Friz Freleng

Inscription on the tombstone of Friz Freleng

Isadore "Friz" Freleng (born August 21, 1906 in Kansas City , † May 26, 1995 in Los Angeles ) was an American cartoonist and film producer. He was nominated five times for an Oscar and won four times, including 1958 with Knighty Knight Bugs , a Bugs Bunny cartoon , and 1964 with Der rosarote Schmierfink , a Pink Panther cartoon .

Freleng was best known for his work on Looney Tunes , a Warner Bros. series. He introduced cartoon stars like Piggy Dick , Tweety Bird and Speedy Gonzales . As the senior director of Warner's Termite Terrace studio , he was also one of the most honored directors. In total, Freleng made over 300 short films.

After Warners closed the animation studio in 1963, Freleng and his business partner David H. DePatie founded DePatie-Freleng Enterprises , which produced film scores and cartoons, including Pink Panther .

Freleng's burial site is in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City , Los Angeles County , California .

Filmography (selection)

• 1935: I Haven't Got a Hat
• 1941: Hiawatha 's Rabbit Hunt
• 1941: Music in Buildings (Rhapsody in Rivets)
• 1942: The Wabbit Who Came to Supper
• 1942: Bugs Bunny turns himself in (Fresh Hare)
• 1942: The Hare-Brained Hypnotist
• 1943: pork polka (pigs in an polka)
• 1943: And the worm lures forever (Greetings Bait)
• 1943: Hi Diddle Diddle (animation sequences only)
• 1944: Little Red Riding Rabbit
• 1944: Boards That Mean the World (Stage Door Cartoon)
• 1945: Mr. Meets Hare
• 1945: Without love, life is empty (Life With Feathers)
• 1945: Hare Trigger
• 1946: Bugs Bunny in the Robber's Den (Racketeer Rabbit)
• 1947: Such a cute birdie (Tweetie Pie)
• 1947: The Swift Hare (Rabbit Transit)
• 1947: A Hare Grows in Manhattan
• 1947: The Duck That Smelled the Roast (Along Came Daffy)
• 1947: Roast Hare in Hollywood (Slick Hare)
• 1948: Konzertaner Katzenjammer (Back Alley Oproar)
• 1948: Bugs Bunny with the pirates (Buccaneer Bunny)
• 1948: Five to twelve noon (Bugs Bunny Rides Again)
• 1948: The Date (Hare Splitter)
• 1948: Kit for Cat
• 1949: Chaos in the cinema (Hare Do)
• 1949: Just In Case (High Diving Hare)
• 1949: Knights Must Fall
• 1949: Bad Ol 'Kitty (Bad Ol' Putty Tat)
• 1950: Bugs Under Construction (Big House Bunny)
• 1950: All aboard, please (All a Bir-rrd)
• 1950: Bombs, Rabbits and Grenades (Bunker Hill Bunny)
• 1950: Disguise Artist (Canary Row)
• 1951: The Canned Feud
• 1951: Hase á la Carte (Rabbit Every Monday)
• 1951: Always Trouble with the Kitty (Putty Tat Trouble)
• 1951: Animals in the Hotel (Room and Bird)
• 1951: Spoiled for choice (Ballot Box Bunny)
• 1951: Bird, bird on the tree (Tweet Tweet Tweety)
• 1952: Gift Wrapped
• 1952: Fuchsteufelswild (Foxy by Proxy)
• 1952: A 14 Carrot Rabbit
• 1952: Sleeping dogs shouldn't be woken up (Ain't She Tweet)
• 1952: Beep, beep, beep - bon appetit! (A Bird in a Guilty Cage)
• 1953: Snow Flurry (Snow Business)
• 1954: Granny's new bikini ( Sandy Claws )
• 1954: Dog Pounded
• 1954: Pirate under attack (Captain Hareblower)
• 1955: Between tree and bark (Lumber Jerks)
• 1955: The fastest mouse in Mexico, Speedy Gonzales
• 1955: The Battle Carnickel (Roman Legion-Hare)
• 1955: Carrots, monsters, mutations (Hyde and Hare)
• 1957: The anonymous bird-eater ( Birds Anonymous )
• 1957: Invitation to Dance (Three Little Bops)
• 1957: Race to the Schmatterhorn (Piker's Peak)
• 1957: Be a Star (Show Biz Bugs)
• 1958: Knighty Knight Bugs
• 1959: The Cuckoo's Egg (Apes of Wrath)
• 1959: Mexicali Shmoes
• 1960: Mouse and Garden
• 1960: Sam don't get angry (From Hare to Heir)
• 1960: The Interview (Person to Bunny)
• 1960: The Hasensprenger (Lighter Than Hare)
• 1961: The Mad Viking (Prince Violent)
• 1962: Hasenpfeffer (Shishkabugs)
• 1963: The Unmentionables
• 1964: The Pink Phink (The Pink Phink)
• 1966: The Pink Blueprint
• 1969: The Blue Elise (The Ant and the Aardvark)

Web links

• Friz Freleng in the Internet Movie Database (English)