Robert Clampett

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

0.3906

Gender

Male

Birthday

08-May-1913

Age

(113 years old)

Place of Birth

San Diego, California, USA

Also Known As
  • Robert Clampett
  • Robert Emerson Clampett
  • Bob Clampett
  • Robert Emerson Clampett Sr.

Robert Clampett

Biography

Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett was an American animator, producer, director, and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes animated series from Warner Bros., and the television shows Time for Beany and Beany and Cecil. Clampett was born and raised not far from Hollywood, and early on expressed an interest in animation and puppetry. After leaving high school a few months shy of graduating in 1931, Clampett joined the team at Harman-Ising Productions and began working on the studio's newest short subjects, titled Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.


Credits

The Golf Widow The Golf Widow (1927) Character: Golfer
A silent film, his first, made by acclaimed animator Bob Clampett.
Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery (2004) Character: Self
An interview with Tex Avery.
Partridge and Moulding Want To Get Laid Partridge and Moulding Want To Get Laid (2026) Character: Beeowoop sound
Two low-life idiot flatmates seek to get some action after purchasing a sexual enhancing cream claimed to make them irresistable to women.
The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame (1991) Character: (voice)
A feature film compilation of 15 classic Warner Bros. cartoons.
What Price Porky What Price Porky (1938) Character: Duck Soldier (voice) (uncredited)
Porky tries to feed his chickens, but some ducks steal the corn he puts out, then declare war. The battle rages, with the ducks against the chickens, sometimes in wing-to-wing combat, but also aerial attacks, and Porky finally turning the tide with his machine gun improvised from a wringer washer and a bag of corn. But the ducks still get the last laugh.
Wagon Heels Wagon Heels (1945) Character: Additional Voices
Porky leads a wagon train into "Injun Joe Territory," and finally comes up against the fearsome Superchief. But Sloppy Moe, a survivor of a previous Injun Joe attack, knows something about him he won't tell... until the very end.
Horton Hatches the Egg Horton Hatches the Egg (1942) Character: Various (voice) (uncredited)
Horton the elephant agrees to watch over lazy Maisie bird's egg while she vacations. Much later, after...
Falling Hare Falling Hare (1943) Character: Vocal effects (voice) (uncredited)
Relaxing with a carrot at a U.S. Army air field, Bugs is reading "Victory Through Hare Power" and scoffs at the notion of mentioned gremlins, little creatures who wreak havoc on planes with their diabolical sabotage.
Bugs Bunny Superstar Bugs Bunny Superstar (1976) Character: Himself
Animator Robert Clampett presents a history of "Termite Terrace," the little shack on the Warner Brothers studio lot which in the 1930's and 1940's housed the animation unit which gave birth to Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny. Includes color and black-and-white home-movie-type footage shot at the time showing such animation greats as Clampett, Tex Avery and Chuck Jones. Also featured are nine complete Warner cartoons.
You Ought to Be in Pictures You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940) Character: Guy Running Out at Super Speed (archive footage) (uncredited)
Daffy Duck convinces Porky Pig to quit the cartoon biz and try his luck in the features. Porky's adventures begin when he tries to enter the movie studio.
Porky's Poppa Porky's Poppa (1938) Character: Duck (voice) (uncredited)
We take a tour of Porky's Poppa's farm, to the tune of Old MacDonald. After meeting several animals, "on this farm, he has a mortgage" which he frets over, particularly since Bessie has stopped producing milk. Poppa orders an Acme milk producing robot, and the beast vs. machine battle is on.
Meet John Doughboy Meet John Doughboy (1941) Character: Siege Gun acting like Chicken (uncredited)
Porky introduces a newsreel of wartime spot gags, including a spoof of the RKO Pictures logo, and caricatures of Jack Benny and Rochester.
Wise Quacks Wise Quacks (1939) Character: Mama Duck
Mr. (and Mrs.!) Daffy Duck are expecting four ducklings; Daffy plays the nervous father, and Porky drops by to offer congratulations. Soon, a bald eagle hijacks the runt of the litter, and Daffy gives chase (despite the fact he's been celebrating the birth a little too much).
Birdy and the Beast Birdy and the Beast (1944) Character: Various (voice) (uncredited)
Tweety is set upon by a fat, jowly cat, who winds up with, among other things, a dozen eggs and a gallon of gasoline in his mouth instead of the little bird.



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