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 Centerfield ... (Director)
1978
- Fangface ... (Director)
- The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy ... (Director)
1977
- Weekend Special ... (Director)
1967
- Quacker Tracker ... (Director)
- The Music Mice-Tro ... (Director)
- The Spy Swatter ... (Director)
1966
- The Solid Tin Coyote ... (Director)
- Out and Out Rout ... (Director)
- Shot and Bothered ... (Director)
- Clippety Clobbered ... (Director)
1965
- Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner ... (Director)
- Highway Runnery ... (Director)
- Chaser on the Rocks ... (Director)
- Tired and Feathered ... (Director)
- Boulder Wham! ... (Director)
- Just Plane Beep ... (Director)
- Hairied and Hurried ... (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)
- Trailblazer Magoo ... (Animation)
- Magoo's Canine Mutiny ... (Animation)
- Magoo's Puddle Jumper ... (Animation)
- Calling Doctor Magoo ... (Animation)
- Magoo Goes West ... (Animation)
- Magoo Beats the Heat ... (Animation)
1955
- Madcap Magoo ... (Animation)
- Magoo Makes News ... (Animation)
- Magoo Express ... (Animation)
1954
- Destination Magoo ... (Animation)
- When Magoo Flew ... (Animation)
- Kangaroo Courting ... (Animation)
1952
- Pink and Blue Blues ... (Animation)
- Pete Hothead ... (Animation)
- Man Alive! ... (Animation)
1951
- Bungled Bungalow ... (Animation)
- Barefaced Flatfoot ... (Animation)
1950
- Gerald McBoing-Boing ... (Animation)
- Trouble Indemnity ... (Animation)
- Spellbound Hound ... (Animation)
1949
- Ragtime Bear ... (Animation)
1946
- Song of the South ... (Animation)
1943
- The Aristo-Cat ... (Animation)
1942
- Porky's Cafe ... (Animation)
- My Favorite Duck ... (Animation)
1941
- The Brave Little Bat ... (Animation)
- Toy Trouble ... (Animation)
1939
- Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur ... (Animation)
- Old Glory ... (Animation)
- Prest-O Change-O ... (Animation)