1920 in animation

none Events in 1920 in animation. Events February February 8: J.R. Bray and Goldwyn Pictures release The Debut of Thomas Cat, the first animated cartoon in color.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bray_jr.htm J.R. Bray 2024-08-27 2025-01-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20250114185623/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bray_jr.htm live Films released 4 January – Farmer Al Falfa Goes A-Hunting (United States) 16 January – The Great Cheese Robbery (United States) 25 January – A Frolic with Felix (United States) 30 January – Love's Labor Lost (United States) 8 February – The Debut of Thomas Cat (United States) 22 February – Felix the Big Game Hunter (United States) 3 March – The Best Mouse Loses (United States) 7 March – Wrecking a Romeo (United States) 14 March – The Bone of Contention (United States) 11 April – Felix the Food Controller (United States) 18 April – Felix the Pinch Hitter (United States) 16 May – Foxy Felix (United States) 4 June – Kats Is Kats (United States) 6 June – A Hungry Hoodoo (United States) 12 June – Cheating the Piper (United States) 13 June – The Great Cheese Robbery (United States) 3 July – The Chinese Honeymoon (United States) 18 July – Felix and the Feed Bag (United States) 22 August – Nifty Nurse (United States) 26 September – Frolics at the Circus view (United States) 24 October – My Hero (United States) 25 October – A Family Affair (United States) 21 November – Felix the Landlord (United States) 26 December – Felix's Fish Story (United States) Births January January 1: Osvaldo Cavandoli, Italian cartoonist (creator of La Linea), (d. 2007).http://digicult.it/hacktivism/cavandolis-testament/ Digimag digicult.it Cavandoli’s Testament Eleonora Oreggia 24 Digicult June 12, 2022 May 25, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220525141127/https://digicult.it/hacktivism/cavandolis-testament/ live January 6: Henry Corden, American actor (voice of Paw Rugg in The Hillbilly Bears, Ookla the Mok in Thundarr the Barbarian, continued voice of Fred Flintstone), (d. 2005).https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21110423/henry_corden/ Henry Corden 2005-05-21 Tampa Bay Times 2019-10-13 20 mdy-all 2019-10-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20191013054300/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21110423/henry_corden/ live January 20: DeForest Kelley, American actor (voice of Dr. Leonard McCoy in Star Trek: The Animated Series, Viking 1 in The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars), (d. 1999).Gliatto Tom June 28, 1999 Doctor to the Stars https://people.com/archive/doctor-to-the-stars-vol-51-no-24/ People June 11, 2014 April 8, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220408010919/https://people.com/archive/doctor-to-the-stars-vol-51-no-24/ live DeForest Kelley: Dr. McCoy of the Enterprise https://www.legacy.com/news/deforest-kelley-dr-mccoy-of-the-enterprise/ Legacy.com May 15, 2021 May 15, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210515134245/https://www.legacy.com/news/deforest-kelley-dr-mccoy-of-the-enterprise/ live February February 14: Albert Barillé, Polish-French animator, screenwriter and film producer (Procidis, Once Upon a Time...), (d. 2009).0054677 Albert Barillé February 17: Ivo Caprino, Norwegian director and writer (Flaklypa Grand Prix), (d. 2001).Ivo Caprino Norsk biografisk leksikon Per Haddal Helle, Knut Kunnskapsforlaget Oslo https://nbl.snl.no/Ivo_Caprino no 5 August 2018 6 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180806024432/https://nbl.snl.no/Ivo_Caprino live Mistet min beste venn Verdens Gang, retrieved 9 January 2013Remo Caprino Video Game Credits https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,505207/ MobyGames 20 October 2022 20 October 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221020205822/https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,505207/ live February 22: Pete Alvarado, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng, Republic Pictures, Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears Productions, Filmation), (d. 2003). March March 3: James Doohan, Canadian actor (voice of Scotty in Star Trek: The Animated Series), (d. 2005).nm00001150 James Doohan Ronald Searle, English illustrator, cartoonist and comics artist (The Happiest Days of Your Life, Energetically Yours, Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines, Monte Carlo or Bust!, and Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done), (d. 2011).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/searle_ronald.htm Ronald Searle lambiek.net 2022-02-12 2022-01-09 https://web.archive.org/web/20220109194403/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/searle_ronald.htm live March 14: Hank Ketcham, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Company, Walter Lantz), (d. 2001).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/ketcham_henry.htm Hank Ketcham lambiek.net April 7, 2018 December 13, 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20171213071844/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/ketcham_henry.htm live March 22: Ross Martin, American actor (voice of Punchy for Hawaiian Punch, Andy Stevenson in The Man from Button Willow, Dr. Paul Williams in Sealab 2020, Agent 000 in The Robonic Stooges), (d. 1981).https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/07/05/Funeral-services-will-be-held-Tuesday-for-actor-Ross/6562363153600/ Funeral services will be held Tuesday for actor Ross... UPI July 5, 1981 April 23, 2022 June 13, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20220423042022/https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/07/05/Funeral-services-will-be-held-Tuesday-for-actor-Ross/6562363153600/ live Werner Klemperer, German-American actor, stage entertainer and singer (voice of Haman in The Greatest Adventure: Stories from the Bible episode "Queen Esther", Colonel Klink in The Simpsons episode "The Last Temptation of Homer"), (d. 2000).https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q4VVAAAAIBAJ&pg=1361,6238126&dq=werner+klemperer+death&hl=en Werner Klemperer; portrayed Col. Klink December 8, 2000 Reading Eagle B6 June 12, 2022 Associated Press Google News July 7, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240707001429/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=q4VVAAAAIBAJ&pg=1361,6238126&dq=werner+klemperer+death&hl=en live April April 2: Jack Stokes, English animator and film director (Yellow Submarine, Roobarb), (d. 2013).Hieronimus Robert R. The Creators of The Beatles' 'Yellow Submarine': Where Are They Now? Animation World Magazine July 1998 3 4 http://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.4/3.4pages/3.4creators.html March 28, 2013 AWN, Inc. July 18, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130718171810/http://www.awn.com/mag/issue3.4/3.4pages/3.4creators.html live April 14: Sheldon Moldoff, American comics artist and animator (Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse), (d. 2012).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/moldoff_sheldon.htm Sheldon Moldoff lambiek.net 2022-02-12 2012-09-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20120924061426/http://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/moldoff_sheldon.htm live April 21: Bob Moore, American animator and comics artist (worked for Walter Lantz and Walt Disney Animation), (d. 2001).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/moore_bob.htm Bob Moore lambiek.net July 2, 2024 June 8, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230608120259/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/moore_bob.htm live May May 8: Saul Bass, American graphic designer (swirling star logo for Hanna-Barbera), and filmmaker (Why Man Creates), (d. 1996).https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1996-04-27-9604260612-story.html SAUL BASS, 75, LOGO AND TRADEMARK DESIGNER Los Angeles Times Sun-Sentinel.com 2023-06-13 2023-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20230303213856/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1996-04-27-9604260612-story.html live May 22: Millie Goldsholl, American film director and producer (Up Is Down), (d. 2012).http://www.chicagofilmarchives.org/news/millie-goldsholl-1920-2012 Millie Goldsholl (1920-2012) Chicago Film Archives Anne en-US 29 October 2019 9 December 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191209113209/http://www.chicagofilmarchives.org/news/millie-goldsholl-1920-2012 live May 26: Peggy Lee, American singer and actress (voice of Darling, Si and Am, and Peg in Lady and the Tramp), (d. 2002).https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jan/23/guardianobituaries.johnfordham Obituary: Peggy Lee John Fordham January 23, 2002 December 5, 2017 Theguardian.com June 13, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140613022901/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jan/23/guardianobituaries.johnfordham live June June 5: Harold Whitaker, English animator and comics artist (Animal Farm), (d. 2013).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/whitaker_harold.htm Harold Whitaker lambiek.net 2022-02-12 2023-01-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20230107102827/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/whitaker_harold.htm live Jack Manning, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Company, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1986).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/manning_jack.htm Jack Manning lambiek.net May 29, 2020 December 31, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191231124629/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/manning_jack.htm live June 13: Joseph Bau, Polish-Israeli artist, philosopher, comedian, poet and animator, (d. 2002).https://www.theguardian.com/news/2002/jul/10/guardianobituaries.israel Obituary: Joseph Bau Joffe Lawrence July 10, 2002 the Guardian en 2018-06-15 mdy-all Rex Everhart, American actor (voice of Maurice in Beauty and the Beast), (d. 2000). June 19: Johnny Douglas, English composer (Marvel Productions), (d. 2003).https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2964131.stm Composer Johnny Douglas dies 2003-04-21 BBC 2022-02-20 2022-02-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20220221075930/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/2964131.stm livehttps://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/apr/23/guardianobituaries.filmnews Johnny Douglas 2022-02-20 McDonald Tim The Guardian 2003-04-23https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/johnny-douglas-36466.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220614/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/johnny-douglas-36466.html 14 June 2022 subscription live Johnny Douglas 2003-04-24 The Independent 2022-02-20https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5112694.railway-children-composer-dies/ Railway Children composer dies 2003-04-21 The Argus 2022-02-20 2023-07-31 https://web.archive.org/web/20230731074751/https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/5112694.railway-children-composer-dies/ live June 22: Paul Frees, American actor and screenwriter (voice of Boris Badenov in Rocky and Bullwinkle, Inspector Fenwick in Dudley Do-Right, Ludwig von Drake in Disney anthology television series, Muscles in Jerry's Cousin, John Lennon and George Harrison in The Beatles, Burgermeister Meisterburger and Grimsley in Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town), (d. 1986).From 'The Millionaire' to 'Bullwinkle' : Paul Frees, Man of Many Voices, Dies Los Angeles Times Folkart, Burt A. November 6, 1986 https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-11-06-me-16406-story.html April 26, 2016 live https://web.archive.org/web/20150320070003/http://articles.latimes.com/1986-11-06/local/me-16406_1_paul-frees March 20, 2015 June 29: Ray Harryhausen, American animator and special effects creator (Mighty Joe Young, The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, The 7th Voyage of Sinbad, Jason and the Argonauts, Clash of the Titans), (d. 2013).https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/movies/ray-harryhausen-cinematic-special-effects-innovator-dies-at-92.html Ray Harryhausen, Whose Creatures Battled Jason and Sinbad, Dies at 92 The New York Times Patrick J. Lyons 2013-05-07 2016-08-27 mdy-all 2023-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20230117214141/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/movies/ray-harryhausen-cinematic-special-effects-innovator-dies-at-92.html live July July 20: Dick N. Lucas, American animator (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1997).http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=person&itemid=155232 Dick N. Lucas - SFdb August 2, 2020 December 30, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201230040914/http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=person&itemid=155232 live Keith Andes, American actor (voice of Birdman in Birdman and the Galaxy Trio), (d. 2005).2005-11-27 Keith Andes, 85; Actor Was Marilyn Monroe's Co-Star in 1952 Film https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-nov-27-me-andes27-story.html 2023-03-17 Los Angeles Times en-US 2023-03-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20230317200515/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-nov-27-me-andes27-story.html liveActor Keith Andes Found Dead in Home.County coroner's office rules death a suicide. https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/obituary_keithandes.htm 2023-03-17 SCV History en-US 2023-03-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20230317201340/https://scvhistory.com/scvhistory/obituary_keithandes.htm live August August 2: Bill Scott, American actor (voice of Bullwinkle J. Moose, Mister Peabody, Dudley Do-Right, Super Chicken, and George of the Jungle, voice of Moosel in The Wuzzles, Gruffi Tummi, Sir Tuxford, and Toadwart in Gummi Bears), (d. 1985).United Press International Bill Scott, Writer and Voice For 'Rocky and His Friends' https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/02/arts/bill-scott-writer-and-voice-for-rocky-and-his-friends.html The New York Times December 2, 1985 February 12, 2022 February 12, 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220212073041/https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/02/arts/bill-scott-writer-and-voice-for-rocky-and-his-friends.html live August 11: Mike Douglas, American singer, television host and actor (singing voice of Prince Charming in Cinderella), (d. 2006). https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/12/arts/television/12douglas.html Mike Douglas, TV Host and Pop Singer, Dies at 81 Tim Weiner The New York Times August 12, 2006 July 22, 2019 subscription September 1, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190901041410/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/12/arts/television/12douglas.html liveSocial Security Death Index, Michael D. Dowd Jr., Birth: 11 Aug 1921, death: 11 Aug 2006 residing in North Palm Beach, FL, accessed 9 January 2017. https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57559/tv-personalitysinger-mike-douglas-dies-at-81 Billboard TV Personality/Singer Mike Douglas Dies At 81 August 11, 2006 July 22, 2019 November 15, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211115052217/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/57559/tv-personalitysinger-mike-douglas-dies-at-81 liveAugust 8, 2006 Talk Show Host Mike Douglas Has Died http://www.interviews.televisionacademy.com/news/talk-show-host-mike-douglas-has-died dead https://web.archive.org/web/20210303213719/http://www.interviews.televisionacademy.com/news/talk-show-host-mike-douglas-has-died March 3, 2021 televisionacademy.com0235185 Mike Douglas August 18: Lev Milchin, Russian film director and illustrator (The Tale of Tsar Saltan), (d. 1987).http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_person&pid=960 Russian animation in letters and figures | People | Milchin Lev I. www.animator.ru May 29, 2020 July 16, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200716201238/http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_person&pid=960 live August 26: Emil Cadkin, American composer SpongeBob SquarePants, Ren & Stimpy: Adult Party Cartoon, Camp Lazlo, The Mighty B!), (d. 2020). August 30: Leonid Shvartsman, Russian animator and visual artist (Soyuzmultfilm), (d. 2022).2 July 2022 Чем известен Леонид Шварцман https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5445830 2022-07-05 Kommersant 2022-07-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20220705113005/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/5445830 live 2022-07-04 Renowned Soviet Animator Dies at 101 https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/07/04/renowned-soviet-animator-dies-at-101-a78194 2022-07-05 The Moscow Times en 2022-07-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20220704132917/https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2022/07/04/renowned-soviet-animator-dies-at-101-a78194 live September September 3: Jackson Weaver, American broadcaster and actor (voice of Smokey Bear), (d. 1992).Radio People (W) http://440.com/namesw.html#_jacwea Radio Broadcasting History https://web.archive.org/web/20100107201329/http://440.com/namesw.html#_jacwea January 7, 2010 September 5: Alex Anderson, American cartoonist (co-creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, and Crusader Rabbit), (d. 2010).https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/24/AR2010102402638.html Alex Anderson, creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle, dies at 90 The Washington Post October 24, 2010 June 4, 2017 March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104024/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/24/AR2010102402638.html livehttp://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2027264,00.html Unsung Creator of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Alex Anderson Dies October 23, 2010 Time Richard Richard Corliss Corliss October 23, 2010 September 14, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150914223045/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0%2C9171%2C2028066%2C00.html dead https://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/get-well-alex-anderson-4483.html Get Well, Alex Anderson Jerry Beck 2007-11-07 Cartoon Brew 2023-06-13 2023-06-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20230613094035/https://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/get-well-alex-anderson-4483.html live September 20: Jay Ward, American animator and producer (Crusader Rabbit, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dudley Do-Right, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Hoppity Hooper, George of the Jungle, Tom Slick, Super Chicken), (d. 1989).Folkart Burt A. Jay Ward Dies; He Created Rocky, Bullwinkle for TV Los Angeles Times https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-10-13-mn-477-story.html October 13, 1989 2016-03-06 2024-08-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306031151/http://articles.latimes.com/1989-10-13/news/mn-477_1_jay-ward live September 23: Mickey Rooney, American actor (voice of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit in the mid-1930s, Santa Claus in the Rankin/Bass Productions Christmas specials, adult Tod in The Fox and the Hound, Mr. Cherrywood in The Care Bears Movie, Flip in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, himself in The Simpsons episode "Radioactive Man", and the short producer in the American Dad! episode "A Star is Reborn"), (d. 2014).http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-mickey-rooney-20140407,0,5338354.story?page=1 Mickey Rooney dies at 93; show-business career spanned a lifetime Valerie J. Nelson Los Angeles Times April 6, 2014 May 4, 2014 June 14, 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20140504192247/http://www.latimes.com/obituaries/la-me-mickey-rooney-20140407,0,5338354.story?page=1 livehttps://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/04/08/rooney-estate-stepson/7486121/ After 80-year career, Mickey Rooney estate: $18K Associated Press April 9, 2014 August 11, 2018 USA Today June 15, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210615221830/https://eu.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/04/08/rooney-estate-stepson/7486121/ live Durkin Erin Mickey Rooney laid to rest in private funeral at Hollywood Forever Cemetery http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/mickey-rooney-laid-rest-article-1.1762590 April 22, 2014 Daily News New York April 20, 2014 April 21, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140421140457/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/mickey-rooney-laid-rest-article-1.1762590 liveStevens Matt Mickey Rooney funeral set for today at Hollywood Forever http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-mickey-rooney-funeral-20140419,0,4496797.story April 20, 2014 Los Angeles Times April 19, 2014 April 20, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140420053014/http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-mickey-rooney-funeral-20140419,0,4496797.story liveParker Mike Mickey Rooney died too poor to pay for his own Hollywood funeral http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/470170/Mickey-Rooney-died-too-poor-to-pay-for-his-own-Hollywood-funeral April 19, 2014 Daily Express April 13, 2014 April 19, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140419102024/http://www.express.co.uk/news/showbiz/470170/Mickey-Rooney-died-too-poor-to-pay-for-his-own-Hollywood-funeral live September 27: Tô Hoài, Vietnamese writer, playwright, screenwriter, journalist and animator, (d. 2014).http://giaitri.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/sach/lang-van/nha-van-to-hoai-qua-doi-3013932.html Nhà văn Tô Hoài qua đời 2022-02-12 2015-07-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20150723014502/http://giaitri.vnexpress.net/tin-tuc/sach/lang-van/nha-van-to-hoai-qua-doi-3013932.html live William Conrad, American actor (narrator in Rocky and Bullwinkle), (d. 1994).Bourdain, G. S., "William Conrad, 73, TV Actor In 'Fatman' and 'Cannon' Series". https://web.archive.org/web/20171115102403/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/13/obituaries/william-conrad-73-tv-actor-in-fatman-and-cannon-series.html 2017-11-15 The New York Times, February 13, 1994 October October 5: Vincent DeRosa, American hornist (Mary Poppins, The Simpsons, Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Family Guy), (d. 2022).https://music.usc.edu/in-memoriam-vincent-derosa/ In memoriam: Vincent DeRosa USC Thornton School of Music 28 July 2022 2022-09-08 2022-09-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20220908224639/https://music.usc.edu/in-memoriam-vincent-derosa/ live https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/vincent-derosa-obituary?id=35974884 Vincent Ned "Vince" DeRosa Obituary (1920 - 2022) Los Angeles Times Legacy.com 2025-07-22 2025-09-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20250912221616/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/vincent-derosa-obituary?id=35974884 live October 13: Albert Hague, German-American songwriter and composer (How the Grinch Stole Christmas!), (d. 2001).http://www.gravehunter.net/obituaries.html Celebrity Obituaries at Grave Hunter www.gravehunter.net 2023-06-13 2015-12-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20151215070529/http://www.gravehunter.net/obituaries.html dead November November 17: George Dunning, Canadian animator and film director (The Beatles, Yellow Submarine, directed the main titles for A Shot in the Dark), (d. 1979). November 25: Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican actor (voice of Armando Guitierrez in Freakazoid!, Señor Senior Sr. in Kim Possible, the Head of Council in The Ant Bully, Gone Juan in The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper, Vartkes in the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode "Lone Wolf", El Encantador in the Dora the Explorer episode "The Missing Piece", the Cow in the Family Guy episode "McStroke", General Juanito Pequeño in the American Dad! episode "Moon Over Isla Island"), (d. 2009).http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-montalban15-2009jan15,0,4189863.story "Ricardo Montalbán dies at 88; 'Fantasy Island' actor", Los Angeles Times, Thursday, January 15, 2009. March 20, 2022 September 23, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130923014158/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-montalban15-2009jan15,0,4189863.story live "Ricardo Montalbán, Star of 'Fantasy Island', Dies at 88" https://web.archive.org/web/20220322231108/https://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/arts/15montalban.html?_r=1&ref=obituaries 2022-03-22 , The New York Times, Thursday, January 15, 2009.January 15, 2008 Mexican-American actor Ricardo Montalbán dies at 88 New York Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2009/01/14/2009-01-14_mexicanamerican_actor_ricardo_montalban_.html March 20, 2022 June 1, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090601064642/http://www.nydailynews.com/latino/2009/01/14/2009-01-14_mexicanamerican_actor_ricardo_montalban_.html dead December December 30: René Jodoin, Canadian animation director and producer (founder of the French-language animation studio of the National Film Board of Canada), (d. 2015).http://www.animationmagazine.net/people/nfb-french-animation-founder-rene-jodoin-dies/ NFB French Animation Founder René Jodoin Dies Milligan Mercedes 28 January 2015 Animation Magazine 29 January 2015 Michael Allinson, English-American actor (additional voices in Courage the Cowardly Dog), (d. 2010).https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021387/ Michael Allinson IMDb 2022-06-19 2022-06-19 https://web.archive.org/web/20220619020612/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021387/ live December 31: Rex Allen, American actor (narrator and voice of the title character in The Saga of Windwagon Smith, the narrator in Charlotte's Web), (d. 1999).http://tucsoncitizen.com/morgue2/1999/12/18/175138-allen-s-death-a-tragic-accident-police-say/ Allen's death a tragic accident, police say tucsoncitizen.com Michael LaFleur December 18, 1999 May 10, 2015 June 2026 InternetArchiveBot http://kernut.com/cheezy-americana/willcox-arizona-resting-place-of-warren-earp-rex-allen-and-koko-the-horse/ Willcox, Arizona, resting place of Warren Earp, Rex Allen and Koko the Horse. Kernut the Blond 18 May 2012 12 October 2022 13 October 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20221013003531/http://kernut.com/cheezy-americana/willcox-arizona-resting-place-of-warren-earp-rex-allen-and-koko-the-horse/ live Specific date unknown Balthasar Lippisch, German illustrator, caricaturist, animator and comics artist (worked on the TV series Pip & Zip), (d. 1995).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lippisch_balthasar.htm Balthasar Lippisch lambiek.net April 7, 2018 April 9, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180409043542/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lippisch_balthasar.htm live Jules Luyckx A.K.A. Julex, Belgian animator and comics artist (worked in the AFIM studios, with Ray Goossens), (d. 1962).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/luyckx_jules.htm Jules Luyckx lambiek.net 2 January 2025 2 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250102014416/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/luyckx_jules.htm live Deaths October October 2: Henry Underhill, English artist, photographer, and amateur scientist, (co-founder and president of the Oxfordshire Natural History Society, gave lectures on a variety of scientific topics. All of his lectures were illustrated by his hand-painted and photographic magic lantern slides. He also illustrated folk tales from England, Russia, Japan and Ireland. The Folklore Society holds a collection of over 300 of Underhill's folk tale magic lantern slides), dies at age 65.Harlan Debi Price Megan 2003 Henry Underhill: Entomologist, Grocer, Antiquarian and Magic Lantern Artist The New Magic Lantern Journal 9 4 51–53Wood Juliette 2012 Fairytales and the Magic Lantern: Henry Underhill's Lantern Slides in the Folklore Society Collection Folklore 123 3 254–263H. M. J. Underhill (1855–1921); Oxford Antiquarian, Artist, and ‘Provision Merchant’ Megan Price https://oxoniensia.org/volumes/2008/price.pdf 2008 Oxoniensia 99–119 Oxfordshire Architectural and Historical Society 2024-10-07 2024-10-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20241007091246/https://oxoniensia.org/volumes/2008/price.pdf live References External links Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb