Directing
Rudy Larriva
Born — Died
1916-02-12 — 2010-02-19
Place of birth
El Paso, Texas, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
28 titles
Rudolph "Rudy" Larriva (February 12, 1916 – February 19, 2010) was an American animator and director from the 1940s to the 1980s. Larriva worked at a number of studios, including Format Films, Filmation, and Walt Disney Productions, but is best known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons and UPA. He was an animator in Chuck Jones' unit, starting in 1939 with the short Dog Gone Modern. He later animated for shorts like Elmer's Pet Rabbit and Porky's Cafe. Larriva was considered by Jones to be his top animator in the late 1930s and early 1940s, where he particularly delivered Disney-quality animation. Some of the productions he worked on include the 1965-1967 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies…
Known for
6.3Wile E. Coyote uses a chemistry set to try and catch the Road Runner. He mixes chemicals to yield invisible paint...
Clippety Clobbered
1966
6.4Wile E. Coyote is both thirsty and hungry in this one. He keeps seeing mirages of oases in the desert as he chases the Road Runner.
Chaser on the Rocks
1965
6.5After a mouse scientist invents a cheese than can strengthen mice to defeat cats, Daffy Duck is ordered to stop Speedy Gonzales before he can deliver the formula.
The Spy Swatter
1967
6.0In order to save the life of her father, Beauty agrees to stay forever in the Beast's castle, not realizing he is really a handsome prince who is under the spell of a fairy.
Beauty and the Beast
1983
9.0Near-sighted Mr. Magoo is on his way to his lodger-convention and latches onto a robber, whom he thinks is his room-mate. He winds up in the den of the thief thinking he is in his convention hotel room. He proceeds to toss around in fun dynamite, hand-grenades and bombs until the crook is knocked out and captured by the police. Magoo becomes a hero.
Magoo's Lodge Brother
1959
5.6Daffy Duck falls victim to being tormented by Speedy Gonzales and two other mice who form a band and wants to put a stop to it.
The Music Mice-Tro
1967
Behind the camera
6.3Wile E. Coyote uses a chemistry set to try and catch the Road Runner. He mixes chemicals to yield invisible paint...
Clippety Clobbered
1966
6.4Wile E. Coyote is both thirsty and hungry in this one. He keeps seeing mirages of oases in the desert as he chases the Road Runner.
Chaser on the Rocks
1965
6.5After a mouse scientist invents a cheese than can strengthen mice to defeat cats, Daffy Duck is ordered to stop Speedy Gonzales before he can deliver the formula.
The Spy Swatter
1967
6.0In order to save the life of her father, Beauty agrees to stay forever in the Beast's castle, not realizing he is really a handsome prince who is under the spell of a fairy.
Beauty and the Beast
1983
9.0Near-sighted Mr. Magoo is on his way to his lodger-convention and latches onto a robber, whom he thinks is his room-mate. He winds up in the den of the thief thinking he is in his convention hotel room. He proceeds to toss around in fun dynamite, hand-grenades and bombs until the crook is knocked out and captured by the police. Magoo becomes a hero.
Magoo's Lodge Brother
1959
5.6Daffy Duck falls victim to being tormented by Speedy Gonzales and two other mice who form a band and wants to put a stop to it.
The Music Mice-Tro
1967
9.0Magoo thinks he’s entering a talent show but ends up at a dentist.
Merry Minstrel Magoo
1959
3.3The near-sighted Mr. Magoo is on his way to take a French ballet star to a ball, but he makes a wrong turn and ends up escorting an ostrich, a zoo fugitive, in her place. A detective becomes suspicious, as well he might, when the ostrich becomes attached to some of the guest's jewels. Magoo finally takes his date home and he suspects that she would like for him to call again.
Magoo's Masquerade
1957
6.1Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner and hopes, without success, to catch his prey using such schemes as a snow-making machine.
