William Hanna
William Denby "Bill" Hanna (July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001) was an American animator, director, producer, television director, television producer, and cartoon artist, whose movie and television cartoon characters entertained millions of fans worldwide for much of the 20th century. When he was a young child, Hanna's family moved frequently, but they settled in Compton, California, by 1919. There, Hanna became an Eagle Scout. Hanna graduated from Compton High School in 1928. He briefly attended Compton City College but dropped out at the onset of the Great Depression.After working odd jobs in the first months of the Depression, Hanna joined the Harman and Ising animation studio in 1930. During the 1930s, Hanna steadily gained skill and prominence while working on cartoons such as Captain and the Kids. In 1937, while working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Hanna met Joseph Barbera. The two men began a collaboration that was at first best known for producing Tom and Jerry and live action films. In 1957, they co-founded Hanna-Barbera, which became the most successful television animation studio in the business, producing programs such as The Flintstones, The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, and Yogi Bear. In 1967, Hanna–Barbera was sold to Taft Broadcasting for $12 million, but Hanna and Barbera remained heads of the company until 1991. At that time the studio was sold to Turner Broadcasting System, which in turn was merged with Time Warner, owners of Warner Bros., in 1996; Hanna and Barbera stayed on as advisors.Hanna and Barbera won seven Academy Awards and eight Emmy Awards. Their cartoons have become cultural icons, and their cartoon characters have appeared in other media such as films, books, and toys. Hanna–Barbera's shows have a global audience of over 300 million people and have been translated into more than 20 languages.
243 directing credits · 54 acting credits
Directing · 243
Love, American Style
1969
The Flintstones
1960
The Jetsons
1962
What a Cartoon!
1995
Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines
1969
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
1969
Top Cat
1961
The Quick Draw McGraw Show
1959
The New Scooby-Doo Movies
1972
The Huckleberry Hound Show
1958
Jonny Quest
1964
Shazzan
1967
Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks
1958
The Ruff and Reddy Show
1957
Birdman and the Galaxy Trio
1967
Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy
1959
Snooper and Blabber
1959
The Secret Squirrel Show
1965
Arabian Knights
1968
Quiet Please!
1945
Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long
1964
The Space Kidettes
1966
Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey
1964
Young Samson & Goliath
1967
Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space
1972
Breezly and Sneezly
1964
Jetsons: The Movie
1990
Around the World in 79 Days
1969
Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har
1962
The Funky Phantom
1971
It's the Wolf
1969
The Man Called Flintstone
1966
The Flintstones: Hollyrock a Bye Baby
1993
Puss Gets the Boot
1940
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
1973
Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology (1940–1958)
2025
Motormouse and Autocat
1969
Scooby-Doo Meets The Addams Family
1972
Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse
1964
The Invisible Mouse
1947
Scooby-Doo Meets Batman
2002
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
1973
Solid Serenade
1946
Baby Puss
1943
The Night Before Christmas
1941
Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!
1964
The Zoot Cat
1944
Blue Cat Blues
1956
Cat Fishin'
1947
Sleepy-Time Tom
1951
Yogi's Ark Lark
1972
Downhearted Duckling
1954
The Bodyguard
1944
Oliver and the Artful Dodger
1972
The Cat Concerto
1947
Trap Happy
1946
The Three Musketeers
1973
The Little Orphan
1949
Scooby-Doo! Meets the Harlem Globetrotters
1972
Heavenly Puss
1949
A Christmas Story
1972
The Mouse Comes to Dinner
1945
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse
1947
Jerry and the Lion
1950
Mice Follies
1954
The Two Mouseketeers
1952
Mouse Trouble
1944
Johann Mouse
1953
Scooby-Doo! Winter WonderDog
2002
Triplet Trouble
1952
Smitten Kitten
1952
I Yabba-Dabba Do!
1993
Give and Tyke
1957
Baby Butch
1954
Fraidy Cat
1942
The Bowling Alley-Cat
1942
Slicked-up Pup
1951
The Cat and the Mermouse
1949
Pet Peeve
1954
Sufferin' Cats!
1943
Little Quacker
1950
The Egg and Jerry
1956
Scooby-Doo! and the Pirates
2011
The Count of Monte Cristo
1973
Down Beat Bear
1956
Robin Hoodwinked
1958
Smarty Cat
1955
Fine Feathered Friend
1942
That's My Mommy
1955
Casanova Cat
1951
The Lonesome Mouse
1943
Scooby-Doo's Creepiest Capers
2000
Southbound Duckling
1955
The Flying Sorceress
1956
Fit to Be Tied
1952
Pup on a Picnic
1955
Springtime for Thomas
1946
Texas Tom
1950
Happy Go Ducky
1958
Barbecue Brawl
1956
Jerry and the Goldfish
1951
The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik
1972
Love That Pup
1949
The Thanksgiving That Almost Wasn't
1972
Crow's Fete
1965
Hatch Up Your Troubles
1949
Cue Ball Cat
1950
Pork Chop Phooey
1965
The Flying Cat
1952
Saturday Evening Puss
1950
A Mouse in the House
1947
Tot Watchers
1958
The Vanishing Duck
1958
Old Rockin' Chair Tom
1948
Christmas Flintstone
1964
The Framed Cat
1950
Timid Tabby
1957
Mucho Mouse
1957
Little Bo Bopped
1959
Professor Tom
1948
The Midnight Snack
1941
Flirty Birdy
1945
Designs on Jerry
1955
That's My Pup!
