Born on this day – Robert Clampett:

Robert Clampett

Animator

Director

Producer

Puppeteer

May 8, 1913 – May 2, 1984

Credits:

A Beany Story (1952); A Cartoonist’s Nightmare (1935); A Corny Concerto (1943); A Coy Decoy (1941); A Great Big Bunch of You (1932); A Gruesome Twosome (1945); A Tale of Two Kitties (1942); Africa Squeaks (1940); Ain’t We Got Fun (1937); Ali-Baba Bound (1940); Along Flirtation Walk (1935); An Itch in Time (1943); Any Bonds Today? (1942); Baby Bottleneck (1946); Bacall to Arms (1946); Beany and Cecil (1988); Beany and Cecil Meet Billy the Squid (1959); Beauty and the Beast (1934); Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery (2004); Behind the Tunes: Animal Quackers (2003); Behind the Tunes: Blanc Expressions (2003); Behind the Tunes: Bugs - A Rabbit for All Seasonings (2003); Behind the Tunes: Forever Befuddled (2003); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes - A Cast of Thousands (2006); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood (2004); Behind the Tunes: Man from Wackyland - The Art of Bob Clampett (2004); Behind the Tunes: Porky Pig Roast - A Tribute to the World’s Most Famous Ham (2003); Birdy and the Beast (1944); Booby Traps (1944); Book Revue (1946); Bosko at the Beach (1932); Bosko in Person (1933); Bosko Shipwrecked! (1931); Bosko’s Picture Show (1933); Boston Beanie (1947); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Buckaroo Bugs (1944); Buddy and Towser (1934); Buddy of the Apes (1934); Buddy Steps Out (1935); Buddy the Gob (1934); Buddy’s Beer Garden (1933); Buddy’s Beer Garden / Buddy the Detective (1934); Buddy’s Beer Garden / Buddy’s Adventures (1934); Buddy’s Beer Garden / Buddy’s Circus (1934); Buddy’s Beer Garden / Viva Buddy (1934); Buddy’s Day Out (1933); Buddy’s Show Boat (1933); Buddy’s Trolley Troubles (1934); Buffalo Billy (1954); Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons (1989); Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout (1990); Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942); Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942); Bugs Bunny in Space (1977); Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975); Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988); Bwana Devil (1952); Bye, Bye Bluebeard / Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White (2005); Bye, Bye Bluebeard / Behind the Tunes: Fine Tooning (2005); Bye, Bye Bluebeard / Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War! (2005); Camera Three (1975); Cartoon Alley (2005); Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990); Cat-Tastrophy (1949); Chicken Jitters (1939); Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943); Cockatoos for Two (1947); Coo-Coo Bird Dog (1949); Country Boy (1935); Crazy Cruise (1942); Daffy Duck & Egghead (1938); Don’t Look Now (1936); Dough for the Do-Do (1949); Draftee Daffy (1945); Eatin’ on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner (1942); Falling Hare (1943); Farm Frolics (1941); Fifty Years of Bugs Bunny in 3 1/2 Minutes (1989); Fighting Tools (1943); Flora (1948); Fowl Brawl (1947); Get Rich Quick Porky (1937); Gold Diggers of ‘49 (1935); Goofy Groceries (1941); Goopy Geer (1932); Hare Ribbin’ (1944); Having a Wonderful Time with Angels in Dirty Places (1938); His Hare Raising Tale (1951); Hittin’ the Trail for Hallelujah Land (1931); Hollywood Capers (1935); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1960); Honeymoon Hotel (1934); Horton Hatches the Egg (1942); I Haven’t Got a Hat (1935); I Like Mountain Music (1933); I Love to Singa (1936); I Only Have Eyes for You (1937); I Wanna Be a Sailor (1937); I’d Love to Take Orders from You (1936); Injun Trouble (1938); Into Your Dance (1935); Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003); It’s a Grand Old Nag (1947); I’ve Got to Sing a Torch Song (1933); Jasper Goes Hunting (1944); Jeepers Creepers (1939); Kitty Kornered (1946); Kristopher Kolumbus Jr. (1939); Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931); Les Chroniques du Mea (2018); Little Dutch Plate (1935); Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986); Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 (1958); Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 (2011–2012); Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 (2014); Matty’s Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1962); Meet John Doughboy (1941); Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends (1990–1993); Milk and Money (1936); Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name (1935); My Green Fedora (1935); Natural Vision 3-Dimension (1952); Naughty Neighbors (1939); Nutty News (1942); One Meat Brawl (1947); Page Miss Glory (1936); Patient Porky (1940); Pettin’ in the Park (1934); Picador Porky (1937); Pickled Puss (1948); Pied Piper Porky (1939); Pilgrim Porky (1940); Plane Dippy (1936); Plenty of Money and You (1937); Polar Pals (1939); Pop Goes My Heart (1934); Porky & Daffy (1938); Porky and Gabby (1937); Porky in Egypt (1938); Porky in Wackyland (1938); Porky the Rain-Maker (1936); Porky the Wrestler (1937); Porky’s Badtime Story (1937); Porky’s Duck Hunt (1937); Porky’s Five & Ten (1938); Porky’s Garden (1937); Porky’s Hero Agency (1937); Porky’s Hotel (1939); Porky’s Last Stand (1940); Porky’s Movie Mystery (1939); Porky’s Naughty Nephew (1938); Porky’s Party (1938); Porky’s Picnic (1939); Porky’s Pooch (1941); Porky’s Poor Fish (1940); Porky’s Poppa (1938); Porky’s Snooze Reel (1941); Porky’s Super Service (1937); Porky’s Tire Trouble (1939); Prehistoric Porky (1940); Rover’s Rival (1937); Så er der tegnefilm (2014); Scalp Trouble (1939); Shake Your Powder Puff (1934); Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence (1933); Slap Happy Pappy (1940); Slick Hare (1947); Slightly Daffy (1944); Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931); Swiss Tease (1947); Tex & Judy (1962); That’s Warner Bros.! (1995); The Bashful Buzzard (1945); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); The Big Snooze (1946); The Blow Out (1936); The Bob Clampett Show (2000); The Bugs n’ Daffy Show (1996–1999); The Cagey Canary (1941); The Chewin’ Bruin (1940); The Daffy Doc (1938); The Film Fan (1939); The Golf Widow (1927); The Goofy Gophers (1947); The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946); The Henpecked Duck (1941); The Hep Cat (1942); The Lone Stranger and Porky (1939); The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame (1991); The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2013); The Old Grey Hare (1944); The Porky Pig Show (1964); The Shell Shocked Egg (1948); The Sour Puss (1940); The Timid Toreador (1940); The Up-Standing Sitter (1948); The Village Smithy (1936); The Wacky Wabbit (1942); The Wise Quacking Duck (1943); Thunderbolt the Wondercolt (1952); Tick Tock Tuckered (1944); Time for Beany (1949–1953); Tin Pan Alley Cats (1943); Tokyo Woes (1945); ToonHeads (1992–2003); Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943); Troldspejlet (2010); Uncensored Cartoons (1982); Uncle Tom’s Bungalow (1937); Up’n Atom (1947); Ups ‘n Downs (1931); Wabbit Twouble (1941); Wacky Blackout (1942); Wagon Heels (1945); We, the Animals - Squeak! (1941); We’re in the Money (1933); What Price Porky (1938); What’s Cookin’ Doc? (1944); When’s Your Birthday? (1937); Willy the Wolf (1954); Wise Quacks (1939); You Don’t Know What You’re Doin’! (1931); You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940).

Born on this day – Chuck McCann:

Chuck McCann

Actor

Comedian

Puppeteer

Commercial presenter

Television host

September 2, 1934 – April 8, 2018

Chuck McCann, with Harry Hurwitz and Ina Balin, on set filming The Projectionist (1970).

Credits:

227 (1988); A Cry for Help (1975); A New Kind of Family (1979); A Pup Named Scooby-Doo (1988); A Tribute to Laurel & Hardy (2011); A Very Retail Christmas (1990); ABC Weekend Specials (1993); Adventure Time (2013–2015); Adventures of the Gummi Bears (1987–1990); All That Glitters (1977); All-New Dennis the Menace (1993); Animaniacs (1993); Arnold's Closet Revue (1971); Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1991); Baby's Imagination (2023); Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction / The Plane (1998); Blast-Off Buzzard (1977); Bonanza (1972); Bonkers (1993); Boston Legal (2007–2008); Bug City (1998); C B Bears (1977); C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979); Cagney & Lacey (1985); Cameron's Closet (1988); Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels (1990); Carpool (1983); Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (1990); CHiPs (1981); Christmas at F.A.O. Schwarz (1968); Christmas Comes to PacLand (1982); Citizen Jane (2009); Code Red (1982); Columbo (1973); Come Die with Me: A Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Mystery (1994); Cool McCool (1966–1967); Cover Up (1985); Darkwing Duck (1991); Dennis and Lois (2019); Dick Van Dyke 98 Years of Magic (2023); Diff'rent Strokes (1985); Dorf da Bingo King (2001); Down to Earth (1985); Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995); Drak Pack (1980); Dream On (1994); Droopy: Master Detective (1993); Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (1996); DuckTales (1987–1990); DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990); DuckTales: Remastered (2013); Empty Nest (1992–1994); Fantastic Four: The Animated Series (1994–1996); Fantastic Max (1988–1989); Fantasy Island (1979); Far Out Space Nuts (1975); Flying High (1978); Foul Play (1978); Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo (1979–1980); Friend or Foe (2015–2017); G.I. Joe (1986); G.I. Joe: Arise, Serpentor, Arise! (1986); G.I. Joe: The Movie (1987); Galtar and the Golden Lance (1985–1986); Garfield and Friends (1988–1991); Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast (2015); Gothic 3 (2006); Guns (1990); Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986); Happy Days (1970–1976); Harry Nilsson: Loneliness (1984); Herbie Rides Again (1974); Here's Boomer (1981); Heroes of Might and Magic V (2006); Heyyy, It's the King! (1977); Hollywoods Spaßfabrik - Als die Bilder Lachen lernten (2014); Horrorween (2011); How to Break Up a Happy Divorce (1976); I Know That Voice (2013); If Things Were Different (1980); Invasion (1997); Iron Man (1994–1996); I've Got a Secret (1961); Jennifer on My Mind (1971); Kaufmania! (2020); Kibbee and Fitch (1973); King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow (1992); Kirk (1995); Knight Rider (1985); Knots Landing (1989); Kojak (1974); Ladybugs (1992); Land's End (1996); Laurel & Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys (1992); Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic (2011); Likely Stories, Vol. 3 (1983); Linda Lovelace for President (1975); Little House on the Prairie (1974); Look, Up in the Sky! The Amazing Story of Superman (2006); Lunch Wagon (1981); Mad About You (1998); Mae West (1982); Mathnet (1991); Matt Houston (1983–1985); McCann on McCool (2007); Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (2004); Monster Squad (1976); Night Club (2011); NY TV: By the People Who Made It - Part I & II (1998); On the Air (1992); One Day at a Time (1981–1982); Pac Preview Party (1982); Pac-Man (1982–1983); Pioneers of Television (2011); Plastic Man (1979–1980); Play It As It Lays (1972); Playboy Mid Summer Night's Dream Party 1985 (1985); Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion (2002); Playboy: Playmate Playoffs (1986); Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party (1979); Police Woman (1974–1976); Posse Impossible (1977); Pound Puppies (1986); Q N' A with Mikki and Shay (2013–2014); Ramblin'Man (1981); Random! Cartoons (2007–2009); Ri¢hie Ri¢h (1982); Ring Raiders (1989); Robin Hood: Men in Tights - Funny Men in Tights: Three Generations of Comedy (2009); Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993); Rodney Dangerfield: Opening Night at Rodney's Place (1989); Roma (1972); Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous (1996); Run, Joe, Run (1974); Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1997); Safety Shoes (1965); Santa Barbara (1987–1988); Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979–1983); Sex and the Married Woman (1977); Shades of LA (1990); Shake, Rattle and Roll (1977); Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (1973–1975); Silent Movie (1976); Sinister Image (1987–1989); Sliders (1995); Snorks (1985); Some Jerk with a Camera / One Little Spark (2012); Space Stars (1981); Spencer's Pilots (1976); Spider-Man 3 (2007); Square One Television (1991); St. Elsewhere (1984); Starsky and Hutch (1976–1977); Storyville (1992); Stu's Show (2008–2013); Sunshine Porcupine (1980); Survival (1976); Switch (1977); Tales from the Darkside (1985); TaleSpin (1990–1991); That's Adequate (1989); The Actor's Journey (2011); The Actor's Journey for Kids (2011); The Animation Podcast (2018); The Aristocrats (2005); The Baxters (1979); The Bob Newhart Show (1973); The Charlie Weaver Show (1959); The Chevy Showroom Starring Andy Williams (1958); The Comeback Trail (1982); The David Frost Show (1971–1972); The Dick Cavett Show (1971); The Facts of Life (1987); The Garfield Show (2008–2013); The Garry Moore Show (1966); The Get Along Gang (1984); The Girl Most Likely to... (1973); The Girls Next Door (2007–2009); The Greatest American Hero (1982); The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1968); The Incredible Hulk (1996); The Janitor (1995); The Jimmy Dean Show (1963); The John Gary Show (1968); The Krofft Supershow / Wonderbug (1976); The Lempke Brothers (2010); The Love Boat (1983); The Mac Davis Special (1975); The Magical World of Disney (1981); The Magical World of Disney (1989–1990); The Merv Griffin Show (1970–1972); The Mike Douglas Show (1971–1972); The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1988–1990); The New Shmoo (1979–1980); The New Temperatures Rising Show (1972); The New Woody Woodpecker Show (2000); The Paul Lynde Show (1972); The Plight of Cecil (2014); The Powerpuff Girls (2003); The Powerpuff Girls (2016); The Projectionist (1970); The Puppy's Further Adventures (1982); The Rockford Files (1977); The Rosebud Beach Hotel (1984); The Rousters (1983); The Smurfs (1989); The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1959); The Tick (1996); The Tonight Show (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1968); The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995); The World of Hans Christian Andersen (1968); They Call Him Sasquatch (2003); They Went That-A-Way & That-A-Way (1978); Those Were the Days (1980); Thrashin' (1986); Thundarr the Barbarian (1981); Tom & Jerry Kids Show (1992); Toxic Crusaders (1991); Toxic Crusaders: The Movie (1997); True Blue (1990); True Crime: New York City (2005); Trying to Get Good: The Jazz Odyssey of Jack Sheldon (2008); Turn-on (1969); Undercover Elephant (1977); Up Yours (1979); Van Dyke and Company (1976); Walt Disney World EPCOT Center: A Souvenir Program (1983); What a Cartoon! (1996); Where's Waldo? (1991); Winnie the Pooh Playtime: Pooh Party (1994); Wonderbug (1976).