Changes: Mark Jefferis

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Mark Jefferis is a British puppeteer who began his career as a dancer and musical theater performer. In 1988, Jefferis joined the puppeteering cast of Spitting Image, performing caricatures of the Queen Mum and Neil Kinnock. Since then, he has worked on several Muppet and Creature Shop productions produced in England.

Jefferis puppeteered on Muppet Treasure Island, and has been a regular on The Hoobs (as Hubba Hubba and Groove) and Construction Site (as Bozer and Carl). He also sang the vocals for the theme songs for both productions. He also performed skin and animatronic characters with the Creature Shop for the 2005 film The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

On stage, Jefferis appeared in West End productions of No No Nannette, West Side Story, Billy Liar, They're Playing Our Song and the original West End production of Chicago. He played Jesus in Cameron Mackintosh's 1977 tour of Godspell, and Benjamin in a 1976 tour of Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, with Paul Jones, Louise Gold and Frederick Warder. His other acting credits include on-camera appearances in Tom Brown's School Days, The Bill and Casualty, and as Terry in One Last Chance.

Jefferis' other puppeteering credits include Fur TV, The Roly Mo Show, Bunny Town, Project Huxley and the Wastebuster project.

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-'''Mark Jefferis''' is a British puppeteer who began his career as a dancer/musical theater performer. First appearing alongside Dame Anna Neagle In The west end production of 'No No Nannette' tapping his little heart out. He went on to dance in various west end prod's including 'West Side Story','Billy Liar', 'They're Playing Our Song' and the original production of 'Chicago'. During this time he also spent a year dancing with the BBC  troupe the 'Young Generation', appeared as Anita Harris' cat in Panto, performed in cabaret and various Rep companys.
+'''Mark Jefferis''' is a British puppeteer who began his career as a dancer and musical theater performer.  In 1988, Jefferis joined the puppeteering cast of ''Spitting Image'', performing caricatures of the Queen Mum and Neil Kinnock. Since then, he has worked on several Muppet and [[Jim Henson's Creature Shop|Creature Shop]] productions produced in England.
-He played 'Jesus' in Cameron Mackintosh's 1978 tour of ''Godspell'', and Benjamin in a [[1976]] tour of ''Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'', with Paul Jones, [[Louise Gold]] and [[Frederick Warder]]).
-He played 'Clifford' in the 1984 tour of 'Deathtrap' opposite Richard Johnson, appeared in 'The Biko Inquest' at the Hammersmith Riverside and as 'Private Sparky' in the 1986 Old Vic production of 'Sgt Musgraves Dance' Opposite the likes of Albert Finney, Eileen Atkins and Alun Armstrong. His last west end role was as the narrator in 'Blood Brothers'.
-His other credits include on-camera appearances in ''Tom Brown's School Days'' and ''The Bill'', "Casualty" and as 'Terry' in the screen two production 'One Last Chance".
+Jefferis puppeteered on ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'', and has been a regular on ''[[The Hoobs]]'' (as [[Hubba Hubba]] and [[Groove]]) and ''[[Construction Site]]'' (as Bozer and Carl). He also sang the vocals for the theme songs for both productions. He also performed skin and animatronic characters with the Creature Shop for the 2005 film ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (film)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''.
+On stage, Jefferis appeared in West End productions of ''No No Nannette'', ''[[West Side Story]]'', ''Billy Liar'', ''They're Playing Our Song'' and the original West End production of ''Chicago''. He played [[Jesus Christ|Jesus]] in Cameron Mackintosh's 1977 tour of ''Godspell'', and Benjamin in a 1976 tour of ''Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'', with Paul Jones, [[Louise Gold]] and [[Frederick Warder]]. His other acting credits include on-camera appearances in ''Tom Brown's School Days'', ''The Bill'' and ''Casualty'', and as Terry in ''One Last Chance''.
-He subsequently joined the puppetering cast of ''Spitting Image'' , operating such caricatures as the Queen Mum and Neil Kinnock. Since then, he has worked on several [[The Muppets|Muppet]]/[[Jim Henson's Creature Shop|Creature Shop]] productions produced in England.
-He puppeteered on ''[[Muppet Treasure Island]]'' and has been a regular on ''[[The Hoobs]]'' (as [[Hubba Hubba+Groove]]) and ''[[Construction Site]]'' (as Bozer and Carl)s also singing the theme song for both these prod's.
-He Made five series for The Disney Channel as 'Raoul' The fast talking Mexican dinosaur( and a host of other characters) and also composed the theme music and incidental songs for those series.
-He created various characters for the Disney production 'Bunny Town' recorded at Elstree studios and is involved with the 'Wastebusta' project, operating and voicing the character of 'Busta'.
-He performed Skin and animatronic characters in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' and most recently completed digital animation for the series 'What's Your News' for Warner Brothers.
+Jefferis' other puppeteering credits include ''Fur TV'', ''The Roly Mo Show'', ''Bunny Town'', ''Project Huxley'' and the ''Wastebuster'' project.
 ==External links==
 *[http://www.secondskinagency.com/profiles/tv_film_theatre/mark_jefferis.htm Resume]
+* [http://www.wastebuster.co.uk The Wastebuster Project]
-[http://public.me.com/markjefferiscla]
-[http://www.wastebuster.co.uk]
+* [http://www.projecthuxley.com/ Project Huxley]
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-[[Category:Creature Shop Puppeteers|Jefferis]]
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