Writing

John W. Dunn

Born — Died

1919-02-25 — 1983-01-17

Place of birth

Coatbridge, Scotland, UK

Known for

Writing

Credits

40 titles

John William Dunn (1919–1983) was a Scottish screenwriter and cartoon animator, active from 1955 to 1983. Dunn began his career at the Walt Disney cartoon studio, where his first story credit—Man in Space—received an Oscar nomination. He moved to Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1960; there, he began with The Pied Piper of Guadalupe, which was also nominated for an Oscar. He and fellow Disney man David Detiege replaced Warner Bros. top writers Michael Maltese and Warren Foster after they went to Hanna Barbera to receive higher billing in the sixties. He usually worked under Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones' units. After the Warner's cartoon studio closed in 1963, Dunn joined DePatie-Freleng Enterprise…

Known for

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie poster
7.3

Bugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Tunes shorts and characters.

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

1981

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie poster
7.4

A collection of Warner Brothers short cartoon features, "starring" the likes of Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Wile E. Coyote. These animations are interspersed by Bugs Bunny reminiscing on past events and providing links between the individual animations which are otherwise unconnected. This 1979 feature-length compilation includes several of his best cartoons. Among the 11 shorts shown in their entirety are the classics "Robin Hood Daffy," "What's Opera, Doc?," "Bully for Bugs," and "Duck Amuck". The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Movie provides a showcase not only for Jones's razor-sharp timing, but for the work of his exceptional crew, which included designer Maurice Noble, writer Mike Maltese, composers Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn, and voice actor Mel Blanc.

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie

1979

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales poster
7.2

If Bugs Bunny were to direct his signature inquiry--"What's up, doc?"--toward the modern-day Warner Bros. creative team, he wouldn't be far off. For 1001 Rabbit Tales, they've doctored up a batch of classic cartoons featuring the carrot muncher and his bumbling comrades and bundled them, near seamlessly, into a feature-length film. Here's the premise: Bugs and Daffy, both book salesmen, are competing to sell the most copies of a kids' book. Instead of burrowing a beeline to his sales territory (he should have made a left at Albuquerque), Bugs ends up in the castle of Yosemite Sam, here a harem-leading honcho. Sam's pain-in-the-spurs son, Prince Abalaba, needs somebody to read him stories; Bugs, who'd sooner take the job than suffer the alternative, that involving being boiled in oil, signs on.

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

1982

Pink Pajamas poster
7.6

Night has fallen, and the Pink Panther is looking for a place to sleep. A flop house denies him access, but he fortunately finds a key on the ground that gives him entry to a man's home. The man, a drunk, arrives home after one of his binges and, casting eyes on the pink feline in his bed, thinks he's having an alcoholic hallucination so he calls Alcoholics Anonymous to send someone to help him quit drinking.

Pink Pajamas

1964

Yokahama Mama poster
5.3

Blue Racer finds out that the Japanese chicken in the local farm has laid an egg. Blue Racer wastes no time getting it. Unfortunatly, the egg's father is a champion fighting rooster and foiled his plans several times. In his final attempt, he trips the rooster, which, as a result, the egg rolled down to the ostrich farm. The rooster mistakes an ostrich egg as his and takes it home, only, it hatched. The chicken couple argues over it, in Japanese language. Blue Racer, watching the scene, tells the audience that this is the Be Kind to Egg week, "So take your egg out to dinner, or at breakfast."

Yokahama Mama

1972

No artwork available
10.0

Rattfink tries to steal cattle guarded by Roland, but one of the herd- a bull- keeps ruining Rattfink's plan. Meanwhile, Roland's horse, who hates Roland's music, keeps destroying his equipment he plays. NOTE: Last "Roland and Rattfink" cartoon.

Cattle Battle

1971

Behind the camera

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie poster
7.3

Bugs Bunny hosts an award show featuring several classic Looney Tunes shorts and characters.

The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie

1981

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie poster
7.4

A collection of Warner Brothers short cartoon features, "starring" the likes of Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and Wile E. Coyote. These animations are interspersed by Bugs Bunny reminiscing on past events and providing links between the individual animations which are otherwise unconnected. This 1979 feature-length compilation includes several of his best cartoons. Among the 11 shorts shown in their entirety are the classics "Robin Hood Daffy," "What's Opera, Doc?," "Bully for Bugs," and "Duck Amuck". The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Movie provides a showcase not only for Jones's razor-sharp timing, but for the work of his exceptional crew, which included designer Maurice Noble, writer Mike Maltese, composers Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn, and voice actor Mel Blanc.

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie

1979

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales poster
7.2

If Bugs Bunny were to direct his signature inquiry--"What's up, doc?"--toward the modern-day Warner Bros. creative team, he wouldn't be far off. For 1001 Rabbit Tales, they've doctored up a batch of classic cartoons featuring the carrot muncher and his bumbling comrades and bundled them, near seamlessly, into a feature-length film. Here's the premise: Bugs and Daffy, both book salesmen, are competing to sell the most copies of a kids' book. Instead of burrowing a beeline to his sales territory (he should have made a left at Albuquerque), Bugs ends up in the castle of Yosemite Sam, here a harem-leading honcho. Sam's pain-in-the-spurs son, Prince Abalaba, needs somebody to read him stories; Bugs, who'd sooner take the job than suffer the alternative, that involving being boiled in oil, signs on.

Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales

1982

Pink Pajamas poster
7.6

Night has fallen, and the Pink Panther is looking for a place to sleep. A flop house denies him access, but he fortunately finds a key on the ground that gives him entry to a man's home. The man, a drunk, arrives home after one of his binges and, casting eyes on the pink feline in his bed, thinks he's having an alcoholic hallucination so he calls Alcoholics Anonymous to send someone to help him quit drinking.

Pink Pajamas

1964

Yokahama Mama poster
5.3

Blue Racer finds out that the Japanese chicken in the local farm has laid an egg. Blue Racer wastes no time getting it. Unfortunatly, the egg's father is a champion fighting rooster and foiled his plans several times. In his final attempt, he trips the rooster, which, as a result, the egg rolled down to the ostrich farm. The rooster mistakes an ostrich egg as his and takes it home, only, it hatched. The chicken couple argues over it, in Japanese language. Blue Racer, watching the scene, tells the audience that this is the Be Kind to Egg week, "So take your egg out to dinner, or at breakfast."

Yokahama Mama

1972

No artwork available
10.0

Rattfink tries to steal cattle guarded by Roland, but one of the herd- a bull- keeps ruining Rattfink's plan. Meanwhile, Roland's horse, who hates Roland's music, keeps destroying his equipment he plays. NOTE: Last "Roland and Rattfink" cartoon.

Cattle Battle

1971

Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales poster
7.1

A TV movie special that compiles of a few Looney Tunes episodes centered around an episode of a Christmas Carol, with the part of Scrooge played by Yosemite Sam.

Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales

1979

Pinknic poster
6.6

The Pink Panther wakes up in a log cabin in January and has to avoid starving to death, and getting eaten by a starving mouse, before Spring

Pinknic

1967

Yankee Doodle Pink poster
5.6

During the American Revolution, the Pink Panther is sent to notify townsfolk that the Redcoats are coming. (Reissue of "Pinky Doodle" 1976).

Yankee Doodle Pink

1978

How Bugs Bunny Won the West poster
6.6

How Bugs Bunny Won the West is a Looney Tunes special that was released in 1978. This special was narrated by Denver Pyle. The special is available as a bonus feature on The Essential Bugs Bunny DVD set. It had a running time of 30 min.

How Bugs Bunny Won the West

1978

The Pink of Bagdad poster
5.4

An Indian fakir's magic rope falls in love with the Pink Panther's tail. (Reissue of "The Pink of Arabee" 1976).

The Pink of Bagdad

1978

Ape Suzette poster
8.5

Inspector Clouseau and Sergeant Deux-Deux's investigation into a stolen cargo of bananas takes them to a run-down waterfront apartment building, where they follow a trail of banana peels to the abode of a diminutive Cockney sailor and his impish ape. Clouseau doesn't see the ape, and when he is repeatedly punched through the floor by the ape, Clouseau thinks the stocky sailor has been the one hitting him. When he sees Deux-Deux easily subdue the sailor, Clouseau believes that Deux-Deux is a muscular power-house and declares the Sergeant his hero.

Ape Suzette

1966

Hare-Breadth Hurry poster
5.8

When Bugs Bunny takes the Road Runner's place in this Wile E. Coyote cartoon, the roles and rules become confused.

Hare-Breadth Hurry

1963

Star Pink poster
6.7

The Pink Panther operates a gas station for space ships, and ends up battling a space villain.

Star Pink

1978

Forty Pink Winks poster
5.8

Trying to find somewhere to sleep, the Pink Panther sneaks into the Ritz Plaza Hotel but has to avoid the hotel detective.

Forty Pink Winks

1975

Pink in the Drink poster
6.2

The Pink Panther is scammed by a South Sea cruise, which turns out to be a pirate trap. He is then forced to do the captain's orders.

Pink in the Drink

1978

Pink Lemonade poster
6.2

Taking refuge from the Dog Catcher in The Little Man's house, The Pink Panther pretends to be the daughter's latest soft toy and she fights over it with her brother.

