List of films directed by Tex Avery
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. He created the characters of Daffy Duck in Porky's Duck Hunt (1937), Elmer Fudd in Egghead Rides Again (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 would develop the characters of Porky Pig from the Warner Bros. studio and Chilly Willy from the Walter Lantz Studio 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 shown 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.
List of films directed or co-directed by Tex Avery
Warner Bros.
As from 1935 - 1942, Tex Avery has directed some Warner Bros. Cartoons on Fridays to release through Warner Home Video on DVD.
| Title | Year | Notes | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Diggers of '49 | 1935 | ||
| Plane Dippy | 1936 | ||
| Page Miss Glory | 1936 | ||
| The Blow Out | 1936 | ||
| I'd Love to Take Orders from You | 1936 | ||
| I Love to Singa | 1936 | ||
| Porky the Rain Maker | 1936 | ||
| The Village Smithy | 1936 | ||
| Milk and Money | 1936 | ||
| Don't Look Now | 1936 | ||
| Porky the Wrestler | 1937 | ||
| Picador Porky | 1937 | ||
| I Only Have Eyes for You | 1937 | ||
| Porky's Duck Hunt | 1937 | First appearance of the character Daffy Duck | |
| Uncle Tom's Bungalow | 1937 | ||
| Ain't We Got Fun | 1937 | ||
| Egghead Rides Again | 1937 | First appearance of the character Elmer Fudd as Egghead | |
| A Sunbonnet Blue | 1937 | ||
| Porky's Garden | 1937 | In the public domain | |
| I Wanna Be a Sailor | 1937 | In the public domain | |
| The Sneezing Weasel | 1937 | ||
| Little Red Walking Hood | 1937 | ||
| Daffy Duck & Egghead | 1938 | ||
| The Penguin Parade | 1938 | ||
| The Isle of Pingo Pongo | 1938 | ||
| A Feud There Was | 1938 | First cartoon in which the name Elmer Fudd was employed | |
| Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas | 1938 | ||
| Daffy Duck in Hollywood | 1938 | Final Daffy Duck cartoon directed by Tex Avery | |
| Cinderella Meets Fella | 1938 | ||
| The Mice Will Play | 1938 | ||
| Hamateur Night | 1939 | In the public domain | |
| A Day at the Zoo | 1939 | In the public domain | |
| Thugs with Dirty Mugs | 1939 | ||
| Believe It or Else | 1939 | ||
| Dangerous Dan McFoo | 1939 | ||
| Detouring America | 1939 | ||
| Land of the Midnight Fun | 1939 | ||
| Fresh Fish | 1939 | ||
| Screwball Football | 1939 | ||
| The Early Worm Gets the Bird | 1940 | In the public domain | |
| Cross-Country Detours | 1940 | ||
| The Bear's Tale | 1940 | ||
| A Gander at Mother Goose | 1940 | ||
| Circus Today | 1940 | ||
| A Wild Hare | 1940 | First appearance of the character Bugs Bunny | |
| Ceiling Hero | 1940 | ||
| Wacky Wild Life | 1940 | ||
| Of Fox and Hounds | 1940 | ||
| Holiday Highlights | 1940 | ||
| The Crackpot Quail | 1941 | ||
| The Haunted Mouse | 1941 | In the public domain | |
| Tortoise Beats Hare | 1941 | First appearance of the character Cecil Turtle | |
| Hollywood Steps Out | 1941 | In the public domain | |
| Porky's Preview | 1941 | In the public domain | |
| The Heckling Hare | 1941 | ||
| Aviation Vacation | 1941 | ||
| All This and Rabbit Stew | 1941 | In the public domain | |
| The Bug Parade | 1941 | ||
| The Cagey Canary | 1941 | Planned, but completed by Bob Clampett | |
| Aloha Hooey | 1942 | Planned, but completed by Bob Clampett | |
| Crazy Cruise | 1942 | Planned, but completed by Bob Clampett |
Paramount
| Title | Year | Notes | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|
| Down on the Farm | 1944 | ||
| Speaking of Animals Down in a Pet Shop | 1941 | ||
| Speaking of Animals Down in the Zoo | 1941 |
MGM
In 1942, Tex Avery directed MGM Cartoons. The first one was Blitz Wolf. He retired in 1957 after directing Cat's Meow the remake of Ventriloquist Cat from 1950.
| Title | Year | Notes | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blitz Wolf | 1942 | ||
| The Early Bird Dood It! | 1942 | ||
| Dumb-Hounded | 1943 | First appearance of the character Droopy | |
| Red Hot Riding Hood | 1943 | ||
| Who Killed Who? | 1943 | First live-action/animated cartoon | |
| One Ham's Family | 1943 | ||
| What's Buzzin' Buzzard | 1943 | ||
| Screwball Squirrel | 1944 | First appearance of the character Screwy Squirrel | |
| Batty Baseball | 1944 | ||
| Happy-Go-Nutty | 1944 | ||
| Big Heel-Watha | 1944 | ||
| The Screwy Truant | 1945 | ||
| The Shooting of Dan McGoo | 1945 | ||
| Jerky Turkey | 1945 | In the public domain | |
| Swing Shift Cinderella | 1945 | ||
| Wild and Woolfy | 1945 | ||
| Lonesome Lenny | 1946 | ||
| The Hick Chick | 1946 | ||
| Northwest Hounded Police | 1946 | ||
| Henpecked Hoboes | 1946 | First appearance of the character George and Junior | |
| Hound Hunters | 1947 | ||
| Red Hot Rangers | 1947 | ||
| Uncle Tom's Cabaña | 1947 | ||
| Slap Happy Lion | 1947 | ||
| King-Size Canary | 1947 | ||
| What Price Fleadom | 1948 | ||
| Little 'Tinker | 1948 | ||
| Half-Pint Pygmy | 1948 | ||
| Lucky Ducky | 1948 | ||
| The Cat That Hated People | 1948 | ||
| Bad Luck Blackie | 1949 | First appearance of the character Spike/Butch the bulldog (Tex Avery's version) | |
| Señor Droopy | 1949 | ||
| The House of Tomorrow | 1949 | ||
| Doggone Tired | 1949 | In the public domain | |
| Wags to Riches | 1949 | ||
| Little Rural Riding Hood | 1949 | ||
| Out-Foxed | 1949 | ||
| The Counterfeit Cat | 1949 | ||
| Ventriloquist Cat | 1950 | ||
| The Cuckoo Clock | 1950 | ||
| Garden Gopher | 1950 | ||
| The Chump Champ | 1950 | ||
| The Peachy Cobbler | 1950 | Photo backgrounds | |
| Cock-a-Doodle Dog | 1951 | ||
| Daredevil Droopy | 1951 | ||
| Droopy's Good Deed | 1951 | ||
| Symphony in Slang | 1951 | ||
| Car of Tomorrow | 1951 | ||
| Droopy's Double Trouble | 1951 | ||
| Magical Maestro | 1952 | ||
| One Cab's Family | 1952 | ||
| Rock-a-Bye Bear | 1952 | ||
| Little Johnny Jet | 1953 | ||
| T.V. of Tomorrow | 1953 | ||
| The Three Little Pups | 1953 | Final live-action/animated cartoon | |
| Drag-a-Long Droopy | 1954 | ||
| Billy Boy | 1954 | ||
| Homesteader Droopy | 1954 | ||
| The Farm of Tomorrow | 1954 | ||
| The Flea Circus | 1954 | ||
| Dixieland Droopy | 1954 | ||
| Field and Scream | 1955 | ||
| The First Bad Man | 1955 | ||
| Deputy Droopy | 1955 | ||
| Cellbound | 1955 | ||
| Millionaire Droopy | 1956 | ||
| Cat's Meow | 1957 |
Walter Lantz
| Title | Year | Notes | Ref(s). |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crazy Mixed Up Pup | 1954 | ||
| I'm Cold | 1954 | First appearance of the character Smedley Dog | |
| The Legend of Rockabye Point | 1955 | ||
| Sh-h-h-h-h-h | 1955 |