1920 in animation
Events in 1920 in animation.
Films released
- 4 January – Farmer Al Falfa Goes A-Hunting (United States)
- 16 January – The Great Cheese Robbery (United States)
- 25 January – A Frolic with Felix (United States)
- 30 January – Love's Labor Lost (United States)
- 8 February – The Debut of Thomas Cat (United States)
- 22 February – Felix the Big Game Hunter (United States)
- 3 March – The Best Mouse Loses (United States)
- 7 March – Wrecking a Romeo (United States)
- 14 March – The Bone of Contention (United States)
- 11 April – Felix the Food Controller (United States)
- 18 April – Felix the Pinch Hitter (United States)
- 16 May – Foxy Felix (United States)
- 4 June – Kats Is Kats (United States)
- 6 June – A Hungry Hoodoo (United States)
- 12 June – Cheating the Piper (United States)
- 13 June – The Great Cheese Robbery (United States)
- 3 July – The Chinese Honeymoon (United States)
- 18 July – Felix and the Feed Bag (United States)
- 22 August – Nifty Nurse (United States)
- 26 September – Frolics at the Circus view (United States)
- 24 October – My Hero (United States)
- 25 October – A Family Affair (United States)
- 21 November – Felix the Landlord (United States)
- 26 December – Felix's Fish Story (United States)
Births
January
- January 1: Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian animator and comics artist (La Linea), (d. 2007).[1]
- January 6: Henry Corden, American voice actor (voice of Fred Flintstone), (d. 2005).[2]
- January 20: DeForest Kelley, American actor (voice of Dr. Leonard McCoy in Star Trek: The Animated Series, Viking 1 in The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars), (d. 1999).
February
- February 14: Albert Barillé, Polish-French animator, screenwriter and animated film producer (Procidis, Once Upon a Time...), (d. 2009).[3]
- February 17: Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and writer (Flaklypa Grand Prix), (d. 2001).
March
- March 3:
- James Doohan, Canadian actor (voiced Scotty in Star Trek: The Animated Series) (d. 2005).[4]
- Ronald Searle, British illustrator, cartoonist and comics artist (animated The Happiest Days of Your Life, Energetically Yours, Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, Monte Carlo or Bust!, and Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done), (d. 2011).[5]
- March 14: Hank Ketcham, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Company, Walter Lantz), (d. 2001).[6]
- March 22: Ross Martin American actor (voice of Andy Stevenson in The Man from Button Willow, Dr. Paul Williams in Sealab 2020, Agent 000 in The Robonic Stooges), (d. 1981).
April
- April 2: Jack Stokes, British animator and film director (worked on Yellow Submarine and Roobarb), (d. 2013).[7]
- April 14: Sheldon Moldoff, American comics artist and animator (Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse), (d. 2012).[8]
May
- May 22: Millie Goldsholl, American animated film director and producer (Up Is Down), (d. 2012).[9]
- May 26: Peggy Lee, American singer and voice actress (voice of Darling, Si and Am and Peg in Lady and the Tramp), (d. 2002).[10]
June
- June 5:
- Harold Whitaker, British animator and comics artist (worked on Animal Farm), (d. 2013).[11]
- Jack Manning, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Company, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1986).[12]
- June 13:
- Joseph Bau, Polish-Israeli artist, philosopher, comedian, poet and animator, (d. 2002).[13]
- Rex Everhart, American actor (voice of Maurice in Beauty and the Beast), (d. 2000).
- June 19: Johnny Douglas, English composer (Marvel Productions), (d. 2003).
- June 22: Paul Frees, American actor and screenwriter (voice of Boris Badenov in Rocky and Bullwinkle, Inspector Fenwick in Dudley Do-Right, Ludwig von Drake in Disney anthology television series, Muscles in Jerry's Cousin, voice of John Lennon and George Harrison in The Beatles, Burgermeister Meisterburger and Grimsley in Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town), (d. 1986).[14]
- June 29: Ray Harryhausen, American animator and special effects creator (Mighty Joe Young, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans), (d. 2013).[15]
July
- July 20:
- Dick N. Lucas, American animator (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1997).[16]
- Keith Andes, American actor (voice of Birdman in Birdman and the Galaxy Trio), (d. 2005).
August
- August 2: Bill Scott, American voice actor (voice of Bullwinkle J. Moose, Mister Peabody, Dudley Do-Right, Super Chicken, and George of the Jungle, voice of Moosel in The Wuzzles, Gruffi Tummi, Sir Tuxford, and Toadwart in Gummi Bears), (d. 1985) from a heart attack.[17]
- August 11: Mike Douglas, American singer, TV host and actor (singing voice of Prince Charming in Cinderella), (d. 2006).[18]
- August 18: Lev Milchin, Russian animated film director and illustrator (The Tale of Tsar Saltan), (d. 1987).[19]
- August 30: Leonid Shvartsman, Soviet and Russian animator (Soyuzmultfilm).
September
- September 3: Jackson Weaver, American broadcaster and voice actor (voice of Smokey Bear), (d. 1992).
- September 5: Alex Anderson, American cartoonist (co-creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Crusader Rabbit), (d. 2010).
- September 20: Jay Ward, American animator and producer (Crusader Rabbit, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Hoppity Hooper, George of the Jungle, Tom Slick, Super Chicken), (d. 1989).[20]
- September 23: Mickey Rooney, American actor (voice of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in the mid-1930s, Santa Claus in the Rankin/Bass Productions Christmas specials, adult Tod in The Fox and the Hound, Mr. Cherrywood in The Care Bears Movie, Flip in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, played himself in The Simpsons episode Radioactive Man, and the short producer in the American Dad! episode A Star is Reborn), (d. 2014).[21]
- September 27:
- Tô Hoài, Vietnamese writer, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and animator, (d. 2014).[22]
- William Conrad, American actor (voice of the narrator in Rocky and Bullwinkle), (d. 1994).
October
- October 13: Albert Hague, German-American songwriter and composer (How the Grinch Stole Christmas), (d. 2001).
November
- November 17: George Dunning, Canadian animator and film director (The Beatles, Yellow Submarine), (d. 1979).
- November 25: Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (voice of Armando Gutierrez in Freakazoid!, Gone Juan in The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper, Vartkes in the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode Lone Wolf, Señor Senior Sr. in Kim Possible, El Encantador in the Dora the Explorer episode The Missing Piece, The Head of Council in The Ant Bully, The Cow in the Family Guy episode McStroke, General Juanito Pequeño in the American Dad! episode Moon Over Isla Island), (d. 2009).[23][24][25]
December
- December 30: René Jodoin, Canadian animation director and producer (founder of the French-language animation studio of the National Film Board of Canada), (d. 2015).[26]
- December 31: Rex Allen, American actor (voice of the title character and narrator in The Saga of Windwagon Smith, the narrator in Charlotte's Web), (d. 1999).
References
- "Osvaldo Cavandoli". lambiek.net. Retrieved 7 April 2018.
- "Henry Corden". Tampa Bay Times. May 21, 2005. p. 20. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- Albert Barillé at IMDb
- James Doohan at IMDb
- "Ronald Searle". lambiek.net.
- "Hank Ketcham". lambiek.net. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- Hieronimus, Robert R. (July 1998). "The Creators of The Beatles' 'Yellow Submarine': Where Are They Now?". Animation World Magazine. AWN, Inc. 3 (4). Retrieved March 28, 2013.
- "Sheldon Moldoff". lambiek.net.
- Anne. "Millie Goldsholl (1920-2012)". Chicago Film Archives. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- Fordham, John (January 23, 2002). "Obituary: Peggy Lee". Theguardian.com. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- "Harold Whitaker". lambiek.net.
- "Jack Manning". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- Joffe, Lawrence (July 10, 2002). "Obituary: Joseph Bau". the Guardian. Retrieved June 15, 2018.
- Folkart, Burt A. (November 6, 1986). "From 'The Millionaire' to 'Bullwinkle' : Paul Frees, Man of Many Voices, Dies". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on March 20, 2015. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- Lyons, Patrick J. (May 7, 2013). "Ray Harryhausen, Whose Creatures Battled Jason and Sinbad, Dies at 92". The New York Times. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
- "Dick N. Lucas - SFdb". Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- "Bill Scott, Writer and Voice For 'Rocky and His Friends'". The New York Times. United Press International. December 2, 1985.
- Mike Douglas at IMDb
- "Russian animation in letters and figures | People | Milchin Lev I." www.animator.ru. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- Folkart, Burt A. (October 13, 1989). "Jay Ward Dies; He Created Rocky, Bullwinkle for TV". Los Angeles Times.
- Mickey Rooney at IMDb
- "Nhà văn Tô Hoài qua đời".
- "Ricardo Montalbán dies at 88; 'Fantasy Island' actor", Los Angeles Times, Thursday, January 15, 2009.
- "Ricardo Montalbán, Star of 'Fantasy Island', Dies at 88", The New York Times, Thursday, January 15, 2009.
- "Mexican-American actor Ricardo Montalbán dies at 88". New York Daily News. January 15, 2008. Archived from the original on June 1, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
- Milligan, Mercedes (28 January 2015). "NFB French Animation Founder René Jodoin Dies". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- "Balthasar Lippisch". lambiek.net. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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