Chuck Jones

Personal Info

Birthday

September 21, 1912

Day of Death

2002-02-22

(89 years old)

Place of Birth

Spokane, Washington, USA

Also Known As

Charles M. Jones

Charles Jones

Chuck Jones

Biography

Charles Martin "Chuck" Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, cartoon artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio.

He directed many of the classic short animated cartoons starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Sylvester, Pepé Le Pew and a slew of other Warner characters. Three of these shorts (Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening and What's Opera, Doc?) were later inducted into the National Film Registry.

Known For

Matlock

Gremlins

Innerspace

Horton Hears a Who!

The Pogo Special Birthday Special

You Ought to Be in Pictures

Filmography

2022
The Animograph, or I Was Born in a Shoebox
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary!
as Self (archive footage)
2014
That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace
as Himself (archive footage)
2012
King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution
as Self
Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul
as Himself (Archive Footage)
2011
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
as Self (archive footage)
2009
Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood
as Self
2008
Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices
as Himself (archive footage)
2005
Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War!
as Himself
2004
It Hopped One Night: A Look at ‘One Froggy Evening’
as Himself (archive footage)
Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery
as Self
2003
Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes
as Himself
2002
A Chuck Jones Tutorial: Tricks of the Cartoon Trade
as Himself
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2000
Chuck Jones: Extremes and In-Betweens - A Life in Animation
as Self
1999
The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
as Himself
1997
Ducktators
as Self
1996
Cartoons Go To War
as Himself
1994
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition
as Self
1992
The Magical World of Chuck Jones
as Self
1991
Chuck Amuck: The Movie
as Himself
1988
Tex Avery: King of Cartoons
as Himself
Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town
as Self
1987
Innerspace
as Supermarket Customer
1986
Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes All-Star 50th Anniversary
as Self
1984
Gremlins
as Mr. Jones
1970
Horton Hears a Who!
as Junior Kangaroo / Various Whos / Quizmo McKwoff / JoJo (voice)
1969
The Pogo Special Birthday Special
as Porky Pine / Bun Rab / Basil the Butterfly
1940
You Ought to Be in Pictures
as Guy Running Out at Super Speed (archive footage) (uncredited)