1937 in animation

none Events in 1937 in animation. Events January January 9: The first solo Donald Duck cartoon, Don Donald premieres, directed by Ben Sharpsteen and produced by Walt Disney Productions. It launches the Donald Duck series.http://www.disneyshorts.org/shorts.aspx?shortID=252 Don Donald The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts https://web.archive.org/web/20150201082733/http://www.disneyshorts.org/shorts.aspx?shortID=252 February 1, 2015 Tex Avery's Porky Pig cartoon Porky the Wrestler premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124-125. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved October 10, 2026. January 24: Georg Woelz' Die Schlacht um Miggershausen premieres.May 2024 February February 6: David Hand's Mickey Mouse cartoon Magician Mickey premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.May 2024 February 20: Ben Sharpsteen's Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy cartoon Moose Hunters premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.May 2024 February 27: Tex Avery's Porky Pig cartoon Picador Porky premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. This cartoon marks Mel Blanc's first voice acting role in a cartoon.Picador Porky (A Vitaphone Production) https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon-pictures/358-Picador-Porky 2021-04-14 Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) enJanuary 2024 medicmedic March March 4: 9th Academy Awards: The Country Cousin, produced by The Walt Disney Company, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1937 The 9th Academy Awards (1937) Nominees and Winners 2011-08-07 Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) https://web.archive.org/web/20110706093710/http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/legacy/ceremony/9th-winners.html 6 July 2011 live March 6: Tex Avery's I Only Have Eyes for You premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 104–106. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved October 10, 2026. March 12: The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio is established.Barrier Michael A Day in the Life: MGM, March 4, 1953 http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Essays/MGMMarch1953/MGMMarch1953.html Michaelbarrier.com 25 July 2012 13 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201113013553/http://michaelbarrier.com/Essays/MGMMarch1953/MGMMarch1953.html dead March 26; In Crystal City, Texas, spinach growers erect a statue of Popeye.https://www.granger.com/results.asp?inline=true&image=0260387&wwwflag=3&itemx=2 POPEYE MONUMENT, 1939. Statue of the comic strip character Popeye erected on 26 March 1937 in Crystal City, Texas which became known as the spinach capital of the world Granger Historical Picture Archive January 20, 2021https://daytrippintexas.com/spinach-capital-of-the-world/ Spinach Capital of the World daytrippintexas.com January 20, 2021 April April 3: Frank Tashlin's Porky Pig cartoon Porky's Romance premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, where Petunia Pig makes her debut, It is also the last time Joe Dougherty voiced Porky.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/tashlin_frank.htm Frank Tashlin lambiek.net April 17: Tex Avery's Porky Pig cartoon Porky's Duck Hunt premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, where Daffy Duck makes his debut. Mel Blanc takes over as the voice of Porky in this short.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/avery_tex.htm Tex Avery lambiek.net April 27: The Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey's Amateurs, directed by Pinto Colvig, Erdmann Penner and Walt Pfeiffer, premieres.May 2024 May May 1: Tex Avery's Ain't We Got Fun premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions.Webb 2011, p. 6. May 7: Workers at Fleischer Studios go on strike over pay and working conditions. The strike ends several months later on October 12. May 15: David Hand's Little Hiawatha premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It marks the debut of Hiawatha who will later become a popular comics character.May 2024 May 22: Friz Freleng's Clean Pastures premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions.May 2024 This short later became part of the Censored Eleven. May 29: Jack King's Donald DuckDonald Duck cartoon Modern Inventions premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–75. 978-0-8160-3831-2. Retrieved June 6, 2020. June June 5: Tex Avery's Uncle Tom's Bungalow premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions.Uncle Tom's Bungalow (A Vitaphone Production) https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/5263-Uncle-Toms-Bungalow 2021-12-28 Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB) enJanuary 2024 medicmedic This short later became part of the Censored Eleven. July July 17: Tex Avery's Egghead Rides Again premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, which marks the debut of titular character Egghead.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 77-79. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved October 10, 2026. August August 21: Tex Avery's A Sunbonnet Blue premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. September September 11: Tex Avery's Porky Pig cartoon Porky's Garden premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. September 25: Tex Avery's I Wanna Be a Sailor premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. October October 9: Bob Clampett's Porky Pig cartoon Rover's Rival premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. This was the first Looney Tunes short to feature both the iconic "Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" theme song and the iconic end card with Porky appearing out of a drum and saying "Th-th-that's all, folks!" to the audience.Rover's Rival (1937) - The Internet Animation Database https://www.intanibase.com/iad_entries/entry?shortid=1329 www.intanibase.com 2025-12-02 October 15: Ben Sharpsteen's Clock Cleaners, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, starring Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy, is first released.http://www.disneyshorts.org/shorts.aspx?shortID=260 Clock Cleaners The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts https://web.archive.org/web/20110317142117/http://www.disneyshorts.org/shorts.aspx?shortID=260 2011-03-17 https://archive.today/20120903142814/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/4042-Clock_Cleaners.html Clock Cleaners at the Big Cartoon DataBase November November 5: Wilfred Jackson's The Old Mill premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. It marks the first use of the multiplane camera.Thomas, Bob. Walt Disney: An American Original. Simon & Schuster, 1976, p. 134. November 6: Tex Avery's Little Red Walking Hood premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. An early version of Elmer Fudd makes his debut in this short. November 26: The Popeye cartoon Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves premieres, produced by Fleischer Studios.https://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/1809-Popeye_The_Sailor_Meets_Ali_Babas_F.html https://archive.today/20130306171104/http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/1809-Popeye_The_Sailor_Meets_Ali_Babas_F.html dead March 6, 2013 Popeye The Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves The Big Cartoon Database January 20, 2021 December December 2: Ferdinand Diehl, Paul Diehl and Hermann Diehl's The Seven Ravens premieres, which is notable for being an animated feature film, several weeks before Disney's own animated feature film Snow White premieres.https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/disney.htm Walt Disney Lambiek Comiclopedia January 20, 2021January 2021 However, The Seven Ravens is done in stop-motion, while Snow White features pencil animation. December 10: Jack King's Donald DuckDonald Duck cartoon Donald's Ostrich premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. December 21: Walt Disney's first animated feature, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premieres, co-directed by David Hand, William Cottrell, Wilfred Jackson, Larry Morey, Perce Pearce and Ben Sharpsteen. It becomes a global box office hit. December 24: Burt Gillett's Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy film Lonesome Ghosts premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.May 2024 Films released List of animated feature films: 1930s#1937 April 10 - The Tale of the Fox (France) May 19 - Academy Award Review of Walt Disney Cartoons (United States) December 2 - The Seven Ravens (Germany) December 21 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (United States) Births January January 1: Bernard Longpré, Canadian animator and animation director (Monsieur Pointu), (d. 2002).http://legacy.tiff.net/canadianfilmencyclopedia/content/bios/bernard-longpre Canadian Film Encyclopedia - Bernard Longpré legacy.tiff.net 2018-08-17 mdy-all March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304113845/http://legacy.tiff.net/CANADIANFILMENCYCLOPEDIA/content/bios/bernard-longpre dead Myrna Gibbs, American ink & paint artist (The Flintstones, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Marvel Productions, Peanuts specials), (d. 2021). January 2: Terence Rigby, English actor (voice of Silver in Watership Down), (d. 2008).Barker Dennis Terence Rigby https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2008/aug/12/television.television The Guardian 11 August 2008 1 August 2015 January 6: Jaime Diaz, Argentine-born American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears Enterprises), sheet timer (Klasky-Csupo, Jumanji, Dora the Explorer, Danger Rangers, American Dad!, Curious George) and director (Duckman, The Fairly OddParents, ChalkZone), (d. 2009).https://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/jaime-diaz-1937-2009-14609.html Jaime Diaz (1937-2009) Jerry Beck June 23, 2009 Cartoon Brew January 7: Myrna Bushman, American animation checker (Ruby-Spears Enterprises, DIC Entertainment), storyboard artist (DIC Entertainment, Jetlag Productions, Daisy-Head Mayzie, Doug, PB&J Otter, Stanley), sheet timer (Spiral Zone, Tiny Toon Adventures, Stunt Dawgs, All-New Dennis the Menace, Jumbo Pictures), production assistant (Marvel Productions), production coordinator (Disney Television Animation) and director (Muppet Babies, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures, Doug), (d. 2022). January 11: Felix Silla, American actor (additional voices in The Lord of