Robert McKimson wrote and directed many animated cartoon shorts starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Foghorn Leghorn, Hippety Hopper, and The Tasmanian Devil, among other characters.
14 Facts About Robert McKimson
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Robert McKimson was well known for defining 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 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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At DePatie-Freleng, Robert McKimson directed several The Inspector shorts and worked on some of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies contracted out to DePatie-Freleng by Warner Bros.
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In 1967, Warner opened its animation studio again, Robert McKimson re-joining its staff in 1968, but the studio was shut down again in 1969.
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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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On September 29,1977, while having lunch with Freleng and another co-worker, David H DePatie, McKimson suffered a sudden heart attack and died, two weeks before his 67th birthday.
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Robert McKimson's body 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.