History UsefulNotes / NoteworthyLooneyTunesStaff

* Creator/StanFreberg: Provided most of the other male voices that Mel Blanc couldn't do.

* Abe Levitow: Animator for the Jones unit, also directed four cartoons: "Baton Bunny", "Really Scent"[[note]]one of three Pepe Le Pew cartoons that Jones didn't direct, joining Arthur Davis' "Odor of the Day" and Friz Freleng's "Dog Pounded", the latter of which was just a Sylvester and Tweety cartoon with Pepe in a quick cameo[[/note]], "A Witch's Tangled Hare", and "Unnatural History". Continued to collaborate with Jones well into the '60s and '70s, where he directed the feature films ''WesternAnimation/GayPurree'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePhantomTollbooth''.

* Abe Levitow: Animator for the Jones unit, also directed four cartoons: "Baton Bunny", "Really Scent"[[note]]one of three Pepe Le Pew cartoons that Jones didn't direct, joining Arthur Davis' "Odor of the Day" and Friz Freleng's "Dog Pounded", the latter of which was just a Sylvester and Tweety cartoon with Pepe in a quick cameo[[/note]], "A Witch's Tangled Hare", and "Unnatural History". Continued to collaborate with Jones well into the '60s and '70s, and directed the feature films ''WesternAnimation/GayPurree'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePhantomTollbooth''.

* Abe Levitow: Animator for the Jones unit, also directed four cartoons: "Baton Bunny", "Really Scent"[[note]]one of three Pepe Le Pew cartoons that Jones didn't direct, joining Arthur Davis' "Odor of the Day" and Friz Freleng's "Dog Pounded", the latter of which was just a Sylvester and Tweety cartoon with Pepe in a quick cameo[[/note]], "A Witch's Tangled Hare", and "Unnatural History".

* Rudy Larriva: Animator for Chuck Jones during the late '30s and early '40s. Like McCabe, he was drafted into World War II and unable to get his job back after the war, later jumping ship over to Disney and UPA. He returned to the series in 1965, even becoming a full-time director. Sadly, he's more well-known for the infamous eleven ''Road Runner'' shorts he directed at Format Films. Was officially the last surviving ''Looney Tunes'' director, passing away in 2010.

* Creator/ChuckJones: Possibly the most ambitious of the directors and arguably the most well-known. He's known for completely reinventing Daffy Duck and popularized shorts featuring him and Bugs Bunny. He was also responsible for all of the WesternAnimation/PepeLePew and the [[WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Roadrunner/Coyote]] shorts.

* Creator/TexAvery: Created Bugs Bunny as is also the co-creator of Daffy Duck. and made many travelogue shorts during his tenure. While he's the reason that the Looney Tunes are known for their street smart and witty humor, maybe you know him better for his work at MGM.

* Rudy Larriva: Animator for Chuck Jones during the late '30s and early '40s. Like McCabe, he was drafted into World War II and unable to get his job back after the war, later jumping ship over to Disney and UPA. He returned to the series through the Was more well-known (sadly) for the eleven ''Road Runner'' shorts he directed at Format Films. Was officially the last surviving ''Looney Tunes'' director, passing away in 2010.

* Creator/FrizFreleng: Another ex-Disney. Became a director in the late Harman-Ising era and held the post until 1962 (except for a brief stint at MGM in 1938-39). He also produced the 1964-67 era cartoons with David [=DePatie=].

