Maurice James Noble was an American animation production designer, background artist and layout designer whose contributions to the industry spanned more than 60 years. He was a long-time associate and right-hand man of animation director Chuck Jones, especially at Warner Bros. in the 1950s. His work contributed to such cartoon classics as Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century, What's Opera, Doc? and the Road Runner series.
Filmography[]
Layout Artist[]
- Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike (1944)
- A Lecture on Camouflage (1944)
- Gas (1944)
- It's Murder She Says (1945)
- Operation Snafu (1945)
- The Good Egg (Mr. Hook) (1945)
- Rabbit Seasoning (1952)
- Forward March Hare (1952)
- Kiss Me Cat (1952)
- Duck Amuck (1952) - U.S. National Film Registry selection
- Much Ado About Nutting (1953)
- Wild over You (1953)
- Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
- Bully for Bugs (1953)
- Zipping Along (1953)
- Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953)
- Punch Trunk (1953)
- From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (1953)
- Feline Frame-Up (1954)
- No Barking (1954)
- The Cats Bah (1954)
- Claws for Alarm (1954)
- Bewitched Bunny (1954)
- Stop! Look! And Hasten! (1954)
- My Little Duckaroo (1954)
- Sheep Ahoy (1954)
- Lumber Jack-Rabbit (1954)
- Ready.. Set.. Zoom! (1955)
- Two Scent's Worth (1955)
- Deduce, You Say (1956)
- To Hare Is Human (1956)
- 90 Day Wondering (1956)
- Scrambled Aches (1957)
- Ali Baba Bunny (1957)
- Go Fly a Kit (1957)
- Boyhood Daze (1957)
- Steal Wool (1957)
- What's Opera, Doc? (1957) - U.S. National Film Registry selection
- Ali Baba Bunny (1957)
- Zoom and Bored (1957)
- Touché and Go (1957)
- Drafty, Isn't It? (1957)
- Robin Hood Daffy (1958)
- Hare-Way to the Stars (1958)
- Whoa, Be-Gone! (1958)
- To Itch His Own (1958)
- Hip Hip- Hurry! (1958)
- Cat Feud (1958)
- Baton Bunny (1959)
- Who Scent You? (1960)
- Hopalong Casualty (1960)
- Ready, Woolen and Able (1960)
- High Note (1960) - Oscar nominee
- Zip 'n Snort (1961)
- The Mouse on 57th Street (1961)
- Lickety-Splat (1961)
- A Scent of the Matterhorn (1961)
- Compressed Hare (1961)
- Nelly's Folly (1961)
- Adventures of the Road-Runner (1962)
- Martian Through Georgia (1962)
- Woolen Under Where (1963)
- To Beep or Not to Beep (1963)
- Roadrunner a Go-Go (1965)
- Zip Zip Hooray! (1965)
- The Bugs Bunny Show Episode 5
- The Bugs Bunny Show Episode 13
- The Honey-Mousers (The Bugs Bunny Show)
- Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
Director[]
- Beep Prepared (1961) (co-director) - Oscar nominee
- Nelly's Folly (1961) (co-director) - Oscar nominee
- A Sheep in the Deep (1962) (co-director)
- Zoom at the Top (1962) (co-director)
- Louvre Come Back to Me! (1962) (co-director)
- Martian Through Georgia (1962) (co-director)
- I Was a Teenage Thumb (1963) (co-director)
- Now Hear This (1963) (co-director) - Oscar nominee
- Hare-Breadth Hurry (1963) (co-director)
- Mad as a Mars Hare (1963) (co-director)
- Transylvania 6-5000 (1963) (co-director)
- To Beep or Not to Beep (1963) (co-director)
- The Iceman Ducketh (1964) (co-director)
- War and Pieces (1964) (co-director)
Designer[]
- Woolen Under Where (1963)