1953
Busy Buddies
1956
Push-Button Kitty
1952
Count Down Clown
1961
Two Faced Wolf
1961
Little Runaway
1952
The Milky Waif
1946
The Truce Hurts
1948
Jerry and Jumbo
1953
Puppy Tale
1954
Feedin' the Kiddie
1957
What a Lion!
1938
The Yankee Doodle Mouse
1943
Part Time Pal
1947
Puttin' on the Dog
1944
Little School Mouse
1954
Royal Cat Nap
1958
Bear Knuckles
1964
Just Ducky
1953
Salt Water Tabby
1947
Le bébé schtroumpf
1984
Wolf Hounded
1959
His Mouse Friday
1951
Polka-Dot Puss
1949
Touché, Pussy Cat!
1954
Mouse in Manhattan
1945
Rock Odyssey
1987
Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection
2004
Nit-Witty Kitty
1951
Mouse Cleaning
1948
Scooby-Doo! and the Skeletons
2012
Life with Tom
1953
Shutter Bugged Cat
1967
Jerry's Cousin
1951
Good Will to Men
1955
Puss n' Toots
1942
Tom's Photo Finish
1957
Posse Cat
1954
Kooky Loopy
1961
The Million Dollar Cat
1944
To Spring
1936
The Duck Doctor
1952
Hic-cup Pup
1954
Make Mine Freedom
1948
Cruise Cat
1952
No Biz Like Shoe Biz
1960
Muscle Beach Tom
1956
Tale of a Wolf
1960
Two Little Indians
1953
Snoopy Loopy
1960
Neapolitan Mouse
1954
Kitty Foiled
1948
Tee for Two
1945
Blue Monday
1938
Pecos Pest
1955
The Hollywood Bowl
1950
Yogi's Birthday Party
1962
Tops with Pops
1957
The Banana Splits in Hocus Pocus Park
1972
The Last of the Curlews
1972
Safety Second
1950
Cat Napping
1951
Dog Trouble
1942
The Missing Mouse
1953
Scat Cats
1957
The Dog House
1952
Old Smokey
1938
Wolf in Sheep Dog's Clothing
1963
War Dogs
1943
Bunnies Abundant
1962
Big Mouse-Take
1965
Loopy's Hare-do
1961
Mouse for Sale
1955
Jerry's Diary
1949
Rancid Ransom
1962
A Fallible Fable
1963
Habit Rabbit
1963
The Do-Good Wolf
1960
Happy Go Loopy
1961
Drum-Sticked
1963
Les p'tits schtroumpfs
1988
Just a Wolf at Heart
1963
Creepy Time Pal
1960
Bungle Uncle
1962
Tennis Chumps
1949
Officer Pooch
1941
Bearly Able
1962
Common Scents
1962
Here, Kiddie, Kiddie
1960
Tom and Chérie
1955
Zoo is Company
1961
Swing Social
1940
Slippery Slippers
1962
Chicken Hearted Wolf
1963
Gallopin' Gals
1940
Beef For And After
1962
Horse Shoo
1965
Chicken Fracas-See
1962
Hard Luck Duck
1995
Matinee Mouse
1966
Gidget Makes the Wrong Connection
1972
The Goose Goes South
1941
Fee Fie Foes
1961
Catch Meow
1961
This Is My Ducky Day
1961
Stay Awake or Else...
1975
Bear Up!
1963
Child Sock-Cology
1961
Not in Nottingham
1963
Elephantastic
1964
Life with Loopy
1960
Bear Hug
1964
Crook Who Cried Wolf
1963
Watcha Watchin'?
1963
Sheep Stealers Anonymous
1963
Il Meglio di... Tom & Jerry - Volume 1
1997
Swash Buckled
1962
Tom and Jerry Chaos Concerto
2014
Trouble Bruin
1964
Raggedy Rug
1964
Acting · 54
Tom & Jerry
2021
The Flintstones
1994
The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas
2000
MGM: When the Lion Roars
1992
Quiet Please!
1945
Tom and Jerry Cowboy Up!
2022
Tom and Jerry: Shiver Me Whiskers
2006
Tom and Jerry
2023
Cartoon Network Christmas: Yuletide Follies
2004
Puss Gets the Boot
1940
The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo
2002
Dangerous When Wet
1953
The Flintstones' 25th Anniversary Celebration
1986
The Invisible Mouse
1947
Hanna-Barbera's 50th
1989
On a Roll
2021
Solid Serenade
1946
Baby Puss
1943
The Zoot Cat
1944
Tom and Jerry: Golden Collection Volume One
2011
Little Gravel Voice
1942
The Cat Concerto
1947
Trap Happy
1946
The Little Orphan
1949
The Mouse Comes to Dinner
1945
I Yabba-Dabba Do!
1993
The Last Halloween
1991
Fraidy Cat
1942
The Bowling Alley-Cat
1942
Pet Peeve
1954
Sufferin' Cats!
1943
Little Quacker
1950
Fine Feathered Friend
1942
The Lonesome Mouse
1943
Springtime for Thomas
1946
Bad Luck Blackie
1949
Saturday Evening Puss
1950
Screwball Squirrel
1944
Timid Tabby
1957
Tom & Jerry's 50th Birthday Bash
1990
The Truce Hurts
1948
Puppy Tale
1954
The Yankee Doodle Mouse
1943
The House That Cat Built
2021
Polka-Dot Puss
1949
Tom & Jerry: Spotlight Collection
2004
Mouse Cleaning
1948
The Prospecting Bear
1941
The Million Dollar Cat
1944
Kitty Foiled
1948
Tom & Jerry: Deluxe Anniversary Collection
2010
Garden Gopher
1950
War Dogs
1943
Here Comes a Star
1963