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Frank Tashlin (born Francis Fredrick Von Taschlein, February 19, 1913 - May 5, 1972) was an American animator, screenwriter, director and author. He was best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated shorts for Warner Bros., as well as his work as a director of live-action comedy films.

Frank Tashlin started his career in 1929 at Fleischer Studios as a cel washer after looking for a job via dropping high school. He was hired by Schlesinger, who welcomed his talents. Tashlin directed a lot of Porky films back in the 30s and 40s and most of the Merrie Melodies from 1937-38. He first quit in 1938 after a dispute with a worker, and after he refused to show Schlesinger some of his new comics, causing his unit at the time to be taken over by Chuck Jones. He would return to Warner Bros. in 1942 using Bob Clampett's and Norman McCabe's old unit, directing the last set of black-and-white Looney Tunes cartoons. His last cartoon was "Hare Remover", for which he was uncredited in the short, as he left Warner Bros in 1944 to direct some live-action films, specifically the Jayne Mansfield vehicle The Girl Can't Help It and most of Jerry Lewis' solo comedies, and his unit was eventually taken over by Robert McKimson.

In 1946, Tashlin published a children's book, The Bear That Wasn't. About twenty years after the book was released, the story was adapted for television by MGM Animation Studios, directed by Chuck Jones.

Filmography[]

Year Film Position
1933 Buddy's Day Out animator - uncredited
I've Got to Sing a Torch Song animator - uncredited
Buddy's Beer Garden animator
Buddy's Show Boat animator - uncredited
Sittin' on a Backyard Fence animator - uncredited
1934 Pettin' in the Park animator - uncredited
Honeymoon Hotel animator - uncredited
1936 Porky's Poultry Plant director
Little Beau Porky director
Porky in the North Woods director
1937 Porky's Road Race director
Porky's Romance director
Porky's Building director
Porky's Railroad director
Speaking of the Weather director
The Case of the Stuttering Pig director
Porky's Double Trouble director
The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos director
1938 Porky at the Crocadero director
Now That Summer Is Gone director
Porky the Fireman director
Have You Got Any Castles? director
Porky's Spring Planting director
The Major Lied 'Til Dawn director
Wholly Smoke director
Cracked Ice director
Little Pancho Vanilla director
You're an Education director
1943 Porky Pig's Feat director
Scrap Happy Daffy director
A Corny Concerto story
The Goldbrick director - uncredited
The Home Front director - uncredited
Puss n' Booty director
1944 I Got Plenty of Mutton director
Swooner Crooner director
Brother Brat director
Censored director - uncredited
Plane Daffy director
Booby Hatched director
Target Snafu director - uncredited
The Stupid Cupid director
1945 The Unruly Hare director
Behind the Meat-Ball director - uncredited
Tale of Two Mice director - uncredited
Nasty Quacks director - uncredited
1946 Hare Remover director - uncredited

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