biography
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Avery, Tex
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originally Frederick Bean
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pronunciation:
[ayveree]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1908–80)
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| biography:
| Film cartoon director, born in Texas, USA. He joined the Walter Lantz animation studio in 1929, then moved to Warner Brothers, where he was noticed for his zany comedy, creating Daffy Duck, and developing Bugs Bunny in A Wild Hare (1940). With MGM his creations included Droopy (1943) and Screwy Squirrel (1944). In 1955 he moved into television commercials, and later joined Hanna–Barbera for the television series The Flintstones (1979). |
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