1941 in animation
Events in 1941 in animation.
Events
January
- January 4: Chuck Jones' Elmer's Pet Rabbit premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions and starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.[1]
February
- February 27: 13th Academy Awards
- The Milky Way, directed by Rudolf Ising, produced by the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. It is the first animated cartoon not produced by Disney to win an Oscar.[2]
- Pinocchio, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, wins the Academy Award for Best Original Score, while When You Wish Upon a Star wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[2]
March
- March 15: Tex Avery's Tortoise Beats Hare premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions. It marks the first time that Bugs Bunny loses, Cecil Turtle makes his debut.[3]
- March 28: African American stereotyping as Lantz promised to never include the offensive racist content for his subsequent films after apologizing from this.[5]
April
- April 11: The Fleischer Studios release an adaptation of Johnny Gruelle's children's stories, Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy.[6]
- April 19: Tex Avery's Porky's Preview premieres, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, starring Porky Pig.[7]
May
- May 24: Tex Avery's Hollywood Steps Out, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, is first released. It features caricatures of Hollywood stars.[8]
- May 29: Walt Disney Animation Studios a five-week strike breaks out to ask for higher payment and privileges. While the demands are eventually met, several animators are either fired by Disney or quit.[9]
June
- June 11: Jack King's Early to Bed, starring Donald Duck, directed by Jack King, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios premieres.[10]
- June 20:
- Riley Thomson's The Nifty Nineties premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, starring Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse.[12]
July
- July 2: Speaking of Animals.[13]
- July 5: Tex Avery's The Heckling Hare, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, starring Bugs Bunny, is first released.[14]
- July 7: With Woody Woodpecker, Woody Woodpecker's second film appearance, produced by Walter Lantz, the bird becomes star of his own long-running animated series.[15]
- July 19: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera direct The Midnight Snack, produced by MGM. This is the second cartoon to star Tom and Jerry and the first in which they are officially named.[16]
August
- August 11: The Screwdriver, produced by Walter Lantz, is released, being the last Woody Woodpecker cartoon featuring Mel Blanc as Woody's voice.[17] Afterwards Leon Schlesinger Productions takes an exclusivity contract on Blanc's voice.[18]
- August 30: Bob Clampett's The Henpecked Duck is first released, starring Daffy Duck, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions.[19]
September
- September 2: Tex Avery joins the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio.[20]
- September 13: Tex Avery's All This and Rabbit Stew, starring Bugs Bunny, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premieres. It's the final cartoon for Warners directed by Avery and his final cartoon starring Bugs.[21]
- September 26: Paramount Pictures launches an animated film series based on Superman, produced by Fleischer Studios, which kicks off with the first film Superman.[22]
October
- October 3: Lend a Paw, starring Pluto, directed by Clyde Geronimi, produced by the Walt Disney Studios, is first released.[23]
- October 23: Ben Sharpsteen, Norman Ferguson, Wilfred Jackson, Bill Roberts, Jack Kinney and Samuel Armstrong's Dumbo, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released. It becomes a surprise box office hit, helping Disney win back some of their financial losses caused by World War II cutting off their European market.[24]
November
- November 14: Goofy holler sound effect, provided by Hannes Schroll.[25]
- November 19:
- In China Wan Guchan and Wan Laiming release Princess Iron Fan, the first Chinese animated feature film.[26]
- The war bonds.[27]
- November 24: Pantry Panic starring Woody Woodpecker, directed and produced by Walter Lantz, premieres.[28]
December
- December 5:
- The Fleischer Studios release their second animated feature film Mr. Bug Goes to Town which becomes such a colossal flop that the studio goes bankrupt.[29]
- The Color Rhapsody The Fox and the Grapes, produced by Screen Gems and directed by Frank Tashlin, is first released and marks the debut of the Fox and the Crow.[30]
- December 6: Friz Freleng's Rhapsody in Rivets, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premieres.[31]
- December 12: The war bonds.[32]
- December 20: Tex Avery's Wabbit Twouble, starring Bugs Bunny, produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, premieres. Avery directed the short, but after he left the studio Bob Clampett finished the picture.[33]
- December 26: Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.[34]
Specific date unknown
- Roberto Sgrilli creates the animated short Il Barone di Münchhausen.[35]
Films released
- January 1 - Princess Iron Fan (China)
- July 21 - The Reluctant Dragon (United States)
- October 23 - Dumbo (United States)
- December 5 - Mr. Bug Goes to Town (United States)
Births
January
- January 5: Hayao Miyazaki, Japanese animator, director, producer, screenwriter, author and manga artist (co-founder of Studio Ghibli).