* Creator/ChuckJones: Popularized shorts featuring Bugs and created the Roadrunner/Coyote shorts.
* Creator/TexAvery: Created Daffy and made many shorts. Maybe you know him better for his work at MGM.
* Creator/BobClampett: Often did shorts featuring Sylvester.
* Norm [=McCabe=]: An animator for Clampett who took over his old unit in 1941, and somewhat of an unsung creator. [=McCabe=]'s cartoons are notable for two reasons: he was one of only two directors[[note]]The other being Frank Tashlin[[/note]] still making cartoons in black and white while everyone else was moving on to color, and most of them (specifically "The Ducktators", "Tokio Jokio"[[note]]which [=McCabe=] was credited as "Corporal". He served in the First Motion Picture Unit, headquartered at the Hal Roach Studios, during World War II. His commanding officer was Major Rudolf Ising[[/note]], and "Confusions of a Nutzy Spy") are so mired in World War II references and outrageous ethnic stereotypes (specifically of the Japanese) that they're barely aired at all on modern American TV stations (though Cartoon Network once aired a ''[=ToonHeads=]'' episodes highlighting some of his shorts). Besides the wartime cartoons, [=McCabe=] is known for directing three excellent black and white WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck shorts: WesternAnimation/DaffysSouthernExposure, ''The Impatient Patient'' and ''The Daffy Duckaroo'', which have the first depictions of the {{Cuckoosnarker}} Daffy that would be the studio's default for the character throughout the rest of the decade.[[note]] [=McCabe=] later felt that pretty much the entirety of his directorial was an OldShame to him; he excepted the three Daffy shorts and ''WesternAnimation/TheDucktators' ' which he claimed was the only WartimeCartoon of his that he enjoyed [[/note]][=McCabe=]'s career as a director was CutShort by UsefulNotes/WorldWarII conscription, being drafted as a Corporal for the Motion Pictures unit, where he worked on live action propaganda, in 1943. Unusually enough, [=McCabe=] eventually returned to animation a full 20 years after he left the Termite Terrace, first animating for Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises and then directing some of the episodes for well known [[MerchandiseDriven toyetic]] cartoons during UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation, like the [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers first generation of Transformers]]. [=McCabe=] is also the last surviving Golden Age (pre-1965) director of Looney Tunes to pass away (though, given his obscurity, most people often give Chuck Jones that title), dying in 2006 at age 94.

* Rudy Larriva: Animator for Chuck Jones during the late '30s and early '40s, later worked at Disney and UPA. Was more well-known (sadly) for the eleven ''Road Runner'' shorts he directed at Format Films. Was officially the last surviving ''Looney Tunes'' director, passing away in 2010.

* Phil Monroe: Animator for the Jones, Freleng, Tashlin, and Clampett units.

* Arthur Q. Bryant: Well known as the original voice of Elmer Fudd until his passing in late 1959.

* Beatrice Benaderet: The main female VA for the studio during the 40s and into the mid-50s.

* Carl W. Stalling: Music director. TropeCodifier for MickeyMousing (he started out at Disney composing the score for ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'', making him the TropeMaker as well).

* Michael Maltese: Writer, mainly for Chuck Jones.

* Warren Foster: Writer, mainly for Robert [=McKimson=] until the early '50s, when he switched over to Friz's unit where he stayed until he left for Hanna Barbera in 1959.

* Leon Schlesinger: The producer between 1930 and 1944. According to the staff, he was quite affable in comparison to successor Eddie Selzer.
* Eddie Selzer: Succeeded Schlesinger as producer, who infamously had NoSenseOfHumor. That said, he ''did'' give more credit to the directors (previously the directors were merely listed as "supervisors") and by contrast to Leon, left ''himself'' uncredited.
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* Norm [=McCabe=]: An animator for Clampett who took over his old unit in 1941, and somewhat of an unsung creator. [=McCabe=]'s cartoons are notable for two reasons: he was one of only two directors[[note]]The other being Frank Tashlin[[/note]] still making cartoons in black and white while everyone else was moving on to color, and most of them (specifically "The Ducktators", "Tokio Jokio"[[note]]which [=McCabe=] was credited as "Corporal". He served in the First Motion Picture Unit, headquartered at the Hal Roach Studios, during World War II. His commanding officer was Major Rudolf Ising[[/note]], and "Confusions of a Nutzy Spy") are so mired in World War II references and outrageous ethnic stereotypes (specifically of the Japanese) that they're barely aired at all on modern American TV stations (though Cartoon Network once aired a ''[=ToonHeads=]'' episodes highlighting some of his shorts). Besides the wartime cartoons, [=McCabe=] is known for directing three excellent black and white WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck shorts: WesternAnimation/DaffysSouthernExposure, ''The Impatient Patient'' and ''The Daffy Duckaroo'', which have the first depictions of the {{Cuckoosnarker}} Daffy that would be the studio's default for the character throughout the rest of the decade.[[note]] [=McCabe=] later felt that pretty much the entirety of his directorial was an OldShame to him; he excepted the three Daffy shorts and ''WesternAnimation/TheDucktators' ' which he claimed was the only WartimeCartoon of his that he enjoyed [[/note]][=McCabe=]'s career as a director was CutShort by UsefulNotes/WorldWarII conscription, being drafted as a Corporal for the Motion Pictures unit, where he worked on live action propaganda, in 1943. Unusually enough, [=McCabe=] eventually returned to animation a full 20 years after he left the Termite Terrace, first animating for Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises and then directing some of the episodes for well known [[MerchandiseDriven toyetic]] cartoons during UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation, like the [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers first generation of Transformers]]. [=McCabe=] is also the last surviving Golden Age director of Looney Tunes to pass away (though, given his obscurity, most people often give Chuck Jones that title), dying in 2006 at age 94.
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* Creator/MelBlanc: Provided most (more like ''almost all'') the voices for the studios between 1937 and 1969.
* Creator/JuneForay: The main female VA for the studio from the 50s onward, replacing Bea Benaderet.
* Creator/StanFreberg: Provided most of the male voices that Mel Blanc couldn't do (see also: Arthur Q. Bryant[[note]]the original VA for Elmer Fudd[[/note]] and Daws Butler).
* Creator/ShamusCulhane: Had a ''very'' brief stay at the studio, working for Creator/ChuckJones on ''Inki and the Mynah Bird'' (which, like the other Inki cartoons, is banned because of its (unintentionally) racially insensitive protagonist) and ''Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears''.

* Creator/ArtDavis: One of the unsung directors of the studio (late 1940s). He also animated for Tashlin and McKimson before his brief directorial stint (which happened after Bob Clampett left the studio), and would later work for Freleng after it.
* Creator/RobertMcKimson: The only Termite Terrace member to stay practically for the entire lifespan of the franchise in theaters - as an animator from 1930 to 1944 and as a director from 1945 to 1969, excluding a short period in 1968 during the Seven Arts era.
* Creator/FrankTashlin: Had ''three'' stints at the studio: In 1933 [[note]] as an animator [[/note]], in 1936-38 [[note]] as a director [[/note]] and 1943-46 [[note]] as a director; Tashlin left after just a year and a half at his new unit, but the cartoons he directed trickled out at a slow pace to theaters due to UsefulNotes/WorldWarII [[/note]].
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* Tedd Pierce: Writer (initially for Friz Freleng, until he switched to [=McKimson=]'s unit in the early '50s; also wrote for Chuck Jones a few times when Mike Maltese was unavailable), Storyboard Artist and Voice Actor
* Michael Maltese: Writer, mainly for Chuck Jones.
* Warren Foster: Writer, mainly for Robert [=McKimson=] until the early '50s, when he switched over to Friz's unit where he stayed until he left for Hanna Barbera in 1959.

* Rod Scribner: Animator for the Avery, Clampett and [=McKimson=] units, known for producing some of the [[DerangedAnimation wildest]] and [[AnimationBump most expressive]] animation of the Golden Age (especially when working under the former, though a lot of [=McKimson=]'s earlier work has Scribner's wild, fluid motions).

* Carl W. Stalling: Music director. TropeCodifier for MickeyMousing (he started out at Disney composing the score for ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'', making him the TropeMaker as well).
* Milt Franklyn: Carl Stalling's right-hand man, arranging Stalling's scores and acting as musical director in many instances as well. Began composing on his own in 1954, and continued until his death in 1962.
* Bill Lava: Became musical director in 1962 after Franklyn's sudden death, staying with the studio until its closure in 1969.
* Tregoweth "Treg" Brown: Film editor and sound effects wizard. Won an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for his work on ''Film/TheGreatRace''.
* Gerry Chiniquy: Animator for the Freleng unit, specialized in dancing scenes, also directed two cartoons "Dumb Patrol" and "Hawaii Aye Aye".

* Ben Washam: Animator for the Jones unit, also designed the mascot for Big Boy restaurants.

* Phil Monroe: Animator for the Freleng, Clampett, and Jones units.

* Rudy Larriva: Animator for Chuck Jones during the late '30s and early '40s, later worked at Disney and UPA. Was more well-known (sadly) for the eleven ''Road Runner'' shorts he directed at Format Films. Was officially the last surviving ''Looney Tunes'' director, passing away in 2010.

* Creator/TexAvery
* Creator/BobClampett

* Creator/ChuckJones

* Izzy Ellis: Animator for the Clampett, Tashlin, and [=McKimson=] units. Ellis was known for simplifying character designs.

* Izzy Ellis: Animator for the Clampett, Tashlin, and [=McKimson=] units.

* Norm [=McCabe=]: An animator for Clampett who took over his old unit in 1941, and somewhat of an unsung creator. [=McCabe=]'s cartoons are notable for two reasons: he was one of only two directors[[note]]The other being Frank Tashlin[[/note]] still making cartoons in black and white while everyone else was moving on to color, and most of them (specifically "The Ducktators", "Tokio Jokio"[[note]]which [=McCabe=] was credited as "Corporal". He served in the First Motion Picture Unit, headquartered at the Hal Roach Studios, during World War II. His commanding officer was Major Rudolf Ising[[/note]], and "Confusions of a Nutzy Spy") are so mired in World War II references and outrageous ethnic stereotypes (specifically of the Japanese) that they're barely aired at all on modern American TV stations (though Cartoon Network once aired a ''[=ToonHeads=]'' episodes highlighting some of his shorts). Besides the wartime cartoons, [=McCabe=] is known for directing three excellent black and white WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck shorts: WesternAnimation/DaffysSouthernExposure, ''The Impatient Patient'' and ''The Daffy Duckaroo'', which have the first depictions of the {{Cuckoosnarker}} Daffy that would be the studio's default for the character throughout the rest of the decade.[[note]] [=McCabe=] later felt that pretty much the entirety of his directorial was an OldShame to him; he excepted the three Daffy shorts and ''WesternAnimation/TheDucktators' ' which he claimed was the only WartimeCartoon of his that he enjoyed [[/note]][=McCabe=]'s career as a director was CutShort by UsefulNotes/WorldWarII conscription, being drafted as a Corporal for the Motion Pictures unit, where he worked on live action propaganda, in 1943. Unusually enough, [=McCabe=] eventually returned to animation a full 20 years after he left the Termite Terrace, first animating for Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises and then directing some of the episodes for well known [[MerchandiseDriven toyetic]] cartoons during UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation, like the [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers first generation of Transformers]]. [=McCabe=] is also the last surviving Golden Age of Looney Tunes director to pass away (though, given his obscurity, most people often give Chuck Jones that title), dying in 2006 at age 94.

* Creator/RobertMcKimson

* Earl Duvall: Another director of the immediate post-Harman & Ising era. The most noteworthy fact about him is that he directed the first color Merrie Melody "Honeymoon Hotel" (1934, animated by Clampett and Jones).

* Norm [=McCabe=]: An animator for Clampett who took over his old unit in 1941, and somewhat of an unsung creator. [=McCabe=]'s cartoons are notable for two reasons: he was one of only two directors[[note]]The other being Frank Tashlin[[/note]] still making cartoons in black and white while everyone else was moving on to color, and most of them (specifically "The Ducktators", "Tokio Jokio"[[note]]which [=McCabe=] was credited as "Corporal". He served in the First Motion Picture Unit, headquartered at the Hal Roach Studios, during World War II. His commanding officer was Major Rudolf Ising[[/note]], and "Confusions of a Nutzy Spy") are so mired in World War II references and outrageous ethnic stereotypes (specifically of the Japanese) that they're barely aired at all on modern American TV stations (though Cartoon Network once aired a ''[=ToonHeads=]'' episodes highlighting some of his shorts). Besides the wartime cartoons, [=McCabe=] is known for directing three excellent black and white WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck shorts: WesternAnimation/DaffysSouthernExposure, ''The Impatient Patient'' and ''The Daffy Duckeroo'', which have the first depictions of the {{Cuckoosnarker}} Daffy that would be the studio's default for the character throughout the rest of the decade. [=McCabe=]'s career as a director was CutShort by UsefulNotes/WorldWarII conscription, being drafted as a Corporal for the Motion Pictures unit, where he worked on live action propaganda, in 1943. Unusually enough, [=McCabe=] eventually returned to animation a full 20 years after he left the Termite Terrace, first animating for Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises and then directing some of the episodes for well known [[MerchandiseDriven toyetic]] cartoons during UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation, like the [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers first generation of Transformers]]. [=McCabe=] is also the last surviving Golden Age of Looney Tunes director to pass away (though, given his obscurity, most people often give Chuck Jones that title), dying in 2006 at age 94.

