Tex Avery

Directing

Born: 1908-02-26 in Taylor, Texas, USA

Died: 1980-08-26

Biography

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.

Acting

Fresh Fish

Prof. Mackerel Fishsticks (voice)

The Penguin Parade

Walrus (voice)

Uncle Tom's Bungalow

Uncle Tom (voice)

Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas

The Chief (voice)

Believe It or Else

Old Man in Jail (voice) (uncredited)

Ghost Wanted

Laughing Ghost (voice)

Bad Luck Blackie

Large Dog (voice) (uncredited)

Toyland Premiere

Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)

Lonesome Lenny

Lenny (voice) (uncredited)

The Heckling Hare

Willoughby (voice) (uncredited)

Thugs with Dirty Mugs

Ed. G. Robemsome as Killer Diller

The First Bad Man

Cavemen (uncredited)

The Village Smithy

Blacksmith (voice)

The Sneezing Weasel

Weasel (voice) (uncredited)

Count Me Out

Fight Referee (voice) (uncredited)

Egghead Rides Again

Red (voice) (uncredited)

The Bear's Tale

Poppa Bear (voice) (uncredited)

A Feud There Was

Weaver Dude / Weaver Guy with Gun (voice)

Jerky Turkey

Hunting Pilgrim / Turkey Call (voice) (uncredited)

Don't Look Now

Preacher (voice) (uncredited)

Garden Gopher

Spike (voice) (uncredited)

Deputy Droopy

Short Robber (voice) (uncredited)

The Compleat Tex Avery

Daredevil Droopy

Spike (voice) (uncredited)

Who Killed Who?

Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)

The Legend of Rockabye Point

Polar Bear's Sneezes / Polar Bear's Screams (voice) (uncredited)

Circus Today

Circus Bandmaster (voice) (uncredited)

A Day at the Zoo

Other Elk Named Bill (voice) (uncredited)

The Crackpot Quail

Willoughby (voice) (uncredited)

Hound Hunters

Junior (voice) (uncredited)

Of Fox and Hounds

Willoughby (voice) (uncredited)

Red Hot Rangers

Junior (voice) (uncredited)

What Price Fleadom

Homer's Dog (voice) (uncredited)

Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5

Papa Bear (archive sound) (uncredited)

Dangerous Dan McFoo

Fight Commentator (voice) (uncredited)

Porky the Wrestler

Champion Wrestler Man Mountain (voice) (uncredited)

Portrait of Tex Avery

Tex Avery: A Crazy World

Lui-même

Porky's Phoney Express

Porky's Boss's laugh (voice) (uncredited)

Hold the Lion, Please

Hippo (voice) (uncredited)

Señor Droopy

Bull (voice) (uncredited)

Henpecked Hoboes

Junior (voice) (uncredited)

Bugs Bunny Superstar

Himself

Barney's Hungry Cousin

Hungry Bear (voice) (uncredited)

A Sunbonnet Blue

Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

Ventriloquist Cat

Alley Cat / Spike (voice) (uncredited)

Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery

Self

The Farm of Tomorrow

Small Baby Chicken (voice) (uncredited)

King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution

Self (archive footage)

Hamateur Night

Hippo (voice)

Car of Tomorrow

Hiccups (voice)

Fresh Fish

Prof. Mackerel Fishsticks (voice)

The Penguin Parade

Walrus (voice)

Uncle Tom's Bungalow

Uncle Tom (voice)

Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas

The Chief (voice)

Believe It or Else

Old Man in Jail (voice) (uncredited)

Ghost Wanted

Laughing Ghost (voice)

Bad Luck Blackie

Large Dog (voice) (uncredited)

Toyland Premiere

Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)

Lonesome Lenny

Lenny (voice) (uncredited)

The Heckling Hare

Willoughby (voice) (uncredited)

Thugs with Dirty Mugs

Ed. G. Robemsome as Killer Diller

The First Bad Man

Cavemen (uncredited)

The Village Smithy

Blacksmith (voice)

The Sneezing Weasel

Weasel (voice) (uncredited)

Count Me Out

Fight Referee (voice) (uncredited)

Egghead Rides Again

Red (voice) (uncredited)

The Bear's Tale

Poppa Bear (voice) (uncredited)

A Feud There Was

Weaver Dude / Weaver Guy with Gun (voice)

Jerky Turkey

Hunting Pilgrim / Turkey Call (voice) (uncredited)

Don't Look Now

Preacher (voice) (uncredited)

Garden Gopher

Spike (voice) (uncredited)

Deputy Droopy

Short Robber (voice) (uncredited)

The Compleat Tex Avery

Daredevil Droopy

Spike (voice) (uncredited)

Who Killed Who?

Santa Claus (voice) (uncredited)

The Legend of Rockabye Point

Polar Bear's Sneezes / Polar Bear's Screams (voice) (uncredited)

Circus Today

Circus Bandmaster (voice) (uncredited)

A Day at the Zoo

Other Elk Named Bill (voice) (uncredited)

The Crackpot Quail

Willoughby (voice) (uncredited)

Hound Hunters

Junior (voice) (uncredited)

Of Fox and Hounds

Willoughby (voice) (uncredited)

Red Hot Rangers

Junior (voice) (uncredited)

What Price Fleadom

Homer's Dog (voice) (uncredited)

Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5

Papa Bear (archive sound) (uncredited)

Dangerous Dan McFoo

Fight Commentator (voice) (uncredited)

Porky the Wrestler

Champion Wrestler Man Mountain (voice) (uncredited)

Portrait of Tex Avery

Tex Avery: A Crazy World

Lui-même

Porky's Phoney Express

Porky's Boss's laugh (voice) (uncredited)

Hold the Lion, Please

Hippo (voice) (uncredited)

Señor Droopy

Bull (voice) (uncredited)

Henpecked Hoboes

Junior (voice) (uncredited)

Bugs Bunny Superstar

Himself

Barney's Hungry Cousin

Hungry Bear (voice) (uncredited)

A Sunbonnet Blue

Mouse (voice) (uncredited)

Ventriloquist Cat

Alley Cat / Spike (voice) (uncredited)

Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery

Self

The Farm of Tomorrow

Small Baby Chicken (voice) (uncredited)

King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution

Self (archive footage)

Hamateur Night

Hippo (voice)

Car of Tomorrow

Hiccups (voice)

Director

Red Hot Riding Hood

Director

I Love to Singa

Director

Aviation Vacation

Director

Bad Luck Blackie

Director

Big Heel-Watha

Director

Car of Tomorrow

Director

Blitz Wolf

Director

Batty Baseball

Director

Billy Boy

Director

Cellbound

Director

Cock-a-Doodle Dog

Director

Dangerous Dan McFoo

Director

Deputy Droopy

Director

Dixieland Droopy

Director

Dumb-Hounded

Director

The Farm of Tomorrow

Director

Doggone Tired

Director

Droopy's Good Deed

Director

Daredevil Droopy

Director

Drag-A-Long Droopy

Director

Droopy's Double Trouble

Director

Field and Scream

Director

Homesteader Droopy

Director

Garden Gopher

Director

Hound Hunters

Director

Half-Pint Pygmy

Director

Happy-Go-Nutty

Director

Henpecked Hoboes

Director

King-Size Canary

Director

Little 'Tinker

Director

Jerky Turkey

Director

Little Johnny Jet

Director

What's Buzzin' Buzzard?

Director

Slap Happy Lion

Director

Symphony in Slang

Director

Rock-a-Bye Bear

Director

Screwball Squirrel

Director

The Screwy Truant

Director

The Cuckoo Clock

Director

The Peachy Cobbler

Director

Swing Shift Cinderella

Director

What Price Fleadom

Director

T.V. of Tomorrow

Director

The Chump Champ

Director

The Early Bird Dood It!

Director

The Cat That Hated People

Director

The Flea Circus

Director

The First Bad Man

Director

The Hick Chick

Director

The House of Tomorrow

Director

Señor Droopy

Director

Uncle Tom's Cabana

Director

Wild and Woolfy

Director

Wags to Riches

Director

The Three Little Pups

Director

Ventriloquist Cat

Director

The Shooting of Dan McGoo

Director

Who Killed Who?

Director

Hollywood Steps Out

Director

The Heckling Hare

Director

Tortoise Beats Hare

Director

Thugs with Dirty Mugs

Director

Lonesome Lenny

Director

Little Rural Riding Hood

Director

Magical Maestro

Director

Lucky Ducky

Director

One Ham's Family

Director

Northwest Hounded Police

Director

One Cab's Family

Director

Of Fox and Hounds

Director

Out-Foxed

Director

Red Hot Rangers

Director

Daffy Duck & Egghead

Director

Daffy Duck in Hollywood

Director

Egghead Rides Again

Director

I Wanna Be a Sailor

Director

I Only Have Eyes for You

Director

Millionaire Droopy

Director

A Wild Hare

Director

Uncle Tom's Bungalow

Director

Porky's Garden

Director

Porky's Duck Hunt

Director

A Sunbonnet Blue

Director

I'm Cold

Director

The Legend of Rockabye Point

Director

A Gander at Mother Goose

Director

Crazy Mixed Up Pup

Director

Porky's Preview

Director

The Haunted Mouse

Director

All This and Rabbit Stew

Director

The Isle of Pingo Pongo

Director

The Counterfeit Cat

Director

Detouring America

Director

Milk and Money

Director

The Village Smithy

Director

The Blow Out

Director

I'd Love to Take Orders from You

Director

Porky the Rain-Maker

Director

Don't Look Now

Director

Plane Dippy

Director

Gold Diggers of '49

Director

Crazy Cruise

Director

The Bear's Tale

Director

A Day at the Zoo

Director

Page Miss Glory

Director

Cat's Meow

Director

Sh-h-h-h-h-h

Director

Hamateur Night

Director

Land of the Midnight Fun

Director

A Feud There Was

Director

The Sneezing Weasel

Director

Cinderella Meets Fella

Director

The Mice Will Play

Director

Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas

Director

The Penguin Parade

Director

Believe It or Else

Director

Fresh Fish

Director

Screwball Football

Director

The Early Worm Gets the Bird

Director

Circus Today

Director

The Cagey Canary

Director

Cross Country Detours

Director

The Bug Parade

Director

Ceiling Hero

Director

Holiday Highlights

Director

Wacky Wildlife

Director

The Crackpot Quail

Director

Aloha Hooey

Director

Picador Porky

Director

Ain't We Got Fun

Director

Porky the Wrestler

Director

Little Red Walking Hood

Director

Movie Phoney News

Director

The very best of Tweety

Director

Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5

Director

Tex Avery MGM Collection

Director

Wabbit Twouble

Director

The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame

Director

Speaking of Animals Down on the Farm

Director

Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One

Director

Tex Avery MGM Collection - Vol. 3

Director

Tex Avery MGM Collection - Vol. 4

Director

Tex Avery MGM Collection - Vol. 2

Director

Tex Avery MGM Collection - Vol. 1

Director

The Essential Bugs Bunny

Director

Looney Tunes Collector's Vault Volume 1

Director

Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection

Director

Red Hot Riding Hood

Director

I Love to Singa

Director

Aviation Vacation

Director

Bad Luck Blackie

Director

Big Heel-Watha

Director

Car of Tomorrow

Director

Blitz Wolf

Director

Batty Baseball

Director

Billy Boy

Director

Cellbound

Director

Cock-a-Doodle Dog

Director

Dangerous Dan McFoo

Director

Deputy Droopy

Director

Dixieland Droopy

Director

Dumb-Hounded

Director

The Farm of Tomorrow

Director

Doggone Tired

Director

Droopy's Good Deed

Director

Daredevil Droopy

Director

Drag-A-Long Droopy

Director

Droopy's Double Trouble

Director

Field and Scream

Director

Homesteader Droopy

Director

Garden Gopher

Director

Hound Hunters

Director

Half-Pint Pygmy

Director

Happy-Go-Nutty

Director

Henpecked Hoboes

Director

King-Size Canary

Director

Little 'Tinker

Director

Jerky Turkey

Director

Little Johnny Jet

Director

What's Buzzin' Buzzard?

Director

Slap Happy Lion

Director

Symphony in Slang

Director

Rock-a-Bye Bear

Director

Screwball Squirrel

Director

The Screwy Truant

Director

The Cuckoo Clock

Director

The Peachy Cobbler

Director

Swing Shift Cinderella

Director

What Price Fleadom

Director

T.V. of Tomorrow

Director

The Chump Champ

Director

The Early Bird Dood It!

Director

The Cat That Hated People

Director

The Flea Circus

Director

The First Bad Man

Director

The Hick Chick

Director

The House of Tomorrow

Director

Señor Droopy

Director

Uncle Tom's Cabana

Director

Wild and Woolfy

Director

Wags to Riches

Director

The Three Little Pups

Director

Ventriloquist Cat

Director

The Shooting of Dan McGoo

Director

Who Killed Who?

