Tedd Pierce Net Worth
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Tedd Pierce (August 12, 1906 – February 19, 1972) was an American animated cartoon writer, animator and artist. Pierce spent the majority of his career as a writer for the Warner Bros. "Termite Terrace" animation studio, working alongside fellow luminaries such as Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese. Pierce also worked as a writer at Fleischer Studios from 1939 to 1941. Jones credited Pierce in his 1989 autobiography Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist as being the inspiration for the character Pepé Le Pew, the haplessly romantic French skunk due to Pierce's self-proclamation that he was a ladies' man.In early credits he was shown as "Ted Pierce". He was said to have added an extra "d" to his name as a way of lampooning puppeteer Bil Baird when he dropped one of the Ls from his first name.He contributed (with Bill Danch) the story of the 1962 Tom and Jerry cartoon Tall in the Trap, directed by Gene Deitch. Originally the cartoon would have starred Sylvester the cat and Speedy Gonzales and would have been directed by Robert McKimson. However, McKimson disapproved of the storyline, and decided not to use it. Instead, Pierce sold it to Danch and Deitch, who were desperately looking for suitable storylines for Tom and Jerry.In his Warners career, Pierce worked with three of the three best-known Warner animation directors (Jones, McKimson and Friz Freleng). He contributed many notable storylines for all three of them, including Freleng's Hare Do (1949), Bad Ol' Putty Tat (1949), Bunker Hill Bunny (1950) and Big House Bunny (1950); Jones' Hare Tonic (1945, an early success for both of them) and Broom-Stick Bunny (1956); and McKimson's Hillbilly Hare (1950), Lovelorn Leghorn (1951) and Cat-Tails for Two (1953), the last of which was Speedy Gonzales' first appearance. However, because much of Pierce's Termite Terrace career was spent with McKimson's unit (McKimson considered the least-known Warners animation director), it would follow that Pierce was generally overshadowed by his contemporaries as story writers at Warners, Warren Foster and Maltese.Pierce also got occasional voice work in the cartoons. Pierce gave voice to King Bombo in Gulliver's Travels (1939), and the villainous C. Bagley Beetle in Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941), in addition to writing on those films. He imitated Bud Abbott in three Warner cartoons casting Abbott and Costello as alley cats Babbit and Catstello. Pierce also voiced the "tall, thin" character in Wackiki Wabbit (1943, which he wrote for Jones), and the French chef François in French Rarebit (1951, which he wrote for McKimson). In addition, in a few cartoons containing Jones' Hubie and Bertie, Bertie's voice was Pierce; Hubie was voiced by Mike Maltese. Thereafter they were voiced by the principal voice actor, Mel Blanc, and Stan Freberg, who had also voiced secondary Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies duos such as the Goofy Gophers and Spike the Bulldog and Chester the Terrier.Tedd Pierce's o Date Of Birth | August 12, 1906 |
Died | 1972-02-19 |
Profession | Writer, Actor, Music Department |
Nationality | American |
Star Sign | Leo |
# | Fact |
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1 | Writer and voice actor who worked in McKimson's unit at Warner Brothers (Looney Tunes). |
2 | In 1936, he served as president of an animator's union (mainly in protest to poor salaries) which held secret meetings at the El Coyote restaurant on Melrose Boulevard. |
3 | His personal habits (especially late-night partying and coming to work hung-over) gave rise to Chuck Jones lampooning Pierce by creating the character of Pepe Le Pew. |
4 | Said to have added a second "D" to his first name in the late 1930s in order to correct the imbalance created when puppeteer Bil Baird took the second "L" off his name. |
Writer
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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September in the Rain | 1937 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
The Lyin' Mouse | 1937 | Short story | |
The Looney Tunes Show | 2011-2012 | TV Series characters - 7 episodes | |
Daffy Duck's Quackbusters | 1988 | story - segments "The Prize Pest", "The Abominable Snow Rabbit" | |
The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show | 1986 | TV Series 1986 | |
Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island | 1983 | stories: classic cartoons | |
Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales | 1982 | stories: classic cartoons | |
Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television | 1982 | TV Movie stories: classic cartoons | |
The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie | 1981 | stories: classic cartoons | |
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special | 1980 | TV Short stories: classic cartoons | |
The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special | 1980 | TV Movie stories: classic cartoons | |
Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet | 1979 | TV Short stories: classic cartoons | |
Bugs Bunny's Valentine | 1979 | TV Short writer | |
How Bugs Bunny Won the West | 1978 | TV Short | |
The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show | 1978 | TV Series multiple episodes | |
Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special | 1977 | TV Short stories: classic cartoons | |
The Bugs Bunny Show | 1960-1971 | TV Series stories - 6 episodes | |
Mucho Locos | 1966 | Short uncredited | |
Hawaiian Aye Aye | 1964 | Short story | |
Freudy Cat | 1964 | Short story | |
Case of the Cold Storage Yegg | 1963 | Short writer | |
Crowin' Pains | 1962 | Short story | |
Tall in the Trap | 1962 | Short story | |
The Slick Chick | 1962 | Short story | |
Phoney Express | 1962 | Short story | |
Rocket Racket | 1962 | Short | |
Popeye the Sailor | 1960-1962 | TV Series 8 episodes | |
Case of the Red-Eyed Ruby | 1961 | Short story | |
The Alvin Show | 1961 | TV Series story - 1961 | |
Voo-Doo Boo-Boo | 1961 | Short story | |
The Abominable Snow Rabbit | 1961 | Short story | |
Strangled Eggs | 1961 | Short story | |
Hoppy Daze | 1961 | Short story | |
Cannery Woe | 1961 | Short story | |
The Dick Tracy Show | 1961 | TV Series story - 1 episode | |
Dog Gone People | 1960 | Short story | |
The Dixie Fryer | 1960 | Short story | |
Mice Follies | 1960 | Short story | |
Crockett-Doodle-Do | 1960 | Short story | |
Wild Wild World | 1960 | Short story | |
West of the Pesos | 1960 | Short story | |
Mister Magoo | 1960 | TV Series story - 1 episode | |
People Are Bunny | 1959 | Short story | |
Bonanza Bunny | 1959 | Short story | |
Cat's Paw | 1959 | Short story | |
Backwoods Bunny | 1959 | Short story | |
A Mutt in a Rut | 1959 | Short story | |
The Mouse That Jack Built | 1959 | Short story | |
China Jones | 1959 | Short story | |
Mouse-Placed Kitten | 1959 | Short story | |
Gopher Broke | 1958 | Short story | |
Pre-Hysterical Hare | 1958 | Short story | |
Weasel While You Work | 1958 | Short uncredited | |
Dog Tales | 1958 | Short story | |
Now, Hare This | 1958 | Short story | |
Feather Bluster | 1958 | Short story | |
Tortilla Flaps | 1958 | Short story | |
Don't Axe Me | 1958 | Short story | |
Mouse-Taken Identity | 1957 | Short story | |
Ducking the Devil | 1957 | Short story | |
Tabasco Road | 1957 | Short story | |
Boston Quackie | 1957 | Short story | |
Cheese It, the Cat! | 1957 | Short story | |
Bedevilled Rabbit | 1957 | Short story | |
The Honey-Mousers | 1956 | Short story | |
Two Crows from Tacos | 1956 | Short story | |
Wideo Wabbit | 1956 | Short story | |
The Slap-Hoppy Mouse | 1956 | Short story | |
Raw! Raw! Rooster! | 1956 | Short story | |
Half-Fare Hare | 1956 | Short story | |
Barbary-Coast Bunny | 1956 | Short story | |
Stupor Duck | 1956 | Short story | |
Mixed Master | 1956 | Short story | |
Rocket Squad | 1956 | Short story | |
Broom-Stick Bunny | 1956 | Short story | |
The High and the Flighty | 1956 | Short story | |
Weasel Stop | 1956 | Short story | |
Bugs' Bonnets | 1956 | Short story | |
Knight-Mare Hare | 1955 | Short story | |
Feather Dusted | 1955 | Short story | |
Destination Magoo | 1954 | Short story treatment | |
Kangaroo Courting | 1954 | Short story | |
Fudget's Budget | 1954 | Short story | |
The Fifty-First Dragon | 1954 | Short screenplay | |
Little Boy Boo | 1954 | Short story | |
Bell Hoppy | 1954 | Short story | |
Design for Leaving | 1954 | Short story | |
Wild Wife | 1954 | Short story | |
Bringing Up Mother | 1954 | Short story | |
When Magoo Flew | 1954 | Short story | |
Cats A-Weigh! | 1953 | Short story | |
Magoo Slept Here | 1953 | Short story | |
Easy Peckin's | 1953 | Short story | |
Cat-Tails for Two | 1953 | Short story | |
Plop Goes the Weasel | 1953 | Short story | |
Magoo's Masterpiece | 1953 | Short story | |
There Auto Be a Law | 1953 | Short story | |
Safety Spin | 1953 | Short story | |
Muscle Tussle | 1953 | Short story | |
A Peck o' Trouble | 1953 | Short story | |
Upswept Hare | 1953 | Short story | |
Fool Coverage | 1952 | Short story | |
Rabbit's Kin | 1952 | Short story | |
The Super Snooper | 1952 | Short story | |
The EGGcited Rooster | 1952 | Short story | |
Hoppy-Go-Lucky | 1952 | Short story | |
Oily Hare | 1952 | Short story | |
The Turn-Tale Wolf | 1952 | Short story | |
Sock a Doodle Do | 1952 | Short story | |
Kiddin' the Kitten | 1952 | Short story | |
Thumb Fun | 1952 | Short story | |
Who's Kitten Who? | 1952 | Short story | |
The Prize Pest | 1951 | Short story | |
Big Top Bunny | 1951 | Short story | |
Sleepy Time Possum | 1951 | Short story | |
Lovelorn Leghorn | 1951 | Short story | |
French Rarebit | 1951 | Short story | |
Room and Bird | 1951 | Short story | |
Canary Row | 1950 | Short story | |
Bunker Hill Bunny | 1950 | Short story | |
Hillbilly Hare | 1950 | Short story | |
Golden Yeggs | 1950 | Short story | |
All a Bir-r-r-d | 1950 | Short story | |
His Bitter Half | 1950 | Short story | |
Big House Bunny | 1950 | Short story | |
The Lion's Busy | 1950 | Short story | |
Mutiny on the Bunny | 1950 | Short story | |
Home, Tweet Home | 1950 | Short story | |
Which Is Witch | 1949 | Short story | |
Each Dawn I Crow | 1949 | Short story | |
Dough for the Do-Do | 1949 | Short uncredited | |
Bad Ol' Putty Tat | 1949 | Short story | |
Knights Must Fall | 1949 | Short story | |
Mouse Mazurka | 1949 | Short story | |
Curtain Razor | 1949 | Short story | |
High Diving Hare | 1949 | Short story | |
Hare Do | 1949 | Short story | |
Wise Quackers | 1949 | Short story | |
Kit for Cat | 1948 | Short story | |
House Hunting Mice | 1948 | Short story | |
Hare Splitter | 1948 | Short story | |
You Were Never Duckier | 1948 | Short story | |
Bugs Bunny Rides Again | 1948 | Short story | |
Buccaneer Bunny | 1948 | Short story | |
Rabbit Punch | 1948 | Short story | |
I Taw a Putty Tat | 1948 | Short story | |
Back Alley Oproar | 1948 | Short story | |
What's Brewin', Bruin? | 1948 | Short story | |
A Feather in His Hare | 1948 | Short story | |
Slick Hare | 1947 | Short story | |
Little Orphan Airedale | 1947 | Short story | |
Swiss Tease | 1947 | Short story - uncredited | |
A Pest in the House | 1947 | Short story | |
Inki at the Circus | 1947 | Short story | |
Along Came Daffy | 1947 | Short story | |
A Hare Grows in Manhattan | 1947 | Short story | |
Rabbit Transit | 1947 | Short story | |
Tweetie Pie | 1947 | Short story | |
Scent-imental Over You | 1947 | Short story | |
The Gay Anties | 1947 | Short story | |
Cockatoos for Two | 1947 | Short story - uncredited | |
Roughly Squeaking | 1946 | Short story | |
Rhapsody Rabbit | 1946 | Short story | |
Fair and Worm-er | 1946 | Short story | |
The Eager Beaver | 1946 | Short story | |
Hair-Raising Hare | 1946 | Short story | |
Hush My Mouse | 1946 | Short story | |
Quentin Quail | 1946 | Short story | |
Holiday for Shoestrings | 1946 | Short story | |
Hare Tonic | 1945 | Short story | |
Hare Conditioned | 1945 | Short story | |
Life with Feathers | 1945 | Short story | |
Trap Happy Porky | 1945 | Short story | |
Odor-Able Kitty | 1945 | Short story | |
Lost and Foundling | 1944 | Short story | |
Goldilocks and the Jivin' Bears | 1944 | Short story | |
Hare Force | 1944 | Short story | |
Duck Soup to Nuts | 1944 | Short story | |
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips | 1944 | Short story | |
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears | 1944 | Short story | |
Tom Turk and Daffy | 1944 | Short as The Staff | |
Wackiki Wabbit | 1943 | Short story | |
Yankee Doodle Daffy | 1943 | Short story | |
The Aristo-Cat | 1943 | Short story | |
Greetings Bait | 1943 | Short story | |
Super-Rabbit | 1943 | Short story | |
To Duck... or Not to Duck | 1943 | Short story | |
Pigs in a Polka | 1943 | Short uncredited | |
Case of the Missing Hare | 1942 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
Ding Dog Daddy | 1942 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall | 1942 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
The Squawkin' Hawk | 1942 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
Hold the Lion, Please | 1942 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
The Draft Horse | 1942 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
Dog Tired | 1942 | Short uncredited | |
The Arctic Giant | 1942 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
Blunder Below | 1942 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
Kickin' the Conga Round | 1942 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
The Bird Came C.O.D. | 1942 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
Mr. Bug Goes to Town | 1941 | original story - as Ted Pierce / screen adaptation - as Ted Pierce | |
The Mighty Navy | 1941 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
Inki and the Lion | 1941 | Short story - uncredited | |
Olive's Boithday Presink | 1941 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
Problem Pappy | 1941 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
Bedtime for Sniffles | 1940 | Short story - uncredited | |
Way Back When Women Had Their Weigh | 1940 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
Ghost Wanted | 1940 | Short story - uncredited | |
The Fulla Bluff Man | 1940 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
Wimmin Is a Myskery | 1940 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
Elmer's Candid Camera | 1940 | Short uncredited | |
Gulliver's Travels | 1939 | screen play - as Ted Pierce | |
The Little Lion Hunter | 1939 | Short story - uncredited | |
Cinderella Meets Fella | 1938 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
The Night Watchman | 1938 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
Little Pancho Vanilla | 1938 | Short story | |
A Star Is Hatched | 1938 | Short story - as Ted Pierce | |
My Little Buckeroo | 1938 | Short story |
Actor
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Bell Hoppy | 1954 | Short | Various (voice, uncredited) |
The Prize Pest | 1951 | Short | Various (voice, uncredited) |
French Rarebit | 1951 | Short | Louis (voice, uncredited) |
Strife with Father | 1950 | Short | Various (voice, uncredited) |
A Hare Grows in Manhattan | 1947 | Short | Dog (voice, uncredited) |
Scent-imental Over You | 1947 | Short | Various (voice, uncredited) |
The Mouse-Merized Cat | 1946 | Short | Babbit (voice, uncredited) |
Quentin Quail | 1946 | Short | Quentin Quail (voice, uncredited) |
Baseball Bugs | 1946 | Short | Announcer - First scene (voice, uncredited) |
Tale of Two Mice | 1945 | Short | Babbit (voice, uncredited) |
The Return of Mr. Hook | 1945 | Short | Sailor (voice, uncredited) |
Hare Force | 1944 | Short | Various (voice, uncredited) |
Snafuperman | 1944 | Short | Soldier Studying Enemy Identification Chart (voice, uncredited) |
Rumors | 1943 | Short | Soldiers (voice, uncredited) |
Scrap Happy Daffy | 1943 | Short | Various (voice, uncredited) |
Wackiki Wabbit | 1943 | Short | Thin Castaway (voice, uncredited) |
The Aristo-Cat | 1943 | Short | Bertie (voice, uncredited) |
Super-Rabbit | 1943 | Short | Observer (voice, uncredited) |
Tortoise Wins by a Hare | 1943 | Short | Various Rabbit Thugs (voice, uncredited) |
Ding Dog Daddy | 1942 | Short | Bulldog (voice, uncredited) |
A Tale of Two Kitties | 1942 | Short | Babbit (voice, uncredited) |
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall | 1942 | Short | Tom Dover (voice, uncredited) |
Fox Pop | 1942 | Short | Various (voice, uncredited) |
The Squawkin' Hawk | 1942 | Short | Rooster (voice, uncredited) |
Hold the Lion, Please | 1942 | Short | Lion (voice, uncredited) |
Many Tanks | 1942 | Short | Bluto (voice, uncredited) |
Mr. Bug Goes to Town | 1941 | C. Bagley Beetle (voice, as Ted Pierce) | |
The Mighty Navy | 1941 | Short | Captain (voice, uncredited) |
Shop Look & Listen | 1940 | Short | W.C. Fields character (voice, uncredited) |
Wacky Wildlife | 1940 | Short | Tom Cat (voice, uncredited) |
Little Blabbermouse | 1940 | Short | W.C. Fields Mouse (voice, uncredited) |
Stealin Aint Honest | 1940 | Short | Bluto (voice, uncredited) |
Gulliver's Travels | 1939 | King Bombo (voice, uncredited) | |
Fagin's Freshman | 1939 | Short | Fagin (voice, uncredited) |
Cracked Ice | 1938 | Short | W.C. Squeals (voice, uncredited) |
Wholly Smoke | 1938 | Short | Nick O'Teen, Porky's Mother (voice, uncredited) |
The Major Lied 'Til Dawn | 1938 | Short | The Major (voice, uncredited) |
Have You Got Any Castles? | 1938 | Short | W. C. Fields (voice, uncredited) |
A Star Is Hatched | 1938 | Short | J. Megga Phone / W.C. Fields / Movie Star Guide (voice, uncredited) |
Little Red Walking Hood | 1937 | Short | Wolf (voice, uncredited) |
Porky's Hero Agency | 1937 | Short | The Gorgon (voice, uncredited) |
The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos | 1937 | Short | Tizzie Fish (voice, uncredited) |
Uncle Tom's Bungalow | 1937 | Short | Narrator (voice, uncredited) |
Porky's Road Race | 1937 | Short | W.C. Fields (voice, uncredited) |
The CooCoo Nut Grove | 1936 | Short | W.C. Fields (voice, uncredited) |
At Your Service Madame | 1936 | Short | W. C. Squeals (voice, uncredited) |
Porky the Rain-Maker | 1936 | Short | Narrator (voice, uncredited) |
Miscellaneous
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Rendezvous in Space | 1964 | Documentary short dialogue coach / story editor |
Art Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Wimmin Is a Myskery | 1940 | Short storyboard artist - uncredited |
Music Department
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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The Woody Woodpecker Polka | 1951 | Short composer: song - uncredited |
Archive Footage
Title | Year | Status | Character |
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Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood | 2004 | Video documentary short | Babbit (uncredited) |
Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons | 1989 | Video | Observer (uncredited) |