Robert McKimson

Robert McKimson
Born	Robert Porter McKimson October 13, 1910 Denver, Colorado
Died	September 29, 1977 Burbank, California
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Animator Illustrator Director
Crew credits	Director of various Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies cartoons Creator of Foghorn Leghorn, Speedy Gonzales, and the Tasmanian Devil

Robert Porter "Bob" McKimson Sr. (October 13, 1910 – September 29, 1977) was an American animator, illustrator and director known for his work at Warner Bros. for the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies theatrical shorts. He directed various cartoons with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Sylvester. He is also known for creating characters and/or developing characters such as Foghorn Leghorn, Hippety Hopper, Sylvester Jr., Speedy Gonzales, and the Tasmanian Devil.

McKimson died on September 29, 1977, at the age of 66.

Biography

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Credits

• Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies
  • Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930) - paint and trace artist (uncredited)
  • You Don't Know Know What You’re Doin' (1931) - animator (uncredited)
  • Bosko's Store (1932) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Bosko the Drawback (1932) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Bosko's Dizzy Date (1932) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Bosko in Person (1933) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Bosko's Knight-Mare (1933) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon (1933) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Buddy and Towser (1934) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Goin' to Heaven on a Mule (1934) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Why Do I Dream Those Dreams (1934) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Shake Your Powder Puff (1934) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Buddy's Circus (1934) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Buddy's Adventures (1934) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Country Boy (1935) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • I Haven't Got a Hat (1935) - animator (uncredited)
  • The Lady in Red (1935) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • A Cartoonist's Nightmare (1935) - animator (uncredited)
  • The Cat Came Back (1935) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • The Fire Alarm (1936) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Let It Be Me (1936) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Fish Tales (1936) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • When I Yoo Hoo (1936) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Sunday Go to Meetin' Time (1936) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Toy Town Hall (1936) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • The CooCoo Nut Grove (1936) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Pigs is Pigs (1937) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • She Was an Acrobat's Daughter (1937) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Sweet Sioux (1937) - animator
  • Dog Daze (1937) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • A Star is Hatched (1938) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Now That Summer is Gone (1938) - animator
  • Cracked Ice (1938) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Little Pancho Vanilla (1938) - animator
  • You're an Education (1938) - animator
  • The Night Watchman (1938) - animator (uncredited)
  • Robin Hood Makes Good (1938) - animator
  • Old Glory (1939) - animator
  • Snowman's Land (1939) - animator (uncredited)
  • Little Brother Rat (1939) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Land of the Midnight Fun (1939) - animator (uncredited)
  • The Little Lion Hunter (1939) - animator (uncredited)
  • The Good Egg (1939) - animator (uncredited)
  • Sniffles and the Bookworm (1939) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Elmer's Candid Camera (1940) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • A Wild Hare (1940) - animator (uncredited)
  • Ghost Wanted (1940) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Wacky Wildlife (1940) - animator (uncredited)
  • Bedtime for Sniffles (1940) - animator (uncredited)
  • Of Fox and Hounds (1940) - animator (uncredited)
  • The Crackerpot Quail (1941) - animator
  • The Haunted Mouse (1941) - animator (uncredited)
  • The Tortoise Beats Hare (1941) - animator (uncredited)
  • Porky's Preview (1941) - animator (uncredited)
  • Farm Frolics (1941) - animator (uncredited)
  • Hollywood Steps Out (1941) - animator (uncredited)
  • The Heckling Hare (1941) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Aviation Vacation (1941) - animator (uncredited)
  • All This and Rabbit Stew (1941) - animator (uncredited)
  • The Cagey Canary (1941) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Wabbit Twouble (1941) - animator (uncredited)
  • Aloha Hooey (1941) - animator (uncredited)
  • Crazy Cruise (1942) - animator (uncredited)
  • Horton Hatches the Egg (1942) - animator
  • Nutty News (1942) - animator (uncredited)
  • Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942) - animator (uncredited)
  • The Wacky Wabbit (1942) - animator (uncredited)
  • Wacky Blackout (1942) - animator (uncredited)
  • Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner (1942) - animator (uncredited)
  • The Hep Cat (1942) - animator
  • A Tale of Two Kitties (1942) - animator (uncredited)
  • Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943) - animator (uncredited)
  • Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • The Wise Quacking Duck (1943) - animator (uncredited)
  • Tin Pan Alley Cats (1943) - animator (uncredited)
  • A Corny Concerto (1943) - animator
  • Falling Hare (1943) - animator (uncredited)
  • An Itch in Time (1943) - animator
  • What's Cookin' Doc? (1944) - animator (as Bob McKimson)
  • Tick Tock Tuckered (1944) - animator (uncredited)
  • Russian Rhapsody (1944) - animator (uncredited)
  • Hare Ribbin' (1944) - animator (uncredited)
  • Birdy and the Beast (1944) - animator (uncredited)
  • Buckaroo Bugs (1944) - animator (uncredited)
  • The Old Grey Hare (1944) - animator
  • Draftee Daffy (1945) - animator (uncredited)
  • A Gruesome Twosome (1945) - animator
  • Tales of Two Mice (1945) - director (finished, uncredited)
  • Wagon Heels (1945) - animator (uncredited)
  • The Bashful Buzzard (1945) - animator (uncredited)
  • Book Revue (1946) - animator
  • Baby Bottleneck (1946) - animator (uncredited)
  • Hare Remover (1946) - director (finished, uncredited)
  • Daffy Doodles (1946) - director
  • Hollywood Canine Canteen (1946) - director
  • Acrobatty Bunny (1946) - director
  • Walky Talky Hawky (1946) - director
  • The Mouse-Merized Cat (1947) - director
  • One Meat Brawl (1947) - director
  • Birth of a Notion (1947) - director
  • Hobo Bobo (1947) - director
  • Easter Yeggs (1947) - director
  • Crowing Pains (1947) - director
  • A Horse Fly Fleas (1947) - director
  • Gorilla My Dreams (1948) - director
  • Daffy Duck Slept Here (1948) - director
  • Hop, Look and Listen (1948) - director
  • The Up-Standing Sitter (1948) - director
  • Hot Cross Bunny (1948) - director
  • The Foghorn Leghorn (1948) - director
  • A-Lad in His Lamp (1948) - director
  • Paying the Piper (1949) - director
  • Daffy Duck Hunt (1949) - director
  • Rebel Rabbit (1949) - director
  • Henhouse Henery (1949) - director
  • The Grey Hounded Hare (1949) - director
  • The Windblown Hare (1949) - director
  • Swallow the Leader (1949) - director
  • Hippety Hopper (1949) - director
  • A Ham in the Role (1949) - director
  • Hurdy-Gurdy Hare (1950) - director
  • Boobs in the Woods (1950) - director
  • Strife with Father (1950) - director
  • The Leghorn Blows at Midnight (1950) - director
  • An Egg Scramble (1950) - director
  • What's Up Doc? (1950) - director
  • It's Hummer Time (1950) - director
  • Hillbilly Hare (1950) - director
  • A Fractured Leghorn (1950) - director
  • Pop 'im Pop (1950) - director
  • Bushy Hare (1950) - director
  • Dog Collared (1950) - director
  • Hare We Go (1951) - director
  • A Fox in a Fit (1951) - director
  • Corn Plastered (1951) - director
  • Early to Bet (1951) - director
  • French Rarebit (1951) - director
  • Leghorn Swoggled (1951) - director
  • Lovelorn Leghorn (1951) - director
  • Sleepy Time Possum (1951) - director
  • Big Top Bunny (1951) - director
  • The Prize Pest (1951) - director
  • Who's Kitten Who? (1952) - director
  • Thumb Fun (1952) - director
  • Kiddin' the Kitten (1952) - director
  • Sock a Doodle Do (1952) - director
  • The Turn-Tale Wolf (1952) - director
  • Oily Hare (1952) - director
  • Hoppy-Go-Lucky (1952) - director
  • The EGGcited Rooster (1952) - director
  • The Super Snooper (1952) - director
  • Rabbit's Kin (1952) - director
  • Fool Coverage (1952) - director
  • Unswept Hare (1953) - director
  • A Peck o' Trouble (1953) - director
  • Muscle Tussle (1953) - director
  • There Auto Be a Law (1953) - director
  • Plop Goes the Weasel! (1953) - director
  • Cat-Tails for Two (1953) - director
  • Easy Peckin's (1953) - director
  • Of Rice and Hen (1953) - director
  • Cats A-Weigh! (1953) - director
  • Wild Wife (1954) - director
  • Design for Leaving (1954) - director
  • Bell Hoppy (1954) - director
  • No Parking Hare (1954) - director
  • Little Boy Boo (1954) - director
  • Devil May Hare (1954) - director
  • The Oily American (1954) - director
  • Gone Batty (1954) - director
  • Quack Shot (1954) - director
  • Feather Dusted (1955) - director
  • All Fowled Up (1955) - director
  • Lighthouse Mouse (1955) - director
  • The Hole Idea (1955) - director and animator
  • Dime to Retire (1955) - director and animator
  • Too Hop to Handle (1956) - director and animator
  • Weasel Stop (1956) - director and animator (uncredited as animator)
  • The High and the Flighty (1956) - director
  • Mixed Master (1956) - director
  • The Unexpected Pest (1956) - director
  • Stupor Duck (1956) - director
  • Half-Fare Hare (1956) - director
  • Raw! Raw! Rooster! (1956) - director
  • The Slap-Hoppy Mouse (1956) - director
  • Wideo Wabbit (1956) - director
  • The Honey-Mousers (1956) - director
  • Bedevilled Rabbit (1957) - director
  • Cheese It, the Cat! (1957) - director
  • Fox-Terror (1957) - director
  • Boston Quackie (1957) - director
  • Tabasco Road (1957) - director
  • Ducking the Devil (1957) - director
  • Mouse-Taken Identity (1957) - director
  • Rabbit Romeo (1957) - director
  • Don't Axe Me (1958) - director
  • Tortilla Flaps (1958) - director
  • Feather Bluster (1958) - director
  • Now, Hare This (1958) - director
  • Dog Tales (1958) - director
  • Weasel While You Work (1958) - director
  • Pre-Hysterical Hare (1958) - director
  • Gopher Broke (1958) - director
  • Mouse-Placed Kitten (1959) - director
  • China Jones (1959) - director
  • The Mouse That Jack Built (1959) - director
  • A Mutt in a Rutt (1959) - director
  • Backwoods Bunny (1959) - director
  • Cat's Paw (1959) - director
  • Bonanza Bunny (1959) - director
  • A Broken Leghorn (1959) - director
  • Tweet Dreams (1959) - director (Too Hop to Handle and Cheese it, the Cat! sequences, uncredited)
  • People Are Bunny (1959) - director
  • West of the Pesos (1960) - director
  • Wild Wild World (1960) - director
  • Crockett-Doodle-Do (1960) - director
  • Mice Follies (1960) - director
  • The Dixie Fryer (1960) - director
  • Dog Gone People (1960) - director
  • Cannery Woe (1961) - director
  • Hoppy Daze (1961) - director
  • Strangled Eggs (1961) - director
  • Birds of a Father (1961) - director
  • Daffy's Inn Trouble (1961) - director
  • What's My Lion? (1962) - director
  • Wet Hare (1962) - director
  • Fish and Slips (1962) - director
  • Bill of Hare (1962) - director
  • The Slick Chick (1962) - director
  • Mother Was a Rooster (1962) - director
  • Good Noose (1962) - director
  • Fast Buck Duck (1963) - director
  • The Million Hare (1963) - director
  • Banty Raids (1963) - director
  • Aqua Duck (1963) - director
  • Claws in the Lease (1963) - director
  • A Message to Gracias (1964) - director
  • Bartholomew Versus the Wheel (1964) - director
  • Freudy Cat (1964) - director
  • Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare (1964) - director
  • False Hare (1964) - director
  • Moby Duck (1965) - director
  • Assault and Peppered (1965) - director
  • Well Worn Daffy (1965) - director
  • Suppressed Duck (1965) - director
  • Rushing Roulette (1965) - director
  • Tease for Two (1965) - director
  • Chili Corn Corny (1965) - director
  • Go Go Amigo (1965) - director
  • The Astroduck (1966) - director
  • Mucho Locos (1966) - director
  • Mexican Mousepiece (1966) - director
  • Daffy Rents (1966) - director
  • A-Haunting We Will Go (1966) - director
  • Snow Excuse (1966) - director
  • A Squeak in the Deep (1966) - director
  • Feather Finger (1966) - director
  • Swing Ding Amigo (1966) - director
  • Sugar and Spies (1966) - director
  • A Taste of Catnip (1966) - director
  • Daffy's Diner (1967) - director
  • Bunny and Cladue: We Rob Carrot Patches (1968) - director (as Bob McKimson)
  • The Great Carrot-Train Robbery (1969) - director (as Bob McKimson)
  • Fistic Mystic (1969) - director (as Bob McKimson)
  • Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too! (1969) - director (as Bob McKimson)
  • Shamrock and Roll (1969) - director (as Bob McKimson)
  • Bugged by a Bee (1969) - director (as Bob McKimson)
  • Injun Trouble (1969) - director (as Bob McKimson)
• The Bugs Bunny Show (1960-1972) - director (classic material and in-between segments)
• The Porky Pig Show (1964-1965) - director (classic material)
• The Road Runner Show (1966-1973) - director (classic material and in-between segments)
• Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (1977) - director
• Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special (1977) - director
• How Bugs Bunny Won the West (1978) - director (classic material)
• The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special (1979) - director (classic material)
• Bugs Bunny's Holiday Diet (1979) - director (as Bob McKimson, classic material)
• Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television (1982) - director (classic material)
• Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) - director (classic material)
• Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983) - director (classic material)
• Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988) - director (classic material, The Prize Pest segment)
• Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988) - director (as R. McKimson, classic material)
• Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports (1989) - director (as Bob McKimson, classic material)
• Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes (1991) - director (classic material)