Leon Schlesinger

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Leon Schlesinger (May 20, 1884 – December 25, 1949) was an American film producer who founded Leon Schlesinger Productions, which later became the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio, during the Golden Age of American animation. He was a distant relative of the Warner Brothers. As head of his own studio, Schlesinger served as the producer of Warner's Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons from 1930, when Schlesinger assumed production from his subcontractors, Harman and Ising, to 1944, when Warner acquired the studio.

Top 10 collaborators

Carl W. Stalling

197 collaborations (as Music; Music Director; Original Music Composer)

191 collaborations

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147 collaborations (as Editor; Sound Director; Sound Editor; Sound Effects; Sound Effects Editor)

89 collaborations (as Animation; Co-Director; Director; Story; Writer)

Robert Clampett

68 collaborations (as Animation; Director; Writer)

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Bernard B. Brown

62 collaborations (as Compositor; Director; Music; Original Music Composer; Sound; Sound Editor; Sound Recordist; Sound Supervisor)

60 collaborations (as Animation; Assistant Director; Director; Writer)

58 collaborations (as Animation; Director; Producer; Story)

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58 collaborations (as Original Music Composer)

54 collaborations (as Animation; Director; Producer)

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Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul (2012)

Himself (Archive Footage)

You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940)

Having a Wonderful Time with Angels in Dirty Places (1938)

Crew

Buckaroo Bugs (1944)

Birdy and the Beast (1944)

Hare Force (1944)

Censored (1944)

Brother Brat (1944)

Hare Ribbin' (1944)

The Chow Hound (1944)

Duck Soup to Nuts (1944)

Russian Rhapsody (1944)

Swooner Crooner (1944)

Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips (1944)

A Lecture on Camouflage (1944)

Tick Tock Tuckered (1944)

The Weakly Reporter (1944)

Snafuperman (1944)

Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike (1944)

I Got Plenty of Mutton (1944)

Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (1944)

Tom Turk and Daffy (1944)

Booby Traps (1944)

What's Cookin' Doc? (1944)

Little Red Riding Rabbit (1944)

Puss n' Booty (1943)

An Itch in Time (1943)

Daffy - The Commando (1943)

Inki and the Minah Bird (1943)

The Home Front (1943)

Falling Hare (1943)

Fin'n Catty (1943)

Fighting Tools (1943)

A Corny Concerto (1943)

The Gold Brick (1943)

Scrap Happy Daffy (1943)

Porky Pig's Feat (1943)

Wackiki Wabbit (1943)

The Aristo-Cat (1943)

Fifth Column Mouse (1943)

Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk (1943)

Coming!! Snafu (1943)

Yankee Doodle Daffy (1943)

Tokio Jokio (1943)

The Wise Quacking Duck (1943)

The Unbearable Bear (1943)

Super-Rabbit (1943)

Hop and Go (1943)

To Duck.... Or Not to Duck (1943)

Point Rationing of Foods (1943)

Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943)

Pigs in a Polka (1943)

Confusions of a Nutzy Spy (1943)

Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943)

Case of the Missing Hare (1942)

My Favorite Duck (1942)

Ding Dog Daddy (1942)

A Tale of Two Kitties (1942)

The Hare-Brained Hypnotist (1942)

The Daffy Duckaroo (1942)

The Hep Cat (1942)

The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall (1942)

The Impatient Patient (1942)

Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner (1942)

Fresh Hare (1942)

The Ducktators (1942)

Foney Fables (1942)

Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942)

Wacky Blackout (1942)

Hold the Lion, Please (1942)

Lights Fantastic (1942)

The Draft Horse (1942)

The Wacky Wabbit (1942)

Bugs Bunny! That Wacky Wabbit (1942)

Daffy's Southern Exposure (1942)

Horton Hatches the Egg (1942)

The Wabbit Who Came to Supper (1942)

Crazy Cruise (1942)

Conrad the Sailor (1942)

Porky's Cafe (1942)

Who's Who in the Zoo (1942)

Porky's Pastry Pirates (1942)

Porky's Pooch (1941)

Wabbit Twouble (1941)

Rhapsody in Rivets (1941)

Porky's Midnight Matinee (1941)

Rookie Revue (1941)

Robinson Crusoe Jr. (1941)

The Brave Little Bat (1941)

All This and Rabbit Stew (1941)

The Henpecked Duck (1941)

Aviation Vacation (1941)

The Heckling Hare (1941)

Meet John Doughboy (1941)

Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt (1941)

A Coy Decoy (1941)

Hollywood Steps Out (1941)

Farm Frolics (1941)

The Trial of Mr. Wolf (1941)

Porky's Preview (1941)

Toy Trouble (1941)

Porky's Ant (1941)

Goofy Groceries (1941)

Tortoise Beats Hare (1941)

Joe Glow, the Firefly (1941)

The Cat's Tale (1941)

The Haunted Mouse (1941)

The Crackpot Quail (1941)

Sniffles Bells the Cat (1941)

The Fighting 69½th (1941)

Elmer's Pet Rabbit (1941)

Love Thy Neighbor (1940)

Bedtime for Sniffles (1940)

The Sour Puss (1940)

Prehistoric Porky (1940)

Patient Porky (1940)

A Wild Hare (1940)

The Egg Collector (1940)

Porky's Baseball Broadcast (1940)

Tom Thumb in Trouble (1940)

A Gander at Mother Goose (1940)

You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940)

Sniffles Takes a Trip (1940)

Porky's Poor Fish (1940)

The Hardship of Miles Standish (1940)

Slap Happy Pappy (1940)

The Bear's Tale (1940)

Cross Country Detours (1940)

Elmer's Candid Camera (1940)

Screwball Football (1939)

The Film Fan (1939)

Sniffles and the Bookworm (1939)

Pied Piper Porky (1939)

Jeepers Creepers (1939)

Porky's Hotel (1939)

Little Brother Rat (1939)

Hare-um Scare-um (1939)

Wise Quacks (1939)

Old Glory (1939)

Polar Pals (1939)

Believe It or Else (1939)

Naughty But Mice (1939)

Thugs with Dirty Mugs (1939)

Porky and Teabiscuit (1939)

Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939)

Bars and Stripes Forever (1939)

Prest-O Change-O (1939)

Porky's Tire Trouble (1939)

Robin Hood Makes Good (1939)

Hamateur Night (1939)

Count Me Out (1938)

The Mice Will Play (1938)

Daffy Duck in Hollywood (1938)

The Daffy Doc (1938)

The Night Watchman (1938)

Porky in Egypt (1938)

You're an Education (1938)

Little Pancho Vanilla (1938)

Porky in Wackyland (1938)

A Feud There Was (1938)

Cracked Ice (1938)

Wholly Smoke (1938)

Porky & Daffy (1938)

Porky's Spring Planting (1938)

Cinderella Meets Fella (1938)

Have You Got Any Castles? (1938)

Porky's Party (1938)

Katnip Kollege (1938)

Porky the Fireman (1938)

Now That Summer Is Gone (1938)

Porky's Hare Hunt (1938)

Porky's Five & Ten (1938)

A Star Is Hatched (1938)

What Price Porky (1938)

Porky's Poppa (1938)

Daffy Duck & Egghead (1938)

Porky's Hero Agency (1937)

The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos (1937)

Little Red Walking Hood (1937)

The Case of the Stuttering Pig (1937)

The Lyin' Mouse (1937)

Rover's Rival (1937)

I Wanna Be a Sailor (1937)

Dog Daze (1937)

Speaking of the Weather (1937)

Get Rich Quick Porky (1937)

A Sunbonnet Blue (1937)

Porky's Railroad (1937)

Plenty of Money and You (1937)

Porky's Badtime Story (1937)

Egghead Rides Again (1937)

Porky's Super Service (1937)

Streamlined Greta Green (1937)

Porky's Building (1937)

Porky and Gabby (1937)

Ain't We Got Fun (1937)

Porky's Duck Hunt (1937)

She Was an Acrobat's Daughter (1937)

Porky's Romance (1937)

I Only Have Eyes for You (1937)

Picador Porky (1937)

Porky's Road Race (1937)

Porky the Wrestler (1937)

Pigs Is Pigs (1937)

Porky in the North Woods (1936)

The CooCoo Nut Grove (1936)

Don't Look Now (1936)

Little Beau Porky (1936)

Milk and Money (1936)

Toy Town Hall (1936)

Porky's Moving Day (1936)

Porky's Poultry Plant (1936)

Porky the Rain-Maker (1936)

I Love to Singa (1936)

When I Yoo Hoo (1936)

Bingo Crosbyana (1936)

Fish Tales (1936)

The Blow Out (1936)

The Fire Alarm (1936)

Page Miss Glory (1936)

The Cat Came Back (1936)

The Phantom Ship (1936)

Alpine Antics (1936)

I Wanna Play House (1936)

Flowers for Madame (1935)

Gold Diggers of '49 (1935)

Hollywood Capers (1935)

Little Dutch Plate (1935)

A Cartoonist's Nightmare (1935)

The Lady in Red (1935)

The Merry Old Soul (1935)

Country Mouse (1935)

Into Your Dance (1935)

My Green Fedora (1935)

I Haven't Got a Hat (1935)

Country Boy (1935)

Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name (1935)

Pop Goes Your Heart (1934)

Buddy's Circus (1934)

The Girl at the Ironing Board (1934)

Buddy's Bearcats (1934)

Beauty and the Beast (1934)

Honeymoon Hotel (1934)

Pettin' in the Park (1934)

Sittin' on a Backyard Fence (1933)

Buddy's Beer Garden (1933)

I've Got to Sing a Torch Song (1933)

Buddy's Day Out (1933)

We're in the Money (1933)

The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon (1933)

The Man from Monterey (1933)

Shuffle Off to Buffalo (1933)

I Like Mountain Music (1933)

Bosko in Person (1933)

The Organ Grinder (1933)

Young and Healthy (1933)

One Step Ahead of My Shadow (1933)

Bosko in Dutch (1933)

The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives (1933)

Haunted Gold (1932)

Bosko's Woodland Daze (1932)

Three's a Crowd (1932)

Bosko's Dizzy Date (1932)

Bosko and Honey (1932)

A Great Big Bunch of You (1932)

Bosko the Drawback (1932)

I Wish I Had Wings (1932)

The Big Stampede (1932)

Ride Him, Bosko (1932)

You're Too Careless with Your Kisses! (1932)

Bosko the Lumberjack (1932)

Ride Him, Cowboy (1932)

Bosko's Store (1932)

I Love a Parade (1932)

Bosko at the Beach (1932)

The Queen Was in the Parlor (1932)

Bosko's Dog Race (1932)

Moonlight for Two (1932)

It's Got Me Again! (1932)

Bosko and Bruno (1932)

Goopy Geer (1932)

Bosko's Party (1932)

Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee (1932)

Big-Hearted Bosko (1932)

Freddy the Freshman (1932)

Battling Bosko (1932)

Pagan Moon (1932)

Bosko at the Zoo (1932)

Red-Headed Baby (1931)

Bosko's Fox Hunt (1931)

Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land (1931)

Bosko's Soda Fountain (1931)

You Don't Know What You're Doin'! (1931)

Bosko the Doughboy (1931)

One More Time (1931)

Bosko Shipwrecked! (1931)

Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931)

Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931)

The Tree's Knees (1931)

Yodeling Yokels (1931)

Bosko's Holiday (1931)

Dumb Patrol (1931)

Ups 'n Downs (1931)

Ain't Nature Grand! (1931)

Big Man from the North (1931)

Box Car Blues (1930)

Associate Producer

Hold Anything (1930)

Congo Jazz (1930)

Associate Producer

Crying for the Carolines (1930)

Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930)

Associate Producer

Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid (1929)