- January 8:
- Graham Chapman, English actor and comedian (occasional voices in Terry Gilliam's animated shorts in Monty Python's Flying Circus and the film spin-offs), (d. 1989).[36]
- Star Wirth, American xerographer (Hanna-Barbera, The Pagemaster, Warner Bros. Animation), (d. 2012).
- January 11:
- January 12: Long John Baldry, English-Canadian singer and voice actor (voice of Dr. Robotnik in Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Mistle Toad in Toad Patrol, Komplex in Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars), (d. 2005).[38]
- January 21: Izzy's Quest for Olympic Gold, Grace in the TaleSpin episode "Waiders of the Lost Treasure", Pomona in the Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers episode "Dirty Rotten Diapers", Boom Boom Beagle in the DuckTales episode "The Good Muddahs", She-Hulk in The Incredible Hulk episode "Enter: She-Hulk", Kangaroo Waitress in The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Dooepisode "Scooby in Kwackyland").
- January 22: Rintaro, Japanese director (Galaxy Express 999, Metropolis).
- January 24: Gary K. Wolf, American author (Who Framed Roger Rabbit).
- January 31:
- Gerald McDermott, American film director, children's book writer and illustrator, (d. 2012).[39]
- Ron Thompson, American actor (voice of Tony and Pete in American Pop, Cops in Last Days of Coney Island), (d. 2024).[40][41]
- Turbo: F.A.S.T., Miss Heinous in Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Granny Goodness in Harley Quinn, Athena in the Justice League Action episode "The Trouble With Truth"), (d. 2021).[42]
March
- March 5: Errol Le Cain, English children's book illustrator and animator (worked for Richard Williams), (d. 1989).[43]
- March 23: A Kockásfülű nyúl), (d. 2020).
- March 24: David Fox, Canadian actor (voice of Captain Haddock in The Adventures of Tintin, Sentinels and Master Mold in X-Men), (d. 2021).[44]
- March 28:
- Charles Swenson, American animator (Twice Upon a Time, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Rugrats, Mike, Lu & Og).
- Alf Clausen, American composer (The Simpsons, The Critic).
- March 29: John W. Hyde, American producer (Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, Film Roman, Harriet the Spy).
- March 30: Graeme Edge, English musician, songwriter and poet (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "Viva Ned Flanders"), (d. 2021).[45][46]
April
- April 2: Dr. Demento, American radio broadcaster and record collector (voiced himself in the Bobby's World episode "Bobby's Big Boo-Boo", and The Simpsons episode "Sideshow Bob Roberts").
- April 7: Danny Wells, Canadian actor (voice of Bush and Raul in Heathcliff, Luigi in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, King Hugo III in Potatoes and Dragons, Gus in Willa's Wild Life), (d. 2013).[47]
- April 13: Arvo Nuut, Estonian film operator and film producer (Tallinnfilm, Nukufilm), (d. 2021).[48]
- April 18: Phillip Young, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, Looney Tunes: Back in Action), (d. 2021).[49]
- April 28:
- Ann-Margret, Swedish-American actress, singer, and dancer (portrayed Bebe DeBarge in Happy!, voice of Ann-Margrock in The Flintstones episode "Ann-Margrock Presents").
- Mike Renzi, American composer, music director, pianist and jazz musician (Sesame Street), (d. 2021).[50]
May
- May 4:
- Jannik Hastrup, Danish writer, director, producer, illustrator and animator (Benny's Bathtub, Samson & Sally, War of the Birds).
- John Kimball, American animator ().
- May 6: William Moritz, American animation film historian, (d. 2004).
