Bil Baird

Puppeteer best known for his "Baird Marrionettes", who appeared on stage, television and in films like The Sound of Music. A rendition of his marionette sequence from The Sound of Music was performed in Episode 217: Julie Andrews of The Muppet Show.

Baird gave Jerry Nelson his start in puppetry and worked with Jim Henson on a number of other ocassions, such as on Here Come the Puppets.

A short biography of Baird appears in The Muppets Make Puppets.