Person Details

Birthday: 1919-02-25 20:59:06

Death: 1983-01-17 20:59:06

Aliases: John W. Dunn , John William Dunn

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Coatbridge, Scotland, UK

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Movie Involvements: 198

TV Involvements: 3


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Biography

Scottish screenwriter and animator for animated cartoons, from 1955 to 1983. Dunn began his career at the Walt Disney cartoon studio, where his first story credit—Man in Space—received an Oscar nomination. He moved toWarner Brothers Cartoons in 1960; there, he began with The Pied Piper of Guadalupe, which was also nominated for an Oscar. He and fellow Disney man David Detiege replaced Warner Brothers top writers Michael Maltese and Warren Foster after they went to Hanna Barbera to receive higher billing in the sixties. He usually worked under Friz Freleng and Chuck Jones' units. After the Warner's cartoon studio closed in 1963, Dunn joined DePatie-Freleng Enterprises; in 1964, he crafted the story for The Pink Phink, which earned the Oscar as Best Animated Short. Many of his DePatie-Freleng cartoons re-use plots from Warner Brothers cartoons. He was a prolific story man over the next 19 years and also did some animation work for the 1967 Spider-Man cartoon series. -Wikipedia Entry

Most Famous Work

Tijuana Toads
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Tijuana Toads

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Revenge of the Pink Panther
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6

Revenge of the Pink Panther

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Roland and Rattfink
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Roland and Rattfink

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Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island
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The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
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Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
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The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie
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Hare-Breadth Hurry
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Hare-Breadth Hurry

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1978 Title Designer
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1939 Animation
1936 Animation
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