William Banyard

William Banyard is a British puppeteer who has served as an additional puppeteer on several UK-based projects by the Muppets and Henson. His most notable (yet only) ones were That Puppet Game Show, Muppets Most Wanted, and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. But how come William hasn't done any other projects featuring either the Muppets or Henson? It is probably because Banyard was been very busy outside of both companies. Outside of those three projects, he has puppeteered on Solo: A Star Wars Story and two Jurassic World films. His TV work includes Space Pirates, Big Babies, Bear Behaving Badly, and ZingZillas. William Banyard got to puppeteer alongside other UK puppeteers like Dave Chapman, Warrick Brownlow-Pike, and Sarah Burgess, to name a few. However, I wish he would have assisted the Muppets when they performed at the O2 Arena live in 2018 along with other British puppeteers. But I guess he was too occupied with The Dark Crystal or something to participate. Based on William's latest film, Jurassic World Domination, it's official he's still puppeteers today and maybe he'll work with Muppet performers again when the Muppets film a UK project. It may not happen just yet, but soon that day will come when Banyard assists on a Henson Company production real soon. As long as he still did Muppet and Henson stuff, that's all that matters. For now at least. William Banyard, you've been great in Muppets Most Wanted and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, as well as your outside projects. Keep puppeteering and hope for the best. You never know when the Muppets will be in the UK again to film something. Just keep on puppeteering William. You've got style Banyard!

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