Robert Cannon

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-07-16 (55 years old)

Deathday

1964-06-09

Place of Birth

Ohio, USA

Robert Cannon

Biography

Robert Cannon (July 16, 1909 - June 9, 1964) was an American animator. Robert 'Bobo' Cannon was born in Ohio. Not much is known about his early life, including the city he was born in. He began his animation career at Leon Schlesinger Productions in 1934, assisting ace animators Robert Clampett and Chuck Jones. After a two-year apprenticeship, he graduated to full animator. Cannon became an integral part of that anarchic Warner Brothers in-house cartoon outfit, known as 'Termite Terrace' (due to its cramped and austere quarters). In the process, he labored on such iconic Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters as Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, ...

Production

1950

1944

1950

1951

1953

The Girl Next Door

as Animation Director

1954

Fudget's Budget

as Director

1953

1936

Page Miss Glory

as Animation

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Catching Clouds

as Director of Photography

1952

The Oompahs

as Director

1936

Milk and Money

as Animation

1986

The Cosmic Eye

as Animation

1952

Madeline

as Director

1956

The Jaywalker

as Director

1954

Ballet-Oop

as Director

1951

1954

1945

1952

Willie the Kid

as Director

1951

1960

1951

Peter Cottontail

as Director

1943

Wackiki Wabbit

as Animation

1959

Moonbird

as Animation

1958

1941

Meet John Doughboy

as Animation

1941

1949

Bailing Out

as Director

1942

1957

1957

1943

1937

Porky's Duck Hunt

as Animation

1958

The Tender Game

as Animation

1941

Toy Trouble

as Animation

1954

Tune in Tomorrow

as Director

1954

Ballet-Oop

as Story

1937

1940

1961

Shrimp

as Animation

1939

Porky's Picnic

as Animation

1956

Millionaire Droopy

as Animation

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