Directing
Eddie Donnelly
Known for
Directing
Credits
40 titles
Donnelly was a writer, director and animator for Disney, Terrytoons and Van Buren studios.
Known for
Yet another of John Foster's bug cartoons, much like Fly Hi and Fly Frolic ten years earlier. Boy Bug loses girl bug to big spider that invades a fly night club. This time there's cowboy flies on horsefly mounts.
Horsefly Opera
1941
Gandy Goose, now in the pest-extermination business takes the job of ridding his friend's house of mice. Everything he tries backfires on him and the goosey one is soon gone and the mice are still playing.
The Exterminator
1945
A Terrytoons cartoon released 19 March 1943. A World War II-themed story about how to save time and effort while building Victory ships in the naval yard. A collage of naval images is accompanied by Navy patriotic music.
Shipyard Symphony
1943
A moral story of being good to the little creatures with the Terry Bears.
Open House
1953
The tortoise and hare boys argue who would win a skating race, so overconfident daddy rabbit challenges daddy tortoise to a race he ultimately wins.
Ice Carnival
1941
6.5The boy mice of the village become hot rod fans and soon it isn't safe to walk the streets. Three cats seize up the situation and challenge the mice to a race, and then set a trap to catch them and make a meal. Truly a nefarious plot that calls for an intervention by Mighty Mouse.
Hot Rods
1953
Behind the camera
Yet another of John Foster's bug cartoons, much like Fly Hi and Fly Frolic ten years earlier. Boy Bug loses girl bug to big spider that invades a fly night club. This time there's cowboy flies on horsefly mounts.
Horsefly Opera
1941
Gandy Goose, now in the pest-extermination business takes the job of ridding his friend's house of mice. Everything he tries backfires on him and the goosey one is soon gone and the mice are still playing.
The Exterminator
1945
A Terrytoons cartoon released 19 March 1943. A World War II-themed story about how to save time and effort while building Victory ships in the naval yard. A collage of naval images is accompanied by Navy patriotic music.
Shipyard Symphony
1943
A moral story of being good to the little creatures with the Terry Bears.
Open House
1953
The tortoise and hare boys argue who would win a skating race, so overconfident daddy rabbit challenges daddy tortoise to a race he ultimately wins.
Ice Carnival
1941
6.5The boy mice of the village become hot rod fans and soon it isn't safe to walk the streets. Three cats seize up the situation and challenge the mice to a race, and then set a trap to catch them and make a meal. Truly a nefarious plot that calls for an intervention by Mighty Mouse.
Hot Rods
1953
6.3Heckle and Jeckle of the Northwest Unmounted Police pursue the dreaded outlaw, Powerful Pierre.
'Sno Fun
1951
Herman, a fat pig-man with a Herman Bing voice. He trades jobs with his wife and finds that cooking and taking care of kids is too difficult for a mere male. He concedes this to his wife, after the house has become a broken, wet shambles.
Housewife Herman
1938
Gandy and Sourpuss have been patching up their worn-out tires, due to wartime civilian restrictions on rubber. But finally they give out for the last time, and they seek out replacements at a garage.
Tire Trouble
1942
5.5A Terrytoons cartoon released 23 May 1951.
Injun Trouble
1951
A Terrytoons cartoon released 22 July 1951.
Little Problems
1951
Papa Bear gets extremely tired of his oversized dog Pago causing problems- so much that he is ready to execute him. Of course, he becomes soft-hearted and lets the dog go, only to be treated to another more frustrating experiences as a result of the antics of Pago and his three cubs.
Pet Problems
1954
8.0Oil Can Harry captures Mighty Mouse and traps him in the Mohave desert about to be eaten by vultures. Harry kidnaps Pearl Pureheart's father, the Colonel, ties him with a boulder and drops him off the Brooklyn Bridge and into the East river teeming with hungry crocodiles, then he goes after Pearl. The cops were too late to stop him as Harry absconds with Pearl. Meanwhile, Mighty Mouse breaks free and clobbers the vultures, rescues the colonel and his daughter and defeats Harry once again. Lots of singing in this operetta! This cartoon was produced in that old radio serial style, with the announcer setting the scene and interjecting throughout.
Triple Trouble
1948
Heckle and Jeckle, despite the animals falling in love all around, swear they won't. Of course, immediately after they say this, a pretty girl drops a hanky, and they fight over her. Jeckle hides in a gift box; Heckle nails Jeckle into a rocket, then mails him to Mexico. Jeckle returns with a bull. They both swear off dames, until, of course, another one walks by.
Rival Romeos
1950
A fun, tune-filled retelling of the legendary Christopher Columbus telling of the world being round, and going on his ocean voyage.
Chris Columbo
1938
A Terrytoons cartoon released 1 May 1942.
Tricky Business
1942
9.0Heckle and Jeckle read in the newspaper about a reward offered by a millionaire for the finder of his childhood sweetheart. Since they have a storehouse filled with any kind of costume, they decide to collect the money by convincing the millionaire that Jackle is his lost love, so Jeckle shows up disguised as a woman---or female of whatever species applied. JUst as Jeckle has about convinced the millionaire that he is a she and his long-lost sweetheart, a slew of impostors walk in with the same claim.
Blind Date
1953
9.0Heckle and Jeckle, the always-talking Magpies, kick this one off by stealing a bowl of bones from Soupbone, an old hound dog. Soupbone raises some objections that leads to a fracas or two, with all hands ending up in a nervous place, and the two birds trying to rescue Soupbone from a padded cell.
Magpie Madness
1948
8.0A Terrytoon cartoon.
Mopping Up
1943
After watching a television commercial, Papa Bear decides to take up gardening but has more than his share of problems. The little bears give him a bag of 'speedy-grow' in stead of weed-killer, and the weeds thrive and take over his garden. Worms are feasting on his tomato crop, and the anti-worm spray he uses engulfs him rather than the vines. Papa Bear, worn-out, in pain and bandaged, is in his easy-chair when the same commercial, that earlier had inspired him, comes on again, and the angry bear rips open the television set and throttles the announcer.
Growing Pains
1953
The tiny toy helicopter which all the little mice didn't think was worth bother with, comes to the rescue of a mouse that has been trapped by the cat. The helicopter saves the day and becomes a mouse-hero icon.
The Helicopter
1944
The feud between Little Roquefort and the cat gets increasingly intense with explosives and tanks.
Mouse Menace
1953
Heckel and Jeckel fly over a country estate and decide it would do just fine as a nesting ground for them, especially since it afforded a few luxuries they could take advantage of. But the Bulldog guardian of the grounds thinks otherwise and makes his objections know. They object to his objections by attacking him with the croquet mallets, pushing him into the swimming pool and several other objectionable ways the talking magpies could come up with.
The Intruders
1947
7.5When a Dutch wolf puts the snatch on a Dutch-damsel-in-distress, the Holland-visiting Might Mouse comes to her rescue. As always, the Super Mighty Mouse, has a few problems before the villain is dispatched, but comes though in the end. And then, just like Superman, with theme-song blaring, flies off to his next adventure as the Wolrd's Mightest Mouse.
Happy Holland
1952
7.0Gandy Goose reads a scary story just before lights out, and suddenly finds himself escorted to a house full of ghosts.
Lights Out
1942
NRWhen the little, cuddly, bouncy rabbits go freckling in the first snow of winter, the wily fox thinks his supper is in the bag. And, for a while it looks that way, but circumstances intervene and they get away. Not one to give-up easily, the hungry fox tries again, but this time Mighty Mouse, singing at the top of his lungs, interferes and the fox is forced to wave the white flag of defeat.
Mighty Mouse in the First Snow
1947
10.0A Terrytoon reworking of Jack and the Beanstalk, and the hen/goose that laid the golden eggs; here, the hen is a Jackpot that lays/produces golden coins, and swings a mean mallet in protecting Jack from the evil giant.
Beanstalk Jack
1946
The Terry-Bears hear howling and waken their father, who is also frightened. A big dog comes in, and the cubs want to keep it but Papa Bear kicks it outside. The kids get the dog back inside and Papa decides to get rid of it and takes it away in his car. A traffic-cop is knocked down and gives chase. Later, the Terry-Bears are happy when the dog returns on his own, wearing a policeman's cap, while Papa Bear is in court giving an explanation to a judge.
Nice Doggy
1952
A devious fox comes to a small farm and uses flattery to trick the ducks, chickens and roosters into coming with him, supposedly to compete at the County Fair. Dinky is desperate to come along, too, but the fox rejects the little black duck for the same reason all the other farm birds shun him: he's too small. Dinky, however, discovers that the fox has tricked all the birds into his cave. The fox has them caged and plans to roast them in his oven. It's up to the once-despised Dinky to come to the rescue.
Featherweight Champ
1953
6.0Cubby The Bear is a jockey and prepares to race....
Galloping Fanny
1933
The Terry Bears tries to enter a photo contest.
Snappy Snapshots
1952
Heckel and Jeckel are in Mexico and selling real-hot hot-tamales at the bullfight arena. When their customers are burned up after eating the tamales, the arena manager tries to throw the talking-magpies out but, in attempting to escape the wrath of the manager, the find themselves trapped in the ring with a ferocious bull. The only recourse is to fight the bull, albeit in many unorthodox ways.
Bulldozing the Bull
1951
Gandy Goose and his bullying, tormentor Cat buddy, are hunting in the jungle. The jungle birds and animals are irritated at being hunted (especially by an American goose and alley-cat), hold a counsel and devise ways and means to harass the unwelcome invaders. Gandy and Cat put up an inept fight and driven away.
Slap Happy Hunters
1941
A very tired lion comes to the rest farm operated by Mrs. Jones, a duck, badly in need of a long rest. (No, he doesn't eat Mrs. Jones.) First, Mrs. Duck Jones' goats eat his suitcase, followed by her rest-disturbing mishaps, and then he learns that the old dilapidated building he is in is inhabited by the ghosts of various animals. He departs the premises in a hurry.
Mrs. Jones' Rest Farm
1949
The talking magpies go to Africa to indulge in a bit of lion-hunting and, once there, they find a lion who has no desire to be hunted by two wise-cracking birds. Heckle almost meets his maker when Jeckle persuades him to serve as lion bait. The lion is deceived for a little while when they promise him a movie contract but the end finds the score about dead-even between the hunters and the huntee.
The Lion Hunt
1949
6.0Cubby The Bear takes his girlfriend to the park where a band plays and they go fishing.
Cubby's Picnic
1933
A fox family is starving, the father with a bandaged foot and crutch. Hunters and dogs roar through and start hunting down one of the fox boys, but he not only outwits them he steals a turkey dinner from the men.
Their Last Bean
1939
10.0In a little village in a far-away mythical country lives an old cobble and his dog. The old man can no longer make good shoes and they have fallen upon hard times until, one night, the dog hears noise in the workshop. He finds a band of merry elves making a beautiful pair of shoes. The cobbler believes his dog made them and spreads the news. The King hears about it and orders the cobble to have the dog make 500 pairs of shoes, as the King is as fond of shoes as a former first lady of the Philippines was. The elves come to the rescue, make the shoes, and the shoe-loving King is highly pleased and makes the old cobbler a rich man.
The Happy Cobblers
1952
7.0A young beaver who has run away from home learns a lesson about work and slothfulness when he attracts a wolf who wants to turn him into a fur coat.
Lazy Little Beaver
1947
5.0In the town of Nowhere, the main street is divided by a broad green line. The mice live on one side. The cats live on the other, and never cross over the line, until an evil spirit convinces one of the cats to cross the line. Chaos ensues until Mighty Mouse arrives to defeat the evil spirit cat in a battle in the sky. The evil spirit cat crashes to the ground and burns up in a flaming pile!
The Green Line
1944
