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Robert Clampett
Director 1913 - 1984

Robert Clampett

San Diego, California, USA

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... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

16 titles
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery

The Great Piggy Bank Robbery

Robert Clampett 1946 8m 7.0

While reading his favorite comic book, Daffy accidentally knocks himself unconscious and dreams he's Duck Twacy, famous detective, trying to solve the case of the missing piggy banks.

Kitty Kornered

Kitty Kornered

Robert Clampett 1946 7m 7.0

Porky puts his cats out in the snow, but then they put him out and have a party. Expelling them again, Porky goes to bed, only to be terrorized by the felines' mock Martian invasion.

Book Revue

Book Revue

Robert Clampett 1946 7m 7.0

A secluded bookstore comes to life in madcap, pop culture reference-heavy fashion.

Bacall to Arms

Bacall to Arms

Robert Clampett 1946 7m 7.0

Movie patrons watch and interact with a variety of short subjects and a spoof of the film "To Have and Have Not."

Baby Bottleneck

Baby Bottleneck

Robert Clampett 1946 7m 5.5

It's the start of the Baby-Boom, and the overworked delivery system is full of glitches: Mother Goose gets a baby skunk, a Scotty dog gets a little hippo, and Mr. and Mrs. Mouse wind up with a kitten. Porky and Daffy take over the Baby Factory and get things straightened out until an unidentified egg comes rolling down the assembly line.

The Old Grey Hare

The Old Grey Hare

Robert Clampett 1944 8m 7.0

Elmer knows that if he can't catch the wabbit he should twy, twy again; but he falls asleep and does a Rip Van Winkle to the year 2,000. Bugs is now a grand-pappy and Elmer presumably kills him with a rocket type wabbit killer.

Buckaroo Bugs

Buckaroo Bugs

Robert Clampett 1944 8m 6.5

Bugs is the Masked Marauder, a carrot thief whom Brooklyn's Red Hot Ryder must try to bring to justice.

Birdy and the Beast

Birdy and the Beast

Robert Clampett 1944 7m 7.0

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.

Tortoise Wins by a Hare

Tortoise Wins by a Hare

Robert Clampett 1943 7m 6.5

Bugs challenges Cecil Turtle to race, only this time he's wearing an aerodynamic suit like Cecil's. Unfortunately, the gambling ring has bet everything on the rabbit, and Bugs now looks like a tortoise.

The Wise Quacking Duck

The Wise Quacking Duck

Robert Clampett 1943 7m 6.0

An exceedingly mild-mannered man is sent out to kill a duck for dinner by his wife. Unfortunately for him, he picks Daffy Duck as his victim. The two face off and do battle for the remainder of the cartoon.

Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs

Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs

Robert Clampett 1943 8m 6.0

Spoof of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) with an all-black cartoon cast. One of the “Censored 11” banned from TV syndication by United Artists in 1968 for racist stereotyping.

A Corny Concerto

A Corny Concerto

Robert Clampett 1943 8m 6.0

Elmer Fudd introduces two pieces of classical music: "Tales of the Vienna Woods" and "The Blue Danube", and acted out by Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Laramore the Hound Dog, a family of swans, and a juvenile Daffy Duck.

A Tale of Two Kitties

A Tale of Two Kitties

Robert Clampett 1942 8m 7.0

Babbit and Catstello, take-offs on Bud Abbott and Lou Costello try to catch the little Tweety bird, using everything from stilts to dynamite. Trouble is, the tiny bird has a vicious streak in him.

Wabbit Twouble

Wabbit Twouble

Tex Avery, Robert Clampett 1941 8m 6.5

Elmer Fudd expects to find "west and wewaxation" during his visit to Jellostone National Park, but he sets up camp in Bugs' backyard, and the rabbit (and a neighboring bear) definitely don't have leisure in mind.

Porky in Wackyland

Porky in Wackyland

Robert Clampett 1938 7m 6.5

Porky Pig travels to a surreal land in order to hunt and catch the elusive Do-Do bird, reportedly the last of its kind.

Porky in Egypt

Porky in Egypt

Robert Clampett 1938 7m 5.0

Porky is a tourist. He's missed the main camel, so he rents one of his own. Both of them are soon overcome by the hot desert sun; the camel starts hallucinating, and marches off, playing the bagpipes. Porky sees the camel swimming in a pool, but it turns out to be a mirage.

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