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* '''Creator/DawsButler:''' Did voice work on many MGM cartoons, most notably as the Southern Wolf in several Droopy shorts (and the Wolf in ''Red Hot Riding Hood'' and some of the other cartoons that copied its story, like ''Little Rural Riding Hood'' and ''Swing Shift Cinderella''[[note]]though not "Uncle Tom's Cabana"[[/note]]).
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* '''Creator/DawsButler:''' Did voice work on many MGM cartoons, most notably as the Southern Wolf in several Droopy shorts (and and the Wolf in ''Red Hot Riding Hood'' and some of the other cartoons that copied its story, like ''Little Rural Riding Hood'' and ''Swing Shift Cinderella''[[note]]though not "Uncle Tom's Cabana"[[/note]]).Hood''.
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* '''Creator/TexAvery:''' Formerly a director at Creator/WarnerBros, Avery arrived at the studio in 1942 1941 (after a falling-out with Leon Schlesinger over the creation of the "Speaking With Animals" series of shorts and the original ending to "The Heckling Hare" where Bugs and Willoughby the Dog were supposed to fall again, with Bugs yelling, "Hold on to your hats, folks! Here we go again!" and [[BolivianArmyEnding ending on that note]]) and quickly turned it upside down with his frantic and wacky cartoons, as the studio gave him more creative freedom. Creator of WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}, Screwy Squirrel, George and Junior and the redheaded showgirl from ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood''.
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* '''Creator/TexAvery:''' Formerly a director at Creator/WarnerBros, Avery arrived at the studio in 1942 (after a falling-out with Leon Schlesinger over the creation of the "Speaking With Animals" series of shorts) shorts and the original ending to "The Heckling Hare" where Bugs and Willoughby the Dog were supposed to fall again, with Bugs yelling, "Hold on to your hats, folks! Here we go again!" and [[BolivianArmyEnding ending on that note]]) and quickly turned it upside down with his frantic and wacky cartoons, as the studio gave him more creative freedom. Creator of WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}, Screwy Squirrel, George and Junior and the redheaded showgirl from ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood''.
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* '''Creator/TexAvery:''' Formerly a director at Creator/WarnerBros, Avery arrived at the studio in 1942 (after a falling-out with Leon Schlesinger over the ending to Avery's "The Heckling Hare") and quickly turned it upside down with his frantic and wacky cartoons, as the studio gave him more creative freedom. Creator of WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}, Screwy Squirrel, George and Junior and ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood''.
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* '''Creator/TexAvery:''' Formerly a director at Creator/WarnerBros, Avery arrived at the studio in 1942 (after a falling-out with Leon Schlesinger over the ending to Avery's "The Heckling Hare") creation of the "Speaking With Animals" series of shorts) and quickly turned it upside down with his frantic and wacky cartoons, as the studio gave him more creative freedom. Creator of WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}, Screwy Squirrel, George and Junior and ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood''.
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* '''Creator/TexAvery:''' Formerly a director at Creator/WarnerBros, Avery arrived at the studio in 1942 and quickly turned it upside down with his frantic and wacky cartoons, as the studio gave him more creative freedom. Creator of WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}, Screwy Squirrel, George and Junior and ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood''.
* '''Joseph Barbera:''' A former storyman at Creator/{{Terrytoons}}, Barbera arrived at the studio's inception and was soon paired with animator Bill Hanna to direct ''WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot'', which gave birth to the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' series. With Hanna, he worked almost exclusively on the series until the studio closed. He and Hanna were promoted to producers in 1955, and after the studio's closure, set up [[Creator/HannaBarbera their own studio]], where they would go on to make TV history.
* '''Joseph Barbera:''' A former storyman at Creator/{{Terrytoons}}, Barbera arrived at the studio's inception and was soon paired with animator Bill Hanna to direct ''WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot'', which gave birth to the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' series. With Hanna, he worked almost exclusively on the series until the studio closed. He and Hanna were promoted to producers in 1955, and after the studio's closure, set up [[Creator/HannaBarbera their own studio]], where they would go on to make TV history.
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* '''Creator/TexAvery:''' Formerly a director at Creator/WarnerBros, Avery arrived at the studio in 1942 (after a falling-out with Leon Schlesinger over the ending to Avery's "The Heckling Hare") and quickly turned it upside down with his frantic and wacky cartoons, as the studio gave him more creative freedom. Creator of WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}, Screwy Squirrel, George and Junior and ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood''.
* '''Joseph Barbera:''' A former storyman at Creator/{{Terrytoons}}, Barbera arrived at the studio's inception and was soon paired with animator Bill Hanna to direct ''WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot'', which gave birth to the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' series. With Hanna, he worked almost exclusively on the series until the studio closed. He and Hanna were promoted to producers in 1955, and after the studio's closure, set up [[Creator/HannaBarbera their own studio]], where they would go on to make TV animation history.
* '''Joseph Barbera:''' A former storyman at Creator/{{Terrytoons}}, Barbera arrived at the studio's inception and was soon paired with animator Bill Hanna to direct ''WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot'', which gave birth to the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' series. With Hanna, he worked almost exclusively on the series until the studio closed. He and Hanna were promoted to producers in 1955, and after the studio's closure, set up [[Creator/HannaBarbera their own studio]], where they would go on to make TV animation history.
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* '''Billy Bletcher:''' Best known for his voice work at Disney, he was the voice of The Captain in ''The Captain and the Kids'' shorts, as well as the occasional voice of Tom and Spike the Bulldog in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' and incidental shorts like ''WesternAnimation/WhoKilledWho'' and sometimes Spike in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}'' cartoons.
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* '''Billy Bletcher:''' Best known for his voice work at Disney, Disney[[note]]though he did do some voicework at Warner Bros as well. You might know him as the voice of Papa Bear in Chuck Jones' Dysfunctional Three Bears Family shorts or the voice of short-lived Southern gentleman and Yosemite Sam expy, Colonel Shuffle[[/note]], he was the voice of The Captain in ''The Captain and the Kids'' shorts, as well as the occasional voice of Tom and Spike the Bulldog in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' and incidental characters in shorts like ''WesternAnimation/WhoKilledWho'' and sometimes and, on occasion, the Spike the Dog that appeared in the ''WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}'' cartoons.
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* '''Creator/DawsButler:''' Did voice work on many MGM cartoons, most notable notably as the Southern Wolf in several Droopy shorts.shorts (and the Wolf in ''Red Hot Riding Hood'' and some of the other cartoons that copied its story, like ''Little Rural Riding Hood'' and ''Swing Shift Cinderella''[[note]]though not "Uncle Tom's Cabana"[[/note]]).
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* '''Billy Bletcher:''' Best known for his voice work at Disney, he was the voice of The Captain in ''The Captain and the Kids'' shorts, as well as the occasional voice of Tom and Spike the Bulldog in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' and incidental shorts like ''WesternAnimation/WhoKilledWho'' and sometimes Spike in the ''WesternAnimation/Droopy'' cartoons.
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* '''Billy Bletcher:''' Best known for his voice work at Disney, he was the voice of The Captain in ''The Captain and the Kids'' shorts, as well as the occasional voice of Tom and Spike the Bulldog in ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' and incidental shorts like ''WesternAnimation/WhoKilledWho'' and sometimes Spike in the ''WesternAnimation/Droopy'' ''WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}'' cartoons.
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* '''Heck Allen:''' One of the storymen for Tex Avery's unit. He briefly left to work at the Creator/WalterLantz studio in the late 1940s.
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* '''Heck Allen:''' One of the storymen for Tex Avery's unit. Although, he was also storyman on the ''Captain and the Kids'' cartoons and for the Harman-Ising unit. He briefly left to work at the Creator/WalterLantz studio in the late 1940s.
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* '''Pete Burness:''' An animatior on the Hanna-Barbera unit working on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons. He later moved to UPA, where he became the primary director of the WesternAnimation/MrMagoo shorts, an effort that won him two Academy Awards.
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* '''Pete Burness:''' An animatior on the Hanna-Barbera unit working on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons. He also worked on the Rudolf Ising unit working on the ''Barney Bear'' cartoons and the one-shots as well. He later moved to UPA, where he became the primary director of the WesternAnimation/MrMagoo shorts, an effort that won him two Academy Awards.