- May 13: Dwi Koendoro, Indonesian comics artist, animator (made an animated series based on his comics series Legenda Sawung Kampret) and film producer (head of Indonesian Animation Association), (d. 2019).[51]
- May 18: Miriam Margolyes, English-Australian actress (portrayed Grandma Rosy in Balto, and Aunt Sponge in James and the Giant Peach, voice of the Matchmaker in Mulan, Mrs. Plithiver in Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole, Queen Oofeefa in Early Man, Shirley Finster in Rugrats, Giraffe and Squirrel in Tinga Tinga Tales, Nana in Nina Needs to Go!, Bessie in the 101 Dalmatian Street episode "A Summer to Remember", Astrid in Hilda).
- May 23: Nicole Jaffe, Canadian actress (original voice of Velma Dinkley in Scooby-Doo).
- May 24: Party Wagon), overseas supervisor (You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown, CatDog), producer (ChalkZone) and director (Spider-Man, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Cartoon Network Studios, Peanuts specials, Sofia the First, Bee and PuppyCat).
- May 31: Nicole Van Goethem, Belgian cartoonist, animator and film director (A Greek Tragedy), (d. 2000).[52]
June
- June 2:
- Jeff Winkless, American voice actor (d. 2006).[53]
- Stacy Keach, American actor (voice of the Phantasm and Carl Beaumont in Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Robert Vance in the Batman Beyond episode "Lost Soul", Roland De Fleures in The Zeta Project episode "The Next Gen").
- June 4: Jackie Banks, American animation checker and scene planner (Hanna-Barbera, This Is America, Charlie Brown, The Simpsons, Tom and Jerry: The Movie), (d. 1995).
- June 15:
- June 19: Linda Dangcil, American actress (voice of Carmen Alonso / Raya in Jem, Homeless Woman in the Static Shock episode "Frozen Out", additional voices in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo), (d. 2009).[55]
- June 21: Joe Flaherty, American actor, comedian (portrayed Count Floyd in The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley, voice of Lawyer and General in Heavy Metal, Big Dracula in Little Dracula, Hooft in The Legend of Tarzan, Snorkel in The Santa Claus Brothers, Cloaked Skull in Teamo Supremo, Jeb in Home on the Range, Western Union Manager, Don Knotts' Assistant and Vatican Messenger in Family Guy, Abe's Foster Dad in Clone High, Car Door Owner in the American Dad! episode "Delorean Story-An"), and television writer (wrote the Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated episode "Theater of Doom"), (d. 2024).[56][57][58]
- June 22: Michael Lerner, American actor (voice of Mayor Ebert in Godzilla: The Series, Producer in 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure), (d. 2023).[59]
July
- July 5: Terry Cashman, American record producer and singer-songwriter (performed the song "Talkin' Softball" in The Simpsons episode "Homer at the Bat").
- July 9: Studio Pierrot), film director and producer (Science Ninja Team Gatchaman), screenwriter and novelist, (d. 2009).[60]
- July 10:
- Ian Whitcomb, English entertainer, singer-songwriter, composer (Bugs Bunny: Superstar), record producer, writer, broadcaster and actor (voice of the Narrator in A Christmas Carol), (d. 2020).[61]
- Robert Pine, American actor (voice of Octavio in Elena of Avalor, Bishop in Frozen, Santa Peterson in the Rocket Power episode "A Rocket X-Mas", Fisherman in the Avatar: The Last Airbender episode "The Storm").[62]
- July 13: Robert Forster, American actor (voice of Major Forsberg in Todd McFarlane's Spawn, The President in Justice League Unlimited, Jack J. Kurtzman in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Jack Chapman and Police Officer in the Godzilla: The Series episode "Wedding Bells Blew", Lucky Jim in The Simpsons episode "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes", General Bryce in the Transformers: Prime episode "Grill"), (d. 2019).[63]
- July 21:
- George Clinton, American singer, songwriter, record producer and bandleader (voice of King Quincy in Trolls World Tour.)
- July 24: Marc Strange, Canadian actor (voice of Forge in X-Men: The Animated Series, Lord Glenn in Silver Surfer), (d. 2012).[64]
- July 28:
- Dianne Jackson, English film director (The Snowman), (d. 1992).[65]
- Voltron: Defender of the Universe, announcer for Toonami, original voice of Monterey Jack in Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers).
- July 29: David Warner, English actor (voice of Ra's al Ghul in the DC Animated Universe, the Lobe in Freakazoid! and the Teen Titans Go! episode "Huggbees", the Master Control Program in Tron, Rob/Dr. Wrecker in The Amazing World of Gumball, Alpha in Men in Black: The Series, Victor Frankenstein in Toonsylvania, Lord Angstrom in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Nergal in Grim & Evil, Duke Richard of Lionsgate, Krasus, Sir Morgan and Maldon's Commander in The Legend of Prince Valiant, Herbert Landon and Red Skull in Spider-Man, Archmage in Gargoyles, Old Man and Oldsy in What's New, Scooby-Doo?, Talon in the Mighty Max episode "Souls of Talon", Zarm in the Captain Planet and the Planeteers episode "The Dream Machine", Ice Breaker in the Biker Mice from Mars episode "Below the Horizon", the Glyph in the Captain Simian & the Space Monkeys episode "Rhesus Pieces", Arthur Dearborn in the Iron Man episode "Cell of Iron", narrator in Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin and A Valentine for You), (d. 2022).[66]
- July 30: Paul Anka, Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actor (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror VI").
August
- August 4:
- Martin Jarvis, English actor and producer (voice of Saitine in Wreck-It Ralph, Alfred Pennyworth in Batman: Assault on Arkham, continued voice of Nergal in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy).
- Richard Trueblood, American animator (A Family Circus Christmas, Filmation), storyboard artist (Maxie's World, Goof Troop, Sonic the Hedgehog, Bonkers), sheet timer (Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Disney Television Animation, DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, Animaniacs, DIC Entertainment, The Incredible Hulk, Adelaide Productions, All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series, Histeria!, The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue, The Wild Thornberrys, The New Woody Woodpecker Show, The Oblongs, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Clifford's Really Big Movie), producer (Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Space Cats, Bonkers, Fantastic Four) and director (Filmation, Garbage Pail Kids, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Disney Television Animation, Biker Mice from Mars, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Dexter's Laboratory), (d. 2019).
- August 8: A Johnny Bravo Christmas, Leonard Kanifky in Bonkers, Rhino in Batman: The Animated Series, Horace Bleakman in Clifford the Big Red Dog, Captain Montecero in The New Adventures of Zorro, Doctor, Monster, Mr. Hobson and TV Narrator in Grim & Evil and The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Mr. Gordon and The Ghost of Chef Pierre Goulash in the A Pup Named Scooby-Doo episode "Robopup", Vice President Obsequious in The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries episode "Spooker of the House", Simon Stagg in the Justice League episode "Metamorphosis", William Howard Taft in the Time Squad episode "White House Weirdness", Nick in the Buzz Lightyear of Star Command episode "Holiday Time", continued voice of Senor Senior Sr. in Kim Possible, additional voices in Bruno the Kid, The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor, What-a-Mess, Capitol Critters, Problem Child and The Addams Family), (d. 2023).[67]
- August 14: David Crosby, American singer, guitarist, and songwriter (voiced himself in The Simpsons episodes "Marge in Chains" and "Homer's Barbershop Quartet"), (d. 2023)..[68][69][70]
- August 16: Paul Hecht, English-born Canadian actor (voice of the title character in Johnny Cypher in Dimension Zero, Army Veterinarian in My Dog Tulip, additional voices in Courage the Cowardly Dog).
- August 25: Dan Hennessey, Canadian actor (voice of Father Bear in Little Bear, Braveheart Lion in the Care Bears franchise, Bully Koopa in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World, The Commissioner in The Adventures of Sam & Max: Freelance Police, Sir Hotbreath in Blazing Dragons, Ruckus in X-Men: The Animated Series, Turbo Tu-Tone in COPS, Genghis Rex in Dinosaucers, Dizzy in Rock & Rule).
- August 29:
September
- September 10: Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist and science historian (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "Lisa the Skeptic"), (d. 2002).[72]
- September 14: Yuri Norstein, Soviet and Russian animator (Hedgehog in the Fog, Tale of Tales, The Overcoat).