* Ben Hardaway: Briefly replaced Freleng as director (working alongside Cal Dalton) from 1938-1940. WesternAnimation/BugsBunny is named after his nickname "Bugs" Hardaway. Also helped create WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker.

* Creator/FrankTashlin: Had ''three'' stints at the studio: In 1933, in 1936-38 and 1943-46.

* Norm [=McCabe=]: An animator for Clampett who took over his old unit in 1941, and somewhat of an unsung creator. [=McCabe=]'s cartoons are notable for two reasons: he was one of only two directors[[note]]The other being Frank Tashlin[[/note]] still making cartoons in black and white while everyone else was moving on to color, and most of them (specifically "The Ducktators", "Tokio Jokio"[[note]]which [=McCabe=] was credited as "Corporal". He served in the First Motion Picture Unit, headquartered at the Hal Roach Studios, during World War II. His commanding officer was Major Rudolf Ising[[/note]], and "Confusions of a Nutzy Spy") are so mired in World War II references and outrageous ethnic stereotypes (specifically of the Japanese) that they're barely aired at all on modern American TV stations (though Cartoon Network once aired a ''[=ToonHeads=]'' episodes highlighting some of his shorts). Besides the wartime cartoons, [=McCabe=] is known for directing three excellent black and white WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck shorts: WesternAnimation/DaffysSouthernExposure, ''The Impatient Patient'' and ''The Daffy Duckeroo'', which have the first depictions of the {{Cuckoosnarker}} Daffy that would be the studio's default for the character throughout the rest of the decade. Unusually enough, [=McCabe=] eventually returned to animation a full 20 years after he left the Termite Terrace, first animating for Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises and then directing some of the episodes for well known [[MerchandiseDriven toyetic]] cartoons during UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation, like the [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers first generation of Transformers]]. [=McCabe=] is also the last surviving Golden Age of Looney Tunes director to pass away (though, given his obscurity, most people often give Chuck Jones that title), dying in 2006 at age 94.

* Norm [=McCabe=]: An animator for Clampett who took over his old unit in 1941, and somewhat of an unsung creator. [=McCabe=]'s cartoons are notable for two reasons: he was one of only two directors[[note]]The other being Frank Tashlin[[/note]] still making cartoons in black and white while everyone else was moving on to color, and most of them (specifically "The Ducktators", "Tokio Jokio"[[note]]which [=McCabe=] was credited as "Corporal". He served in the First Motion Picture Unit, headquartered at the Hal Roach Studios, during World War II. His commanding officer was Major Rudolf Ising[[/note]], and "Confusions of a Nutzy Spy") are so mired in World War II references and outrageous ethnic stereotypes (specifically of the Japanese) that they're barely aired at all on modern American TV stations (though Cartoon Network once aired a ''[=ToonHeads=]'' episodes highlighting some of his shorts). Besides the wartime cartoons, [=McCabe=] is known for directing three excellent black and white WesternAnimation/DaffyDuck shorts: WesternAnimation/DaffysSouthernExposure, ''The Impatient Patient'' and ''The Daffy Duckeroo'', which have the first depictions of the {{Cuckoosnarker}} Daffy that would be the studio's default for the character throughout thw reat of the decade. [=McCabe=] is also the last surviving Golden Age of Looney Tunes director to pass away (though, given his obscurity, most people often give Chuck Jones that title), dying in 2006 at age 94.