1917 in animation

none Events in 1917 in animation. Films released Unknown date – The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy (United States) 19 January - Mr. Adequate Stalks Again (United States) 22 January – Kaiser (Brazil) 4 February: Colonel Heeza Liar On The Jump (United States) Throwing the Bull (United States) 11 March – Roses and Thorns (United States) 19 March – Colonel Heeza Liar, Spy Dodger (United States) 27 March - The Adventures of Izzy - Leprechaun Yard (United States) April – Imokawa Mukuzo Genkanban no Maki (Japan) 12 April – Robbers and Thieves (United States) 29 April – The Cook (United States) 1 May - The Adventures of Izzy - The Father Intervenes (United States) 7 May – Farmer Al Falfa's Wayward Pup (United States) 27 May – Moving Day (United States) June – Some Barrier (United States) 24 June – All Is Not Gold That Glitters (United States) 29 June - The Adventures of Izzy - To the Moon (United States) 30 June – Namakura Gatana (Japan) July – His Trial (United States) 2 August - The Adventures of Izzy - Apples in the Face (United States) 5 August – A Krazy Katastrophe (United States) 20 August – Colonel Heeza Liar's Temperance Lecture (United States) 30 October - The Adventures of Izzy - Hallowing Eves (United States) 9 November – El Apóstol (Argentina) 14 December - The Adventures of Izzy - Izzy the Winter Soldier (United States) Births January January 11: Margaret Wright, American actress (voice of Casey Junior in Dumbo), (d. 1999).http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0942620/ Margaret Wright IMDb May 15, 2020 January 24: Ernest Borgnine, American actor (voice of Carface in All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 and All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series, Mermaid Man in SpongeBob SquarePants, himself in The Simpsons episode Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood), (d. 2012).Ernest Borgnine died of kidney failure, his publicist says http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/07/ernest-borgnine-died-of-kidney-failure.html Los Angeles Times 8 July 2012 Kate Mather and Ashley Powers March March 12: Millard Kaufman, American screenwriter (co-creator of Mr. Magoo), (d. 2009). Werner Klemke, German animator, illustrator and comics artist (worked as an animator in the late 1930s), (d. 1994).https://www.lambiek.net/artists//k/klemke_werner.htm Werner Klemke lambiek.net April April 8: John Whitney, American animator, composer and inventor (Five Film Exercises, co-animated the opening sequence of Vertigo), (d. 1995).https://books.google.com/books?id=kDZ7DwAAQBAJ&q=john+whitney+22+september+1995&pg=PT1014 A Dictionary of the Avant-Gardes 9781351267106 Kostelanetz Richard 2018-11-15 April 9: Rolf Kauka, German comics artist and film director (Fix and Foxi), (d. 2000).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kauka_rolf.htm Rolf Kauka lambiek.net April 7, 2018 April 15: Hans Conried, American actor (voice of George Darling and Captain Hook in Peter Pan, Snidely Whiplash in Dudley Do-Right, Wally Walrus in Woody Woodpecker), (d. 1982).Hans Conried, 66 https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30811F7385C0C758CDDA80894DA484D81 Hans Conried, a versatile character actor and comedian who entertained audiences on stage, radio and television and in films for more than 40 years, died of a heart attack yesterday in a hospital in Burbank, Calif. A resident of Hollywood, he was 66 years old. Mr. Conried, a tall, ... The New York Times January 6, 1982 2009-01-21 April 17: Martha Sigall, American animator, inker and painter (Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 2014).Martha Goldman Sigall (1917-2014) http://blogs.indiewire.com/animationscoop/martha-goldman-sigall-1917-2014-20141213 December 14, 2014 Animation Scoop December 13, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141226233302/http://blogs.indiewire.com/animationscoop/martha-goldman-sigall-1917-2014-20141213 December 26, 2014 dead mdy-all April 18: Warren Batchelder, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng, Peanuts special), (d. 2007).http://www.animationguild.org/_Info/In_memoriam/a-c/batchelder.html animationguild.org 2019-07-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20100627175817/http://www.animationguild.org/_Info/In_memoriam/a-c/batchelder.html 2010-06-27 dead mdy-all April 19: Ge Ge Pearson, American actress (second voice of Crusader Rabbit in Crusader Rabbit), (d. 1975). May May 1: Fyodor Khitruk, Russian animator and film director (The Story of a Crime, Film, Film, Film, Winnie-the-Pooh, O, Sport, You - the Peace!), (d. 2012).http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_person&pid=100 Russian animation in letters and figures People Khitruk Fedor S. www.animator.ru 29 October 2019 May 7: David Tomlinson, English actor, singer and comedian (portrayed George Banks in Mary Poppins, Professor Emelius Brown in Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Sir John and voice of Polar Bear in The Water Babies), (d. 200). May 11: Dean Elliott, American composer (Chuck Jones, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Ruby-Spears Productions), (d. 1999).Dean Elliott 1917-1999 - Ancestry® https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/dean-elliott-24-l1v7d3 October 26, 2021 Ancestry.com May 16: Hal Seeger, American animator, comics writer and comics artist (Fleischer Studios, Batfink, Milton the Monster), (d. 2005).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/seeger_hal.htm Hal Seeger lambiek.net May 23: Tatiana Riabouchinska, Russian ballerina (co-served as a dance model in the Dance of the Hours segment in Fantasia and Two Silhouettes segment in Make Mine Music), (d. 2000).http://michaelminn.net/andros/biographies/riabouchinska_tatiana.htm Tatiana Riabouchinska (1917-2000) michaelminn.net 12 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20051223125440/http://michaelminn.net/andros/biographies/riabouchinska_tatiana.htm 23 December 2005 dead June June 2: Brice Mack, American film director and painter (Walt Disney Company), (d. 2008).https://www.animationmagazine.net/people/disney-background-painter-mack-dies-at-90/ Disney Background Painter Mack Dies at 90 January 16, 2008 June 24: Wilma Baker, American animator (Walt Disney Company), (d. 2016).http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1584141/ Wilma Baker IMDb May 5, 2020https://animationguildblog.blogspot.com/2016/09/wilma-baker-rip.html Wilma Baker, RIP Steve Hulett September 6, 2016 May 5, 2020 July July 16: Bill Woodson, American actor (narrator in Super Friends), (d. 2017).http://aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=18708 William Woodson – Aveleyman 2023-06-13 2023-06-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20230614035031/https://aveleyman.com//ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=18708 dead July 17: Phyllis Diller, American actress and comedian (voice of the Queen in A Bug's Life, Thelma Griffin in Family Guy, the Monster's Mate in Mad Monster Party?, the White Queen in Alice Through the Looking Glass, Grandma Neutron in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius, the Sugar Plum Fairy in The Nuttiest Nutcracker, Jane Goodair in the Captain Planet and the Planeteers episode "Smog Hog", Suzy Squirrel in the Animaniacs episode "The Sunshine Squirrels", Lillian in The King of the Hill episode "Escape from Party Island", Mitzi in the Hey Arnold! episode "Grandpa's Sister", Mask Scara in The Powerpuff Girls episode "A Made Up Story", herself in The New Scooby-Doo Movies episode "A Good Medium is Rare"), (d. 2012).https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/21/arts/television/phyllis-diller-sassy-comedian-dies-at-95.html?_r=1&hp Laughs Were on Her, by Design The New York Times August 20, 2012 Richard Severo Peter KeepnewsBuerger Megan Phyllis Diller, comedian, dies at 95 https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/phyllis-diller-comedienne-dies-at-95/2012/08/20/8ae3f856-6d20-11e0-ae7a-6c971efb038f_story.html August 21, 2012 The Washington Post August 20, 2012Duke Alan Comedian Phyllis Diller dies 'with a smile on her face' https://www.cnn.com/2012/08/20/showbiz/phyllis-diller-obit/index.html November 14, 2012 CNN August 22, 2012 Gus Arriola, Mexican-American comics artist and animator (Screen Gems, MGM), (d. 2008).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/arriola_gus.htm Gus Arriola lambiek.net April 7, 2018 August August 2: Wah Chang, Chinese-American designer, sculptor, animator and animation producer (Pinocchio, Bambi), (d. 2003).Wah Ming Chang, 86; Special-Effects Master Worked on 'Time Machine' https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-dec-30-me-chang30-story.html 30 December 2003 Los Angeles Times 20 July 2009 August 13: Selby Kelly, American comic artist and animator (worked for Walt Disney Animation, Warner Bros. Animation Studios, MGM Animation, Walter Lantz, George Pal's Puppetoons, Hanna-Barbera, Jay Ward, Bill Melendez, Chuck Jones), (d. 2005).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kelly_selby.htm Selby Kelly lambiek.net January 15, 2022 August 28: Jack Kirby, American comics artist and animator (Fleischer Studios, Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears), (d. 1994).https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kirby.htm Jack Kirby lambiek.net August 29: Isabel Sanford, American actress and comedian (voice of Betsy in the Wait Till Your Father Gets Home episode "Help Wanted", Shirley McLoon in the A Pup Named Scooby-Doo episode "A Bicycle Built for Boo!", Bernice in the Pepper Ann episode "Cocoon Gables", voiced herself in The Simpsons episode "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore"), (d. 2004).https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/13/arts/isabel-sanford-86-actress-who-portrayed-mrs-jefferson.html Isabel Sanford, 86, Actress Who Portrayed Mrs. Jefferson Shattuck Kathryn July 13, 2004 The New York Times July 20, 2022 September September 18: June Foray, American actress (voice of Lucifer in Cinderella, Granny and Witch Hazel in Looney Tunes, Knothead and Splinter in Woody Woodpecker, Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Natasha Fatale and Nell Fenwick in Rocky and Bullwinkle, Jokey Smurf in The Smurfs, Grammi Gummi in Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Magica De Spell and Ma Beagle in DuckTales, Grandmother Fa in Mulan), (d. 2017).https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/june-foray-voice-of-rocky-the-flying-squirrel-dead-at-99/2017/07/27/fa50e4d6-7310-11e7-8c17-533c52b2f014_story.html Obituaries June Foray, voice of Rocky the Flying Squirrel, dead at 99 The Washington Post July 27, 2017 July 27, 2017 Terry Wallace dead https://web.archive.org/web/20170805103823/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/june-foray-voice-of-rocky-the-flying-squirrel-dead-at-99/2017/07/27/fa50e4d6-7310-11e7-8c17-533c52b2f014_story.html August 5, 2017https://variety.com/2017/tv/people-news/june-foray-dead-dies-rocky-natasha-bullwinkle-1202508180/ June Foray, Voice of 'Bullwinkle Show's' Natasha and Rocky, Dies at 99 Terry Flores July 26, 2017 July 26, 2017 Variety September 27: Carl Ballantine, American magician, comedian, and actor (voice of Al G. Swindler in Garfield and Friends, Lenny Luntz in the Spider-Man episode "Sins of the Fathers: Chapter 13: Goblin War", Huska in the Freakazoid! episode "Lawn Gnomes: Chapter IV – Fun in the Sun"), (d. 2009).https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/afterword/2009/11/carl-ballantines-final-exit.html Comedian-magician Carl Ballantine's final exit November 4, 2009 Dennis McLellan The Los Angeles Times May 6, 2011 October October 2: Alma Duncan, Canadian painter, graphic artist, and film director (Kumak the Sleepy Hunter, Hearts and Soles), (d. 2004).Alma: the life and art of Alma Duncan (1917-2004) McSorley Tom Maheux Anne Meloche Jaclyn Sinclair Catherine Tovell Rosemarie L. Ottawa Art Gallery & Judith & Norman Alix Art Gallery 2014 978-1-894906-49-4 Ottawa 165 November November 7: Iosif Boyarsky, Russian animator and animated film director (worked for Soyuzmultfilm), (d. 2008).Veteran of Russian Model Animation Iosif Boyarsky Passes Away http://www.russia-ic.com/news/show/5953/ Lenta IC Russia 2008-03-14 2008-03-23 November 11: Herbert Klynn, American animator (UPA, founder of Format Films), (d. 1999). December December 18: Ossie Davis, American actor, director, writer, and activist (voice of Yar in Dinosaur), (d. 2005).http://www.today.com/popculture/ossie-davis-found-dead-miami-hotel-room-2D80555152 Ossie Davis found dead in Miami hotel room Associated Press Today February 9, 2005 December 22: Frankie Darro, American actor (voice of Lampwick in Pinocchio), (d. 1976).http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0201660/ Frankie Darro IMDb May 20, 2020 December 30: Wesley Tuttle, American country music singer (did the yodeling in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), (d. 2003). References External links Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb