Woody Woodpecker facts for kids
Wooddrow "Woody "Woodpecker is an animated cartoon character, an anthropomorphic woodpecker who appeared in theatrical short movies produced by Walter Lantz, and distributed by Universal Pictures.
Woody Woodpecker cartoon was created in 1940 by Ben "Bugs" Hardaway. He also created the cartoon characters of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck when he worked at the Schlesinger/Warner Bros. studio in the late 1930s.
His niece and nephew are Knothead and Splinter. His girlfriend is Winnie Woodpecker. In The New Woody Woodpecker Show, Winnie is voiced by B. J. Ward.
Related pages
- Knothead and Splinter
- Andy Panda
- Chilly Willy
Images for kids
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Woody Woodpecker and his captive client in The Barber of Seville (1944), directed by Shamus Culhane.
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Wet Blanket Policy, directed by Dick Lundy, introduced Woody's new adversary Buzz Buzzard and featured Woody's Academy Award-nominated theme song, "The Woody Woodpecker Song."
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Woody in 1961's The Bird Who Came to Dinner, directed by Paul J. Smith. This cartoon was made several years after Woody's last redesign.
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Walter Lantz with his most famous creation
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Woody Woodpecker's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
See also
In Spanish: Pájaro Loco para niños
