Virgil Ross' introduction to cartooning was in high school, where he took a class in that art form. His early work was done for Charles B. Mintz (later Screen Gems), Ub Iwerks studio, and then on to Walter Lantz, where he began animation work. In 1935, he moved on to work for Leon Schlesinger at Warner Bros. where he spent about 30 years, first under Tex Avery's supervision, until 1942, then for Bob Clampett, and finally with Friz Freleng. His résumé also includes time spent with such firms as Filmation (where he worked on the early '70s Star Trek: The Animated Series), Hanna-Barbera, and Marvel Comics. In 1979 he animated Woody Woodpecker for a special scene at the 51st Academy Awards. Of the very many characters Ross animated, he is most closely associated with Bugs Bunny, but he also did a great deal of work involving Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Tweety, and many others, including Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote.
Known For
Rhapsody Rabbit
(1946)
Animation
Fritz the Cat
(1972)
Animation
A Tale of Two Kitties
(1942)
Animation
A Corny Concerto
(1943)
Animation
Full Filmography
Visual Effects
I Love to Singa
(1936)
Animation
Milk and Money
(1936)
Animation
Egghead Rides Again
(1937)
Animation
Porky's Duck Hunt
(1937)
Animation
A Sunbonnet Blue
(1937)
Animation
Cinderella Meets Fella
(1938)
Animation
The Mice Will Play
(1938)
Animation
Dangerous Dan McFoo
(1939)
Animation
Screwball Football
(1939)
Animation
Believe It or Else
(1939)
Animation
A Wild Hare
(1940)
Animation
Hollywood Steps Out
(1941)
Animation
Aviation Vacation
(1941)
Animation
Tortoise Beats Hare
(1941)
Animation
Wabbit Twouble
(1941)
Animation
The Hep Cat
(1942)
Animation
A Tale of Two Kitties
(1942)
Animation
A Corny Concerto
(1943)
Animation
Falling Hare
(1943)
Animation
Fighting Tools
(1943)
Animation
Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs
(1943)
Animation
Little Red Riding Rabbit
(1944)
Animation
Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips
(1944)
Animation
Rhapsody Rabbit
(1946)
Animation
Baseball Bugs
(1946)
Animation
A Hare Grows in Manhattan
(1947)
Animation
Tweetie Pie
(1947)
Animation
Slick Hare
(1947)
Animation
Rabbit Transit
(1947)
Animation
Along Came Daffy
(1947)
Animation
Kit for Cat
(1948)
Animation
I Taw a Putty Tat
(1948)
Animation
High Diving Hare
(1949)
Animation
Bad Ol' Putty Tat
(1949)
Animation
Canary Row
(1950)
Animation
All a Bir-r-r-d
(1950)
Animation
Mutiny on the Bunny
(1950)
Animation
Home, Tweet Home
(1950)
Animation
Big House Bunny
(1950)
Animation
Bunker Hill Bunny
(1950)
Animation
His Bitter Half
(1950)
Animation
Putty Tat Trouble
(1951)
Animation
Tweety's S.O.S.
(1951)
Animation
Room and Bird
(1951)
Animation
Tweet Tweet Tweety
(1951)
Animation
A Bone for a Bone
(1951)
Animation
Rabbit Every Monday
(1951)
Animation
His Hare Raising Tale
(1951)
Animation
Ballot Box Bunny
(1951)
Animation
A Bird in a Guilty Cage
(1952)
Animation
Gift Wrapped
(1952)
Animation
Ain't She Tweet
(1952)
Animation
Snow Business
(1953)
Animation
Ant Pasted
(1953)
Animation
Fowl Weather
(1953)
Animation
Bugs and Thugs
(1954)
Animation
Dr. Jerkyl's Hide
(1954)
Animation
Satan's Waitin'
(1954)
Animation
I Gopher You
(1954)
Animation
Goo Goo Goliath
(1954)
Animation
Lumber Jerks
(1955)
Animation
Pizzicato Pussycat
(1955)
Animation
Sandy Claws
(1955)
Animation
Roman Legion-Hare
(1955)
Animation
Stork Naked
(1955)
Animation
Tugboat Granny
(1956)
Animation
Birds Anonymous
(1957)
Animation
Knighty Knight Bugs
(1958)
Animation
Hare-Less Wolf
(1958)
Animation
Mouse and Garden
(1960)
Animation
Horse Hare
(1960)
Animation
Goldimouse and the Three Cats
(1960)
Animation
Person to Bunny
(1960)
Animation
Hyde and Go Tweet
(1960)
Animation
From Hare to Heir
(1960)
Animation
Trip for Tat
(1960)
Animation
Lighter Than Hare
(1960)
Animation
The Last Hungry Cat
(1961)
Animation
D' Fightin' Ones
(1961)
Animation
Quackodile Tears
(1962)
Animation
Honey's Money
(1962)
Animation
Devil's Feud Cake
(1963)
Animation
Dumb Patrol
(1964)
Animation
Moochin' Pooch
(1971)
Animation
The Bungling Builder
(1971)
Animation
Fritz the Cat
(1972)
Animation
Journey Back to Oz
(1972)
Animation
Bobolink Pink
(1975)
Animation
Pink Plasma
(1975)
Animation
Pink DaVinci
(1975)
Animation
Pink Elephant
(1975)
Animation
Pink Piper
(1976)
Animation
Pink Press
(1978)
Animation
Pinktails for Two
(1978)
Animation
The Pink of Bagdad
(1978)
Animation
Cat and the Pinkstalk
(1978)
Animation
Pink Daddy
(1978)
Animation
Pink Lightning
(1978)
Animation
Pink Pictures
(1978)
Animation
Pink in the Woods
(1979)
Animation
Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special
(1980)
Animation