Bob Clampett

Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett (May 8, 1913 – May 2, 1984) was an American animator, producer, director, and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes animated series from Warner Bros., and the television shows Time for Beany and Beany and Cecil. Clampett was born and raised not far from Hollywood, and early on expressed an interest in animation and puppetry. After leaving high school a few months shy of graduating in 1931, Clampett joined the team at Harman-Ising Productions and began working on the studio's newest short subjects, titled Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.
Clampett was promoted to a directorial position in 1937 and during his fifteen years at the studio, directed 84 cartoons later deemed classic and also designed some of the studio's most famous characters, including Porky Pig and Tweety Bird. Among Clampett's most acclaimed films are Porky in Wackyland (1938), Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943) and The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946). Clampett left Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1946 and turned his attention to television, creating the famous puppet show Time for Beany in 1949. A later animated version of the series, titled Beany and Cecil, ran on ABC for five years beginning in 1962 and ending in 1967.
In his later years, Clampett toured college campuses and animation festivals as a lecturer on the history of animation. Clampett died of a heart attack in Detroit, Michigan on May 2, 1984. After his death, he was criticized by many of his peers at Warner Bros. with accusations of egotism and plagiarism, with many notable figures, including Chuck Jones and Mel Blanc, expressing a general dislike for Clampett. Despite this, his Warner cartoons have seen renewed praise in the decades since for their surrealistic qualities, energetic and outrageous animation, and irreverent humor.
==Cartoons directed or co-directed by Bob Clampett==
Warner Bros. 	Warner Bros.
Year 	Title
1937 	Porky's Badtime Story
1937 	Get Rich Quick Porky
1937 	Rover's Rival
1937 	Porky's Hero Agency
1938 	Porky's Poppa
1938 	What Price Porky
1938 	Porky's Five and Ten
1938 	Injun Trouble
1938 	Porky's Party
1938 	Porky & Daffy
1938 	Porky in Wackyland
1938 	Porky's Naughty Nephew
1938 	Porky in Egypt
1938 	The Daffy Doc
1939 	The Lone Stranger and Porky
1939 	Porky's Tire Trouble
1939 	Porky's Movie Mystery
1939 	Chicken Jitters
1939 	Kristopher Kolumbus, Jr.
1939 	Polar Pals
1939 	Scalp Trouble
1939 	Porky's Picnic
1939 	Wise Quacks
1939 	Jeepers Creepers
1939 	Naughty Neighbors
1939 	Pied Piper Porky
1939 	The Film Fan
1940 	Porky's Last Stand
1940 	Africa Squeaks
1940 	Ali-Baba Bound
1940 	Pilgrim Porky
1940 	Slap-Happy Pappy
1940 	Porky's Poor Fish
1940 	The Chewin' Bruin
1940 	Patient Porky
1940 	Prehistoric Porky
1940 	The Sour Puss
1940 	The Timid Toreador (with Norm McCabe)
1941 	Porky's Snooze Reel (with Norm McCabe)
1941 	Goofy Groceries
1941 	Farm Frolics
1941 	A Coy Decoy
1941 	Meet John Doughboy
1941 	We, the Animals Squeak!
1941 	The Henpecked Duck
1941 	The Bug Parade (with Tex Avery)
1941 	The Cagey Canary (with Tex Avery)
1941 	Wabbit Twouble
1941 	Porky's Pooch
1942 	Aloha Hooey (with Tex Avery)
1942 	Crazy Cruise (with Tex Avery)
1942 	Horton Hatches the Egg
1942 	The Wacky Wabbit
1942 	Nutty News
1942 	Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
1942 	Wacky Blackout
1942 	Eatin' on the Cuff
1942 	The Hep Cat
1942 	A Tale of Two Kitties
1943 	Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
1943 	Tortoise Wins by a Hare
1943 	The Wise Quacking Duck
1943 	Tin Pan Alley Cats
1943 	A Corny Concerto
1943 	Falling Hare
1943 	An Itch in Time
1944 	What's Cookin' Doc?
1944 	Tick Tock Tuckered
1944 	Russian Rhapsody
1944 	Hare Ribbin'
1944 	Birdy and the Beast
1944 	Buckaroo Bugs
1944 	The Old Grey Hare
1945 	Draftee Daffy
1945 	A Gruesome Twosome
1945 	Wagon Heels
1945 	Bashful Buzzard
1946 	Book Revue
1946 	Baby Bottleneck
1946 	Kitty Kornered
1946 	The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
1946 	Bacall to Arms
1946 	The Big Snooze
Republic Pictures	Republic Pictures
Year 	Title
1947 	It's a Grand Old Nag
Category:Animators
Category:Directors
Category:Producers