List of films directed by Tex Avery

Tex Avery was an American animator, cartoonist, voice actor, and director. He became famous for producing animated cartoons during the Golden age of American animation and produced his most significant work while employed by the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios.

He created the characters of Daffy Duck in Porky's Duck Hunt (1937), Elmer Fudd in Egghead Rides Again (1937), Bugs Bunny in A Wild Hare (1940), Cecil Turtle in Tortoise Beats Hare (1941), Droopy in Dumb-Hounded (1943), Screwy Squirrel in Screwball Squirrel (1944), George and Junior in Henpecked Hoboes (1946), Spike/Butch the bulldog (Tex Avery's version) in Bad Luck Blackie (1949), and Smedley Dog in I'm Cold (1954). He developed the characters of Porky Pig from the Warner Bros. studio and Chilly Willy from the Walter Lantz Studio into the personas for which they are best remembered.

Avery first began his animation career at the Walter Lantz studio in the early 1930s, working on the majority of the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons from 1931-35. He is listed as "animator" on the original title card credits on the Oswald cartoons. He later claimed to have directed two cartoons during this time. By 1942, Avery was in the employ of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, working in their cartoon division under the supervision of Fred Quimby. At MGM, Avery's creativity reached its peak. A burnt-out Avery left MGM in 1953 to return to the Walter Lantz studio. Avery's return to the Lantz studio did not last long. He directed four cartoons in 1954-1955: the one-shots Crazy Mixed-Up Pup and Shh-h-h-h-h, and I'm Cold and The Legend of Rockabye Point, in which he defined the character of Chilly Willy the penguin.

Films directed or co-directed by Tex Avery

1935–1942: Warner Bros. era
Title Year Notes Ref(s).
Gold Diggers of '49 1935 In black and white. First cartoon by Tex Avery
Plane Dippy 1936 In black and white
Page Miss Glory 1936 First color cartoon by Tex Avery
The Blow Out 1936 In black and white
I'd Love to Take Orders from You 1936
I Love to Singa 1936
Porky the Rain Maker 1936 In black and white
The Village Smithy 1936 In black and white
Milk and Money 1936 In black and white
Don't Look Now 1936
Porky the Wrestler 1937 In black and white
Picador Porky 1937 In black and white. First cartoon to have voices by Mel Blanc
I Only Have Eyes for You 1937
Porky's Duck Hunt 1937 In black and white. First appearance of the character Daffy Duck

First cartoon when Mel Blanc does the voice of Porky Pig
Uncle Tom's Bungalow 1937 Part of the Censored Eleven.
Ain't We Got Fun 1937
Egghead Rides Again 1937 First appearance of the character Elmer Fudd as Egghead
A Sunbonnet Blue 1937
Porky's Garden 1937 In black and white. Also in the public domain
I Wanna Be a Sailor 1937 In the public domain
Little Red Walking Hood 1937
Daffy Duck & Egghead 1938
The Sneezing Weasel 1938
The Penguin Parade 1938
The Isle of Pingo Pongo 1938 Part of the Censored Eleven
Cinderella Meets Fella 1938
A Feud There Was 1938 First cartoon in which the name Elmer Fudd was employed
Johnny Smith and Poker-Huntas 1938
Daffy Duck in Hollywood 1938 Final Daffy Duck cartoon directed by Tex Avery
The Mice Will Play 1938
Hamateur Night 1939 In the public domain
A Day at the Zoo 1939 In the public domain
Thugs with Dirty Mugs 1939
Believe It or Else 1939 Berth of a baby sequence removed from television airings (especially Cartoon Network and Boomerang) due to its racist content
Dangerous Dan McFoo 1939
Detouring America 1939 Eskimo,black and half of Native American sequence cut from television airings
Land of the Midnight Fun 1939
Fresh Fish 1939
Screwball Football 1939
The Early Worm Gets the Bird 1940 In the public domain
Cross-Country Detours 1940
The Bear's Tale 1940
A Gander at Mother Goose 1940
Circus Today 1940
A Wild Hare 1940 First appearance of the character Bugs Bunny
Ceiling Hero 1940
Wacky Wild Life 1940
Of Fox and Hounds 1940
Holiday Highlights 1940
The Crackpot Quail 1941
The Haunted Mouse 1941 In black and white. In the public domain
Tortoise Beats Hare 1941 First appearance of the character Cecil Turtle
Hollywood Steps Out 1941
Porky's Preview 1941 In black and white. Also in the public domain

Final Porky Pig cartoon directed by Tex Avery
The Heckling Hare 1941
Aviation Vacation 1941 African native sequence cut from television airings
All This and Rabbit Stew 1941 Part of the Censored Eleven and the only cartoon in the Censored Eleven to have a recurring character (Bugs Bunny)

Final Bugs Bunny cartoon directed by Tex Avery until he started directing Kool Aid ads in the 1960s. Also in the public domain
The Bug Parade 1941 Final cartoon directed by Tex Avery that he completed by himself
The Cagey Canary 1941 Planned, but completed by Bob Clampett [1]
Aloha Hooey 1942 Planned, but completed by Bob Clampett [1]
Crazy Cruise 1942 Planned, but completed by Bob Clampett. African native sequence and Japanese vulture sequence cut from television airings [1]

1941: Paramount era

All shorts are in live action and in black and white.

Title Year Notes Ref(s).
Down on the Farm 1941 In the public domain [2]
In a Pet Shop 1941 In the public domain [3]
In the Zoo 1941 In the public domain [4]


1942–1957: MGM era
Title Year Notes DVD - Availability Blu-ray - Availability Ref(s).
Blitz Wolf 1942 Rarely available due to Nazi imagery. First appearance of the Wolf. WB Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Vol. 2 [5]
The Early Bird Dood It! 1942 Girl Crazy [6]
Dumb-Hounded 1943 First appearance of the character Droopy. Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
Red Hot Riding Hood 1943 First appearance of the character Red. Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
Who Killed Who? 1943 Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
One Ham's Family 1943 Best Foot Forward [7]
What's Buzzin' Buzzard 1943 Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
Screwball Squirrel 1944 First appearance of the character Screwy Squirrel. The Thin Man Goes Home Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
Batty Baseball 1944 The Stratton Story Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
Happy-Go-Nutty 1944 Blackface gag present which is cut from television airings. Dragon Seed
Big Heel-Watha 1944 Rarely available due to negative stereotypes of Native Americans. Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
The Screwy Truant 1945 The Clock Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
The Shooting of Dan McGoo 1945 Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
Jerky Turkey 1945 Anchor's Away
Swing Shift Cinderella 1945 Without Love Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Vol. 2
Wild and Woolfy 1945 Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
Lonesome Lenny 1946 Undercurrent Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
The Hick Chick 1946 Ziegfeld Follies Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
Northwest Hounded Police 1946 Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
Henpecked Hoboes 1946 First appearance of the characters George and Junior. Blackface gag present which is cut from television airings. Till the Clouds Roll By
Hound Hunters 1947 Originally titled What Price Fleadom during production, named used for another Avery cartoon the following year. Fiesta Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1 [8]
Red Hot Rangers 1947 Tycoon Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
Uncle Tom's Cabaña 1947 Rarely available due to racially stereotypical content.
Slap Happy Lion 1947 Song of the Thin Man
King-Size Canary 1947 Command Decision Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Vol. 2
What Price Fleadom 1948 The Three Musketeers
Little 'Tinker 1948 The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
Half-Pint Pygmy 1948 Rarely available due to racially stereotypical content.
Lucky Ducky 1948 Blackface gag cut from television airings.
The Cat That Hated People 1948 Words and Music Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
Bad Luck Blackie 1949 First appearance of the character Spike/Butch the bulldog (Tex Avery's version). Chinese stereotypes cut from television airings. Kitty Foyle Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
Señor Droopy 1949 First cartoon in which the character is named onscreen. Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
The House of Tomorrow 1949 Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
Doggone Tired 1949 In the public domain On the Town

Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
Wags to Riches 1949 Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
Little Rural Riding Hood 1949 Battleground Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
Out-Foxed 1949 Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
The Counterfeit Cat 1949 East Side, West Side Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
Ventriloquist Cat 1950 Three Little Words Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
The Cuckoo Clock 1950 Summer Stock Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
Garden Gopher 1950 Blackface gag cut from television airings. Two Weeks With Love Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
The Chump Champ 1950 Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
The Peachy Cobbler 1950 Photo backgrounds Nancy Goes to Rio Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
Cock-a-Doodle Dog 1951
Daredevil Droopy 1951 Blackface gag cut from television airings. Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
Droopy's Good Deed 1951 Blackface gag and stereotypes cut from television airings. Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
Symphony in Slang 1951 An American in Paris Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 1
Car of Tomorrow 1951 Native American and Chinese stereotypes cut from television airings. Royal Wedding Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
Droopy's Double Trouble 1951 Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
Magical Maestro 1952 Blackface and Chinese stereotypes cut from television airings. The Belle of New York Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Vol. 2

Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
One Cab's Family 1952 Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
Rock-a-Bye Bear 1952 Final cartoon directed by Avery before year-long sabbatical. Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Vol. 2
Little Johnny Jet 1953 First cartoon directed by Avery after return from sabbatical. The Naked Spur
T.V. of Tomorrow 1953 Torch Song Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
The Three Little Pups 1953 Final live-action/animated cartoon. Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
Drag-a-Long Droopy 1954 Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
Billy Boy 1954 Executive Suite
Homesteader Droopy 1954 Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
The Farm of Tomorrow 1954 Deep in My Heart Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
The Flea Circus 1954 Les Girls Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
Dixieland Droopy 1954 Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
Field and Scream 1955 Hit the Deck Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
The First Bad Man 1955 Kismet Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2
Deputy Droopy 1955 Directed by Tex Avery and Michael Lah. Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
Cellbound 1955 Directed by Tex Avery and Michael Lah.
Last MGM cartoon actually directed by Tex Avery. He will go on to do TV commercials for most of his remaining years before passing away during early pre-production of The Kwicky Koala Show in 1980 of which Tex Avery created.
Millionaire Droopy 1956 Cinemascope remake of Wags to Riches (1949) by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera after Avery left. Credits mention « directed by Tex Avery » though. Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection
Cat's Meow 1957 Cinemascope remake of Ventriloquist Cat (1950) by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera after Avery left. Credits mention « directed by Tex Avery » though.

1954–1955: Universal & Walter Lantz era
Title Year Notes Ref(s).
I'm Cold 1954 Chilly Willy cartoon. First appearance of the character Smedley Dog [9]
Crazy Mixed Up Pup 1955 [10]
The Legend of Rockabye Point 1955 Chilly Willy cartoon. First appearance of the character Maxie the Polar Bear. [11]
Sh-h-h-h-h-h 1955 [12]

References
  1. Adamson, Joe, Tex Avery: King of Cartoons, 1975, De Capo Press
  2. "Speaking of Animals Down on the Farm". IMDb. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  3. "Speaking of Animals in a Pet Shop". IMDb. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  4. "Speaking of Animals in the Zoo". IMDb. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  5. Avery, Tex (22 August 1942). "Blitz Wolf". IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  6. Avery, Tex (29 August 1942). "The Early Bird Dood It!". IMDb. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  7. Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. pp. 229–230. ISBN 9781476672939.
  8. https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/irv-spence-and-rod-scribner-one-shot-moonlighters/
  9. "I'm Cold". IMDb. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  10. "Crazy Mixed Up Pup". IMDb. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  11. "The Legend of Rockabye Point". IMDb. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  12. "Sh-h-h-h-h-h". IMDb. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
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