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Tex Avery was an American animator, cartoonist, voice actor, and director. He became famous for producing animated cartoons during the Golden age of American animation and produced his most significant work while employed by the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios.

Avery in 1926

He created the characters of Daffy Duck in Porky's Duck Hunt (1937), Egghead in Egghead Rides Again (1937), Elmer Fudd in Little Red Walking Hood (1937), Bugs Bunny in A Wild Hare (1940), Cecil Turtle in Tortoise Beats Hare (1941), Droopy in Dumb-Hounded (1943), Screwy Squirrel in Screwball Squirrel (1944), George and Junior in Henpecked Hoboes (1946), Spike/Butch the Bulldog (Tex Avery's version) in Bad Luck Blackie (1949), and Smedley Dog in I'm Cold (1954). He developed the characters of Porky Pig from the Warner Bros. studio and Chilly Willy from Walter Lantz Productions into the personas for which they are best remembered.

Avery first began his animation career at the Walter Lantz studio in the early 1930s, working on the majority of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons from 1931-35. He is listed as "animator" on the original title card credits on the Oswald cartoons. He later claimed to have directed two cartoons during this time. By 1942, Avery was in the employ of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, working in their cartoon division under the supervision of Fred Quimby. At MGM, Avery's creativity reached its peak. A burnt-out Avery left MGM in 1953 to return to the Walter Lantz studio. Avery's return to the Lantz studio did not last long. He directed four cartoons in 1954-1955: the one-shots Crazy Mixed-Up Pup and Shh-h-h-h-h, and I'm Cold and The Legend of Rockabye Point, in which he defined the character of Chilly Willy the penguin.

Films directed or co-directed by Tex Avery

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1935: Carl Laemmle/Walter Lantz era

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Title Year Notes Ref(s).
Towne Hall Follies 1935 First cartoon directed by Avery at Lantz and credited as an animator; Co-directed by Walter Lantz [1]
The Quail Hunt Co-directed by Walter Lantz [1]

1935–1942: Leon Schlesinger Productions era

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No. Title Year Notes DVD/Blu-Ray Availability Ref(s).
1 Gold Diggers of '49 1935
  • First cartoon directed by Tex Avery at Leon Schlesinger Productions.
  • Featuring Beans and Porky Pig
 [2][3]
2 Plane Dippy 1936 [4][5]
3 Miss Glory
  • First color cartoon by Tex Avery, where he is uncredited.
 [6]
4 The Blow Out [2][7]
5 I'd Love to Take Orders from You
6 I Love to Singa
7 Porky the Rain Maker [2]
8 The Village Smithy [8][9]
9 Milk and Money [9]
10 Don't Look Now [10]
11 Porky the Wrestler 1937
12 Picador Porky [11]
13 I Only Have Eyes for You
14 Porky's Duck Hunt [8]
15 Uncle Tom's Bungalow
16 Ain't We Got Fun [12]
17 Egghead Rides Again [13]
18 A Sunbonnet Blue
19 Porky's Garden
20 I Wanna Be a Sailor
21 Little Red Walking Hood [14]
22 Daffy Duck & Egghead 1938 [15]
23 The Sneezing Weasel [16]
24 The Penguin Parade
25 The Isle of Pingo Pongo [17][18]
26 Cinderella Meets Fella [17][19]
27 A Feud There Was [17][20]
28 Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas [17][20]
29 Daffy Duck in Hollywood [20]
30 The Mice Will Play [20]
31 Hamateur Night 1939 [20]
32 A Day at the Zoo
  • In the public domain
 [21]
33 Thugs with Dirty Mugs [15]
34 Believe It or Else [22][23]
35 Dangerous Dan McFoo [17][15]
36 Detouring America [24][25]
37 Land of the Midnight Fun
38 Fresh Fish [26]
39 Screwball Football [27]
40 The Early Worm Gets the Bird 1940
  • In the public domain
 [28]
41 Cross Country Detours [15]
42 The Bear's Tale [29]
43 A Gander at Mother Goose [29]
44 Circus Today [19]
45 A Wild Hare [8]
46 Ceiling Hero [30]
47 Wacky Wild Life [31]
48 Of Fox and Hounds
49 Holiday Highlights
  • DVD: Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers (bonus feature, unrestored)
  • Blu-Ray: Mr. and Mrs. Smith (bonus feature, restored)
50 The Crackpot Quail 1941
  • The raspberry noises the quail makes in this cartoon were replaced with whistles instead; the audio track was found by Warner Bros. and restored.
 [32]
51 The Haunted Mouse [33]
52 Tortoise Beats Hare [34]
53 Hollywood Steps Out
  • Partially lost film.
54 Porky's Preview
  • Final Porky Pig cartoon directed by Tex Avery.
 [35]
55 The Heckling Hare [8]
56 Aviation Vacation [36]
57 All This and Rabbit Stew [37][38][39]
58 The Bug Parade
  • Final cartoon directed by Tex Avery that he completed by himself.
 [40]
59 The Cagey Canary [41]
60 Wabbit Twouble
  • Finished by Bob Clampett.
  • Final Bugs Bunny cartoon directed by Tex Avery until he started directing Kool Aid ads in the 1960s.
61 Aloha Hooey 1942
  • Finished by Bob Clampett.
62 Crazy Cruise
  • Planned by Avery and direction started by Bob Clampett after his departure.

1941: Paramount era

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All films are in the Speaking of Animals series.

Title Year Notes Ref(s).
Down on the Farm 1941 Co-directed with Lou Lilly. [42]
In a Pet Shop [43]
In the Zoo [44]

1942–1957: MGM era

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# Title Year Notes DVD & Blu-Ray Availability Ref(s).
1 Blitz Wolf 1942
  • Rarely airs on television due to Nazi imagery.
  • First appearance of the Wolf.
 [15][45]
2 The Early Bird Dood It!
  • First produced MGM cartoon directed by Avery.
 [28][45]
3 Dumb-Hounded 1943 [15]
4 Red Hot Riding Hood
  • First appearance of Red.
 [8][15]
5 Who Killed Who? [46]
6 One Ham's Family [47][45]
7 What's Buzzin' Buzzard [48]
8 Screwball Squirrel 1944 [27]
9 Batty Baseball [17]
10 Happy-Go-Nutty [45][15]
11 Big Heel-Watha [8]
12 The Screwy Truant 1945 [8]
13 The Shooting of Dan McGoo [45]
14 Jerky Turkey
  • In the public domain.
 [17]
15 Swing Shift Cinderella
  • Working title was Red Hot Cindy during production
 [45][15]
16 Wild and Woolfy [45]
17 Lonesome Lenny 1946
18 The Hick Chick [8]
19 Northwest Hounded Police [8][45]
20 Henpecked Hoboes [46]
21 Hound Hunters 1947
  • Originally titled What Price Fleadom during production, named used for another Avery cartoon the following year.
 [49]
22 Red Hot Rangers [46]
23 Uncle Tom's Cabaña
  • Banned from television due to racial stereotypes.
  • LaserDisc: The Compleat Tex Avery
 [46][50]
24 Slap Happy Lion
  • A clerical error led to the reissued version's ending card being mixed up with the Tom and Jerry cartoon Smarty Cat.
 [45]
25 King-Size Canary [8]
26 What Price Fleadom 1948 [45]
27 Little 'Tinker [45]
28 Half-Pint Pygmy
  • George and Junior are designed differently in this cartoon.
  • Final appearances of George and Junior.
  • Banned from television due to racial stereotypes.
  • LaserDisc: The Compleat Tex Avery
 [50]
29 Lucky Ducky
  • LaserDisc: The Compleat Tex Avery
 [50]
30 The Cat That Hated People
  • First appearance of the character Blackie.
 [8][51]
31 Bad Luck Blackie 1949 [52]
32 Señor Droopy
  • First cartoon in which the character Droopy is named as such.
 [45]
33 The House of Tomorrow [15]
34 Doggone Tired
  • In the public domain
 [46]
35 Wags to Riches
  • First appearance of the character Butch.
  • Later got a CinemaScope remake called Millionaire Droopy.
 [46]
36 Little Rural Riding Hood
  • Last appearance of Red.
 [8]
37 Out-Foxed [46]
38 The Counterfeit Cat [46]
39 Ventriloquist Cat 1950
  • Later got a CinemaScope remake titled Cat's Meow.
 [46]
40 The Cuckoo Clock [53]
41 Garden Gopher [46]
42 The Chump Champ [54]
43 The Peachy Cobbler 1951
44 Cock-a-Doodle Dog [45]
45 Daredevil Droopy
46 Droopy's Good Deed
  • DVD: Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
 [46]
47 Symphony in Slang [55]
48 Car of Tomorrow
49 Droopy's Double Trouble
50 Magical Maestro 1952 [56]
51 One Cab's Family
52 Rock-a-Bye Bear
  • Final cartoon directed by Avery before his year-long sabbatical.
 [45]
53 Little Johnny Jet 1953
  • First cartoon directed by Avery after return from his sabbatical.
 [45]
54 T.V. of Tomorrow
55 The Three Little Pups [46]
56 Drag-a-Long Droopy 1954 [57]
57 Billy Boy [57]
58 Homesteader Droopy [46]
59 The Farm of Tomorrow [46][58]
60 The Flea Circus [46]
61 Dixieland Droopy [46]
62 Field and Scream 1955 [59]
63 The First Bad Man [60]
64 Deputy Droopy [45]
65 Cellbound
  • Finished by Michael Lah.
  • Last MGM cartoon directed by Tex Avery.
 [45][30]
66 Millionaire Droopy 1956
  • Credit only; CinemaScope remake of Wags to Riches (1949).
  • DVD: Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
 [46]
67 Cat's Meow 1957
  • Credit only; CinemaScope remake of Ventriloquist Cat (1950).
 [30]

1954–1955: Universal & Walter Lantz era

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# Title Year Notes Availability Ref(s).
1 I'm Cold 1954
  • A Chilly Willy cartoon.
  • First appearance of the character Smedley Dog.
 [61]
2 Crazy Mixed Up Pup 1955 [32]
3 The Legend of Rockabye Point [62]
4 Sh-h-h-h-h-h [63][64]

1979: Hanna-Barbera era

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Title Year Notes Ref(s).
Casper's First Christmas 1979 Credited as Musical Sequence Director [65]

References

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  1. 1 2 Adamson, Joe, Tex Avery: King of Cartoons, 1975, Da Capo Press
  2. 1 2 3 Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood cartoons : American animation in its golden age. Oxford University Press. pp. 330–331. ISBN 978-0195167290.
  3. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 138.
  4. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 276.
  5. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 44. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  6. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 259.
  7. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 46.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Tex Avery was the master of bizarre, groundbreaking animation
  9. 1 2 Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood cartoons : American animation in its golden age. Oxford University Press. p. 332. ISBN 978-0195167290.
  10. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 95.
  11. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 270.
  12. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 6.
  13. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 102.
  14. ↑ Michael Barrier, J.; Elliott, Duong Van Mai; Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood cartoons : American animation in its golden age. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-503759-3.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Grant, John (2006). Animated movies : facts, figures and fun. AAPPL Artists & Photographers Press, Limited. p. 15. ISBN 978-1-904332-52-7.
  16. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 327.
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Talking About Tex
  18. ↑ The Censored 11: "The Isle Of Pingo Pongo" (1938)
  19. 1 2 Webb 2011, p. 74.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 1938-39 Merrie Melodies: The People's Choice (Pt. 1)
  21. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 86.
  22. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 39.
  23. ↑ The CENSORED Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Guide: B
  24. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 88.
  25. ↑ The CENSORED Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Guide: D
  26. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 129.
  27. 1 2 Webb 2011, p. 315.
  28. 1 2 Webb 2011, p. 101.
  29. 1 2 Webb 2011, p. 35.
  30. 1 2 3 Webb 2011, p. 68.
  31. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 377.
  32. 1 2 Webb 2011, p. 82.
  33. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 152.
  34. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 360.
  35. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 285.
  36. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 26.
  37. ↑ The Censored 11: "All This and Rabbit Stew (1941)"
  38. ↑ Check Out These 1965 Tex Avery Directed Kool-Aid Commercials
  39. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 17.
  40. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 56.
  41. ↑ "Cartoon Logic: Cartoon Logic Episode 06: Myth-Guided History - The Early Days of Bugs and Elmer (Wabbit Twouble)". cartoonlogic.libsyn.com. Archived from the original on April 22, 2021. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  42. ↑ "Speaking of Animals Down on the Farm". IMDb. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  43. ↑ "Speaking of Animals in a Pet Shop". IMDb. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  44. ↑ "Speaking of Animals in the Zoo". IMDb. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  45. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Some Advance Notes on "Tex Avery Screwball Classics" Volume 3
  46. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Lebensold, Peter (December 19, 1970). "TAKE ONE: the film magazine". TAKE ONE. p. 14. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
  47. ↑ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. pp. 229–230. ISBN 9781476672939.
  48. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 382.
  49. ↑ "Irv Spence and Rod Scribner, One-Shot Moonlighters |".
  50. 1 2 3 "Compleat Tex Avery, The [ML102681]". Laserdisc Database. Retrieved May 23, 2015.
  51. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 67.
  52. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 28.
  53. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 84.
  54. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 73.
  55. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 346.
  56. ↑ The Song Begins…It's Magic!
  57. 1 2 Fitness vs. Fatness (Part 6): I Was a (??)-Pound Weakling
  58. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 110.
  59. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 119.
  60. ↑ Webb 2011, p. 120.
  61. ↑ "I'm Cold". IMDb. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  62. ↑ "The Legend of Rockabye Point". IMDb. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  63. ↑ "Sh-h-h-h-h-h". IMDb. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
  64. ↑ "The Final Needle Drop: "The Okeh Laughing Record"". Cartoon Research. October 24, 2016. Archived from the original on September 5, 2023.
  65. ↑ Sánchez, Cruz (2014). Tex Avery (in Spanish). Ediciones Cátedra. ISBN 9788437632292.
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