Cast & creator
Tex Avery
Best known for What a Cartoon!, Looney Tunes, Looney Tunes
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery (February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator and director, known for producing and directing animated cartoons during the golden age of American animation. His most significant work was for the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, where he was crucial in the creation and evolution of famous animated characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Droopy, Screwy Squirrel, George and Junior, and Chilly Willy.
Also known as: Frederick Bean Avery, Fred Avery
235
film credits
9
television credits
56
1929–2020 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (244)
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What a Cartoon!
Characters
1995
Looney Tunes
Director
1929Looney Tunes
Writer
1929
Droopy, Master Detective
Characters
1993
The Kwicky Koala Show
Creator
1981
Jerky Turkey
Hunting Pilgrim / Turkey Call (voice) (uncredited)
1945Jerky Turkey
Director
1945
Grandma's Pet
Animation
1932
Looney Tunes: Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
Creator
1940
A Feud There Was
Weaver Dude / Weaver Guy with Gun (voice)
1938A Feud There Was
Director
1938
Dumb-Hounded
Director
1943
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One
Director
2011
Homesteader Droopy
Director
1954
Casper's First Christmas
Animation Director
1979
I Wanna Be a Sailor
Director
1937
Red Hot Riding Hood
Director
1943
T.V. of Tomorrow
Director
1953T.V. of Tomorrow
Producer
1953
Ain't We Got Fun
Director
1937
Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
Director
2020
The Bear's Tale
Poppa Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1940The Bear's Tale
Director
1940
The Shooting of Dan McGoo
Director
1945
I Love to Singa
Director
1936I Love to Singa
Story
1936
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
Director
1938
Screwball Football
Director
1939
The Legend of Rockabye Point
Polar Bear's Sneezes / Polar Bear's Screams (voice) (uncredited)
1955The Legend of Rockabye Point
Director
1955
One Cab's Family
Director
1952
Aloha Hooey
Director
1942
Africa
Animation
1930
Little Red Walking Hood
Director
1937
The Essential Bugs Bunny
Director
2010
Picador Porky
Director
1937
Cellbound
Director
1955
Behind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimson
Director
2007
The Cat That Hated People
Director
1948
Uncle Tom's Cabaña
Director
1947
The First Bad Man
Cavemen (uncredited)
1955The First Bad Man
Director
1955
Who Killed Who?
Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
1943Who Killed Who?
Director
1943
Barney's Hungry Cousin
Hungry Bear (voice) (uncredited)
1953
Daffy Duck & Egghead
Director
1938
Out-Foxed
Director
1949
The Three Little Pups
Director
1953
A Feather in His Collar
Animation
1946
Uncle Tom's Bungalow
Uncle Tom (voice)
1937Uncle Tom's Bungalow
Director
1937
Drag-A-Long Droopy
Director
1954
Droopy's Double Trouble
Director
1951
Bugs Bunny Superstar
Himself
1976
The House of Tomorrow
Burps (uncredited)
1949The House of Tomorrow
Director
1949
Wabbit Twouble
Director
1941
The Farm of Tomorrow
Small Baby Chicken (voice) (uncredited)
1954The Farm of Tomorrow
Director
1954
What's Buzzin' Buzzard?
