Directing · b. 1906 · Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Friz Freleng

Biography

Isadore "Friz" Freleng (1906–1995), sometimes credited as I. Freleng, was an American animator, cartoonist, director, and producer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. He introduced and/or developed several of the studio's biggest stars, including Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Tweety Bird, Sylvester the cat, Yosemite Sam (to whom he was said to bear more than a passing resemblance) and Speedy Gonzales. The senior director at Warners' Termite Terrace studio, Freleng directed more cartoons than any other director in the studio (a total of ...

Directed
Looney Tunes Collector's Vault, Volume 2 2026 Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection 2020 The DePatie/Frelang Collection: Crazylegs Crane 2016 Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume One 2011 Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl 2010 Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl 2010 Looney Tunes Super Stars Tweety & Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy 2010 Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire 2010 The Essential Bugs Bunny 2010 Looney Tunes: Spotlight Collection Vol. 5 2007 The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 2 2005 The Pink Panther: Classic Cartoon Collection Vol. 3 2005 Looney Tunes Collection: Best Of Bugs Bunny Volume 1 2004 Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 1 2003 Looney Tunes All Stars 1999 Marvin The Martian: Space Tunes 1998 Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth 1998 Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes 1991 The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame 1991 Daffy Duck's Quackbusters 1988 Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island 1983 Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales 1982 Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television  1982 The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie 1981 Bugs Bunny: All American Hero 1981 Pink Panther in Olym-pinks 1980 The Chocolate Chase 1980 Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-Citement 1980 The Yolks on You 1980 Daffy Flies North 1980 The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special 1980 Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special 1980 Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales 1979 Fright Before Christmas 1979 Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol 1979 The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special  1979 Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet 1979 How Bugs Bunny Won the West 1978 Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies 1977 Bugs Bunny in Space 1977 Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special 1977 Pink-In 1971 The Ant and the Aardvark 1969 The Wild Chase 1965 Pickled Pink 1965 We Give Pink Stamps 1965 It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House 1965 Cats and Bruises 1965 The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation 1965 Dial 'P' for Pink 1965 Sink Pink 1965 Pinkfinger 1965 Shocking Pink 1965 Pink Ice 1965 The Pink Tail Fly 1965 The Inspector 1965 Road to Andalay 1964 Nuts and Volts 1964 Pancho's Hideaway 1964 The Pink Phink 1964 Pink Pajamas 1964 Chili Weather 1963 Mexican Cat Dance 1963 The Unmentionables 1963 Devil's Feud Cake 1963 Shishkabugs 1962 The Jet Cage 1962 Crows' Feat 1962 Honey's Money 1962 Mexican Boarders 1962 The Last Hungry Cat 1961 Prince Violent 1961 The Rebel Without Claws 1961 D' Fightin' Ones 1961 The Pied Piper of Guadalupe 1961 Bad-Time Story 1961 Hyde and Go Tweet 1960 Goldimouse and the Three Cats 1960 Lighter Than Hare 1960 From Hare to Heir 1960 Horse Hare 1960 Person to Bunny 1960 Trip for Tat 1960 Mouse and Garden 1960 Mexicali Shmoes 1959 Tweet Dreams 1959 Hare-abian Nights 1959 Wild and Woolly Hare 1959 Tweet and Lovely 1959 Trick or Tweet 1959 Here Today, Gone Tamale 1959 Apes of Wrath 1959 Knighty Knight Bugs 1958 Hare-Less Wolf 1958 A Waggily Tale 1958 A Bird in a Bonnet 1958 A Pizza Tweety-Pie 1958 Three Little Bops 1957 Show Biz Bugs 1957 Birds Anonymous 1957 Gonzales' Tamales 1957 Bugsy and Mugsy 1957 Piker's Peak 1957 Tweet Zoo 1957 Tweety and the Beanstalk 1957 Greedy for Tweety 1957 Tugboat Granny 1956 Yankee Dood It 1956 Two Crows from Tacos 1956 Tree Cornered Tweety 1956 Tweet and Sour 1956 Napoleon Bunny-Part 1956 A Star Is Bored 1956 Rabbitson Crusoe 1956 Speedy Gonzales 1955 Hyde and Hare 1955 Lumber Jerks 1955 Heir-Conditioned 1955 Hare Brush 1955 Pizzicato Pussycat 1955 A Kiddies Kitty 1955 Sandy Claws 1955 Sahara Hare 1955 Roman Legion-Hare 1955 Red Riding Hoodwinked 1955 Stork Naked 1955 Tweety's Circus 1955 Pests for Guests 1955 Pappy's Puppy 1955 This Is a Life? 1955 Bugs and Thugs 1954 By Word of Mouse 1954 Goo Goo Goliath 1954 Dog Pounded 1954 Yankee Doodle Bugs 1954 Muzzle Tough 1954 Captain Hareblower 1954 Dr. Jerkyl's Hide 1954 I Gopher You 1954 Satan's Waitin' 1954 Snow Business 1953 Southern Fried Rabbit 1953 Robot Rabbit 1953 Ant Pasted 1953 Catty Cornered 1953 Fowl Weather 1953 Hare Trimmed 1953 A Mouse Divided 1953 A Street Cat Named Sylvester 1953 Tom Tom Tomcat 1953 Looney Tunes: Best of Speedy Gonzales Volume 1 1953 A Bird in a Guilty Cage 1952 Orange Blossoms for Violet 1952 Gift Wrapped 1952 Ain't She Tweet 1952 Hare Lift 1952 Little Red Rodent Hood 1952 14 Carrot Rabbit 1952 Cracked Quack 1952 Tree for Two 1952 Foxy by Proxy 1952 Ballot Box Bunny 1951 Putty Tat Trouble 1951 Tweety's S.O.S. 1951 Canned Feud 1951 Room and Bird 1951 Tweet Tweet Tweety 1951 The Fair Haired Hare 1951 Rabbit Every Monday 1951 A Bone for a Bone 1951 His Hare Raising Tale 1951 Big House Bunny 1950 Golden Yeggs 1950 Canary Row 1950 Bunker Hill Bunny 1950 All a Bir-r-r-d 1950 Mutiny on the Bunny 1950 Home, Tweet Home 1950 The Lion's Busy 1950 His Bitter Half 1950 Stooge for a Mouse 1950 Dough for the Do-Do 1949 Hare Do 1949 Bad Ol' Putty Tat 1949 Each Dawn I Crow 1949 Curtain Razor 1949 Wise Quackers 1949 Which Is Witch 1949 Mouse Mazurka 1949 Knights Must Fall 1949 High Diving Hare 1949 Buccaneer Bunny 1948 Kit for Cat 1948 Back Alley Oproar 1948 Bugs Bunny Rides Again 1948 I Taw a Putty Tat 1948 Hare Splitter 1948 Two Guys from Texas 1948 A Hare Grows in Manhattan 1947 Rabbit Transit 1947 Slick Hare 1947 Tweetie Pie 1947 Along Came Daffy 1947 The Gay Anties 1947 Baseball Bugs 1946 Rhapsody Rabbit 1946 Racketeer Rabbit 1946 Of Thee I Sting 1946 Holiday for Shoestrings 1946 Hollywood Daffy 1946 Hot Spot 1945 Operation Snafu 1945 Herr Meets Hare 1945 Life with Feathers 1945 Hare Trigger 1945 Ain't That Ducky 1945 Peck Up Your Troubles 1945 Hare Force 1944 Little Red Riding Rabbit 1944 Stage Door Cartoon 1944 Pay Day 1944 Snafuperman 1944 Target Snafu 1944 Three Brothers 1944 Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears 1944 Duck Soup to Nuts 1944 Slightly Daffy 1944 Meatless Flyday 1944 Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips 1944 Daffy - The Commando 1943 Pigs in a Polka 1943 Yankee Doodle Daffy 1943 Rumors 1943 Fifth Column Mouse 1943 Hiss and Make Up 1943 Greetings Bait 1943 Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk 1943 Gripes 1943 The Hare-Brained Hypnotist 1942 The Wabbit Who Came to Supper 1942 Porky's Pastry Pirates 1942 Ding Dog Daddy 1942 Saps in Chaps 1942 Double Chaser 1942 Hop, Skip and a Chump 1942 Foney Fables 1942 Lights Fantastic 1942 The Sheepish Wolf 1942 Fresh Hare 1942 The Fighting 69½th 1941 Rhapsody in Rivets 1941 Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt 1941 The Trial of Mr. Wolf 1941 The Cat's Tale 1941 The Wacky Worm 1941 Sport Chumpions 1941 Notes to You 1941 Rookie Revue 1941 Porky's Bear Facts 1941 You Ought to Be in Pictures 1940 Porky's Baseball Broadcast 1940 The Hardship of Miles Standish 1940 Confederate Honey 1940 Porky's Hired Hand 1940 Calling Dr. Porky 1940 Little Blabbermouse 1940 Malibu Beach Party 1940 Shop Look & Listen 1940 The Bookworm Turns 1940 The Mad Maestro 1939 The Bookworm 1939 Seal Skinners 1939 Mama's New Hat 1939 Petunia Natural Park 1939 The Captain's Christmas 1938 Jungle Jitters 1938 The Pygmy Hunt 1938 A Day at the Beach 1938 Poultry Pirates 1938 A Star Is Hatched 1938 My Little Buckeroo 1938 The Honduras Hurricane 1938 Pigs Is Pigs 1937 She Was an Acrobat's Daughter 1937 Clean Pastures 1937 Streamlined Greta Green 1937 September in the Rain 1937 The Fella with a Fiddle 1937 Plenty of Money and You 1937 The Lyin' Mouse 1937 He Was Her Man 1937 Dog Daze 1937 Sweet Sioux 1937 The CooCoo Nut Grove 1936 I'm a Big Shot Now 1936 The Cat Came Back 1936 Sunday Go to Meetin' Time 1936 I Wanna Play House 1936 When I Yoo Hoo 1936 Toy Town Hall 1936 At Your Service Madame 1936 Let It Be Me 1936 Bingo Crosbyana 1936 Boulevardier from the Bronx 1936 I Haven't Got a Hat 1935 Country Boy 1935 Country Mouse 1935 Into Your Dance 1935 Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name 1935 Billboard Frolics 1935 Flowers for Madame 1935 The Lady in Red 1935 The Merry Old Soul 1935 Along Flirtation Walk 1935 Little Dutch Plate 1935 My Green Fedora 1935 Those Beautiful Dames 1934 Pop Goes Your Heart 1934 Why Do I Dream Those Dreams 1934 Buddy's Trolley Troubles 1934 Buddy and Towser 1934 Buddy the Gob 1934 The Girl at the Ironing Board 1934 Beauty and the Beast 1934 How Do I Know It's Sunday 1934 Goin' to Heaven on a Mule 1934 Shake Your Powder Puff 1934 The Miller's Daughter 1934 Bosko's Picture Show 1933 Bosko in Person 1933 Beau Bosko 1933 Bosko in Dutch 1933 Buddy's Beer Garden 1933 Weary Willies 1929 Homeless Homer 1929 Hen Fruit 1929 Stripes and Stars 1929 The Wicked West 1929 Fiery Fireman 1928
Acting
Goodbye, Warner Bros., Hello DePatie-Freleng Himself (voice) 2016 That's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace Himself (archive footage) 2014 Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul Himself (Archive Footage) 2012 King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution Self (archive footage) 2012 Friz on Film Himself 2006 Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White Himself (Archive footage) 2005 Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes Himself 2003 The Magical World of Chuck Jones Self 1992 Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town Self 1988 Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary Self 1986 Bugs Bunny Superstar Himself 1976
Other Credits
The DePatie/Frelang Collection: Sheriff Hoot Kloot Producer 2017 Bugs Bunny at the Symphony Animation Director 2010 From Hare to Eternity In Memory Of 1997 Driving Mr. Pink Creative Consultant 1995 The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat Producer 1982 Dennis the Menace in Mayday for Mother Producer 1981 Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? Executive Producer 1980 Supermarket Pink Producer 1980 Pink Suds Producer 1979 Doctor Pink Producer 1979 Spark Plug Pink Producer 1979 Pink Pull Producer 1979 Pink in the Woods Producer 1979 String Along in Pink Producer 1979 Toro Pink Producer 1979 Pink Quackers Producer 1979 Pink Breakfast Producer 1979 Pink Z-Z-Z Producer 1978 Star Pink Producer 1978 Pinktails for Two Producer 1978
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