Dr. Dolittle (film)

Dr. Dolittle was a 1998 feature film comedy, released through 20th Century Fox andloosely based on the original "Dr. Dolittle" concept created by Hugh Lofting, starring Eddie Murphy as a physician who can hear animals talking to him.

Jim Henson's Creature Shop supplied assorted animatronic animals for dialogue, stunt scenes, and other movements, including Lucky the Dog, Jake the Tiger, Rodney the guinea pig, a pair of rats, and a pigeon married couple. Puppeteers included Bill Barretta, Bruce Lanoil, Allan Trautman, Kevin Carlson, and Drew Massey. A sequel, Dr. Dolittle 2, followed, but without any Creature Shop involvement.