1945 in animation
Events in 1945 in animation.
Events
January
- January 6: Chuck Jones' Odor-able Kitty premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons which marks the debut of the skunk Pepé Le Pew.[1]
- January 13:
- Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon Herr Meets Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, a war-time propaganda short in which Bugs outsmarts Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler.[2]
- Tex Avery's Screwy Squirrel cartoon The Screwy Truant premieres, produced by MGM.[3]
February
- February 10: Frank Tashlin's Bugs Bunny short The Unruly Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[4]
March
- March 3: Tex Avery's Droopy cartoon The Shooting of Dan McGoo premieres, produced by MGM.[5]
- March 15: 17th Academy Awards: The Tom & Jerry short Mouse Trouble by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by MGM, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[6]
- March 24: Friz Freleng's Merrie Melodies short Life with Feathers, premieres. It marks the debut of Sylvester the Cat.
April
- April 7: Tex Avery's Jerky Turkey premieres, produced by MGM.[7]
- April 12: The Japanese war-time propaganda cartoon Momotaro: Sacred Sailors, directed by Mitsuyo Seo, is first released. It is notable for being the first Japanese feature-length animated film.[8]
May
- May 5:
- Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon Hare Trigger premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[9]
- William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom & Jerry short The Mouse Comes to Dinner premieres, produced by MGM.[10]
- May 7: Bob Clampett leaves Warner Bros. Cartoons to pursue a career in television.[11]
- May 19: Friz Freleng's Daffy Duck cartoon Ain't That Ducky premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
June
- June 9: Bob Clampett's Tweety cartoon A Gruesome Twosome premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[12]
- June 21: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom & Jerry cartoon Tee for Two premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Animation.[13]
- June 22: The Halas and Batchelor cartoon Handling Ships, a training film for the Royal Navy, premieres, the first British animated film in Technicolor.[14]
- June 29: Jack King's Donald Duck short Donald's Crime premieres, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios.[15]
- June 30: Frank Tashlin's Tale of Two Mice premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[16]
July
- July 7: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom & Jerry short Mouse in Manhattan premieres, produced by MGM.[17]
- July 28: Bob Clampett's Porky Pig cartoon Wagon Heels premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[18]
August
- August 10: Jack Kinney's Donald Duck cartoon Duck Pimples premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.[19]
- August 11: Chuck Jones' Hare Conditioned premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[20]
- August 25: Tex Avery's Swing Shift Cinderella premieres, produced by MGM.[21]
September
- September 7: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck and Goofy cartoon No Sail, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.[22]
- September 15: Bob Clampett's The Bashful Buzzard premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[23]
- September 21: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon Hockey Homicide, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.[24]
October
- October 15: The first issue of the Dutch comics magazine Stripfilm is published. It also offers information about animation techniques, provided by the animation studio Stripfilm.[25] The magazine will last until 23 November.[26]
- October 26: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Cured Duck premieres, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios.[27]
November
- November 3: Tex Avery's Droopy cartoon Wild and Woolfy premieres, produced by MGM.[28]
- November 10: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon Hare Tonic premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[29]
- November 16: Isadore Sparber's The Friendly Ghost premieres, produced by Famous Studios, in which Casper the Friendly Ghost makes his debut.[30]
- November 23: The Spanish animated film Garbancito de la Mancha by José María Blay and Arturo Moreno premieres.[31]
Joaquín Bisbe[32][33]
December
- December 1: Frank Tashlin's Daffy Duck short Nasty Quacks premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[34]
- December 22: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom & Jerry short Quiet Please! premieres, produced by MGM.[35]
Specific date unknown
- The Soviet animated feature film The Lost Letter by Lamis Bredis and the Brumberg sisters premieres.[36]
- Karel Zeman and Bořivoj Zeman's A Christmas Dream premieres.[37]
Films released
Births
January
- January 12: Barrington Bunce, American animator, layout artist, and storyboard artist (ChalkZone, Johnny Bravo, Butt Ugly Martians), (d. 2005).[38]
February
- February 4: Tony Haygarth, British actor (voice of Mr. Tweedy in Chicken Run), (d. 2017).[39]
- February 20: Henry Polic II, American actor (voice of Scarecrow in Batman: The Animated Series, Baba Looey in Yo Yogi!, Tracker Smurf in The Smurfs), (d. 2013).
March
- March 18: Susan Tyrrell, American actress (narrator in Wizards), (d. 2012).[40][41]
- March 31: Edwin Catmull, American computer scientist (co-founder of Pixar).
April
- April 10: Shirley Walker, American composer (Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, Batman Beyond), (d. 2006).
May
- May 11: John Welson, Canadian animator (Special Delivery).
June
- June 11: Adrienne Barbeau, American actress (voice of Catwoman in Batman: The Animated Series and The New Batman Adventures, Simone Lenoir in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Helga Von Guggen in Totally Spies).
- June 14: Marilyn Schreffler, American actress (voice of Brenda Chance in Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Daisy Mayhem in Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, Olive Oyl in The All New Popeye Hour, and Popeye and Son, Winnie Werewolf in Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School), (d. 1988).
July
- July 6: Burt Ward, American actor, animal rights activist and businessman (voice of Robin in The New Adventures of Batman, Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders, Batman vs. Two-Face, and The Simpsons episode Large Marge, young Barnacle Boy in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode Back to the Past, and himself in the Futurama episode Leela and the Genestalk and the Robot Chicken episode Robot Chicken DC Comics Special III: Magical Friendship).
- July 23: Edie McClurg, American actress (voice of Miss Right in The Secret of NIMH, Carlotta in The Little Mermaid and The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, Winnie Pig in Tiny Toon Adventures, Aunt Ruth Generic in Bobby's World, Mrs. Normanmeyer in The Addams Family, Ora Anderson in Life With Louie, Dr. Flora in A Bug's Life, Peggy Jones in Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!, Mary in Wreck-It Ralph, Greta in Frozen, herself in the Family Guy episode Holly Bibble).
August
- August 31: Tom Coppola, American layout artist (Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, The Simpsons, Tiny Toon Adventures, Taz-Mania), (d. 1996).[42]
September
- September 6: Go Nagai, Japanese manga artist (Cutie Honey, Devilman, Mazinger Z).
- September 16: Pat Stevens, American actress (second voice of Velma Dinkley in the Scooby-Doo franchise), (d. 2010).
October
- October 8: William E. Martin, American actor (voice of Rock Man in The Point!, Nightmare King in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Shredder in seasons 8 & 10 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Samhain in The Real Ghostbusters), (d. 2016).
- October 13: Mike Young, Welsh-American producer (creator of SuperTed, founder of Mike Young Productions).
- October 22: Buzz Potamkin, American Television producer and director (Berenstain Bears Television Specials, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 2012).
- October 28: Csaba Varga, Hungarian animator and producer (founder of Varga Studio), (d. 2012).[43]
- October 31: Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor and comedian (voice of Captain K'nuckles in The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, The Flying Dutchman in SpongeBob SquarePants, Coach Tiffany Gills in My Gym Partner's a Monkey, The Chief in Teamo Supremo, Mr. Twitchell in Frosty Returns).
November
- November 27: James Avery, American actor (voice of Shredder in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Haroud Hazi Bin in Aladdin), (d. 2013).[44][45][46]
December
- December 13:
- Heather North, American actress (voice of Daphne Blake in Scooby-Doo, Where Are You), (d. 2017).[47]
- Kathy Garver, American actress (voice of Firestar in Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends).
- December 27: Giovanni Romanini, Italian animator and comics artist, (d. 2020)[48]
- December 30: Davy Jones, English musician and actor (voice of Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island, The Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist, himself in The New Scooby-Doo Movies and Hey Arnold!, Nigel in Phineas and Ferb), (d. 2012).
Specific date unknown
- George Arthur Bloom, American-born Canadian television writer and producer (Marvel Productions, Sunbow Entertainment, Street Sharks, The Magic School Bus, G.I. Joe Extreme, Street Fighter, Cyberchase, Space Racers, Nature Cat, Curious George, Hero Elementary).
Deaths
February
- February 2: Seitaro Kitayama, Japanese animation director, dies at age 56-57.
March
- March 4: Lucille La Verne, American actress (voice of the Evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), dies at age 72.[49]
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- The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Screwy Truant (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Unruly Hare (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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- "The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-14.
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- The Big Cartoon DataBase. "The Bashful Buzzard (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
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External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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