Robert Clampett

Robert Clampett

Born: May 8, 1913
Died: May 2, 1984
in San Diego, California, USA
Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett was an American animator, producer, director, and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes animated series from Warner Bros., and the television shows Time for Beany and Beany and Cecil. Clampett was born and raised not far from Hollywood, and early on expressed an interest in animation and puppetry. After leaving high school a few months shy of graduating in 1931, Clampett joined the team at Harman-Ising Productions and began working on the studio's newest short subjects, titled Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.

Movies for Robert Clampett...

Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery
Title: Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
An interview with 'Tex Avery'.
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The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
Title: The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
Character: (voice)
Released: November 13, 1991
Type: Movie
A collection of 15 classic Warner Bros. cartoons.
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Bugs Bunny: Superstar
Title: Bugs Bunny: Superstar
Character: Himself
Released: December 19, 1975
Type: Movie
Animator Robert Clampett presents a history of "Termite Terrace," the little shack on the Warner Brothers studio lot which in the 1930's and 1940's housed the animation unit which gave birth to Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny. Includes color and black-and-white home-movie-type footage shot at the time showing such animation greats as Clampett, Tex Avery and Chuck Jones. Also featured are nine complete Warner cartoons.
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Wagon Heels
Title: Wagon Heels
Character: Additional Voices
Released: July 25, 1945
Type: Movie
Porky leads a wagon train into "Injun Joe Territory," and finally comes up against the fearsome Superchief. But Sloppy Moe, a survivor of a previous Injun Joe attack, knows something about him he won't tell... until the very end.
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Falling Hare
Title: Falling Hare
Character: Vocal effects (voice) (uncredited)
Released: October 30, 1943
Type: Movie
Relaxing with a carrot at a U.S. Army air field, Bugs is reading "Victory Through Hare Power" and scoffs at the notion of mentioned gremlins, little creatures who wreak havoc on planes with their diabolical sabotage.
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Horton Hatches the Egg
Title: Horton Hatches the Egg
Character: Various (voice) (uncredited)
Released: April 11, 1942
Type: Movie
Horton the elephant agrees to watch over lazy Maisie bird's egg while she vacations. Much later, after...
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Meet John Doughboy
Title: Meet John Doughboy
Character: Siege Gun acting like Chicken (uncredited)
Released: July 5, 1941
Type: Movie
Porky introduces a newsreel of wartime spot gags, including a spoof of the RKO Pictures logo, and caricatures of Jack Benny and Rochester.
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You Ought to Be in Pictures
Title: You Ought to Be in Pictures
Character: Guy Running Out at Super Speed (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: May 18, 1940
Type: Movie
Daffy Duck convinces Porky Pig to quit the cartoon biz and try his luck in the features. Porky's adventures begin when he tries to enter the studio.
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Wise Quacks
Title: Wise Quacks
Character: Mama Duck
Released: August 4, 1939
Type: Movie
Mr. (and Mrs.!) Daffy Duck are expecting four ducklings; Daffy plays the nervous father, and Porky drops by to offer congratulations. Soon, a bald eagle hijacks the runt of the litter, and Daffy gives chase (despite the fact he's been celebrating the birth a little too much).
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What Price Porky
Title: What Price Porky
Character: Duck Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
Released: February 25, 1938
Type: Movie
Porky tries to feed his chickens, but some ducks steal the corn he puts out, then declare war. The battle rages, with the ducks against the chickens, sometimes in wing-to-wing combat, but also aerial attacks, and Porky finally turning the tide with his machine gun improvised from a wringer washer and a bag of corn. But the ducks still get the last laugh.
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Porky's Poppa
Title: Porky's Poppa
Character: Duck (voice) (uncredited)
Released: January 15, 1938
Type: Movie
We take a tour of Porky's Poppa's farm, to the tune of Old MacDonald. After meeting several animals, "on this farm, he has a mortgage" which he frets over, particularly since Bessie has stopped producing milk. Poppa orders an Acme milk producing robot, and the beast vs. machine battle is on.
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The Golf Widow
Title: The Golf Widow
Character: Golfer
Released: January 1, 1927
Type: Movie
A silent film, his first, made by acclaimed animator Bob Clampett.
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Title: Camera Three
Character: Self
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Camera Three is an American variety show devoted to the arts. It ran on CBS from January 22, 1956 to January 21, 1979, and moved to PBS in its final year to make way for the then-new CBS News Sunday Morning. The PBS version ran from October 4, 1979 to July 10, 1980. Camera Three featured programs showcasing drama, ballet, art, music, anything involving fine arts. One of its most notable presentations was a condensation of Marc Blitzstein's leftist opera The Cradle Will Rock. Presented on November 29, 1964, it was a dramatic demonstration of how far television had come since its early days, in its willingness to present a work that surely would have been banned from the airwaves during the era of Joseph McCarthy.