Tom Newby was part of the electro/mechanical team at the NY Muppet Workshop. He was originally hired by Faz Fazakas. Although he built a few characters on his own, Newby was primarily responsible for mechanisms (including radio control) that enhanced the Muppet characters as well as structural and mechanical components of the walk-around characters. He also supervised and designed puppet rigging for various Henson TV and film production.
Newby appeared onscreen in The Jim Henson Hour episode "Secrets of the Muppets."
Muppet/Henson credits[]
- The Great Muppet Caper - Muppet builder/Muppet designer
- Fraggle Rock - Muppet special effects
- The Muppets Take Manhattan - Muppet special effects
- The Christmas Toy - Mechanical designer
- The Jim Henson Hour - Muppet special effects
- The Muppet Christmas Carol
- Muppet Treasure Island
- The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland - Electro-mechanical effects
- Muppets from Space - Muppet effects coordinator
- It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie - Jim Henson's Muppet Workshop
- Kermit's Swamp Years - Muppet Workshop New York
- The Muppets' Wizard of Oz - Muppet electromechanical supervisor
- Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock - Muppet builder