Marc Thorpe(1946-2023)

Visual Effects

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Marc Thorpe was born on 9 November 1946 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is known for Howard the Duck (1986), Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983). He died on 24 November 2023 in the USA.

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Known for

Howard the Duck (1986)

Howard the Duck

4.7

Visual Effects(ILM creature shop)

1986

Harrison Ford, Anthony Daniels, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, David Prowse, Kenny Baker, and Peter Mayhew in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back

8.7

Visual Effects(miniature and optical effects unit)

1980

Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, James Earl Jones, Warwick Davis, David Prowse, Billy Dee Williams, Michael Carter, and Larry Ward in Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

8.3

Visual Effects(ILM)

1983

Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Wolf Kahler, Ronald Lacey, and Terry Richards in Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

8.4

Visual Effects(ILM)

1981

Credits

Visual Effects

The Hunt for Red October
7.5
- model maker: ILM
- 1990
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
8.2
- puppet engineer: ILM
- 1989
*batteries not included
6.6
- model maker
- 1987
Howard the Duck
4.7
- animatronic designer: ILM creature shop
- 1986
Explorers
6.4
- model maker
- 1985
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
7.5
- model maker: ILM
- 1984
Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi
8.3
- visual effects model maker: ILM
- 1983
Poltergeist
7.3
- model maker: ILM
- 1982
Dragonslayer
6.6
- dragon assistant: ILM
- 1981
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark
8.4
- model maker: ILM
- 1981
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back
8.7
- model maker: miniature and optical effects unit
- 1980

Personal details

Born
- November 9, 1946
- San Francisco, California, USA
Died
- November 24, 2023
- USA(Parkinson's disease)

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Has a daughter Megan.

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