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* '''Creator/TexAvery:''' Formerly a director at Creator/WarnerBros, Avery arrived at the studio in 1942 and quickly turned it upside down with his frantic and wacky cartoons, as the studio gave him more creative freedom. Creator of WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}, Screwy Squirrel and ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood''.
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* '''Creator/TexAvery:''' Formerly a director at Creator/WarnerBros, Avery arrived at the studio in 1942 and quickly turned it upside down with his frantic and wacky cartoons, as the studio gave him more creative freedom. Creator of WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}, Screwy Squirrel Squirrel, George and Junior and ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood''.
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* '''Louie Schmitt:''' Formerly from Disney, he briefly worked on tex Avery's unit in the late 1940's before leaving the animation industry to become a greeting card designer.
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* '''Roy Williams:''' Normally a storyman for Disney, he briefly worked with Tex Avery's unit on two shorts (''Car of Tomorrow'' and ''One Cab's Family'').
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* '''Scott Bradley:''' The studio's musical director, Bradley scored virtually ''all'' the cartoons the studio made during it's two decades of existence (the lone exception being 1952's ''The Missing Mouse''). His cartoon work also got him jobs on MGM's live-action features, such as ''Courage of Lassie'' and ''The Yellow Cab Man''.
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* '''Scott Bradley:''' The studio's musical director, Bradley scored virtually ''all'' the cartoons the studio made during it's two decades of existence (the lone exception exceptions being 1952's 1939's ''Wanted No Master'' and 1953's ''The Missing Mouse''). His cartoon work also got him jobs on MGM's live-action features, such as ''Courage of Lassie'' and ''The Yellow Cab Man''.
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* '''Milt Gross:''' A comic strip artist who directed two cartoons for the studio in 1939, starring his characters Count Screwloose and J.R. the Wonder Dog.
* '''William Hanna:''' A former Harman-Ising animator, he came to the studio when it opened in 1937 as a director on the ''Captain and the Kids'' shorts. In 1939, he was teamed with story man Joe Barbera to co-direct ''WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot'', which led to the birth of the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' series. From there, he worked with Barbera almost exclusively on the series, as well as providing all of Tom's screams and yowls. He and Barbera became heads of the studio after Fred Quimby's retirement, and would later help make history when the studio closed and the partners founded [[Creator/HannaBarbera their own studio]].
* '''Hugh Harman:''' Formerly of the Creator/HarmanAndIsing team, he headed a unit separate from Ising that was formed in 1939. He directed the legendary anti-war short ''WesternAnimation/PeaceOnEarth'' and a sub-series of ''Three Bears'' shorts. He left the studio in 1941.
* '''William Hanna:''' A former Harman-Ising animator, he came to the studio when it opened in 1937 as a director on the ''Captain and the Kids'' shorts. In 1939, he was teamed with story man Joe Barbera to co-direct ''WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot'', which led to the birth of the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' series. From there, he worked with Barbera almost exclusively on the series, as well as providing all of Tom's screams and yowls. He and Barbera became heads of the studio after Fred Quimby's retirement, and would later help make history when the studio closed and the partners founded [[Creator/HannaBarbera their own studio]].
* '''Hugh Harman:''' Formerly of the Creator/HarmanAndIsing team, he headed a unit separate from Ising that was formed in 1939. He directed the legendary anti-war short ''WesternAnimation/PeaceOnEarth'' and a sub-series of ''Three Bears'' shorts. He left the studio in 1941.
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* '''George Gordon:''' A former Terrytoons artist, he was hired as an animator and layout artist on the ''Captain and the Kids'' shorts. Gordon then directed six cartoons in the mid-1940s before leaving. He later reunited with his MGM colleagues as a storyman and director at the Hanna-Barbera studio.
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* '''George Gordon:''' A former Terrytoons artist, he was hired as an animator and layout artist on the ''Captain and the Kids'' shorts. Gordon then directed replaced Rudolf Ising, directing six cartoons in the mid-1940s before leaving. being drafted. He later reunited with his MGM colleagues as a storyman and director at the Hanna-Barbera studio.studio.
