Don Austen
English puppeteer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Don Austen | |
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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] |
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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.