Rudy Larriva
Directing
- Born
- February 12, 1916 · El Paso, Texas, USA
- Died
- February 19, 2010 (age 94)
Rudolph "Rudy" Larriva (February 12, 1916 – February 19, 2010) was an American animator and director from the 1940s to the 1980s.
Larriva worked at a number of studios, including Format Films, Filmation, and Walt Disney Productions, but is best known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons and UPA. He was an animator in Chuck Jones' unit, starting in 1939 with the short Dog Gone Modern. He later animated for shorts like Elmer's Pet Rabbit and Porky's Cafe. Larriva was considered by Jones to be his top animator in the late 1930s and early 1940s, where he particularly delivered Disney-quality animation.
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Some of the productions he worked on include the 1965-1967 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons for Format Films, Song of the South, Mr. Magoo (the first short, "The Ragtime Bear"), Gerald McBoing Boing, Fangface, The Alvin Show and The Lone Ranger. He was also the animation director of The Twilight Zone opening titles for 1959–1960.
He died in Irvine, California on February 19, 2010, aged 94.
[biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Known for
Song of the South
November 20, 1946
Gerald McBoing-Boing
November 2, 1950
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
April 22, 1939
Super-Rabbit
April 3, 1943
Old Glory
July 1, 1939
Prest-O Change-O
March 25, 1939
My Favorite Duck
December 5, 1942
When Magoo Flew
January 6, 1954
Magoo's Puddle Jumper
July 26, 1956
The Aristo-Cat
June 18, 1943
1001 Arabian Nights
December 1, 1959
Shot and Bothered
January 8, 1966
Behind the camera62
- 1984We Think the World Is Round Director
- 1983Beauty and the Beast Director
- 1980The Puppy's Amazing Rescue Director
- 1979The Incredible Detectives Director
- 1979The Horse That Played Center Field Director
- 1979Weep No More, My Lady Director
- 1979The Puppy's Great Adventure Director
- 1978The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy Director
- 1973The Weird Harold Special Sequence Supervisor
- 1967