Conrad the Cat is a fictional animated Warner Bros. character who was created by

Chuck Jones Charles Martin Jones (September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002) was an American animator, director, and painter, best known for his work with Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of shorts. He wrote, produ ...

, and starred in three shorts in the 1940s. He was voiced by

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in the first two shorts, and Pinto Colvig in

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. Conrad having been voiced by Colvig, has been compared to

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, but has been criticized as having "only mannerisms (he rubs his nose a lot and grins, and giggles foolishly), and not a personality."

Shorts

He first appeared in the 1942 color short ''

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'' before featuring in ''

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'' (in black and white) and ''

'' (in color). In ''Porky's Cafe'', Conrad appeared with

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; in ''Conrad the Sailor'', he appears with Daffy Duck. All shorts were released in 1942.

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* Looney Tunes characters Anthropomorphic cats Film characters introduced in 1942 {{animation-stub