Tex Avery
American animator and director (1908-1980) · United States · On the map · Directors · Died at 72
Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery was an American animator, film director and voice actor. He was known for directing and producing animated cartoons during the golden age of American animation.
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Bugs Bunny SuperstarFilm, Himself1973Winsor McCay AwardAward1955
Deputy DroopyFilm, Director1953
T.V. of TomorrowFilm, Director, Producer1952
Magical MaestroFilm, Director1950
Ventriloquist CatFilm, Director1949
Bad Luck BlackieFilm, Director1947
King-Size CanaryFilm, Director1946
Lonesome LennyFilm, Director1944
Screwball SquirrelFilm, Director1943
DroopySeries, Director, Creator
Dumb-HoundedFilm, 1943Director1941
Hollywood Steps OutFilm, Director1940
A Wild HareFilm, Director1937
Porky's Duck HuntFilm, Director, Writer1936
I Love to SingaFilm, Director, Writer1929
Looney TunesSeries, Director, WriterEditions: Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection1908Born26 February 1908People around Tex
Fred Quimby Produced Red Hot Riding Hood (1943)
Leon Schlesinger Produced I Love to Singa and Porky's Duck Hunt- Henry Wilson Allen Also in Who Killed Who? and Screwball Squirrel
Bill Thompson Also in Homesteader Droopy and Deputy Droopy
Frank Graham Also in Blitz Wolf and King-Size Canary
Daws Butler Also in Magical Maestro (1952)
Sara Berner Also in King-Size Canary (1947)
Walter Lantz Produced The Legend of Rockabye Point (1955)- Dallas McKennon Tex directed The Legend of Rockabye Point (1955)
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Red Hot Riding Hood 1943
A Wild Hare 1940
Bad Luck Blackie 1949
Dumb-Hounded 1943
Who Killed Who? 1943
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Filmography 40
244 credits on file
Television 4
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His most significant work was for Leon Schlesinger Productions and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's cartoon department, where he was crucial in the creation and evolution of famous animated characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd for Warner Bros. and Droopy, Butch Dog, Screwy Squirrel, The Wolf, Red Hot Riding Hood, and George and Junior for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
