Elmer Fudd

Elmer Fudd is a WB Studio character from the Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies series. Elmer Fudd made a total of 76 appearances during the golden age of animation.

Overview
Elmer Fudd was voiced by Arthur Q. Bryan (1940/1960) and Hal Smith (1958/1962) and his first appearance was in the cartoon Elmer's Candid Camera in 1940. Elmer Fudd would appear in a total of 76 cartoons during the golden age of animation with the final appearance in the cartoon Shuffle Off To Buffalo in 1962.

Appearance/Personality
Elmer Fudd is a human who usually wears a brown hunter suit with brown boots and a gun. Elmer generally is more dimwitted in comparison to some other characters and is usually tricked and on the loosing side of situations. Elmer is usually tricked by Bugs Bunny but Elmer is able to get the best of Bugs in one cartoon. Elmer is also one of the few late 30's early 40's on character that was not voiced by Mel Blanc. Elmer also appeared very fat in six different cartoons before the producers went back to the original design as before. Elmer has been tricked by other characters like Sniffles The Mouse, Daffy Duck and Sylvester Cat but is usually the predator to Bugs Bunny. Elmer Fudd is also the predecessor of Egghead. Like Sniffles, Elmer was more of a Merrie Melodies character until the studio would merge the series into one by 1943. Elmer's first Looney Tunes short was in 1943. Hal Smith took over the voice role due to Arthur Q. Bryan's death by 1960. Smith also voiced Elmer for Pre-Hysterical Hare due to Bryan's heart attack.

1940/1962

 * Elmer Fudd appeared in 25 Looney Tune cartoons and 51 Merrie Melodie cartoons for a total of 76 cartoons.