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14 unusual facts about Edward "Porky" Cragg


Cynthia Harris

Harris is perhaps best recognized to television viewers for her guest roles on Three's Company, L.A. Law (1986), the TV adaptation of the Broadway play Edward & Mrs. Simpson (1978), Mad About You (1992).

Edward Aburrow

Edward "Curry" Aburrow (1747–1835), English cricketer who played for the Hambledon Club

Edward Cragg

Edward "Porky" Cragg (1919-1943), American fighter ace of World War II

Ernest T. Cragg

This company was chartered to provide the logistical planning and management for all US travel to the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver

He heads back inside, and when he tries to get one of the employees, Ingrid Harshman (Muffy Bolding) to suck his through a glory hole, spoofing shower room scene, with Beulah Balbricker, from the 1981Canadian film, Porky's, she rips it off and eats it.

Hollywood Zap!

The film features a large number of unusual character actors, including Chuck Mitchell (Porky's) and Tony Cox (Bad Santa).

Little Orphan Airedale

The cartoon's story (which is essentially a re-working of Bob Clampett's 1941 short Porky's Pooch) is about a dog named Rags McMutt, who has just escaped from the dog pound and accidentally meets Charlie, an old friend of his in a car he used as a hiding place.

National cinema

If "Canadian national cinema" is defined as the films made in Canada, then the canon of Canadian cinema would have to include lightweight teen-oriented fare such as Meatballs(1979), Porky's (1983) or Death Ship (1980).

Porky's Badtime Story

The working title for this cartoon was It Happened All Night (a pun on the Clark Gable It Happened One Night), but it was changed after the studio censors feared that the title would be too sexually suggestive.

Porky's Hare Hunt

The incidental music heard throughout the piece are scored arrangements of "Bei Mir Bistu Shein," a popular swing tune of the time which has since become a standard, and "Hooray for Hollywood," from the contemporary motion picture Hollywood Hotel and now a quintessential Hollywood theme, among others.

Porky's II: The Next Day

Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of 11% based on the review of 11 critics.

The local Ku Klux Klan chapter joins the movement to shut down the Shakespeare festival because its members object to an American Indian (Runningfox's Seminole character) playing Romeo opposite a white girl Juliet (Wendy).

Seattle Marine Aquarium

The aquarium was created in 1962 and was initially owned and operated by Ted Griffin.

Tug Wilson

Edward "Tug" Wilson (1921-2009), British Army colonel and founder and first commander of the Abu Dhabi Defence Force


1924 Brownlow Medal

The 1924 Brownlow Medal was awarded to Edward 'Carji' Greeves of Geelong, who was adjudged to have been the best and fairest player during the 1924 Victorian Football League home and away season.

Andrew Von Etter

Indicted on bank fraud charges with William Waugh and Earl Smith, who had earlier been involved in a failed attempt on the life of mobster Edward "Punchy" McLaughlin, authorities believed his death may have been in connection to the ongoing gang war with the McLaughlin Brothers and the Winter Hill Gang.

Any Bonds Today?

Clampett made these shorts with a fat Elmer because he could not make Porky as fat as he was in his first cartoon, I Haven't Got a Hat.

Bessie Love

At the time, she was living comfortably in a flat overlooking London’s Clapham Common and had recently appeared in a television account of the abdication of King Edward VIII.

Boyd Gaines

Gaines has appeared in a number of films and television shows, including Fame, L.A. Law and Law & Order, but perhaps he is best known for playing a dental student and dentist Mark Royer, who married Valerie Bertinelli's Barbara Cooper on TV's One Day at a Time and as Coach Brackett from the 1982 movie Porky's.

Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington

Her brother, Edward "Ned" Pakenham, served under Wellesley throughout the Peninsular War and Wellesley's regard for him helped to smooth his relations with Kitty, until Ned Pakenham's death at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.

Charles Judels

He also did extensive work as a voice-over actor in animated films, notably as the voices of Stromboli and the coachman in Walt Disney's Pinocchio, and in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes short Porky's Garden.

Daffy Duck Hunt

Porky opens the freezer, but both are shocked when Daffy, dressed as Santa Claus, jumps out and starts singing "Jingle Bells".

Daffy's Inn Trouble

When Porky calls Daffy over, and gives him a new broom as a present, Daffy throws his hat on the floor in disgust and quits the job.

Edward Flint

Edward (Ted) M. Flint (born 1960), former Signal Officer in Chief of the British Army

George Washington University Student Association

Some SA alumni have been successful after college, such as former SA president Edward "Skip" Gnehm, who was the Ambassador to Kuwait during the Gulf War and received the Presidential Distinguished Service Award and two Presidential Meritorious Service Awards.

I Don't Want to Do It

In 2009 the Porky's Revenge version of the song was remastered by Giles Martin and Dave Edmunds for inclusion on the compilation album Let It Roll: Songs by George Harrison.

Kings Domain, Melbourne

A statue of Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop is made from bronze, granite and metal spikes from the Burma-Thailand Railway in 1995 by Peter Corlett.

Kitty Kornered

Assuming the appearances of Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders cavalry (in reference to the then-popular film Arsenic and Old Lace), the cats charge at Porky and run him out of the house once and for all.

Porky and Sylvester would later be paired in a trio of shorts directed by Chuck Jones: Scaredy Cat, Claws for Alarm, and Jumpin' Jupiter.

Lee Curtis and the All-Stars

Curtis formed a new version of the All-Stars in 1963, with Paul Pilnick (lead guitar), George "Porky" Peckham (rhythm guitar - in later years a renowned record cutting engineer), Dave "Mushy" Cooper (bass), and Don Alcyd (drums).

Lew Lehr

Between 1937 and 1948, he was caricatured in six Warner Bros. animated cartoons: "She Was An Acrobat's Daughter" (1937), "Porky in Egypt" (1938), "The Sour Puss" (1940), "Russian Rhapsody" (1944), "Herr Meets Hare" (1945) and "Scaredy Cat" (1948).

Matrix number

The vast majority of these are the work of George Peckham, a disc cutting engineer in the UK who possibly cut hundreds of thousands of records for many record companies over several decades from the 1960s onward, and often signed his cuts "Porky" or marked them as "A Porky Prime Cut".

Minnesota Youth Symphonies

Full orchestral pieces were commissioned from composers Stephen Paulus, Shelley Hanson and MYS alumnus Edward (Teddy) Niedermaier.

My Little Duckaroo

In this animated piece, upon seeing a wanted poster with a reward of $10,000.00 for the dead or alive capture of Nasty Canasta, Daffy Duck sets out alongside his companion Porky, and his trusty steed to retrieve the villain and collect on the money.

Notes to You

As Porky feels guilt over the cat's death, he's startled to hear the cat's nine lives outside his window singing the Sextet from the opera Lucia di Lammermoor.

Often an Orphan

Porky then sings Rock-a-bye Baby as he carries Charlie back and puts Charlie down.

Patrick Keohane

Served with Edward "Teddy" Evans on HMS Talbot.

Pork Recordings

Formed in the early 1990s by David "Porky" Brennand, its most significant artists included Fila Brazillia, Baby Mammoth, Bullitnuts and most recently Leggo Beast.

RAF Tangmere

In September 1946, a world air speed record of 616 mph (991 km/h) was set by Group Captain Edward "Teddy" Mortlock Donaldson in a Gloster Meteor; after his death in 1992, he was buried in St Andrews Church.

Scaredy Cat

It was the first of three Jones cartoons which placed Porky Pig and Sylvester the cat (in a rare non-speaking role as Porky's pet) in a spooky setting where only Sylvester was aware of the danger - the other two films being Claws for Alarm (1954) and Jumpin' Jupiter (1955).

The Blow Out

Thomas Pynchon refers to the cartoon involving "Porky Pig and the anarchist" several times in his novels The Crying of Lot 49 (Vintage, 2000, p63) and Gravity's Rainbow.

The Latymer School

Edward Latymer was the founder of the school and Anne Wyatt was a generous patron of the school.

The Prize Pest

This cartoon was incerpted in the 1988 compilation film Daffy Duck's Quackbusters in which Daffy hired Porky in his "Paranormalist at Large" company.

The Wearing of the Grin

As Daffy Duck (and later Bugs Bunny) surpassed his popularity, Porky starred in fewer solo cartoons.

Tony Church

He also had small roles as Squire Bancroft in Lillie and Samuel Hoare in Edward & Mrs. Simpson.

Warren Foster

He worked, sometimes uncredited, on cartoons considered among the greatest ever, including Porky in Wackyland, Book Revue, The Great Piggy Bank Robbery and Daffy Doodles, the latter three featuring Daffy Duck in 1946, Kitty Kornered featuring Sylvester the Cat in 1953 and Bugs and Thugs featuring Bugs Bunny in 1954.

Ziggy Steinberg

Steinberg produced and wrote the screenplay for "The Jerk, Too," the sequel to Steve Martin's "The Jerk" as well as "Porky's Revenge," the sequel to "Porky's." He then wrote and directed "The Boss' Wife" for Tri-Star Pictures.