1953 in animation
Events in 1953 in animation.
Events
January
- January 3: Chuck Jones's Don't Give Up the Sheep premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons which marks the debuts of Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog.[1]
February
- February 5: Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske's Peter Pan, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released. The film marks the debut of Tinkerbell within the Disney franchise who will later become one of their mascots.[2]
- February 28: Chuck Jones' Daffy Duck cartoon Duck Amuck premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[3]
March
- March 19: 25th Academy Awards: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry short Johann Mouse, produced by MGM, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[4] It is the seventh and final Tom & Jerry cartoon to win an Oscar.[5] The animated short receives its official public premiere on 21 March.[6]
- March 27: Karel Zeman's first animated feature Poklad ptačího ostrova (The Treasure of Bird Island) premieres.[7]
April
- April 8: Jiří Trnka's Old Czech Legends premieres.
- April 15–29: 1953 Cannes Film Festival:
- Walt Disney receives a "Legion of Honour" during the opening ceremony.[8][9]
- The Romance of Transportation in Canada by Colin Low wins the Short Film Palme d'Or.[10]
- April 25: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry short That's My Pup! premieres, produced by MGM.[11]
May
- May 2: Friz Freleng's short Southern Fried Rabbit premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam.[12]
July
- July 25: Chuck Jones' Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[13]
August
- August 8: Chuck Jones' Bully for Bugs premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons in which Bugs Bunny becomes a bullfighter.[14]
- August 29: Bob McKimson's Cat-Tails For Two is first released, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons which marks the debut of Speedy Gonzales.[15][16]
September
- September 5: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry short Just Ducky premieres, produced by MGM.[17]
- September 11: Jiří Trnka's Old Czech Legends premieres.
- September 26: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny short Lumber Jack-Rabbit premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, a cartoon made in 3D.[18]
October
- October 3: Chuck Jones' Duck! Rabbit, Duck! premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, the third film in the "hunting season" trilogy starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd.[19]
- October 10: Winky Dink and You, the first interactive TV series which invites viewers to use a special crayon to draw on the screen, is first broadcast.[20]
- October 30: Jean Image's Bonjour Paris premieres.[21]
November
- November 10:
- Hamilton Luske's Ben and Me, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released, a cartoon about Benjamin Franklin.[22]
- Ward Kimball and Charles A. Nichols' Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres. It is the first Disney cartoon to be filmed and released in widescreen Cinemascope.[23]
December
- December 17: Ted Parmelee's The Tell-Tale Heart, produced by UPA, premieres.[24]
- December 21: Walter Lantz productions releases Chilly Willy, directed by Paul J. Smith which marks the debut of Chilly Willy the penguin.[25]
Specific date unknown
- Carl Urbano's promotional cartoon A Is for Atom is released which explains how atomic energy works.[26]
Films released
Television series
Births
January
- January 14: Bonita Pietila, American casting director and producer (The Simpsons).
- January 29: Paul Fusco, American puppeteer, actor, television producer, writer and director (voice of ALF in ALF: The Animated Series, ALF Tales and Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, Captain Catgut in Space Cats).
- January 30: Patricia Alice Albrecht, American actress, writer and poet (voice of Phyllis "Pizzazz" Gabor in Jem), (d. 2019).[27]
March
- March 16: Micheline Charest, British-born Canadian television producer (founder of CINAR), (d. 2004).[28]
- March 23: Chaka Khan, American singer, songwriter and musician (voice of Marla in Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure, voiced herself in the Phineas and Ferb episode "Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs To You!").
- March 24:
- Heiki Ernits, Estonian animator, illustrator, and film director.[29]
- Louie Anderson, American stand-up comedian, actor, author and game show host (voice of Security Guard #1 in Bebe's Kids, Andy Anderson and Little Louie in Life with Louie (which he created), Burt in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy episode "Fear and Loathing in Endsville", Mining Team of Louie Andersons in Tom Goes to the Mayor, Gory Agnes in Pickle and Peanut, voiced himself in No Activity), (d. 2022).[30]
- March 30: Jeff Cesario, American actor, comedian, producer and writer (voice of Dr. Weatherfield in the Life with Louie episode "Pains, Grains, and Allergy Shots", Marv Albert's head in the Futurama episode "Time Keeps On Slippin'").
April
- April 5: Keiko Han, Japanese voice actress (voice of Queen Beryl and Luna in the Japanese dub of Sailor Moon).
- April 15: Larry Latham, American storyboard director, animator, animated film producer and animated film director (worked for Hanna-Barbera, Disney Television Animation as director of TaleSpin), (d. 2014).[31]
- April 25: Ron Clements, American animator, screenwriter, film director and producer (Walt Disney Animation Studios).
- April 27: Linda Young, American voice actress (voice of Frieza in Dragon Ball Z, Genkai in YuYu Hakusho).
May
- May 18: Alan Kupperberg, American comics artist and animator (Don Bluth), (d. 2015).[32][33]
- May 24: Alfred Molina, English actor (voice of Ares in Wonder Woman, Roadkill in Rango, Double Dan in Ralph Breaks the Internet, King Agnarr in Frozen II, Lasombra in Hey Arnold: The Jungle Movie, Rippin in Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero, Mr. Freeze in Harley Quinn).
- May 27: Louis Scarborough Jr., American animator and storyboard artist (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, ChalkZone), (d. 2013).[34]
- May 29: Danny Elfman, American composer, singer, and songwriter (The Nightmare Before Christmas, also did the singing voice of Jack Skellington theme from The Simpsons).
June
- June 13: Tim Allen, American actor and comedian (voice of Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story franchise).
July
- July 16: Philece Sampler, American actress (voice of Mimi Tachikawa in Digimon Adventure, Toph Beifong in The Legend of Korra, Betty Ross in The Incredible Hulk, Sabine Chang in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir), (d. 2021).
August
- August 8: Jim Jinkins, American animator (creator of Doug, PB&J Otter, and Pinky Dinky Doo).
- August 10:
- Yoni Chen, Israeli actor (Hebrew dubber of various Looney Tunes characters and the Tin Man in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz), (d. 1995).[35]
- Brian Scully, American television writer and producer (The Simpsons, Family Guy).
- August 14: James Horner, American composer and conductor (An American Tail, The Land Before Time, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, Once Upon a Forest, We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, The Pagemaster, and Balto), (d. 2015).
- August 30: Robin Harris, American comedian and actor (Bebe's Kids), (d. 1990).[36]
September
- September 20: Doug Preis, American voice actor (voice of Phil Funnie, Chalky Studebaker, Willie White, Walter "Skunky Beaumont", Mr. Bluff, and Vice Principal Lamar Bone in Doug, Jovny the Stork in commercials for Vlasic Pickles, Alluro and Lynx-O in ThunderCats).
October
- October 28: Keith Scott, Australian voice actor (continued voice of Bullwinkle J. Moose), and animation historian.
November
- November 4: Peter Lord, English animator, director and producer (co-creator of Morph and co-founder of the Academy Award-winning Aardman Animations studio).
- November 7: Lynne Naylor, Canadian designer, animator, artist, director, and producer (co-founder of Spumco).
- November 8: John Musker, American animator, film director, screenwriter and film producer (Walt Disney Animation Studios).
- November 18: Kevin Nealon, American comedian and actor (voice of Mayor in Eight Crazy Nights, Irwin Winslow in The Goode Family episode "Public Disturbance", Glenn Martin in Glenn Martin, DDS, I.O.C. Member in the American Dad! episode "Return of the Bling", Gary Stein in the Mike Tyson Mysteries episode "The Stein Way", voiced himself in the Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist episode "Earring", and the Family Guy episode "The Movement").
- November 27: Richard Stone, American composer (Warner Bros. Animation), (d. 2001).[37]
- November 28: Pamela Hayden, American voice actress (voice of Milhouse Van Houten, Jimbo Jones and other various characters in The Simpsons, Rita in Bonkers, Connie in Hey Arnold!, Dawn and Trudy in Pinky and the Brain, Geena in The New Batman Adventures, Steve and Lance the Pants in Recess, Douglas McNoggin in Lloyd in Space, Toddler's Mom in Pound Puppies).
December
- December 7: Buzz Dixon, American television writer (Filmation, Ruby-Spears Enterprises, Marvel Productions, Bionic Six, Spiral Zone, Garbage Pail Kids, Superman, Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Tiny Toon Adventures, Conan the Adventurer, Batman: The Animated Series, Stunt Dawgs, Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa, G.I. Joe Extreme).
- December 13:
- Gail Matthius, American voice actress and comedian (voice of Shirley the Loon in Tiny Toon Adventures, Martha Sven-Generic in Bobby's World, Miss Molly Coddle in Bump in the Night).
- Ruben A. Aquino, Japanese-born Filipino-American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios).
- December 15: J.M. DeMatteis, American writer (The Real Ghostbusters, Justice League Unlimited, Legion of Super Heroes, Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Sym-Bionic Titan, ThunderCats, Teen Titans Go!, Marvel's Spider-Man).
Specific date unknown
- Neil Affleck, Canadian animator, sheet timer (Rugrats, The Critic, King of the Hill, The Simpsons Movie), director (The Simpsons, Family Guy, Nelvana) and actor.
Deaths
August
- August 3: Harry E. Lang, American voice actor (voice of Tom in a few Tom & Jerry cartoons), dies at age 58 from a heart attack.[38]
November
- November 29: Milt Gross, American cartoonist and animator (Count Screwloose), dies at age 58.[39]
References
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- "Peter Pan (Walt Disney Studios)".
- "Duck Amuck (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)".
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- "Joseph Barbera". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- "Johann Mouse (MGM)".
- Peter Hames: Czech and Slovak Cinema: Theme and Tradition. Edynburg: Edinburgh University Press, 2009, s. 196.
- "Opening of the 1953 festival". fresques.ina.fr. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
- Wong, Cindy Hing-Yuk (29 August 2011). Walt Disney honoured at 1953 cannes film festival. ISBN 9780813551104. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- "THE ROMANCE OF TRANSPORTATION IN CANADA". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- That's My Pup! at IMDb
- Southern Fried Rabbit at IMDb
- Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century at IMDb
- Bully for Bugs at IMDb
- "Cat-Tails For Two (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- "Bob McKimson". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- Just Ducky at IMDb
- Lumber Jack-Rabbit at IMDb
- Duck! Rabbit, Duck! at IMDb
- "Winky-Dink and You (TV Series 1953–1957)". IMDb. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- "Bonjour Paris ! (1953)". www.unifrance.org. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- Ben and Me at IMDb
- Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom at IMDb
- The Tell-Tale Heart at IMDb
- Walter Lantz at IMDb
- "A Is for Atom (1953)". IMDb. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
- Milligan, Mercedes (2020-01-03). "Patricia Alice Albrecht, Voice of 'Jem's Pizzazz, Has Died". Animation Magazine. Archived from the original on 2020-01-04. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
- Times Staff and Wire Reports (16 April 2004). "Micheline Charest, 51; Firm She Co-Founded Won Emmys Before Scandal Led to Losses". The Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on October 24, 2018. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- "Heiki Ernits". Eesti Lastekirjanduse Keskus. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- Patten, Dominic (2022-01-21). "Louie Anderson Dies: Comedian & Emmy Winner Was 68". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
- "Rites set for Larry Latham, award-winning animation producer-director".
- Johnston, Rich (July 17, 2015). "Alan Kupperberg Dies, Aged 62". BleedingCool.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2015.
- "Alan Kupperberg". lambiek.net. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
- "Lou Scarborough (1953-2013)". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved October 15, 2021.
- יוני חן (in Hebrew)
- Norwood, Robyn (1997-10-22). "A New Act to Catch". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
- "Richard Stone; Won Emmys as Composer of Cartoon Music". Los Angeles Times. March 15, 2001. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
- Harry Lang at IMDb
- "MILT GROSS DEAD; NOTED CARTOONIST; ' Nize Baby' Stories, Drawings Brought Him Success and Influenced U. S. Slang (Published 1953)". The New York Times. 1953-12-01. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-11-06.
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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