Phil Eason (1960-2021[1]) was a British puppeteer who puppeteered on Muppet Treasure Island. For Jim Henson's Creature Shop, he worked on The Bear, operated Blawp in Lost in Space, Vogons in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, and performed on The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. He was interviewed in The Crystal Calls: Making the Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance demonstrating how the character of Lore was performed on set.
Eason's other credits included Spitting Image (from Season 9 onwards) and performing Yaddle in The Phantom Menace. He was also a principal puppeteer on the Frank Oz film Little Shop of Horrors.
Muppet/Creature Shop Credits
- Labyrinth- Puppeteer (uncredited)
- The Bear- Bear Expressions
- The StoryTeller - Puppeteer (uncredited)
- Muppet Treasure Island - Additional Muppet Performer (uncredited)
- The Neverending Story III- Key puppeteer (Junior Rockchewer)
- Lost in Space- The Robot
- Animal Farm- Napoleon (principal puppeteer)
- Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy- Vogons
- Mee-Shee: The Water Giant - Principal puppeteer (Mee-Shee)
- Sugar Puffs - The Honey Monster puppeteer (2001-2004)
- ABBA's The Last Video
- The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance - Additional Puppeteer
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