Director

Hollywood Steps Out

Director

The Heckling Hare

Director

Tortoise Beats Hare

Director

Thugs with Dirty Mugs

Director

Lonesome Lenny

Director

Little Rural Riding Hood

Director

Magical Maestro

Director

Lucky Ducky

Director

One Ham's Family

Director

Northwest Hounded Police

Director

One Cab's Family

Director

Of Fox and Hounds

Director

Out-Foxed

Director

Red Hot Rangers

Director

Daffy Duck & Egghead

Director

Daffy Duck in Hollywood

Director

Egghead Rides Again

Director

I Wanna Be a Sailor

Director

I Only Have Eyes for You

Director

Millionaire Droopy

Director

A Wild Hare

Director

Uncle Tom's Bungalow

Director

Porky's Garden

Director

Porky's Duck Hunt

Director

A Sunbonnet Blue

Director

I'm Cold

Director

The Legend of Rockabye Point

Director

A Gander at Mother Goose

Director

Crazy Mixed Up Pup

Director

Porky's Preview

Director

The Haunted Mouse

Director

All This and Rabbit Stew

Director

The Isle of Pingo Pongo

Director

The Counterfeit Cat

Director

Detouring America

Director

Milk and Money

Director

The Village Smithy

Director

The Blow Out

Director

I'd Love to Take Orders from You

Director

Porky the Rain-Maker

Director

Don't Look Now

Director

Plane Dippy

Director

Gold Diggers of '49

Director

Crazy Cruise

Director

The Bear's Tale

Director

A Day at the Zoo

Director

Page Miss Glory

Director

Cat's Meow

Director

Sh-h-h-h-h-h

Director

Hamateur Night

Director

Land of the Midnight Fun

Director

A Feud There Was

Director

The Sneezing Weasel

Director

Cinderella Meets Fella

Director

The Mice Will Play

Director

Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas

Director

The Penguin Parade

Director

Believe It or Else

Director

Fresh Fish

Director

Screwball Football

Director

The Early Worm Gets the Bird

Director

Circus Today

Director

The Cagey Canary

Director

Cross Country Detours

Director

The Bug Parade

Director

Ceiling Hero

Director

Holiday Highlights

Director

Wacky Wildlife

Director

The Crackpot Quail

Director

Aloha Hooey

Director

Picador Porky

Director

Ain't We Got Fun

Director

Porky the Wrestler

Director

Little Red Walking Hood

Director

Movie Phoney News

Director

The very best of Tweety

Director

Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5

Director

Tex Avery MGM Collection

Director

Wabbit Twouble

Director

The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame

Director

Speaking of Animals Down on the Farm

Director

Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One

Director

Tex Avery MGM Collection - Vol. 3

Director

Tex Avery MGM Collection - Vol. 4

Director

Tex Avery MGM Collection - Vol. 2

Director

Tex Avery MGM Collection - Vol. 1

Director

The Essential Bugs Bunny

Director

Looney Tunes Collector's Vault Volume 1

Director

Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection

Director

Other Credits

Confidence

Animation

Grandma's Pet

Animation

Symphony in Slang

Producer

T.V. of Tomorrow

Producer

Wolf! Wolf!

Writer

The Zoo

Story

Tex Avery MGM Collection

Producer

Casper's First Christmas

Animation Director

Garden Gopher

Producer

Crazy Mixed Up Pup

Writer

Sh-h-h-h-h-h

Writer

Tex Avery MGM Collection

Scenario Writer

The Compleat Tex Avery

Animation

The Hunter

Writer

The Fowl Ball

Animation

A Bird in the Head

Animation

Porky's Duck Hunt

Writer

A Feather in His Collar

Animation

I Love to Singa

Story

Africa

Animation

Towne Hall Follies

Animation

George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular

Original Concept

Confidence

Animation

Grandma's Pet

Animation

Symphony in Slang

Producer

T.V. of Tomorrow

Producer

Wolf! Wolf!

Writer

The Zoo

Story

Tex Avery MGM Collection

Producer

Casper's First Christmas

Animation Director

Garden Gopher

Producer

Crazy Mixed Up Pup

Writer

Sh-h-h-h-h-h

Writer

Tex Avery MGM Collection

Scenario Writer

The Compleat Tex Avery

Animation

The Hunter

Writer

The Fowl Ball

Animation

A Bird in the Head

Animation

Porky's Duck Hunt

Writer

A Feather in His Collar

Animation

I Love to Singa

Story

Africa

Animation

Towne Hall Follies

Animation

George and Junior's Christmas Spectacular

Original Concept