Blog Research Golden Age Animator

Tex Avery

Credited with creating Droopy, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Screwy Squirrel, Elmer Fudd and many more

Avery worked for MGM studios, Warner Bros. studios, Paramount studios and Walter Lantz studios

Elmer Fudd Development

 

Elmer Fudd's first appearance was in Egghead Rides Again (1937) known then as Egghead.


The current Elmer Fudd

As Egghead, he was teamed with Daffy Duck in Daffy Duck and Egghead (1938). He first emerges as Elmer Fudd in Elmer's Candid Camera (1941), with his contemporary appearance beginning to show in A Wild Hare (1940). Over this time, his nose was reduced in size, his head became larger and changed clothes to reflect his primary role as a hunter and foil to Bugs Bunny


A still from Elmer's Candid Camera, with both Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny's earlier appearances