Tedd Pierce

Tedd Pierce (Edward Stacey Pierce III), was an American Screenplay Writer, animator, and Voice-Over Artist. Born in 1906, Pierce was principally active from 1935 to 1972. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential cartoonists of all time. Tedd Pierce is best known for his work as a writer for the Warner Bros. "Termite Terrace" animation studio, where he spent the major part of his career. From 1939 to 1941, he worked as a writer at Fleischer Studios. Jones, who was one of his fellow luminaries at Warner Bros.

"Termite Terrace", credited Pierce in his autobiography “Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist” (1989) as a role model for the character Pepé Le Pew, who is a feebly romantic French. In 1962, with Bill Danch, he contributed the story of the Tom and Jerry cartoon short “Tall in the Trap”, directed by Gene Deitch. In Warner’s career, he contributed many notable storylines, like Freleng's Hare Do in 1949, Bad Ol' Putty Tat in 1949, Bunker Hill Bunny in 1950, Big House Bunny in 1950; and many more. Pierce got a chance to voice-over in shorts like Into Your Dance in 1935, Jack Bunny in I Love to Singa in 1936, King Bombo in Gulliver's Travels in 1939, and some others.