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Leon Schlesinger

Born: 1884-05-20 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 1949-12-25

Known For: Production

Biography

Leon Schlesinger (May 20, 1884 – December 25, 1949) was an American film producer who founded Leon Schlesinger Productions, which later became the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, during the Golden Age of American animation. He was a distant relative of the Warner Brothers. As head of his own studio, Schlesinger served as the producer of Warner's Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons from 1930, when Schlesinger assumed production from his subcontractors, Harman and Ising, to 1944, when Warner acquired the studio.

Filmography

2012

Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul as Himself (Archive Footage)

1944

Brother Brat ... (Producer)
Russian Rhapsody ... (Producer)
Swooner Crooner ... (Producer)
Buckaroo Bugs ... (Producer)
Censored ... (Producer)
Little Red Riding Rabbit ... (Producer)
The Chow Hound ... (Producer)
Booby Traps ... (Producer)
I Got Plenty of Mutton ... (Producer)
Birdy and the Beast ... (Producer)
Snafuperman ... (Producer)
What's Cookin' Doc? ... (Producer)
Gas ... (Producer)
Hare Ribbin' ... (Producer)
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips ... (Producer)
Meatless Flyday ... (Producer)
A Lecture on Camouflage ... (Producer)
Hare Force ... (Producer)
Tick Tock Tuckered ... (Producer)
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike ... (Producer)
Duck Soup to Nuts ... (Producer)
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears ... (Producer)
The Weakly Reporter ... (Producer)
Tom Turk and Daffy ... (Producer)

1943

Falling Hare ... (Producer)
Fighting Tools ... (Producer)
Wackiki Wabbit ... (Producer)
Super-Rabbit ... (Producer)
Pigs in a Polka ... (Producer)
Porky Pig's Feat ... (Producer)
Rumors ... (Producer)
A Corny Concerto ... (Producer)
The Gold Brick ... (Producer)
Gripes ... (Producer)
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs ... (Producer)
Scrap Happy Daffy ... (Producer)
To Duck.... Or Not to Duck ... (Producer)
Coming!! Snafu ... (Producer)
The Home Front ... (Producer)
The Wise Quacking Duck ... (Producer)
The Aristo-Cat ... (Producer)
Puss n' Booty ... (Producer)
An Itch in Time ... (Producer)
Confusions of a Nutzy Spy ... (Producer)
Spies ... (Producer)
Daffy - The Commando ... (Producer)
Tortoise Wins by a Hare ... (Producer)
Fifth Column Mouse ... (Producer)
Fin'n Catty ... (Producer)
The Unbearable Bear ... (Producer)
Yankee Doodle Daffy ... (Producer)
Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk ... (Producer)
Inki and the Minah Bird ... (Producer)
Hop and Go ... (Producer)
Point Rationing of Foods ... (Producer)
Tokio Jokio ... (Producer)

1942

The Hare-Brained Hypnotist ... (Producer)
Fresh Hare ... (Producer)
The Ducktators ... (Producer)
The Wabbit Who Came to Supper ... (Producer)
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall ... (Producer)
A Tale of Two Kitties ... (Producer)
My Favorite Duck ... (Producer)
Hold the Lion, Please ... (Producer)
Porky's Cafe ... (Producer)
Ding Dog Daddy ... (Producer)
Daffy's Southern Exposure ... (Producer)
The Hep Cat ... (Producer)
The Wacky Wabbit ... (Producer)
Foney Fables ... (Producer)
Porky's Pastry Pirates ... (Producer)
The Impatient Patient ... (Producer)
Bugs Bunny! That Wacky Wabbit ... (Producer)
Horton Hatches the Egg ... (Producer)
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid ... (Producer)
The Daffy Duckaroo ... (Producer)
Case of the Missing Hare ... (Producer)
Wacky Blackout ... (Producer)
Crazy Cruise ... (Producer)
The Draft Horse ... (Producer)
Conrad the Sailor ... (Producer)
Lights Fantastic ... (Producer)
Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner ... (Producer)
Who's Who in the Zoo ... (Producer)

1941

Toy Trouble ... (Producer)
Aviation Vacation ... (Producer)
Wabbit Twouble ... (Producer)
Rookie Revue ... (Producer)
Tortoise Beats Hare ... (Producer)
The Brave Little Bat ... (Producer)
All This and Rabbit Stew ... (Producer)
Hollywood Steps Out ... (Producer)
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt ... (Producer)
Porky's Preview ... (Producer)
The Cat's Tale ... (Producer)
Robinson Crusoe Jr. ... (Producer)
Elmer's Pet Rabbit ... (Producer)
Joe Glow, the Firefly ... (Producer)
Meet John Doughboy ... (Producer)
Porky's Ant ... (Producer)
Sniffles Bells the Cat ... (Producer)
The Trial of Mr. Wolf ... (Producer)
Farm Frolics ... (Producer)
The Haunted Mouse ... (Producer)
The Heckling Hare ... (Producer)
Goofy Groceries ... (Producer)
The Henpecked Duck ... (Producer)
Porky's Midnight Matinee ... (Producer)
A Coy Decoy ... (Producer)
Porky's Pooch ... (Producer)
The Crackpot Quail ... (Producer)
The Fighting 69½th ... (Producer)
Rhapsody in Rivets ... (Producer)

1940

A Wild Hare ... (Producer)
The Egg Collector ... (Producer)
Sniffles Takes a Trip ... (Producer)
Bedtime for Sniffles ... (Producer)
Elmer's Candid Camera ... (Producer)
A Gander at Mother Goose ... (Producer)
Cross Country Detours ... (Producer)
Love Thy Neighbor ... (Title Graphics)
Tom Thumb in Trouble ... (Producer)
The Hardship of Miles Standish ... (Producer)
You Ought to Be in Pictures as Self
Patient Porky ... (Producer)
Prehistoric Porky ... (Producer)
Porky's Baseball Broadcast ... (Producer)
The Bear's Tale ... (Producer)
Slap Happy Pappy ... (Producer)
The Sour Puss ... (Producer)
Porky's Poor Fish ... (Producer)

1939

Old Glory ... (Producer)
Bars And Stripes Forever ... (Producer)
Prest-O Change-O ... (Producer)
Hare-um Scare-um ... (Producer)
Robin Hood Makes Good ... (Producer)
Sniffles and the Bookworm ... (Producer)
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur ... (Producer)
Thugs with Dirty Mugs ... (Producer)
Little Brother Rat ... (Producer)
Porky and Teabiscuit ... (Producer)
Believe It or Else ... (Producer)
Porky's Hotel ... (Producer)
Screwball Football ... (Producer)
Jeepers Creepers ... (Producer)
Naughty But Mice ... (Producer)
Polar Pals ... (Producer)
Wise Quacks ... (Producer)
The Film Fan ... (Producer)
Hamateur Night ... (Producer)
Pied Piper Porky ... (Producer)
Naughty Neighbors ... (Producer)
Porky's Tire Trouble ... (Producer)
The March of Time

1938

Cracked Ice ... (Producer)
Katnip Kollege ... (Producer)
The Mice Will Play ... (Producer)
The Night Watchman ... (Producer)
Have You Got Any Castles ... (Producer)
You're an Education ... (Producer)
Little Pancho Vanilla ... (Producer)
A Feud There Was ... (Producer)
Porky the Fireman ... (Producer)
Porky in Egypt ... (Producer)
A Star Is Hatched ... (Producer)
Daffy Duck & Egghead ... (Producer)
Porky's Spring Planting ... (Producer)
The Daffy Doc ... (Producer)
Count Me Out ... (Producer)
Porky & Daffy ... (Producer)
Porky in Wackyland ... (Producer)
What Price Porky ... (Producer)
Cinderella Meets Fella ... (Producer)
Porky's Hare Hunt ... (Producer)
Porky's Five & Ten ... (Producer)
Porky's Poppa ... (Producer)
Daffy Duck in Hollywood ... (Producer)
Porky's Party ... (Producer)
Wholly Smoke ... (Producer)
Now That Summer Is Gone ... (Producer)
Having a Wonderful Time with Angels in Dirty Places as self

1937

Streamlined Greta Green ... (Producer)
Plenty of Money and You ... (Producer)
The Case of the Stuttering Pig ... (Producer)
Porky's Building ... (Producer)
A Sunbonnet Blue ... (Producer)
Porky's Road Race ... (Producer)
Pigs Is Pigs ... (Producer)
I Wanna Be a Sailor ... (Producer)
Egghead Rides Again ... (Producer)
Porky's Railroad ... (Producer)
Porky's Romance ... (Producer)
I Only Have Eyes for You ... (Producer)
Speaking of the Weather ... (Producer)
The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos ... (Producer)
The Lyin' Mouse ... (Producer)
She Was an Acrobat's Daughter ... (Producer)
Picador Porky ... (Producer)
Little Red Walking Hood ... (Producer)
Porky the Wrestler ... (Producer)
Dog Daze ... (Producer)
Rover's Rival ... (Producer)
Porky and Gabby ... (Producer)
Porky's Badtime Story ... (Producer)
Porky's Hero Agency ... (Producer)
Porky's Super Service ... (Producer)
Get Rich Quick Porky ... (Producer)
Porky's Duck Hunt ... (Producer)
Ain't We Got Fun ... (Producer)

1936

Fish Tales ... (Producer)
Alpine Antics ... (Producer)
I Love to Singa ... (Producer)
The Phantom Ship ... (Producer)
The CooCoo Nut Grove ... (Producer)
Page Miss Glory ... (Producer)
Porky in the North Woods ... (Producer)
Porky the Rain-Maker ... (Producer)
Don't Look Now ... (Producer)
Milk and Money ... (Producer)
The Fire Alarm ... (Producer)
The Blow Out ... (Producer)
Toy Town Hall ... (Producer)
Porky's Poultry Plant ... (Producer)
Little Beau Porky ... (Producer)
Porky's Moving Day ... (Producer)
When I Yoo Hoo ... (Producer)
I Wanna Play House ... (Producer)
Bingo Crosbyana ... (Producer)
The Cat Came Back ... (Producer)

1935

Hollywood Capers ... (Producer)
Country Boy ... (Producer)
Little Dutch Plate ... (Producer)
A Cartoonist's Nightmare ... (Producer)
I Haven't Got a Hat ... (Producer)
The Lady in Red ... (Producer)
Into Your Dance ... (Producer)
Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name ... (Producer)
Gold Diggers of '49 ... (Producer)
The Merry Old Soul ... (Producer)
My Green Fedora ... (Producer)
Country Mouse ... (Producer)
Flowers for Madame ... (Producer)

1934

Honeymoon Hotel ... (Producer)
Beauty and the Beast ... (Producer)
Pettin' in the Park ... (Producer)
Buddy's Garage ... (Producer)
Buddy's Bearcats ... (Producer)
The Girl at the Ironing Board ... (Producer)
Buddy's Circus ... (Producer)
Those Beautiful Dames ... (Producer)
Buddy and Towser ... (Producer)
Buddy's Trolley Troubles ... (Producer)
Buddy of the Apes ... (Producer)
Pop Goes Your Heart ... (Producer)
Buddy the Gob ... (Producer)

1933

I've Got to Sing a Torch Song ... (Producer)
The Man from Monterey ... (Producer)
The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon ... (Producer)
We're in the Money ... (Producer)
Shuffle Off to Buffalo ... (Producer)
Buddy's Day Out ... (Producer)
The Organ Grinder ... (Producer)
Bosko in Person ... (Producer)
Young and Healthy ... (Producer)
Buddy's Beer Garden ... (Producer)
One Step Ahead of My Shadow ... (Producer)
I Like Mountain Music ... (Producer)
Sittin' on a Backyard Fence ... (Producer)
Bosko in Dutch ... (Producer)
The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives ... (Producer)
Buddy's Show Boat ... (Producer)

1932

Haunted Gold ... (Producer)
Pagan Moon ... (Producer)
Battling Bosko ... (Producer)
A Great Big Bunch of You ... (Producer)
Bosko and Honey ... (Producer)
Bosko and Bruno ... (Producer)
Big-Hearted Bosko ... (Producer)
Ride Him, Cowboy ... (Producer)
Bosko's Dizzy Date ... (Producer)
Moonlight for Two ... (Producer)
You're Too Careless with Your Kisses! ... (Producer)
Bosko at the Beach ... (Producer)
I Wish I Had Wings ... (Producer)
I Love a Parade ... (Producer)
Bosko at the Zoo ... (Producer)
Bosko's Woodland Daze ... (Producer)
It's Got Me Again! ... (Producer)
Bosko the Lumberjack ... (Producer)
The Queen was in the Parlor ... (Producer)
Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee ... (Producer)
Ride Him, Bosko ... (Producer)
The Big Stampede ... (Producer)
Freddy the Freshman ... (Producer)
Goopy Geer ... (Producer)
Three's a Crowd ... (Producer)
Bosko the Drawback ... (Producer)
Bosko's Dog Race ... (Producer)
Bosko's Party ... (Producer)
Bosko's Store ... (Producer)

1931

Bosko Shipwrecked! ... (Producer)
Yodeling Yokels ... (Producer)
Dumb Patrol ... (Producer)
Lady, Play Your Mandolin! ... (Producer)
Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land ... (Producer)
Bosko the Doughboy ... (Producer)
Red-Headed Baby ... (Producer)
Bosko's Holiday ... (Producer)
Bosko's Soda Fountain ... (Producer)
Big Man from the North ... (Producer)
The Tree's Knees ... (Producer)
Ups 'n Downs ... (Producer)
One More Time ... (Producer)
You Don't Know What You're Doin'! ... (Producer)
Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! ... (Producer)
Ain't Nature Grand! ... (Producer)
Bosko's Fox Hunt ... (Producer)

1930

Hold Anything ... (Producer)
Congo Jazz ... (Associate Producer)
Box Car Blues ... (Associate Producer)
Sinkin' in the Bathtub ... (Associate Producer)
Crying for the Carolines ... (Producer)

1929

Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid ... (Producer)