Bob Clampett

Bob Clampett
Clampett with a drawing of Bugs Bunny
Born	Robert Emerson Clampett May 8, 1913 San Diego, California
Died	May 2, 1984 Detroit, Michigin
Cause of death	Heart attack
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Animator Director
Years active at Harmin-Ising	1931–1933
Years active at Warner Bros. Cartoons	1933–1945

Robert Emerson Clampett Sr. (May 8, 1913 – May 2, 1984) was an American animator, director, producer, and puppeteer best known for his work at Warner Bros. for the Looney Tunes theatrical shorts.

Clampett was first joined as part of the production team at Harmin-Ising Productions in 1931, and began working with its short subjects: Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. Clampett was promoted to a directorial position in 1937 at Warner Bros. Cartoons (then known as Leon Schlesinger Productions), and during his 15 years at the studio, directed 84 cartoons later deemed classic. Clampett also provided designs for some of Warner's popular animated characters, including Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, and Tweety.

He left Warner Bros. in 1945 and turned his attention to television, in which he produced the puppet show Time for Beany in 1949. A later animated version of the series, Beany and Cecil, first aired on ABC in 1962 and was considered the first creator-driven animated television series, branding itself with the byline "a Bob Clampett Cartoon".

In later years, Clampett toured college campus and animation festivals to lecture on the history of animation. His cartoons were later praised for their energetic, surrealist quality, along with having highly flexible animation and irreverent, wordplay-laden humor. Animation historian Jerry Beck lauded Clampett for "putting the word 'looney' in Looney Tunes."

Clampett died of a heart attack on May 2, 1984.

Credits

• Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies
  • Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931) - writer (uncredited)
  • Bosko in Person (1933) - writer (uncredited)
  • My Green Fedora (1935) - writer and animator
  • Shake Your Powder Puff (1935) - animator
  • My Green Fedora (1935) - writer and animator (uncredited as writer)
  • Buddy Steps Out (1935) - animator
  • Little Dutch Plate (1935) - animator
  • Gold Diggers of '49 (1935) - animator
  • Page Miss Glory (1936) - animator (uncredited)
  • The Blow Out (1936) - animator (uncredited)
  • I'd Love to Take Orders from You (1936) - animator
  • Porky the Rain-Maker (1936) - animator (uncredited)
  • Milk and Money (1936) - animator (uncredited)
  • Don't Look Now (1936) - animator
  • The Village Smithy (1936) - animator (uncredited)
  • Porky the Wrestler (1937) - animator (uncredited)
  • I Only Have Eyes for You (1937) - animator
  • Picador Porky (1937) - animator (uncredited)
  • Porky's Duck Hunt (1937) - animator (uncredited)
  • Ain't We Got Fun (1937) - animator
  • Porky and Gabby (1937) - assistant director, writer and animator (uncredited as assistant director and writer)
  • Porky's Super Service (1937) - assistant director and animator (uncredited as assistant director)
  • Porky's Badtime Story (1937) - director, writer and animator (uncredited as writer and animator)
  • Get Rich Quick Porky (1937) - director and animator (uncredited as writer and animator)
  • Porky's Garden (1937) - animator (uncredited)
  • Rover's Rival (1937) - director and writer (uncredited as writer)
  • Porky's Hero Agency (1937) - director
  • Porky's Poppa (1938) - director
  • What Price Porky (1938) - director and writer (uncredited as writer)
  • Porky's Five & Ten (1938) - director
  • Injun Trouble (1938) - director
  • Porky's Party (1938) - director and writer (uncredited as writer)
  • Porky & Daffy (1938) - director and writer (uncredited as writer)
  • Porky in Wonderland (1938) - director
  • Porky's Naughty Nephew (1938) - director
  • Porky in Egypt (1938) - director
  • The Daffy Doc (1938) - director
  • The Lone Stranger and Porky (1939) - director
  • Porky's Tire Trouble (1939) - director
  • Porky's Movie Mystery (1939) - director
  • Chicken Jitter (1939) - director
  • Kristopher Kolumbus Jr. (1939) - director
  • Polar Pals (1939) - director
  • Scalp Trouble (1939) - director
  • Porky's Picnic (1939) - director
  • Wise Quacks (1939) - director
  • Porky's Hotel (1939) - director
  • Jeepers Creepers (1939) - director
  • Naughty Neighbors (1939) - director
  • Pied Piper Porky (1939) - director
  • The Film Fan (1939) - director
  • Porky's Last Stand (1939) - director
  • Africa Squeaks (1940) - director
  • Ali-Baba Bound (1940) - director
  • Pilgrim Porky (1940) - director
  • Slap Happy Pappy (1940) - director
  • Porky's Poor Fish (1940) - director
  • The Chewin' Bruin (1940) - director
  • Patient Porky (1940) - director
  • Prehistoric Porky (1940) - director
  • The Sour Puss (1940) - director
  • The Timid Toreador (1940) - director
  • Porky's Snooze Reel (1941) - director
  • Goofy Groceries (1941) - director
  • Farm Frolics (1941) - director
  • A Coy Decoy (1941) - director
  • Meet John Decoy (1941) - director
  • We, the Animals Squeak! (1941) - director
  • The Henpecked Duck (1941) - director
  • The Cagey Canary (1941) - director (uncredited)
  • Wabbit Twouble (1941) - director (As Wobert Cwampett)
  • Porky's Pooch (1941) - director
  • Crazy Cruise (1942) - director (uncredited)
  • Horton Hatches the Egg (1942) - director
  • The Wacky Wabbit (1942) - director
  • Nutty News (1942) - director
  • Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942) - director
  • Wacky Blackout (1942) - director
  • Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner (1942) - director
  • The Hep Cat (1942) - director
  • A Tale of Two Kittens (1942) - director
  • Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943) - director
  • Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943) - director
  • The Wise Quacking Duck (1943) - director
  • Tin Pan Alley Cats (1943) - director
  • A Corny Concerto (1943) - director
  • Falling Hare (1943) - director
  • An Itch in Time (1943) - director
  • What's Cookin' Doc? (1944) - director
  • Tick Tock Tuckered (1944) - director
  • Russian Rhapsody (1944) - director
  • Hare Ribbin' (1944) - director
  • Birdy and the Beast (1944) - director
  • Buckaroo Bugs (1944) - director
  • The Old Grey Hare (1944) - director
  • Draftee Daffy (1945) - director
  • A Gruesome Twosome (1945) - director
  • Wagon Heels (1945) - director
  • The Bashful Buzzard (1945) - director
  • Book Revue (1946) - director
  • Baby Bottleneck (1946) - director
  • The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946) - director
  • Bacall to Arms (1946) - director (planned, uncredited)
  • The Big Snooze (1946) - director (planned, uncredited)
  • The Goofy Gophers (1947) - director (planned, uncredited)