Timothy D. Rose (born July 17, 1956) is an American actor and puppeteer, best known for playing Admiral Ackbar in the ''

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'' series. In addition, he puppeteered for Salacious B. Crumb, the court jester of Jabba the Hutt, in '' Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi''.

Early life

Rose was born in

Pittsfield, Illinois Pittsfield is a city in and the county seat of Pike County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,576 at the 2010 census, an increase from 4,211 in 2000. History Pittsfield was initially settled by settlers from New England. These settl ...

on July 17, 1956.

Career

Rose is best known for playing the role of Admiral Ackbar in the third ''

'' film, '' Return of the Jedi'', a role which he played again in '' Star Wars: The Force Awakens'' and '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi''. In addition, Rose also puppeteered the characters of

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and Salacious Crumb in ''Return of the Jedi'', and has been involved with other

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and The Jim Henson Company projects, including '' The Dark Crystal'' and '' Howard the Duck''. He also helped in puppeteering the character of Tik-Tok in

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' ''

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''. Rose also made the puppets Cosmo and Dibs for the BBC children's series '' You and Me''. They debuted on that show in 1983. He also did assistant puppetry for Barnaby Bear on ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Timothy M. 1956 births Living people American male actors People from Pittsfield, Illinois