Rugg, Paul

PERSONALl

Married Maria; children: one daughter. Education: Graduated from Loyola Marymount University.

Addresses: Agent— Sutton, Barth, and Vennari, 145 S. Fairfax Ave., suite 310, Los Angeles, CA 30036.

Career: Actor, voiceover artist, producer, composer, writer, story editor, lyricist, and creative consultant. Worked as a comedian. KBC radio, Los Angeles, writer, c. early 1980s; ACME Comedy Group, writer and performer, 1989; worked at Warner Bros. Animation, for five years; also worked as an entertainer at children's parties.

Awards, Honors: Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding animated program (for programming one hour or less), 1995, for Tiny Toon Adventures: Night Ghoulery; Daytime Emmy Award (with others), outstanding achievement in animation, 1996, for Animaniacs; Daytime Emmy Award (with others), outstanding special class animated program, 1997, for Freakazoid!; George Foster Peabody Broadcasting Award, Henry W. Grady School of Journalism, University of Georgia; Emmy Award nominations; CableACE Award nomination.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

John Ferguson, I.F.O. (Identified Flying Object) (also known as Defense Play), 1985.

O.V.I., 1992.

Voice of Mr. Director, Yakko's World: An Animaniacs Singalong (animated), 1994.

Voice of Mr. Director, Wakko's Wish (animated; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish"), 1999.

Television reporter, The Country Bears, Buena Vista, 2002.

Voice of Ant number five, The Ant Bully (animated), Warner Bros., 2005.

Television Appearances; Series:

Various voices, Mad Movies with the L.A. Connection, MTV, Nickelodeon, and syndicated, 1985.

Voices of Albert Einstein, Baron Von Trapp, Freakazoid!, Goyt Fermin, Lon Borax, Marty Ingels, Mr. Clown, Mr. Director, Mrs. Mumphead, Sy Sykman, Uncle Albert, himself, and others, Animaniacs (animated; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Animaniacs"), Fox, 1992–95, then the WB, 1995–2000.

Voices of a Durante–like singer, footgirl, footman, Freakazoid!, handygirl, handyman, harem girl, network censor, Paul Harvey, pet psychologist, Satchmo, second man named Bob, student, himself, and others, Freakazoid! (animated; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Freakazoid!"), The WB, 1995.

Voices of Charles Darwin, Merlin, Merriweather Lewis, Montezuma, Nostradamus, Qinshihuangdi, Sergei Eisenstein, and others, Histeria! (animated), The WB, 1998–2000.

Voices of Alistair Flyndiggery and Vanessa, Manny the Uncanny, Mr. Hand, S'much on the phone, Tube Dweller Bob, and others, One Saturday Morning (animated; also known as Disney's "One Saturday Morning"), ABC, 1999.

Voices of brain pod, bystander, Cosmo, Ed the courier, guard, and inspector, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command (animated), UPN and syndicated, 2000.

Voice of Dark Lord Chuckles the Silly Piggy, Angry Plush Bunny, Chuckles the Pig, and Old Man Gleebner, Dave the Barbarian (animated), The Disney Channel, 2004–2006.

Voice of Professor Rotwood, American Dragon: Jake Long (animated), The Disney Channel, 2005–2007.

Various voices, Puppet Up! Uncensored (also known as The Jim Henson Company's "Puppet Up! Uncensored"), TBS, 2006.

Captain Futz, Simian Undercover Detective Squad, 2008.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Pepe and Great Dane, The Pooch and the Pauper, ABC, 2000.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Voice of Brain Doctor, "Pain in the Brain," Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show, 1995.

Voice of Dr. Belvadere, "Megalomaniacs Anonymous," Pinky and the Brain (animated), The WB, 1996.

Voice of Sultana "My Feldmans, My Friends," Pinky and the Brain (animated), The WB, 1997.

Voice of Sultana, "This Old Mouse," Pinky and the Brain (animated), The WB, 1997.

Voice of Mr. Director, "The Pinky and the Brain Reunion Special," Pinky and the Brain (animated), The WB, 1998.

Also appeared as the voice of Mr. Director, "Turk's Nightmare," Disney's Tarzan Cubs (animated).

Television Work; Animated Series:

Supervising story editor, Animaniacs (also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Animaniacs"), Fox and The WB, 1993.

Story editor, Freakazoid! (also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Freakazoid!"), The WB, 1995.

Producer, Freakazoid! (also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Freakazoid!"), The WB, 1996–97.

Consultant, One Saturday Morning (also known as Disney's "One Saturday Morning"), ABC, 1997.

Creative consultant, Toonsylvani (also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Toonsylvania"), Fox, 1998–99.

Additional voices, Histeria! (animated), The WB, 1998–2000.

Television Additional Voices; Episodic:

"Fu Takes a Walk," American Dragon: Jake Long, The Disney Channel, 2007.

Stage Appearances:

Internal Combustion (collection of comedy sketches), Two Roads Theatre, Studio City, CA, 1991–92.

RECORDINGS

Video Games:

Voice of Mr. Director, Animaniacs Splat Ball, 1999.

Various voices, EverQuest II, Sony Online Entertainment, 2004.

Voice, Hitman: Blood Money, Eidos Interactive, 2006.

Voice of Dojo, Xiaolin Showdown, Konami Digital Entertainment America, 2006.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

The Country Bears (also known as The Bears), Buena Vista, 2002.

Also wrote Noah's Blimp.

Television Theme Songs; Animated Series:

(With Steve and Julie Bernstein) Toonsylvania (also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Toonsylvania"), Fox, 1998–99.

Television Animated Specials:

Tiny Toon Adventures: Night Ghoulery, Fox, 1995.

Late Night Buffet with Augie and Del, TBS, 2006.

Television Episodes:

Night Games, CBS, 1991.

Animaniacs (animated; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Animaniacs"), Fox and the WB, 1993.

"The Chip: Parts 1 & 2," Freakazoid! (animated; alsoknown as Steven Spielberg Presents "Freakazoid!"),The WB, 1995.

"Manny's America" and "Flynndiggery Do!" segments and (with Peter Hastings) "Tube Dweller" sketches, One Saturday Morning (also known as Disney's "One Saturday Morning"), ABC, 1997–98.

"Running Ducks/Duck Naked," Sitting Ducks, 2001.

Dave the Barbarian, The Disney Channel, 2004.

Also wrote episodes of Histeria!, The WB.

Television Music; Episodic:

Scored music for Animaniacs (animated; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Animaniacs"), Fox and the WB.

Television Songs; Episodic:

"Cheese Roll Call," Pinky and the Brain (animated), 1995.

Television Song Lyrics; Episodic:

Wrote the lyrics for "H.M.S. Yakko—I Am the Very Model of a Cartoon Individual," for Animaniacs (animated; also known as Steven Spielberg Presents Animaniacs), Fox and the WB.

Video Games; Lead Writer:

Someone's in the Kitchen!, 1996.

Comic Books:

Wrote comic books based on Animaniacs (also known as Steven Spielberg Presents "Animaniacs").