Allan Trautman

Allan Trautman

Born: January 1, 1955
in Brooklyn, New York, USA
Allan Trautman was born in Brooklyn, New York. He has a B.A. in Physics and Drama from Washington University, St. Louis. Got his first job as a puppeteer during college working on "The Letter People."

He also has an MFA in Acting from California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, California.

Spent two summers performing at the Colorado Shakespeare Festival.

Stayed in Los Angeles after graduation and performed with Sid and Marty Krofft. First worked with the Muppets in 1990 on MuppetVision 3D, still showing in the Disney theme parks. Began work on Dinosaurs for the Jim Henson Co. in 1991.

Movies for Allan Trautman...

Muppets & Magic: Celebrating 70 Years of Jim Henson
Title: Muppets & Magic: Celebrating 70 Years of Jim Henson
Character: Big Vomit Monster (Big V)
Released: June 19, 2024
Type: Movie
Walter, from The Muppets, climbs out of a picture of himself on one of the walls of the Jim Henson Company, followed by Abby Cadabby, from Sesame Street. Walter and Abby get the idea to take an outdoor anniversary group photo. With a wave of her wand and some magic words ("Fabric, fleece, and foam sublime! Come on out, it's picture time!"), Abby brings all of the pictures of Muppets and Creatures from across the company to life. Since the photo shoot isn't due to happen until midnight, this gives everyone plenty of time to interact and mingle with each other; most of the special consists of interactions between characters from various Jim Henson Company productions.
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Muppets & Magic: Celebrating 70 Years of Jim Henson
Title: Muppets & Magic: Celebrating 70 Years of Jim Henson
Character: Skeksis Conqueror
Released: June 19, 2024
Type: Movie
Walter, from The Muppets, climbs out of a picture of himself on one of the walls of the Jim Henson Company, followed by Abby Cadabby, from Sesame Street. Walter and Abby get the idea to take an outdoor anniversary group photo. With a wave of her wand and some magic words ("Fabric, fleece, and foam sublime! Come on out, it's picture time!"), Abby brings all of the pictures of Muppets and Creatures from across the company to life. Since the photo shoot isn't due to happen until midnight, this gives everyone plenty of time to interact and mingle with each other; most of the special consists of interactions between characters from various Jim Henson Company productions.
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Muppets & Magic: Celebrating 70 Years of Jim Henson
Title: Muppets & Magic: Celebrating 70 Years of Jim Henson
Character: Devil
Released: June 19, 2024
Type: Movie
Walter, from The Muppets, climbs out of a picture of himself on one of the walls of the Jim Henson Company, followed by Abby Cadabby, from Sesame Street. Walter and Abby get the idea to take an outdoor anniversary group photo. With a wave of her wand and some magic words ("Fabric, fleece, and foam sublime! Come on out, it's picture time!"), Abby brings all of the pictures of Muppets and Creatures from across the company to life. Since the photo shoot isn't due to happen until midnight, this gives everyone plenty of time to interact and mingle with each other; most of the special consists of interactions between characters from various Jim Henson Company productions.
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Title: The Barbarian and the Troll
Character: Horus (voice)
Released: October 2, 2021
Type: TV
Follow Evan, a bridge troll in search of adventure, and Brendar, a fierce female warrior on a quest to defeat the evil demon who has imprisoned her brother.
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The Happytime Murders
Title: The Happytime Murders
Character: Octopus / Puppet Doctor
Released: August 22, 2018
Type: Movie
In a world where human beings and puppets live together, when the members of the cast of a children's television show aired during the 1990s begin to get murdered one by one, puppet Phil Philips, a former LAPD detective who fell in disgrace and turned into a private eye, takes on the case at the request of his old boss in order to assist detective Edwards, who was his partner in the past.
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The Muppets Take The O2
Title: The Muppets Take The O2
Character: Additional Muppet Performer (voice)
Released: July 13, 2018
Type: Movie
The Muppets Take the O2 is a live stage show starring the Muppets performed at the O2 Arena in London in July 2018. The show is a follow-up to 2017's performance at the Hollywood Bowl, reprising many of the same acts.
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The Jungle Book
Title: The Jungle Book
Character: Animal Voices (voice)
Released: April 7, 2016
Type: Movie
A man-cub named Mowgli fostered by wolves. After a threat from the tiger Shere Khan, Mowgli is forced to flee the jungle, by which he embarks on a journey of self discovery with the help of the panther, Bagheera and the free-spirited bear, Baloo.
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Pillywag's Mansion
Title: Pillywag's Mansion
Character: Screen
Released: January 1, 2014
Type: Movie
A comedy/variety show hosted by a crazy, reclusive puppet named R.J. Pillywag.
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Grey Matter
Title: Grey Matter
Character: Vice Principal Jordan
Released: October 20, 2012
Type: Movie
Official adaptation of Stephen King's short story from the anthology NIGHT SHIFT. The film tells the story of Issac, a young man who must care for his war vet, alcoholic father after they're both abandoned by his mother. Issac finds release from his trouble at home by acting out in school, mainly by telling lies. Unfortunately, these lies have consequences when Issac's father begins a horrific transformation.
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They Won't Stay Dead: A Look at 'Return of the Living Dead Part II'
Title: They Won't Stay Dead: A Look at 'Return of the Living Dead Part II'
Character: Himself
Released: October 18, 2011
Type: Movie
Retrospective documentary about the making of "Return of the Living Dead Part II."
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More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
Title: More Brains! A Return to the Living Dead
Character: Himself
Released: October 18, 2011
Type: Movie
Retrospective documentary about the making of the horror cult classic "The Return of the Living Dead."
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The Macabre World of Lavender Williams
Title: The Macabre World of Lavender Williams
Character: Lead Puppeteer
Released: May 31, 2009
Type: Movie
Eight year-old Lavender Williams, who recently lost her mother to cancer, sets off on an epic journey to find her Dad, whom she's never met. Her only companion is Lester, her late pet who's returned from the grave to help her. But the journey won't be easy for the girl and her zombie dog, for the evil presence of Sheriff Murdstone stalks them at every turn.
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The Return of the Living Dead:  The Decade of Darkness
Title: The Return of the Living Dead: The Decade of Darkness
Character: Self
Released: July 11, 2007
Type: Movie
A look at the horror movies of the 1980's.
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The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Title: The Muppets' Wizard of Oz
Character: Crow / Old Tom (voice)
Released: May 20, 2005
Type: Movie
A young woman named Dorothy Gale dreams of becoming a singer but is unable to pursue her dreams. After being swept up by a tornado with her pet prawn Toto, Dorothy embarks on a journey to meet the Wizard of Oz, the person who both Dorothy and the citizens of Oz believe can help make her dream come true.
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It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Title: It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie
Character: Eugene the Tuba Player (voice)
Released: December 31, 2003
Type: Movie
The owner of a bank (Miss Bitterman) wants to own the Muppet Theatre so she can build a nightclub over it. After she tricks Pepe into giving her the only copy of the contract between her father and the Muppets, she changes it so the Muppets have very little time to pay a debt they owe. Meanwhile, the Muppets are trying to put on a Christmas show. After the Muppets are confronted by Bitterman, they make a lot of sacrifices to save up so they can keep the Theatre.
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Title: Joan of Arcadia
Released: September 26, 2003
Type: TV
Joan Girardi has begun acting a little strange since her family moved to the city of Arcadia. No one knows that various people keep introducing themselves as God, and then giving the teenager specific directions to do things. Unsure of what God wants, and if she's even sane, Joan tentatively begins to follow God's cryptic directives, all the while trying to retain a "normal" teen-aged existence.
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Intolerable Cruelty
Title: Intolerable Cruelty
Character: Convention Lawyer
Released: September 2, 2003
Type: Movie
A revenge-seeking gold digger marries a womanizing Beverly Hills lawyer with the intention of making a killing in the divorce.
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Title: Greg the Bunny
Released: March 27, 2002
Type: TV
Greg the Bunny is an American television sitcom that originally aired on Fox TV in 2002. It starred Seth Green and a hand puppet named Greg the Bunny, originally invented by the team of Sean S. Baker, Spencer Chinoy and Dan Milano. Milano and Chinoy wrote and co-produced the Fox show. The show was spun off from The Greg the Bunny Show, a series of short segments that aired on the Independent Film Channel, which were based on the Public-access television cable TV show Junktape. A show spin-off, called Warren the Ape, premiered on June 14, 2010 on MTV.
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Monkeybone
Title: Monkeybone
Character: BBQ Pig (voice)
Released: February 23, 2001
Type: Movie
After a car crash sends repressed cartoonist Stu into a coma, he and the mischievous Monkeybone, his hilarious alter-ego, wake up in a wacked-out waystation for lost souls. When Monkeybone takes over Stu's body and escapes to wreak havoc on the real world, Stu has to find a way to stop him before his sister pulls the plug on reality forever!
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Title: Grounded for Life
Released: January 10, 2001
Type: TV
Right out of high school, Sean Finnerty got his girlfriend Claudia pregnant. Now she’s his wife, and at just 32, he’s somehow found himself with 14-year-old daughter Lily, two little boys, and a constant struggle between his need to be responsible and his desperate desire to be irresponsible. His judgmental father Walt and devil-may-care brother Eddie are no help at all. When they all get together, stories always start to fly. Of course, Sean’s family will never let him finish a story; they interrupt, they debate, they derail, they defend themselves; just like any good family would.
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Muppets from Space
Title: Muppets from Space
Character: Additional Muppet Performer
Released: July 14, 1999
Type: Movie
When Gonzo's breakfast cereal tells him that he's the descendant of aliens from another planet, his attempts at extraterrestrial communication get him kidnapped by a secret government agency, prompting the Muppets to spring into action. It's hard to believe Gonzo's story at first, but Kermit and friends soon find themselves on an epic journey into outer space filled with plenty of intergalactic misadventures.
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The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: The Brush in the Stone
Title: The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: The Brush in the Stone
Character: Johnny Paste (voice)
Released: January 15, 1996
Type: Movie
Timmy gets a case of the itchy polka dots on the day of the Flossmore Valley Fair. It's up to Mr. Wisdom to read Timmy a medieval story about the origins of the childhood disease.
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The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: Operation Secret Birthday Surprise
Title: The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: Operation Secret Birthday Surprise
Character: Johnny Paste / Sunny the Sun / Leo (voice)
Released: June 19, 1995
Type: Movie
Convinced his friends forgot his birthday, Timmy visits Mr. Wisdom and is shown what Flossmore Valley would be like if he wasn't around.
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The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: Spooky Tooth
Title: The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: Spooky Tooth
Character: Rodney the Riddler (voice)
Released: May 22, 1995
Type: Movie
Set in Flossmore Valley and Egypt, Timmy, Brushbrush and Bubbles visit the pyramids on their official pyramid investigation business as they explore the pyramid of King Tooth Uncommon.
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The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: An Eye for a Tooth
Title: The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: An Eye for a Tooth
Character: Johnny Paste (voice)
Released: May 8, 1995
Type: Movie
Young Sidney Cyclops wants nothing more than to be the greatest paperboy in the world. Unfortunately, he cannot see. It's up to Timmy, Brushbrush and Bubbles to help Sidney.
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The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: Rainy Day Adventure
Title: The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: Rainy Day Adventure
Character: Sunny the Sun (voice)
Released: May 1, 1995
Type: Movie
During a rainy day, Timmy imagines that he is Captain Good Guy, and Brushbrush is his first mate. They work to save Sunny the Sun from The Cavity Goon and Miss Sweety.
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The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: Lost My Brush
Title: The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: Lost My Brush
Character: Johnny Paste / Sherry the Fairy (voice)
Released: April 24, 1995
Type: Movie
The Cavity Goon and Miss Sweety plot to capture Brushbrush in order to bait Timmy and hand him over to the Tooth Fairy.
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The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: Molar Island
Title: The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: Molar Island
Character: Johnny Paste (voice)
Released: April 17, 1995
Type: Movie
Timmy dreams that he and Brushbrush win a dream vacation to Molar Island. Timmy ends up helping the locals when the ancient crown of King Cuspid has been stolen by the Gingivitis Tribe and the island will sink if the ancient crown of King Cuspid is not returned to the hole it was placed over.
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The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: Big Mouth Gulch
Title: The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: Big Mouth Gulch
Character: Johnny Paste (voice)
Released: April 10, 1995
Type: Movie
Timmy reads to his friends a western story, where Sheriff Timmy deals with outlaws Goony the Kid and Miss Sweety when they come to Big Mouth Gulch.
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The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: Malibu Timmy
Title: The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth: Malibu Timmy
Character: Johnny Paste (voice)
Released: April 3, 1995
Type: Movie
Timmy and his friends go to the beach, but there is just one problem: Timmy cannot swim, and neither can Waxie! Timmy then imagines himself as a lifeguard, and his friends are competing in a surfing competition against the notorious cheater Goon Doggy.
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Title: Unhappily Ever After
Character: Mr. Floppy (puppeteer)
Released: January 11, 1995
Type: TV
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Muppet Classic Theater
Title: Muppet Classic Theater
Character: Papa Pig / The Banker / The Royal Doctor / Villager (voice)
Released: September 27, 1994
Type: Movie
