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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

1964

The Porky Pig Show ... (Creator)

1944

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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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

1929

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