the Rings), (d. 2021).Felix Silla, Cousin Itt on 'The Addams Family,' Dies at 84 https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/felix-silla-dead-cousin-itt-addams-family-1234953729/ Variety 16 April 2021https://deadline.com/2021/04/felix-silla-dies-cousin-itt-on-the-addams-family-tv-show-was-84-obituary-1234737466/ Felix Silla Dies: Cousin Itt On TV's 'The 'Addams Family' Was 84 Bruce Haring Deadline 16 April 2021 January 30: Vanessa Redgrave, English actress (voice of the Queen of England and Mama Topolino in Cars 2). January 31: Suzanne Pleshette, American actress (voice of Zira in The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Yubaba and Zeniba in the English dub of Spirited Away), (d. 2008). February February 1: Garrett Morris, American actor and comedian (portrayed himself in the Family Guy episode "Barely Legal", voice of Jack in Easter Fever, Chief Williams in Pound Puppies, Buzzard in the Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child episode "Pinocchio", Al McGee in the Justice League episode "In Blackest Night", Albert in the Fairfax episode "Fairfolks"). February 2: Tom Smothers, American comedian and musician (voice of Ted Edward Bear in The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas, Tom in the Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist episode "Ben-Centennial", himself in The Simpsons episode "Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?"), (d. 2023).Cowan Lee Morgan David Catching up with the Smothers Brothers CBS News July 9, 2023 https://www.cbsnews.com/news/catching-up-with-the-smothers-brothers/ July 9, 2023France Lisa Tom Smothers, one half of famed comedy duo, dies at 86 https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/entertainment/tom-smothers-death/index.html CNN December 27, 2023 en December 27, 2023 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/arts/television/tom-smothers-dead.html Tom Smothers, Comic Half of the Smothers Brothers, Dies at 86 Grimes William December 27, 2023 December 27, 2023 The New York Times limited February 8: Joe Raposo, American composer, songwriter, pianist, singer and lyricist (Sesame Street, Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, Dr. Seuss, Madeline), (d. 1989).http://www.thehoya.com/news/111398/news3.htm July 19, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20060719092415/http://www.thehoya.com/news/111398/news3.htm November 13, 1998 Family Donates Lyricist's Music To University Rebecca Sinderbrand The Hoya https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/06/obituaries/joseph-g-raposo-is-dead-at-51-helped-to-create-sesame-street.html subscription Joseph G. Raposo Is Dead at 51; Helped to Create 'Sesame Street' Peter B. Flint The New York Times February 6, 1989 February 7, 2016 February 15: Ron Dias, American animator and painter (worked for Don Bluth and Walt Disney Company), (d. 2013).C. Edwards http://www.cartoonbrew.com/rip/background-painter-ron-dias-dies-at-76-86917.html Background Painter Ron Dias Dies at 76 Cartoon Brew 2013-08-03 2013-09-14 mdy-all February 17: Benjamin Whitrow, English actor (voice of Fowler in Chicken Run), (d. 2017).https://www.thestage.co.uk/features/obituaries/2017/obituary-benjamin-whitrow/ Obituary: Benjamin Whitrow | Obituaries Michael Quinn October 11, 2017July 2025 medicmedic March March 1: Eugen Doga, Moldovan composer (Maria, Mirabela), (d. 2025).Умер композитор Евгений Дога. Президент Молдовы объявила национальный траур https://meduza.io/news/2025/06/03/umer-kompozitor-evgeniy-doga-prezident-moldavii-ob-yavila-natsionalnyy-traur 2025-06-03 Meduza ru March 3: Bobby Driscoll, American actor (voice of the title character in Peter Pan), (d. 1968).http://www.oyla20.de/cgi-bin/designs/clock/index.cgi?page=text&id=757800231184340704&userid=48045629&starteintrag= https://web.archive.org/web/20181009002500/http://www.oyla20.de/cgi-bin/designs/clock/index.cgi?page=text&id=757800231184340704&userid=48045629&starteintrag= dead October 9, 2018 The cause of his death September 2, 2008 www.bobbydriscoll.net https://www.correctionhistory.org/html/chronicl/nycdoc/html/hart.htm Hart Island (Potter's Field) – Official Homepage (controlled by the "Department Of Correction" and inaccessible to visitors) September 2, 2008http://www.hartisland.org/ The Hart Island Project September 2, 2008 March 10: Robert Abel, American visual effects artist (Tron), (d. 2001).Coyne Patrick Design Pioneers: Robert Abel http://www.commarts.com/CA/feapion_d/abel/ Comm Arts Coyne & Blanchard, Inc. 2014-02-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20071009174136/http://www.commarts.com/ca/feapion/abel October 9, 2007 January–February 2005https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHnGCwAAQBAJ&q=Robert+Abel Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture 9780786452064 2008-10-24 March 12: Carlo Bonomi, Italian voice actor and clown (voice of the title character of La Linea, Paperazzi in Calimero, Red and Blue in The Red and the Blue, the title characters and other various characters in Stripy and Pingu), (d. 2022).Addio al grande doppiatore Carlo Bonomi: la voce come una tecnica di animazione it2022-08-07 Tributes pour in for Carlo Bonomi the original voice of Pingu who died aged 85 https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/08/07/carlo-bonomi-original-voice-pingu-dies/ 2022-08-08 Euro Weekly News en-GB April April 6: Billy Dee Williams, American actor (voice of Lando Calrissian in the Star Wars franchise, Two-Face in The Lego Batman Movie, Admiral Bitchface in Titan Maximum, himself in The Boondocks episode "The Story of Lando Freeman", The Life & Times of Tim episode "A Tale of Two Rodneys/Keith to the Rescue", and the Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? episode "Scooby-Doo and the Sky Town Cool School!"). April 19: Elinor Donahue, American retired actress (voice of Mom in Eek! The Cat, Queen Eleanora in The Legend of Prince Valiant episode "The Jubilee", Munsterella in the Biker Mice from Mars episode "A Scent, a Memory, a Far Distant Cheese"). April 20: George Takei, American actor, author and activist (voice of Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek: The Animated Series, and the Star Trek: Lower Decks episode "Crisis Point 2: Paradoxus", First Ancestor in Mulan and Mulan II, Kyo Heyerdahl in Hey Arnold!, Master Sensui in Kim Possible, Galactus in The Super Hero Squad Show, Mr. Fixx in the Batman Beyond episode "Rebirth", General Lok Durd in the Star Wars: The Clone Wars episode "Defenders of Peace", Mr. Littlepot in the Amphibia episode "The Shut-In!", Wong in the Spider-Man: The Animated Series episode "Doctor Strange", High Mystic in the Jackie Chan Adventures episode "The Chosen One", himself in the Futurama episodes "Where No Fan Has Gone Before", "Proposition Infinity", "Zapp Dingbat", and "Saturday Morning Fun Pit", the Glenn Martin, DDS episode "GlennHog Day", The Simpsons episode "The Burns Cage", the American Dad! episode "N.S.A. (No Snoops Allowed)", and the Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? episode "Hollywood Knights!"). April 24: Otmar Gutmann, German TV producer, animator and director (creator of Pingu), (d. 1993).https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-otmar-gutmann-1512111.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-otmar-gutmann-1512111.html 2022-05-01 subscription live Obituary: Otmar Gutmann Silvio Mazzola October 20, 1993 The Independent April 27: Patricia Hamilton, Canadian actress (voice of Mother Nature in A Miser Brothers Christmas, Rachel Lynde in Anne of Green Gables: The Animated Series), (d. 2023).Patricia Ruth HamiltonJuly 2026 InternetArchiveBot May May 1: Nelda Ridley, American animation checker (Bakshi Animation, Hanna-Barbera, Cartoon Network Studios), (d. 2003). May 2: Lorenzo Music, American actor (voice of Garfield in Garfield and Friends, Tummi Gummi in Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Peter Venkman in The Real Ghostbusters, Ralph the All-Purpose Animal in Twice Upon a Time), (d. 2001).Associated Press 2001-08-08 Lorenzo Music -- Actor, 64 (Published 2001) en-US The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/08/arts/lorenzo-music-actor-64.html 2021-02-04 0362-4331 mdy-all May 7: Yevhen Syvokin, Soviet and Ukrainian director (Fragments, The Man Who Could Fly, The Tale of Good Rhino, Fraction), ( (d. 2026).Помер Євген Сивокінь — художник-мультиплікатор серії стрічок "Як козаки..." uk2026-05-05 Yevhen Sivokin has died at 88 and Ukraine mourns its animation pioneer https://mezha.net/eng/bukvy/31731df6_yevhen_sivokin_has/ 2026-05-05 Mezhahttps://suspilne.media/culture/1305993-pomer-evgen-sivokin-hudoznik-multiplikator-serii-stricok-ak-kozaki/ Помер Євген Сивокінь — художник-мультиплікатор серії стрічок «Як козаки…» uk Поліна Горлач Суспільне Новини 2026-05-05 2026-05-05 May 8: Thomas Pynchon, American novelist (voiced himself in The Simpsons episodes "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife" and "All's Fair in Oven War"). May 11: Takashi Inagaki, Japanese voice actor (voice of Mosquito in Soul Eater, Cain in The Seven Deadly Sins, Joseph Dzhugashgvili in Saga of Tanya the Evil: The Movie, Godo in the Berserk episode "Epiphany", Japanese dub voice of the Warden in Megamind, Magic Mirror in House of Mouse, Palpatine in Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels), (d. 2025).https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/76b4d42abf9ef9fc18a1d4d9a9b96d8356112596 "俳優・稲垣隆史さん、肺炎のため死去 87歳 『スター・ウォーズ』パルパティーン最高議長役など多くの吹き替えを担当（オリコン）" 2025-03-29 2025-03-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20250330014249/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/76b4d42abf9ef9fc18a1d4d9a9b96d8356112596 dead 俳優の稲垣隆史さん死去、87歳 「スター・ウォーズ」の日本語吹き替えなど担当 https://www.sankei.com/article/20250327-VVTL26BPRJPFZAPT35NQQJE4VY/ 産経新聞：産経ニュース 2025-03-27 2025-03-27 ja May 12: George Carlin, American comedian, actor, author and social critic (voice of Rufus in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures, the Narrator in Thomas & Friends, Zugor in Tarzan II, Fillmore in Cars, Wizard in Happily N'Ever After, Munchie in The Simpsons episode "D'oh-in' in the Wind"), (d. 2008).http://www.cleveland.com/people/index.ssf/2008/06/george_carlin_counterculture_c.html George Carlin, counterculture comedians' dean, dies at 71 Michael Norman The Plain Dealer Cleveland, Ohio June 23, 2008 May 24, 2022https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/23/arts/23iht-24carlin.13905378.html George Carlin, irreverent comedian, dies at 71 Mel Watkins The New York Times June 23, 2008 May 24, 2022 May 16: Yvonne Craig, American actress (voice of Grandma Pig in Olivia), (d. 2015).Booker Brakkton August 19, 2015 Yvonne Craig, Best Known As 'Batgirl', Dies at 78 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/08/19/432862575/yvonne-craig-best-known-as-batgirl-dies-at-78 October 31, 2023 NPR May 24: Bill Exter, American animator (Warner Bros. Animation, Ruby-Spears, Bebe's Kids, The Pagemaster, Cats Don't Dance), production manager (Warner Bros. Animation), animation checker (Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Toonsylvania, Mad Jack the Pirate) and director (Marvel Productions). May 26: Monkey Punch, Japanese manga artist (creator of Lupin III), (d. 2019).ja:＜モンキー・パンチさん＞「ルパン三世」の生みの親が肺炎のため死去 81歳（まんたんウェブ） https://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20190417-00000001-mantan-ent Yahoo! Japan April 16, 2019 jahttps://news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6320588 モンキー・パンチさんが死去 2019/4/17(水) Yahoo!ニュース ja April 17, 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190416170518/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6320588 April 16, 2019 deadSherman Jennifer Lupin III Creator Monkey Punch Passes Away https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2019-04-16/lupin-iii-creator-monkey-punch-passes-away/.145797 Anime News Network April 19, 2019 April 16, 2019https://deadline.com/2019/04/monkey-punch-manga-artist-and-creator-of-lupin-iii-dead-at-81-1202597316/ Monkey Punch, Manga Artist And Creator Of 'Lupin III,' Dead at 81 Boucher Geoff April 17, 2019 Deadline Hollywood April 29, 2019 June June 1: Morgan Freeman, American actor (voice of Vitruvius in The Lego Movie, himself in the Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? episode "The Last Inmate!"). June 2: Sally Kellerman, American actress, singer and author (voice of The Seal in The Mouse and His Child, Sunburn in Happily Ever After, the Narrator in Delgo, Principal Stark in Unsupervised, Marshmallow Queen and Romaine Empress in The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange, Dolores Barren in High School USA!), (d. 2022). https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/24/movies/sally-kellerman-dead.html Sally Kellerman, Oscar-Nominated 'MASH' Actress, Is Dead at 84 The New York Times February 24, 2022 February 25, 2022 Chung Christine limitedSally Kellerman, Hot Lips Houlihan in 'M*A*S*H,' Dies at 84 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/sally-kellerman-dead-hot-lips-houlihan-mash-1235099282/ The Hollywood Reporter February 24, 2022 Cheng, Cheryl June 3: Edward Winter, American actor (voice of Dr. Buzz Kutt and Owner in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, President, Sarge and Guard in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Scientist #1 and other various characters in The Angry Beavers), (d. 2001).https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-11-me-36366-story.html Edward Winter; Character Actor March 11, 2001 L.A. Times Archives Los Angeles Times June 11: Johnny Brown, American actor and singer (voice of Splashdown in Rickety Rocket), (d. 2022).Barnes Mike 2022-03-05 Johnny Brown, Comedian, Singer and 'Good Times' Actor, Dies at 84 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/johnny-brown-dead-good-times-1235104962/ The Hollywood Reporter'Good Times' And Broadway Star Johnny Brown Dies At 84 https://shadowandact.com/good-times-and-broadway-star-johnny-brown-dies-at-84 Shadow and Act March 5, 2022 March 4, 2022Good Times Star Johnny Brown Dead at 84 Irén Henrik, Hungarian cinematographer (Mattie the Goose-boy), (d. 2026).Meghalt Henrik Irén, a Vuk és a Lúdas Matyi operatőre 90 éves volt hu June 15: Waylon Jennings, American singer, songwriter and musician (voice of Judge Thatcher in Tom Sawyer, the Balladeer in The Angry Beavers episode "The Legend of Kid Friendly", himself in the Family Guy episodes "Chitty Chitty Death Bang" and "To Love and Die in Dixie"), (d. 2002).http://articles.cnn.com/2002-02-14/entertainment/obit.waylon.jennings_1_country-music-first-country-album-winter-dance-party?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ Country great Waylon Jennings dies at 64 February 14, 2002 CNN June 29, 2022 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20111216105923/http://articles.cnn.com/2002-02-14/entertainment/obit.waylon.jennings_1_country-music-first-country-album-winter-dance-party?_s=PM:SHOWBIZ December 16, 2011 June 17: Arthur Schmidt, American film editor (Who Framed Roger Rabbit), (d. 2023).Bartlett Rhett August 7, 2023 Arthur Schmidt, Oscar-Winning Film Editor on 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' and 'Forrest Gump,' Dies at 86 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/arthur-schmidt-dead-oscar-winner-film-editor-roger-rabbit-forrest-gump-1235557921/ August 7, 2023 The Hollywood Reporter en-US June 20: Antanas Janauskas, Lithuanian film director, designer and writer, (d. 2016). June 28: Tom Magliozzi, American radio host (voice of Click Tappet in the Arthur episode "Pick a Car, Any Car", and Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns, Rusty Rust-eze in Cars and Cars 3) and television writer (Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns), (d. 2014).https://www.npr.org/2014/11/03/357428287/tom-magliozzi-popular-co-host-of-nprs-car-talk-dies-at-77 Neary, Lynn Tom Magliozzi, Popular Co-Host Of NPR's 'Car Talk,' Dies At 77 2014-11-03 National Public Radio July July 2: Jim Duffy, American animator (Hanna-Barbera, Klasky-Csupo), (d. 2012).Animator Jim Duffy dies at 75, He was key figure at L.A.'s Klasky Csupo https://www.variety.com/article/VR1118051942 Variety 26 March 2012 15 April 2012 Richard Petty, American racing driver (voice of Strip Weathers in the Cars franchise). July 6: Ned Beatty, American actor (voice of Lotso in Toy Story 3, Tortoise John in Rango), (d. 2021).Coyle Jake 2021-06-13 Ned Beatty, titanic character actor of 'Network,' dies at 83 https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/ned-beatty-titanic-character-actor-of-network-dies-at-83-1.5468866 https://web.archive.org/web/20210614025114/https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/ned-beatty-titanic-character-actor-of-network-dies-at-83-1.5468866 dead June 14, 2021 2021-06-15 CTVNews enBarnes Mike 2021-06-13 Ned Beatty, Acclaimed Character Actor in 'Deliverance,' 'Network' and 'Homicide: Life on the Street,' Dies at 83 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/ned-beatty-dead-deliverance-1234967321/ 2021-06-15 The Hollywood Reporter en-US Ro Marcenaro, Italian animator and comics artist, (d. 2020).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/m/marcenaro_ro.htm Ro Marcenaro lambiek.net November 11, 2020 July 12: Bill Cosby, American comedian and actor (creator of Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, Little Bill, and Fatherhood, and voice of the title character in the former). July 13: Hurey, Belgian animator (Belvision) and comics artist, (d. 2001).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hurey.htm Hurey lambiek.net April 7, 2018 July 25: Paul Collins, British actor (voice of John Darling in Peter Pan). July 26: Clifton Jones, Jamaican-British actor (voice of Blackavar in Watership Down), (d. 2025).Remembering Clifton Jones https://gerryanderson.com/en-se/blogs/blog/remembering-clifton-jones 2026-10-09 gerryanderson.comClifton Jones – Space: 1999, The Professionals and Z-Cars actor – dies, aged 87 July 31: Sab Shimono, American actor (voice of Uncle in Jackie Chan Adventures, Takagawa in Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword, the Emperor in Samurai Jack, Gyatso in Avatar: The Last Airbender, Mr. Murakami in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Grandpa Park in Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters, K3NT in the Legion of Super Heroes episode "The Man from the Edge of Tomorrow"). August August 4: David Seidler, British-American screenwriter (Quest for Camelot, The King and I), (d. 2024).David Seidler Dies: Academy Award-Winning Writer For ‘The King's Speech’ Was 86 August 8: Tom Georgeson, British actor (voice of Jacob in the Animated Tales of the World episode "The Enchanted Lion: A Story from Germany"), dies at age 88.Paton Ryan Tom Georgeson dies aged 89 as family 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 Dustin Hoffman, American actor and filmmaker (voice of Master Shifu in the Kung Fu Panda franchise, Milquetoast the Cross-Dressing Cockroach in A Wish for Wings That Work, Benedict Arnold in Liberty's Kids, Roscuro in The Tale of Despereaux, Mr. Bergstrom in The Simpsons episode "Lisa's Substitute"). August 21: Masako Sugaya, Japanese actress (voice of Maki Aikawa in Aim for the Ace!, Remi in Nobody's Boy: Remi, Ganko in Perman), (d. 2021).声優の菅谷政子さん死去 83歳 病気療養中 「エースをねらえ!」愛川マキ役など Sponichi ANNEX March 3, 2021 https://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2021/03/03/kiji/20210303s00041000308000c.html スポーツニッポン新聞社 March 3, 2021Voice Actress Masako Sugaya Passes Away at 83 Anime News Network March 3, 2021 https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-03-03/voice-actress-masako-sugaya-passes-away-at-83/.170174 March 3, 2021 September September 2: Len Carlson, Canadian actor (voice of Green Goblin in Spider-Man, Herc Stormsailor in Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, Professor Coldheart in Care Bears, Bert Raccoon in The Raccoons, Putter in Popples, Papa Kitty in Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater, Buzz in Cyberchase, Pappy in Rolie Polie Olie, Minimus P.U. in Atomic Betty, Principal Mulligan in Flying Rhino Junior High, Robert Kelly in X-Men: The Animated Series, Ganon in The Legend of Zelda and Captain N: The Game Master, Loki in The Marvel Super Heroes), (d. 2006).http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060509.OBCARLSON09/TPStory/Obituaries https://archive.today/20080828230946/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060509.OBCARLSON09/TPStory/Obituaries dead August 28, 2008 LEN CARLSON, CARTOON VOICE ARTIST: 1937-2006 Lawlor Alison May 9, 2006 The Globe and Mail S9 September 6: Jo Anne Worley, American actress and comedian (voice of Armoire the Wardrobe in Beauty and the Beast, Hopopotamus in The Wuzzles, Nose in Pound Puppies, Sgt. Bertha Blast in The All-New Popeye Hour, Queen Morphia in Nutcracker Fantasy, Bouffant Beagle in the DuckTales episode "The Good Muddahs", Mrs. Rockweller in the Kim Possible episode "Downhill"). Sergio Aragonés, Spanish-born Mexican cartoonist and writer (voice of Paco in The Casagrandes episode "Mexican Makeover", himself in the Futurama episode "Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences"). Joe Denton, American background artist (Ghostbusters, She-Ra: Princess of Power, Warner Bros. Animation) and storyboard artist (Camp Candy, Warner Bros. Animation, Jumanji, Sabrina: The Animated Series, Family Guy), (d. 2003). September 10: Brian Murray, South African actor and theater director (voice of Long John Silver in Treasure Planet), (d. 2018).https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Tony-Nominee-Brian-Murray-Passes-Away-at-80-20180821 Tony Nominee Brian Murray Passes Away at 80 21 August 2018 21 August 2018 BroadwayWorld September 13: Don Bluth, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios) and film director (Banjo the Woodpile Cat, The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Rock-a-Doodle, Thumbelina, A Troll in Central Park, The Pebble and the Penguin, Anastasia, Bartok the Magnificent, Titan A.E., founder of Sullivan Bluth Studios and Fox Animation Studios). Fred Silverman, American television executive and producer (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, Mighty Orbots, Piggsburg Pigs!, creator of Meatballs & Spaghetti), (d. 2020). https://deadline.com/2020/01/fred-silverman-dies-legendary-tv-executive-producer-was-82-1202847035/ Fred Silverman Dies: Legendary TV Executive & Producer Was 82 Pedersen Erik Petski Denise Deadline Hollywood January 30, 2020 May 31, 2022 September 15: Anatoly Petrov, Russian film director and animator (Happy Merry-Go-Round, Polygon), (d. 2010).Famous Russian animator Anatoly Petrov died by Vesti.ru, March 3, 2010 (in Russian) September 21: Ron Cobb, American cartoonist, animator, director and screenwriter (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 2020).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/cobb_ron.htm Ron Cobb lambiek.net September 28: Rod Roddy, American radio and television announcer (voice of Mike the Microphone in House of Mouse, Johnny in the Garfield and Friends episode "Over the Rainbow"), (d. 2003).'Price Is Right' Announcer Rod Roddy Dies https://apnews.com/article/0ed39287cb229196e60b3216a39d8969 2022-05-20 AP NEWS October October 11: Ron Leibman, American actor (voice of Ron Cadillac in Archer, Rabbi in the Rugrats episode "Chanukah", Geofredo in the Duckman episode "Papa Oom M.O.W. M.O.W."), (d. 2019).Koseluk Chris December 6, 2019 Ron Leibman, Actor in 'Angels in America,' 'Where's Poppa?' and 'Friends,' Dies at 82 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/ron-leibman-dead-actor-angels-america-wheres-poppa-friends-was-82-1197320/ December 1, 2023 The Hollywood Reporter en-US October 15: Linda Lavin, American actress and singer (voice of Mama Bird in the Courage the Cowardly Dog episode "Watch the Birdies", Helen in the Bob's Burgers episode "It Snakes a Village", Barb in Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules, Mrs. Steunberg in Whitewash), (d. 2024).Andreeva Nellie Linda Lavin Dies: 'Alice' Star & Tony-Winning Broadway Actor Was 87 https://deadline.com/2024/12/linda-lavin-dead-alice-no-good-deed-tony-winner-1236243483/ Deadline Hollywood December 29, 2024Barnes Mike Linda Lavin, Busy Broadway Actress and Star of TV's 'Alice,' Dies at 87 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/linda-lavin-dead-alice-broadway-actress-1236095539/ The Hollywood Reporter December 29, 2024 October 17: Paxton Whitehead, English actor (voice of King Salazar in Wakko's Wish, Commander in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest episode "The Darkest Fathoms"), (d. 2023). https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/20/arts/television/paxton-whitehead-dead.html Paxton Whitehead, Actor Who Found Humor in the Stodgy, Dies at 85 Slotnik Daniel E. 20 June 2023 20 June 2023 The New York Times limitedRitman Alex Barnes Mike June 19, 2023 Paxton Whitehead, Stage Veteran and 'Back to School' Actor, Dies at 85 https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/paxton-whitehead-dead-theater-veteran-back-to-school-1235518889/ June 23, 2023 The Hollywood Reporter en-US October 20: Jonas Rodrigues de Mello, Brazilian actor (voice of Shadowseat in Cassiopeia, Montanha in The Happy Cricket and the Giant Bugs, Brazilian dub voice of various villains in Dragon Ball Z and Rataxes in The Adventures of Babar), (d. 2020).https://istoe.com.br/jonas-mello-de-flor-do-caribe-morre-aos-83-anos/ Ator Jonas Mello, de 'Flor do Caribe', morre aos 83 anos November 19, 2020 November November 4: Loretta Swit, American actress (voice of Marcia Cates in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Mad as a Hatter", Judge in the I Am Weasel episode "Law of Gravity"), (d. 2025).Loretta Swit, Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on ‘M*A*S*H,’ Dies at 87 November 6: Eugene Pitt, American musician (composed the theme music of Nickelodeon), (d. 2018).https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/177935/doo-wop-singer-eugene-pitt-passes Doo-Wop Singer Eugene Pitt Passes Allaccess.com June 30, 2018 November 12: Pino Colizzi, Italian actor and voice actor (Italian dub voice of Charlie B. Barkin in All Dogs Go to Heaven, Robin Hood in Robin Hood), (d. 2026).Pino Colizzi è morto, il grande doppiatore aveva 88 anni: ha dato la voce a Michael Douglas e Jack Nicholson it15 February 2026 Morto a 88 anni lo storico doppiatore Pino Colizzi, voce di Robert De Niro e Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now https://www.virgilio.it/notizie/morto-a-88-anni-lo-storico-doppiatore-pino-colizzi-voce-di-robert-de-niro-e-martin-sheen-in-apocalypse-now-17359522026-02-15 Serena Tropea 2026-02-15 it-IT Addio a Pino Colizzi, maestro del doppiaggio italiano https://www.dire.it/15-02-2026/1215026-addio-a-pino-colizzi-maestro-del-doppiaggio-italiano/ Agenzia Dire Mills Lane, American boxing referee (host of Celebrity Deathmatch), (d. 2022).Beloved Reno boxing icon Mills Lane dies at age 85 https://www.rgj.com/story/news/2022/12/06/beloved-reno-icon-mills-lane-dies-at-age-85/69705520007/ 2022-12-26 Reno Gazette Journal en-US December December 1: Bruce Brown, American film director (voice of the Narrator in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One"), (d. 2017).https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-bruce-brown-20171211-story.html Bruce Brown, Who Turned Surfing into a Cultural Phenomenon with 'The Endless Summer,' Dies at 80 Steve Marble Los Angeles Times December 11, 2017 Gennady Sokolsky, Russian children's book illustrator, animator and film director (Happy Merry-Go-Round, Well, Just You Wait!, The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin), (d. 2014).Legendary Russian Animator Sokolsky Dies At 78 by Radio "Liberty", December 27, 2014. December 14: Jerry Eisenberg, American animator (The Peter Potamus Show, My Little Pony, Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles, Super Friends, Spider-Man, House of Mouse), (d. 2025).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/eisenberg_jerry.htm Jerry Eisenberghttps://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jerry-eisenberg-dead-animator-peter-potamus-wacky-races-fangface-1236137150/ Jerry Eisenberg, 'Peter Potamus,' 'Wacky Races' and 'Fangface' Animator, Dies at 87 The Hollywood Reporter February 14, 2025 February 15, 2025https://www.newsfromme.com/2025/02/12/jerry-eisenberg-r-i-p/ Jerry Eisenberg, R.I.P. News from Me February 12, 2025 February 15, 2025Magazine Animation 2025-02-13 Animation Producer & Designer Jerry Eisenberg Dies Age 87 https://www.animationmagazine.net/2025/02/animation-producer-designer-jerry-eisenberg-dies-age-87/ 2025-02-18 Animation Magazine en-US December 21: Jane Fonda, American actress, activist, and former fashion model (voice of Shuriki in Elena of Avalor, The Dragon in Luck, Grandmamah in Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken, Maxine Lombard in The Simpsons episode "Opposites A-Frack"). Deaths April April 10: Ralph Ince, American cartoonist, animator, actor, film director and screenwriter (worked as an animator under Winsor McCay), dies at age 50.https://books.google.com/books?id=9cc71Uekc_EC&pg=PA455 Encyclopedia of Early Cinema 9780203482049 Abel Richard August 2004 Taylor & Francis Motion Picture Studio Directory and Trade Annual, 1921, p. 267-ancestry.comRalph Ince Killed In Crash In London The New York Times April 12, 1937 1 July July 4: Georg Jacob, German orientalist and Turkologist, (he produced scholarly research into the subject of shadow play. Shadow plays are considered a precursor to silhouette animation), dies at age 75.Guo Li Arabic Shadow Theatre 1300-1900: A Handbook 2020 Brill 978-90-04-43615-2 18 https://books.google.com/books?id=fF75DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA18 18 January 2021 enCharles C. Torrey, review of Festschrift Georg Jacob by Theodor Menzel and The Macdonald Presentation Volume, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 54 (1934), 89–91 (p. 89), DOI: 10.2307/594329The Silhouette Film Jouvanceau Pierre trans. Kitson 2004 Pagine di Chiavari Le Mani Genoa 88-8012-299-1 July 20: Elmer Wait, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, namesake of Elmer Fudd), dies at age 23. October October 17: George R. Tweedie, English businessman, (he gained fame in 1891 by running a popular magic lantern show, titled "Gossip about Ghosts". The show, which cost sixpence, consisted of fifty slides, each illustrating a story about ghosts or supernatural occurrences), dies at age 79–80.http://www.magiclantern.org.uk/srllists/srldetails/92320.html Gossip about ghosts Slide Readings Library The Magic Lantern Society 26 February 2011 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110728062407/http://www.magiclantern.org.uk/srllists/srldetails/92320.html 28 July 2011 Page 35, Paranormal Media: Audiences, Spirits and Magic in Popular Culture, Author: Annette Hill, Publisher: Routledge, 2010, 9781136863189, ...One public lecture titled 'Gossip about Ghost' by former chemist George Tweedie claimed 'spook hunting has recently become as fashionable as Slumming'...Page 220, The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science; with which is Incorporated the "Chemical Gazette.": A Journal of Practical Chemistry in All Its Applications to Pharmacy, Arts and Manufactures, Volume 37, Contributor: William Crookes, Publisher:Chemical news office, 1878, ...A process for coating iron with magnetic oxide by the action of heated air. By George R. Tweedie... See also List of anime by release date (pre-1939) Sources External links Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb