Tex Avery
9 credits on HibingeTV
American animator and director, famous for his wild, irreverent cartoons at Warner Bros. and MGM, including Red Hot Riding Hood, Screwball Squirrel, and Doggone Tired.
Directed
Animation, Comedy
A Day at the Zoo is a 1939 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Tex Avery for Leon Schlesinger Productions, distributed by Warner Bros. The short features a series of rapid-fire gags set at a zoo, with Egghead as a hapless visitor who provokes the animals. Avery's trademark pacing and absurdist humor are on full display, building to a typically explosive punchline. The film is in the public domain.
Animation · Comedy
A Day at the Zoo
1939 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
A farm dog desperately needs sleep before an early morning rabbit hunt, but a scheming rabbit does everything in his power to keep the dog awake all night. A Tex Avery MGM cartoon, one of the few MGM shorts in the public domain. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.
Animation · Comedy
Doggone Tired
1949 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
A talent show at the local theater goes hilariously off the rails as a parade of amateur performers, including an early Elmer Fudd, bumble through their acts. A Tex Avery-directed Merrie Melodies short. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.
Animation · Comedy
Hamateur Night
1939 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
A young parrot insists he wants to be a sailor despite his parents' protests, setting sail in a washtub with predictably stormy results. A Tex Avery-directed Merrie Melodies short. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.
Animation · Comedy
I Wanna Be a Sailor
1937 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
Jerky Turkey is a 1945 MGM cartoon directed by Tex Avery. A Pilgrim sets out to hunt a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, but the turkey proves to be more than a match for him in a series of wild gags and sight gags. The short is a classic example of Avery's screwball style, with rapid-fire pacing and absurd visual humor. The film is in the public domain.
Animation · Comedy
Jerky Turkey
1945 - Animation
Animation, Comedy
A starving cat wanders into a haunted house hoping to catch a mouse, only to find the mouse is a ghost who torments him with supernatural gags. A Tex Avery-directed Looney Tunes short. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.
Animation · Comedy · Horror
The Haunted Mouse
1941 - Animation
Acted In
Animation, Comedy
A Day at the Zoo is a 1939 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Tex Avery for Leon Schlesinger Productions, distributed by Warner Bros. The short features a series of rapid-fire gags set at a zoo, with Egghead as a hapless visitor who provokes the animals. Avery's trademark pacing and absurdist humor are on full display, building to a typically explosive punchline. The film is in the public domain.
Animation · Comedy
A Day at the Zoo
1939 - as Other Elk Named Bill (voice) (uncredited)
Animation, Comedy
A talent show at the local theater goes hilariously off the rails as a parade of amateur performers, including an early Elmer Fudd, bumble through their acts. A Tex Avery-directed Merrie Melodies short. The film entered the public domain through non-renewal.
Animation · Comedy
Hamateur Night
1939 - as Hippo (voice)
Animation, Comedy
Jerky Turkey is a 1945 MGM cartoon directed by Tex Avery. A Pilgrim sets out to hunt a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, but the turkey proves to be more than a match for him in a series of wild gags and sight gags. The short is a classic example of Avery's screwball style, with rapid-fire pacing and absurd visual humor. The film is in the public domain.
Animation · Comedy
Jerky Turkey
1945 - as Hunting Pilgrim / Turkey Call (voice) (uncredited)