1926 in animation
Events in 1926 in animation.
Films released
- Unknown date:
- Coast To Coast (United States)
- The Huntsman (United States)
- 1 January – Alice on the Farm (United States)
- 10 January –Felix the Cat Spots the Spook (United States)
- 15 January:
- Alice's Balloon Race (United States)
- Alice's Orphan (United States)
- 23 January – The Wind Jammers (United States)
- 24 January – Felix the Cat Flirts with Fate (United States)
- February – The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Germany)
- 1 February – Alice's Little Parade (United States)
- 7 February – Felix the Cat in Blunderland (United States)
- 15 February – Alice's Mysterious Mystery (United States)
- 21 February – Felix the Cat Fans the Flames (United States)
- 7 March – Felix the Cat Laughs it Off (United States)
- 21 March – Felix the Cat Weathers the Weather (United States)
- 4 April – Felix the Cat Uses His Head (United States)
- 18 April – Felix the Cat Misses the Cue (United States)
- 2 May – Felix the Cat Braves the Briny (United States)
- 16 May – A Tale of Two Kitties (United States)
- 30 May – Felix the Cat Scoots Through Scotland (United States)
- 13 June – Felix the Cat Rings the Ringer (United States)
- 27 June – School Daze (United States)
- 4 July – Jungle Sports (United States)
- 11 July – Felix the Cat Seeks Solitude (United States)
- 25 July – Felix the Cat Misses His Swiss (United States)
- 8 August – Gym Gems (United States)
- 22 August – Two-Lip Time (United States)
- 5 September – Scrambled Yeggs (United States)
- 6 September – Alice Charms the Fish (United States)
- 15 September – Dog Gone (United States)
- 17 September:
- A Knight Out (United States)
- Why Argue (United States)
- 19 September – Felix the Cat Shatters the Sheik (United States)
- 20 September – Alice's Monkey Business (United States)
- 3 October – Felix the Cat Hunts the Hunter (United States)
- 4 October – Alice in the Wooly West (United States)
- 17 October – Land O' Fancy (United States)
- 18 October – Alice the Fire Fighter (United States)
- 26 October:
- Buck Fever (United States)
- Through Thick and Thin (United States)
- 31 October – Felix the Cat Bursts a Bubble (United States)
- 1 November – Alice Cuts the Ice (United States)
- 14 November – Reverse English (United States)
- 15 November – Alice Helps the Romance (United States)
- 28 November – Felix the Cat Trumps the Ace (United States)
- 29 November – Alice's Spanish Guitar (United States)
- 12 December – Felix the Cat Collars the Button (United States)
- 13 December – Alice's Brown Derby (United States)
- 27 December – Alice the Lumberjack (United States)
- 28 December – Zoo Logic (United States)
- 31 December – Where Friendship Ceases (United States)
Births
January
- January 8: Soupy Sales, American comedian, actor, radio/television personality and jazz aficionado (voice of the title character in the Donkey Kong segment of Saturday Supercade), (d. 2009).[1]
February
- February 6: Walker Edmiston, American actor (voice of Ernie the Keebler Elf from The Keebler Company, Squiddly Diddly and Yakky Doodle in Yogi's Ark Lark, various characters in Down and Dirty Duck, Inferno in The Transformers, Sir Thornberry in Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Whizzer in Spider-Man, Fire Lord Azulon in the Avatar: The Last Airbender episode "Zuko Alone", Marty in the Ben 10 episode "Permanent Retirement"), (d. 2007).
- February 8: Allan Rich, American actor (voice of Edward "King" Barlowe in The New Batman Adventures episode "Joker's Millions"), (d. 2020).[2]
- February 11: Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American producer (The Secret World of Benjamin Bear), actor and comedian (voice of the Narrator in The Railway Dragon and Katie and Orbie, Boomer in Pumper Pups, the title character in Zeroman), (d. 2010).[3]
- February 14: Al Brodax, American film and television producer (Paramount, King Features, The Beatles, Yellow Submarine), (d. 2016).[4]
- February 16: David Frankham, British actor (voice of Sergeant Tibbs in One Hundred and One Dalmatians).
- February 22: Kenneth Williams, British comedian and actor (the narrator and other voices in Willo the Wisp), (d. 1988).[5]
March
- March 16: Jerry Lewis, American comedian, actor, singer, director, producer, writer and humanitarian (voice of the title character in The Nutty Professor, Stationmaster in Curious George 2: Follow That Monkey!, Professor John Frink, Sr. in The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XIV"), (d. 2017).[6]
- March 18: Peter Graves, American actor (voice of General Warning and the Narrator in The Angry Beavers episode "The Day the World Got Really Screwed Up", Instructor Voice in the Mickey Mouse Works episode "How To Be A Spy", Sheldon Miller in the Minoriteam episode "Tax Day", Mr. Pibb in the American Dad! episode "A.T. the Abusive Terrestrial"), (d. 2010).[7]
- March 25: Gene Shalit, American retired journalist, television personality, critic and author (voice of Gene Scallop in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "The Krusty Sponge", himself in The Critic episodes "Pilot", "Marty's First Date" and "Siskel and Ebert & Jay & Alice").
April
- April 1: Jack Grimes, American actor (voice of Jimmy Olsen in The New Adventures of Superman, Sparky and Chim-Chim in Speed Racer), (d. 2009).
- April 8: David Detiege, American film director (The Man from Button Willow, Shinbone Alley), animation writer (Warner Bros. Cartoons), animator, producer, and director, (d. 1984).[8]
- April 9: Hugh Hefner, American magazine editor (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "Krusty Gets Kancelled" and the Family Guy episode "Airport '07"), (d. 2017).[9]
- April 12: Jane Withers, American actress (voice of Laverne in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Hunchback of Notre Dame II), (d. 2021).
- April 22: Charlotte Rae, American actress, comedian, and singer (voice of Aunt Pristine Figg in Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Adrienne Van Leydon in Itsy Bitsy Spider, Nanny in 101 Dalmatians: The Series), (d. 2018).[10]
- April 30: Cloris Leachman, American actress and comedian (voice of Hydia in My Little Pony: The Movie, Gran in The Croods franchise, Granny Goodness in Justice League Action, Old Female Airplane Passenger in Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Mrs. Tensedge in The Iron Giant, Anne Doofenshmirtz in Phineas and Ferb, Old Marceline in Adventure Time, Dola in Castle in the Sky, Mrs. Glick in The Simpsons episode "Three Men and a Comic Book"), (d. 2021).[11]
May
- May 8: Don Rickles, American comedian and actor (voice of Mr. Potato Head in the Toy Story franchise, Cornwall in Quest for Camelot), (d. 2017).[12]
- May 13: Norman Maurer, American comics artist, animator, screenwriter, and film producer (Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1986).[13]
- May 15: Regis Cordic, American actor (voice of Diablo in Fantastic Four, Apache Chief and Black Manta in The All-New Super Friends Hour, Bald Doctor in Puff the Magic Dragon, The Clock in The Mouse and His Child, Quintessons and Menasor in The Transformers), (d. 1999).
- May 19: Eve Brenner, American actress (voice of Queen Mousetoria in The Great Mouse Detective).
- May 28: Bob Ogle, American actor (voice of Kwicky Koala in The Kwicky Koala Show, Digger the Mole in Shirt Tales), animator and writer (Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1984).
June
- June 1: Andy Griffith, American actor, comedian, television producer, singer and writer (voice of the Narrator in Frosty's Winter Wonderland, Santa Claus in Christmas Is Here Again), (d. 2012).[14]
- June 13: Paul Lynde, American comedian and actor (voice of Templeton in Charlotte's Web, Mildew Wolf in Cattanooga Cats, Claude Pertwee in Where's Huddles?, Sylvester Sneekly/The Hooded Claw in The Perils of Penelope Pitstop), (d. 1982).[15][16]
- June 16:
- Jack Curtis, American actor (voice of Pops Racer in Speed Racer), (d. 1970).
- Roberto Gavioli, Italian animator (Once Upon a Time, The Night the Animals Talked), (d. 2007).[17]
- June 28: Mel Brooks, American actor, comedian and filmmaker (voice of the narrator in The Critic, Wiley in Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Bigweld in Robots, President Skroob and Yogurt in Spaceballs: The Animated Series, Albert Einstein in Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Vlad in Hotel Transylvania 2 and Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, Rogman in The Guardian Brothers, Luteau in Leap!, Melephant Brooks in Toy Story 4 and Forky Asks a Question, The Shogun in Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank, Mad Hatter in the Dora the Explorer episode "Dora in Wonderland", Santa Claus in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius episode "Holly Jolly Jimmy", Canine in the Glenn Martin, DDS episode "A Very Martin Christmas", Grandpa Mel in the Special Agent Oso episode "On Old MacDonald's Special Song", himself in The Simpsons episode "Homer vs. Patty and Selma").
July
- July 14: Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, musician and singer (voice of Balthazar in Rango), (d. 2017).[18]
August
- August 3: Tony Bennett, American singer (voice of Bobgoblin's Singing Voice in the Wallykazam! episode "Wally Saves the Trollidays", himself and performed the song "Capital City" in The Simpsons episodes "Dancin' Homer", "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade" and "Whiskey Business").
- August 7: Stan Freberg, American comedian and actor (voice of the beaver in Lady and the Tramp, Junior Bear and Pete Puma in Looney Tunes, Mo-Ron in Freakazoid!, Dr. Whipple in The Garfield Show), (d. 2015).[19][20]
- August 14: René Goscinny, French comics writer, artist, magazine publisher animation director (Asterix and Cleopatra, Daisy Town, The 12 Tasks of Asterix, La Ballade des Dalton), (d. 1977).[21]
- August 22: Sandy Wogatzke, American animation checker (Jetsons: The Movie), (d. 2022).[22]
September
- September 7: Don Messick, American actor (voice of Boo-Boo Bear and Ranger Smith in Yogi Bear, Bamm-Bamm Rubble in The Flintstones, Astro in The Jetsons, Muttley in Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, the title character in the Scooby-Doo franchise), (d. 1997).
- September 16: Tommy Bond, American actor (voice of Beans in Looney Tunes, speaking voice of Owl Jolson in I Love to Singa), (d. 2005).
- September 19: James Lipton, American writer, lyricist and actor (voice of The Director in Bolt, himself in The Simpsons episodes "The Sweetest Apu" and "Homer the Father"), (d. 2020).[23]
- September 23: Henry Silva, American actor (voice of Bane in the DC Animated Universe), (d. 2022).[24]
- September 28: Larry Roberts, American actor (voice of Tramp in Lady and the Tramp), (d. 1992).[25]
- September 29: Russ Heath, American comic book artist and animator (G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero), (d. 2018).[26][27]
October
- October 1: Ben Wicks, English-born Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author (co-creator of Katie and Orbie), (d. 2000).[28]
- October 11: Earle Hyman, American actor (voice of Panthro in ThunderCats), (d. 2017).[29]
- October 12: Antonia Rey, Cuban-born American actress (portrayed Assunta Bianchi in Happy!, voice of Abuela and Wizzles in Dora the Explorer, additional voices in Courage the Cowardly Dog), (d. 2019).[30]
- October 18: Yoram Gross, Polish-born Australian producer (Dot and the Kangaroo and its sequels), (d. 2015).
- October 23: G. Stanley Jones, Canadian actor (voice of Lex Luthor in Challenge of the Superfriends, Riff Raff in Heathcliff), (d. 1998).
November
- November 2: Howard Post, American animator, cartoonist, and comic strip and comic book writer-artist (Famous Studios), (d. 2010).
- November 7: Kay Hawtrey, Canadian actress (voice of Emily's Grandmother in Little Bear, Grandma in Max & Ruby, Miss Primrose in The Raccoons episode "Making the Grade!"), (d. 2022).
- November 8: Jack Mendelsohn, American writer-artist (Hanna-Barbera, Yellow Submarine, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), (d. 2017).
- November 14: Tom Hatten, American cartoonist, TV presenter (host of The Popeye Show) and actor (voice of Farmer Fitzgibbons in The Secret of NIMH), (d. 2019).[31]
- November 16: Joan Gardner, American actress (voice of Spunky in The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole, Mrs. Wetworth in Snorks), (d. 1992).
December
- December 11: Dick Tufeld, American actor, announcer, and narrator (announcer and narrator for Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Spider-Woman, Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show, The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians, Fantastic Four, Histeria!, voiced the Robot from Lost in Space in The Simpsons episodes "Mayored to the Mob" and "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore"), (d. 2012).
- December 12: Roman Kroitor, Canadian filmmaker (Universe, creator of SANDDE), (d. 2012).
- December 16: Jeffrey Stone, American model (model for Prince Charming in Cinderella), (d. 2012).[32]
- December 22: José Luis Moro, Spanish animator and comics artist (La Familia Telérín), (d. 2015).[33]
References
- Goldstein, Richard (October 23, 2009). "Soupy Sales, Slapstick Comedian, Dies at 83". The New York Times. p. A26. Retrieved June 23, 2022.
- Barnes, Mike (2020-08-24). "Allan Rich, Character Actor Who Overcame the Blacklist, Dies at 94". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2023-04-11.
- "Leslie Nielsen, star of 'Airplane!' and 'Naked Gun,' dead at 84". CNN. 28 November 2010. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012.
- "R.I.P. "Yellow Submarine" Producer Al Brodax (1926-2016)". Animation Scoop. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- "Kenneth Williams". IMDb.
- Natale, Richard; Dagan, Carmel (August 20, 2017). "Jerry Lewis, Comedy Legend, Dies at 91". Variety.
- Peter Graves, ‘Mission: Impossible’ Star, Dies at 83. The New York Times via Internet Archive. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
- "David Detiege". IMDb. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- "Hugh Hefner, Playboy Magazine Founder and Star of Girls Next Door, Dies at 91". MSN. September 27, 2017. Retrieved September 27, 2017.
- Rossi, Rosemary (August 5, 2018). "Charlotte Rae, Mrs Garrett in '80s Sitcom 'The Facts of Life,' Dies at 92". TheWrap. Retrieved August 6, 2018.
- Dore, Shalini (March 29, 2010). "Claiborne Cary dies at 78, Actress was also a cabaret performer". Variety. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
- Schudel, Matt (April 6, 2017). "Don Rickles, lightning-fast launcher of comic insults, dies at 90". The Washington Post. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
- "Norman Maurer". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- Martin, Douglas (July 3, 2012). "Andy Griffith, TV's Lawman and Moral Compass, Dies at 86". The New York Times.
- Paul Simon (12 January 1982). "Paul Lynde Suffers Heart Attack: Dead at 55". The Daily Times. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
- Rush & Molloy (1 September 2005). "Lynde Bio Squarely Denies He OD'd". New York Daily News. Retrieved 2013-07-29.
- "Roberto Gavioli". IMDb.
- Brammer, Jack (September 15, 2007). "Kentucky-born actor Harry Dean Stanton dies at 91". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
- Byrge, Duane (April 7, 2015). "Stan Freberg, Acclaimed Satirist, Dies at 88". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
- Martin, Douglas (April 7, 2015). "Stan Freberg, Madcap Adman and Satirist, Dies at 88". The New York Times. Retrieved April 8, 2015.
- "René Goscinny". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "Sandy Wogatzke". IMDb.
- Koseluk, Chris (March 2, 2020). "James Lipton, Creator and Host of 'Inside the Actors Studio,' Dies at 93". The Hollywood Reporter.
- Pedersen, Erik (September 16, 2022). "Henry Silva Dies: Prolific Actor in Manchurian Candidate', Ocean's 11 & Johnny Cool was 95". Deadline.
- "Larry Roberts (Visual voices guide)".
- "Russ Heath Passes Away at 91". Newsarama. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- "Russ Heath". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- Hermant, Norman (September 10, 2000). "The pen and Ben Wicks". CBC Digital Archives.
- "Earle Hyman, Grandpa Huxtable on 'The Cosby Show,' Dies at 91". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
- Seelye, Katharine Q. (March 22, 2019). "Antonia Rey, Latin Actress of Stage and Screen, Dies at 92". nytimes.com. Archived from the original on March 22, 2019. Retrieved June 24, 2022.
- Bennett, Anita (March 17, 2019). "Tom Hatten Dies: Former 'Popeye and Friends' & 'Family Film Festival' Host Was 92". Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- "Jeffrey Stone". IMDb. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- "José Luis Moro".
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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