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    Early life. Clampett was born on May 8, 1913 in San Diego, California to Robert Caleb Clampett and Mildred Joan Merrifield. His father was born in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland in 1882, and immigrated to the United States with his parents at age two in 1884.. Clampett showed art skills by the age of five. From the beginning, he was intrigued with and influenced by Douglas Fairbanks, Lon ...

  2. Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett (8 May 1913 - 2 May 1984) was an American director, producer, animator, and puppeteer. He is best known for his work with both of Warner Bros.' cartoon series, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. Robert Emerson Clampett was born in San Diego, California, to Joan and Robert Clampett. When he was a toddler, he and his family moved to Hollywood, where they lived next ...

  3. Robert Clampett. Director: Time for Beany. Born in San Diego, California, the young Robert Clampett was monumentally moved as a child by the film The Lost World (1925), inspiring him to create a sea-serpent sock-puppet that he used in puppet shows to entertain the neighborhood kids. This led him to create a stuffed Mickey Mouse toy, which became a prototype for the first mass-produced Mickey ...

  4. Feb 8, 2005 · For a comprehensive account of Clampett’s career, see Michael Barrier and Milton Gray, “Funnyworld Revisited: An Interview with Bob Clampett”, Michael Barrier.Com 2004.: This extensive interview, originally published in Funnyworld in 1970, presents Clampett’s account of his career and reputation, as well as the more critical editorial commentary of the authors.

  5. Bob Clampett was one of the pioneers of American Animation. While he wasstill in his teens, Clampett designed the first Mickey Mouse doll for Walt Disney. Shortly thereafter, Clampett went to work at the Harman-Ising studio and animated scenes for the first Merrie Melodie ever made, "Lady Play Your Mandolin."

  6. The Bob Clampett Show is an animated anthology television series which ran from 2000 to 2001. The show features animated theatrical shorts from the Warner Bros. library that were animated or directed by Bob Clampett, as well as a selection of shorts from the Beany and Cecil animated television series. It originally was produced by and aired on Cartoon Network, with reruns airing at the tail ...

  7. Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett (1913-1984) was an American animator, director, and producer. Though best known for the cartoons he directed for Warner Bros., ...

  8. May 10, 2024 · Robert Emerson Clampett Sr. (May 8, 1913 – May 2, 1984) was an American animator, director, producer, and puppeteer best known for his work at Warner Bros. for the Looney Tunes theatrical shorts. Clampett was first joined as part of the production team at Harmin-Ising Productions in 1931, and began working with its short subjects: Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.

  9. Robert Clampett (born May 8, 1913, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died May 5, 1984, Los Angeles) was one of the top directors at the Warner Bros. cartoon studio and the creator of the Beany and Cecil television series.. Clampett joined Leon Schlesinger’s fledgling animation unit on the Warner Bros. lot in 1933. In 1936 he became part of director Tex Avery’s innovative animation team ...

  10. Jan 5, 2017 · Bob Clampett was born a hundred miles south of the movie capital in San Diego California, but moved to Hollywood while still a toddler and lived next door to Charlie Chaplin (and his brother Syd). Clampett recalls seeing the filming of movies on the street and in the studios over the years ...