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

Behind the camera

Clippety Clobbered poster
6.3

Wile E. Coyote uses a chemistry set to try and catch the Road Runner. He mixes chemicals to yield invisible paint...

Clippety Clobbered

1966

Chaser on the Rocks poster
6.4

Wile 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

The Spy Swatter poster
6.5

After 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

Beauty and the Beast poster
6.0

In 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

Magoo's Lodge Brother poster
9.0

Near-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

The Music Mice-Tro poster
5.6

Daffy 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

Merry Minstrel Magoo poster
9.0

Magoo thinks he’s entering a talent show but ends up at a dentist.

Merry Minstrel Magoo

1959

Magoo's Masquerade poster
3.3

The 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

Hairied and Hurried poster
6.1

Wile 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

Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner poster
7.4

Wile E. Coyote unsuccessfully tries to catch the Road Runner in a bird seed trap with overhead spikes.

Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner

1965

Quacker Tracker poster
6.5

The 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

The Solid Tin Coyote poster
6.8

Wile 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

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

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

Out and Out Rout poster
6.5

Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner using a skateboard, a hunting falcon, two doves tied to his feet.

Out and Out Rout

1966

Just Plane Beep poster
6.7

Wile E. Coyote builds a World War I bi-plane to chase the Road Runner.

Just Plane Beep

1965

Magoo's Private War poster
8.0

The 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

The Horse That Played Center Field poster
NR

The 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

Shot and Bothered poster
5.8

Wile 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

Tired and Feathered poster
6.4

Wile E. Coyote's latest misbegotten Road Runner-catching schemes include a propeller-powered backpack...

Tired and Feathered

1965

Boulder Wham! poster
6.4

The Coyote tries, with no success, to find a way across a gorge to reach the Road Runner on the other side.

Boulder Wham!

1965

The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy poster
10.0

Petey 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

Highway Runnery poster
5.8

Wile 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

No artwork available
7.0

Magoo is mistaken for a foreign spy.

Magoo’s Cruise

1958

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

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