015). "6 Obscure Facts About the Noid". Mental Floss. Retrieved 30 November 2015.
- ^ a b Berry, Mark F. (2002). The Dinosaur Filmography. Berry. ISBN 9780786486946.