1931 in animation
Events in 1931 in animation.
Films released
- 2 January – The Birthday Party (United States)
- 6 January – Ace of Spades (United States)
- 12 January – China (United States)
- 19 January – Big Man from the North (United States)
- 25 January – Club Sandwich (United States)
- 28 January – College (United States)
- February – Ain't Nature Grand! (United States)
- 7 February – Teacher's Pest (United States)
- 8 February – Razzberries (United States)
- 9 February – Shipwreck (United States)
- 10 February – Birds of a Feather (United States)
- 13 February – Rodeo Dough (United States)
- 21 February – Tree Saps (United States)
- 7 March – Traffic Troubles (United States)
- 14 March – The Cow's Husband (United States)
- 22 March – The Explorer (United States)
- 23 March – The Farmer (United States)
- 27 March – The Castaway (United States)
- 4 April
- Swiss Movements (United States)
- Ups 'n Downs (United States)
- 6 April – The Bum Bandit (United States)
- 8 April – The Fireman (United States)
- 17 April – Mother Goose Melodies (United States)
- 20 April – Sunny South (United States)
- 26 April – The Male Man (United States)
- 27 April – Disarmament Conference (United States)
- 30 April
- The Moose Hunt (United States)
- Adventures of Juku The Dog (Estonia)
- 5 May
- Country School (United States)
- Twenty Legs Under the Sea (United States)
- 17 May – The Sultan's Cat (United States)
- 18 May – The Bandmaster (United States)
- 23 May – Silly Scandals (United States)
- 25 May – The China Plate (United States)
- 29 May – Soda Poppa (United States)
- 30 May – Dumb Patrol (United States)
- 6 June – The Delivery Boy (United States)
- 13 June – Yodeling Yokels (United States)
- 22 June – The Busy Beavers (United States)
- 24 June – The Herring Murder Case (United States)
- 29 June – Northwoods (United States)
- 7 July – Mickey Steps Out (United States)
- 11 July – Stork Market (United States)
- 13 July – The Stone Age (United States)
- 18 July – Bosko's Holiday (United States)
- 24 July – Bimbo's Initiation (United States)
- 25 July – The Tree's Knees (United States)
- 27 July – Radio Rhythm (United States)
- 28 July – The Cat's Out (United States)
- 2 August – Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (United States)
- 3 August – Svengarlic (United States)
- 18 August – Blue Rhythm (United States)
- 22 August – Bimbo's Express (United States)
- 23 August – Canadian Capers (United States)
- 27 August – Egyptian Melodies (United States)
- 5 September – Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (United States)
- 7 September – Kentucky Belles (United States)
- 14 September
- Hot Feet (United States)
- Weenie Roast (United States)
- 18 September – Peludópolis (Argentina)
- 19 September – Bosko Shipwrecked! (United States)
- 20 September – The Champ (United States)
- 25 September – Fishin' Around (United States)
- 28 September – Minding the Baby (United States)
- 30 September – The Clock Store (United States)
- 3 October – One More Time (United States)
- 10 October – The Barnyard Broadcast (United States)
- 12 October – The Hunter (United States)
- 15 October – Bars and Stripes (United States)
- 17 October – Bosko the Doughboy (United States)
- 19 October – In the Shade of the Old Apple Sauce (United States)
- 21 October – You Don't Know What You're Doin'! (United States)
- 23 October – The Spider and the Fly (United States)
- 26 October – Wonderland (United States)
- 2 November – Hash House Blues (United States)
- 5 November – The Beach Party (United States)
- 9 November – Mask-A-Raid (United States)
- 10 November – The Fox Hunt (United States)
- 14 November – Bosko's Soda Fountain (United States)
- 22 November – Jack and the Beanstalk (United States)
- 28 November – Hittin' the Trail for Hallelujah Land (United States)
- 30 November
- Mickey Cuts Up (United States)
- The Hare Mail (United States)
- 1 December – The Restless Sax (United States)
- 7 December – The Fisherman (United States)
- 9 December – Mickey's Orphans (United States)
- 12 December
- Bosko's Fox Hunt (United States)
- Dizzy Red Riding Hood (United States)
- 17 December – The Ugly Duckling (United States)
- 21 December – The Clown (United States)
- 26 December – Red-Headed Baby (United States)
Events
August
- August 2: Harman and Ising's Lady, Play Your Mandolin!, the first Merrie Melodie cartoon is released and Foxy makes his debut.
Births
January
- January 13:
- Charles Nelson Reilly, American actor (voice of Killer in All Dogs Go to Heaven, Hunch in Rock-A-Doodle, King Llort in A Troll in Central Park, The Dirty Bubble in SpongeBob SquarePants), (d. 2007).[1]
- Chris Wiggins, English born Canadian actor (voice of Thor in The Marvel Super Heroes, Mysterio in Spider-Man, Satan in The Devil and Daniel Mouse, Mr. Sun in the Strawberry Shortcake franchise, No Heart in The Care Bears Family, Narrator in the first episode of the DIC dub of Sailor Moon, Cornelius in the Babar franchise), (d. 2017).
- Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (voice of The Grump in Here Comes The Grump, Gene the Genie in DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, and Uncle Fester in The Addams Family), (d. 2019).
- Scott Beach, American actor (voice roles in Peanuts productions, original voice of Garfield), (d. 1996).
- January 17: James Earl Jones, American actor (voice of Mufasa in The Lion King franchise, Darth Vader in "The Faithful Wookiee" segment of The Star Wars Holiday Special, and Star Wars Rebels, Maggie Simpson in The Simpsons episode Treehouse of Horror V, Ommadon in The Flight of Dragons, the Emperor of The Night in Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night, Kibosh in Casper: A Spirited Beginning, Santa Claus in Recess, Martin Luther King Sr. in Our Friend, Martin).
- January 25: Dean Jones, American actor (voice of King Ahasuerus in The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible, George Newton in Beethoven, Dr. Karel in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Abraham Lincoln in Nightmare Ned, Col. Sam Lane in Superman: The Animated Series, Chauncey in Adventures from the Book of Virtues, Dean Arbagast in Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero)< (d. 2015).
- January 29: Richard Bakalyan, Armenian-American actor (voice of Dinky in The Fox and the Hound), (d. 2015).[2]
February
- February 7:
- José Luis Beltrán Coscojuela, Spanish comics artist and animator, (d. 2013).[3]
- Serge Danot, French animator, film director and producer (Le Manège Enchanté, known in English as The Magic Roundabout), (d. 1990).[4]
- February 13: Isaac Bardavid, Brazilian actor and voice actor (dub voice of Skeletor in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and Tigger in Winnie the Pooh), (d. 2022).[5]
- February 26: Jacques Rouxel, French animator (Les Shadoks), (d. 2004).
- February 28: Gavin MacLeod, American actor (voice of Captain Gumble in Pound Puppies), (d. 2021).[6]
March
- March 8: Gerald Potterton, British-Canadian director, writer, producer and animator (Yellow Submarine, Heavy Metal).
- March 22: William Shatner, Canadian actor (voice of Captain Kirk in Star Trek: The Animated Series, Jason in Hercules, Mayor Phlegmming in Osmosis Jones, Betty's grandfather in Atomic Betty, Kazar in The Wild, Ozzie in Over the Hedge, Santa Claus in Gotta Catch Santa Claus, General Shanker in Escape from Planet Earth, Grand Pear in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Harvey Dent/Two-Face in Batman vs. Two-Face, himself in Futurama).
- March 26: Leonard Nimoy, American actor (voiced Spock in Star Trek: The Animated Series, Galvatron in The Transformers: The Movie, Mr. Moundshroud in The Halloween Tree, King Kashekim Nedakh in Atlantis: The Lost Empire, himself in The Simpsons and Futurama), (d. 2015).
April
- April 11: Koichi Sugiyama, Japanese composer (Cyborg 009, Space Runaway Ideon, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai), (d. 2021).[7]
May
- May 5: Greg, Belgian comics artist, writer and screenplay writer (Tintin and the Temple of the Sun , Tintin and the Lake of Sharks), (d. 1999).[8]
- May 10: Ichiro Nagai, Japanese voice actor (d. 2014).
- May 12: Art Seidel, American production manager (assistant director for the live-action sequence in The Simpsons episode Treehouse of Horror VI), (d. 1998).[9]
- May 18: Robert Morse, American actor and singer (voice of Young Stuffy in The First Easter Rabbit, Young Scrooge in The Stingiest Man in Town, the title character in Jack Frost, Moncho in Monchhichis, Howler in Pound Puppies, Goopy Gear in the Tiny Toon Adventures episode "Two-Tone Town", Dootch in the Aaahh!!! Real Monsters episode "Where Have All The Monsters Gone?", Mr. Koch in the Rugrats episode "Faire Play", DeSaad in the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Father's Day", Jake in The Wild Thornberrys episode "Two's Company", Governor in The Legend of Korra episode "After All These Years", Marshak and Gnuckles in Sofia the First, Santa Claus in Teen Titans Go! and Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans, Old Phil in the Animals. episode "Flies."), (d. 2022).[10][11][12]
June
- June 20: Olympia Dukakis, American actress (voice of Zelda in The Simpsons) (d. 2021).[13][14]
- June 21: Zlatko Grgić, Croatian animator and animation director (Professor Balthazar, The Devil's Work), (d. 1988).[15]
- June 29: Ed Gilbert, American actor (voice of Baloo in TaleSpin, Thrust and Blitzwing in The Transformers, Pugsy and Daddy Sterling in Tom and Jerry: The Movie), (d. 1999).[16]
July
- July 2: Robert Ito, Canadian actor of Japanese descent (voice of The Mandarin in Iron Man, Kyodai Ken in Batman: The Animated Series, Mr. Miyagi in The Karate Kid, Sun Warrior Chief in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Goose Lee in Darkwing Duck, Black Dragon/White Dragon in Rambo: The Force of Freedom).
- July 5: Bill Skiles, American stand-up comedian (voice of Monkeys in The Jungle Book), (d. [[2011).
- July 11: Yasuo Ōtsuka, Japanese animator (Panda and the Magic Serpent, Alakazam the Great, The Wonderful World of Puss 'n Boots, Lupin III), (d. 2021).[17]
- July 28: Daryl Hickman, American actor and voice artist (voice of Kid Comet in Space Stars, Wags in The Biskitts, Pac-Junior in Pac-Man, Roadie in Pole Position).
August
- August 10: Giuliano Cenci, Italian film director (The Adventures of Pinocchio), (d. 2018).[18]
- August 25: Regis Philbin, American television presenter (voice of Typhon in Hercules, Mabel in Shrek the Third), (d. 2020).[19]
- August 26: Ram Mohan, Indian animator (You Said It, Fire Games), director (co-director of Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama, Meena) and animation producer (Ram Mohan Biographics), (d. 2019).[20]
- August 30: Jōji Yanami, Japanese voice actor (Inuyasha, One Piece, Dragon Ball Z) and narrator (Dragon Ball), (d. 2021).[21]
- August 31: Sergio Matteucci, Italian voice actor and radio presenter (Italian dub voice of Saiyan B in Dragon Ball Z, narrator in Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines), (d. 2020).[22][23]
October
- October 2: Enzo Facciolo, Italian comics artist and animator (worked for Toni Pagot), (d. 2021).[24]
- October 27: Vinnie Bell, American animator (Terrytoons, Schoolhouse Rock!, The Berenstain Bears, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law), (d. 2021).[25]
- October 30: Dick Gautier, American actor, comedian, singer and caricaturist (voice of Rodimus Prime in The Transformers, Serpentor in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero), (d. 2017).[26]
November
- November 1: Shunsuke Kikuchi, Japanese composer (Doraemon, Dragon Ball, Dr. Slump, Getter Robo, Tiger Mask), (d. 2021).
- November 19: Lester Pourier, American animator and layout artist (Hanna-Barbera, Garfield and Friends, Tom and Jerry: The Movie), (d. 2020).[27]
- November 28: Tomi Ungerer, French novelist, illustrator, cartoonist and poster designer (provided the narration to the animated adaptations of his own novels The Three Robbers and The Moon Man), (d. 2019).[28]
- November 30: Jack Sheldon, American singer (Schoolhouse Rock!), (d. 2019).
December
- December 9: Paddi Edwards, British actress (voice of Flotsam and Jetsam in The Little Mermaid, Atropos in Hercules, Vera in Pepper Ann), (d. 1999).
- December 11: Rita Moreno, Puerto Rican-born American actress and singer (voice of Tanya Trunk in Bonkers, Ella Salvator in Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Carmen Sandiego in Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?, Dr. Camrina Skeledon in The Magic School Bus, Dona Dolores in Scooby-Doo! and the Monster of Mexico, Abuela in Special Agent Oso, Mimi in Rio 2, Abuelita in Nina's World, Queen Camilla in Elena of Avalor, Cookie Booker in Carmen Sandiego, Gertrude St. John in Curious George: Cape Ahoy, Ah Puch in Maya and the Three).
- December 15: Ernest Pintoff, American animator and film director (The Violinist, The Critic), (d. 2002).
- December 23: Ronnie Schell, American actor and stand-up comedian (voice of Jason in Battle of the Planets, Gilly in Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Rick the Racoon in Shirt Tales, Colonel Callaway in Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School, Master Fezzick in The Legend of Prince Valiant, Mayor Fitzhugh in Recess).
- December 24: Robert Ridgely, American voice actor (voice of The Purple Pie Man in Strawberry Shortcake, the title character in Thundarr the Barbarian, The Commander in Dexter's Laboratory), (d. 1997).
Specific date unknown
- Dan Mills, American animator (Beany and Cecil, Linus the Lionhearted, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Freddie as F.R.O.7, Asterix Conquers America, The Pagemaster, Cats Don't Dance, Family Guy) and storyboard artist (101 Dalmatians: The Series, Hercules, The Hunchback of Notre Dame II), (d. 2011).[29]
References
- McGeehan, Patrick (May 28, 2007). "Charles Nelson Reilly, Tony-Winning Comic Actor, Dies at 76 (Published 2007)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
- "Richard Bakalyan Obituary". Star-Gazette. legacy.com. March 1, 2015.
- "José Luis Beltrán Coscojuela". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
- "Workers install the "iron grave" of the family of Serge Danot who..." Getty Images. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- Morre o dublador Isaac Bardavid, a voz brasileira do Wolverine (in Portuguese)
- Haring, Bruce (May 29, 2021). "Gavin MacLeod Dies: 'Love Boat' Captain And 'Mary Tyler Moore' Colleague Was 90". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 29, 2021.
- "Dragon Quest Composer Koichi Sugiyama Passes Away at 90". Anime News Network. October 7, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2021.
- "Michel Greg". lambiek.net.
- "Art Seidel". IMDb.
- "Robert Morse, known for "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" and "Mad Men," dies at 90". ABC7. Retrieved April 21, 2022.
- Barnes, Mike (April 21, 2022). "Robert Morse, Two-Time Tony Winner and 'Mad Men' Star, Dies at 90". Hollywood Reporter.
- Robert Berkvist (April 21, 2022). "Robert Morse, Impish Tony-Winning Comedy Star, Is Dead at 90". New York Times.
- Saad, Nardine (May 1, 2021). "Olympia Dukakis, theater veteran and Oscar-winning 'Moonstruck' actress, dies at 89". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- Gates, Anita (May 1, 2021). "Olympia Dukakis, Oscar Winner for 'Moonstruck,' Dies at 89". The New York Times. Retrieved May 1, 2021.
- "Zlatko Grgic". IMDb.
- "Edmund Gilbert (1931-1999) - Find A Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- "Acclaimed Animator Yasuo Otsuka Passes Away at 89". Anime News Network.
- "E' morto Giuliano Cenci, uno dei papà di Carosello". Archived from the original on July 5, 2018. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- Berman, Marc. "Legendary Regis Philbin Dies At 88". Forbes. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
- "The father of Indian animation, Ram Mohan passes away at the age of 88". October 11, 2019. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- "Dragon Ball Z Narrator, Voice Actor Jouji Yanami Passes Away". Anime News Network. December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
- "È morto Sergio Matteucci, il telecronista di Holly e Benji". November 5, 2020.
- "Morto Sergio Matteucci, la voce delle telecronache di "Holly e Benji" e "Mila e Shiro"". Il Fatto Quotidiano. November 6, 2020.
- "Enzo Facciolo". Lambiek.net. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
- Milligan, Mercedes (February 9, 2021). "Terrytoons, 'Schoolhouse Rock' Animator Vinnie Bell Dies Age 89". Animation Magazine. Retrieved February 10, 2021.
- Blake, Meredith (January 14, 2017). "Dick Gautier, best known as 'Get Smart's' Hymie the robot, dies at 85". Los Angeles Times.
- "Lester Pourier". IMDb.
- "Tomi Ungerer". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- "Animator Dan Mills dies at 80". Animation Magazine. November 19, 2011. Retrieved December 20, 2011.
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.