Cast & creator
Chuck Jones
Best known for Matlock, Omnibus, The Oscars
Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio. He directed many of the classic short animated cartoons starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Sylvester, Pepé Le Pew and a slew of other Warner characters. Three of these shorts (Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening and What's Opera, Doc?) were later inducted into the National Film Registry. Chief among Jones' other works was the famous "Hunting Trilogy" of Rabbit Fire, Rabbit Seasoning, and Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1951–1953). After his career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, Jones started Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, including a new series of Tom and Jerry shorts and the television adaptation of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. He later started his own studio, Chuck Jones Productions, which created several one-shot specials, and periodically worked on Looney Tunes related works.
Also known as: Charles M. Jones, Charles Jones
467
film credits
17
television credits
36
1929–2023 · acting roles
6.7
average across scored titles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (484)
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Matlock
Magician #1
1986
Omnibus
1967
The Oscars
Self
1953
Duck Dodgers
Thanks
2003
Gremlins
Mr. Jones
1984
Looney Tunes
Director
1929Looney Tunes
Writer
1929
Gremlins 2: The New Batch
Animation Director
1990
Four Rooms
Creative Consultant
1995
Innerspace
Supermarket Customer
1987
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Director
1966How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Producer
1966How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Storyboard Artist
1966
Stay Tuned
Animation Supervisor
1992Stay Tuned
Character Designer
1992Great Drives
Self
1996
Timber Wolf
Producer
2001Timber Wolf
Writer
2001Timber Wolf
Storyboard Artist
2001Timber Wolf
Creator
2001
Camera Three
Self
Mark Twain
self
2002
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
Director
1979The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
Producer
1979The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
Writer
1979
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
Director
1983
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
Director
1982
Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary
Self
1986
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
Self
2009
The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
Producer
1965The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
Director
1965
Bachelor in Paradise
Title Designer
1961
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters
Director
1988
Mark Twain
Self (uncredited)
2002
Horton Hears a Who!
Junior Kangaroo / Various Whos / Quizmo McKwoff / JoJo (voice)
1970Horton Hears a Who!
Director
1970Horton Hears a Who!
Producer
1970Horton Hears a Who!
Storyboard Artist
1970
Looney Tunes: Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
Creator
1940
Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
Director
1979Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
Producer
1979Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
Writer
1979
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
Himself
1999
Fox Pop
Director
1942
A Hound for Trouble
Director
1951
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
Self
1992
Gay Purr-ee
Writer
1962
Adventures of the Road-Runner
Director
1962Adventures of the Road-Runner
Story
1962
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
Himself (archive footage)
2008
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One
Director
2011
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
Director
1944
The Cat in the Hat
Producer
1971The Cat in the Hat
Storyboard Artist
1971
A Chipmunk Christmas
Character Designer
1981A Chipmunk Christmas
Creative Consultant
1981
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
Self
2000
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
Self (archive footage)
2011
Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years
Self
1990
Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1
Director
2003
What's Opera, Doc?
Director
1957
Fast and Furry-ous
Director
1949Curiosity Shop
1971Curiosity Shop
Producer
1971Curiosity Shop
Creator
1971
Rabbit of Seville
Director
1950
Roughly Squeaking
Director
1946
Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
Director
2020
Porky's Hero Agency
Animation
1937
Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes
Director
1991
From Hare to Eternity
Producer
1997From Hare to Eternity
Director
1997
Porky's Super Service
Animation
1937
I Love to Singa
Animation
1936
Tex Avery: King of Cartoons
Himself
1988Tex Avery: King of Cartoons
Title Designer
1988
My Bunny Lies Over the Sea
Director
1948
Chariots of Fur
Director
1994Chariots of Fur
Producer
1994Chariots of Fur
Story
1994
Dog Tired
Director
1942
Daffy Dilly
Director
1948
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002
Prest-O Change-O
Director
1939
Past Perfumance
Director
1955
Hare-Breadth Hurry
Director
1963
Coming!! Snafu
Director
1943
A Christmas Carol
Executive Producer
1971
Elmer's Candid Camera
Director
1940
For Scent-imental Reasons
Director
1949
Going Home
Director
1944
The Essential Bugs Bunny
Director
2010
Peter and the Wolf
Executive Consultant
1995Peter and the Wolf
Character Designer
1995
Picador Porky
Animation
1937
How Bugs Bunny Won the West
Director
1978
Porky's Five & Ten
Animation
1938
Carnival of the Animals
Director
1976Carnival of the Animals
Writer
1976Carnival of the Animals
Producer
1976
Get Rich Quick Porky
Assistant Director
1937
So Much for So Little
Writer
1949So Much for So Little
Director
1949
Behind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimson
Director
2007
Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
Director
1965Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
Story
1965Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story Of Life
Producer
1965
Outpost
Director
1944
Angel Puss
Director
1944
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
Self (archive footage)
2020
Water, Water Every Hare
Director
1952
Bugs Bunny at the Symphony
Animation Director
2010
Mad as a Mars Hare
Director
1963
Frigid Hare
Director
1949
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
Self (archive footage)
2022
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike
Director
1944
His Hare Raising Tale
Director
1951Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Director
2010
Looney Tunes All Stars
Director
1999
Scaredy Cat
Director
1948
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
Himself
2003
A Very Merry Cricket
Director
1973A Very Merry Cricket
Writer
1973A Very Merry Cricket
Producer
1973
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
Self – Interviewee
1988
Bugs Bunny in Space
Director
1977
To Beep or Not to Beep
Story
1963To Beep or Not to Beep
Director
1963
Point Rationing of Foods
Writer
1943Point Rationing of Foods
Director
1943
Hare-Way to the Stars
Director
1958
Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television
Director
1982
Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies
Director
1977
Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
Director
1966Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
Producer
1966Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary
Story
1966
Spies
Director
1943
You Ought to Be in Pictures
Guy Running Out at Super Speed (archive footage) (uncredited)
1940
Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
Director
1964Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
Story
1964Is There a Doctor in the Mouse?
Producer
1964
Scent-imental Over You
Director
1947
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
Director
1942
What's Brewin', Bruin?
Director
1948
Chuck Amuck: The Movie
Himself
1991
Advance and Be Mechanized
Producer
1967
Dog Gone South
Director
1950
Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
Director
1953
Cannery Rodent
Director
1967
The Bee-Deviled Bruin
Director
1949
Terrier-Stricken
Director
1952
Beanstalk Bunny
Director
1955
Much Ado About Mousing
Director
1964Much Ado About Mousing
Producer
1964
From Hand to Mouse
Director
1944
Stop! Look! and Hasten!
Director
1954
Cat and Dupli-cat
Director
1967Cat and Dupli-cat
Producer
1967Cat and Dupli-cat
Story
1967
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
Self
1994
Saddle Silly
Director
1941
A Feather in His Hare
Director
1948
Louvre Come Back to Me!
Director
1962
Daffy Duck for President
In Memory Of
2004
The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
Director
1964The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
Story
1964The Cat Above and the Mouse Below
Producer
1964
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
Porky Pine / Bun Rab / Basil the Butterfly (voice)
1969The Pogo Special Birthday Special
Producer
1969The Pogo Special Birthday Special
Director
1969
The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special
Director
1980
Sniffles and the Bookworm
Director
1939
Father Of The Bird
Producer
1997
A Bear for Punishment
Director
1951
Ducktators
Self
1997
Duck Amuck
Director
1953
Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over
Director
1980Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over
Writer
1980Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over
Producer
1980
Inki and the Minah Bird
Director
1943
A Cricket in Times Square
Writer
1973A Cricket in Times Square
Producer
1973A Cricket in Times Square
Director
1973
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
Director
1939
To Duck.... Or Not to Duck
Director
1943
Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special
Director
1977
Feed the Kitty
Director
1952
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Director
1975Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Writer
1975
Orange Blossoms for Violet
Director
1952Orange Blossoms for Violet
Writer
1952
Deduce, You Say
Director
1956
The Phantom Tollbooth
Cable Car Passenger (uncredited)
1970The Phantom Tollbooth
Producer
1970The Phantom Tollbooth
Screenplay
1970The Phantom Tollbooth
Director
1970
Ali Baba Bunny
Director
1957
The Wizard of Id
Executive Producer
1971
To Itch His Own
Director
1958
The Hypo-Chondri-Cat
Director
1950
Private SNAFU Golden Classics
Director of Operations
2023
You Were Never Duckier
Director
1948
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire
Director
2010
The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R.
Producer
1967
Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
Director
2010
There They Go-Go-Go!
Director
1956
Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes
Director
1998
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy in the Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile
Producer
1979Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy in the Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile
Writer
1979Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy in the Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile
Director
1979Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
Director
2007
The Mouse on 57th Street
Director
1961
Spaced Out Bunny
Writer
1980Spaced Out Bunny
Director
1980
The Bear That Wasn't
Director
1967The Bear That Wasn't
Producer
1967
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
Director
1980Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
Writer
1980Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
Producer
1980
Naughty But Mice
Director
1939
Rabbit Seasoning
Director
1952
Two Scent's Worth
Director
1955Two Scent's Worth
Story
1955
The Eager Beaver
Director
1946
Tom Turk and Daffy
Director
1944
Haunted Mouse
Director
1965Haunted Mouse
Producer
1965Haunted Mouse
Story
1965
Baby Buggy Bunny
Director
1954
The Curious Puppy
Director
1939
Love Me, Love My Mouse
Director
1966Love Me, Love My Mouse
Producer
1966
Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Great Santa Claus Caper
Director
1978Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Great Santa Claus Caper
Writer
1978Raggedy Ann & Andy: The Great Santa Claus Caper
Producer
1978
Flop Goes the Weasel
Director
1943
Old Glory
Director
1939
Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z
Director
1956
Gas
Director
1944
One Froggy Evening
Director
1955
Good Night Elmer
Director
1940
Operation: Rabbit
Director
1952
Zoom and Bored
Director
1957
Joe Glow, the Firefly
Director
1941
Fastest with the Mostest
Director
1960
A Pest in the House
Director
1947
Tom Thumb in Trouble
Director
1940
Two's a Crowd
Director
1950
Fair and Worm-er
Director
1946
Porky's Prize Pony
Director
1941
I'm Just Wild About Jerry
Director
1965I'm Just Wild About Jerry
Story
1965I'm Just Wild About Jerry
Producer
1965
Zip 'n Snort
Director
1961Zip 'n Snort
Story
1961
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
Director
1991
Transylvania 6-5000
Director
1963
Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
Director
1980Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
Producer
1980Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
Story
1980
Long-Haired Hare
Director
1949
Kiss Me Cat
Director
1953
Duel Personality
Director
1966Duel Personality
Story
1966Duel Personality
Producer
1966
Porky and Gabby
Animation
1937
Case of the Missing Hare
Director
1942
Lumber Jack-Rabbit
Director
1953
Drafty, Isn't It?
Writer
1957Drafty, Isn't It?
Director
1957
Zip Zip Hooray!
Director
1965
Sniffles Bells the Cat
Director
1941
Milk and Money
Animation
1936
The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
Producer
1964The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
Story
1964The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse
Director
1964
Hell-Bent for Election
Director
1944
The Bird Came C.O.D.
Director
1942
Hair-Raising Hare
Director
1946
The Brave Little Bat
Director
1941
Rabbit Fire
Director
1951
From A to Z-Z-Z-Z
Director
1954
Cat Feud
Director
1958
The Aristo-Cat
Director
1943
I Only Have Eyes for You
Animation
1937
Robin Hood Makes Good
Director
1939
Broom-Stick Bunny
Director
1956
Hare Conditioned
Director
1945
A Looney Tunes Thanksgiving
Director
2014A Looney Tunes Thanksgiving
Writer
2014
Don't Give Up the Sheep
Director
1953
The Year of the Mouse
Director
1965
Beep, Beep
Director
1952
Bedtime for Sniffles
Director
1940
The Abominable Snow Rabbit
Director
1961
Pent-House Mouse
Producer
1963Pent-House Mouse
Story
1963Pent-House Mouse
Director
1963
Bear Feat
Director
1949
Hold the Lion, Please
Director
1942
Sniffles Takes a Trip
Director
1940
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
Self
2012
Super-Rabbit
Director
1943
Rocket-bye Baby
Director
1956
Nelly's Folly
Director
1961Nelly's Folly
Story
1961
A Lecture on Camouflage
Director
1944
Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth
Story
1998Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth
Director
1998
Catty-Cornered
Producer
1966
Purr-Chance to Dream
Producer
1967
It's Murder She Says...
Director
1945
Porky's Ant
Director
1941
Odor-Able Kitty
Director
1945
Hook, Line and Stinker
Director
1958
Roadrunner a Go-Go
Director
1965
Hare Tonic
Director
1945
Go Fly a Kit
Director
1957
Barbary-Coast Bunny
Director
1956
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny
Director
1980
Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet
Director
1979
That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace
Himself (archive footage)
2014
Ready, Woolen and Able
Director
1960
The Little Lion Hunter
Director
1939
Trap Happy Porky
Director
1945
Bully for Bugs
Director
1953
The Cat's Me-Ouch
Director
1965
Rabbit's Feat
Director
1960
Little Beau Pepé
Director
1952
Cartoons Go To War
Himself
1996
Tom and Jerry's Winter Wackiness
Story
2013
Hopalong Casualty
Director
1960Hopalong Casualty
Story
1960
Martian Through Georgia
Director
1962
Porky's Midnight Matinee
Director
1941
Rabbit Punch
Director
1948
Chow Hound
Director
1951
Much Ado About Nutting
Director
1953
Porky's Cafe
Director
1942
Haredevil Hare
Director
1948
Rabbit Hood
Director
1949
Wild Over You
Director
1953
The Cats Bah
Director
1954
Conrad the Sailor
Director
1942
Fin'n Catty
Director
1943
Mississippi Hare
Director
1949
The Draft Horse
Director
1942
The Scarlet Pumpernickel
Director
1950
The Egg Collector
Director
1940
Zipping Along
Director
1953
I Was a Teenage Thumb
Director
1963
Of Feline Bondage
Director
1965Of Feline Bondage
Story
1965Of Feline Bondage
Producer
1965
A Scent of the Matterhorn
Director
1961A Scent of the Matterhorn
Story
1961
Snowbody Loves Me
Director
1964Snowbody Loves Me
Producer
1964
Elmer's Pet Rabbit
Director
1941
A Hitch in Time
Writer
1955A Hitch in Time
Director
1955
A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court
Director
1978
To Hare Is Human
Director
1956
My Green Fedora
Animation
1935
Bad Day at Cat Rock
Director
1965
Robin Hood Daffy
Director
1958
A Sheep in the Deep
Director
1962
The Wearing of the Grin
Director
1951
Superior Duck
Director
1996Superior Duck
Story
1996Superior Duck
Producer
1996
The Ducksters
Director
1950
Touché and Go
Director
1957
Baton Bunny
Director
1959
The Good Egg
Director
1939
Hip Hip-Hurry!
Director
1958
My Little Duckaroo
Director
1954
The Girl at the Ironing Board
Animation
1934
The White Seal
Writer
1975The White Seal
Director
1975
Boyhood Daze
Director
1957
Zoom at the Top
Director
1962
Tom-ic Energy
Producer
1965Tom-ic Energy
Story
1965
Scrambled Aches
Director
1957Tom-ic Energy
Director
1965
Wackiki Wabbit
Director
1943
Hare-abian Nights
Director
1959
Hot-Rod and Reel!
Director
1959
Whoa, Be-Gone!
Director
1958
Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote: The Classic Chase
Director
1985
Guided Mouse-Ille
Producer
1967
War and Pieces
Director
1964
Porky the Wrestler
Animation
1937
90 Day Wondering
Director
195690 Day Wondering
Writer
1956
The Unbearable Bear
Director
1943
Going! Going! Gosh!
Director
1952
Forward March Hare
Director
1953
Guided Muscle
Director
1955
Rabbit Rampage
Director
1955
Who Scent You?
Director
1960
The Infantry Blues
Director
1943
Mowgli's Brothers
Writer
1976Mowgli's Brothers
Director
1976
Porky's Poppa
Assistant Director
1938
High Note
Director
1960
Little Orphan Airedale
Director
1947
Knight-Mare Hare
Director
1955
Drip-Along Daffy
Director
1951
Now Hear This
Story
1963Now Hear This
Director
1963The Tool Box
Executive Producer
1971
Snowman's Land
Director
1939
Claws for Alarm
Director
1954
Bugs' Bonnets
Director
1956
Cheese Chasers
Director
1951
Hush My Mouse
Director
1946
Double or Mutton
Director
1955
The Good Egg
Director
1945
Yankee Doodle Cricket
Director
1975Yankee Doodle Cricket
Producer
1975Yankee Doodle Cricket
Writer
1975
Those Beautiful Dames
Animation
1934
The Soup Song
Animation
1931
Steal Wool
Director
1957
The Weakly Reporter
Director
1944
8 Ball Bunny
Director
1950
Bewitched Bunny
Director
1954
Wild About Hurry
Director
1959
Duck! Rabbit, Duck!
Director
1953
Compressed Hare
Director
1961
Punch Trunk
Director
1953
Lickety-Splat
Director
1961
Often an Orphan
Director
1949
Homeless Hare
Director
1950
In the Aleutians
Director
1945
Awful Orphan
Director
1949
Beep Prepared
Director
1961Beep Prepared
Screenplay
1961
Pullet Surprise
Producer
1997
House Hunting Mice
Director
1947
Page Miss Glory
Animation
1936
Lost and Foundling
Director
1944
Mouse-Warming
Director
1952
Ready.. Set.. Zoom!
Director
1955
Jumpin' Jupiter
Director
1955
Inki and the Lion
Director
1941
Rocket Squad
Director
1956
Another Froggy Evening
Director
1995Another Froggy Evening
Writer
1995
Mouse Wreckers
Director
1949
The Hasty Hare
Director
1952
Feline Frame-Up
Director
1954
No Barking
Director
1954
Portrait of Tex Avery
1988
Ghost Wanted
Director
1940
Scent-imental Romeo
Director
1951
Sheep Ahoy
Director
1954
Hollywood Capers
Animation
1935
Fresh Airedale
Director
1945
Quentin Quail
Director
1946
No Buddy Atoll
Director
1945
Snow Time for Comedy
Director
1941
Bunny Hugged
Director
1951
Caveman Inki
Director
1950
Soup or Sonic
Director
1980The Dating Game
Thanks
1991
Inki at the Circus
Director
1947
Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection
Director
2012
Heaven Scent
Director
1956Heaven Scent
Story
1956
The Night Watchman
Director
1938
Little Brother Rat
Director
1939
A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade
Himself
2002
Stage Fright
Director
1940
Man: The Polluter
Director
1973
Toy Trouble
Director
1941
Mighty Hunters
Director
1940
Freeze Frame
Director
1979
Dog Gone Modern
Director
1939
My Favorite Duck
Director
1942
Bad-Time Story
Director
1961
The Squawkin' Hawk
Director
1942