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.
Full Filmography
Production
Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid
(1929)
Producer
Sinkin' in the Bathtub
(1930)
Associate Producer
Congo Jazz
(1930)
Associate Producer
Box Car Blues
(1930)
Associate Producer
Crying for the Carolines
(1930)
Producer
Hold Anything
(1930)
Producer
Dumb Patrol
(1931)
Producer
Red-Headed Baby
(1931)
Producer
Bosko Shipwrecked!
(1931)
Producer
Bosko's Soda Fountain
(1931)
Producer
The Tree's Knees
(1931)
Producer
Bosko's Holiday
(1931)
Producer
Big Man from the North
(1931)
Producer
One More Time
(1931)
Producer
Bosko the Doughboy
(1931)
Producer
Smile, Darn Ya, Smile!
(1931)
Producer
Bosko's Fox Hunt
(1931)
Producer
Ups 'n Downs
(1931)
Producer
Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land
(1931)
Producer
Yodeling Yokels
(1931)
Producer
Ain't Nature Grand!
(1931)
Producer
You Don't Know What You're Doin'!
(1931)
Producer
Lady, Play Your Mandolin!
(1931)
Producer
Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee
(1932)
Producer
You're Too Careless with Your Kisses!
(1932)
Producer
Bosko's Woodland Daze
(1932)
Producer
Bosko's Dizzy Date
(1932)
Producer
The Queen Was in the Parlor
(1932)
Producer
Ride Him, Bosko
(1932)
Producer
Bosko and Bruno
(1932)
Producer
Ride Him, Cowboy
(1932)
Producer
Freddy the Freshman
(1932)
Producer
Goopy Geer
(1932)
Producer
Bosko's Store
(1932)
Producer
Three's a Crowd
(1932)
Producer
Bosko's Party
(1932)
Producer
I Love a Parade
(1932)
Producer
Moonlight for Two
(1932)
Producer
Bosko at the Zoo
(1932)
Producer
Big-Hearted Bosko
(1932)
Producer
The Big Stampede
(1932)
Producer
Bosko and Honey
(1932)
Producer
Bosko's Dog Race
(1932)
Producer
Bosko the Lumberjack
(1932)
Producer
Bosko at the Beach
(1932)
Producer
Bosko the Drawback
(1932)
Producer
It's Got Me Again!
(1932)
Producer
Pagan Moon
(1932)
Producer
Battling Bosko
(1932)
Producer
I Wish I Had Wings
(1932)
Producer
A Great Big Bunch of You
(1932)
Producer
Haunted Gold
(1932)
Producer
Buddy's Beer Garden
(1933)
Producer
Young and Healthy
(1933)
Producer
One Step Ahead of My Shadow
(1933)
Producer
The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives
(1933)
Producer
Bosko in Dutch
(1933)
Producer
Sittin' on a Backyard Fence
(1933)
Producer
I've Got to Sing a Torch Song
(1933)
Producer
The Man from Monterey
(1933)
Producer
The Organ Grinder
(1933)
Producer
Shuffle Off to Buffalo
(1933)
Producer
I Like Mountain Music
(1933)
Producer
Bosko in Person
(1933)
Producer
The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon
(1933)
Producer
Buddy's Day Out
(1933)
Producer
Beauty and the Beast
(1934)
Producer
Honeymoon Hotel
(1934)
Producer
Buddy's Bearcats
(1934)
Producer
Pop Goes Your Heart
(1934)
Producer
The Girl at the Ironing Board
(1934)
Producer
Buddy's Circus
(1934)
Producer
Pettin' in the Park
(1934)
Producer
A Cartoonist's Nightmare
(1935)
Producer
Country Mouse
(1935)
Producer
Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name
(1935)
Producer
My Green Fedora
(1935)
Producer
Into Your Dance
(1935)
Producer
Little Dutch Plate
(1935)
Producer
Flowers for Madame
(1935)
Producer
Hollywood Capers
(1935)
Producer
The Fire Alarm
(1935)
Producer
I Haven't Got a Hat
(1935)
Producer
The Lady in Red
(1935)
Producer
Country Boy
(1935)
Producer
The Merry Old Soul
(1935)
Producer
Gold Diggers of '49
(1935)
Producer
The Phantom Ship
(1936)
Producer
The Blow Out
(1936)
Producer
The Cat Came Back
(1936)
Producer
Fish Tales
(1936)
Producer
The CooCoo Nut Grove
(1936)
Producer
Porky the Rain-Maker
(1936)
Producer
I Love to Singa
(1936)
Producer
I Wanna Play House
(1936)
Producer
Porky in the North Woods
(1936)
Producer
Porky's Moving Day
(1936)
Producer
Milk and Money
(1936)
Producer
Little Beau Porky
(1936)
Producer
Porky's Poultry Plant
(1936)
Producer
Don't Look Now
(1936)
Producer
Alpine Antics
(1936)
Producer
Bingo Crosbyana
(1936)
Producer
Page Miss Glory
(1936)
Producer
When I Yoo Hoo
(1936)
Producer
Toy Town Hall
(1936)
Producer
The Case of the Stuttering Pig
(1937)
Producer
Streamlined Greta Green
(1937)
Producer
Rover's Rival
(1937)
Producer
Porky's Badtime Story
(1937)
Producer
Porky's Duck Hunt
(1937)
Producer
Porky's Super Service
(1937)
Producer
I Wanna Be a Sailor
(1937)
Producer
Little Red Walking Hood
(1937)
Producer
Porky's Railroad
(1937)
Producer
Porky and Gabby
(1937)
Producer
Ain't We Got Fun
(1937)
Producer
Egghead Rides Again
(1937)
Producer
Get Rich Quick Porky
(1937)
Producer
Picador Porky
(1937)
Producer
The Lyin' Mouse
(1937)
Producer
Pigs Is Pigs
(1937)
Producer
Porky's Road Race
(1937)
Producer
She Was an Acrobat's Daughter
(1937)
Producer
Plenty of Money and You
(1937)
Producer
Speaking of the Weather
(1937)
Producer
The Woods Are Full of Cuckoos
(1937)
Producer
Porky's Romance
(1937)
Producer
I Only Have Eyes for You
(1937)
Producer
Porky's Building
(1937)
Producer
A Sunbonnet Blue
(1937)
Producer
Porky's Hero Agency
(1937)
Producer
Dog Daze
(1937)
Producer
Porky's Hare Hunt
(1938)
Producer
Cinderella Meets Fella
(1938)
Producer
The Mice Will Play
(1938)
Producer
The Night Watchman
(1938)
Producer
Now That Summer Is Gone
(1938)
Producer
You're an Education
(1938)
Producer
Cracked Ice
(1938)
Producer
Little Pancho Vanilla
(1938)
Producer
Porky in Wackyland
(1938)
Producer
Count Me Out
(1938)
Producer
Porky & Daffy
(1938)
Producer
Daffy Duck & Egghead
(1938)
Producer
Daffy Duck in Hollywood
(1938)
Producer
A Star Is Hatched
(1938)
Producer
Porky's Party
(1938)
Producer
Porky in Egypt
(1938)
Producer
Have You Got Any Castles?
(1938)
Producer
Katnip Kollege
(1938)
Producer
Porky's Five & Ten
(1938)
Producer
Porky's Spring Planting
(1938)
Producer
Porky's Poppa
(1938)
Producer
Porky the Fireman
(1938)
Producer
The Daffy Doc
(1938)
Producer
What Price Porky
(1938)
Producer
Wholly Smoke
(1938)
Producer
Prest-O Change-O
(1939)
Producer
Hamateur Night
(1939)
Producer
Naughty But Mice
(1939)
Producer
The Film Fan
(1939)
Producer
Bars and Stripes Forever
(1939)
Producer
Hare-um Scare-um
(1939)
Producer
Old Glory
(1939)
Producer
Sniffles and the Bookworm
(1939)
Producer
Thugs with Dirty Mugs
(1939)
Producer
Robin Hood Makes Good
(1939)
Producer
Little Brother Rat
(1939)
Producer
Porky and Teabiscuit
(1939)
Producer
Jeepers Creepers
(1939)
Producer
Believe It or Else
(1939)
Producer
Porky's Tire Trouble
(1939)
Producer
Polar Pals
(1939)
Producer
Wise Quacks
(1939)
Producer
Pied Piper Porky
(1939)
Producer
Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur
(1939)
Producer
Porky's Hotel
(1939)
Producer
Screwball Football
(1939)
Producer
Sniffles Takes a Trip
(1940)
Producer
Patient Porky
(1940)
Producer
Porky's Poor Fish
(1940)
Producer
Tom Thumb in Trouble
(1940)
Producer
The Sour Puss
(1940)
Producer
Prehistoric Porky
(1940)
Producer
The Bear's Tale
(1940)
Producer
A Gander at Mother Goose
(1940)
Producer
A Wild Hare
(1940)
Producer
Slap Happy Pappy
(1940)
Producer
The Hardship of Miles Standish
(1940)
Producer
You Ought to Be in Pictures
(1940)
Producer
The Egg Collector
(1940)
Producer
Bedtime for Sniffles
(1940)
Producer
Porky's Baseball Broadcast
(1940)
Producer
Elmer's Candid Camera
(1940)
Producer
All This and Rabbit Stew
(1941)
Producer
Aviation Vacation
(1941)
Producer
The Crackpot Quail
(1941)
Producer
Porky's Ant
(1941)
Producer
Meet John Doughboy
(1941)
Producer
The Trial of Mr. Wolf
(1941)
Producer
Porky's Pooch
(1941)
Producer
Rookie Revue
(1941)
Producer
The Brave Little Bat
(1941)
Producer
Farm Frolics
(1941)
Producer
Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
(1941)
Producer
Toy Trouble
(1941)
Producer
Rhapsody in Rivets
(1941)
Producer
The Fighting 69½th
(1941)
Producer
Goofy Groceries
(1941)
Producer
Hollywood Steps Out
(1941)
Producer
The Cat's Tale
(1941)
Producer
The Heckling Hare
(1941)
Producer
Robinson Crusoe Jr.
(1941)
Producer
The Haunted Mouse
(1941)
Producer
Tortoise Beats Hare
(1941)
Producer
Wabbit Twouble
(1941)
Producer
The Henpecked Duck
(1941)
Producer
Porky's Preview
(1941)
Producer
Joe Glow, the Firefly
(1941)
Producer
A Coy Decoy
(1941)
Producer
Fresh Hare
(1942)
Producer
Wacky Blackout
(1942)
Producer
Lights Fantastic
(1942)
Producer
The Draft Horse
(1942)
Producer
Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner
(1942)
Producer
The Ducktators
(1942)
Producer
Conrad the Sailor
(1942)
Producer
My Favorite Duck
(1942)
Producer
Porky's Pastry Pirates
(1942)
Producer
The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall
(1942)
Producer
Case of the Missing Hare
(1942)
Producer
The Hare-Brained Hypnotist
(1942)
Producer
The Hep Cat
(1942)
Producer
The Wabbit Who Came to Supper
(1942)
Producer
Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid
(1942)
Producer
The Wacky Wabbit
(1942)
Producer
Horton Hatches the Egg
(1942)
Producer
Crazy Cruise
(1942)
Producer
Hold the Lion, Please
(1942)
Producer
Ding Dog Daddy
(1942)
Producer
Who's Who in the Zoo
(1942)
Producer
Bugs Bunny! That Wacky Wabbit
(1942)
Producer
The Daffy Duckaroo
(1942)
Producer
Foney Fables
(1942)
Producer
The Impatient Patient
(1942)
Producer
A Tale of Two Kitties
(1942)
Producer
Daffy's Southern Exposure
(1942)
Producer
Porky's Cafe
(1942)
Producer
Falling Hare
(1943)
Producer
Inki and the Minah Bird
(1943)
Producer
Hop and Go
(1943)
Producer
Scrap Happy Daffy
(1943)
Producer
The Wise Quacking Duck
(1943)
Producer
Fifth Column Mouse
(1943)
Producer
The Aristo-Cat
(1943)
Producer
To Duck.... Or Not to Duck
(1943)
Producer
Confusions of a Nutzy Spy
(1943)
Producer
Puss n' Booty
(1943)
Producer
Fin'n Catty
(1943)
Producer
Pigs in a Polka
(1943)
Producer
Super-Rabbit
(1943)
Producer
Yankee Doodle Daffy
(1943)
Producer
Wackiki Wabbit
(1943)
Producer
Porky Pig's Feat
(1943)
Producer
An Itch in Time
(1943)
Producer
Daffy - The Commando
(1943)
Producer
A Corny Concerto
(1943)
Producer
Tortoise Wins by a Hare
(1943)
Producer
Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk
(1943)
Producer
The Unbearable Bear
(1943)
Producer
Point Rationing of Foods
(1943)
Producer
Gripes
(1943)
Producer
The Gold Brick
(1943)
Producer
Rumors
(1943)
Producer
The Home Front
(1943)
Producer
Spies
(1943)
Producer
Tokio Jokio
(1943)
Producer
Fighting Tools
(1943)
Producer
Coming!! Snafu
(1943)
Producer
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
(1943)
Producer
Tick Tock Tuckered
(1944)
Producer
Brother Brat
(1944)
Producer
Birdy and the Beast
(1944)
Producer
Gas
(1944)
Producer
Snafuperman
(1944)
Producer
Booby Traps
(1944)
Producer
Censored
(1944)
Producer
A Lecture on Camouflage
(1944)
Producer
Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike
(1944)
Producer
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
(1944)
Producer
The Chow Hound
(1944)
Producer
Swooner Crooner
(1944)
Producer
The Weakly Reporter
(1944)
Producer
Hare Ribbin'
(1944)
Producer
Duck Soup to Nuts
(1944)
Producer
Buckaroo Bugs
(1944)
Producer
What's Cookin' Doc?
(1944)
Producer
Russian Rhapsody
(1944)
Producer
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
(1944)
Producer
I Got Plenty of Mutton
(1944)
Producer
Little Red Riding Rabbit
(1944)
Producer
Hare Force
(1944)
Producer
Tom Turk and Daffy
(1944)
Producer
Acting
You Ought to Be in Pictures
(1940)
Self
Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul
(2012)
Himself (Archive Footage)
Crew