Dave Fleischer - Movie and Film Biography, Credits and Filmography

Genres

Comedy

Active

1920 - 1948

Born

July 14, 1894 in Austria

Died

June 25, 1979 in Woodland Hills, CA

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A cutter at Pathé Films in the early teens, Dave Fleischer and his brother Max made the first of their imaginative "Out of the Inkwell" cartoons starring Koko the Clown for Paramount in 1916. They took this popular series into the 1920s, when they also devised the audience sing-along "Song Car-Tunes" series. In the '30s, the Fleischers had even greater success with their beloved characters Betty Boop (Boop-Ooop-A-Doop, Is My Palm Red?) and Popeye the Sailor (Beware of Barnacle Bill, Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor). By the end of the decade, they branched out into animated features with an adaptation of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1939); they followed it with their insect-filled feature Mr. Bug Goes To Town (aka Hoppity Goes To Town [1941]), but found greater success with their handsome series of short Superman cartoons in the early '40s. After leaving Paramount, Dave Fleischer became head of animation at Columbia until 1944; afterwards, he served as a gag writer for live-action comedies at Universal into the late 1950s.

Title	Year	Editors' Rating		User Rating
Base Brawl Director	1948
Trocadero Actor	1944
Baby Wants a Bottleship Director	1942
Billion Dollar Limited Director	1942
Blunder Below Director	1942
Electric Earthquake Director	1942
Fleets of Stren'th Director	1942
Kickin' the Conga 'round Director	1942
Many Tanks Director	1942
Olive Oyl and Water Don't Mix Director	1942
Pipeye, Pupeye, Poopeye & Peepeye Director	1942
Terror on the Midway Director	1942
The Arctic Giant Director	1942
The Bulleteers Director	1942
The Magnetic Telescope Director	1942
The Raven Director	1942
Volcano Director	1942
All's Well Director	1941
Child Psykolojiky Director	1941
Copy Cat Director	1941
Fire Cheese Director	1941
Flies Ain't Human Director	1941
Gabby Goes Fishing Director	1941
I'll Never Crow Again Director	1941
It's a Hap-Hap-Happy Day Director	1941
Mechanical Monsters Director	1941
Mr. Bug Goes to Town Director, Screenwriter	1941
Nix on Hypnotricks Director	1941
Olive's Boithday Presink Director	1941
Olive's Sweepstakes Ticket Director	1941
Pest Pilot Director	1941
Popeye Meets Rip Van Winkle Director	1941
Problem Pappy Director	1941
Quiet! Pleeze Director	1941
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy Director	1941
Superman Director	1941
Swing Cleaning Director	1941
The Mighty Navy Director	1941
Twinkletoes - Where He Goes Nobody Knows Director	1941
Twinkletoes in Hat Stuff Director	1941
Two for the Zoo Director	1941
Vitamin Hay Director	1941
Zero, the Hound Director	1941
A Kick in Time Director	1940
Ants in the Plants Director	1940
Bring Himself Back Alive Director	1940
Females Is Fickle Director	1940
Fightin' Pals Director	1940
Granite Hotel Director	1940
King for a Day Director	1940
Little Lambkin Director	1940
Me Feelins Is Hurt Director	1940
Mommy Loves Puppy Director	1940
My Pop, My Pop Director	1940
Nurse-Mates Director	1940
Onion Pacific Director	1940
Poopdeck Pappy Director	1940
Popeye Presents Eugene the Jeep Director	1940
Puttin' on the Act Director	1940
Shakespearian Spinach Director	1940
Snubbed by a Snob Director	1940
Springtime in the Rock Age Director	1940
Stealin' Ain't Honest Director	1940
The Constable Director	1940
The Dandy Lion Director	1940
The Foul Ball Player Director	1940
The Fulla Bluff Man Director	1940
The Ugly Dino Director	1940
Way Back When Women Had Their Weigh Director	1940
Way Back When a Nightclub Was a Stick Director	1940
Way Back When a Razzberry Was a Fruit Director	1940
Way Back When a Triangle Had Its Points Director	1940
Wedding Belts Director	1940
Wimmin Is a Myskery Director	1940
You Can't Shoe a Horsefly Director	1940
Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp Director	1939
Always Kickin' Director	1939
Customers Wanted Director	1939
Fresh Vegetable Mystery Director	1939
Ghosks Is the Bunk Director	1939
Gulliver's Travels Director	1939
Hello, How Am I? Director	1939
It's the Natural Thing to Do Director	1939
Leave Well Enough Alone Director	1939
Musical Mountaineers Director	1939
My Friend the Monkey Director	1939
Never Sock a Baby Director	1939
Rhythm on the Reservation Director	1939
Small Fry Director	1939
So Does an Automobile Director	1939
The Barnyard Brat Director	1939
The Scared Crows Director	1939
Wotta Nitemare Director	1939
Yip, Yip, Yippy Director	1939
A Date to Skate Director	1938
All's Fair at the Fair Director	1938
Be up to Date Director	1938
Beside a Moonlit Stream Director	1938
Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh Director	1938
Bulldozing the Bull Director	1938
Buzzy Boop Director	1938
Buzzy Boop at the Concert Director	1938
Cops Is Always Right Director	1938
Goonland Director	1938
Hold It! Director	1938
Honest Love and True Director	1938
Hunky and Spunky Director	1938
I Yam Lovesick Director	1938
Jeep Director	1938
Learn Polikeness Director	1938
Let's Celebrake Director	1938
Mutiny Ain't Nice Director	1938
On with the New Director	1938
Out of the Inkwell Director	1938
Plumbing Is a Pipe Director	1938
Pudgy and the Lost Kitten Director	1938
Pudgy the Watchman Director	1938
Riding the Rails Director	1938
Sally Swing Director	1938
Thanks for the Memory Director	1938
The House Builder-Upper Director	1938
The Playful Polar Bears Director	1938
The Swing School Director	1938
The Tears of an Onion Director	1938
You Leave Me Breathless Director	1938
You Took the Words Right out of My Heart Director	1938
A Car-Tune Portrait Director	1937
Bunny Mooning Director	1937
Chicken a la King Director	1937
Ding Dong Doggie Director	1937
Educated Fish Director	1937
Fowl Play Director	1937
Hospitaliky Director	1937
House Cleaning Blues Director	1937
I Likes Babies and Infinks Director	1937
I Never Changes My Altitude Director	1937
Little Lamby Director	1937
Lost and Foundry Director	1937
Magic on Broadway Director	1937
Morning, Noon and Night Club Director	1937
My Artistical Temperature Director	1937
Never Should Have Told You Director	1937
Peeping Penguins Director	1937
Please Keep Me in Your Dreams Director	1937
Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves Director	1937
Protek the Weakerist Director	1937
Pudgy Picks a Fight Director	1937
Pudgy Takes a Bow-Wow Director	1937
Service with a Smile Director	1937
The Candid Candidate Director	1937
The Football Toucher-Downer Director	1937
The Foxy Hunter Director	1937
The Hot Air Salesman Director	1937
The Impractical Joker Director	1937
The New Deal Show Director	1937
The Organ Grinder's Swing Director	1937
The Paneless Window Washer Director	1937
The Twisker Pitcher Director	1937
Twilight on the Trail Director	1937
Whispers in the Dark Director	1937
Whoops! I'm a Cowboy Director	1937
You Came to My Rescue Director	1937
Zula Hula Director	1937
A Clean Shaven Man Director	1936
A Song a Day Director	1936
Be Human Director	1936
Betty Boop and Little Jimmy Director	1936
Betty Boop and the Little King Director	1936
Bridge Ahoy Director	1936
Brotherly Love Director	1936
Christmas Comes But Once a Year Director	1936
Grampy's Indoor Outing Director	1936
Greedy Humpty Dumpty Director	1936
Happy You and Merry Me Director	1936
Hawaiian Birds Director	1936
Hold the Wire Director	1936
I Can't Escape from You Director	1936
I Don't Want to Make History Director	1936
I Feel Like a Feather in the Breeze Director	1936
I Wanna Be a Lifeguard Director	1936
I'm in the Army Now Director	1936
I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski Director	1936
Let's Get Movin' Director	1936
Little Nobody Director	1936
Little Swee'pea Director	1936
Making Friends Director	1936
More Pep Director	1936
Never Kick a Woman Director	1936
No Other One Director	1936
Not Now Director	1936
Play Safe Director	1936
Popeye the Sailor Meets Sinbad the Sailor Director	1936
Somewhere in Dreamland Director	1936
The Cobweb Hotel Director	1936
The Hills of Wyomin' Director	1936
The Little Stranger Director	1936
The Spinach Roadster Director	1936
Training Pigeons Director	1936
We Did It Director	1936
What -- No Spinach? Director	1936
You're Not Built That Way Director	1936
A Language All My Own Director	1935
A Little Soap and Water Director	1935
Adventures of Popeye Director	1935
Baby Be Good Director	1935
Be Kind to 'Aminals' Director	1935
Betty Boop and Grampy Director	1935
Betty Boop with Henry The Funniest Living American Director	1935
Beware of Barnacle Bill Director	1935
Choose Your 'Weppins' Director	1935
Dancing on the Moon Director	1935
Dizzy Divers Director	1935
For Better or Worser Director	1935
Judge For a Day Director	1935
King of the Mardi Gras Director, Screenwriter	1935
Making Stars Director	1935
Musical Memories Director	1935
No! No! A Thousand Times No!! Director	1935
Pleased to Meet Cha! Director	1935
Song of the Birds Director	1935
Stop That Noise Director	1935
Swat the Fly Director	1935
Taking the Blame Director	1935
The 'Hyp-Nut-Tist' Director	1935
The Kids in the Shoe Director	1935
The Spinach Overture Director	1935
Time for Love Director	1935
Vim, Vigor, and Vitaliky Director	1935
You Gotta Be a Football Hero Director	1935
A Dream Walking Director	1934
An Elephant Never Forgets Director	1934
Axe Me Another Director	1934
Betty Boop's Life Guard Director	1934
Betty Boop's Little Pal Director	1934
