Pat Brymer

Pat Brymer

Date of Birth: March 17, 1950
Date of Passing: April 12, 2020
Birthplace: Highland Park, Illinois
Obituary: Hollywood Reporter

Pat Brymer was an American puppeteer and puppet designer.

A theater student at Illinois State University, Brymer initially worked in St. Louis for Sid and Marty Krofft's puppet theater at Six Flags Over Mid-America, designing puppets and other characters.

He would go on to collaborate with the Krofft brothers on a number of projects including the children's television series The Banana Splits and The Hanna-Barbera Happy Hour; he also created an updated version of Lamb Chop for Shari Lewis and her PBS show Lamb Chop's Play-Along.

Pat Brymer was an American puppeteer and puppet designer.

A theater student at Illinois State University, Brymer initially worked in St. Louis for Sid and Marty Krofft's puppet theater at Six Flags Over Mid-America, designing puppets and other characters.

He would go on to collaborate with the Krofft brothers on a number of projects including the children's television series The Banana Splits and The Hanna-Barbera Happy Hour; he also created an updated version of Lamb Chop for Shari Lewis and her PBS show Lamb Chop's Play-Along.

Brymer served as the principal puppeteer on Team America: World Police (2004) and contributed to So I Married an Axe Murderer (1993), My Stepmother is an Alien (1988), Short Circuit (1986) and manipulated the gopher in Caddyshack (1980), opposite Bill Murray.

Brymer died April 12, 2020, in Burbank, California. He was 70.

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