1915 in animation

none Events in 1915 in animation. Events William Randolph Hearst establishes the International Film Service, producing animated adaptations of comic strips running in his newspapers.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hearst_wr.htm William Randolph Hearst May The Animated Grouch Chasers, produced by Raoul Barré and Bill Nolan's studio, is released. It is notable as an early experiment in combining animation with live-action and for being one of the first animated series centering around one character.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/barre_raoul.htm Raoul Barré Films released 6 February – Colonel Heeza Liar, Ghost Breaker (United States) 20 February: Colonel Heeza Liar In The Haunted Castle (United States) The Police Dog No. 2 (United States) 20 March – Colonel Heeza Liar Runs The Blockade (United States) 27 March – The Police Dog No. 3 (United States) 3 April – Colonel Heeza Liar And The Torpedo (United States) 10 April – Colonel Heeza Liar And The Zeppelin (United States) 1 May – The Police Dog No. 4 (United States) 8 May – Colonel Heeza Liar Signs The Pledge (United States) 13 May – Colonel Heeza Liar In The Trenches (United States) 16 May – Colonel Heeza Liar at The Front (United States) 22 May – Colonel Heeza Liar, Aviator (United States) 5 June – Colonel Heeza Liar Invents A New King Of Shell (United States) 12 June – The Police Dog No. 5 (United States) 10 July – Colonel Heeza Liar, Dog Fancier (United States) 24 July – The Police Dog Gets Piffles In Bad (United States) 31 July – Colonel Heeza Liar Foils The Enemy (United States) 21 August – Colonel Heeza Liar, War Dog (United States) 4 September – Colonel Heeza Liar at The Bat (United States) 19 September – Pool Sharks (United States) 25 September – The Police Dog to the Rescue (United States) 12 October – Down on the Phoney Farm (United States) 28 December – Colonel Heeza Liar, Nature Faker (United States) Births January January 21: Ray Erlenborn, American actor (voice of Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons), and sound effects artist (Crusader Rabbit), (d. 2007).Variety Staff Ray Erlenborn, actor, 92 https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117966500?refCatId=25 1 July 2011 Variety 7 June 2007 January 29: Bill Peet, American children's illustrator, writer and animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 2002).http://www.billpeet.net/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070626200040/http://www.billpeet.net/ 2007-06-26 Bill Peet Website February February 2: Don Tobin, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1995).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tobin_don.htm Don Tobin lambiek.net March 22, 2021 February 19: Dick Emery, English comedian and actor (voice of Jeremy Hillary Boob, the Mayor of Pepperland and Max the Blue Meanie in Yellow Submarine), (d. 1983). http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/588635/ BFI Emery, Dick (1917-83) screenonline.org.uk 2012-07-22GRO Register of Deaths: MAR 1983 14 0006 LAMBETH – Richard Gilbert Emery, DoB = 19 February 1915 February 28: Zero Mostel, American actor (voice of Kehaar in Watership Down), (d. 1977).Weil, Martin. "Actor Zero Mostel Dies" The Washington Post, September 10, 1977 March March 6: Bonnie Poe, American voice actress (continued voice of Betty Boop), (d, 1993).https://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/Bonnie-Poe/ Bonnie Poe (visual voice guide) - Behind The Voice Actors May 7, 2023 March 17: Ben Washam, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Jay Ward), (d. 1984). https://animationresources.org/4528/ AnimationResources.org Biography: Ben Washam 11 November 2010 December 29, 2017Heir to a cartoon legacy hides free art in Snoqualmie Valley https://www.king5.com/article/news/community/cartoon-free-art-snoqualmie-valley-bugs-bunny-grinch/281-2aa2cd8f-dbc1-4a43-b2ab-c818571d1686 Erickson Anne 2021-03-08 2022-05-20 KING-TV April April 10: Harry Morgan, American actor and director (voice of Carolinus in The Flight of Dragons, Bill Gannon in The Simpsons episode "Mother Simpson"), (d. 2011).https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/08/arts/television/harry-morgan-mash-and-dragnet-actor-dies-at-96.html Harry Morgan, Colonel Potter on 'M*A*S*H,' Dies at 96 The New York Times December 7, 2011 Michael Pollak April 16: Joan Alexander, American actress (voice of Lois Lane in Superman), (d. 2009).Weber, Bruce. "Joan A. Stanton, Radio Voice of Lois Lane, Dies at 94", The New York Times, May 22, 2009. April 20: Aurora Miranda, Brazilian singer and actress (sang and danced with Donald Duck and José Carioca in The Three Caballeros), (d. 2005).https://www.dn.pt/inicio/interior.aspx?content_id=632389&page=1 Morreu a irmã de Carmen Miranda December 25, 2005 Diário de Notícias March 20, 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20131217221806/http://www.dn.pt/inicio/interior.aspx?content_id=632389&page=1 December 17, 2013 http://www.ofuxico.com.br/noticias-sobre-famosos/morre-aos-90-anos-irma-de-carmem-miranda/2005/12/24-15115.html Morre, aos 90 anos, irmã de Carmem Miranda Daniele Barreira December 24, 2005 Ofuxico March 20, 2014 May May 1: Art Stevens, American animator and film director (Walt Disney Company), (d. 2007).https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0828245/ Art Stevens IMDb May 5: Ben Wright, English actor (voice of Roger Radcliffe in 101 Dalmatians, Rama in The Jungle Book, Grimsby in The Little Mermaid), (d. 1989).Ben Wright, 74; Veteran Radio, Movie and TV Character Actor https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-07-03-mn-2252-story.html 26 January 2018 Los Angeles Times 3 July 1989 live https://web.archive.org/web/20180126024639/http://articles.latimes.com/1989-07-03/news/mn-2252_1_ben-wright 26 January 2018 May 6: Orson Welles, American theatre director, film director, and actor (narrator and voice of Nag and Chuchundra in Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, narrator in Bugs Bunny: Superstar, voice of Unicron in The Transformers: The Movie), (d. 1985).Welles Orson Orson Welles Bogdanovich Peter Peter Bogdanovich Rosenbaum Jonathan Jonathan Rosenbaum This is Orson Welles HarperCollins Publishers New York 1992 978-0060166168 This is Orson Welles http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000080/ Orson Welles IMDb May 29, 2020 May 12: Tony Strobl, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, scriptwriter for DuckTales), (d. 1991).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/strobl_tony.htm Tony Strobl lambiek.net May 22: Raymond Leblanc, Belgian comics publisher, and film producer (founder of Belvision) and director (Tintin and the Lake of Sharks), (d. 2008).22 March 2008 Tintin publisher Raymond Leblanc dies at 92 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/ET_Cetera/Tintin_publisher_Leblanc_dies_at_92/articleshow/2888782.cms The Economic Times 24 March 2008http://www.comicmix.com/2008/03/22/tintin-publisher-raymond-leblanc-dies-at-92/ 'Tintin' Publisher Raymond Leblanc Dies at 92 ComicMix March 22, 2008 April 7, 201822 March 2008 Tintin publisher Raymond Leblanc dies https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/tintin-publisher-raymond-leblanc-dies-1.712976?ref=rss CBC News 24 March 2008 Torsten Bjarre, Swedish animator and comics artist, (d. 2001).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bjarre_torsten.htm Torsten Bjarre lambiek.net May 26: Sam Edwards, American actor (voice of young Bambi in Bambi, voice of the title character in Rod Rocket), (d. 2004).Character actor Sam Edwards dead at 89 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9860947/tyrone_daily_herald/ Tyrone Daily Herald Associated Press August 2, 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20170328023516/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9860947/tyrone_daily_herald/ March 28, 2017 Newspapers.com March 2, 2017 June June 2: Walter Tetley, American actor (voice of Felix the Cat, Andy Panda, Sherman in the Peabody segments of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends), (d. 1975).WalterTetley.com June 4: John N. Carey, American animator and comics artist (Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1987).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/carey_john-n.htm John N. Carey lambiek.net May 29, 2020 June 19: Pat Buttram, American actor (voice of Napoleon in The Aristocats, the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood, Luke in The Rescuers, Chief in The Fox and the Hound, Cactus Jake in Garfield and Friends), (d. 1994).Associated Press 1994-01-10 Pat Buttram, 78, Actor In 'Green Acres' Series (Published 1994) en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/10/obituaries/pat-buttram-78-actor-in-green-acres-series.html 2021-03-15 0362-4331 August August 16: Gloria Blondell, American actress (second voice of Daisy Duck), (d. 1986).https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=Gloria+Blondell+burial+site+scott+wilson&pg=PA69 Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. Scott Wilson 16 September 2016 McFarland 9781476625997 Google Books August 22: Te Wei, Chinese comics artist and animator (The Proud General), (d. 2010).Dudok de Wit Alex Alex Dudok de Wit August 28, 2015 Te Wei, founding father of Chinese animation https://www2.bfi.org.uk/news-opinion/sight-sound-magazine/features/te-wei-founding-father-chinese-animation Sight & Sound British Film Institute July 8, 2017 September September 11: Carl Fallberg, American writer and cartoonist (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros Cartoons), (d. 1996). October October 24: Bob Kane, American comic book writer, animator and artist (co-creator of Batman, Cool McCool, and Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse), (d. 1998).http://www.seeing-stars.com/ImagePages/BobKaneGravePhoto.shtml The Grave of Bob Kane Seeing-Stars.com December 29, 2010 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110110035432/http://www.seeing-stars.com/imagepages/BobKaneGravePhoto.shtml January 10, 2011 November November 11: Milicent Patrick, American actress, makeup artist, special effects designer and animator (Fantasia, Dumbo), (d. 1998).The lady from the black lagoon: Hollywood monsters and the lost legacy of Milicent Patrick O'Meara Mallory 9781335937803 Toronto, Ontario, Canada 1080884379 2019June 2023 November 14: Ken Hultgren, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Mr. Magoo, The Archies), (d. 1968).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hultgren_ken.htm Ken Hultgren lambiek.net May 27, 2020 Martha Tilton, American singer (voice of Clarice in the Chip 'n' Dale, cartoon Two Chips and a Miss), (d. 2006).Martha Tilton; big-band singer; 91 http://legacy.sandiegouniontribune.com/uniontrib/20061220/news_1m20tilton.html 28 August 2018 San Diego Union Tribune December 20, 2006 November 20: Kon Ichikawa, Japanese film director and animator (J.O. Studio), (d. 2008).Obituary in The Times, March 11, 2008 November 23: John Dehner, American animator (Walt Disney Studios) and actor, (d. 1992).Folkart, Burt A. "John Dehner; Multifacted Actor, Artist", obituary, Los Angeles Times, February 7, 1992, p. SB A26. ProQuest."California Death Index, 1940–1997," database, John Dehner, February 4, 4, 1992; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento. Retrieved via FamilySearch archives.Wilson Scott https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&q=John+dehner Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. 2016 McFarland 978-1-4766-2599-7 en December December 2: Mike Arens, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1976).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/arens_mike.htm Mike Arens lambiek.net May 20, 2020 December 12: Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (voice of Singing Sword in Who Framed Roger Rabbit), (d. 1998).https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/05/98/sinatra/97196.stm Special Report: Final curtain for Sinatra May 20, 1998 June 30, 2022 BBC News July 20, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190720105119/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/special_report/1998/05/98/sinatra/97196.stm live December 22: Barbara Billingsley, American actress (voice of Nanny in Muppet Babies), (d. 2010).https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/arts/television/17billingsley.html Barbara Billingsley, TV's June Cleaver, Dies at 94 Pollack Michael October 16, 2010 The New York Times October 22, 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20111027194834/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/arts/television/17billingsley.html October 27, 2011 livehttp://www.smmirror.com/articles/News/Santa-Monica-Consolidates-Cemetery-Prices/32481 Santa Monica Consolidates Cemetery Prices July 17, 2011 Santa Monica Mirror June 7, 2014 Specific date unknown Jim Davis, American animator and cartoonist (Walt Disney Company, Fleischer Studios, Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng, worked on Fritz the Cat), (d. 1996).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/davis-jim.htm Jim Davis lambiek.net Woody Gelman, American animator, comics artist, novelist and publisher (worked for Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios), (d. 1978). References External links Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb