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Don Austen
Born
(1958-01-19) 19 January 1958 (age 66)
England, U.K.
Occupation
Puppeteer
Notable work
Santa Claus: The Movie, The Little Shop of Horrors, Who Framed Roger Rabbit[1]
Don Austen (born 19 January 1958) is an English puppeteer. Austen joined the Jim Henson Creature Shop in 1986 for the movie Labyrinth. He was a puppeteer for other blockbuster movies including Santa Claus: The Movie (1985), The Little Shop of Horrors (1986), Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988), The Bear (L'ours) (1988), The Witches (1990), and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999).[2]
Most notably he performed in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), inside both the Ghost of Christmas Present and The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. He also managed briefly to boost numbers in Muppet Treasure Island (1996) as Pirate Crew and Cannibals.
^British Puppeteers: Gordon Murray, Don Austen, John Eccleston, Warrick Brownlow-Pike, William Todd-Jones, A. R. Philpott, Kathryn Mullen. General Books LLC. September 2010. ISBN 978-1-157-31409-7.
^Bouzereau, Laurent; Duncan, Jody (10 May 1999). Star Wars the Making of Episode I: The Phantom Menace. Ballantine Publ. Group. p. 97. ISBN 978-0-345-43111-0. Retrieved 15 July 2011.
DonAusten (born 19 January 1958) is an English puppeteer. Austen joined the Jim Henson Creature Shop in 1986 for the movie Labyrinth. He was a puppeteer...
Hoobs, and his many roles on British children's television alongside DonAusten. He was also behind the character Gilbert the Alien (voiced by Phil Cornwell)...
friends. Can Basil convince his friends that Mortimer is evil before it's too late? (This episode is the series finale.) Guest Stars: DonAusten as Mortimer...
the time, 2 shorts were shown each episode. Bro and Bro were voiced by DonAusten and John Eccleston. Eccleston was replaced for series 3 onwards of What's...
special. He appeared in the fourth series in prison. He is voiced by DonAusten. He appeared in the 2005 and 2006 Christmas specials. In the first series...
The Millhouse character is never shown on the show. British puppeteer DonAusten took over the character for a further 5 years (1989–95) for more than...
the Biblioteca Marucelliana) and libretto. Don Juan fascinated the 19th-century English novelist Jane Austen: "I have seen nobody on the stage who has...
Mr. Bitte John Henson Sweetums Himself Louise Gold Brool the Minstrel Himself Original Tourist Rat DonAusten Originals Background Pirates, Native Pigs...
who the monsters call "human-dad-thingy-person". Haggis (performed by DonAusten, assisted by Sean Masterson (Episodes 1-6) and David Collins (Episodes...
Nelson, Kevin Clash, Frank Oz, Bill Barretta, John Henson, Louise Gold, DonAusten 17 America's Dream HBO Pictures / Carrie Productions Paris Barclay, Bill...
version of the Don Juan story. Albert Camus has also written on the subject; while Jane Austen was fascinated by the character of Don Juan: "I have seen...
Debra Stephenson (1989) John Thomson (1990, 1992–1994) Anthony Asbury DonAusten Chris Barrie Richard Coombs John Eccleston Louise Gold Steve Nallon Angie...
and Jasiri, two hyenas from The Lion Guard. Scratch & Sniff, played by DonAusten & John Eccleston, virtual recreations of their past characters- "Bro &...
Augins, Cheryl Henson, Danny John-Jules, Richard Bodkin, Percy Edwards, DonAusten, Ronnie Le Drew, Kathryn Mullen, Nigel Plaskitt, Michael Quinn, David...
Presenter: Chris Corcoran Dib-Dab: Yvonne Stone Scribble: Adam Carter and DonAusten Stick: Mark Mander Writers: Dean Wilkinson, Trevor Neal, Simon Hickson...
Frank Oz, David Rudman, Karen Prell, Robert Tygner, William Todd-Jones, DonAusten Passion Fish Miramax Films John Sayles (director/screenplay); Mary McDonnell...
Jason Hazeley Joel Morris Chris Waitt Henry Trotter Starring Mak Wilson DonAusten John Eccleston Voices of Henry Trotter Phil Nichol Simon Greenall Theme...
that powers Roma's motorcycle, the Hooby Picki Picki. Iver − voiced by DonAusten Groove − voiced by John Eccleston (series 1−3) and Mark Jefferis (series...
Eason, Francis Wright, Michael Bayliss, Sue Dacre, Jeremy Stockwell, DonAusten, Brian Herring, Neil Sterenberg, Rebecca Nagan, Debbie Cumming, and Sheila...
novel and a satire of Gothic novels written by the English author Jane Austen. Although the title page is dated 1818 and was published posthumously in...
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