1918 in animation
Events in 1918 in animation.
Films released
- Unknown date – Sin dejar rastros (Argentina)
- February – Urashima Tarō (Japan)
- 25 February – The Pinkerton Pup's Portrait (United States)
- 18 May – The Sinking of the Lusitania (United States)
Births
January
- January 4: Buddy Baker American composer (The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!), The Fox and the Hound, The Puppetoon Movie), (d. 2002).
- January 26: Vito Scotti, American actor (voice of Peppo, the Italian cat, in The Aristocats), (d. 1996).[1]
February
- February 13: Al Pabian, American animator (Chuck Jones, Peanuts specials), (d. 2015).
- February 14: William L. Snyder, American animated film producer (Rembrandt Films), (d. 1998).[2]
- February 16: Patty Andrews, American singer (co-sang the Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet segment in Make Mine Music, and Little Toot in Melody Time), (d. 2013).[3]
March
- March 2:
- Bob Givens, American animator, character designer and lay-out artist (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises), (d. 2017).[4][5][6]
- Michael Rye, American actor (voice of the title character in The Lone Ranger, Apache Chief and Green Lantern in Super Friends, Duke Igthorn, King Gregor, and Sir Gawain in Adventures of the Gummi Bears, J.J. Wagstaff in Fluppy Dogs, Mr. Slaghoople in The Flintstone Kids, Farley Stillwell in Spider-Man), (d. 2012).
- March 6: Harold Mack, British animator and comics artist (worked for Gaumont British Animation, British Animated Pictures and Marten Toonder's animation studio, established his own animation studio The Anglo-Dutch Group), (d. 1975).[7]
- March 9: Vance Colvig, American clown and actor (voice of Chopper in The Yogi Bear Show), (d. 1991).[8]
- March 18: Mike Road, American actor (Race Bannon in Jonny Quest, Zandor in The Herculoids, Ugh in Space Ghost and Dino Boy), (d. 2013).
- March 29: Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (voice of Mrs. Elephant in Tubby the Tuba, Big Mama in The Fox and the Hound), (d. 1990).[9]
April
- April 4: Gerry Johnson, American actress (voice of Betty Rubble in the final two seasons of The Flintstones), (d. 1990).
- April 18: Dick Sutcliffe, American animator (co-creator of Davey and Goliath), (d. 2008).[10]
- April 19: William Arthur Smith, American animation writer, comics artist and illustrator (worked for Walter Lantz), (d. 1989).[11]
- April 25: Tom Daly, Canadian film producer and animated film producer (My Financial Career), (d. 2011).[12]
July
- July 2: Wim Boost, aka Wibo, Dutch comics artist, cartoonist and animator, (d. 2006).[13]
- July 6: Sebastian Cabot, British actor (voice of the narrator and Sir Ector in The Sword in the Stone, Bagheera in The Jungle Book, narrator in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, (d. 1977).
August
- August 19: Floyd Huddleston, American songwriter (The Aristocats, Robin Hood), (d. 1991).
- August 26: Dave Barry, American radio host and actor (voice of Humphrey Bogart in 8 Ball Bunny, voice of Bluto in the Popeye cartoon Seein' Red, White 'N' Blue, voice of Elmer Fudd in Pre-Hysterical Hare), (d. 2001).[14]
September
- September 22: Ken Southworth, British animator (Walt Disney Company, MGM, Walter Lantz, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, Clokey Productions, Warner Bros. Animation), (d. 2007).[15]
- September 28: Arnold Stang, American actor (voice of Top Cat), (d. 2009).
October
November
- November 5: Alan Tilvern, English actor (R.K. Maroon in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, voice of Innkeeper in The Lord of the Rings), (d. 2003).
- November 11:
- Howard Purcell, American comics artist, writer and animator, (d. 1981).[19]
- Seymour Reit, aka Sy Reit, American animator (Fleischer Studios, creator of Casper the Friendly Ghost), writer, screenwriter, comics writer and comics artist, (d. 2001).[20]
- November 30: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor (voice of Alfred Pennyworth in Batman: The Animated Series, Dr. Octopus in Spider-Man, Justin Hammer in Iron Man), (d. 2014).
December
- December 31: Virginia Davis, American actress (Alice in Walt Disney's Alice Comedies), (d. 2009).[21]
Deaths
January
- January 9: Emile Reynaud, French inventor and animation pioneer (invented the praxinoscope responsible for the first projected animated films), dies at age 73.
References
- "Vito Scotti | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- "William L. Snyder, 80, Producer Of Acclaimed Animated Films". Jul 2, 1998. Retrieved Aug 2, 2020 – via NYTimes.com.
- "The Andrews Sisters". IMDb. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- Blume, Howard (December 22, 2017). "Bob Givens, key member of team that created Bugs Bunny, dies at 100". Los Angeles Times.
- Milligan, Mercedes (December 15, 2017). "Bugs Bunny Designer Bob Givens Dies at 99". Animation Magazine. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- Evanier, Mark (December 15, 2017). "Robert Givens, R.I.P." News From ME. Retrieved December 15, 2017.
- "Harold Mack". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "Vance Colvig; Roles Included 'Bozo the Clown'". The Los Angeles Times. California, Los Angeles. March 11, 1991. p. A 24. Retrieved September 16, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/pearl-bailey/169646 Pearl Bailey
- Weber, Bruce (May 25, 2008). "Dick Sutcliffe, 90, Dies; Began 'Davey and Goliath'". The New York Times. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
- "William Smith". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- "NFB marks death of documentary pioneer Tom Daly." Canada News Wire, September 211, 2011. Retrieved: May 2, 2016.
- "Wibo". lambiek.net.
- DeMott, Rick (August 21, 2001). "Voice Actor Dave Barry Passes". Animation World Network. Retrieved March 23, 2015.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090212040031/http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=21670 Animator Ken Southworth Dies at 89
- "Jacques Eggermont". lambiek.net.
- "UpNorth Gallery: Art Without Borders: Carmen d'Avino".
- Bendazzi, Giannalberto (October 23, 2015). Animation: A World History: Volume II: The Birth of a Style – the Three Markets. ISBN 9781317519911.
- "Howard Purcell". Lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- "Sy Reit". lambiek.net.
- "Virginia Davis". IMDb.
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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