Rudy Larriva with June Foray in the middle of the photo
Rudolph "Rudy" Larriva (12 February 1916 – 19 February 2010) was an American director and animator.
Born in Texas, Rudy worked at a number of animation studios, such as Filmation, Walt Disney Pictures, and Format Films, but is best known for his work at Warner Bros. Animation and The United Productions of America. During the early years of Chuck Jones' animation career, he was his top animator during the time Jones was his Disney wannabe self until he was drafted into World War II.
He had tried to get his job back as animator after the war, but failed due to Jones' unit being filled up with new hires. Rudy would not return to working on Looney Tunes again until 1965-1967, when he became the director of eleven Road Runner cartoon shorts that would go on to be dubbed as "The Larriva Eleven" by fans and animation historians.
Some of the cartoons he worked on include the Format Films Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, Song of the South, The Lone Ranger, Gerald McBoing Boing, Fangface, and The Alvin Show.
Rudy died at the age of 94 in Irvine, California.[1]
Looney Works[]
- Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner (1965)
- Tired and Feathered (1965)
- Boulder Wham! (1965)
- Just Plane Beep (1965)
- Hairied and Hurried (1965)
- Highway Runnery (1965)
- Chaser on the Rocks (1965)
- Shot and Bothered (1966)
- Out and Out Rout (1966)
- The Solid Tin Coyote (1966)
- Clippety Clobbered (1966)
- Quacker Tracker (1967)
- The Music Mice-Tro (1967)
- The Spy Swatter (1967)
