Earl Kress

Earl Kress

Born: August 22, 1951
Died: September 19, 2011
American writer who worked on various Warner Animation Group projects (Looney Tunes, Animaniacs, Pinky & The Brain, Tom & Jerry, Scooby-Doo, etc...) and the Walt Disney Company (Kim Possible, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, The Muppets, etc...).

He died Sept. 19, 2011 due to complications from liver cancer at 60. Kress won two Emmy Awards and an Annie Award for writing episodes of “Pinky and the Brain” for Warner Bros. and was nominated for an episode of “Animaniacs.” He wrote the last Road Runner short, 2000’s “Little Go Beep.” He produced several DVDs of Hanna-Barbera and Warner Bros. classic cartoons and penned comicbooks for “The Simpsons” and Looney Tunes.

Movies for Earl Kress...

Yuckie Duck: Short Orders
Title: Yuckie Duck: Short Orders
Character: Diner Guy
Released: March 5, 1995
Type: Movie
Yuckie Duck is a waiter in a restaurant. He keeps having problems, because the Limburger sandwich he gave to a man smelled bad and a steak he gave to a lady was too hard to cut.
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Title: What a Cartoon
Character: Diner Guy (voice)
Released: February 20, 1995
Type: TV
Various original cartoons by some of today's top animators.
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The Muppet Movie
Title: The Muppet Movie
Character: Additional Muppet Performer
Released: June 22, 1979
Type: Movie
A Hollywood agent persuades Kermit the Frog to pursue a career in Hollywood. On his way there he meets his future muppet crew while being chased by the desperate owner of a frog-leg restaurant!