* '''Milt Gross:''' A comic strip artist who directed two cartoons for the studio in 1939, starring his characters "Count Screwloose of Tooloose" and his dog "Iggy" (here renamed as "J.R., the Wonder Dog").
* '''William Hanna:''' A former Harman-Ising animator, he came to the studio when it opened in 1937 as a director on the ''Captain and the Kids'' shorts. In 1939, he was teamed with story man Joe Barbera to co-direct ''WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot'', which led to the birth of the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' series. From there, he worked with Barbera almost exclusively on the series, as well as providing all of Tom's screams and yowls. He and Barbera became heads of the studio after Fred Quimby's retirement, and would later help make history when the studio closed and the partners founded [[Creator/HannaBarbera their own studio]].
* '''Hugh Harman:''' Formerly of the Creator/HarmanAndIsing team, he headed a unit separate from Ising that was formed in 1939. He directed the legendary anti-war short ''WesternAnimation/PeaceOnEarth'' and a sub-series of ''Three Bears'' shorts. He left the studio in 1941.
* '''Rich Hogan:''' A former Warner Bros. storyman, he would write some of Tex Avery's most iconic shorts.
* '''Milt Gross:''' A comic strip artist who directed two cartoons for the studio in 1939, starring his characters "Count Screwloose of Tooloose" and his dog "Iggy" (here renamed as "J.R., the Wonder Dog").
* '''William Hanna:''' A former Harman-Ising animator, he came to the studio when it opened in 1937 as a director on the ''Captain and the Kids'' shorts. In 1939, he was teamed with story man Joe Barbera to co-direct ''WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot'', which led to the birth of the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' series. From there, he worked with Barbera almost exclusively on the series, as well as providing all of Tom's screams and yowls. He and Barbera became heads of the studio after Fred Quimby's retirement, and would later help make history when the studio closed and the partners founded [[Creator/HannaBarbera their own studio]].
* '''Hugh Harman:''' Formerly of the Creator/HarmanAndIsing team, he headed a unit separate from Ising that was formed in 1939. He directed the legendary anti-war short ''WesternAnimation/PeaceOnEarth'' and a sub-series of ''Three Bears'' shorts. He left the studio in 1941.
* '''Rich Hogan:''' A former Warner Bros. storyman, he would write some of Tex Avery's most iconic shorts.
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* '''Michael Lah:''' An animator who worked on both the Hanna-Barbera and Avery units. Was was briefly promoted to co-director with Preston Blair to direct Barney Bear shorts, and again late in the studio's life directing the Droopy cartoons after Tex Avery's departure. He also co-driected Tex Avery's last two shorts for the studio (''Deputy Droopy'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Cellbound}}'').
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* '''Michael Lah:''' An animator who worked on both the Hanna-Barbera and Avery units. Was was briefly promoted to co-director with Preston Blair to direct Barney ''Barney Bear shorts, shorts'', and again late in the studio's life directing the Droopy cartoons after Tex Avery's departure. He also co-driected co-directed Tex Avery's last two shorts for the studio (''Deputy Droopy'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Cellbound}}'').
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* '''Heck Allen:''' One of the storymen for Tex Avery's unit. He briefly left to work at the Creator/WalterLantz studio in the late 1940s.
* '''Creator/TexAvery:''' Formerly a director at Creator/WarnerBros, Avery arrived at the studio in 1942 and quickly turned it upside down with his frantic and wacky cartoons, as the studio gave him more creative freedom. Creator of WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}, Screwy Squirrel and ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood''.
* '''Joseph Barbera:''' A former storyman at Creator/{{Terrytoons}}, Barbera arrived at the studio's inception and was soon paired with animator Bill Hanna to direct ''WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot'', which gave birth to the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' series. With Hanna, he worked almost exclusively on the series until the studio closed. He and Hanna were promoted to producers in 1955, and after the studio's closure, set up [[Creator/HannaBarbera their own studio]], where they would go on to make TV history.
* '''Ed Barge:''' An animator on the Hanna-Barbera unit. He started as an assistant under Irv Spence before coming onto his own in 1945.
