Frank Tashlin

Frank Tashlin
Born:	Francis Frederick Von Taschlein 19 February 1913 Weehawken, New Jersey
Died:	5 May 1972 (aged 59) Los Angeles, California
Cause of death:	Heart failure
Years active	1929 to 1972
Spouse:	Dorothy Hill (divorced) Mary Costa (divorced) Jean Deines
Children:	Christopher Tashlin Pamela Tashlin

Frank Tashlin (born Francis Fredrick Von Taschlein, 19 February 1913 - 5 May 1972) was an American animator, screenwriter, director and author.

Frank Tashlin started his career in the early 1930s while looking for a job after dropping out of high school. He was hired by Schlesinger, who welcomed his talents, where he would take over Jack King's unit. Tashlin directed several 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 live-action films; his unit was eventually taken over by Robert McKimson. His live-action film credentials include the Jayne Mansfield vehicle The Girl Can't Help It and most of Jerry Lewis' solo comedies.

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 theaters by MGM Animation/Visual Arts, directed by Chuck Jones.

Looney Works

Writer

• "A Corny Concerto" (1943)

Director

1.  "Porky's Poultry Plant" (1936)
2.  "Little Beau Porky" (1936)
3.  "Porky in the North Woods" (1936)
4.  "Porky's Road Race" (1937)
5.  "Porky's Romance" (1937)
6.  "Porky's Building" (1937)
7.  "Porky's Railroad" (1937) 
8.  "Speaking of the Weather" (1937) 
9.  "The Case of the Stuttering Pig" (1937)
10.  "Porky's Double Trouble" (1937)
11.  "The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos" (1937)
12.  "Porky at the Crocadero" (1938)
13.  "Now That Summer Is Gone" (1938) 
14.  "Porky the Fireman" (1938)
15.  "Have You Got Any Castles?" (1938)  
16.  "Porky's Spring Planting" (1938)
17.  "The Major Lied 'Til Dawn" (1938)
18.  "Wholly Smoke" (1938)
19.  "Cracked Ice" (1938)
20.  "Little Pancho Vanilla" (1938) 
21.  "You're an Education" (1938) 
22.  "Tokio Jokio" (1943)  (with Norman McCabe, uncredited)
23.  "Porky Pig's Feat" (1943) 
24.  "Scrap Happy Daffy" (1943) 
25. "The Goldbrick" (1943) 
26. "The Home Front" (1943) 
27.  "Puss n' Booty" (1943) 
28.  "I Got Plenty of Mutton" (1944)
29.  "Swooner Crooner" (1944)  
30.  "Brother Brat" (1944)
31. "Censored" (1944) 
32.  "Plane Daffy" (1944)
33.  "Booby Hatched" (1944) 
34. "Target Snafu" (1944) 
35.  "The Stupid Cupid" (1944) 
36.  "The Unruly Hare" (1945)
37.  "Behind the Meat-Ball" (1945) (uncredited)
38.  "Tale of Two Mice" (1945)  (with Robert McKimson, uncredited)
39.  "Nasty Quacks" (1945) (uncredited)
40.  "Hare Remover" (1946) (with Robert McKimson, uncredited)

Animator

• "I've Got to Sing a Torch Song" (1933) (uncredited)
• "Buddy's Beer Garden" (1933)
• "Honeymoon Hotel" (1934) (uncredited)

Characters Created

Petunia Pig

Hatta Mari

Lawyer Goodwill

Agnes

Agnes' Father

Fido

Homer Pigeon

Rudolph the Cat

Great-Great-Great-Great-Great-Uncle Dillingham Duck

Gallery

Frank as a young teenager

Frank with Tex Avery, Henry Binder, Leon Schlesinger, Ray Katz, and Friz Freleng

Frank with Norman Taurog (left) and Jerry Lewis (center)

Frank with his wife Mary Costa