1936 in animation

none Events in 1936 in animation. Events January January 4: David Hand's Mickey's Polo Team premieres, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios. It stars Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Goofy, various other Disney characters, and caricatures of Hollywood celebrities like Charlie Chaplin, Laurel & Hardy and Harpo Marx.https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4116-Mickeys-Polo-Team Mickey's Polo Team (Walt Disney Studios) The Big Cartoon DataBase Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) 2021-12-22January 2024 medicmedic January 17: Somewhere in Dreamland, directed and produced by the Fleischer Brothers, is their first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor.Crump William D. Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film 2019 McFarland & Co 9781476672939 291 January 31: The animated short Betty Boop and the Little King, directed and produced by the Fleischer Brothers, premieres, being a crossover between Betty Boop and Otto Soglow's newspaper comic The Little King.Lenburg Jeff The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons 1999 Checkmark Books 0-8160-3831-7 June 6, 2020 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/56/mode/2up 54–56 February February 7: The Felix the Cat cartoon The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg premieres. This marks the first Felix cartoon since 1930's Tee Time and the first without Felix's original creator Pat Sullivan as he died of alcoholism and pneumonia in 1933.Dates per Pat Sullivan at the Lambiek Comiclopedia Felix's character was modified to a more child-like character due to the mandated Hays Office Code as his previous incarnation was considered adult.http://www.goldenagecartoons.com/forums/showthread.php?p=201182 https://web.archive.org/web/20120514003533/http://www.goldenagecartoons.com/forums/showthread.php?p=201182 Felix the Cat Filmography 1919-1930? David Gerstein October 8, 2011 May 14, 2012 GAC Forums Archives Golden Age Cartoons This incarnation was not well-received as the Felix the Cat film series ended after Bold King Cole three months later. March March 5: 8th Academy Awards: Three Orphan Kittens, directed by David Hand and produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1936 The 8th Academy Awards (1936) Nominees and Winners 2011-08-07 Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093707/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/8th-winners.html July 6, 2011 live The Official Academy Awards Database Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ 2021-12-22 2009-02-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20090227145302/http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ live Select "1935" in the "Award Year(s)" drop-down menu and press "Search". March 7: Hugh Harman's The Old Mill Pond premieres, produced by MGM. It features caricatures of various famous jazz musicians like Cab Calloway, Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller.https://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=4949 The Old Mill Pond (Harman-Ising Productions) The Big Cartoon DataBase Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) 2021-12-22 2014-02-07 https://archive.today/20140207191411/http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=4949 dead Tex Avery's Page Miss Glory, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premieres.https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/416-Page-Miss-Glory Page Miss Glory (A Vitaphone Production) The Big Cartoon DataBase Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) 2021-12-22January 2024 medicmedic March 27: Betty Boop and Little Jimmy, directed and produced by the Fleischer Brothers, premieres, being a crossover between Betty Boop and Jimmy Swinnerton's series Little Jimmy.https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/1537-Betty-Boop-And-Little-Jimmy Betty Boop And Little Jimmy (Fleischer Studios) The Big Cartoon DataBase Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB)January 2024 medicmedic March 28: Wilfred Jackson's Elmer Elephant, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/5325-Elmer-Elephant Elmer Elephant (Walt Disney Studios) The Big Cartoon DataBase Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) 2021-12-22January 2024 medicmedic April April 4: Tex Avery's The Blow Out, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premieres. It marks the first cartoon in which side character Porky Pig has a starring role.https://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=173 The Blow Out (A Vitaphone Production) The Big Cartoon DataBase Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) 2021-12-22 2013-11-11 https://archive.today/20131111171519/http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=173 dead April 30: Tex Avery's Porky Pig cartoon Plane Dippy, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premieres. This was the final appearance of the Looney Tunes star Beans, as Porky would soon take his place.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124-125 ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved October 10, 2026. May May 2: Friz Freleng's Let It Be Me premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. The cartoon features a caricature of popular singer Bing Crosby; however, the real Crosby found this portrayal of him offensive and tried to stop distribution of the short.https://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=455 Let It Be Me (A Vitaphone Production) The Big Cartoon DataBase Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) 2021-12-22 2013-10-08 https://archive.today/20131008004741/http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=455 deadBeck Jerry Friedwald Will Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons 1989 Henry Holt and Co 0-8050-0894-2 45Lenburg Jeff The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons 1999 Checkmark Books 0-8160-3831-7 6 June 2020 https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/104/mode/2up 104–106 May 16: Tex Avery's I'd Love to Take Orders from You premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions.I'd Love To Take Orders From You (1936) - The Internet Animation Database https://www.intanibase.com/iad_entries/entry?shortid=1282 live October 12, 2026 The Internet Animation Database May 30: Friz Freleng's Bingo Crosbyana premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. Like Let It Be Me, it features a caricature of Bing Crosby, which the real Crosby found offensive, resulting in him trying to stop distribution of the short.https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4281-Bingo-Crosbyana Bingo Crosbyana (A Vitaphone Production) The Big Cartoon DataBase Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) 2021-12-22January 2024 medicmedic David Hand's Mickey Mouse cartoon Thru the Mirror is first released, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. In this cartoon, Mickey dreams that he travels through his mirror and in a memorable scene, dances with a pack of playing cards.https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-characters/4106-Thru-The-Mirror Thru The Mirror (Walt Disney Studios) The Big Cartoon DataBase Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) 2021-12-22January 2024 medicmedic June June 20: Wilfred Jackson's Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey's Rival premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Mickey Mouse is pitted against Mortimer Mouse, who tries to fancy his girlfriend Minnie Mouse.https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4101-Mickeys-Rival Mickey's Rival (Walt Disney Studios) The Big Cartoon DataBase Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) 2021-12-22January 2024 medicmedic Ben Sharpsteen's Moving Day is released, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy. In the cartoon the characters move out all their furniture, with a memorable scene in which Goofy fights a living piano.https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4105-Moving-Day Moving Day (Walt Disney Studios) The Big Cartoon DataBase Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) 2021-12-22January 2024 medicmedic July July 18: Tex Avery's I Love to Singa premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions.https://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=492 I Love To Singa (A Vitaphone Production) The Big Cartoon DataBase Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) 2021-12-22 2013-06-16 https://archive.today/20130616082011/http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=492 dead Specific date unknown: Carl Stalling is hired as composer for Leon Schlesinger Productions.Sigall Martha Living Life Inside the Lines: Tales from the Golden Age of Animation The Boys of Termite Terrace 2005 University Press of Mississippi 9781578067497 https://books.google.com/books?id=diKnDBs0wrIC&pg=PA85 2021-12-22 2021-12-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20211222094616/https://books.google.com/books?id=diKnDBs0wrIC&pg=PA85 live August August 1: Tex Avery's Porky Pig cartoon Porky the Rain-Maker premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. August 8: Friz Freleng's Sunday Go to Meetin' Time premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions.https://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=187 Sunday Go To Meetin' Time (A Vitaphone Production) The Big Cartoon DataBase Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) 2021-12-22 2014-09-12 https://archive.today/20140912162526/http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=187 dead August 10–31: 4th Venice International Film Festival: David Hand's Who Killed Cock Robin, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, wins the award for Best Animation.http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/history/the30s.html?back=true Venice Film Festival: The 30s 27 June 2009 labiennale.org 1 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120901024806/http://www.labiennale.org/en/cinema/history/the30s.html?back=true live http://www.carnivalofvenice.com/?page_id=494&lang=en The 1930s 19 April 2010 8 October 2013 11 August 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200811043142/http://www.carnivalofvenice.com/?page_id=494&lang=en live Len Lye's experimental animated film A Colour Box is shown, but causes a riot among Nazi supporters who label it degenerate art and protest the film. They stomp their feet loudly, leading to the three-minute film being stopped before its completion.Smythe Luke 2013 Len Lye: The Vital Body of Cinema October 144 73–91 10.1162/OCTO_a_00141 57560298 August 22: Frank Tashlin's Porky Pig cartoon Porky's Poultry Plant premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions.https://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=303 Porky's Poultry Plant (A Vitaphone Production) The Big Cartoon DataBase Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) 2021-12-22 2013-09-03 https://archive.today/20130903165132/http://www.bcdb.com/bcdb/cartoon.cgi?film=303 dead October October 3: Tex Avery's Porky Pig cartoon Milk and Money premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. October 10: Friz Freleng's Boulevardier from the Bronx premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. It is the first Warner Bros. Cartoon to use Merrily We Roll Along as its theme song.https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3800-Boulevardier_From_The_Bronx.html https://archive.today/20130117213958/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/3800-Boulevardier_From_The_Bronx.html dead January 17, 2013 Boulevardier From The Bronx (A Vitaphone Production) The Big Cartoon DataBase Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) October 31: Wilfred Jackson's The Country Cousin, produced by Walt Disney Animation, is first released.https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4093-Country-Cousin The Country Cousin (Walt Disney Studios) The Big Cartoon DataBase Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB)January 2024 medicmedic November November 7: Tex Avery's Don't Look Now is first released, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. November 27: Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor, produced and directed by The Fleischer Brothers, is first released. It is the first Popeye the Sailor cartoon over 16 minutes long and in color. November 28: Friz Freleng's The Coo-Coo Nut Grove is first released, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. The cartoon features various caricatures of Hollywood celebrities.https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/165-CooCoo-Nut-Grove The CooCoo Nut Grove (A Vitaphone Production) The Big Cartoon DataBase Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) 2021-12-22January 2024 medicmedic December December 5: Tex Avery's Porky Pig cartoon The Village Smithy premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. Specific date unknown Carlo Campogalliani's The Four Musketeers is first released.Moliterno, Gino. The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009 Len Lye's Rainbow Dance is released, a combination of live-action and animation.http://www.lenlyefoundation.com/films/rainbow-dance/24/ The Len Lye Foundation - Rainbow Dance, 1936 www.lenlyefoundation.com 2021-12-22 2021-07-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20210725105342/http://www.lenlyefoundation.com/films/rainbow-dance/24/ live Mikhail Tsekhanovsky and Vera Tsekhanovskaya's The Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda is abandoned halfway through production and never finished.Georgy Borodin. The Story of the Unknown Picture. M. M. Tsekhanovsky's The Tale of a Silly Little Mouse in Documents https://web.archive.org/web/20160407185519/http://www.kinozapiski.ru/ru/print/sendvalues/428/ 2016-04-07 article from the Notes by Film Historian magazine No. 73, 2005 0235-8212 (in Russian) Raoul Verdini and Umberto Spano's The Adventures of Pinocchio is an animated film which is never completed, because of technical problems.http://bottegapartigiana.org/le-avventure-pinocchio-attalo-verdini-barbara/ "Le avventure di Pinocchio" di Attalo, Verdini e Barbara 6 December 2020 Bottega partigiana Italian 22 December 2021 16 December 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211216215058/http://bottegapartigiana.org/le-avventure-pinocchio-attalo-verdini-barbara/ live https://books.google.com/books?id=UlKjE82BEe4C&pg=PA42 I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944 Roberto Chiti Roberto Poppi 29 July 2017 Gremese Editore 9788884403513 29 July 2017 Google Books 25 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210725105343/https://books.google.com/books?id=UlKjE82BEe4C&pg=PA42 live Births January January 2: Roger Miller, American singer and actor (voice of Alan-a-Dale in Robin Hood), (d. 1992).http://www.rogermiller.com/bio1.html Biography rogermiller.com 2010-07-11 mdy-all 2010-07-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20100703133945/http://www.rogermiller.com/bio1.html live January 6: Corinne Orr, Canadian actress (voice of Trixie in Speed Racer). January 23: Arlene Golonka, American actress (voice of Debbie in Speed Buggy, Queen in The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians episode "The Wild Cards", additional voices in The New Yogi Bear Show and The New Scooby-Doo Movies), (d. 2021).Arlene Golonka, 85 Classic Images September 2021 553 43Shanfeld Ethan Arlene Golonka, 'Mayberry R.F.D.' and Sitcom Veteran, Dies at 85 https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/arlene-golonka-mayberry-r-f-192301035.html?guccounter=1 June 2, 2021 Yahoo! June 1, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210602003947/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/arlene-golonka-mayberry-r-f-192301035.html?guccounter=1 June 2, 2021https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/arlene-golonka-dead-mayberry-rfd-1234961215/ Arlene Golonka, Actress on Broadway and 'Mayberry R.F.D.,' Dies at 85 Mike Barnes The Hollywood Reporter June 1, 2021 June 2, 2021 January 31: Philippe Laudenbach, French actor (voice of the Devil in The Girl Without Hands, French dub voice of the Narrator in Minions), (d. 2024).https://www.ouest-france.fr/cinema/un-de-ces-seconds-roles-dont-on-se-souvient-lacteur-philippe-laudenbach-est-mort-a-88-ans-ca529adc-0197-11ef-b4e8-6352e833645c « Un de ces seconds rôles dont on se souvient » : l'acteur Philippe Laudenbach est mort à 88 ans February February 11: Burt Reynolds, American actor (voice of Charlie B. Barkin in All Dogs Go to Heaven, Senator Buckingham in American Dad!, Judge Keaton in the Duckman episode "Das Sub", M.F. Thatherton in the King of the Hill episode "The Company Man"), (d. 2018).Natale Richard Burt Reynolds, Star of 'Deliverance,' 'Smokey and the Bandit,' Dies at 82 https://variety.com/2018/film/news/burt-reynolds-died-dead-smokey-and-the-bandit-1202930270/ September 6, 2018 Variety September 6, 2018Burt Reynolds Dead at 82 After Heart Attack TMZ September 6, 2018 http://www.tmz.com/2018/09/06/burt-reynolds-dead-at-82-heart-attack/ September 6, 2018 February 12: Paul Shenar, American actor and theater director (voice of Jenner in The Secret of NIMH), (d. 1989).AIDS at 25 http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/AIDS-AT-25-2495324.php#page-5 June 8, 2006 San Francisco Chronicle E1 Paul Shenar, died Oct. 11, 1989, at age 53. Actor. Part of the American Conservatory Theater's founding acting company, Shenar appeared in more than 40 plays with ACT in the 1970s, including appearances as Hamlet, Oedipus and in "Tiny Alice." October 3, 2011 February 22: Elizabeth MacRae, American actress (voice of Ladyfish in The Incredible Mr. Limpet), (d. 2024).https://deadline.com/2024/05/elizabeth-macrae-dead-general-hospital-gomer-pyle-usmc-actor-1235943121/ Elizabeth MacRae Dies: ‘General Hospital’ & ‘Gomer Pyle: USMC’ Actor Was 88 Armando Tinoco May 29, 2024 February 29: Alex Rocco, American actor (voice of Roger Meyers, Jr. in The Simpsons, Thorny in A Bug's Life, Larry in Pepper Ann, Bea Arthur and Soccer Mom in Family Guy, Carmine Falcone in Batman: Year One, Mr. Malone in the Bonkers episode "Frame That Toon", Lucky Rabbit in The Angry Beavers episode "Big Fun", Old Caddie in The Life & Times of Tim episode "The Caddy's Shack", additional voices in Lloyd in Space), (d. 2015).http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/alex-rocco-dead-godfather-actor-809754 Alex Rocco Dead: 'Godfather' Actor Was 79 Mike Barnes The Hollywood Reporter July 19, 2015 March March 5: Dean Stockwell, American actor (voice of Duke Nukem in Captain Planet and the Planeteers, adult Tim Drake in Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker), (d. 2021).2021-11-09 Dean Stockwell, Actor in 'Married to the Mob' and 'Quantum Leap,' Dies at 85 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/dean-stockwell-dead-quantum-leap-1235044577/ 2022-05-01 The Hollywood Reporter en-USBrisco Elise Dean Stockwell, Emmy-nominated 'Quantum Leap' actor, dies at 85 https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2021/11/09/dean-stockwell-dead-quantum-leap-anchors-aweigh-star/6350513001/ 2022-05-01 USA Today en-US'Quantum Leap' star Dean Stockwell dead at 85 https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-dean-stockwell-quantum-leap-20211109-3joe4deqivedxka7v5swfuff2i-story.html 2022-05-01 New York Daily News 9 November 2021 enDean Stockwell Dies: 'Quantum Leap' Star, Oscar & Emmy Nominee Was 85 https://deadline.com/2021/11/dean-stockwell-dead-quantum-leap-star-1234870413/ Deadline Hollywood Nellie Andreeva November 9, 2021 November 9, 2021 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/arts/television/dean-stockwell-dead.html Dean Stockwell, Child Actor Turned 'Quantum Leap' Star, Dies at 85 The New York Times Victor Daniel November 9, 2021 November 9, 2021 March 9: Marty Ingels, American actor and comedian (voice of the title character in Pac-Man, Hathi in The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story, Beegle Beagle in The Great Grape Ape Show, Autocat in Cattanooga Cats), (d. 2015).Fox Margalit 2015-10-23 Marty Ingels, Actor Funny Onscreen and Outrageous Off, Dies at 79 en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/23/arts/television/marty-ingels-actor-and-comedian-is-dead-at-79.html 2022-07-30 0362-4331 Elina Salo, Finnish actress (Finnish dub voice of Little My in Moomin), (d. 2025).https://www.svt.se/kultur/elina-salo-dod-gjorde-lilla-mys-rost Elina Salo död – gjorde Lilla Mys röst S. V. T. Nyheter November 6, 2025 SVT Nyheterhttps://yle.fi/a/74-20008433 Näyttelijä Elina Salo on kuollut – Pikku Myyn rakastettu ääni on poissa Actress Elina Salo has died – the beloved voice of Little My is gone Aromaa Jonni :fi:J. Huimapää 6 November 2025 Yle fi 6 November 2025 March 15: Paul Fierlinger, Czech-American animator, and director (Teeny Little Super Guy, My Dog Tulip), (d. 2025).https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/04/oscar-nominated-czech-american-writer-director-animator-paul-fierlinger-dies-at-89/ Oscar-nominated Czech-American Writer, Director and Animator Paul Fierlinger Dies at 89 Ramin Zahed April 6, 2025 March 16: Elisabeth Volkmann, German actress and comedian (dub voice of Marge Simpson and Patty and Selma in The Simpsons), (d. 2006).http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-48046220.html GESTORBEN: Elisabeth Volkmann March 17: Patty Maloney, American actress (voice of Tanis the Mummy in Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School, Darla in The Little Rascals, Blue Eyes in The Smurfs, Mrs. Segar in The New Batman Adventures episode "Double Talk", provided additional voices for The Lord of the Rings), (d. 2025).https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/patty-maloney-dead-star-wars-holiday-special-far-out-space-nuts-1236177939/ Patty Maloney, ‘Far Out Space Nuts’ and ‘Star Wars Holiday Special’ Actress, Dies at 89 Mike Barnes April 1, 2025 Specific date unknown: Hu Jinqing, Chinese animator and director (The Fight Between the Snipe and the Clam, Calabash Brothers), (d. 2019).http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2019-05/13/c_1124489076.htm 中国经典动画《葫芦兄弟》《鹬蚌相争》导演胡进庆在上海去世-新华网 www.xinhuanet.com May 5, 2020 August 8, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200808095753/http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2019-05/13/c_1124489076.htm dead April April 9: Pam Hyatt, Canadian actress (voice of Kaede in Inuyasha, Noble Heart Horse in Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation, Aunt Bozzie in Ewoks). April 10: John Madden, American football player, coach and sports commentator (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday"), (d. 2021).https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/28/sports/football/john-madden-dead.html John Madden, Face and Voice of the N.F.L. on the Field and in the Broadcast Booth, Dies at 85 The New York Times December 28, 2021 Shpigel Ben limited December 29, 2021 December 29, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211229015721/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/28/sports/football/john-madden-dead.html livehttps://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32963783/john-madden-beautiful-goodbye The final, beautiful goodbye of NFL legend John Madden December 30, 2021 ESPN December 31, 2021 December 31, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211231091341/https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/32963783/john-madden-beautiful-goodbye liveJohn Madden, legendary Hall of Fame coach and broadcaster, dies at age 85 https://www.nfl.com/news/john-madden-legendary-hall-of-fame-coach-dies-at-age-85 National Football League December 28, 2021 December 29, 2021 December 29, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211229003550/https://www.nfl.com/news/john-madden-legendary-hall-of-fame-coach-dies-at-age-85 live April 12: Charles Napier, American actor (voice of Duke Phillips in The Critic, General Hardcastle in the DC Animated Universe, Cooley in the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode "Haunted Moon", original voice of the Sheriff in Squidbillies), (d. 2011).https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/07/movies/charles-napier-actor-who-played-strong-men-dies.html?_r=1 Charles Napier, Actor Who Played Tough Guys, Dies at 75 April 12, 2016 October 6, 2011 Daniel E. Slotnik The New York Timeshttp://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/blues-brothers-actor-charles-napier-244752 'Blues Brothers' Actor Charles Napier Dies at 75 The Hollywood Reporter April 12, 2016 October 5, 2011 April 20: Lisa Davis, English-American former actress (voice of Anita Ratcliffe in One Hundred and One Dalmatians). April 22: Glen Campbell, American guitarist, singer, songwriter, actor and television host (voice of Chanticleer in Rock-a-Doodle), (d. 2017).https://www.rollingstone.com/country/news/glen-campbell-to-say-farewell-with-final-album-adios-w476837 Glen Campbell to Say Farewell With Final Album 'Adios' Rollingstone.com April 14, 2017 May 2, 2017Doyle Patrick Glen Campbell, 'Rhinestone Cowboy' Singer Who Fused Country and Pop, Dead at 81 https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/glen-campbell-rhinestone-cowboy-singer-who-fused-country-and-pop-dead-at-81-241192/ Rolling Stone August 8, 20172017-08-16 Pike County music icon dies at 81, buried in private service at Billstown https://www.swarkansasnews.com/2017/08/pike-county-music-icon-dies-at-81-buried-in-private-service-at-billstown/ 2022-11-25 Southwest Arkansas News en April 21: Avo Paistik, Estonian animated film director, animator and illustrator (Lend, Tolmuimeja, Klaabu, Nipi ja tige kala, Klaabu kosmoses, Naksitrallid, Naksitrallid II), (d. 2013).https://kultuur.err.ee/295349/suri-avo-paistik Suri Avo Paistik December 3, 2013 ERR May 15, 2020 September 6, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200906165602/https://kultuur.err.ee/295349/suri-avo-paistik live April 22: Eiko Masuyama, Japanese voice actress (voice of Fujiko Mine in Lupin III, Joan Randell in Captain Future, Cutie Honey in Cutie Honey, Princess Snow Kaguya in Sailor Moon S: The Movie, Little Lulu in Little Lulu and Her Little Friends, Japanese dub voice of Melody Valentine in Josie and the Pussycats), (d. 2024).https://www.spielanime.com/anime/voice-actor-eiko-masuyama-passes-away/ Eiko Masuyama renowned for voice acting in Lupin series passes away - Spiel Anime 2024-06-03https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2024-06-03/lupin-iii-1st-fujiko-voice-actress-eiko-masuyama-dies-at-89/.211472 Lupin III's 1st Fujiko Voice Actress Eiko Masuyama Dies at 89 Egan Loo Anime News Network 2024-06-03 2024-12-06https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2024/06/03/kiji/20240603s00041000420000c.html https://web.archive.org/web/20240604023342/https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2024/06/03/kiji/20240603s00041000420000c.html 「ルパン三世」峰不二子役の声優・増山江威子さん死去 88歳 キューティーハニー、バカボンのママ役も - スポニチ Sponichi Annex 芸能 June 4, 2024 スポニチ Sponichi Annex dead April 24: Eladio González Garza, Mexican voice actor (Latin American voice of Robin, The Atom, The Flash, Bizarro, Captain Cold, Gorilla Grodd and Hawkman in Super Friends, The Joker in The New Adventures of Batman, Jimmy Olsen in Superman, Ronald Radford III in Fred and Barney Meet the Thing, Lok in Valley of the Dinosaurs, Station in Lloyd in Space), (d. 2026).https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/espectaculos/muere-eladio-gonzalez-garza-actor-mexicano-de-doblaje-fue-la-primera-voz-de-pitufo-filosofo-en-los-pitufos/ Muere Eladio González Garza, actor mexicano de doblaje; fue la primera voz de Pitufo Filósofo en "Los Pitufos" El Universal May May 12: Klaus Doldinger, German composer (Peter in Magicland), (d. 2025).Roxborough Scott 2025-10-18 Klaus Doldinger, Composer of ‘Das Boot’ and ‘The NeverEnding Story,’ Dies at 89 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/klaus-doldinger-dead-neverending-story-das-boot-composer-1236404591/ 2025-10-19 The Hollywood Reporter en-USCreator of the "Tatort" theme tune Klaus Doldinger dies https://www.bluewin.ch/en/news/creator-of-the-tatort-theme-tune-klaus-doldinger-dies-2922205.html 18 October 2025 Blue News 18 October 2025 May 13: Arthur Lipsett, Canadian film director and animator (Very Nice, Very Nice, 21-87, A Trip Down Memory Lane), (d. 1986).2009-01-30 Arthur Lipsett - Focus on Animation - ONF http://www3.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/filmmakers/Arthur-Lipsett/overview.php 2021-12-22 https://web.archive.org/web/20090130042324/http://www3.nfb.ca/animation/objanim/en/filmmakers/Arthur-Lipsett/overview.php 2009-01-30 May 17: Mark Hall, English animator and film producer (Cosgrove Hall Films, Danger Mouse), (d. 2011).https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15792282 Danger Mouse co-creator Mark Hall dies BBC News November 8, 2011 November 18, 2011 November 18, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20111118173433/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15792282 live May 23: Charles Kimbrough, American actor (voice of Victor in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Hunchback of Notre Dame II, Mort Chalk in Recess: School's Out, Rainbow Face #1 in The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire, Dr. Bob in the Mighty Max episode "Scorpio Rising", Sandy Dreckman in the Pinky and the Brain episode "You'll Never Eat Food Pellets in This Town Again!", Jim Dial in the Family Guy episode "A Picture is Worth $1,000 Bucks", Stage Gordon in the Batman Beyond episode "Out of the Past", Pat Jensen in The Zeta Project episode "On the Wire", narrator in The Angry Beavers episode "Canucks Amuck", additional voices in Whisper of the Heart), (d. 2023).Williams Alex 2023-02-05 Charles Kimbrough, Actor Best Known for 'Murphy Brown,' Dies at 86 en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/arts/television/charles-kimbrough-dead.html 2023-02-06 0362-4331 May 25: Gary Foster, American composer (DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, Aladdin, A Bug's Life, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo, The Adventures of Tintin, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Ice Age, Robots, Chicken Little), (d. 2026).Instagram https://www.instagram.com/p/DYxOUikkp4a/ 2026-09-27 www.instagram.com May 27: Louis Gossett Jr., American actor (voice of King Zahn in Delgo, Lucius Fox in The Batman, Commander Clash in Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Sergeant Angryman in the Family Guy episode "Saving Private Brian", Chiron in the Hercules episode "Hercules and the Caledonian Boar"), (d. 2024).Harris Beth March 29, 2024 Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87 https://apnews.com/article/louis-gossett-jr-dies-1e86e1441ec8b614a282f3de22490a07 March 29, 2024 AP News enMarble Steve March 29, 2024 Louis Gossett Jr., 'An Officer and a Gentleman' star who broke barriers in Hollywood, dies https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/louis-gossett-jr-officer-gentleman-130839726.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20240330024517/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/louis-gossett-jr-officer-gentleman-130839726.html March 30, 2024 March 30, 2024 Los Angeles Times Yahoo!Franklin Garth March 29, 2024 Louis Gossett Jr. Dies At 87 https://www.darkhorizons.com/louis-gossett-jr-dies-at-87/?p2=%5EEQ%5Emedici%5E&prod=DS&cmpgn=medici&annot=false&sameTabLaunch=false&o=APN12174&installSource=other&browser=Chrome&darkMode=false&ueid=9a4b3f84-2b72-4504-beb6-5f34771da7e3&doi=2020-01-22 live https://web.archive.org/web/20240402072316/https://www.darkhorizons.com/louis-gossett-jr-dies-at-87/?p2=%5EEQ%5Emedici%5E&prod=DS&cmpgn=medici&annot=false&sameTabLaunch=false&o=APN12174&installSource=other&browser=Chrome&darkMode=false&ueid=9a4b3f84-2b72-4504-beb6-5f34771da7e3&doi=2020-01-22 April 2, 2024 March 30, 2024 Dark HorizonsBernstein Adam March 29, 2024 Louis Gossett Jr., commanding actor of TV and film, dies at 87 https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/29/louis-gossett-actor-roots-officer-and-gentleman-dead-obituary/ The Washington Post He won an Oscar playing a Marine drill instructor in 'An Officer and a Gentleman' and an Emmy as a wise old enslaved person in the groundbreaking miniseries 'Roots'Dagan Carmel March 29, 2024 Louis Gossett Jr., 'An Officer and a Gentleman' Oscar Winner, Dies at 87 https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/louis-gossett-jr-dead-an-officer-and-a-gentleman-roots-1235955575/ March 29, 2024 Variety en-US March 29, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240329195839/https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/louis-gossett-jr-dead-an-officer-and-a-gentleman-roots-1235955575/ live June June 1: Gerald Scarfe, English cartoonist and illustrator (Pink Floyd – The Wall, Hercules). June 4: Bruce Dern, American actor (voice of Yoshio Onodera in From Up on Poppy Hill, Randy Strickland in the King of the Hill episode "Boxing Luanne"). June 6: Levi Stubbs, American baritone singer (voice of Mother Brain in Captain N: The Game Master), (d. 2008).http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043752/four-tops-vocalist-levi-stubbs-dies-at-72 Four Tops Vocalist Levi Stubbs Dies At 72 Billboard.com Gary Graff 2008-10-17 2020-04-20Whitall Susan Motown family gathers for Levi Stubbs' funeral http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20081027/ENT04/810270401 detroitnews.com Brand-Williams, Oralandar October 27, 2008 June 14, 2023 September 23, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150923214224/http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20081027/ENT04/810270401/ deadBak Richard Boneyards: Detroit Under Ground 2010 Wayne State University Press 978-0-814-33353-2 67 June 8: James Darren, American actor and signer (voice of Jimmy Darrock in The Flintstones episode "Surfin' Fred", singing voice of Yogi Bear in Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!), (d. 2024).https://variety.com/2024/film/news/james-darren-gidget-moondoggie-star-trek-1236127756/ James Darren, Teen Idol Actor in ‘Gidget,’ Singer and Director, Dies at 88 Pat Saperstein September 2, 2024 June 19: Takeshi Aono, Japanese actor (voice of Shiro Sanada in Space Battleship Yamato, Kami and King Piccolo in the Dragon Ball franchise, Rihaku in Fist of the North Star, Japanese dub voice of Joker in the DC Animated Universe, King Harold in the Shrek franchise, Uncle Max in The Lion King 1½, and Sir Topham Hatt in Thomas & Friends), (d. 2012).http://www.cinematoday.jp/page/N0041115 ja:まる子祖父役 青野武さん、9日に永眠 死因は解離性胸部大動脈瘤術のあとの多発性脳梗塞 ja Cinema Today April 10, 2012 April 10, 2012https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-04-09/voice-actor-takeshi-aono-passes-away Voice Actor Takeshi Aono Passes Away September 30, 2026 Anime News Network June 20: Derek Lamb, English animator and film producer (Special Delivery, Every Child, Mystery!, Sports Cartoons, Sesame Street, played himself in Ryan), (d. 2005).http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/oscar-winner-lamb-loses-cancer-fight OSCAR WINNER LAMB LOSES CANCER FIGHT November 6, 2005 Contact Music September 23, 2009 June 6, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110606155001/http://www.contactmusic.com/new/xmlfeed.nsf/story/oscar-winner-lamb-loses-cancer-fight liveTribute to Derek Lamb http://www.awn.com/articles/people/tribute-derek-lamb January 25, 2011 Animation World Network December 22, 2005 December 15, 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131215130522/http://www.awn.com/articles/people/tribute-derek-lamb live June 22: Kris Kristofferson, American actor and musician (voice of Doc in The Land Before Time VI: The Secret of Saurus Rock, Old Donkey in The Star, Pops in the Handy Manny episode "Motorcycle Adventure"), (d. 2024).Morris Chris September 29, 2024 Kris Kristofferson, Country Music Legend and 'A Star Is Born' Leading Man, Dies at 88 https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/kris-kristofferson-dead-country-music-legend-actor-1236159472/ September 29, 2024 Variety October 1, 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241001202351/https://variety.com/2024/music/obituaries-people-news/kris-kristofferson-dead-country-music-legend-actor-1236159472/ live US country music star Kris Kristofferson dies, aged 88 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjwd69n7xxgo live https://web.archive.org/web/20240930022619/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjwd69n7xxgo September 30, 2024 September 30, 2024 BBC John Korty, American film director and animator (Sesame Street, Twice Upon a Time, Vegetable Soup), (d. 2022).https://www.marinij.com/2022/03/15/oscar-winning-marin-filmmaker-john-korty-dies/ Oscar-winning Marin filmmaker John Korty dies March 15, 2022Genzlinger Neil 2022-03-24 John Korty, Director of 'Miss Jane Pittman,' Is Dead at 85 https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/arts/television/john-korty-dead.html 2024-04-01 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331 June 27: Shirley Anne Field, English actress (voice of the Governess in A Monkey's Tale), (d. 2023).Murray Tom Shirley Anne Field, The Entertainer and Alfie actor, dead at 87 https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/shirley-anne-field-death-actress-alfie-b2462179.html 11 December 2023 The Independent 11 December 2023https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/12/11/actress-shirley-anne-field-dies-dead-age-87/ Actress Shirley Anne Field dies aged 87 Telegraph Reporters The Daily Telegraph 11 December 2023 www.telegraph.co.uk subscriptionhttps://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/11/actor-shirley-anne-field-dies Stage and screen actor Shirley Anne Field dies aged 87 P. A. Media 11 December 2023 The Guardianhttps://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-67687117 Shirley Anne Field: Alfie actress dies aged 87 11 December 2023 www.bbc.co.uk July July 9: Hiroshi Sasagawa, Japanese animator and illustrator (Speed Racer, Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, Time Bokan). July 24: Ruth Buzzi, American actress and comedian (voice of Granny Goodwitch in Linus the Lionhearted, Gladys in Baggy Pants and the Nitwits, Mama Bear in The Berenstain Bears, Nose Marie in Pound Puppies, Felonia Funk in Rockin' with Judy Jetson, Suzie Kabloozie and Feff in Sesame Street, Delilah in Sheep in the Big City, Nandy in Cro, singing voice of Frou-Frou in The Aristocats), (d. 2025).Berman Marc Ruth Buzzi Dies: The ‘Rowan & Martin Laugh-In’ Star Was 88 https://www.forbes.com/sites/marcberman1/2025/05/02/ruth-buzzi-dies-the-rowan--martin-laugh-in-star-was-88/ 2025-05-02 Forbes enhttps://www.tmz.com/2025/05/02/ruth-buzzi-dead-rowan-and-martin-laugh-in/ Ruth Buzzi Dead At 88...Comedy Legend, Star Of 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In' TMZ May 2, 2025 May 2, 2025 July 30: John P. Ryan, American actor (voice of 'Buzz' Bronski in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm), (d. 2007).https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E07E0DC153AF93BA15750C0A9619C8B63 John P. Ryan Obituary The New York Times 28 March 2007 August August 8: Tom Georgeson, British actor (voice of Jacob in the Animated Tales of the World episode "The Enchanted Lion: A Story from Germany"), (d. 2026).Paton Ryan Tome Georgeson dies aged 89 as pay tribute to Boys From The Blackstuff legend https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/tom-georgeson-dies-aged-88-33616980 18 March 2026 Liverpool Echo 18 March 2026Rowe Georgia Boys From The Blackstuff actor Tom Georgeson dies aged 89 https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/actor-tom-georgeson-dies-aged-88-5HjdWWp_2/ 19 March 2026 LBC 19 March 2026 en August 9: Glenn Vilppu, American painter, art instructor, animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Marvel Productions) and storyboard artist (Peter Pan & the Pirates, Tiny Toon Adventures). August 11: Mitsutoshi Furuya, Japanese manga artist (Dame Oyaji), (d. 2021).Manga Creator Mitsutoshi Furuya Passes Away at 85 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-13/manga-creator-mitsutoshi-furuya-passes-away-at-85/.180561 Anime News Network December 14, 2021 December 13, 2021 December 13, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211213194509/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-12-13/manga-creator-mitsutoshi-furuya-passes-away-at-85/.180561 live「ダメおやじ」など 漫画家 古谷三敏さん死去 85歳 https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20211213/k10013386141000.html 2021-12-14 日本放送協会 NHKニュース 2022-04-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20220406211245/https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20211213/k10013386141000.html ja Vladimir Samsonov, Russian director (Very Blue Beard), (d. 2024).https://www.intermedia.ru/news/384713 Умер режиссер мультфильма «Очень синяя борода» Владимир Самсонов February 20, 2024 www.intermedia.ru August 12: Elizabeth Shepherd, English actress (voice of Infinity in Silver Surfer, Agatha Harkness in The Avengers: United They Stand episode "The Sorceress's Apprentice"). August 18: Robert Redford, American actor (voice of Ike the Horse in Charlotte's Web), (d. 2025).Escobedo Tricia 2025-09-16 Actor, director, environmentalist Robert Redford dies at 89 https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/entertainment/robert-redford-death 2025-09-16 CNN en2025-09-16 Robert Redford, Screen Idol Turned Director and Activist, Dies at 89 https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/movies/robert-redford-dead.html The New York Times 2025-09-16 en-US Barnes Brooks limited https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c07p8yle7pet?post=asset%3Ac371f3c5-b994-4df8-a7b3-1cada1ea15d0#post Redford died in the mountains of Utah, surrounded by those he loved—publicist BBC News September 16, 2025 September 16, 2025 Robert Redford's publicist Cindi Berger says the actor died earlier today at his home 'at Sundance in the mountains of Utah—the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved.' https://www.theguardian.com/film/live/2025/sep/16/robert-redford-dies-tributes-cinema-hollywood-legend-latest-news-updates Robert Redford dies: Meryl Streep leads tributes to giant of American cinema, saying ‘one of the lions has passed’ – latest updates The Guardian September 16, 2025 https://deadline.com/2025/09/robert-redford-hollywood-reactions-tributes-1236545245/ Meryl Streep Honors Robert Redford: “One Of The Lions Has Passed”; Hollywood Tributes Pour In Deadline Hollywood September 16, 2025 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-redford-dead-reactions-hollywood-tributes-1236372457/ “A Genius Has Passed”: Tributes Pour in for Robert Redford After His Death The Hollywood Reporter September 16, 2025Robert Redford, movie star and Sundance founder, dies at 89 https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/09/16/robert-redford-dead/ The Washington Post 16 September 2025 16 September 2025 August 19: Robert Towers, American actor (voice of Cool Kitty in Kidd Video, Snoopy in You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Walter Peck in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Big Trouble with Little Slimer"). August 21: Wilt Chamberlain, American former professional basketball player (voiced himself in the Goober and the Ghost Chasers episode "The Galloping Ghost"), (d. 1999).Peters Ken October 13, 1999 Wilt's death brings death to a legend https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j1VWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5689%2C3749135 live https://web.archive.org/web/20231030231931/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=j1VWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wOsDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5689%2C3749135 October 30, 2023 February 27, 2024 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon 1A Associated Press August 31: Martin Rosen, American filmmaker and theater producer (Watership Down, The Plague Dogs). September September 14: Walter Koenig, American actor (voice of Mr. Savic in Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters, Pavel Chekov in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Russian About", himself in the Futurama episode "Where No Fan Has Gone Before") and screenwriter (wrote the Star Trek: The Animated Series episode "The Infinite Vulcan"). September 15: Yoichi Kotabe, Japanese animator and character designer. September 18: Roman Arámbula, Mexican comics artist, animator and lay-out artist (Hanna-Barbera, Pinky and the Brain), (d. 2020).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/arambula_roman.htm Román Arámbula lambiek.net May 5, 2020 March 21, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200321072806/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/arambula_roman.htm live September 24: Jim Henson, American puppeteer and animator (Sesame Street, Muppet Babies, Little Muppet Monsters), (d. 1990).Angier Natalie An Aggressive Infection, Abrupt and Overwhelming https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/17/arts/an-aggressive-infection-abrupt-and-overwhelming.html The New York Times D29 May 17, 1990Blau Eleanor https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/17/obituaries/jim-henson-puppeteer-dies-the-muppets-creator-was-53.html Jim Henson, Puppeteer, Dies; The Muppets' Creator Was 53 The New York Times May 17, 1990 May 1, 2007Altman Lawrence K. https://www.nytimes.com/1990/05/29/science/the-doctor-s-world-henson-death-shows-danger-of-pneumonia.html The Doctor's World; Henson Death Shows Danger of Pneumonia The New York Times May 29, 1990 June 19, 2007C. George Ray Kenneth J. Ryan Sherris Medical Microbiology 4th McGraw Hill 2004 276–286 0-8385-8529-9https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/os-xpm-1990-05-18-9005180413-story.html Pneumonia Quickly Spread In Henson Cindy Schreuder Orlando Sentinel May 18, 1990 September 26, 2020https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/aug/30/frank-oz-on-life-as-fozzie-bear-miss-piggy-and-yoda-id-love-to-do-the-muppets-again-but-disney-doesnt-want-me Frank Oz on life as Fozzie Bear, Miss Piggy and Yoda: 'I'd love to do the Muppets again but Disney doesn't want me' 30 August 2021 Hadley Freeman The Guardian 14 September 2021 September 26: Tadao Nagahama, Japanese director (Star of the Giants, Combattler V, Voltes V, Tōshō Daimos, The Rose of Versailles, Ulysses 31), (d. 1980). October October 9: Brian Blessed, English actor (voice of El Supremo in Freddie as F.R.O.7, Boss Nass in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Clayton in Tarzan, the Pirate King in The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!, Santa Claus in The Amazing World of Gumball and Danger Mouse, Grampy Rabbit in Peppa Pig, General Caous in Asterix and the Big Fight, Charlemagne in Wizards: Tales of Arcadia and Wizards: Rise of the Titans, Eduardo Enormomonster in Henry Hugglemonster, Judge Jawbreaker in Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return, Prince Vultan in the Family Guy episode "Road to Germany"). October 25: Masako Nozawa, Japanese actress (voice of Goku in the Dragon Ball franchise). October 26: Reiko Okuyama, Japanese animator (Nippon Animation), (d. 2007).Macinnes Daniel Thomas 2007-09-17 Ghibli Blog: Studio Ghibli, Animation and the Movies: Reiko Okuyama Has Passed Away http://ghiblicon.blogspot.com/2007/09/reiko-okuyama-has-passed-away.html 2021-12-22 Ghibli Blog 2021-10-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20211030212445/http://ghiblicon.blogspot.com/2007/09/reiko-okuyama-has-passed-away.html live October 28: Charlie Daniels, American country singer (voiced himself in King of the Hill and VeggieTales), (d. 2020).Bogard Catlin Country music and southern rock legend Charlie Daniels dies at 83 https://www.newschannel5.com/news/country-music-and-southern-rock-legend-charlie-daniels-dies-at-83 WTVF July 6, 2020 en July 6, 2020; Associated Press Country rocker and fiddler Charlie Daniels dies at age 83 July 6, 2020 July 6, 2020 Kristin M. Hall en https://apnews.com/aaaecdb9fbedf226121d25c09f25d0a7 Carl Davis, American composer and conductor (Ethel & Ernest), (d. 2023).August 3, 2023 In Memoriam: Carl Davis CBE (1936-2023) Faber Music https://www.fabermusic.com/news/carl-davis-cbe-1936-202303082023 August 3, 2023 www.fabermusic.com en November November 3: Takao Saitō, Japanese manga artist (Golgo 13), (d. 2021).Golgo 13 Manga Creator Takao Saito Passes Away at 84 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-09-29/golgo-13-manga-creator-takao-saito-passes-away-at-84/.177952 Anime News Network September 29, 2021 November 19: Dick Cavett, American television personality, comedian and former talk show host (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "Homie the Clown"). December December 5: John Erwin, American actor (voice of the title character in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Reggie Mantle in The Archie Show), (d. 2024).Barnes Mike January 31, 2025 John Erwin, Voice Actor in He-Man and Archie Cartoons, Dies at 88 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/john-erwin-he-man-archie-voice-actor-1236123692/ January 31, 2025 The Hollywood Reporter en-US December 6: David Ossman, American comedian and actor (voice of Professor Peelie in The Tick, Cornelius in A Bug's Life, Scabies in Osmosis Jones). December 8: David Carradine, American actor (voice of Mandrax in Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys, Chief Wulisso in An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island, Nava in Balto II: Wolf Quest, Mr. Snerz in Hair High, Clockwork in Danny Phantom, Lo Pei in the Jackie Chan Adventures episode "The Warrior Incarnate", Junichiro Hill in the King of the Hill episode "Returning Japanese"), (d. 2009).David Carradine, Actor, Is Dead at 72 Bruce Weber June 4, 2009 The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/05/movies/05carradine.html December 22: Héctor Elizondo, American actor (voice of Ioz in The Pirates of Dark Water, Malcho in Aladdin, Lt. Kragger in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, Bane in Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman, Wan Shi Tong in Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, Jim Gordon in The Lego Batman Movie, Grandpa Beagle in Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures, Fiero in Elena of Avalor, Carlos Sanchez in The Book of Life, Dooka in Green Eggs and Ham, Captain Colossus in the Jake and the Never Land Pirates episode "The Legion of Pirate Villains!", King Vicuna in the Go, Diego, Go! episode "Diego Rescues Prince Vicuna", Wishing Wizzle in the Dora the Explorer episode "Dora's Big Birthday Adventure"). Specific date unknown Tony Benedict, American screenwriter (The Flintstones, The Jetsons, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, The Pink Panther, Looney Tunes, Heathcliff, Saturday Supercade, Mr. Magoo, Popeye), (d. 2025).https://www.newsfromme.com/2025/11/29/tony-benedict-r-i-p/ Tony Benedict, R.I.P. November 29, 2025 Antonio Canal, Spanish actor (Spanish dub voice of Winnie-the-Pooh in the Winnie the Pooh franchise, Kaa in The Jungle Book 2, Mayor Adam West in Family Guy), (d. 2026).https://www.elmundo.es/cultura/cine/2026/09/25/6ab66649e9cf4ac51a8b45b5.html Muere Tony Canal a los 90 años, actor de Cuéntame y voz inolvidable de Winnie the Pooh September 25, 2026 El Mundo Deaths December December: R. E. O'Callaghan, English vegetarianism activist, lecturer and writer (O'Callaghan gained recognition for his effective lectures on vegetarianism, often enhanced with illustrations by using a magic lantern), dies at age 81.Births Dec 1855 https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=H3xw9Om%2BaFwtsRchTNEGRw&scan=1 2024-06-21 FreeBMD ONSForward Charles Walter http://archive.org/details/b2486609x Fifty Years of Food Reform: A History of the Vegetarian Movement in England The Ideal Publishing Union; The Vegetarian Society 1898 London; Manchester 148 References External links Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb