1964 in animation
Events in 1964 in animation.
Events
January
- January 14: The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's Magilla Gorilla is broadcast.[1]
March
- March 28: The Incredible Mr. Limpet premiers. [2]
April
- April 13: 36th Academy Awards: The Critic by Ernest Pintoff, starring Mel Brooks as narrator, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. [3]
June
- June 3: The first animated feature film with Yogi Bear, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! premiers, which is also the first animated film based on a TV cartoon character. [4]
- June 7: Shōnen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru is first broadcast on NET. [5]
August
- August 27: Robert Stevenson's Mary Poppins is first released, produced by the Walt Disney Company. [6]
September
- September 18: The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's Jonny Quest is broadcast. [7]
- September 17: The first episode of Bewitched is broadcast, with an animated intro by Hanna-Barbera. [8]
October
December
- December 6: The 1-hour stop-motion animated special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, based on the popular Christmas song Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1949) by Johnny Marks, premieres on NBC. It becomes a beloved Christmas tradition, still being shown on television more than 50 years later. [11]
- December 18:
- Karel Zeman's A Jester's Tale premiers. [12]
- Friz Freleng and David DePatie's The Pink Phink premiers in theaters, which marks the debut of The Pink Panther. [13]
Specific date unknown
- Animafilm is founded.
- Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Vladimir Danilevich's Left-Hander is first released.
- Bob Kuwahara, aka Bob Kay, Japanese-American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Animation, MGM Animation, Terrytoons), dies at age 62 or 63. [14]
- Jan Švankmajer's first animated short The Last Trick is released. [15]
Films released
Television series
Births
March
- March 8: Bob Bergen, American voice actor (continued voice of Porky Pig and Tweety Bird) [16]
May
- May 6: Dana Hill, American voice actress (voice of Scrappy in Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, Buddy in Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Tank Muddlefoot in Darkwing Duck, Max in Goof Troop, Charles Duckman in Duckman) (d. 1996). [17]
July
- July 3: Yeardley Smith, American voice actress (voice of Lisa Simpson in The Simpsons)[18]
August
- August 6: Gary Conrad, American animator (worked on Fairy OddParents).[19]
- August 10: Carlo Cossio, Italian comics artist and animator, dies at age 57.[20]
October
- October 10: Quinton Flynn, American voice actor (Dr. Gaylord in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) [21]
- October 14: David Kaye, Canadian voice actor (Megatron in Transformers) [22]
- October 23: David Sobolov, Canadian voice actor (voice of Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy. [23]
Deaths
January
February
- February 20: Darrell Calker, American composer (wrote music for Walter Lantz' cartoons), dies at age 59. [25]
July
- July 1: Antonio Rubino, Italian comics artist, animator, playwright and poet (Paese dei Ranocchi, I Sette Colori), dies at age 84.[26]
- July 30: Seymour Kneitel, American animator (Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios), dies at age 56. [27]
November
- November 30: Don Redman, American jazz composer and singer (special guest voice in the Betty Boop short I Heard), dies at age 64. [28]
Specific date unknown
- Frank Moser, American artist, illustrator, film director and animator (co-founder of Terrytoons), dies at age 78. [29]
See also
Sources
- https://www.webcitation.org/mainframe.php
- "The Incredible Mr. Limpet". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "The Critic". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Hey There, It's Yogi Bear". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Fujimaru of the Wind". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Mary Poppins". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Jonny Quest". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Bewitched". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Underdog". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Stingray". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "War of the Fools". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "The Pink Phink". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Bob Kuwahara". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "The Last Trick of Mr. Schwarcewallde and Mr. Edgar". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Bob Bergen". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "Dana Hill". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "Yeardley Smith". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "Gary Conrad". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "Carlo Cossio". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "Quinton Flynn". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "David Kaye". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "David Sobolov". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "Terrytoons "Indian Pudding" (1930) |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "Darrell Calker". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "Antonio Rubino". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "Seymour Kneitel". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- http://www.redhotjazz.com/redman.html
- "Frank Moser". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
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