- Warren Foster
Warren Foster (b. October 24, 1904,
Brooklyn, New York ; d. December, 1971,San Clemente, California ), was a writer, cartoonist and composer for the animation division ofWarner Brothers and later withHanna-Barbera .Foster was educated at both
Brooklyn Tech and thePratt Institute , joiningASCAP in 1956.Foster's long career with Warner Brothers began in 1938 as a writer on the
Porky Pig short, "Porky in Wackyland " and ended nearly 171 cartoons later in 1959 with his work on theTweety Pie short, "Tweet Dreams ". In fact, Foster was the composer of Tweety's theme song, "I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat ". He worked, sometimes uncredited, on cartoons considered among the greatest ever, including "Porky in Wackyland " featuringPorky Pig in 1938, "Book Revue " and "The Great Piggy Bank Robbery ", each featuringDaffy Duck in 1946, "Catty Cornered " featuringSylvester the Cat in 1953 and "Bugs and Thugs " featuringBugs Bunny in 1954.His career took a turn in 1961 at Hanna-Barbera where he would spend the next five years as a writer on a number of notable animated programs beginning with "
The Yogi Bear Show " as well as several episodes of "The Flintstones ", including his final work on the feature-length "The Man Called Flintstone ".Foster is buried at El Toro Memorial Park in Lake Forest, California.
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