Pons Maar

Born: 1951-08-04

Pons Maar is originally from Florida where he studied ceramics and visual art. After moving to San Francisco he became a fixture on the local arts scene as a graphic designer and performance artist, and, as a musician, playing in a couple of art/punk bands. At one of his solo performances of 'Natural Enemies' he was seen by Oscar-winning Sound Designer/Editor Walter Murch and cast as the Lead Wheeler in Walter's first directing effort Return to Oz (1985). Pons acted in the film as well as serving as the Performance Coordinator, starting what was to become a pattern of working on both sides of the camera. Following with other non-human roles in Golden Child (1987) and Masters of the Universe (1988) he continued to delve deeper into extreme latex makeup and huge, hot, and heavy creature and fantasy character suits. After the full 65 episode run on the TV show Dinosaurs (1991) and playing the lead character in Theodore Rex (1995). Pons then focused on Coordinating Puppets and Creatures in various feature films and TV productions. Pons served as the Co-Head of the Screen Actor's Guild Puppeteer Committee from 2003-2005. During this time he and co-head, Kevin Carlson, were able to change the puppeteer's status from a caucus to a full committee. Currently (2017) he is a partner in TASTY NAME a boutique video production company based in Alameda, CA.


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Return to Oz

as Lead Wheeler / Nome Messenger
Released: 1985-06-21

Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the...

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The Blob

as Theatre Manager
Released: 1988-08-05

In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a...

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The Golden Child

as Fu
Released: 1986-12-12

After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa,...

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Masters of the Universe

as Saurod
Released: 1987-08-07

The world of Eternia in the aftermath of Skeletor's war on Castle Grayskull, which he has won...

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Dead Heat

as Pool Zombie
Released: 1988-05-06

Detective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies:...

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Theodore Rex

as Theodore Rex (performer)
Released: 1995-12-14

In an alternate futuristic society, a tough female police detective is paired with a talking...

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The American Scream

as Ben Benziger
Released: 1988-01-01

An American family takes their classic Christmas vacation at a perfect mountain resort, but the...

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Remembering Return to Oz

as Self
Released: 2021-11-19

The gathered memories and warm recollections of the cast and crew of the 1985 Walt Disney...

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Citizen

as uncredited
Released: 1982-01-01

A group of anonymous young people embark on an apparently random journey through a disjointed...

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Digital Dance

as Dancer
Released: 1982-01-01

A figure performs a dance to disco and beautiful abstractions are created.

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My Puberty

as uncredited
Released: 1987-11-06

Segalove re-enacts the trials and travails of her desperate, hormonal, pubescent years with...

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Oua Oua

as Lip Syncing
Released: 1991-01-01

"Recorded live in performance at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts. The audience saw...

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