Full Name:
Warren Batchelder
Occupation / Title:Date of birth:18/04/1917
Date of death:12/02/2007
Birthplace:Los Angeles, California
Associated studios:- Warner Bros.
- DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
- Hanna-Barberra Productions
- Sunbow Productions
- Marvel Productions
- Jim Henson Productions
Biography
Warren Batchelder began his career working on short animated films in 1938. He worked for Warner Brothers, animating for Robert McKimson and Bob Clampett, and eventually became a master animator in 1958. At Warner Brothers, he worked as animator on cartoons such as The Bugs Bunny Show (1962; 1971), The Road Runner Show (1966) and The Sylvester and Tweety Show (1976). He also animated cartoons for DePatie-Freleng Enterprises including The Pink Panther Show (1969), and for Hanna-Barberra Productions, such as Super Friends (1980). He later worked as an animation director on the television series Dungeons and Dragons (1984-1985) and Muppet Babies (1984-1988), and as a sequence director on the television series The Transformers (1984-1987), and G.I. Joe (1985-1986). Batchelder also created animated commercials for brands including Star Kist, Pink Panther Flakes, and Burger Chef and Jeff. He retired in 2002.
Honors and awards
He was awarded the Animation Guild Golden Award in 1987.
Filmography
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- That’s Warner Bros.! (TV Series, 1995) (animator)
- Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends (TV Series, 1990) (animator)
- Tiny Toon Adventures (TV Series, 1990) (character layout artist)
- Muppet Babies (TV Series, 1984-1988) (animation director)
- The Little Wizards (TV Series, 1987) (sequence director)
- The Transformers (TV Series, 1984-1987) (sequence director)
- G.I. Joe (TV Series, 1985-1986) (sequence director)
- The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (TV Series, 1986) (animator)
- Defenders of the Earth (TV Series, 1986) (animation director)
- Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines (Video, 1985) (sequence director)
- Robotix (TV Series, 1985) (sequence director)
- Jem (TV Series, 1985) (sequence director)
- Dungeons & Dragons (TV Series, 1984-1985) (animation director)
- Jim Henson’s Little Muppet Monsters (TV Series) (animation director)
- The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour (TV Series, 1985) (animator)
- The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (TV Short, 1982) (animator)
- Space Stars (TV Series, 1981) (animator)
- The Flintstone Comedy Show (TV Series, 1980) (animator)
- Super Friends (TV Series, 1980) (animator)
- Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? (TV Short, 1980) (animator)
- Daffy Duck’s Easter Show (TV Movie, 1980) (animator)
- Pink Panther in the Olym-pinks (TV Short, 1980) (animator)
- Supermarket Pink (Short, 1980) (animator)
- Bugs Bunny’s Looney Christmas Tales (TV Movie, 1979) (animator)
- The Bugs Bunny Mother’s Day Special (TV Short, 1979) (animator)
- Toro Pink (Short, 1979) (animator)
- Pink Bananas (Short, 1978) (animator)
- Pet Pink Pebbles (Short, 1978) (animator)
- A Pink Christmas (TV Short, 1978) (animator)
- Pink U.F.O. (Short, 1978) (animator)
- How Bugs Bunny Won the West (TV Short, 1978) (animator)
- Sprinkle Me Pink (Short, 1978) (animator)
- Pink Arcade (Short, 1978) (animator)
- The All New Pink Panther Show (TV Series, 1978) (animator)
- The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (TV Series, 1978) (animator)
- What’s New, Mr. Magoo? (TV Series, 1977) (animator)
- Baggy Pants & the Nitwits (TV Series, 1977) (animator)
- Bugs Bunny’s Howl-oween Special (TV Short, 1977) (animator)
- Bugs Bunny’s Easter Special (TV Special, 1977) (animator)
- Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977) (animator)
- Therapeutic Pink (Short, 1977) (animator)
- The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half Hour and a Half Show (TV Series, 1976) (animator)
- The Sylvester & Tweety Show (TV Series, 1976) (animator)
- Medicur (Short, 1976) (animator)
- Pink Piper (Short, 1976) (animator)
- It’s Arbor Day, Charlie Brown (TV Short, 1976) (animator)
- Pink Campaign (Short, 1975) (animator)
- Rockhounds (Short, 1975) (animator)
- The Oddball Couple (TV Series, 1975) (animator)
- Pink Da Vinci (Short, 1975) (animator)
- Eagle Beagles (Short, 1975) (animator)
- From Nags to Riches (Short, 1975) (animator)
- M-o-n-e-y Spells Love (Short, 1975) (animator)
- Watch the Birdie (Short, 1975) (animator)
- The Hoober-Bloob Highway (TV Movie, 1975) (animator)
- Apache on the County Seat (Short, 1973) (animator)
- The Barkleys (TV Series, 1972) (animator)
- Camera Bug (Short, 1972) (animator)
- Love and Hisses (Short, 1972) (animator)
- Punch and Judo (Short, 1972) (animator)
- Nippon Tuck (Short, 1972) (animator)
- The Lorax (TV Short, 1972) (animator)
- The Houndcats (TV Series, 1972) (animator)
- Croakus Pocus (Short, 1971) (animator)
- Serape Happy (Short, 1971) (animator)
- Pink-In (Short, 1971) (animator)
- Psst Pink (Short, 1971) (animator)
- The Pink Flea (Short, 1971) (animator)
- Pink Pranks (Short, 1971) (animator)
- Cattle Battle (Short, 1971) (animator)
- Pink Tuba-Dore (Short, 1971) (animator)
- Pink Blue Plate (Short, 1971) (animator)
- A Fink in the Rink (Short, 1971) (animator)
- A Fly in the Pink (Short, 1971) (animator)
- A Leap in the Deep (Short, 1971) (animator)
- Fastest Tongue in the West (Short, 1971) (animator)
- The Great Continental Overland Cross-Country Race (Short, 1971) (animator)
- From Bed to Worse (Short, 1971) (animator)
- Mud Squad (Short, 1971) (animator)
- The Cat in the Hat (TV Short, 1971) (animator)
- The Bugs Bunny Show (1962-1971, TV Series) (animator)
- Snake in the Gracias (Short, 1971) (animator)
- Don’t Hustle an Ant with Muscle (Short, 1970) (animator)
- Doctor Dolittle (TV Series, 1970) (animator)
- Gem Dandy (Short, 1970) (animator)
- Mumbo Jumbo (Short, 1970) (animator)
- War and Pieces (Short, 1970) (animator)
- Bridgework (Short, 1970) (animator)
- The Foul Kin (Short, 1970) (animator)
- Science Friction (Short, 1970) (animator)
- A Taste of Money (Short, 1970) (animator)
- Say Cheese, Please (Short, 1970) (animator)
- Odd Ant Out (Short, 1970) (animator)
- Goldilocks (TV Short, 1970) (animator)
- The Froggy Froggy Duo (Short, 1970) (animator)
- Scratch a Tiger (Short, 1970) (animator)
- Go for Croak (Short, 1969) (animator)
- A Pair of Greenbacks (Short, 1969) (animator)
- A Pair of Sneakers (Short, 1969) (animator)
- Never Bug an Ant (Short, 1969) (animator)
- Here Comes the Grump (TV Series, 1969) (animator)
- The Pink Panther Show (TV Series, 1969) (animator – 5 episodes)
- Tijuana Toads (Short, 1969) (animator)
- Sweet and Sourdough (Short, 1969) (animator)
- Technology, Phooey (Short, 1969) (animator)
- Extinct Pink (Short, 1969) (animator)
- The Deadwood Thunderball (Short, 1969) (animator)
- In the Pink of the Night (Short, 1969) (animator)
- I’ve Got Ants in My Plans (Short, 1969) (animator)
- Flying Feet (Short, 1969) (animator)
- Slink Pink (Short, 1969) (animator)
- The Ant from Uncle (Short, 1969) (animator)
- Think Before You Pink (Short, 1969) (animator)
- The Ant and the Aardvark (Short, 1969) (animator)
- Pierre and Cottage Cheese (Short, 1969) (animator)
- Pink Pest Control (Short, 1969) (animator)
- Hurts and Flowers (Short, 1969) (animator)
- Pink-A-Rella (Short, 1969) (animator)
- Pinkcome Tax (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Hawks and Doves (Short, 1968) (animator)
- The Pink Package Plot (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Pink Is a Many Splintered Thing (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Pink Sphinx (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Tickled Pink (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Little Beaux Pink (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Pink in the Clink (Short, 1968) (animator)
- The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour (TV Series, 1968) (animator)
- Prehistoric Pink (Short, 1968) (animator)
- The Pink Pill (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Le Ball and Chain Gang (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Pink Valiant (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Le Great Dane Robbery (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Pink (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Cherche le phantom (Short, 1968) (animator)
- The Pink Quarterback (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Lucky Pink (Short, 1968) (animator)
- G.I. Pink (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Bear De Guerre (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Put-Put, Pink (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Come on In! The Water’s Pink (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Transylvania Mania (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Les Miserobots (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Psychedelic Pink (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Pinkadilly Circus (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Sky Blue Pink (Short, 1968) (animator)
- Pink Outs (Short, 1967) (animator)
- The Hand Is Pinker Than the Eye (Short, 1967) (animator)
- Prefabricated Pink (Short, 1967) (animator)
- Tour De Farce (Short, 1967) (animator)
- Super President (TV Series, 1967) (animator)
- Pinto Pink (Short, 1967) (animator)
- Le Escape Goat (Short, 1967) (animator)
- Pink Paradise (Short, 1967) (animator)
- Jet Pink (Short, 1967) (animator)
- Le Bowser Bagger (Short, 1967) (animator)
- Le Pig-Al Patrol (Short, 1967) (animator)
- Bomb Voyage (Short, 1967) (animator)
- In the Pink (Short, 1967) (animator)
- Pink of the Litter (Short, 1967) (animator)
- Pink Posies (Short, 1967) (animator)
- Sacré Bleu Cross (Short, 1967) (animator)
- Daffy’s Diner (Short, 1967) (animator)
- Pink Panic (Short, 1967) (animator)
- Pinknic (Short, 1967) (animator)
- The Road Runner Show (TV Series, 1966) (animator)
- Toulouse La Trick (Short, 1966) (animator)
- Rock a Bye Pinky (Short, 1966) (animator)
- A Taste of Catnip (Short, 1966) (animator)
- Unsafe and Seine (Short, 1966) (animator)
- Sugar and Spies (Short, 1966) (animator)
- That’s No Lady, That’s Notre Dame (Short, 1966) (animator)
- SuperPink (Short, 1966) (animator)
- Sicque! Sicque! Sicque! (Short, 1966) (animator)
- The Pique Poquette of Paris (Short, 1966) (animator)
- A Squeak in the Deep (Short, 1966) (animator)
- Pink-A-Boo (Short, 1966) (animator)
- Ape Suzette (Short, 1966) (animator)
- Cock-a-Doodle Deux-Deux (Short, 1966) (animator)
- Smile Pretty, Say Pink (Short, 1966) (animator)
- Pink, Plunk, Plink (Short, 1966) (animator)
- The Pink Blueprint (Short, 1966) (animator)
- A-Haunting We Will Go (Short, 1966) (animator)
- Vitamin Pink (Short, 1966) (animator)
- Plastered in Paris (Short, 1966) (animator)
- Pink Pistons (Short, 1966) (animator)
- Cirrhosis of the Louvre (Short, 1966) (animator)
- Pink Punch (Short, 1966) (animator)
- Napoleon Blown-Aparte (Short, 1966) (animator)
- Reaux, Reaux, Reaux Your Boat (Short, 1966) (animator)
- The Astroduck (Short, 1966) (animator)
- The Great De Gaulle Stone Operation (Short, 1965) (animator)
- Bully for Pink (Short, 1965) (animator)
- Go Go Amigo (Short, 1965) (animator)
- Chili Corn Corny (Short, 1965) (animator)
- Tease for Two (Short, 1965) (animator)
- Rushing Roulette (Short, 1965) (animator)
- Corn on the Cop (Short, 1965) (animator)
- Suppressed Duck (Short, 1965) (animator)
- Pink Ice (Short, 1965) (animator)
- Well Worn Daffy (Short, 1965) (animator)
- Pickled Pink (Short, 1965) (animator)
- Assault and Peppered (Short, 1965) (animator)
- Sink Pink (Short, 1965) (animator)
- Moby Duck (Short, 1965) (animator)
- Dial ‘P’ for Pink (Short, 1965) (animator)
- The Wild Chase (Short, 1965) (animator)
- We Give Pink Stamps (Short, 1965) (animator)
- Cats and Bruises (Short, 1965) (animator)
- Linus! The Lion Hearted (TV Series, 1964) (animator)
- False Hare (Short, 1964) (animator)
- Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare (Short, 1964) (animator)
- Freudy Cat (Short, 1964) (animator)
- Bartholomew Versus the Wheel (Short, 1964) (animator)
- A Message to Gracias (Short, 1964) (animator)
- Claws in the Lease (Short, 1963) (animator)
- Aqua Duck (Short, 1963) (animator)
- Banty Raids (Short, 1963) (animator)
- The Million Hare (Short, 1963) (animator)
- Fast Buck Duck (Short, 1963) (animator)
- Good Noose (Short, 1962) (animator)
- Mother Was a Rooster (Short, 1962) (animator)
- The Slick Chick (Short, 1962) (animator)
- Bill of Hare (Short, 1962) (animator)
- Fish and Slips (Short, 1962) (animator)
- Wet Hare (Short, 1962) (animation)
- What’s My Lion? (Short, 1961) (animator)
- Daffy’s Inn Trouble (Short, 1961) (animator)
- Birds of a Father (Short, 1961) (animator)
- Strangled Eggs (Short, 1961) (animator)
- Hoppy Daze (Short, 1961) (animator)
- Cannery Woe (Short, 1961) (animator)
- Dog Gone People (Short, 1960) (animator)
- The Dixie Fryer (Short, 1960) (animator)
- Mice Follies (Short, 1960) (animator)
- Crockett-Doodle-Do (Short, 1960) (animator)
- Wild Wild World (Short, 1960) (animator)
- West of the Pesos (Short, 1960) (animator)
- People Are Bunny (Short, 1959) (animator)
- A Broken Leghorn (Short, 1959) (animator)
- Bonanza Bunny (Short, 1959) (animation)
- Cat’s Paw (Short, 1959) (animator)
- Backwoods Bunny (Short, 1959) (animator)
- A Mutt in a Rut (Short, 1959) (animator)
- The Mouse That Jack Built (Short, 1959) (animator)
- China Jones (Short, 1959) (animator)
- Mouse-Placed Kitten (Short, 1959) (animator)
- Gopher Broke (Short, 1958) (animator)
- Pre-Hysterical Hare (Short, 1958) (animator)
- Weasel While You Work (Short, 1958) (animator)
- Dog Tales (Short, 1958) (animator)
- Now, Hare This (Short, 1958) (animator)
- Feather Bluster (Short, 1958) (animator)
References:
“Warren Batchelder.” IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0060722/. Accessed 30 May 2017.