Gonzo and Rizzo host a presentation in the Muppet Theater of six fairy tales performed by the Muppets. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Fozzie Bear, Robin the Frog, Gonzo and Rizzo star in the various stories. The production also marked the first appearance of Andy and Randy Pig and the Elvises, who later appeared on Muppets Tonight. Written by Jim Lewis and Bill Prady, each story also features an original song.
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Title: The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth
Character: Johnny Paste (voice)
Released: April 3, 1994
Type: TV
This show was about the adventures of a talking tooth named Timmy and all his friends of Flossmore Valley as they go on adventures using their imaginations, which would usually have Timmy thwarting bad guys like the Cavity Goon and Miss Sweetie or the Gingivitis Gang.
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Title: Dinosaurs
Character: Monster (voice)
Released: April 26, 1991
Type: TV
Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
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Title: Dinosaurs
Character: Narrator / Officer Brazelton (voice)
Released: April 26, 1991
Type: TV
Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
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Title: Dinosaurs
Character: Lieutenant / Rocco (voice)
Released: April 26, 1991
Type: TV
Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
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Title: Dinosaurs
Character: Dr. Elliot Piaget (voice)
Released: April 26, 1991
Type: TV
Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
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Title: Dinosaurs
Character: Mug Salesman (voice)
Released: April 26, 1991
Type: TV
Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
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Title: Dinosaurs
Character: Georgie (voice)
Released: April 26, 1991
Type: TV
Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
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Title: Dinosaurs
Character: Moola the Cash Cow (voice)
Released: April 26, 1991
Type: TV
Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
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Title: Dinosaurs
Character: Mr. Otto Lynch (voice)
Released: April 26, 1991
Type: TV
Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
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Title: Dinosaurs
Character: Mr. Pulman (voice)
Released: April 26, 1991
Type: TV
Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
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Title: Dinosaurs
Character: Hank (voice)
Released: April 26, 1991
Type: TV
Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
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Title: Dinosaurs
Character: Maurice (voice)
Released: April 26, 1991
Type: TV
Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TV's, fridges, microwaves, and every modern convenience.
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Cold Dog Soup
Title: Cold Dog Soup
Character: Joseph
Released: September 6, 1990
Type: Movie
Randy Quaid as the taxi driver drives Zen parables (Is time money - Is time the root of all evil?) into his passenger/protegee in a high-speed, idiosyncratic tour of their city's ethnic coteries. All the boy wants is to dispose of his date's dead dog Jasper and get back to the babe who's so hot she mutters darkly about being a Pressure Cooker: his conventional efforts are continually thwarted. Quaid is respected by the peculiar groups he interests in the dog's corpse and effects, and our one-gloved heroine is much keener on him than on her rather lackluster date.
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Return of the Living Dead Part II
Title: Return of the Living Dead Part II
Character: Tarman
Released: January 15, 1988
Type: Movie
A group of kids discover one of the drums containing a rotting corpse and release the 2-4-5 Trioxin gas into the air, causing the dead to once again rise from the grave and seek out brains.
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Title: Married... with Children
Character: Barbiephile
Released: April 5, 1987
Type: TV
Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.
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Hollywood Erotic Film Festival
Title: Hollywood Erotic Film Festival
Character: Milkman
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Ten erotic vignettes from eight different directors.
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The Return of the Living Dead
Title: The Return of the Living Dead
Character: Tarman
Released: April 25, 1985
Type: Movie
When foreman Frank shows new employee Freddy a secret military experiment in a supply warehouse in Louisville, Kentucky, the two klutzes accidentally release a gas that reanimates corpses into flesh-eating zombies. As the epidemic spreads throughout the town, and the creatures satisfy their hunger in gory and outlandish ways, Frank and Freddy fight to survive with the help of their boss and a mysterious mortician.
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Title: The Letter People
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
The Letter People is the name of a children's literacy program and the television series based on that program. The term also refers to the various characters depicted in the program and television show.