Biography
Frank Tashlin (born Francis Fredrick von Taschlein, February 19, 1913 – May 5, 1972), also known as Tish Tash and Frank Tash, was an American animator and filmmaker. He was best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of animated shorts for Warner Bros., as well as his work as a director of live-action comedy films. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]
Known For
Complete Filmography
Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
2010
Director
Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl was released in conjunction with Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire None of these shorts have been released on disc before, a...

Looney Tunes Super Stars Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl
2010
Director
This must-have animation collection "Looney Tunes Super Stars: Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl" (2010) is filled with shorts that have been released on di...

Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Vol:2
2004
Director
Thirty more cartoons from the vaults of Warner Bros. to spotlight the inimitable Looney Tunes characters

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
2004
Writer
Two classic animated shorts from the Disney studios. In 'The Reluctant Dragon' (1941), a young boy and a famous dragon fighter team up to teach a doci...

Mannequin
1987
Original Film Writer
Jonathan Switcher, an unemployed artist, finds a job as an assistant window dresser for a department store. When Jonathan happens upon a beautiful man...
The Possum That Didn't
1972
Writer
An animated film in which littering busybodies from the city decide that a smiling, upside down possum in the forest is frowning and they try to enter...

The Shakiest Gun in the West
1968
Screenplay
Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become a frontier dentist. Penelope "Bad Penny" Cu...

The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
1968
Director, Writer
Sgt. O'Farrell an Army soldier on an island in the South Pacific during World War II is trying to bring the two basics of life to his fellow serviceme...

The Bear That Wasn't
1967
Producer, Story
A bear settles down for his long winter nap, and while he sleeps the progress of man continues. He wakes up to find himself in the middle of an indust...

Caprice
1967
Screenplay, Director
Patricia Foster, an industrial designer, causes chaos when she sells a secret cosmetics formula to a rival company.
Catalina Island
1966
as Self
An MGM short subject to promote their film "The Glass Bottom Boat".

The Glass Bottom Boat
1966
Director
Bruce, the owner of an aerospace company, is infatuated with Jennifer and hires her to be his biographer so that he can be near her and win her affect...

The Alphabet Murders
1965
Director
The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.

The Disorderly Orderly
1964
Director, Screenplay
Poor Jerome Littlefield. He wants to be a doctor – but that's not exactly the perfect career choice when you're hopelessly squeamish. So he settles fo...

Who's Minding the Store?
1963
Director, Screenplay
Jerry Lewis plays Norman Phiffer, a proud man in a humble life, who doesn't know that his girlfriend, Barbara, is heir to the Tuttle Department Store ...

The Man from the Diners' Club
1963
Director
Meek credit card company clerk Ernest Klenk is feeling the pressure of demanding coworkers, new computers, and an upcoming wedding. This stress leads ...

It's Only Money
1962
Director
Lester is a clumsy and awkward TV repair man who is nevertheless gifted technically. In helping out a friend, he is drawn into a mystery involving a m...

Snow White and the Three Stooges
1961
Writer, Director
Once upon a time, in the kingdom of Fortunia, a noble king and his lovely young queen lack but one blessing to make their joy complete. The queen give...

Bachelor Flat
1961
Director, Screenplay
Professor Bruce Patterson is constantly having to fight off the advances of his young female students and is engaged to Helen Bushmill. While Helen go...

Cinderfella
1960
Director, Writer
When his father dies, poor Fella is left at the mercy of his snobbish stepmother and her two no-good sons Maximilian and Rupert. As he slaves away for...

Say One for Me
1959
Producer, Director
Father Conroy has a parish which serves the acting and performance community. When one of his parishioners gets too sick to work, his daughter Holly ...

The Geisha Boy
1958
Director, Screenstory, Screenplay
Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little ...

Rock-a-Bye Baby
1958
Director, Screenplay, Story
An average television repairman must care for the newborn triplets of his former hometown sweetheart—now a famous movie star—so her career will not su...

Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
1957
Screenplay, Director, Producer
To save his career, an ad man wants a sex symbol to endorse a lipstick but in exchange, she wants him to pretend to be her lover.

Hollywood or Bust
1956
Director
The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley is a deceiver who cheats Malcolm Smith whe...

The Girl Can't Help It
1956
Screenplay, Producer, Director
A down-and-out gangster hires a down-on-his-luck agent to make his girlfriend a recording star within six weeks.

The Scarlet Hour
1956
Story, Screenplay
An unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist.

The Lieutenant Wore Skirts
1956
Director, Writer, Executive Producer
TV writer Greg Whitcomb did his military service heroically but now has settled into everyday life with a young wife, Katy. A letter from the war depa...

Artists and Models
1955
Director, Screenplay
A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, a comic book fan who narrates an adventure story while he s...

Susan Slept Here
1954
Director
On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Ma...

Marry Me Again
1953
Director, Screenplay
Bill, a jet pilot hero from the Korean War, returns home with intentions of marrying his sweetheart, Doris. But Doris has inherited a million dollars ...

Son of Paleface
1952
Director, Writer
Peter Potter Jr. returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found.

The First Time
1952
Director
A married couple welcomes their first child.

The Lemon Drop Kid
1951
Screenplay
When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran out of his track winnings, the Kid promises to repay Moose the money by Christmas. Cr...

The Fuller Brush Girl
1950
Writer
A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.

Kill the Umpire
1950
Writer
Ex-baseball player Bill Johnson, failing at many jobs when his ball-playing days are over, reluctantly takes the advice of his father-in-law, Jonah Ev...

The Good Humor Man
1950
Screenplay
Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an...

A Woman of Distinction
1950
Additional Dialogue
Ice-cold college dean Susan Middlecott feels there's no room in her life for romance. Enter Prof. Alec Stevenson, British lecturer on astronomy, touri...

Miss Grant Takes Richmond
1949
Screenplay
A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secr...

Love Happy
1949
Screenplay
The Marx Brothers help young Broadway hopefuls when they get mixed up with gangsters due to a tin of sardines containing Romanoff diamonds.

Red, Hot and Blue
1949
Story
In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.

The Paleface
1948
Screenplay
Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Pete...

One Touch of Venus
1948
Screenplay
A window dresser's kiss brings a statue of the Roman goddess of love to life.

The Fuller Brush Man
1948
Screenplay
Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make good when he becomes a Fuller Brush man. His awkward ...

Fun and Fancy Free
1947
Writer
Jiminy Cricket hosts two Disney animated shorts: Bongo about a circus bear escaping to the wild, and Mickey and the Beanstalk, a take on the famous fa...

Variety Girl
1947
Screenplay
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful ...

The Way of Peace
1947
Writer, Director
Punctuated with stories from the Bible, the film’s purpose was to reinforce Christian values in the atomic age by condemning the consequences of human...

The Lady Said No
1946
Story, Director
Pepito approaches a beautiful senorita who icily rebuffs him, but he is persistent and she allows him to take her to an upscale restaurant, where Pepi...

Hare Remover
1946
Director
Elmer Fudd is an amateur scientist who wants to turn a normal character into a devilish fiend; he's all out of experimental animals. Enter Bugs Bunny.

Nasty Quacks
1945
Director
A doting father gives a cute little duckling to his little daughter. That duckling grows up to become Daffy Duck, who soon develops quite a night life...

A Tale of Two Mice
1945
Director
Babitt and Catstello return; their goal: steal the cheese the cat is guarding.

Behind the Meat-Ball
1945
Director
A dog, starved for meat, goes to different lengths to get a steak back from a little dog that keeps out-smarting him.

Delightfully Dangerous
1945
Story
Young Sherry Williams dreams of having a singing career, and she idolizes her older sister Josephine, who has gone to New York to perform on the stage...

The Unruly Hare
1945
Director
When Elmer Fudd disturbs Bugs with his railroad surveying, Bugs fights back.

The Stupid Cupid
1944
Director
Cupid (Elmer Fudd) is on the prowl around the farm. With his ever-accurate arrows, he spreads love to sometimes unwilling recipients. But when he sets...

Booby Hatched
1944
Director
A duck struggles mightily and finally hatches her eggs in the bitter cold. All but one, that is: poor little Robespierre. Mama doesn't notice him miss...

Plane Daffy
1944
Director
Daffy Duck is a message courier bird delivering a military secret that a femme fatale Nazi spy is determined to get.

Censored
1944
Director
Private Snafu wants to tell his sweetheart, Sally Lou, that he thinks his unit will be sent to the South Pacific. But every effort he makes to get his...

Brother Brat
1944
Director
A "Rosie the Riveter" type is in need of a baby-sitter for her awful child. The only person available is a clueless Porky Pig. His only instructions a...

The Chow Hound
1944
Director
Snafu learns of the folly of hoarding and wasting military food supplies.

Swooner Crooner
1944
Director
Porky Pig's egg faces production problems when a crooning rooster distracts the hens from their jobs.

Donald Duck and the Gorilla
1944
Story
Ajax the killer gorilla has escaped from the zoo. Donald's nephews dress up as a gorilla, but soon Donald encounters the real gorilla, and they chase ...

I Got Plenty of Mutton
1944
Director
A wolf, deprived of meat by war rationing and starving, sees an article in the newspaper about a sheepdog leaving his flock to join the army and think...

Puss n' Booty
1943
Director
Woman wonders why her little pet birds keep disappearing. Rudolph the cat knows, but other than burping feathers, he's not saying. But it looks like h...

The Home Front
1943
Director
A homesick Pvt. Snafu learns that his family are almost as committed to the war efforts as himself.

A Corny Concerto
1943
Story
Elmer Fudd introduces two pieces of classical music: "Tales of the Vienna Woods" and "The Blue Danube", and acted out by Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Laramo...

The Gold Brick
1943
Director
A fairy encourages Snafu to duck out of his training regime for his own reasons.

Scrap Happy Daffy
1943
Director
During World War Two, Daffy Duck owns a junkyard which collects scrap metal to use in building weapons to continue the Allied fight against the Axis p...

Porky Pig's Feat
1943
Director
Porky Pig and Daffy Duck owe an outrageous sum to the Broken Arms Hotel. The manager thwarts their efforts to escape without paying their bill.

Tito's Guitar
1942
Director
Tito comes on his trusty burro to sing to his lady love, but his singing and guitar playing disturbs the girl's father. The father peppers Tito with a...

The Dumbconscious Mind
1942
Director
Butch's evil conscience convinces him to try and steal meat from a cute puppy.
The Bulldog and the Baby
1942
Director
A black maid leaves the baby of the house she works at with Butch. The bulldog tries to keep the rambunctious baby from harm in the city, but all hell...
The Wild and Woozy West
1942
Supervising Technical Director
Wild and Woozy West is another of the unsung cartoons from the Columbia studio of the '40s. It concerns the capture of the western wolf villain Angel ...

A Hollywood Detour
1942
Story, Director
This cartoon, featuring a running-gag throughout of a John Barrymore caricature being mobbed by fan for an autograph, is a burlesqued tour of Hollywoo...

The Tangled Angler
1941
Director
A pelican fisherman tangles with a wise-cracking fish.
The Fox and the Grapes
1941
Director
Illustrating the origin of the term 'sour grapes', (post-Aesop, that is), Crow gets Fox to trade him his picnic lunch for some grapes high on a vine. ...

Timber
1941
Story, Director
Hobo Donald steals dinner off Pegleg Pete's table. Pete gives Donald a stick of dynamite. Then he puts Donald to work chopping trees. To say Donald is...

Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip
1940
Story
Mickey is heading out on vacation from Burbank to Pomona, taking the train. The conductor, Pete, won't let him on with Pluto, so he hides Pluto in his...

Mr. Duck Steps Out
1940
Story
Donald visits the house of his new love interest for their first known date. At first Daisy acts shy and has her back turned to her visitor. But Donal...

You're an Education
1938
Director
The brochures in a travel agency come to life. After a series of quick gags (flying fish in airplanes, a wave washing swimmers out to sea and back, et...

Little Pancho Vanilla
1938
Director
Little Pancho Vanilla dreams of becoming a bullfighter, but his mother tells him that's impossible. The greatest bullfighter in Mexico, Don Jose, is c...

Brave Little Tailor
1938
Story
When a giant threatens the land, the cityfolk mistake Mickey's boast of killing seven flies with one blow to be giants. He is then forced to fight the...

Cracked Ice
1938
Director
It's ice skating time. After a few generic ice-skating gags, we get to the main story. An animal falls through the ice, and a pig doing W.C. Fields (W...

Wholly Smoke
1938
Director
A neighborhood bully convinces Porky to take a puff from his cigar, causing Porky to hallucinate a smoke-man named Nick O. Teen, along with a musical ...

The Major Lied 'Til Dawn
1938
Director
We open on a big game hunter telling a little boy (a caricture of child star Freddie Bartholomew) stories about hunting in the jungles of Africa. He t...

Porky's Spring Planting
1938
Director
Porky and his dog, Streamline, plant a large garden. The neighbor chickens see the garden as one big buffet/cafeteria.

Have You Got Any Castles
1938
Director
Another entry in the "books come alive" subgenre, with possibly more books coming alive than any other. We begin with some musical numbers, notably th...

Porky the Fireman
1938
Director
Fireman Porky and friends try to save a theatrical boarding house and its inhabitants from an inferno.

Now That Summer Is Gone
1938
Director
Summer is gone, and throughout the forest young squirrels are working hard gathering acorns for the long cold winter ahead. But one such squirrel has ...

Porky at the Crocadero
1938
Director
The Crocadero nightclub. Porky has his diploma from the Sucker Correspondence School of music, and has dreams of being a bandleader, but he's broke. H...

The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
1937
Director
A program for radio KUKU set in the woods, mostly starring birds as caricatures of celebrities of the day. The MC is bandleader Ben Birdie, heckled by...

Porky's Double Trouble
1937
Director
Porky Pig has some problems when his mobster lookalike decides to frame him for a bank job.

The Case of the Stuttering Pig
1937
Director
Porky Pig and his family inherit Uncle Solomon's estate, but if they die everything goes to the lawyer, who turns himself into a Mr. Hyde-style monste...

Speaking of the Weather
1937
Director
It's midnight at the bookstore and all the book and magazine characters are coming to life. When a bulldog from an adventure book uses a Boswell Siste...

Porky's Railroad
1937
Director
Porky is the engineer on the most pathetic train in the fleet. After some routine episodes (using pepper to get the engine to sneeze itself up a hill,...

Porky's Building
1937
Director
Porky and another contractor are competing to submit the lower bid for a new city hall. When they submit identical bids, the city has them compete, wh...

Porky's Romance
1937
Director
The introduction cartoon for Petunia Pig deals with Porky's courtship with her. Once he's won her hand in marriage, he fantasizes about his future wit...

Porky's Road Race
1937
Director
It's race day, and first prize is $2 million (less $1,999,998.37 in taxes). Porky's little car is matched against cars driven by stars of yesteryear, ...

Porky in the North Woods
1936
Director
Porky Pig runs a game refuge. Despite the abundant signs to the contrary, Jean-Baptiste the trapper sets numerous traps, ensnaring many animals.

Little Beau Porky
1936
Director
Porky's in the foreign legion. But he's not allowed to fight; all he can do is scrub camels, and he's not particularly good at that. The other soldier...

Porky's Poultry Plant
1936
Director
Porky Pig is raising chickens, ducks, and geese. Many birds have fallen victim to the hawk. Porky's going to do everything he can to fight back.

The Fixer Uppers
1935
Writer
Stan and Ollie are greeting card salesmen who agree to help a woman put a spark in her loveless marriage by making her husband jealous.

Tit for Tat
1935
Writer
Stan and Ollie have set up their own electrical appliance store but, unfortunately for them, the grocery right next door is run by the man and wife wh...

Pettin' in the Park
1934
Animation
While at the park, a group of birds engage in a swimming contest. Another cartoon by Warner Brothers promoting a song from its movie "Gold Diggers of ...

Hook and Ladder Hokum
1933
Director
Tom and Jerry are firemen working to rescue the top floor residents of a burning apartment house.