Pons Maar

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Other
Birthday
Aug 04, 1951 (73 years old)

Pons Maar

Known For

The Blob
1h 35m
Movie 1988

The Blob

In Arborville, California, three high school students try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches.

Dead Heat
1h 24m
Movie 1988

Dead Heat

Detective Roger Mortis is killed in action while investigating a string of mysterious robberies: until he's brought back from the dead with a chemical company's secret re-animation technology. Now he has twelve hours to solve the case of his own death before he dies: And stays dead.

My Puberty
0h 11m
Movie 1987

My Puberty

Segalove re-enacts the trials and travails of her desperate, hormonal, pubescent years with actors dancing their way through what looks like a techni-color version of the Cleaver’s backyard. She plays herself, getting questionable advice from girlfriends, begging her mother for a bra and falling in love for the first time, with Moondoggie in Gidget Goes Hawaiian.

The Golden Child
1h 34m
Movie 1986

The Golden Child

After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."

Return to Oz
1h 49m
Movie 1985

Return to Oz

Dorothy, saved from a psychiatric experiment by a mysterious girl, finds herself back in the land of her dreams, and makes delightful new friends, and dangerous new enemies.

Biography

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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