- September 16: David Hemblen, English-born Canadian actor (voice of Magneto in X-Men, Vault-Keeper in Tales from the Cryptkeeper, Asmodeus in Redwall, The Night Master in Yin Yang Yo!), (d. 2020).[73]
- September 24: Linda McCartney, American photographer and activist (voiced herself in The Simpsons episode "Lisa the Vegetarian", Welhelmina in Tropic Island Hum), (d. 1998).[74]
October
- October 9: Warren Luening, American musician and trumpeter (Walt Disney Animation Studios, The Nightmare Before Christmas, A Goofy Movie, Casper, Pixar, Space Jam, Anastasia, Family Guy, Stuart Little 2, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, The Polar Express, Ice Age: The Meltdown, The Ant Bully, Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo, The Simpsons Movie, Horton Hears a Who!, Shrek Forever After, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked, Despicable Me 2), (d. 2012).
- October 21: Marcell Jankovics, Hungarian graphic artist, film director and author (Sisyphus, The Struggle), (d. 2021).[75]
- October 23: Mel Winkler, American actor (voice of Lucius Fox in The New Batman Adventures, Johnny the snowman in Oswald, Commissioner Henderson in the Superman: The Animated Series episode "Feeding Time"), (d. 2020).[76]
- October 25:
- Helen Reddy, Australian-American pop singer and actress (portrayed Nora in Pete's Dragon, voiced herself in Family Guy), (d. 2020).[77]
- Gordon Tootoosis, Saskatchewan actor (voice of Kekata in Pocahontas, Mushom in Wapos Bay, Gordy in Open Season), (d. 2011).[78]
November
- November 1: Robert Foxworth, American actor (voice of Professor Hamilton in Justice League Unlimited, Race Bannon in season 2 of The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest).
- November 5: Yoshiyuki Tomino, Japanese anime creator, animator, director, screenwriter, songwriter and novelist (creator of the Gundam franchise).
- November 8: Julian Antonisz, Polish film director (Sun: A Non-Camera Film 1977, aka Słońce - film bez kamery), (d. 1987).[79]
- November 11: Russell Horton, American actor (voice of Kat's Father in Trix Rabbit).
- November 12: Dave Brain, American animator ().
- November 20: Dr. John, American singer and songwriter (voice of The Sun in Whoopi's Littleburg, performed the theme songs of Whoopi's Littleburg and Curious George, and "Down in New Orleans" in The Princess and the Frog), (d. 2019).[80]
- November 22: Cilia van Dijk, Dutch film producer (Anna & Bella), (d. 2023).[81]
- November 23:
- Eduard Nazarov, Russian animator, children's book illustrator and voice actor (Once Upon a Dog), (d. 2016).[82]
- Franco Nero, Italian actor, producer, and director (voice of Uncle Topolino in Cars 2).
- November 24: Simon Singer, American actor (voice of Slightly in Peter Pan).
- November 28: Shannon Farnon, Canadian actress (voice of Kim Butler in Valley of the Dinosaurs, Wonder Woman in Super Friends).
December
- December 9: Beau Bridges, American actor (voice of Sheriff Scaly Briggs in Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero, Yoshio Onodera in From Up on Poppy Hill, Prince Kuramochi in The Tale of the Princess Kaguya).
- December 10:
- Chad Stuart, English singer and actor (voice of Flaps the vulture in The Jungle Book), (d. 2020).[83]
- Fionnula Flanagan, Irish actress (voice of Granny and Macha in Song of the Sea).
- December 29: Ray Thomas, English multi-instrumentalist, flautist, singer and member of The Moody Blues (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "Viva Ned Flanders"), (d. 2018).[84]
Specific date unknown
- Will Vinton Productions, Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase).
- Barry Otto, Australian actor (voice of Mayor Wilberforce Cranklepot in Blinky Bill the Movie and Echidna in Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole).
Deaths
August
- August 13: J. Stuart Blackton, British animator and film director (The Enchanted Drawing, Humorous Phases of Funny Faces), dies at age 66.[85][86][87][88][89]
October
- October 8: Win Smith, Canadian-American animator and comics artist (Penguin Pete, Looney Luke, Mickey Mouse, Looney Tunes), dies at age 53.[90]
See also
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External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb