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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]
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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]
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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