Paul Kevin Rugg (born October 21, 1960) is an American screenwriter, producer, voice actor, and puppeteer. He is best known for his writing and voice-acting work on Animaniacs and Freakazoid!. Some of his voice-acting highlights include Mr. Director and Albert Einstein in Animaniacs, Mr. Sultana on Pinky and the Brain, and Freakazoid himself. He also voiced The Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy, from Disney's Dave the Barbarian.
He reunited with various Animaniacs crew members to work on the Disney animated series, The 7D. He also voiced Cricket from Nickelodeon's Pig Goat Banana Cricket.
According to Rugg, he was offered to return as a writer for the new Animaniacs reboot series but declined as he felt his role on discovering the characters and setting the show in stone was already fulfilled from working on the original show. [1] Archival audio of his performance of Mr. Clown was used in Fear and Laughter in Burbank, and returned to voice Mr. Clown in The Stickening.[2]
Writing credits[]
- De-Zanitized
- Cookies for Einstein
- H.M.S. Yakko
- Temporary Insanity
- The Big Candy Store (story with Sherri Stoner, teleplay)
- Wally Llama
- Hello Nice Warners
- La La Law
- Chalkboard Bungle (story with Tom Ruegger, teleplay)
- Roll Over, Beethoven
- Nothing But the Tooth (co-written with Deanna Oliver)
- Hearts of Twilight
- Four Score and Seven Migraines Ago (story with Tom Ruegger, co-written with Gordon Bressack and Charles M. Howell IV)
- Potty Emergency
- Sir Yaksalot
- You Risk Your Life
- The Good, the Boo, and the Ugly (co-written with Deanna Oliver, Peter Hastings and Nicholas Hollander)
- O Silly Mio (co-written with Randy Rogel)
- Chairman of the Bored (co-written with Tom Minton, Tom Ruegger and Sherri Stoner)
- Planets Song
- Clown and Out (co-written with Nicholas Hollander)
- Hollywoodchuck
- Windsor Hassle (co-written with Lisa Malone and Kate Donohue)
- A Christmas Plotz (co-written with Randy Rogel)
- Ups and Downs
- Drive-Insane (co-written with Earl Kress)
- Schnitzelbank (co-written with Randy Rogel)
- The Warners 65th Anniversary Special (co-written with Tom Ruegger and Sherri Stoner)
- Take My Siblings, Please
- Fake
- Super Strong Warner Siblings
- Wakko's New Gookie
- All the Words in the English Language (co-written with Randy Rogel)
- The Kid in the Lid (co-written with Tom Ruegger)
- Go Fish
- The Sound of Warners
- The Party
- Valuable Lesson
- The Ballad of Magellan (co-written with John P. McCann)
- Ten Short Films About Wakko Warner (co-written with Tom Minton)
- Message in a Bottle (teleplay)
Acting Credits[]
- Mr. Director/Mr. Clown
- Albert Einstein (Cookies for Einstein)
- Sy Sykman (Episode 26)
- Mrs. Mumphead (No Place Like Homeless)
- Goyt Furman (Ups and Downs)
- Lon Borax (The Warners' 65th Anniversary Special)
- Mr. Sultana
Gallery[]
Paul Rugg working on the Warner Bros lot on December 11th, 2019.
References[]
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