Eugene Lambert

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Eugene Lambert
Born1928[1]
County Sligo, Ireland
Died23 February 2010 (2010-02-24) (aged 81)
Monkstown, County Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
Occupation(s)Puppeteer, actor

Eugene Lambert (1928[1] – 22 February 2010)[2] was an Irish puppeteer and actor from County Sligo. He was owner of the Lambert Puppet Theatre in Monkstown, County Dublin. He was noted for co-starring as O'Brien in the RTÉ television series Wanderly Wagon and for the Murphy agus a Cháirde ("Murphy and Friends") puppet television programme in the 1960s. He died in 2010 at the age of 82.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference RTÉ 23 Feb 10 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Fiona McCann (24 February 2010). "The father of puppetry in Ireland". The Irish Times. The Irish Times Trust. Retrieved 25 February 2010.