Il débute comme dessinateur chez Disney aux côtés d'Ub Iwerks et Hugh Harman. Il crée le studio Bosko et se rend à New York où il parvient à intéresser le producteur Leon Schlesinger. Il dirige quelques courts métrages pour la Warner mettant en valeur Porky, le cochon bégayeur. Après un crochet par la MGM, Freleng revient à la Warner. Il y crée le canard Duffy, Sylvestre et Titi (Tweety dans la version originale), puis Speedy Gonzales la souris la plus rapide de l'Ouest. Il remporte trois oscars à Hollywood en 1947 pour Tweety Pie, en 1955 pour le Speedy Gonzales et en 1958 pour un Bunny aux Moyen Âge. Après la fermeture des studios Warner, il crée sa propre compagnie avec David H. Depatie. En signant le générique de La Panthère rose de Blake Edwards, Freleng poursuit la série pendant des années. Par un style graphique plus épuré et géométrique, un travail permanent sur la couleur et un humour non-sensique, Pinkie constitue le personnage le plus significatif du style de Freleng. Il passe à la main à Gerry Chiniquy et Hawley Pratts. Ce créateur demeure avec Chuck Jones et Robert McKimson l'un des plus brillants représentants de l'âge d'or de la Warner.
Friz Freleng est décédé à New York, le 26 mai 1995.
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SPEEDY GONZALES
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Bosko and Bruno, Bosko at the Beach, Bosko's Store, Bosko the Lumberjack,
Ride him, Bosko !, Bosko the Drawback, Bosko's Woodlands Daze
FREDDY THE FRESHMAN, GOOPY GEER, IT GOT ME AGAIN,
MOONLIGHT FOR TWO, THE QUEEN WAS IN A PARLOR
BOSKO : Bosko in Dutch, Bosko the Speed King, Bosko's Mechanical Man, Bosko's Picture Show
ONE STEP AHEAD OF MY SHADOW, WAKE UP THE GIPSY IN ME, I LIKE MOUNTAIN MUSIC,
SHUFFLE OF TO BUFFALO, WE'RE IN THE MONEY
BUDDY : Buddy the Gob, Buddy and Towser, Buddy's Trolley Troubles,
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, GOIN TO HEAVEN ON A MULE,
HOW DO I KNOW IT'S SUNDAY, WHY DO I DREAM THOSE DREAMS,
THE MILLER'S DAUGHTER, THE GIRL AT THE IRONING BOARD,
SHAKE YOUR POWDER PUFF, THOSE BEAUTIFUL DAMES,
POP GOES YOUR HEART
I HAVEN'T GOT A HAT, MR AND MRS IS THE NAME, COUNTRY BOY,
ALONG FLIRTATION WALK, MY GREEN FEDORA, INTO YOUR DANCE,
COUNTRY MOUSE, THE MERRY OLD SOUL, LITTLE DUTCH PLATE,
BILLBOARD FROLICS, FLOWERS FOR MADAME
I WANNA PLAY HOUSE, THE CAT CAME BACK, I'M A BIG SHOT NOW,
LET IT BE ME, BINGO CROSBYANA, WHEN I YOO HOO,
AT YOUR SERVICE MADAME, SUNDAY GO TO MEETIN' TIME,
BOULEVARDIER FROM THE BRONX, TOY TOWN HALL,
THE COO-COO NUT GROVE
HE WAS HER MAN, PIGS IS PIGS, THE FELLA WITH A FIDDLE,
SHE WAS AN ACROBATE DAUGHTER, CLEAN PASTURES, DOG DAZE,
STREAMLINED GRETA GREEN, PLENTY OF MONEY AND YOU,
SWEET SIOUX, THE LYIN' MOUSE, SEPTEMBER IN THE RAIN
MY LITTLE BUCKAROO, JUNGLE JITTERS, A STAR IS HATCHED
CONFEDERATE HONEY, THE HARDSHIP OF MILES STANDISH,
YOU OUGHT TO BE IN PICTURES, LITTLE BLABERMOUSE
PORKY : Porky's Baseball Broadcast, Calling Dr Porky, Porky's Hired Hand
MALIBU BEACH PARTY, SHOP LOOK AND LISTEN
THE FIGHTING 69½TH, THE CAT'S TALE, THE TRIAL OF MR WOLF,
PORKY : Porky's Bear Facts, BUGS BUNNY : Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt,
SPORT CHUMPIONS, THE WACKY WORM, NOTES TO YOU,
RHAPSODY IN RIVETS, ROOKIE REVUE
PORKY : Porky's Pastry Pirates, DIG DOG DADDY
BUGS BUNNY : The Wabbit who came to Supper, The Hare-Brained Hypnotist, Fresh Hare,
HOP SKIP AND A CHUMP, SAP IN CHAPS, LIGHTS FANTASTIC,
DOUBLE CHASER, FONEY FABLES, THE SHEEPISH WOLF
PIGS IN A POLKA, THE FIFTH COLUMN MOUSE, GREETING BAITS,
BUGS BUNNY : Jack-Wabbit and the Beanstalk,
DAFFY DUCK : Yankee Doodle Daffy, The Commando,
TIN PAN ALLEY CATS, HISS AND MAKE UP
BUGS BUNNY : Little Red Riding Rabbit, Bugs Bunny Nips The Nips, Hare Force,
DAFFY DUCK : Duck Soup To Nuts, Slightly Daffy, Plane Taffy,
MEATLESS FLYDAY, STAGE DOOR CARTOON
BUGS BUNNY : Herr meets Hare, Hare Trigger,
DAFFY DUCK : Ain't That Ducky,
LITTLE WITH FEATHERS, PECK UP YOUR TROUBLES
BUGS BUNNY : Baseball Bugs, Racketeer Rabbit, Rhapsody Rabbit
HOLIDAY FOR SHOESTRINGS, OF THEE I STING
TITI : Tweety Pie, THE GAY ANTIES, DAFFY DUCK : Along Came Daffy
BUGS BUNNY : A Hare Grows In Manhattan, Rabbit Transit, Slick Hare
BACK ALLEY OPROAR, I TAW A PUTTY TAT, KIT FOR CAT
BUGS BUNNY : Buccaneer Bunny, Bugs Bunny rides again, Hare Splitter
PORKY : Curtain Razor, TITI : Bad Ol' Putty Tat
BUGS BUNNY : Hare Do, High Diving Hare, Knights Must Fall, Each Dawn I Crow, Which is Witch
MOUSE MAZURKA, WISE QUACKERS
TITI : Home Tweet Home, All A Bir-r-r-d, Canary Row
BUGS BUNNY : Mutiny on the Bunny, Big House Bunny, Bunker Hill Bunny
THE LION'S BABY, STOOGE FOR A MOUSE
DAFFY DUCK : His Bitter Half, Golden Yeggs
BUGS BUNNY : Rabbit every monday, Putty Tat Trouble, His Hare-Raising Tale,
Ballot Box Bunny, CANNED FEUD, A BONE FOR A BONE
TITI : Putty Tat Trouble, Room and Bird, Tweety's S.O.S., Tweet Tweet Tweety
FOXY BY PROXY, TREE FOR TWO
DAFFY DUCK : Cracked Quack
TITI : Gift Wrapped, Ain't she tweet, A Bird in a Guilty Cage
BUGS BUNNY : 14 Carrot Rabbit, Little Red Rodent Hood, Hare Lift
A MOUSE DIVISED,
TITI : Snow Business, Fowl Weather, Tom Tom Tomcat, Catty Cornered,
A Street Cat named Sylvester
BUGS BUNNY : Southern Fried Rabbit, Ant Pasted, Hare Trimmed, Robot Rabbit
I GOPHER YOU, DR JERKYL'S HIDE, GOO GOO GOLIATH,
BY WORD OF MOUSE
TITI : Dog Pounded, Muzzle Tough, Satan's Waitin'
BUGS BUNNY : Captain Hareblower, Bugs and Thugs, Yankee Doodle Bugs
PIZZICATO PUSSYCAT, PESTS FOR GUESTS, LUMBER JERKS, PAPPY'S PUPPY
DAFFY DUCK : Stork Naked,
TITI : Sandy Claws, Tweety's Circus, Red Riding Hoodwinked
BUGS BUNNY : Sahara Hare, This is a Life?, A Kiddie's Kitty, Hyde and Hare,
Roman Legion Hare, Heir Conditioned, Hare Brush
SPEEDY GONZALES : Speedy Gonzales
YANKEE DOOD IT, TWO CROWS FROM TACOS
BUGS BUNNY : Rabbitson Crusoe, Napoleon Bunny-Part, A Star is Bored
TITI : Tweet And Sour, Tree Cornered Tweety
THREE LITTLE BOPS, PIKER'S PEAK
TITI : Tweet Zoo, Tweety and The Beanstalk, Birds Anonymous, Greedy for Tweety
BUGS BUNNY : Bugsy and Mugsy, Show Biz Bugs
SPEEDY GONZALES : Gonzales' Tamales
A WAGILLY TALE
BUGS BUNNY : Hare-Less Wolf, Knighty-Knight Bugs
TITI : A Pizza Tweety-Pie, A Bird in a Bonnet
THE BOAT GRANNY, APES OF WRATH
TITI : Trick or Tweet, Tweet and Lovely, Tweet Dreams
SPEEDY GONZALES : Mexicali Shmoes, Here Today, Gone Tamale
BUGS BUNNY : Wild and Woolly Hare
GOLDIMOUSE AND THE THREE CATS, MOUSE AND GARDEN
BUGS BUNNY : Horse Hare, Person to Bunny, From hare to Heir, Lighter than Hare
TITI : Hyde and go Tweet, Trip For Tat
D' FIGHTIN' ONES, THE REBEL WITHOUT CLAWS, PRINCE VIOLENT,
THE PIED PIPER OF GUADALUPE, THE LAST HUNGRY CAT
CROW'S FEAT, MEXICAN BORDERS, HONEY'S MONEY, THE JET CAGE,
BUGS BUNNY : Shishkabugs
DEVIL'S FEUD CAKE, THE UNMENTIONABLES, NUTS AND VOLTS,
SPEEDY GONZALES : Mexican Cat Dance, Chili Weather
PINKIE : The Pink Phink, Pink Pajamas
SPEEDY GONZALES : Pancho's Hideaway, Road to Andalay, Cats and Bruises
IT'S NICE TO HAVE A MOUSE AROUND THE HOUSE, THE WILD CHASE
PINKIE : We give Pink Stamps, Dial "P" for Pink, Sink Pink, Pickled Pink,
Pinkfinger, Shocking Pink, Pink Ice, The Pink Tail Fly, Pink Panzer, Reel Pink,
An Ounce of Pink, Bully for Pink, The Great DeGaulle Stone Operation
PINKIE : Reaux, Reaux, Reaux your Boat