1914 in animation

Events in 1914 in animation.

Events

Raoul Barré and Bill Nolan develop the peg and slash system, to respectively keep animated drawings in the exact same order and place, and to keep background drawings and character drawings separate. They also establish their own studio, Barré-Nolan, which is the first animation studio in history. ^[1]
J.R. Bray establishes his own studio, J.R. Bray Productions, pioneering the factory system in animation. ^[2]

February

February 18: Winsor McCay releases Gertie the Dinosaur, a landmark in full-blown animation and character animation. ^[3]

Films released

10 January – Colonel Heeza Liar's African Hunt (United States)
18 February – Gertie the Dinosaur (United States)
14 March – Colonel Heeza Liar Shipwrecked (United States)
18 April – Colonel Heeza Liar In Mexico (United States)
18 May – Colonel Heeza Liar, Farmer (United States)
15 August – Colonel Heeza Liar, Explorer (United States)
26 September – Colonel Heeza Liar In The Wilderness (United States)
24 October – Colonel Heeza Liar, Naturalist (United States)
21 November – The Police Dog (United States)

Births

January

January 27: Bill Littlejohn, American animator (Van Beuren Studio, Tom & Jerry, Walter Lantz, Jay Ward Productions, Animation Inc., Fine Arts Films, The Ink Tank, Peanuts specials), (d. 2010).^[4]
January 29: Susi Weigel, Austrian illustrator, comics artist and animator, (d. 1990).^[5]

February

February 6: Thurl Ravenscroft, American actor and singer (voice of Monstro the Whale in Pinocchio, the alligator in Lady and the Tramp, Tony the Tiger in the animated ads, Paul Bunyan in Paul Bunyan, Captain in One Hundred and One Dalmatians, singer of You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch in How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, Billy Bass in The Aristocats, Kirby in The Brave Little Toaster), (d. 2005).^[6]
February 9: Bill Justice, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 2011).^[7]

March

March 4: Ward Kimball, American animator (Walt Disney Company), and one of Disney's Nine Old Men, (d. 2002).^[8]
March 15: Joe E. Ross, American actor (voice of Oxx in The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik, Botch in Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch!, Sergeant Flint in Hong Kong Phooey, Officer Gunther Toody in the Wait Till Your Father Gets Home episode "Car 54", Roll in CB Bears, Daniel in No Man's Valley), (d. 1982).^[9]
March 22: Sonny Burke, American composer (Lady and the Tramp), (d. 1980).^[10]

April

April 7: Nikolay Fyodorov, Russian animator, film director and cartoonist (co-directed The Snow Queen), (d. 1994).^[11]
April 9: Joaquim Muntañola, Spanish animator and comics artist (Gonzalez the Fakir), (d. 2012).^[12]
April 11: Norman McLaren, Scottish-American animator, film director and producer (Neighbours, Rythmetic, Blinkity Blank, Pas de deux), (d. 1987).^[13]
April 20: Betty Lou Gerson, American actress (narrator in Cinderella, voice of Cruella de Vil in One Hundred and One Dalmatians), (d. 1999).^[14]^[15]

May

May 12: Joy Batchelor, English animator, film producer and director (Halas & Batchelor, Animal Farm, the animated music video of Love Is All by Roger Glover), (d. 1991).^[16]
May 16: Reg Hill, English model-maker, animator, and producer (worked for Gerry Anderson), (d. 1999).^[17]
May 19: Maurice Rapf, American screenwriter (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Gnomes), (d. 2003).^[18]^[19]^[20]
May 21: John Hubley, American animator, film director, producer, screenwriter and comics artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios, UPA and Sesame Street), (d. 1977).^[21]
May 30: Milt Neil, American comics artist and animator (The Walt Disney Company, Walter Lantz), (d. 1997).^[22]

June

June 3: Roy Glenn, American actor (voice of Br'er Frog in Song of the South, Uncle Tom in Uncle Tom's Bungalow), (d. 1971).
June 11: Gerald Mohr, American actor (voice of Mister Fantastic in Fantastic Four, Green Lantern in The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure), (d. 1968).
June 17: Manuel Perez, Mexican-American animator and director (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Bill Melendez Productions, DePatie-Freleng, Hanna-Barbera, Fritz the Cat), and comics writer, (d. 1981).^{[citation needed]}
June 24: Paul Julian, American animator, background artist (My Little Pony: The Movie, Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, sound effects artist (Warner Bros. Cartoons), and voice actor (voice of Road Runner), (d. 1995).^[23]

July

July 3: George Bruns, American composer (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1983).^[24]
July 11:
- Hal Adelquist, American animator, animation producer and storyboard writer (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1981).^[25]
- Irving Spector, American animator and comics artist (Fleischer Studios, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1977).^[26]
July 23: Evelyn Lambart, Canadian animator and film director (co-directed Begone Dull Care, and A Chairy Tale), (d. 1999).^[27]^[28]

August

August 9: Martin Taras, American comics artist and animator (Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios, Hanna-Barbera, Terrytoons, Ralph Bakshi), and character designer (Baby Huey), (d. 1994).^[29]
August 14: Boris Dyozhkin, Russian film director, caricaturist and animator (Cipollino, Fitil), (d. 1992).^[30]
August 15: Carl Brandt, American musician (The Dick Tracy Show, The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo, Tom & Jerry), (d. 1991).^[31]
August 26: Richard Thompson, American animator and film director (Warner Bros. Cartoons, MGM, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Bill Melendez), (d. 1998).^[32]

September

September 3: Willis Pyle, American animator (Walt Disney Company, Walter Lantz, UPA, Peanuts specials, co-creator of Mr. Magoo), (d. 2016).^[33]^[34]^[35]
September 26: Jack LaLanne, American fitness & nutrition guru and motivational speaker (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "The Old Man and the 'C' Student"), (d. 2011).^[36]

October

October 6: Robert C. Bruce, American voice actor (narrator of various Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons), (d. 2003).^[37]
October 28: Dody Goodman, American actress (voice of Miss Miller in Alvin and the Chipmunks), (d. 2008).^[38]

November

November 6: Jonathan Harris, American actor (voice of Professor Jones in Freakazoid!, Manny in A Bug's Life, Geri the Cleaner in Toy Story 2, Count Blogg in Rainbow Brite, Grumblebee in Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night, Sunflower in Happily Ever After, Athos in The Three Musketeers, Lance Lyons in Foofur, the Devil in The Mask, Stickley Rickets in Channel Umptee-3, Era in Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, the title character in The Bolt Who Screwed Christmas, Phineas Sharp in the Darkwing Duck episode "In Like Blunt", Miles Warren in the Spider-Man episode "The Return of Hydro-Man", Ajed Al-Gebraic in the Aladdin episode "Destiny on Fire", Lord Gargan in the Mighty Ducks episode "The Final Face Off"), (d. 2002).^[39]
November 11: Mel Leven, American composer and lyricist (wrote "Cruella de Vil" for One Hundred and One Dalmatians), (d. 2007).
November 22: Frank Graham, American radio presenter and actor (voice of the Big Bad Wolf in Droopy, the Mouse in Slap Happy Lion and King-Size Canary, the title characters in The Fox and the Crow, the Lion in Jerry and the Lion, narrator in Chicken Little and The Three Caballeros), (d. 1950).^[40]^[41]

December

December 1: Michel Douay, French comics artist, illustrator and animator (worked for Paul Grimault's studio) (d. 2010).^[42]
December 19: Mel Shaw, American animator (Walt Disney Company), (d. 2012).^[43]^[44]
December 20: Charles McKimson, aka Chuck McKimson, American animator and comics artist (Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1999).^[45]
December 27: Jack Bradbury, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 2004).^[46]
December 30: Nicolai Shutorev, American singer (singing voice of Giovanni Jones in the Looney Tunes cartoon "Long-Haired Hare"), (d. 1948).^[47]

Specific date unknown

Chad Grothkopf, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Company, Fleischer Studios, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng, Chuck Jones, Jay Ward, Terrytoons, Tiny Toon Adventures), (d. 2005).^[48]
Oscar Conti, aka Oski, Argentine cartoonist, caricaturist, animator and comics artist (The First Foundation of Buenos Aires), (d. 1979).^[49]
Phil DeLara, American animator and comics artist (Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1973).^[50]

References

^ "Raoul Barré".
^ "J.R. Bray".
^ "Winsor McCay".
^ Solomon, Charles (September 21, 2010). "Obituary: Bill Littlejohn dies at 96; animation artist; Littlejohn worked on cartoon shorts and longer animated specials. He helped animators unionize". Los Angeles Times.
^ "Susi Weigel". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
^ "Thurl Ravenscroft, Voice of Tony the Tiger, Dies at 91". The New York Times. May 25, 2005. Retrieved March 23, 2012.
^ "Bill Justice". IMDb. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
^ Eades, Mark, "Disneyland Railroad engineers fire up the locomotives every morning" Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, Orange County Register, June 1, 2010.
^ "Joe E. Ross Dies at 67. Actor in TV's 'Car 54'". The New York Times. Associated Press. August 15, 1982. Retrieved 2015-11-05.
^ Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 368. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
^ "Russian animation in letters and figures | People | Fedorov Nikolai P". Animator.ru. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
^ "Joaquim Muntañola". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
^ Dobson, Nichola (25 January 2018). Norman McLaren : between the frames. New York. ISBN 9781501328794. OCLC 1015372165.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ "Betty Lou Gerson". IMDb. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
^ "Voice of 'Cruella De Vil' dies". January 15, 1999. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
^ "OBITUARIES". Variety. Los Angeles: Penske Business Media. May 27, 1991. ProQuest 1305834891.
^ "Reginald Eric Hill - Deaths & Burials [1] - Genes Reunited". www.genesreunited.co.uk. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
^ Ronald Bergan (8 May 2003). "Obituary: Maurice Rapf". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ "Maurice Rapf, 88, Screenwriter and Film Professor". The New York Times. 18 April 2003. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ "Maurice Rapf (1914-2003)". Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ Flint, Peter "John Hubley, 62, Leading Creator, Producer of Animated Films, Dies". The New York Times. Published February 23, 1977. Accessed January 23, 2023.
^ "Milt Neil". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
^ "Fullerton Heritage Views & Tours-The Fullerton Post Office". www.fullertonheritage.org. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
^ "The Original Mickey Mouse Club Show: Big George". Originalmmc.com. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
^ "MMC Crew: Hal Adelquist". Originalmmc.com. Retrieved 2015-09-24.
^ "Irving Spector". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
^ "Evelyn Lambart". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
^ "Eve Lambart". Collections page. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved February 25, 2011.
^ "Martin B. Taras". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
^ http://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_person&pid=976 Boris Dyozhkin] at Animator.ru
^ TV Music Composer Dies at age 76, Mobile Register, April 29, 1991, pg. 4
^ "Richard Thompson". IMDb. Retrieved Aug 2, 2020.
^ Barnes, Mike (June 8, 2016). "Willis Pyle, Famed Animator on 'Pinocchio' and 'Mr. Magoo,' Dies at 101". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
^ "Willis Pyle, animator – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. June 27, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
^ Hayward, Anthony (June 21, 2016). "Willis Pyle obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
^ Goldstein, Richard (January 24, 2011). "Jack LaLanne, Father of Fitness Movement, Dies at 96". The New York Times.
^ "Robert Bruce Jr. Obituary (2003) The Greenville News". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
^ Michael Kuchwara (2008-06-23). "Dody Goodman, stage and tv comedian, dies at 93". Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 26, 2008.
^ Pace, Eric (2002-11-05). "Jonathan Harris, 87, Dr. Smith in 60's TV Series Lost in Space". The New York Times. Jonathan Harris, a versatile character actor perhaps best known for his role as the villainous Dr. Smith in the science-fiction fantasy series Lost in Space on CBS television, died on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 87 and lived in the Encino section of Los Angeles. He had been hospitalized for a back injury, but died of a blood clot...
^ Erickson, Hal (23 May 2014). From Radio to the Big Screen: Hollywood Films Featuring Broadcast Personalities and Programs. McFarland. ISBN 9781476615585.
^ Tucker, David C. (27 May 2018). Gale Storm: A Biography and Career Record. McFarland. ISBN 9781476632469.
^ "Michel Douay". lambiek.net. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
^ Barnes, Mike (30 November 2012). "Legendary Disney Animator Mel Shaw Dies at 97". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^ Nelson, Valerie J. (29 November 2012). "Mel Shaw dies at 97; Disney design artist". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^ "Chuck McKimson". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
^ "Jack Bradbury". lambiek.net. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
^ "Nicolai Shutorev". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. 1948-11-05. p. 25.
^ "Chad Grothkopf". lambiek.net.
^ "Oski". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
^ "Phil De Lara". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

External links

Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb

[1] "Raoul Barré".

[2] "J.R. Bray".

[3] "Winsor McCay".

[LAT-4] Solomon, Charles (September 21, 2010). "Obituary: Bill Littlejohn dies at 96; animation artist; Littlejohn worked on cartoon shorts and longer animated specials. He helped animators unionize". Los Angeles Times.

[5] "Susi Weigel". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 2, 2020.

[Death-6] "Thurl Ravenscroft, Voice of Tony the Tiger, Dies at 91". The New York Times. May 25, 2005. Retrieved March 23, 2012.

[7] "Bill Justice". IMDb. Retrieved May 15, 2020.

[8] Eades, Mark, "Disneyland Railroad engineers fire up the locomotives every morning" Archived 2012-02-06 at the Wayback Machine, Orange County Register, June 1, 2010.

[obit-9] "Joe E. Ross Dies at 67. Actor in TV's 'Car 54'". The New York Times. Associated Press. August 15, 1982. Retrieved 2015-11-05.

[LarkinGE-10] Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 368. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.

[11] "Russian animation in letters and figures | People | Fedorov Nikolai P". Animator.ru. Retrieved 2022-09-24.

[12] "Joaquim Muntañola". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved 8 December 2019.

[:0-13] Dobson, Nichola (25 January 2018). Norman McLaren : between the frames. New York. ISBN 9781501328794. OCLC 1015372165.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[14] "Betty Lou Gerson". IMDb. Retrieved May 15, 2020.

[15] "Voice of 'Cruella De Vil' dies". January 15, 1999. Retrieved June 23, 2017.

[:5-16] "OBITUARIES". Variety. Los Angeles: Penske Business Media. May 27, 1991. ProQuest 1305834891.

[17] "Reginald Eric Hill - Deaths & Burials [1] - Genes Reunited". www.genesreunited.co.uk. Retrieved May 15, 2020.

[guardianobit-18] Ronald Bergan (8 May 2003). "Obituary: Maurice Rapf". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[nytobit-19] "Maurice Rapf, 88, Screenwriter and Film Professor". The New York Times. 18 April 2003. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[dartmouthobit-20] "Maurice Rapf (1914-2003)". Archived from the original on 26 December 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[John_Hubley,_62,_Leading_Creator,_Producer_of_Animated_Films,_Dies-21] Flint, Peter "John Hubley, 62, Leading Creator, Producer of Animated Films, Dies". The New York Times. Published February 23, 1977. Accessed January 23, 2023.

[22] "Milt Neil". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 2, 2020.

[post-23] "Fullerton Heritage Views & Tours-The Fullerton Post Office". www.fullertonheritage.org. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 15 January 2022.

[MMC-24] "The Original Mickey Mouse Club Show: Big George". Originalmmc.com. Retrieved 2012-12-03.

[25] "MMC Crew: Hal Adelquist". Originalmmc.com. Retrieved 2015-09-24.

[26] "Irving Spector". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

[cfe-27] "Evelyn Lambart". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Toronto International Film Festival. Archived from the original on July 24, 2011. Retrieved February 25, 2011.

[nfbcoll-28] "Eve Lambart". Collections page. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved February 25, 2011.

[29] "Martin B. Taras". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 2, 2020.

[30] ttp://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_person&pid=976 Boris Dyozhkin] at Animator.ru

[Mobile_obit-31] TV Music Composer Dies at age 76, Mobile Register, April 29, 1991, pg. 4

[32] "Richard Thompson". IMDb. Retrieved Aug 2, 2020.

[33] Barnes, Mike (June 8, 2016). "Willis Pyle, Famed Animator on 'Pinocchio' and 'Mr. Magoo,' Dies at 101". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 28, 2016.

[telegraph-34] "Willis Pyle, animator – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. June 27, 2016. Retrieved June 28, 2016.

[guardian-35] Hayward, Anthony (June 21, 2016). "Willis Pyle obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved June 28, 2016.

[NYT-obit-36] Goldstein, Richard (January 24, 2011). "Jack LaLanne, Father of Fitness Movement, Dies at 96". The New York Times.

[37] "Robert Bruce Jr. Obituary (2003) The Greenville News". Legacy.com. Retrieved 2021-09-13.

[38] Michael Kuchwara (2008-06-23). "Dody Goodman, stage and tv comedian, dies at 93". Associated Press. Archived from the original on June 26, 2008.

[NYT-39] Pace, Eric (2002-11-05). "Jonathan Harris, 87, Dr. Smith in 60's TV Series Lost in Space". The New York Times. Jonathan Harris, a versatile character actor perhaps best known for his role as the villainous Dr. Smith in the science-fiction fantasy series Lost in Space on CBS television, died on Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 87 and lived in the Encino section of Los Angeles. He had been hospitalized for a back injury, but died of a blood clot...

[40] Erickson, Hal (23 May 2014). From Radio to the Big Screen: Hollywood Films Featuring Broadcast Personalities and Programs. McFarland. ISBN 9781476615585.

[41] Tucker, David C. (27 May 2018). Gale Storm: A Biography and Career Record. McFarland. ISBN 9781476632469.

[42] "Michel Douay". lambiek.net. Retrieved January 19, 2021.

[thr-43] Barnes, Mike (30 November 2012). "Legendary Disney Animator Mel Shaw Dies at 97". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 20 December 2012.

[latimes-44] Nelson, Valerie J. (29 November 2012). "Mel Shaw dies at 97; Disney design artist". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 December 2012.

[45] "Chuck McKimson". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 15, 2020.

[46] "Jack Bradbury". lambiek.net. Retrieved April 7, 2018.

[47] "Nicolai Shutorev". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. 1948-11-05. p. 25.

[48] "Chad Grothkopf". lambiek.net.

[49] "Oski". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

[50] "Phil De Lara". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.

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