Tex Avery
American animator and director (1908–1980)
1.01body-of-work score · ranked #842 of 2631 directors · 8 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- February 26, 1908 · Taylor
- Died
- August 26, 1980 · Burbank
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, screenwriter, actor, animator
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1952 · United States · comedy, musical, animation
National Film Registry (inducted 1993)
0.231 citation - 20.111 citation
- 30.111 citation
- 40.111 citation
- 50.111 citation
- 60.111 citation
- 70.111 citation
- 80.111 citation
Complete filmography
All 54 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1935Towne Hall Follies
- 1941Down on the Farm
- 1941The Cagey Canary
- 1942The Early Bird Dood It!
- 1943Dumb-Hounded
- 1943One Ham's Family
- 1943Red Hot Riding Hood
- 1943Who Killed Who?
- 1944Batty Baseball
- 1944Happy-Go-Nutty
- 1944Screwball Squirrel
- 1946Henpecked Hoboes
- 1946Lonesome Lenny
- 1947King-Size Canary
- 1947Red Hot Rangers
- 1948Half-Pint Pygmy
- 1948Little 'Tinker
- 1948The Cat That Hated People
- 1949Bad Luck Blackie
- 1949Doggone Tired
- 1949Little Rural Riding Hood
- 1949Out-Foxed
- 1949Señor Droopy
- 1949The Counterfeit Cat
- 1949The House of Tomorrow
- 1949Wags to Riches
- 1950The Chump Champ
- 1950The Peachy Cobbler
- 1950Ventriloquist Cat
- 1951Cock-a-Doodle Dog
- 1951Daredevil Droopy
- 1951Droopy's "Double Trouble"
- 1951Droopy's Good Deed
- 1952Magical Maestro
- 1952One Cab's Family
- 1953Little Johnny Jet
- 1953The Three Little Pups
- 1954Billy Boy
- 1954Dixieland Droopy
- 1954Drag-A-Long Droopy
- 1954Homesteader Droopy
- 1954I'm Cold
- 1954The Farm of Tomorrow
- 1954The Flea Circus
- 1955Cellbound
- 1955Crazy Mixed Up Pup
- 1955Deputy Droopy
- 1955The First Bad Man
- 1956Millionaire Droopy
- 1975Bugs Bunny: Superstar
- 1999The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame
- —Ceiling Hero
- —Rock-a-Bye Bear
- —Tex Avery Screwball Classics