Direction: Tex Avery

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Tex Avery. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


The Flea Circus (S)

1954 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Tex Avery

Synopsis The entire entourage of a flea circus runs away to join a dog.

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A Sunbonnet Blue (S)

1937 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Tex Avery

Synopsis Two mice in love are joking and playing at a fashionable hat shop. But a rat tries to play the old fashiomed villain who kidnaps the girl. So all the other mice there are helping her lover to find her....

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The Early Worm Gets the Bird (S)

1940 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Tex Avery

Synopsis Mammy blackbird puts her three little ones to bed, but one of them stays up reading "The Early Bird Catches the Worm." Mammy throws the book out the window and warns the little ones about the fox, which will surely...

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Porky the Wrestler (S)

1937 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Tex Avery

Synopsis Porky, along with everyone else, is hitchhiking to the big wrestling match. He gets a ride from the challenger, but at the arena, Porky is mistaken for the challenger and gets thrown into the ring. The champ is making mincemeat...

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Speaking of Animals in South America (S)

1942 · Documentary · 10 min. · United States

Direction Tex Avery

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Hound Hunters (S)

1947 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Tex Avery

Synopsis George and Junior get a job as dog catchers and spend the picture trying to catch one measly little dog.

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Direction Tex Avery

Synopsis Johnny Smith enters an America where the Indians behave like 1930s average Americans. When he is arrested, the girl Poker Huntas rescues and elopes with him.

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Garden Gopher (S)

1950 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Tex Avery

Synopsis When Spike tries to bury a bone he finds a belligerent gopher.

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The Cuckoo Clock (S)

1950 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction Tex Avery

Cast Daws Butler

Synopsis A cat is driven up the wall by the inhabitant of the cuckoo clock, so he spends the film trying to catch him...

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The Sneezing Weasel (S)

1938 · Movie · 7 min. · United States

Direction Tex Avery

Synopsis Mama hen takes her chicks out to breakfast, but little Wilbur can't get any worms. Finally, a big worm escapes, and he runs after it; meanwhile, the rest of the family has gone inside to escape a thunderstorm. Mama realizes...

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The Bug Parade (S)

1941 · Documentary · 7 min. · United States

Direction Tex Avery

Synopsis Documentary style short full of bug puns.

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Porky the Rain-Maker (S)

1936 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Tex Avery

Synopsis The farm is suffering through a terrible drought. Porky's father sends him to the store to buy some feed with their last dollar. Outside the store, a huckster is selling pills to create all kinds of weather, and they really...

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Milk and Money (S)

1936 · Movie · 8 min. · United States

Direction Tex Avery

Synopsis Porky's father is going to lose his farm. Porky goes to town with his horse and works a milk route, with a warning that if he breaks a bottle he's fired. As he's delivering, cats follow along behind draining the...

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Billy Boy (S)

1954 · Movie · 6 min. · United States

Direction Tex Avery · Dick Lundy

Synopsis A farmer is initially delighted to get a baby goat, but this soon turns to apprehension when he discovers that it eats literally anything (including, at one point, the animation artwork).

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