Rudy Larriva
Born: 1916-02-12 in El Paso, Texas, USA
Died: 2010-02-19
Known For: Directing
Biography
Rudolph "Rudy" Larriva (February 12, 1916 – February 19, 2010) was an American animator and director from the 1940s to the 1980s. Larriva worked at a number of studios, including Format Films, Filmation, and Walt Disney Productions, but is best known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons and UPA. He was an animator in Chuck Jones' unit, starting in 1939 with the short Dog Gone Modern. He later animated for shorts like Elmer's Pet Rabbit and Porky's Cafe. Larriva was considered by Jones to be his top animator in the late 1930s and early 1940s, where he particularly delivered Disney-quality animation. Some of the productions he worked on include the 1965-1967 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons for Format Films, Song of the South, Mr. Magoo (the first short, "The Ragtime Bear"), Gerald McBoing Boing, Fangface, The Alvin Show and The Lone Ranger. He was also the animation director of The Twilight Zone opening titles for 1959–1960. He died in Irvine, California on February 19, 2010, aged 94. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Filmography
1984
- We Think the World Is Round ... (Director)
1983
- Beauty and the Beast ... (Director)
1981
- Goldie Gold and Action Jack ... (Director)
1979
- The Horse That Played Center Field ... (Director)
1978
- Fangface ... (Director)
- The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy ... (Director)
1977
- Weekend Special ... (Director)
1973
- The Weird Harold Special ... (Sequence Supervisor)
1967
- The Spy Swatter ... (Director)
- The Music Mice-Tro ... (Director)
- Quacker Tracker ... (Director)
1966
- Clippety Clobbered ... (Director)
- Shot and Bothered ... (Director)
- The Solid Tin Coyote ... (Director)
- Out and Out Rout ... (Director)
1965
- Hairied and Hurried ... (Director)
- Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner ... (Director)
- Boulder Wham! ... (Director)
- Chaser on the Rocks ... (Director)
- Highway Runnery ... (Director)
- Tired and Feathered ... (Director)
- Just Plane Beep ... (Director)
1959
- 1001 Arabian Nights ... (Sequence Supervisor)
- Magoo's Lodge Brother ... (Director)
- Merry Minstrel Magoo ... (Director)
1958
- Magoo’s Cruise ... (Director)
1957
- Magoo's Private War ... (Director)
- Magoo's Masquerade ... (Director)
1956
- The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show ... (Director)
- Magoo's Puddle Jumper ... (Animation)
- Magoo's Canine Mutiny ... (Animation)
- Trailblazer Magoo ... (Animation)
- Magoo Beats the Heat ... (Animation)
- Magoo Goes West ... (Animation)
- Calling Doctor Magoo ... (Animation)
1955
- Magoo Express ... (Animation)
- Madcap Magoo ... (Animation)
- Magoo Makes News ... (Animation)
1954
- Destination Magoo ... (Animation)
- Kangaroo Courting ... (Animation)
- When Magoo Flew ... (Animation)
1952
- Man Alive! ... (Animation)
- Pink and Blue Blues ... (Animation)
- Pete Hothead ... (Animation)
1951
- Bungled Bungalow ... (Animation)
- Barefaced Flatfoot ... (Animation)
1950
- Trouble Indemnity ... (Animation)
- Spellbound Hound ... (Animation)
- Gerald McBoing-Boing ... (Animation)
1949
- Ragtime Bear ... (Animation)
1946
- Song of the South ... (Animation)
1944
- The Weakly Reporter ... (Animation)
1943
- Super-Rabbit ... (Animation)
- The Aristo-Cat ... (Animation)
1942
- Porky's Cafe ... (Animation)
- My Favorite Duck ... (Animation)
1941
- The Brave Little Bat ... (Animation)
- Toy Trouble ... (Animation)
1939
- Old Glory ... (Animation)
- Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur ... (Animation)
- Prest-O Change-O ... (Animation)