Name: Foghorn Leghorn
Birthdate:August 31, 1946
Birthplace: Warner Studios
Sidekick: The Barnyard Dog
Favorite Song: Camptown Races

History

Creator: Robert McKimson
Voices: Mel Blanc
First Appearance: 1946 Walky Talky Hawky
Interesting Info: I say, the loudmouthed southern rooster called Foghorn Leghorn is the lone major Warner character to be wholly derived from personalities out side of the studio.The Dixie yapping bird is a parody of the "Senator Claghorn from Bighorn" character on the old Fred Allen radio program. But Robert McKimson -who introduced Foghorn and managed all of his subsequent outings, also cited the sheriff character on an earlier radio show called "Blue Monday Jamboree," as a source.
Foghorn first appeared in 1946's Walky Talky Hawky,(Academy Award Nominee) which was really intended to be the star vehicle for Henery Hawk; but Henrey was reduced to having his career of only being a supporting player. Walky Talky Hawky begins with Henery setting out to bring home a meal, without having a shard idea what a chicken really is. Foghorn discovers this ignorance and turns Henery into an unwitting pawn for his never-ending pranks on the Barnyard Dog. In the seventeen years of films, Foghorn shows an undying affection for the song "Camptown Races".
In 1947's Crowing Pains, Foghorn convinces Henery that Sylvester is a Chicken; and has Henery get inside an eggshell, then sneak under the sitting cat, which leads to a momentary identity crisis ("Thufferin' thuccotash-I'm a mother"). Foghorn would go on to star with other minor characters such as Miss Prissy,Egghead JR. ,a Weasel and others.

Filmography

1946: Walky Talky Hawky
Henery Hawk, Foghorn Leghorn: August 31; MM; Robert McKimson
Note: Academy award-nominated cartoon.
Henery Hawk sets out to get dinner,only he doesn't know what a chicken looks like. Foghorn tricks Henery into thinking the Barnyard Dog is a chicken. At the end, Henery is seen draging off a horse, Barnyard Dawg and Foghorn since "one of these things has got to be a chicken".

1947: Crowing Pains
Sylvester,Henery Hawk,Foghorn Leghorn: July 12; LT; Robert McKimson
Sylvester and Barnyard Dawg become entangled with Foghorn's attempts to confuse Henery Hawk. Once again the inexperienced Henery is out looking for a chicken but isn't sure what a chicken looks like. Henery decides to determine who is a chicken (Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester or Barnyard Dawg) by watching to see who crows at sunrise.

1948: Foghorn Leghorn
Henry Hawk,Foghorn Leghorn: October 9; MM; Robert McKimson
After Henery Hawk's Dad tells him that Foghorn isn't a chicken, but a "loud-mouthed shnook", Henery goes looking for a real chicken. In a bit of a reversal of the usual plotline, Foghorn spends the rest of the cartoon trying to convince Henery that he is a chicken. In the end Henery decides that he'll take Foghorn Leghorn home for dinner - not caring whether he's really a chicken or a shnook.

1949: Hen House Henery
Henery Hawk,Foghorn Leghorn: July 2; LT; Robert McKimson
Henery Hawk is looking for a chicken, while Foghorn and the Barnyard Dawg are having a "prank war" in which Foghorn Leghorn gets ahead early but eventually loses. Eventually Barnyard Dawg and Henery work togther to bag Foghorn Leghorn.

1950: The Leghorn Blows at Midnight
Foghorn Leghorn: May 6; LT; Robert McKimson
Note: Foghorn is heard singing "Old MacDonald" instead of his usual "Camptown Races"
Barnyard Dawg and Foghorn are in thier usual prank wars, while Henery is looking for a chicken, but unsure what a chicken is, Foghorn tells Henery that Barnyard Dawg is a chicken.

1950: A Fractured Leghorn
Foghorn Leghorn: September 16; MM; Robert McKimson
Foghorn and the Barnyard Cat spend most of thier time fighting over a worm (the Cat wants it for bait to go fishing and Foghorn wants it for his lunch). Foghorn Leghorn is at his loud-mouthed peak in this cartoon, as he does all the talking except for one line.

1951: Leghorn Swoggled
Henery Hawk,Foghorn Leghorn: July 28; MM; Robert McKimson
Foghorn tells Henery that he is too small to eat, but Barnyard Dawg offers to help for a bone which he can get from the Cat for a fish, Foghorn Leghorn inadvertantly helps Henery get what he needs and so Henery drags off Foghorn in the end with Barnyard Dawg's help (the bonehead technique).

1951: Lovelorn Leghorn
Foghorn Leghorn: September 8; LT; Robert McKimson
After reading the book "Live Alone and Hate It", Miss Prissy sets out to bag her a husband, with rolling pin in hand (while the other hens laugh at her). In this "prank war" Foghorn is able to get Prissy to believe that Barnyard Dawg is a rooster in a dog suit. But in the end Barnyard Dawg and Miss Prissy combine forces to get her a husband(Foghorn).

1952: Sock-A-Doodle Doo
Foghorn Leghorn: May 10; LT; Robert McKimson
Note: In addition to Camptown Races, Foghorn hums the "This is the way we wash our clothes" tune.
After falling off a truck, the pinfeatherweight boxing champ, (Kid Banty) finds himself at Foghorn's farm. Anytime the Kid hears a bell he comes out swinging, even punching a cow after the cowbell rings (a cowpuncher?). This leads to a series of gags in which Foghorn and the Barnyard Dawg try to arrange for a bell to ring whenever Banty is near the one or the other.

1952: Egg-Cited Rooster
Henery Hawk,Foghorn Leghorn: October 4; MM; Robert McKimson
Mrs. Leghorn orders Foghorn to sit on her egg. And so the Barnyard Dawg takes advantage of Foghorn. Henery wanders by and Foghorn convinces him to watch the egg while he exacts his revenge. Eventually Foghorn gets his lumps from his wife when he is caught neglecting his duty.

1953: Plop Goes the Weasel
Foghorn Leghorn: August 22; LT; Robert McKimson
Foghorn and Barnyard Dawg are each using the weasel to to cause trouble for the other. Foghorn tries to get Barnyard Dawg in trouble by letting the weasel get near the chickens, while in return Barnyard Dawg encourages the weasel to go after Foghorn Leghorn. Eventually Barnyard Dawg clubs Foghorn and leads the dizzy rooster into the weasel's clutches.

1953: Of Rice and Hen
Foghorn Leghorn: November 14; LT; Robert McKimson
Miss Prissy is distraught over her lack of a husband and sets out to commit suicide. Foghorn happens upon the scene and catches her, while saving her life and making the hen fall in love with him. Her attempts to attract Foghorn are resisited, so Barnyard Dawg offers to help her catch Foghorn. Barnyard Dawg dresses up as a rooster, and acts interested in Miss Prissy. Foghorn can't stand that Miss Prissy seems to like someone else, and in the end Miss Prissy gets Foghorn for her husband.

1954: Little Boy Boo
Foghorn Leghorn: June 5; LT; Robert McKimson
Foghorn is seeking warming living quarters when he woos Miss Prissy by saying saying he needs her love to keep him warm. She consents to let him in if he proves that he can be a good father to her son Egghead Jr.. Foghorn's attempts to engage Egghead in various games they all wind up the same: Egghead always outdoes Foghorn by using his genius. Eventually Foghorn gives up by saying that his bandages will keep him warm instead.

1955: Feather Dusted
Foghorn Leghorn: Janurary 15; MM; Robert McKimson
Foghorn decides to take it upon himself to make sure Egghead Jr. learns to be more than a bookworm and play like a boy should. But as always Egghead Jr. figures a better way to accomplish better than Foghorn.

1955: All Fowled Up
Henery Hawk,Foghorn Leghorn: February 19; LT; Robert McKimson
Foghorn and Barnyard Dawg start out with a barrage of pranks, into which Henery wanders in looking for a chicken. As Foghorn's pranks start backfiring - resulting in a cement-covered rooster, which Henery carries off.

1956: Weasel Stop
Foghorn Leghorn: February; MM; Robert McKimson
The chicken yard is threatened by a hungry and hyperactive little weasel. So Foghorn decides to use the little guy to torment the Hillbilly Dog. But the weasel and Foghorn don't work out well as a team and everything they try seems to backfire.

1956: The High and the Flighty
Daffy Duck,Foghorn Leghorn: February 18; LT; Robert McKimson
Daffy is a traveling salesman from Ace Novelty who happens upon the prank wars between the Barnyard Dawg and Foghorn. Seeing this as a great opportunity for sales, Daffy sells his trick items to both sides. After catching on they combine forces to bottle Daffy.

1956: Raw! Raw! Roster
Foghorn Leghorn: August 25; LT; Robert McKimson
Foghorn's old college chum, Rhode Island Red, drops in by surprise (they went to Chicken Tech). Red is an incurable prankster who Foghorn Leghorn doesn't want around and he spends the rest of the cartoon trying to get rid of him. Most of the attempts backfire, but he eventually prevails

1957: Fox Terror
Foghorn Leghorn: May 11; MM; Robert McKimson
A fox appears and keeps trying to lure away the two protectors of the hens, Foghorn and the Barnyard Dawg. Eventually they figure out what is going on and cooperate together to out-fox the fox

1958: Feather Bluster
Foghorn Leghorn: May 10; MM; Robert McKimson
Somehow Barnyard Dawg and Foghorn have survived each others activities to make it to old age. The two old friends watch their grandkids renewing the rivalry, which brings back fond memories of their old battles.

1958: Weasel While You Work
Foghorn Leghorn: August 6; MM; Robert McKimson
Foghorn doesn't deny being a chicken this time, but he convinces the weasel that he would rather eat other animals instead. So Foghorn dresses Barnyard Dawg in antlers (after telling weasel he wants a deer) and in a girtle (after telling weasel he wants a seal). In the end the Barnyard Dawg sends Foghorn up on a rocket.

1959: A Broken Leghorn
Foghorn Leghorn: September 26; LT; Robert McKimson
Foghorn tries to help out the eggless Miss Prissy by slipping an egg under her. The egg hatches into a young rooster who immediately wants to displace Foghorn. Foghorn takes the role of mentor to the little guy but his attempts to trick the little rooster keeps backfiring and Foghorn is sent packing.

1960: Crockett-Doodle-Doo
Foghorn Leghorn: June 25; MM; Robert McKimson
Foghorn takes Junior out camping. Of course, every lesson Foghorn tries to teach the bright lad is answered by a better solution from Egghead Jr.

1960: Dixie Fryer
Foghorn Leghorn: September 24; MM; Robert McKimson
Note: Elvis and Papa are the same ones who tried to get Bugs Bunny
While Foghorn takes a trip to south of the Ozark Mountains he finds himself the target of two hungry chickenhawks, Elvis and Pappy . But Foghorn doesn't have to try very hard two outsmart those two and they eventually give up.

1961: Strangled Eggs
Henery Hawk,Foghorn Leghorn: March 18; MM; Robert McKimson
In search of warmer living quarters for the winter, Foghorn woos Miss Prissy. Things seem to be going his way until Henery shows up as a foundling on the doorstep. Foghorn sets out to convince Henery that he (Henery) is a Chicken Hawk, but to no avail.

1962: The Slick Chick
Foghorn Leghorn: July 21; LT; Robert McKimson
Foghorn is babysitting Junior, the son of Widder Hen. As it turns out, Junior is a born trouble-maker who spends the day pulling pranks on Foghorn Leghorn, who eventually decides that the kid is trouble.

1962: Mother Was a Rooster
Foghorn Leghorn: October 20; MM; Robert McKimson
Barnyard Dawg puts an ostrich egg under Foghorn, who thinks he is a the mother after he notices it. Foghorn proceeds to try to raise the ostrich, but Barnyard Dawg is constantly working to undermine the ostrich's self-confidence. This leads to afight between Foghorn and the Barnyard Dawg.

1963: Banty Raids
Foghorn Leghorn: June 29; MM; Robert McKimson
Foghorn is duped into parenthood again, this time by a beatnik rooster who pretends to be an orphan left on Foghorn's doorstep. But his real purpose is to get in to see the "chicks". Foghorn keeps trying to teach him how to outsmart Barnyard Dawg, while "sonny boy" just wants to sneak off to see the chicks. Barnyard Dawg gets the upper hand in the end however.

1979: The Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol
Foghorn Leghorn: Isadore (Friz) Freleng
The tale of Scrooge.

1980: The Yolks on You
Foghorn Leghorn: Isadore (Friz) Freleng
Note: Originally produced for the TV special Daffy Duck's Easter Special
Foghorn is the forman of a eggfarm where Miss Prissy lays a golden egg, and Daffy
and Sylvester battle over it.T