Biography
Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio. He directed many of the classic short animated cartoons starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Sylvester, Pepé Le Pew and a slew of other Warner characters. Three of these shorts (Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening and What's Opera, Doc?) were later inducted into the National Film Registry. Chief among Jones' other works was the famous "Hunting Trilogy" of Rabbit Fire, Rabbit Seasoning, and Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1951–1953). After his career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, Jones started Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, including a new series of Tom and Jerry shorts and the television adaptation of Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!. He later started his own studio, Chuck Jones Productions, which created several one-shot specials, and periodically worked on Looney Tunes related works.
Directed
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966) — Director
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Duck Amuck (1953) — Director
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The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979) — Director
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What's Opera, Doc? (1957) — Director
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Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) — Director
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One Froggy Evening (1955) — Director
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Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953) — Director
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Rabbit of Seville (1950) — Director
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Rabbit Seasoning (1952) — Director
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Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988) — Director
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Rabbit Fire (1951) — Director
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Long-Haired Hare (1949) — Director
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Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983) — Director
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Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979) — Director
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Feed the Kitty (1952) — Director
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Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953) — Director
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Robin Hood Daffy (1958) — Director
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Hair-Raising Hare (1946) — Director
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Fast and Furry-ous (1949) — Director
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Bully for Bugs (1953) — Director
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Ali Baba Bunny (1957) — Director
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The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950) — Director
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The Phantom Tollbooth (1970) — Director
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Beep, Beep (1952) — Director
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For Scent-imental Reasons (1949) — Director
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8 Ball Bunny (1950) — Director
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The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall (1942) — Director
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Water, Water Every Hare (1952) — Director
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Operation: Rabbit (1952) — Director
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Scaredy Cat (1948) — Director
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Rabbit Hood (1949) — Director
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Transylvania 6-5000 (1963) — Director
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Haredevil Hare (1948) — Director
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Hare-Way to the Stars (1958) — Director
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Broom-Stick Bunny (1956) — Director
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Drip-Along Daffy (1951) — Director
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Zipping Along (1953) — Director
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Horton Hears a Who! (1970) — Director
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Bewitched Bunny (1954) — Director
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Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire (2010) — Director
Also appeared in
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Gremlins (1984) — Mr. Jones
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Innerspace (1987) — Supermarket Customer
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Matlock (1986) — Magician #1
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The Oscars (1953) — Self
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You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940) — Guy Running Out at Super Speed (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Horton Hears a Who! (1970) — Junior Kangaroo / Various Whos / Quizmo McKwoff / JoJo (voice)
- The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo (2002) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986) — Self
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Mark Twain (2002) — Self (uncredited)
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Tex Avery: King of Cartoons (1988) — Himself
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Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices (2008) — Himself (archive footage)
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Chuck Amuck: The Movie (1991) — Himself
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Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988) — Self
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The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999) — Himself
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Omnibus (1967)
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Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation (2000) — Self
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How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition (1994) — Self
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Happy Birthday, Bugs! 50 Looney Years (1990) — Self
- Curiosity Shop (1971)
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Camera Three — Self
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The Pogo Special Birthday Special (1969) — Porky Pine / Bun Rab / Basil the Butterfly (voice)
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Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! (2020) — Self (archive footage)
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The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992) — Self
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The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox (2022) — Self (archive footage)
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Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003) — Himself
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Cartoons Go To War (1996) — Himself
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Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood (2009) — Self
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Ducktators (1997) — Self
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That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace (2014) — Himself (archive footage)
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A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade (2002) — Himself
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The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet (2011) — Self (archive footage)
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Portrait of Tex Avery (1988)
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King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution (2012) — Self
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Mark Twain (2002) — self
- Great Drives (1996) — Self