1. Robert McKimson wrote and directed many animated cartoon shorts starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Foghorn Leghorn, Hippety Hopper, Speedy Gonzales, and the Tasmanian Devil, among other characters.
11 Facts About Robert McKimson
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Robert McKimson developed Bugs Bunny's design in the 1943 short Tortoise Wins by a Hare.
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Robert McKimson was the head animator and go-to guy in the late 1930s at the studio, which overwhelmed him.
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Robert McKimson was offered a directorial position by Leon Schlesinger in 1938, but declined, allowing the position to go to animator Chuck Jones.
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Robert McKimson accepted his own directorial position in late 1944, when Frank Tashlin left Warner Bros.
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Robert McKimson created Speedy Gonzales for the 1953 short Cat-Tails for Two and directed many others periodically for the remainder of his theatrical career.
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Robert McKimson would make an Oldsmobile commercial at Cascade Studios around this time.
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Robert McKimson continued working at Warner's Cartoon Studio as it began to lose staff in the early 1960s.
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Robert McKimson was the one person to be at the studio from the start of the Looney Tunes series through its finish in 1969, first as an animator and then as a director.
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Robert McKimson was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, California.
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Robert McKimson played polo from 1932 until after the outbreak of war in 1942.