Hairied and Hurried
1965
7.4Wile E. Coyote unsuccessfully tries to catch the Road Runner in a bird seed trap with overhead spikes.
Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner
1965
6.5The Tooth & Nail Hunting Society is offering a reward to anyone who can bag their only missing trophy, Speedy Gonzales. Daffy's just the fool to do it. Daffy tries telling Speedy his shotgun is a telescope, but Speedy convinces Daffy to look. Daffy tries a snare, but it doesn't work until he steps into it to figure out what's wrong. An exploding girl mouse doll keeps finding its way back to Daffy. Daffy disguises himself as a giant enchilada, but the mice squirt hot sauce on him. Finally, Daffy rides a rocket, but ends up running into a train which throws him right back through the hunting society's roof.
Quacker Tracker
1967
6.8Wile E. Coyote uses scrap metal from a dump to build a huge mechanical robot in his own image and uses it to chase the Road Runner.
The Solid Tin Coyote
1966
Skeeter (voiced by Jeremy Lawrence), a young Mississippi boy, adopts a courageous dog named My Lady and together they challenge the dangers of a scary swamp when they are both held prisoner by a vengeful man.
Weep No More, My Lady
1979
The Christopher Columbus story told from the points-of-view of the ships. Sterling Holloway, who voices Winnie the Pooh, is Pegleg Pelican. Who "discovers" a country that is already inhabited? Not Columbus, not the Vikings, but Pooh Bear.
We Think the World Is Round
1984
6.5Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner using a skateboard, a hunting falcon, two doves tied to his feet.
Out and Out Rout
1966
6.7Wile E. Coyote builds a World War I bi-plane to chase the Road Runner.
Just Plane Beep
1965
8.0The near-sighted Mr. McGoo takes his duties as an Air Raid Warden, in the civil-defense, cold-war/iron curtain days of the 1950s, seriously. When he stumbles across the premiere of a new science-fiction movie at a theatre, he thinks his town has just been invaded by outer-space aliens. He takes the on-screen activities as part of the attack and goes through all the civil-defense steps to save the audience.
Magoo's Private War
1957
NRThe New York Goats cannot seem to win a single game of baseball. That is, until Oscar the Horse joins their team.
The Horse That Played Center Field
1979
5.8Wile E. Coyote uses suction cups, a tennis net, TNT sticks on a rope, a skateboard, helium gas, and a bomb in his unsuccessful attempts to catch the Road Runner.
Shot and Bothered
1966
6.4Wile E. Coyote's latest misbegotten Road Runner-catching schemes include a propeller-powered backpack...
Tired and Feathered
1965
6.4The Coyote tries, with no success, to find a way across a gorge to reach the Road Runner on the other side.
Boulder Wham!
1965
10.0Petey the puppy (voiced by Todd Turquand) goes through a series of harrowing adventures as he sets out to the city to adopt a boy of his own.
The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy
1978
5.8Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner around an old jalopy that starts up and runs him over, with the Road Runner at the wheel.
Highway Runnery
1965
Magoo is mistaken for a foreign spy.
Magoo’s Cruise
1958
Petey (voiced by Sparky Marcus), after suffering a memory loss, finds fame as a performer, which saves the fortunes of a struggling family circus.
The Puppy Saves the Circus
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Petey (voiced by Bryan Scott) is determined to prove he is an individual when his new owner is adopted by parents who do not like dogs.
The Puppy's Great Adventure
1979
A trio of pets – Reggie, a bulldog (voiced by Laurie Main); Madame Cheng, a Siamese cat (voiced by Marlene Aragon); and Hennessy, a crow (voiced by Frank Welker) – join forces to rescue their kidnapped master.
The Incredible Detectives
1979
Petey (voiced by Bryan Scott) and Dolly (voiced by Nancy McKeon) have to outwit poachers, a hungry bear and a hawk to rescue their humans from an avalanche while celebrating Tommy's birthday at his parents' mountain cabin.
The Puppy's Amazing Rescue
1980
