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toby philpott

toby philpott is an english puppeteer best known for his work in motion picture animatronics during the 1980s in such films as `` the dark crystal '' and '' '' .
born into a family of entertainers , philpott dropped out of school and traveled the world during the 1960s , squatting in various locations and surviving off money he earned from his work as a street performer , which included juggling , fire eating , magic shows , clowning and acrobatics .
he began his film career after jim henson personally selected philpott to work on the 1982 fantasy film `` the dark crystal '' , in which he worked side-by-side with henson .
the next year , philpott was approached to serve as one of the puppeteers controlling jabba the hutt in `` return of the jedi '' .
philpott controlled the left arm , head , tongue and body of the giant hutt puppet .
philpott would lend his puppetry skills to other such movies as `` the company of wolves '' -lrb- 1984 -rrb- , `` labyrinth '' -lrb- 1986 -rrb- , `` little shop of horrors '' -lrb- 1986 -rrb- and `` who framed roger rabbit '' -lrb- 1988 -rrb- before leaving the film industry .
reflecting upon his movie career , philpott describes himself as a `` street juggler that got lucky '' .
