1916 in animation

none Events in 1916 in animation. Events J.R. Bray's studio signs a contract with Paramount Studios.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bray_jr.htm J.R. Bray Raoul Barré and Charles Bowers establish the Barré-Bowers Studio.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/barre_raoul.htm Raoul Barré Bray Studios begins the Farmer Al Falfa series, the first of the Terrytoons. Films released Unknown date – Domestic Difficulties (United States) 6 January – Colonel Heeza Liar's Waterloo (United States) 27 January – Police Dog On the Wire (United States) 3 February – Farmer Al Falfa's Catastrophe (United States) 6 February - Mr. Addiquete and the Human Butcher (United States) 18 February – Introducing Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse (United States) 21 February – Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse Believe in Signs (United States) 25 February – Krazy Kat & Ignatz Mouse Discuss the Letter 'G' (United States) 29 February – Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing (United States) 3 March – Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse: A Duet, He Made Me Love Him (United States) 5 March – Colonel Heeza Liar And The Pirates (United States) 6 March – Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse in Their One-Act Tragedy: "The Tail of the Nude Tail" (United States) 12 March – Farmer Al Falfa Invents a New Kite (United States) 14 March – Krazy Kat, Bugologist (United States) 17 MarchAmerican Memory Collection (Motion Picture and Television Reading Room, Library of Congress). (2010, August 31). Library of Congress. Retrieved April 26, 2013, http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/papr:@FILREQ(@OR(@field(TITLE+@od1(Krazy+Kat+and+Ignatz+Mouse+at+the+circus++))+@field(ALTTITLE+@od1(Krazy+Kat+and+Ignatz+Mouse+at+the+circus++)))+@FIELD(COLLID+animat)) – Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse at the Circus (United States) 19 March - Chrissy Carson Drives Away (United States) 21 March – Krazy Kat Demi-Tasse (United States) 27 March – Krazy Kat Invalid (United States) 2 April – Police Dog Turns Nurse (United States) 3 April – Krazy Kat at the Switchboard (United States) 14 April: A Tale That is Knot (United States) Farmer Al Falfa's Scientific Diary (United States) Krazy Kat the Hero (United States) Krazy Kat to the Rescue (United States) 27 April – Colonel Heeza Liar Wins The Pennant (United States) 7 May – Police Dog in the Park (United States) 25 May – Colonel Heeza Liar Captures Villa (United States) 3 June – Farmer Al Falfa and his Tentless Circus (United States) 6 June – Working Out with the Police Dog (United States) 17 June – Krazy Kat at Looney Park (United States) 22 June – Colonel Heeza Liar And The Bandits (United States) 29 June – Farmer Al Falfa's Watermelon Patch (United States) 3 July – A Tempest in a Paint Pot (United States) 20 July – Colonel Heeza Liar's Courtship (United States) 4 August – Farmer Al Falfa's Egg-Citement (United States) 17 August – Colonel Heeza Liar On Strike (United States) 20 August - The Adventures of Izzy - The Great Sundae Challenge (United States) 24 August – Colonel Heeza Liar Plays Hamlet (United States) 14 September – Colonel Heeza Liar Bachelor Quarters (United States) 16 September – Farmer Al Falfa's Wolfhound (United States) 28 September - The Adventures of Izzy - The Haunting of the Ghost Peppers (United States) 9 October – Farmer Al Falfa Sees New York (United States) 11 October – Colonel Heeza Liar Gets Married (United States) 3 November – Farmer Al Falfa's Prune Plantation (United States) 15 November – Colonel Heeza Liar, Hobo (United States) 27 November – The Missing One (United States) 1 December – Farmer Al Falfa's Blind Pig (United States) 2 December - The Adventures of Izzy - Duncan Wise (United States) 21 December – Colonel Heeza Liar at The Vaudeville Show (United States) 23 December: Krazy Kat Takes Little Katrina For an Airing (United States) Zepped (United States) Births January January 3: Maxene Andrews, American singer (co-sang the "Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet" segment in Make Mine Music, and "Little Toot" in Melody Time), (d. 1995).Los Angeles Times article (PDF) May 9, 1967. https://books.google.com/books?id=9mE2-RxDyZsC&pg=PA409 The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record 9780786432608 Arto Nimmo H 2004 409 McFarland January 18: Vladimir Degtyaryov, Russian film director and animator (Beloved Beauty), (d. 1974).http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0214869/ Vladimir Degtyaryov IMDb May 20, 2020 February February 8: Larz Bourne, American animation writer (Famous Studios, Gene Deitch, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Terrytoons), (d. 1993).The Best of the Harveyville Fun Times! Arnold Mark 361 2006 1-84728-368-3https://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/19/obituaries/larz-e-bourne-77-drew-deputy-dawg.html Larz E. Bourne, 77; Drew Deputy Dawg March 19, 1993 NYTimes.com February 12: Rudy Larriva, American animator and director (Warner Bros. Cartoons, UPA, the opening credits of The Twilight Zone), (d. 2010)."WB, UPA director-animator Rudy Larriva dead at 94 June 2018 medicmedic". forum.bcdb.com. Retrieved February 24, 2010. February 23: Retta Scott, American artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1990).Ghez Didier They drew as they pleased : the hidden art of Disney's musical years : 1940s. Part 1 August 30, 2016 Chronicle Books 9781452137445 February 29: Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (sang the "Two Silhouettes" segment in Make Mine Music, and narrated and sang the "Bongo the Bear" segment in Fun and Fancy Free), (d. 1994).http://www.hillsidememorial.org/pdfs/DistResBook_webversion3.pdf Hillside Memorial Park Residents Hillsidememorial.org August 27, 2015 September 10, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160910071435/http://www.hillsidememorial.org/pdfs/DistResBook_webversion3.pdf deadBrooks Patricia Laid to Rest in California: A Guide to the Cemeteries and Grave Sites of the Rich and Famous Chapter 8: East L.A. and the Desert 245 2006 Globe Pequot Press Guilford, CT 978-0-7627-4101-4 Brooks Jonathan 70284362 March March 6: Virginia Gregg, American actress (voice of Tara in The Herculoids), (d. 1986).DeLong Thomas A. 1996 Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960 McFarland & Company, Inc. 978-0-7864-2834-2 115 Rochelle Hudson, American actress (voice of Honey in the Bosko cartons), (d. 1972).Arizona Daily Star Tucson, Arizona 5 January 19, 1972 Former Screen Star Rochelle Hudson Dies Associated Press newspapers.com https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/164867898/ Walter Price, a real estate business associate, found the body Monday alter being summoned by Miss Hudson's widowed mother, Mae Hudson, who got no response from her daughter by telephone or at the door. A friend, Evelyn Young, said Miss Hudson recently had been ill with a cold and laryngitis.Beaver County Times: "Death is investigated". January 19, 1972. March 15: Tom Okamoto, Japanese-American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1978).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/o/okamoto_tom.htm Tom Okamoto lambiek.net March 27, 2021 March 31: Lucille Bliss, American actress (voice of the title character in Crusader Rabbit, Anastasia Tremaine in Cinderella, Nibbles in Tom and Jerry, a sunflower and tulip in Alice in Wonderland, Smurfette in The Smurfs, Mrs. Beth Fitzgibbons in The Secret of NIMH, Ms. Bitters in Invader Zim), (d. 2012)."Lucille Bliss dies at 96; voice of Crusader Rabbit and Smurfette" https://web.archive.org/web/20121115233747/http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-lucille-bliss-20121115,0,3130903.story 2012-11-15 , Los Angeles Times; retrieved November 15, 2012. She never married and left no survivors.http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/news/Lucille-Bliss-1916-2012 Lucille Bliss: 1916–2012 Behind The Voice Actors 1916-03-31 2012-11-13 https://web.archive.org/web/20140525201301/http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/news/Lucille-Bliss-1916-2012 2014-05-25 dead April April 26: Eyvind Earle, American artist, author and illustrator (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 2000).https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jul-25-me-58783-story.html Archives Los Angeles Timeshttps://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/30/nyregion/eyvind-earle-84-painted-settings-for-disney-films.html Eyvind Earle, 84; Painted Settings for Disney Films The New York Times July 30, 2000 Vic Perrin, American actor (voice of Dr. Zin in Jonny Quest), (d. 1989).Alien-From-Space Narrator on 'Outer Limits': Radio, TV Personality Vic Perrin https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-07-07-mn-3270-story.html Burt A. Folkart Los Angeles Times July 7, 1989 2020-02-21 2016-03-06 https://web.archive.org/web/20160306190104/http://articles.latimes.com/1989-07-07/news/mn-3270_1_vic-perrin live May May 6: Adriana Caselotti, American actress and singer (voice of the title character in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), (d. 1997).https://www.nytimes.com/1997/01/21/arts/adriana-caselotti-80-voice-of-snow-white.html Adriana Caselotti, 80, Voice of Snow White January 21, 1997 The New York Times October 8, 2017 May 10: John McLeish, Canadian actor (narrator in Dumbo, The Ducktators, The Dover Boys, and many Goofy cartoons, voice of the Carnival Barker in Pinocchio and John Ployardt in The Wind in the Willows segment of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad) and animation writer (The Rite of Spring segment in Fantasia), (d. 1969).February 2021 May 21: Dennis Day, American actor, comedian and singer (narrator of the Johnny Appleseed segment in Melody Time), (d. 1988).https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0206376/ Dennis Day IMDb June June 17: Terry Gilkyson, American lyricist (wrote "The Bare Necessities" from The Jungle Book), (d. 1999). http://www.elizagilkyson.com/Terry_Gilkyson.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20070223013427/http://www.elizagilkyson.com/Terry_Gilkyson.htm dead February 23, 2007 elizagilkyson.com Bio of Terry Gilkyson Don Richardson February 23, 2007 1999 July July 2: Ken Curtis, American singer and actor (voice of Nutsy in Robin Hood), (d. 1991).Ken Curtis Obituary, Los Angeles Times, GunsmokeNet.com July 3: Al Stahl, American animator and comics artist (Terrytoons, Fleischer Brothers, Stahl's Animated Productions), (d. 1999).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/stahl_al.htm Al Stahl lambiek.net May 15, 2020 July 6: Don R. Christensen, American animator, comics artist and writer, scriptwriter (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 2006).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/christensen_don.htm Don R. Christensen lambiek.net 7 April 2018 July 27: Keenan Wynn, American actor (voice of the Winter Warlock in Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, Captain Cully and the Harpy in The Last Unicorn), (d. 1986). August August 4: Carlos Ramírez, Colombian singer (opera voice in Tex Avery's Magical Maestro), (d. 1986).Steven Joseph Loza Barrio Rhythm: Mexican American Music in Los Angeles- 1993 Page 136 "Another highly talented singer, Carlos Ramirez, came to Los Angeles in the late 1930s. "But when he got to Hollywood they spoiled him. He got into the movies with Lana Turner and so forth — Gilbert Roland and the whole trip." . August 21: Bill Lee, American playback singer (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1980).Hollis Tim Ehrbar Greg 2006 Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records Jackson, Mississippi University Press of Mississippi 85–86 1-57806-849-5 August 24: Hal Smith, American actor (voice of Owl in Winnie the Pooh, Goliath in Davey and Goliath, Flintheart Glomgold and Gyro Gearloose in DuckTales, continued voice of Goofy, Elmer Fudd, and Winnie the Pooh), (d. 1994).https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-12-mn-21927-story.html Hal Smith; Played Otis on Griffith Show Los Angeles TimesHal Smith, The Friendly Drunk Otis On 'Andy Griffith Show' In The '60S https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19940213/1895037/hal-smith-the-friendly-drunk-otis-on-andy-griffith-show-in-the-60s Seattle Times January 11, 2015 February 13, 1994 August 27: Larry Thor, Canadian newscaster, announcer, and actor (voice of Tock the Watchdog in The Phantom Tollbooth), (d. 1976).Larry Thor, Theater Arts: Los Angeles http://texts.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb4d5nb20m&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00163&toc.depth=1&toc.id= calisphere University of California 30 January 2015 September September 13: Hal Geer, American producer, film editor and animator (Looney Tunes), (d. 2017).Hal Geer obituaryJune 2026 InternetArchiveBot September 25: Jack Boyd, American animator and special effects creator (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1998).http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0101723/ Jack Boyd IMDb Aug 2, 2020 October October 4: George Sidney, American film director and producer (Anchors Aweigh, co-founder of Hanna-Barbera), (d. 2002). October 22: Sidney Miller, American actor (voice of the Dungeon Master in Dungeons & Dragons, Hornswoggle in The Gary Coleman Show, Horrg in Monchhichis, Oompe in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland), (d. 2004).Willis John Monush Barry Screen World: 2005 Film Annual 2006 Hal Leonard Corporation 978-1-55783-668-7 385 https://books.google.com/books?id=UCCkhsztnYgC&q=%22Sidney+Miller%22+actor&pg=PA385 June 11, 2020 en October 31: Phil Monroe, American animator and film director (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walt Disney Company, UPA, Terrytoons), (d. 1988).http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/a-must-read-interview-with-forgotten-animation-legend-phil-monroe-64253.html A Must-Read Interview with Forgotten Animation Legend Phil Monroe 2012-06-08 November November 4: Walter Cronkite, American broadcast journalist (voice of Captain Neweyes in We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, Benjamin Franklin in Liberty's Kids), (d. 2009).CBS Legend Walter Cronkite Dies "Most Trusted Man in America" Passes Away in New York at 92 CBS News July 17, 2009 https://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/17/eveningnews/main5170556.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20090718221638/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/07/17/eveningnews/main5170556.shtml dead July 18, 2009 July 17, 2009Ryan Joal News Legend Walter Cronkite Dead at 92 e online July 17, 2009 http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b134779_news_legend_walter_cronkite_dead_92.html July 17, 2009Stelter Brian Walter Cronkite, Iconic Anchorman Dies Media Coder July 17, 2009 http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/walter-cronkite-iconic-anchorman-dies/ July 17, 2009 Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite dies Associated Press Today.com July 19, 2009 https://www.today.com/popculture/most-trusted-man-america-dies-92-wbna30988078 July 20, 2009Nichols Michelle July 18, 2009 Legendary TV news anchor Walter Cronkite dies en Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/us-cronkite-idUSTRE56H02B20090718 April 27, 2021http://www.today.com/id/32103375 Loved ones, colleagues honor Walter Cronkite July 23, 2009 Associated Press Today.com https://web.archive.org/web/20141204042454/http://www.today.com/id/32103375#.VH_iXy-QHmo December 4, 2014https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/nyregion/24cronkite.html?scp=2&sq=cronkite&st=nyt Friends Recall Walter Cronkite's Private Side Brian Stelter The New York Times July 23, 2009 November 14: Sherwood Schwartz, American television writer and producer (creator of The Brady Kids, The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet, co-wrote the song "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle" which was used on Rugrats Go Wild and the Robot Chicken episode "Suck It", and "The Brady Bunch Theme" which was parodied as the "T.U.F.F. and D.O.O.M. Theme" in the T.U.F.F. Puppy episode "Share-A-Lair"), (d. 2011).Sherwood Schwartz dies: Creator of TV's "Gilligan's Island" and "The Brady Bunch" was 94 https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-mortem/post/sherwood-schwartz-dies-creator-of-tvs-gilligans-island-and-the-brady-bunch-was-94/2011/07/12/gIQAY9QsAI_blog.html Washington Post July 12, 2011 November 15: Bill Melendez, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Warner Bros. Cartoons, UPA), film director (Peanuts specials) and actor (voice of Snoopy and Woodstock), (d. 2008).https://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/05/arts/television/05melendez.html The New York Times Margalit Fox Bill Melendez, 91, 'Peanuts' Animator, Dies September 4, 2008 November 16: Daws Butler, American actor (voice of the City Wolf in Tex Avery's Little Rural Riding Hood, Mysto the Magician in Avery's Magical Maestro, Spike the Bulldog in Tom & Jerry, Chilly Willy in Walter Lantz's cartoons, Nasty Canasta in Barbary Coast Bunny, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Snagglepuss, Hokey Wolf, Elroy Jetson in The Jetsons, Wally Gator, Quick Draw McGraw, Loopy De Loop), (d. 1988)."Charles 'Daws' Butler, Voice Of Yogi Bear, Many Others", Orlando Sentinel, May 20, 1988.Folkart, Burt A. "Obituaries: Daws Butler; Voice of Well-Known Cartoon Characters" Los Angeles Times (May 20, 1988) November 17: Diana Chesney, British-American actress (voice of Mrs. Judson in The Great Mouse Detective), (d. 2004). November 19: George Hall, Canadian actor (additional voices in Courage the Cowardly Dog), (d. 2002).https://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/01/nyregion/george-hall-85-broadway-character-actor.html George Hall, 85, Broadway Character Actor 1 December 2002 26 June 2022 NY Times The New York Times Company 1001058 November 27: Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (voice of The Announcer in Sport Goofy in Soccermania, Chick Mouse in the Garfield and Friends episode "Basket Brawl", Announcer in the Life with Louie episode "The Masked Chess Boy", himself in The Simpsons episode "Homer Defined", and the Duckman episode "Vuuck, as in Duck"), (d. 2002).https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/CHICK-HEARN-1916-2002-Distinguished-voice-of-2814051.php CHICK HEARN 1916–2002 / Distinguished voice of Lakers silenced Mike Penner Larry Stewart Los Angeles Times August 6, 2002 SFGate November 30: Owen Fitzgerald, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Fleischer Studios, Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1994).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/fitzgerald_owen.htm Owen Fitzgerald lambiek.net August 2, 2020 December December 9: Kirk Douglas, American actor (voice of Chester J. Lampwick in The Simpsons episode "The Day the Violence Died"), (d. 2020).https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-kirk-douglas-snap-story.html Kirk Douglas dead at 103; 'Spartacus' star helped end Hollywood blacklist Los Angeles Times McLellan Dennis February 5, 2020 February 5, 2020https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/obituaries/kirk-douglas-dead.html The New York Times February 5, 2020 February 5, 2020 Kirk Douglas, a Star of Hollywood's Golden Age, Dies at 103 Berkvist Robert December 14: John Freeman, American animator (Walt Disney Company, Peanuts specials, Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears, DePatie-Freleng), (d. 2010).http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/latimes/obituary.aspx?n=john-h-freeman&pid=138309453#sthash.IUdGoert.dpuf John Freeman Obituary - CA | Los Angeles Times Legacy.com May 15, 2020 December 15: Dick Kinney, American animator, screenwriter (Walter Lantz, Walt Disney Company, Terrytoons, Hanna-Barbera) and comics writer, (d. 1985). References External links Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb