1963 in animation
Events in 1963 in animation.
Events
January
- January 1: The first episode of Astro Boy airs, based on the manga series by Osamu Tezuka.[1]
- January 25: The Flintstones episode The Surprise is first broadcast where Wilma Flintstone announces to Fred that she is pregnant. This is the first time that an animated character is depicted being pregnant.[2]
February
- February 22: The Flintstones episode The Blessed Event is first broadcast where Pebbles Flintstone is born.
March
- March 24: Yūgo Serikawa's The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon premieres.[3]
April
- April 8: 35th Academy Awards: The Hole by John Hubley and Faith Hubley wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[4]
- April 27: Chuck Jones' Now Hear This premieres.[5]
May
- May 20: Ernest Pintoff's The Critic, with voice-work by Mel Brooks, premieres.[6]
July
- July 27: Pent-House Mouse, the first Tom and Jerry cartoon by Chuck Jones is first released.[7]
August
- August 12: The first episode of Bolek and Lolek airs.[8]
September
- September 1: The first episode of The Mighty Hercules airs.[9]
- September 19: The Flintstones episode Ann-Margrock Presents is first broadcast, guest starring Ann-Margret.
- September 28: The first episode of Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales airs.[10]
October
- October 3: The Flintstones episode Little Bamm-Bamm is first broadcast where Bamm-Bamm Rubble is delivered at Barney and Betty Rubble's doorstep and adopted by them.
- October 5: The first episode of Le Manège Enchanté (The Magic Roundabout) airs.[11]
November
- November 11: The first episode of Wolf Boy Ken airs.
December
- December 21: Akira Daikubara's Doggie March is first released.[12]
- December 25: The Sword in the Stone, directed by Wolfgang Reitherman and produced by the Walt Disney Company is first released.[13]
- December 31: The first episode of Dáithí Lacha airs.[14]
- Warner Bros. Cartoons closes down, but will reopen in 1967.
Specific date unknown
- DePatie–Freleng Enterprises is founded by Friz Freleng and David DePatie.[15]
- The first episode of Rod Rocket airs.[16]
- Stan Brakhage's Mothlight is released.[17]
- Arthur Lipsett's 21-87 premieres.[18]
Films released
Television series
Births
January
- January 10: Marc du Pontavice, French animation producer (co-founder of Xilam).
- January 11: Pres Romanillos, American animator and film producer (Walt Disney Animation Studios, DreamWorks Animation), (d. 2010).[19]
February
- February 2: Kirk Baily, American actor (voice of Blithe Hollow Townperson in ParaNorman, additional voices in The Brave Little Toaster, Aladdin, Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, The Road to El Dorado, Dead Space: Downfall, The Lorax, Despicable Me 2, Minions, Big Hero 6, The Star, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run, DC League of Super-Pets), (d. 2022).[20]
- February 14: John R. Dilworth, American animator (creator of Courage the Cowardly Dog).
- February 17: Michael Jordan, American businessman and former professional basketball player (Space Jam).
March
- March 15: Ashley Lenz, American animator (Futurama, The Simpsons, The Simpsons Movie, The Princess and the Frog), storyboard artist (Time Squad, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Kim Possible, Teen Titans Go!, Puppy Dog Pals, The VeggieTales Show, The Harper House) and director (Futurama, Dan Vs.).
April
- April 4: Igor Khait, American animator and film producer (Bebe's Kids, Walt Disney Company), (d. 2016).[21][22]
- April 6: Clark Spencer, American film producer, businessman and studio executive (Walt Disney Animation Studios).
- April 18: Conan O'Brien, American writer (The Simpsons), comedian and talk show host (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode Bart Gets Famous, the Futurama episode Xmas Story, and Queer Duck: The Movie, voice of Glaxxon 5000 in The Mitchells vs the Machines).
- April 20: Christopher Nielsen, Norwegian comic artist, cartoonist, animator and director.
- April 21: Brian Goldner, American business chief executive and film producer (CEO of Hasbro from 2008 to 2021), (d. 2021).[23]
May
- May 8: Stephen Furst, American actor (voice of Fanboy in Freakazoid!, Sport in Road Rovers, Hathi in Jungle Cubs, Dash in The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, Booster in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, and Male Warthog in the Timon & Pumbaa episode "Home Is Where the Hog Is"), (d. 2017).[24]
- May 9: Michael Lindsay, American actor (voice of Kisuke Urahara in Bleach, Shinichiro Tamaki in Code Geass), (d. 2019).
- May 10: Rich Moore, American screenwriter, director (The Simpsons, The Critic, Futurama, Baby Blues, Drawn Together, Wreck-It Ralph, Zootopia, Ralph Breaks the Internet) and actor.
- May 20: Darian Sahanaja, American singer, songwriter and composer (The Replacements, Future-Worm!).
- May 21: Richard Appel, American writer and producer (The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy, American Dad!, The Cleveland Show).
- May 30: Marc Wilmore, American actor (voice of a psychologist in The Simpsons episode It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge, Walter Burkett on The PJs), producer, comedian and animation writer (The Simpsons, The PJs, F Is for Family), (d. 2021) from COVID-19.[25][26]
June
- June 9: Johnny Depp, American actor (voice of Victor Van Dort in Corpse Bride, the title character in Rango, Jack Kahuna Laguna in SpongeBob SquarePants).
- June 20: Hiroshi Ōsaka, Japanese animator, film director and producer, character designer and illustrator (Bones Animation Studio), (d. 2007).[27]
July
- June 30: Marty Isenberg, American television writer (Danny Phantom, Ben 10, Transformers: Animated, Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters, Guardians of the Galaxy).
August
- August 1: Coolio, American rapper, singer, record producer and actor (voice of Kwanzaa-bot in Futurama, Replikon and Marvin Roper in Static Shock, Wax Coolio in the Gravity Falls episode Headhunters).
- August 8:
- Emi Shinohara, Japanese actress.
- Rica Fukami, Japanese actress.
- August 10: Brian Scully, American television writer and producer (The Simpsons, Family Guy).
- August 16: Christine Cavanaugh, American actress, (voice of Chuckie Finster in Rugrats, Gosalyn Mallard in Darkwing Duck, Dexter in Dexter's Laboratory, Bunnie Rabbot in Sonic the Hedgehog, Oblina in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters), (d. 2014).
- August 19: John Stamos, American actor and musician (voiced himself in the Clone High episode Changes: The Big Prom: The Sex Romp: The Season Finale, and Iron Man in Spidey and His Amazing Friends).
September
- September 18:
- Dan Povenmire, American animator and actor (co-creator of Phineas & Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law, and voice of Heinz Doofenshmirtz in both shows).
- John Powell, English composer (DreamWorks Animation).
- September 28: Greg Weisman, American film and television producer (Gargoyles).
October
- October 12: Satoshi Kon, Japanese manga artist and animator (Perfect Blue, Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paranoia Agent, Paprika), (d. 2010).[28]
November
- November 10: Sylvain Chomet, French comic writer, animator and film director (The Old Lady and the Pigeons, The Triplets of Belleville, The Illusionist).
- November 20: Ming-Na Wen, American actress (voice of the title character in Mulan, Mulan II, House of Mouse, Sofia the First, and Ralph Breaks the Internet, Detective Ellen Yin in The Batman, Aki Ross in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Fennec Shand in Star Wars: The Bad Batch).
- November 26: Kevin Kocvar, Canadian film editor (Toad Patrol, Toot and Puddle, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, Hilda), (d. 2020).[29]
December
- December 16: Benjamin Bratt, American actor and producer (voice of Manny in Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs and Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Eduardo Perez/El Macho in Despicable Me 2, Lor-Zod/Hernan Guerra and Superman in Justice League: Gods and Monsters, Ernesto de la Cruz in Coco).
- December 23: Jess Harnell, American actor (voice of Wakko Warner in Animaniacs).
Specific date unknown
- Adam I. Lapidus, American television writer and producer (The Simpsons, Tripping the Rift, Xiaolin Showdown).
- Duncan Watson, American former child actor (voice of Charlie Brown in Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown, You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown and Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown).
- Kevyn Wallace, American animator (Rocko's Modern Life), background artist (Freakazoid!, The Proud Family Movie, The Simpsons Movie) and layout artist (Bebe's Kids, Earthworm Jim, Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 2011).[30]
- Chris Duncan, American background painter, visual effects artist and designer (Warner Bros. Animation, Nickelodeon Animation Studio), (d. 2021).[31]
Deaths
April
- April 9: Vernon Stallings, American animator, animation writer and director (International Film Service, Bray Productions, Van Beuren Studios, Walt Disney Company), dies at age 71.[32]
September
- September 15: Oliver Wallace, British-American composer (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 76.[33]
December
- December 1: Carl Koch, German film director and writer (The Adventures of Prince Achmed), dies at age 71.
See also
Sources
- Astroboy at IMDb
- "Joseph Barbera". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- Little Prince and the Eight Headed Dragon at IMDb
- "The 35th Academy Awards (1963) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on April 26, 2016. Retrieved May 12, 2016.
- Now Hear This at IMDb
- The Critic at IMDb
- Pent-House Mouse at IMDb
- Bolek i Lolek at IMDb
- The Mighty Hercules at IMDb
- Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales at IMDb
- "The Magic Roundabout (TV Series 1964– )". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- Doggie March at IMDb
- The Sword in the Stone at IMDb
- The Irish Times, "Today's TV programmes", 31 December 1962
- "Friz Freleng". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "Rod Rocket (TV Series 1963–)". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "100 Greatest Animated Shorts / Mothlight / Stan Brakhage". Jun 9, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "Arthur Lipsett: Inside His Disturbed & Disturbing Collage Films". Oct 5, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- Article at Daily News Archived 2012-03-14 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved July 21, 2010.
- Evans, Greg (2022-03-02). "Kirk Baily Dies: Nickelodeon's 'Salute Your Shorts' Performer And Prolific Voice Actor Was 59". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-03-02.
- Pedersen, Erik (March 30, 2016). "Igor Khait Dies: Veteran Animation Producer Was 52". Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- "Igor Khait, Veteran Animation Producer, Dies at 52". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- "Hasbro Announces the Passing of Beloved Leader and Longtime Chairman & CEO Brian D. Goldner" (Press release). Business Wire. October 12, 2021.
- Rosen, Christopher (June 17, 2017). "Animal House star Stephen Furst dies at 63". EW.com. Retrieved June 19, 2017.
- I'd Rather We Got Casinos: And Other Black Thoughts. Hachette Books. 2015. p. Acknowledgments. ISBN 978-0316262811.
- Nordyke, Kimberly (February 2021). "Marc Wilmore, TV Writer and Brother of Comedian Larry Wilmore, Dies at 57". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
- "Bones Co-Founder Hiroshi Ōsaka Passes Away". Anime News Network. September 24, 2007. Retrieved October 11, 2007.
- Scott, A. O. (August 26, 2010). "Satoshi Kon, Anime Filmmaker, Dies at 46". The New York Times. Retrieved March 5, 2013.
- "Kevin Kocvar". Ottawa Citizen. April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
- Kevyn Wallace at IMDb
- "Nickelodeon Artist Chris Duncan Passes Away". nickalive.net. November 23, 2021. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
- Vernon Stallings at IMDb
- "Noted Composer Oliver Wallace Is Dead at Age 76". Sarasota Journal. Associated Press. September 17, 1963. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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