Director
1943
Lonesome Lenny
Lenny (voice) (uncredited)
1946Lonesome Lenny
Director
1946
I'd Love to Take Orders from You
Director
1936
A Day at the Zoo
Other Elk Named Bill (voice) (uncredited)
1939A Day at the Zoo
Director
1939
George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular
Original Concept
1995
Porky's Phoney Express
Porky's Boss's laugh (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Porky's Garden
Director
1937
Dixieland Droopy
Director
1954
Rock-a-Bye Bear
Director
1952
Cock-a-Doodle Dog
Director
1951
Wild and Woolfy
Director
1945
Daredevil Droopy
Spike (voice) (uncredited)
1951Daredevil Droopy
Director
1951
The Hick Chick
Director
1946
The Mice Will Play
Director
1938
Little 'Tinker
Director
1948
Swing Shift Cinderella
Director
1945Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
Papa Bear (archive sound) (uncredited)
2007Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5
Director
2007
A Bird in the Head
Animation
1946
Droopy
Creator
1943Droopy
Director
1943Droopy
Creator
1943
Hound Hunters
Junior (voice) (uncredited)
1947Hound Hunters
Director
1947
Porky's Duck Hunt
Director
1937Porky's Duck Hunt
Writer
1937
A Gander at Mother Goose
Director
1940
Billy Boy
Director
1954
The Haunted Mouse
Director
1941
Don't Look Now
Preacher (voice) (uncredited)
1936Don't Look Now
Director
1936
Thugs with Dirty Mugs
Ed. G. Robemsome as Killer Diller (voice)
1939Thugs with Dirty Mugs
Director
1939
Henpecked Hoboes
Junior (voice) (uncredited)
1946Henpecked Hoboes
Director
1946
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
Director
1991
Deputy Droopy
Short Robber (voice) (uncredited)
1955Deputy Droopy
Director
1955
Hollywood Steps Out
Director
1941
Believe It or Else
Old Man in Jail (voice) (uncredited)
1939Believe It or Else
Director
1939
Of Fox and Hounds
Willoughby (voice) (uncredited)
1940Of Fox and Hounds
Director
1940
The Isle of Pingo Pongo
Director
1938
Milk and Money
Director
1936
Hamateur Night
Hippo (voice)
1939Hamateur Night
Director
1939
I Only Have Eyes for You
Director
1937
Little Rural Riding Hood
Director
1949
Gold Diggers of '49
Director
1935
Hold the Lion, Please
Hippo (voice) (uncredited)
1942
Cinderella Meets Fella
Director
1938
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
Self (archive footage)
2012
One Ham's Family
Director
1943
Little Johnny Jet
Director
1953
The Chump Champ
Director
1950
The Early Bird Dood It!
Director
1942
Crazy Mixed Up Pup
Director
1955Crazy Mixed Up Pup
Writer
1955
Droopy's Good Deed
Director
1951
Sh-h-h-h-h-h
Director
1955Sh-h-h-h-h-h
Writer
1955
The Peachy Cobbler
Director
1950
King-Size Canary
Director
1947
Señor Droopy
Bull (voice) (uncredited)
1949Señor Droopy
Director
1949
Blitz Wolf
Director
1942
Dangerous Dan McFoo
Fight Commentator (voice) (uncredited)
1939Dangerous Dan McFoo
Director
1939
All This and Rabbit Stew
Director
1941
Batty Baseball
Director
1944
The Counterfeit Cat
Director
1949
Porky the Rain-Maker
Director
1936
Egghead Rides Again
Red (voice) (uncredited)
1937Egghead Rides Again
Director
1937
Screwball Squirrel
Director
1944
Count Me Out
Fight Referee (voice) (uncredited)
1938
Slap Happy Lion
Director
1947
Bad Luck Blackie
Large Dog (voice) (uncredited)
1949Bad Luck Blackie
Director
1949
Northwest Hounded Police
Droopy (voice) (uncredited)
1946Northwest Hounded Police
Director
1946
Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas
The Chief (voice)
1938Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas
Director
1938
The Sneezing Weasel
Weasel (voice) (uncredited)
1938The Sneezing Weasel
Director
1938
The Zoo
Story
1933
A Wild Hare
Director
1940
The Cagey Canary
Director
1941
Porky the Wrestler
Champion Wrestler Man Mountain (voice) (uncredited)
1937Porky the Wrestler
Director
1937
The Penguin Parade
Walrus (voice)
1938The Penguin Parade
Director
1938
Big Heel-Watha
Director
1944
Cat's Meow
Director
1957
Symphony in Slang
Director
1951Symphony in Slang
Producer
1951
Tortoise Beats Hare
Director
1941
Doggone Tired
Director
1949
The Bug Parade
Director
1941
What Price Fleadom
Homer's Dog (voice) (uncredited)
1948What Price Fleadom
Director
1948
Porky's Preview
Director
1941
The Screwy Truant
Director
1945
Magical Maestro
Director
1952
The Crackpot Quail
Willoughby (voice) (uncredited)
1941The Crackpot Quail
Director
1941
Circus Today
Circus Bandmaster (voice) (uncredited)
1940Circus Today
Director
1940
The Flea Circus
Director
1954
Car of Tomorrow
Hiccups (voice)
1951Car of Tomorrow
Director
1951
The Hunter
Writer
1931
Millionaire Droopy
Director
1956
Cross Country Detours
Director
1940
Hells Heels
Sheriff (voice) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1930
The Village Smithy
Blacksmith (voice)
1936The Village Smithy
Director
1936
Wags to Riches
Director
1949
Page Miss Glory
Director
1936
Garden Gopher
Spike (voice) (uncredited)
1950Garden Gopher
Director
1950Garden Gopher
Producer
1950
The Blow Out
Director
1936
Happy-Go-Nutty
Director
1944
Wacky Wildlife
Director
1940
A Sunbonnet Blue
Mouse (voice) (uncredited)
1937A Sunbonnet Blue
Director
1937
Red Hot Rangers
Junior (voice) (uncredited)
1947Red Hot Rangers
Director
1947
Detouring America
Director
1939
Tex Avery: A Crazy World
Lui-même
2003
Fresh Fish
Prof. Mackerel Fishsticks (voice)
1939Fresh Fish
Director
1939
The Heckling Hare
Willoughby (voice) (uncredited)
1941The Heckling Hare
Director
1941
Speaking of Animals Down on the Farm
Director
1941
Portrait of Tex Avery
1988
The Cuckoo Clock
Director
1950
Aviation Vacation
Director
1941
Plane Dippy
Director
1936
Ghost Wanted
Laughing Ghost (voice)
1940
Lucky Ducky
Director
1948
The Early Worm Gets the Bird
Director
1940
I'm Cold
Director
1954
Elmer the Great Dane
Director
1935
Tex Avery MGM Collection - Vol. 1
Director
Do a Good Deed
Director
1935
Half-Pint Pygmy
Director
1948
Crazy Cruise
Director
1942
Land of the Midnight Fun
Director
1939
The Gingerbread Boy
Director
1934
Field and Scream
Director
1955
The very best of Tweety
Director
2005
Tex Avery MGM Collection
Producer
2004Tex Avery MGM Collection
Director
2004Tex Avery MGM Collection
Scenario Writer
2004
Ventriloquist Cat
Alley Cat / Spike (voice) (uncredited)
1950Ventriloquist Cat
Director
1950
Tex Avery MGM Collection - Vol. 3
Director
Ceiling Hero
Director
1940
Sky Larks
Director
1934
Tex Avery MGM Collection - Vol. 2
Director
2003
Toyland Premiere
Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)
1934Towne Hall Follies
Animation
1935Towne Hall Follies
Director
1935
Holiday Highlights
Director
1940The Fowl Ball
Animation
1930
Confidence
Animation
1933
Amateur Broadcast
Director
1935
The Hillbilly
Director
1935Movie Phoney News
Director
1938
Tex Avery MGM Collection - Vol. 4
Director
2003
My Pal Paul
Paul Whiteman / Laughing Bird (voice) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1930
Robinson Crusoe Isle
Director
1935
The Compleat Tex Avery
1993The Compleat Tex Avery
Animation
1993
The Quail Hunt
Director
1935
Spooks
Opening Voice / The Phantom (voice) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1930Chris Columbus, Jr.
Director
1934
At Your Service
Director
1935Not So Quiet
Sergeant (voice) (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
1930