* '''Ed Benedict:''' Worked at the studio late in its life before becoming a major player in the style of the Hanna-Barbera's studio.
* '''Preston Blair:''' Formerly a Disney animator, Blair joined Tex Avery's unit and his animation was regarded as some of the best in animation history. His best work is that of the title character of ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood'' and the opening scene of ''Screwball Squirrel''. He was briefly promoted to director in the late 1940s to work on the Barney Bear shorts. Blair later wrote a highly-acclaimed book on character animation that's used by professionals and amateurs to this day.
* '''Creator/MelBlanc:''' Best known for his voice work at Warner Bros., he was the voice of John Silver in the ''Captain and the Kids'' shorts, as well as characters in one-shot shorts like ''The Bookworm'', ''WesternAnimation/PeaceOnEarth'' and ''The Lonesome Stranger''.
* '''Scott Bradley:''' The studio's musical director, Bradley scored virtually ''all'' the cartoons the studio made during it's two decades of existence (the lone exception being 1952's ''The Missing Mouse''). His cartoon work also got him jobs on MGM's live-action features, such as ''Courage of Lassie'' and ''The Yellow Cab Man''.
* '''Pete Burness:''' An animatior on the Hanna-Barbera unit working on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons. He later moved to UPA, where he became the primary director of the WesternAnimation/MrMagoo shorts, an effort that won him two Academy Awards.
* '''Creator/DawsButler:''' Did voice work on many MGM cartoons, most notable as the Southern Wolf in several Droopy shorts.
* '''Pinto Colvig:''' Best known as the voice of {{WesternAnimation/Goofy}}, he provided voice in several MGM shorts, including ''WesternAnimation/BlitzWolf'', ''The Stork's Holiday'' and ''WesternAnimation/LittleRuralRidingHood''.
* '''Milt Gross:''' A comic strip artist who directed two cartoons for the studio in 1939, starring his characters Count Screwloose and J.R. the Wonder Dog.
* '''William Hanna:''' A former Harman-Ising animator, he came to the studio when it opened in 1937 as a director on the ''Captain and the Kids'' shorts. In 1939, he was teamed with story man Joe Barbera to co-direct ''WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot'', which led to the birth of the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' series. From there, he worked with Barbera almost exclusively on the series, as well as providing all of Tom's screams and yowls. He and Barbera became heads of the studio after Fred Quimby's retirement, and would later help make history when the studio closed and the partners founded [[Creator/HannaBarbera their own studio]].
* '''Hugh Harman:''' Formerly of the Creator/HarmanAndIsing team, he headed a unit separate from Ising that was formed in 1939. He directed the legendary anti-war short ''WesternAnimation/PeaceOnEarth'' and a sub-series of ''Three Bears'' shorts. He left the studio in 1941.
* '''Creator/FrizFreleng:''' Joined the studio in the late 1930s as a director on the ''Captain and the Kids'' cartoons, as well as a few other shorts such as ''The Mad Maestro'' and ''The Bookworm'', before returning to Warner Bros. in 1940.
* '''George Gordon:''' A former Terrytoons artist, he was hired as an animator and layout artist on the ''Captain and the Kids'' shorts. Gordon then directed six cartoons in the mid-1940s before leaving. He later reunited with his MGM colleagues as a storyman and director at the Hanna-Barbera studio.
* '''Rudolf Ising:''' Formerly of the Creator/HarmanAndIsing team, he headed a unit separate from Harman that was formed in 1939. He won an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for ''The Milky Way'', and created the character of WesternAnimation/BarneyBear. He departed from the studio in 1943.
* '''Michael Lah:''' An animator who worked on both the Hanna-Barbera and Avery units. Was was briefly promoted to co-director with Preston Blair to direct Barney Bear shorts, and again late in the studio's life directing the Droopy cartoons after Tex Avery's departure. He also co-driected Tex Avery's last two shorts for the studio (''Deputy Droopy'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Cellbound}}'').
* '''Dick Lundy:''' A former Disney and Lantz animator, Lundy came to MGM in the early 1950s during Tex Avery's brief departure from the studio. He primarily directed the WesternAnimation/BarneyBear cartoons, as well as the {{WesternAnimation/Droopy}} short ''Caballero Droopy''.
* '''Kenneth Muse:''' A former Disney animator, Muse worked with the Hanna-Barbera unit animating on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons. His specialty was animating full-bodied movements of the characters, a talent that gave him the task of animating Jerry dancing with a live-action Gene Kelly in the film ''Anchors Aweigh''. After the MGM studio closed, Muse moved to Hanna & Barbera's own studio, where he worked well into the 1980s. At H-B, he animated entire episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' (including "The Swimming Pool" and "The Tycoon"), as well as the TitleSequence for ''WesternAnimation/TopCat''.
* '''Ray Patterson:''' A Hanna-Barbera unit animator that worked ion the ''Tom and Jerry'' series. His specialty was animating scenes that focused on facial expressions.
* '''Edward Plumb:''' A musical director at Disney, he scored the music for the ''Tom and Jerry'' short ''The Missing Mouse''.
* '''Fred Quimby:''' Head and producer of the studio until his retirement in 1955. Despite this, he had no prior involvement in the animation industry.
* '''Irv Spence:''' An animator on the Hanna-Barbera unit, his work on the ''Tom and Jerry'' series is described as the wackiest and cartooniest on his team.
* '''Creator/BillTytla:''' A Disney animator, Tytla briefly worked at the studio during the bitter 1941 animators' strike. At MGM, he animated the title character in ''The Hungry Wolf''.
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* '''Heck Allen:''' One of the storymen for Tex Avery's unit. He briefly left to work at the Creator/WalterLantz studio in the late 1940s.
* '''Creator/TexAvery:''' Formerly a director at Creator/WarnerBros, Avery arrived at the studio in 1942 and quickly turned it upside down with his frantic and wacky cartoons, as the studio gave him more creative freedom. Creator of WesternAnimation/{{Droopy}}, Screwy Squirrel and ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood''.
* '''Joseph Barbera:''' A former storyman at Creator/{{Terrytoons}}, Barbera arrived at the studio's inception and was soon paired with animator Bill Hanna to direct ''WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot'', which gave birth to the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' series. With Hanna, he worked almost exclusively on the series until the studio closed. He and Hanna were promoted to producers in 1955, and after the studio's closure, set up [[Creator/HannaBarbera their own studio]], where they would go on to make TV history.
* '''Ed Barge:''' An animator on the Hanna-Barbera unit. He started as an assistant under Irv Spence before coming onto his own in 1945.
* '''Ed Benedict:''' Worked at the studio late in its life before becoming a major player in the style of the Hanna-Barbera's studio.
* '''Preston Blair:''' Formerly a Disney animator, Blair joined Tex Avery's unit and his animation was regarded as some of the best in animation history. His best work is that of the title character of ''WesternAnimation/RedHotRidingHood'' and the opening scene of ''Screwball Squirrel''. He was briefly promoted to director in the late 1940s to work on the Barney Bear shorts. Blair later wrote a highly-acclaimed book on character animation that's used by professionals and amateurs to this day.
* '''Creator/MelBlanc:''' Best known for his voice work at Warner Bros., he was the voice of John Silver in the ''Captain and the Kids'' shorts, as well as characters in one-shot shorts like ''The Bookworm'', ''WesternAnimation/PeaceOnEarth'' and ''The Lonesome Stranger''.
* '''Scott Bradley:''' The studio's musical director, Bradley scored virtually ''all'' the cartoons the studio made during it's two decades of existence (the lone exception being 1952's ''The Missing Mouse''). His cartoon work also got him jobs on MGM's live-action features, such as ''Courage of Lassie'' and ''The Yellow Cab Man''.
* '''Pete Burness:''' An animatior on the Hanna-Barbera unit working on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons. He later moved to UPA, where he became the primary director of the WesternAnimation/MrMagoo shorts, an effort that won him two Academy Awards.
* '''Creator/DawsButler:''' Did voice work on many MGM cartoons, most notable as the Southern Wolf in several Droopy shorts.
* '''Pinto Colvig:''' Best known as the voice of {{WesternAnimation/Goofy}}, he provided voice in several MGM shorts, including ''WesternAnimation/BlitzWolf'', ''The Stork's Holiday'' and ''WesternAnimation/LittleRuralRidingHood''.
* '''Milt Gross:''' A comic strip artist who directed two cartoons for the studio in 1939, starring his characters Count Screwloose and J.R. the Wonder Dog.
* '''William Hanna:''' A former Harman-Ising animator, he came to the studio when it opened in 1937 as a director on the ''Captain and the Kids'' shorts. In 1939, he was teamed with story man Joe Barbera to co-direct ''WesternAnimation/PussGetsTheBoot'', which led to the birth of the ''WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry'' series. From there, he worked with Barbera almost exclusively on the series, as well as providing all of Tom's screams and yowls. He and Barbera became heads of the studio after Fred Quimby's retirement, and would later help make history when the studio closed and the partners founded [[Creator/HannaBarbera their own studio]].
* '''Hugh Harman:''' Formerly of the Creator/HarmanAndIsing team, he headed a unit separate from Ising that was formed in 1939. He directed the legendary anti-war short ''WesternAnimation/PeaceOnEarth'' and a sub-series of ''Three Bears'' shorts. He left the studio in 1941.
* '''Creator/FrizFreleng:''' Joined the studio in the late 1930s as a director on the ''Captain and the Kids'' cartoons, as well as a few other shorts such as ''The Mad Maestro'' and ''The Bookworm'', before returning to Warner Bros. in 1940.
* '''George Gordon:''' A former Terrytoons artist, he was hired as an animator and layout artist on the ''Captain and the Kids'' shorts. Gordon then directed six cartoons in the mid-1940s before leaving. He later reunited with his MGM colleagues as a storyman and director at the Hanna-Barbera studio.
* '''Rudolf Ising:''' Formerly of the Creator/HarmanAndIsing team, he headed a unit separate from Harman that was formed in 1939. He won an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for ''The Milky Way'', and created the character of WesternAnimation/BarneyBear. He departed from the studio in 1943.
* '''Michael Lah:''' An animator who worked on both the Hanna-Barbera and Avery units. Was was briefly promoted to co-director with Preston Blair to direct Barney Bear shorts, and again late in the studio's life directing the Droopy cartoons after Tex Avery's departure. He also co-driected Tex Avery's last two shorts for the studio (''Deputy Droopy'' and ''WesternAnimation/{{Cellbound}}'').
* '''Dick Lundy:''' A former Disney and Lantz animator, Lundy came to MGM in the early 1950s during Tex Avery's brief departure from the studio. He primarily directed the WesternAnimation/BarneyBear cartoons, as well as the {{WesternAnimation/Droopy}} short ''Caballero Droopy''.
* '''Kenneth Muse:''' A former Disney animator, Muse worked with the Hanna-Barbera unit animating on the ''Tom and Jerry'' cartoons. His specialty was animating full-bodied movements of the characters, a talent that gave him the task of animating Jerry dancing with a live-action Gene Kelly in the film ''Anchors Aweigh''. After the MGM studio closed, Muse moved to Hanna & Barbera's own studio, where he worked well into the 1980s. At H-B, he animated entire episodes of ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones'' (including "The Swimming Pool" and "The Tycoon"), as well as the TitleSequence for ''WesternAnimation/TopCat''.
* '''Ray Patterson:''' A Hanna-Barbera unit animator that worked ion the ''Tom and Jerry'' series. His specialty was animating scenes that focused on facial expressions.
* '''Edward Plumb:''' A musical director at Disney, he scored the music for the ''Tom and Jerry'' short ''The Missing Mouse''.
* '''Fred Quimby:''' Head and producer of the studio until his retirement in 1955. Despite this, he had no prior involvement in the animation industry.
* '''Irv Spence:''' An animator on the Hanna-Barbera unit, his work on the ''Tom and Jerry'' series is described as the wackiest and cartooniest on his team.
* '''Creator/BillTytla:''' A Disney animator, Tytla briefly worked at the studio during the bitter 1941 animators' strike. At MGM, he animated the title character in ''The Hungry Wolf''.
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