biography
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Jones, Chuck
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popular name of Charles Jones
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1912–2002)
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| biography:
| Animated cartoon director, born in Spokane, Washington, USA. His early work included Daffy and the Dinosaur (1939), Wile E Coyote, and the Road Runner (Fast and Furry-ous, 1949). Pepe le Pew, the amorous skunk, won him his first Oscar with For Scentimental Reasons (1951). His Bugs Bunny cartoons include the classic What's Opera Doc (1957) and the stereoscopic Lumber Jack Rabbit (1954). He won another Oscar with The Dot and the Line (1965). For television he created many specials including Kipling's Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, winning another Oscar for A Christmas Carol (1972). In 1996 he received an honorary Oscar. |
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