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Robert Cannon

Robert Cannon

Director · Born 1909-07-16 · Ohio, USA

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Biography

Robert Cannon (July 16, 1909 - June 9, 1964) was an American animator. Robert 'Bobo' Cannon was born in Ohio. Not much is known about his early life, including the city he was born in. He began his animation career at Leon Schlesinger Productions in 1934, assisting ace animators Robert Clampett and Chuck Jones. After a two-year apprenticeship, he graduated to full animator. Cannon became an integral part of that anarchic Warner Brothers in-house cartoon outfit, known as 'Termite Terrace' (due to its cramped and austere quarters). In the process, he labored on such iconic Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters as Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, and Elmer Fudd. He animated for Tex Avery, Clampett and Jones from 1936 to 1944, after which he became co-founder and a leading light in the innovative United Productions of America (UPA). Unlike at Warners, UPA allowed him to direct, including cartoons featuring the famous character of Mr. Magoo. Cannon later taught animation at San Fernando Valley State College and was awarded in 1976 with the International Film Society's Winsor McCay Award for Lifetime Achievement. He died at the age of 54 in 1964 due to a heart attack. Looney …

Directed

  1. Gerald McBoing-Boing (1950) — Director
  2. Madeline (1952) — Director
  3. Christopher Crumpet (1953) — Director
  4. Frosty the Snowman (1951) — Director
  5. Christopher Crumpet's Playmate (1955) — Director
  6. Gerald McBoing! Boing! on Planet Moo (1956) — Director
  7. The Jaywalker (1956) — Director
  8. Fudget's Budget (1954) — Director
  9. Gerald McBoing-Boing's Symphony (1953) — Director
  10. The Miner's Daughter (1950) — Director
  11. Ballet-Oop (1954) — Director
  12. How Now Boing Boing (1954) — Director
  13. Brotherhood of Man (1945) — Director
  14. Magoo's Moose Hunt (1957) — Director
  15. Georgie and the Dragon (1951) — Director
  16. Little Boy with a Big Horn (1953) — Director
  17. The Wonder Gloves (1951) — Director
  18. Scoutmaster Magoo (1958) — Director
  19. The Oompahs (1952) — Director
  20. Willie the Kid (1952) — Director
  21. The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show (1956) — Director
  22. Peter Cottontail (1951) — Director
  23. Grampaw Pettibone's Gripes: Join-Up Collisions (1945) — Director
  24. Bailing Out (1949) — Director
  25. Tune in Tomorrow (1954) — Director