Timothy D. Rose (born July 17, 1956) is an American actor and puppeteer, best known for playing Admiral Ackbar in the Star Wars 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, on July 17, 1956. He received his degree from SUNY Albany.
Career
Rose is best known for playing the role of Admiral Ackbar in the third Star Wars 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 Sy Snootles and Salacious Crumb in Return of the Jedi, and has been involved with other Lucasfilm 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 Walt Disney Pictures' Return to Oz.
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 Becky and Barnaby Bear.
In 1988, Rose collaborated with creature designer/maker Vin Burnham on the lion Aslan for the BBC's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Rose sculpted the skull and installed the animatronics for the animal's head and operated it during filming.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1982 The Dark Crystal Treasurer Performer Return of the Ewok Salacious Crumb(voice) 1983 Return of the Jedi Admiral Ackbar, Salacious Crumb, Sy Snootles Voiced by Erik Bauersfeld as Admiral Ackbar; Credited as Tim Rose 1985 Return to Oz Tik-Tok Head operator 1986 Howard the Duck Howard T. Duck Head operator 1992 The Muppet Christmas Carol Additional Muppet performer(voice) 2008 8th Wonderland Richards 2015 Star Wars: The Force AwakensAdmiral Ackbar Voiced by Erik Bauersfeld; Credited as Tim Rose 2017 Star Wars: The Last Jedi Voiced by Tom Kane; Credited as Tim Rose
Television
Year Title Role Notes 1977–78 Just William Douglas 17 episodes 1989 Prince Caspian and The Voyage of the Dawn Treader Aslan 5 episodes, sculptor and puppeteer 2012–13 Wizards vs Aliens Nekross King 26 episodes
References
External links Official website