Gerry Chiniquy

Visual Effects

Gerry Chiniquy

Born 1912-06-23 · Kankakee, Illinois, USA

Germain Adolph "Gerry" Chiniquy (pronounced "CHIN-nick-ee") (June 23, 1912—November 22, 1989) was an American animator. He is best known for his work with Friz Freleng, at both Warner Bros. and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. Chiniquy joined Freleng's animation team in the early 1940s. His work can best be seen in the many dance numbers that Freleng liked to use in his shorts. As crew members working on Golden Age Warner Bros. cartoons were seldom credited, Chiniquy and the other animators would often add their names into the backgrounds of cartoons. Chiniquy's name can be seen in Bugs Bunny Rides Again (1948); look for "G. Chiniquy, Blacksmith" painted on a rooftop. Chiniquy also made a cameo appearance in the live action portion of You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940), as the director calling for "Quiet on the set!" Names of several Depatie-Freleng workers appear in The Barkleys' (NBC, 1972) episode "Lib and Let Lib", as bus passengers complimenting Agnes Barkley on her bus driving. After Chiniquy followed Freleng to DFE, he was promoted to director. Chiniquy directed many of the theatrical Pink Panther and The Ant and the Aardvark shorts.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

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

Dumb Patrol poster
5.7

Biplane battles over France in World War I between Bugs and Baron (Yosemite) Sam Von Shamm.

Dumb Patrol

1964

Pink Daddy poster
6.3

The stork gets lost in a thunderstorm, and delivers a baby alligator to the Pink Panther at the wrong address.

Pink Daddy

1978

Pink Pictures poster
6.6

The Pink Panther decides to become an amateur photographer, but the local wildlife are not cooperative.

Pink Pictures

1978

Therapeutic Pink poster
6.6

The Pink Panther tries to get a dog removed from his tail at the hospital.

Therapeutic Pink

1977

String Along in Pink poster
6.0

The Pink Panther follows a very long piece of string.

String Along in Pink

1979

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

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

Pinkologist poster
6.0

The Little Man visits a psychiatrist, having been driven to insanity by the Pink Panther.

Pinkologist

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

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

Deviled Yeggs poster
10.0

A take off on The Godfather with canines in the roles of the Corleone family.

Deviled Yeggs

1974

Yogi's First Christmas poster
6.8

Businesswoman Sophie Throckmorton plans to sell the Jellystone Lodge, devastating the regular guests – including Huckleberry Hound, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy, and Snagglepuss – and it's up to Ranger Smith, manager Mr. Dingwell, and the newly awake Yogi, Boo Boo and Cindy keep the Christmas spirit alive amidst the mischievous attempts of two villains to ruin the fun.

Yogi's First Christmas

1980

Medicur poster
8.0

Rocky McSnarl breaks out of prison and swears revenge on Dogfather, so he hide out in a hospital as a patient. However, Rocky finds out where he is and gets a job as a nurse at that same hospital. Last "Dogfather" cartoon.

Medicur

1976

Odd Ant Out poster
10.0

A grocery truck loses a shipment of chocolate-covered ants. The Aardvark and another green aardvark fight over a can of ants, which they can't seem to open.

Odd Ant Out

1970

Carte Blanched poster
7.3

On his day off work, Inspector Clouseau goes grocery shopping. On leaving the store, he thoughtlessly takes his shopping cart with him and is chided by a narrator for having committed theft and broken the law! Clouseau tries to return the cart to the store but sees a policeman on patrol and, spooked, runs in the opposite direction with the cart. Prodded by the narrator into feeling guilty and fearful of arrest, Clouseau makes several attempts to lose the cart, but it keeps coming back to him! NOTE: Last "Inspector" cartoon.

Carte Blanched

1969

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

Plastered in Paris poster
7.5

The Surete Commissioner orders Inspector Clouseau and Sergeant Deux-Deux to track a mysterious and elusive Monsieur X. Using a submarine, an army tank, and mountaineering equipment, they chase Monsieur X all the way to Africa, where they encounter him in the Sahara Desert and at Mount Kilimanjaro. After a series of painful mishaps, they concede defeat in the strenuous and perilous chase and return to Surete headquarters, where Monsieur X is revealed to be the Surete's new physical training instructor!

Plastered in Paris

1966

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

Put-Put, Pink poster
6.3

The Pink Panther turns his hand to building a motorcycle, but mayhem ensues whenever he goes for a drive.

Put-Put, Pink

1968

The Shooting of Caribou Lou poster
9.5

When working with the Mounties, The Inspector becomes the prisoner of the ever alert fugitive, Caribou Lou.

The Shooting of Caribou Lou

1967

Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies poster
6.5

Easter-themed showcase of classic Warner Bros. cartoons, hosted by Bugs Bunny and Granny.

Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies

1977

Salmon Pink poster
6.5

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

Salmon Pink

1975

Heist and Seek poster
9.0

A take off on The Godfather with canines in the roles of the Corleone family.

Heist and Seek

1974