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Rudy Larriva

Director, Actor, Additional Credits
Born February 12, 1916Died February 19, 2010 (94 years)
Rudolph "Rudy" Larriva (February 12, 1916 – February 19, 2010) was an American animator and director from the 1940s to the 1980s.

Larriva worked at a number of studios, including Format Films, Filmation, and Walt Disney Productions, but is best known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons and UPA. He was an animator in Chuck Jones' unit, starting in 1939 with the short Dog Gone Modern. He later animated for shorts like Elmer's Pet Rabbit and Porky's Cafe. Larriva was considered by Jones to be his top animator in the late 1930s and early 1940s, where he particularly delivered Disney-quality animation.

Some of the productions he worked on include the 1965-1967 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons for Format Films, Song of the South, Mr. Magoo (the first short, "The Ragtime Bear"), Gerald McBoing Boing, Fangface, The Alvin Show and The Lone Ranger. He was also the animation director of The Twilight Zone opening titles for 1959–1960.

He died in Irvine, California on February 19, 2010, aged 94.

[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

Known For

  • The Bugs Bunny Show
  • Thundarr the Barbarian
  • The Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Puppy Hour
  • Alvin and the Chipmunks
  • The Plastic Man Comedy Adventure Show
  • Mister T
  • The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
  • Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner
  • Tired and Feathered
  • ABC Weekend Special
  • The New Adventures of Gilligan
  • Fangface
  • It's Punky Brewster
  • Quacker Tracker
  • The Alvin Show
  • The Music Mice-Tro
  • The Lone Ranger (1966)
  • The Brady Kids
  • Rubik, the Amazing Cube

Filmography

1992
Toonheads (TV Series)
1986
Lazer Tag Academy (TV Series)
1986
1985
1983
Mister T (TV Series)
1983
1983
1982
1982
1982
1981
1980
1979
1979
Rickety Rocket (TV Series)
1978
Fangface (TV Series)
1977
1974
The U.S. of Archie (TV Series)
1974
1972
The Brady Kids (TV Series)
1967
1967
1966
1965
1965
1961
The Alvin Show (TV Series)
1960

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