Betty Boop's Prize Show Director	1934
Betty Boop's Rise to Fame Director	1934
Betty Boop's Trial Director	1934
Betty in Blunderland Director	1934
Can You Take It Director	1934
Ha! Ha! Ha! Director	1934
Let's Sing With Popeye Director	1934
Let's You and Him Fight Director	1934
Little Dutch Mill Director	1934
Poor Cinderella Director	1934
She Wronged Him Right Director	1934
Shiver Me Timbers! Director	1934
Shoein' Hosses Director	1934
Sock-a-Bye, Baby Director	1934
Strong to the Finich Director	1934
The Dance Contest Director	1934
The Man on the Flying Trapeeze Director	1934
The Two-Alarm Fire Director	1934
We Aim to Please Director	1934
Ain't She Tweet Director	1933
Betty Boop's Big Boss Director	1933
Betty Boop's Birthday Party Director	1933
Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions Director	1933
Betty Boop's Halloween Party Director	1933
Betty Boop's Ker-Choo Director	1933
Betty Boop's May Party Director	1933
Betty Boop's Penthouse Director	1933
Blow Me Down Director	1933
Boilesk Director	1933
Dinah Director	1933
Down by the Old Mill Stream Director	1933
I Eats My Spinach Director	1933
I Yam What I Yam Director	1933
Is My Palm Read Director	1933
Morning Noon and Night Director	1933
Mother Goose Land Director	1933
Parade of the Wooden Soldiers Director	1933
Popeye the Sailor Director	1933
Popular Melodies Director	1933
Season's Greetinks Director	1933
Sing, Babies, Sing Director	1933
Sing, Sisters, Sing! Director	1933
Snow White Director	1933
Song Shopping Director	1933
Stoopnocracy Director	1933
The Boo, Boo, Theme Song Director	1933
The Old Man of the Mountain Director	1933
The Peanut Vendor Director	1933
When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba Director	1933
Wild Elephinks Director	1933
Admission Free Director	1932
Any Rags Director	1932
Betty Boop for President Director	1932
Betty Boop's Bamboo Isle Director	1932
Betty Boop's Bizzy Bee Director	1932
Betty Boop's Museum Director	1932
Betty Boop's Ups and Downs Director	1932
Betty Boop, MD Director	1932
Boop-Oop-A-Doop Director	1932
Chess-Nuts Director	1932
Crazy Town Director	1932
Down Among the Sugar Cane Director	1932
Hide and Seek Director	1932
I Ain't Got Nobody Director	1932
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You Director	1932
Just One More Chance Director	1932
Just a Gigolo Director	1932
Let Me Call You Sweetheart Director	1932
Minnie the Moocher Director	1932
Oh! How I Hate to Get up in the Morning Director	1932
Robot Director	1932
Romantic Melodies Director	1932
Rudy Vallee Melodies Director	1932
S.O.S. Director	1932
School Days Director	1932
Shine on Harvest Moon Director	1932
Show Me the Way to Go Home Director	1932
Sing a Song Director	1932
Sleepy Time Down South Director	1932
Sweet Jenny Lee Director	1932
Swim or Sink Director	1932
The Dancing Fool Director	1932
Time on My Hands Director	1932
Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie Director	1932
When the Red Red Robin Comes Bob Bob Bobbin' Along Director	1932
You Try Somebody Else Director	1932
And the Green Grass Grew All Around Director	1931
Betty Co-Ed Director	1931
Bimbo's Express Director	1931
Bimbo's Initiation Director	1931
By the Beautiful Sea Director	1931
By the Light of the Silvery Moon Director	1931
Dizzy Red Riding Hood Director	1931
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now Director	1931
I'd Climb the Highest Mountain Director	1931
In My Merry Oldsmobile Director	1931
In the Shade of the Old Applesauce Director	1931
Jack and the Beanstalk Director	1931
Kitty from Kansas City Director	1931
Little Annie Rooney Director	1931
Mask-A-Raid Director	1931
Minding the Baby Director	1931
Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean Director	1931
My Wife's Gone to the Country Director	1931
Please Go 'way and Let Me Sleep Director	1931
Silly Scandals Director	1931
Somebody Stole My Gal Director	1931
The Bum Bandit Director	1931
The Cow's Husband Director	1931
The Herring Murder Case Director	1931
The Male Man Director	1931
Tree Saps Director	1931
Twenty Legs Under the Sea Director	1931
You're Driving Me Crazy Director	1931
Dizzy Dishes Director	1930
Marriage Wows Director	1930
Koko Back Tracks Director	1927
Koko Needles the Boss Director	1927
Now You're Talking Director	1927
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (The Boys Are Marching) Director	1926
Inklings: Issue 12 Animator, Director	1925
Koko Trains 'Em Director	1925
A Trip to Mars Director	1924
The Cartoon Factory Director	1924
Bedtime Director	1923
Trapped Director	1923
Bubbles Director	1922
Jumping Beans Director	1922
Invisible Ink Director	1921
Modeling Director	1921
The Clown's Little Brother Director	1920

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