Events in 1917 in animation .
Unknown date – The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy
19 January - Mr. Adequate Stalks Again (United States)
22 January – Kaiser
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
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
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
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
14 December - The Adventures of Izzy - Izzy the Winter Soldier (United States) 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 ).[ 3] April 8 : John Whitney , American animator, composer and inventor (Five Film Exercises , co-animated the opening sequence of Vertigo 1995 ).[ 4] April 9 : Rolf Kauka , German comics artist and film director (Fix and Foxi 2000 ).[ 5] 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 ).[ 6] April 17 : Martha Sigall , American animator, inker and painter (Warner Bros. Cartoons 2014 ).[ 7] April 18 : Warren Batchelder , American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons , DePatie-Freleng , Peanuts 2007 ).[ 8] April 19 : Ge Ge Pearson , American actress (second voice of Crusader Rabbit in Crusader Rabbit 1975 ).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! 2012 ).[ 9] May 7 : David Tomlinson , English actor, singer and comedian (portrayed George Banks in Mary Poppins Bedknobs and Broomsticks The Water Babies 200 ).May 11 : Dean Elliott , American composer (Chuck Jones , DePatie-Freleng Enterprises , Ruby-Spears Productions ), (d. 1999 ).[ 10] May 16 : Hal Seeger , American animator, comics writer and comics artist (Fleischer Studios , Batfink Milton the Monster 2005 ).[ 11] May 23 : Tatiana Riabouchinska , Russian ballerina (co-served as a dance model in the Dance of the Hours Fantasia Two Silhouettes segment in Make Mine Music 2000 ).[ 12] July 16 : Bill Woodson , American actor (narrator in Super Friends 2017 ).[ 16] July 17 :
Phyllis Diller , American actress and comedian (voice of the Queen in A Bug's Life Family Guy Mad Monster Party? Alice Through the Looking Glass , Grandma Neutron in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius The Nuttiest Nutcracker Captain Planet and the Planeteers Animaniacs The King of the Hill Hey Arnold! The Powerpuff Girls The New Scooby-Doo Movies 2012 ).[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] Gus Arriola , Mexican-American comics artist and animator (Screen Gems , MGM ), (d. 2008 ).[ 20] August 2 : Wah Chang , Chinese-American designer, sculptor, animator and animation producer (Pinocchio Bambi 2003 ).[ 21] 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 ).[ 22] August 28 : Jack Kirby , American comics artist and animator (Fleischer Studios , Hanna-Barbera , Ruby-Spears ), (d. 1994 ).[ 23] August 29 : Isabel Sanford , American actress and comedian (voice of Betsy in the Wait Till Your Father Gets Home A Pup Named Scooby-Doo Pepper Ann The Simpsons Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore "), (d. 2004 ).[ 24] 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 Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears Magica De Spell and Ma Beagle in DuckTales Mulan 2017 ).[ 25] [ 26] September 27 : Carl Ballantine , American magician, comedian, and actor (voice of Al G. Swindler in Garfield and Friends Spider-Man Freakazoid! 2009 ).[ 27] October 2 : Alma Duncan , Canadian painter, graphic artist, and film director (Kumak the Sleepy Hunter , Hearts and Soles ), (d. 2004 ).[ 28]
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