Gerry Chiniquy

Gerry Chiniquy is a director, animator, and actor in Warner Brothers cartoons. He was born in 1912, and died in 1989, at age 77.

As Animator
Chiniquy's first cartoon he animated at Warner Brothers was 1940's, "Little Blabbermouse" for Friz Freleng's unit. His first on-screen credit was for Freleng's 1942 cartoon, "Porky's Pastry Pirates." He animated Bugs Bunny's scenes in Two Guys from Texas and My Dream is Yours, as well as the 1963 TV pilot, "Philbert." The only major animation unit Chiniquy worked on at Warner was Freleng's, but he did animate on Hawley Pratt's 1964 cartoon, "Senorella and the Glass Hurache." He also animated a lot of 1970s/1980s Looney Tunes TV Specials/Movies. Aside from Looney Tunes, he animated on "The Incredible Mr. Limpet," "Hey There, It's Yogi Bear," "What's New, Mr. Magoo?" "The Pink Panther," and "Muppet Babies."

As Director
At Warner Brothers, Chiniquy directed two cartoons in 1964- Dumb Patrol and "Hawaiian Aye Aye." The rest of his directing credits were outside of the traditional Looney Tunes spectrum, at DePatie-Freleng studios, directing a lot of Pink Panther, The Inspector, and The Ant and the Aardvark shorts.

As Actor
In 1940's You Ought to Be in Pictures, Chuniquy played the Movie Director, whom Porky Pig upset after he sneezed on a movie set.