Eric Engelhardt

 Eric   Engelhardt  ( d . . ). was a puppeteer & puppet builder. He started at t h e  JIM HENSON  Company in the mid - 1990 s as a puppet builder, most notably building the original Pepe the King Prawn for Muppet s Tonight.

After his dea th, t h e prestigious O ' Neill Puppetry Conference set up the Eric Engelhardt Memorial Scholarship in his honor.

Muppet Credit s

 * Muppet s Tonight - Muppet builder / designer, created the original Pepe the King Prawn puppet
 * Bear in the  BIG  Blue House - Built Doc Hogg
 *  The Adventure s of  Elmo  in  GROUCH  land  - Muppet builder / designer, built  THE CATERPILLAR 
 * Muppets from Space - Muppet builder / designer

NON - Muppet Credit s

 * It ' s a  BIG   BIG  World - Puppeteer
 * Crank Yank er s - Puppeteer
 * The Book of  Pooh  - Pooh ( puppetry only ), Shadow character design

External l ink s

 * Eric Engelhardt o n I M D b