Pink Lemonade

1978

Pink Paradise poster
6.8

The Pink Panther arrives on a desert island to discover a native and his dog. The dog gets suspicious and tries unsuccessfully to prove the panther's existence to his owner.

Pink Paradise

1967

Extinct Pink poster
5.7

Pink fights over a bone with a caveman and two dinosaurs.

Extinct Pink

1969

Little Boa Peep poster
6.8

Blue Racer becomes depressed when he realizes he's a hideous snake. When Dr. Owlsley-Hoot tells him that he is only what he thinks he is, Blue Racer decides to become a sheepdog, unaware of what a sheepdog actually is.

Little Boa Peep

1974

Napoleon Blown-Aparte poster
7.3

The Inspector ineffectually tries to protect the Commissioner from a mad bomber's revenge campaign.

Napoleon Blown-Aparte

1966

Pink and Shovel poster
5.8

The Pink Panther buries a $5 bill, and tries to get it back after a hotel is built on top of it.

Pink and Shovel

1978

Pink 8 Ball poster
7.2

The Pink Panther goes hot on the trail of a basketball with a mind of its own. This lands our hero into an assortment of predicaments.

Pink 8 Ball

1972

A Fly in the Pink poster
6.7

A scientifically-enhanced fruit fly attacks the Pink Panther's apples, and he decides to get revenge.

A Fly in the Pink

1971

Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat poster
8.4

Clouseau receives a tip that the elusive smuggler, Captain Clamity, who looks like a clam with eyes, arms, and legs, is laying anchor off the French coast. Clouseau and Sergeant Deux-Deux make a number of unsuccessful attempts to board Clamity's ship, with Clouseau going down to the sea bottom every time

Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat

1966

Pink Tuba-Dore poster
7.0

In the Alps, The Pink Panther's sleep is disturbed by a tuba player and his howling dog, and he decides to stop it.

Pink Tuba-Dore

1971

In the Pink poster
6.4

The Pink Panther joins a gym, but does not have luck getting into shape.

In the Pink

1967

Pink Press poster
6.2

As a Dailey Blabbermouth reporter, the Pink Panther tries to get past the security man and guard dog at Howard Huge's mansion.

Pink Press

1978

Pink-A-Rella poster
7.8

Pink finds a witch's magic wand and helps a girl in rags become glamorous to win a date with Pelvis Parsley.

Pink-A-Rella

1969

Pink Panther in Olym-pinks poster
6.7

The Pink Panther tries his paw at various winter sports, getting ready for the Lake Placid Olympic Games

Pink Panther in Olym-pinks

1980

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Pink poster
7.0

The Pink Panther buys a land lot atop a narrow mesa, and the house he builds blocks a nearby observatory's view of the Moon. At first, the short, pointy-nosed astronomer at the observatory zooms his huge telescope into the panther's window and believes the newspaper photo of a sexy woman being looked upon by the panther is an actual observation of life on the Moon, and he telephones the fantastic finding to his employers. The Pink Panther builds a brick wall to block the telescope's view, and the hostilities begin.

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Pink

1968

Smile Pretty, Say Pink poster
7.4

At Pinkstone National Park, the Panther heckles a nature photographer (Big Nose Man) and ultimately gets what's coming to him.

Smile Pretty, Say Pink

1966

Gold Struck poster
5.8

Everyone chickened out delivering bags of gold to Virginia City because to get there, you have to get past the Bad Land. Hoot decides to deliver it himself to the city. Hoot managed to get past the Bad Lands to a ghost town so Hoot decides to spend the night in the hotel, where a mischievous vampire trying to get the hands on the gold.

Gold Struck

1974

Pink S.W.A.T. poster
6.2

The Pink Panther attempts to get rid of a fly in his home.

Pink S.W.A.T.

1978

Mumbo Jumbo poster
10.0

The Ant's "lodge brothers" come to his rescue and thwart the Aardvark's nefarious plans.

Mumbo Jumbo

1970

Sky Blue Pink poster
6.1

The Pink Panther decides to construct and fly a kite

Sky Blue Pink

1968

Salmon Pink poster
6.5

The Pink Panther meets a friendly salmon at the beach and keeps him as a pet.

Salmon Pink

1975

Pink Bananas poster
5.7

The Pink Panther is living his best life in the jungle until he irritates a big gorilla. Only the music from a transistor radio can soothe the beast.

Pink Bananas

1978

Pet Pink Pebbles poster
7.2

The Pink Panther adopts a pet rock, who is more trouble than he is worth. (Reissue of "Rocky Pink" 1976).

Pet Pink Pebbles

1978

Pink Plasma poster
7.3

The Pink Panther accidentally stumbles into Transylvania, and eventually encounters Dracula.

Pink Plasma

1975