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The character first appeared in the 1942 cartoon Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid , directed by Bob Clampett. The cartoon's plot revolves around the hopeless attempts of the brainless buzzard, here called "Killer", to catch Bugs Bunny for his domineering mother back at the nest. Beaky's voice, modeled after ventriloquist Edgar Bergen's character Mortimer Snerd, is provided by voice actor Kent Rogers . Clampett brought the character back in the 1945 film The Bashful Buzzard , a cartoon that closely mirrors its predecessor, only this time featuring Beaky's hapless hunting without Bugs as an antagonist. Rogers reprised his role as the character's voice for the film, but he died in World War IIWorld War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the world's nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. The war was fough before finishing all his dialogue, so Stan FrebergCalifornia native Stan Freberg began as a voice actor in a number of old-time radio shows. During the 1950s he made a name for himself writing and performing both original songs ("Television") and parodies of popular tunes (" The Yellow Rose of Texas", " was brought in to finish the work (as was Eddie Bartell , according to some sources).

Warner Bros. apparently thought they had something in the character, and Beaky was featured in much of the Looney Tunes merchandisingMerchandising is a marketing practice in which the brand or image from one product or service is used to sell another. It is most prominently seen in connection with films, usually those in current release, and with television shows oriented towards child of the time. He also appeared in several issues of Dell ComicsDell Comics was a comic book publishing company that operated from 1929 to 1973. At its peak, it was the most prominent American company in the medium. Its first title was The Funnies which was the first comic book to feature original material, but since' Looney Tunes series of comic bookA comic book (sometimes called funnies or funny paper is a book or magazine and more recently a graphic novel in the artistic medium known as comics. American comic books have become closely associated with the superhero genre, but the subject matter of cs, usually paired with another minor player, Henery Hawk .

Clampett left the studio in 1946Events January January 4 Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders the country is divided into four occupation zones Januar, ending Beaky's career for a time. The character was eventually brought back in the 1950Events January January 5 US Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for examination of organized crime in the USA January 6 The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China. The Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Friz FrelengIsadore "Friz" Freleng ( August 21, 1905 May 26, 1995) was an animator and cartoonist best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros. He introduced several of the studio's biggest stars, including Porky film The Lion's Busy , now voiced by the versatile Mel Blanc. Freleng made the buzzard smarter, pitting him against a dim-witted lion named Leo. Bob McKimson also featured the character in a film that year, Strife with Father . McKimson's Beaky is again back to his idiotic self, this time under the tutelage of his adoptive father, a sparrow who is trying to teach Beaky how to survive in the wild.

Most recently, Beaky Buzzard has had minor roles in various Warner Bros. projects, such as Tiny Toon Adventures, where he plays the mentor of the minor character; Concord Condor , or the movie Space Jam, where he has a short cameo.