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Gerry

Germain Adolph Chiniquy (23 June 1912 - 22 November 1989) was a director, animator, and actor in Warner Brothers cartoons. Aside from Looney Tunes, he animated on The Incredible Mr. Limpet, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear, The Pink Panther, Muppet Babies, and What's New, Mr. Magoo?

Looney Works[]

Actor[]

In 1940's "You Ought to Be in Pictures", Chiniquy played the Movie Director, whom Porky Pig upset after he sneezed on a movie set.

Director[]

At Warner Brothers, Chiniquy directed two cartoons in 1964, "Dumb Patrol" and "Hawaiian Aye Aye". He also co-directed the three shorts of Daffy Duck's Easter Show; all of which are only properly credited on singular prints that has aired past the 1990s. The rest of his directing credits were outside of the traditional Looney Tunes spectrum, at DePatie-Freleng studios, directing a lot of Pink Panther, The Inspector, and The Ant and the Aardvark shorts.

Also see Category:Cartoons directed by Gerry Chiniquy.

Animator[]

Chiniquy's first cartoon he animated at Warner Brothers was 1940's "Little Blabbermouse" for Friz Freleng's unit. His first on-screen credit was for Freleng's 1941 cartoon "Sport Chumpions". He animated Bugs Bunny's scenes in Two Guys from Texas and My Dream Is Yours, as well as the 1963 TV pilot "Philbert". The only major animation unit Chiniquy worked on at Warner was Freleng's, but he did animate on Hawley Pratt's 1964 cartoon "Señorella and the Glass Huarache". He also animated a lot of 1970s/1980s Looney Tunes TV specials/movies.

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