Tex Avery

Tex Avery
Tex Avery
Born	Frederick Bean Avery; February 26, 1908; Taylor, Texas, U.S.
Died	August 26, 1980 (aged 72); Burbank, California, U.S.
Resting place	Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills
Other names	Fred Avery; Texas Avery
Occupations	Animator, voice actor
Years active	1928–1980
Employers	Winkler Pictures (1928–1929); Walter Lantz Productions (1929–1935; 1953–1955); Leon Schlesinger Productions (1935–1941); Paramount Pictures (1941); MGM (1942–1953); Cascade Studios (1955–1978); Hanna-Barbera (1978–1980);
Spouse	Patricia Johnson (m. 1935; div. 1972)
Children	2

Frederick Bean "Tex" Avery (/ˈeɪvəri/; February 26, 1908 – August 26, 1980) was an American animator and voice actor. He was known for directing and producing animated cartoons during the golden age of American animation. His most significant work was for the Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, where he was crucial in the creation and evolution of famous animated characters such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd for Warner Bros. and Droopy, Butch Dog, Screwy Squirrel, The Wolf, Red Hot Riding Hood, and George and Junior for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

He gained influence for his technical innovation, directorial style, and brand of humor that appealed especially towards adults. Avery's attitude toward animation was opposite that of Walt Disney and other conventional family cartoons at the time. Avery's cartoons were known for their essentially darker, sarcastic, ironic, absurdist, irreverent, and sometimes sexual tone in nature. They focused on visual gags, meta humor, physically impossible gags, social satire, surrealist humor, rapid pacing, racial stereotypes, and violent slapstick occurring around brash, outlandish characters who broke the fourth wall, stating that cartoons are meant to do anything.