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Specific date unknown [ edit ] January 10 : Harrie Geelen , Dutch illustrator, film director and animator (Toonder Studios).January 23 :
January 25 : Angela Thorne , British actress (voice of the Queen of England in The BFG 2023 ).[ 27] February 2 : Jackie Burroughs , English-born Canadian actress (voice of the Spirit in The Care Bears Movie Heavy Metal Star Wars: Ewoks Heidi 2010 ).[ 28] February 6 : Mike Farrell , American actor (voice of Jonathan Kent in the DC Animated Universe and Superman: Brainiac Attacks February 7 : Vladimir Tarasov , Russian animator and animation director (Soyuzmultfilm ).February 12 : Michele Kalamera, Italian actor (Italian dub voice of Razoul in Aladdin Cars Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars Atlantis: The Lost Empire Baloo in TaleSpin 2023 ).[ 29] [ 30] February 13 : Vittoria Febbi , Italian actress (voice of the Blue Fairy in The Adventures of Pinocchio Alice in Wonderland Robots All Dogs Go to Heaven The Grinch Barnyard The Pebble and the Penguin February 15 : Taichirō Hirokawa , Japanese voice actor, (d. 2008 ).February 27 : David Mitton , English television and film director and producer, model maker and special effects technician (Thomas & Friends 2008 ).[ 31] April 10 : Shinji Mizushima , Japanese manga artist (Dokaben 2022 ).[ 35] [ 36] April 13 : Paul Sorvino , American actor (voice of Alphonse Perrier du von Scheck in Hey Arnold!: The Movie Duckman 2022 ).[ 37] [ 38] [ 39] April 23 :
April 28 : Michiyo Yasuda , Japanese animator (Toei Animation , A Production , Nippon Animation , Topcraft , Studio Ghibli ), (d. 2016 ).[ 41] May 10 : Noreen Young , Canadian actress (voice of Baby Hugs in The Care Bears Battle the Freeze Machine Tukiki and His Search for a Merry Christmas 2025 ).[ 42] [ 43] May 22 : Paul Winfield , American actor (voice of Mr. Smith in The Wish That Changed Christmas Gargoyles The Magic School Bus Omar Mosley/Black Marvel in Spider-Man Batman Beyond The Simpsons Batman: The Animated Series Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 2004 ).[ 44] May 25 : Ian McKellen , English actor (voice of Horatio Huntington in Animal Crackers Flushed Away Family Guy The Simpsons The Regina Monologues ").May 28 : Beth Howland , American actress (voice of Singer in the Batman Beyond As Told by Ginger 2015 ).[ 45] July 19 : Stanisław Lenartowicz, Polish animator, (d. 2023 ).[ 48] July 26 : Bob Baker , English screenwriter (Wallace & Gromit 2021 ).[ 49] July 30 :
Peter Bogdanovich , American director, writer, actor, producer, critic and film historian (voice of Psychologist in The Simpsons Yokel Chords "), (d. 2022 ).[ 50] Alois Švehlík , Czech actor (voice of Old Wachek in Alois Nebel The Fox and the Hound Toy Story 3 2025 ).[ 51] August 16 : Carole Shelley , English actress (voice of Amelia Gabble in The Aristocats Robin Hood 2018 ).[ 52] August 22 : Valerie Harper , American actress (voice of various characters in The Simpsons Sorcerous Stabber Orphen As Told by Ginger American Dad! Generator Gawl 2019 ).[ 53] August 30 : John Peel , English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist (voice of Announcer in the Space Ghost Coast to Coast 2004 ).[ 54] September 1 : Lily Tomlin , American actress (voice of Ms. Frizzle in The Magic School Bus Edith Ann: A Few Pieces of the Puzzle Edith Ann: Homeless Go Home and Edith Ann's Christmas (Just Say Noel) , Mommo in The Ant Bully Ponyo May Parker in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse The Simpsons The Last of the Red Hat Mamas ").September 5 :
September 13 : Richard Kiel , American actor (voice of Vladimir in Tangled 2014 ).[ 57] [ 58] [ 59] [ 60] September 17 : Shelby Flint , American singer-songwriter (Snoopy Come Home The Rescuers The Stingiest Man in Town Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July September 28 : Rudolph Walker , Trinidadian-British actor (voice of Voice Trumpet in Teletubbies October 2 : Yoshisada Sakaguchi , Japanese voice actor (voice of Philip II of Macedon in Reign Mushishi Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood 2020 ).[ 61] October 24 : F. Murray Abraham , American actor (voice of Grimmel in How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World Isle of Dogs October 27 : John Cleese , English actor, comedian, (voice of Cat R. Waul in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West The Magic Pudding Shrek Over the Garden Wall Winnie the Pooh House of Mouse Trolls Planes The Croods October 30 : Danny Goldman , American actor and casting director (voice of Brainy Smurf in The Smurfs Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue Robot Chicken 2020 ).[ 62] November 10 : Russell Means , American activist and actor (voice of Chief Powhatan in Pocahontas Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World Turok: Son of Stone Duckman 2012 ).[ 63] [ 64] [ 65] [ 66] [ 67] [ 68] [ 69] [ 70] [ 71] [ 72] [ 73] November 18 : Brenda Vaccaro , American actress (voice of Tilly in Nestor the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey The Smurfs The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones The Critic Captain Planet and the Planeteers Johnny Bravo Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure Kubo and the Two Strings Darkwing Duck Goof Troop American Dad! Stan Knows Best ", Godmonster in the Summer Camp Island November 26 : Tina Turner , Swiss-American singer and actress (performed the song "Great Spirits" in Brother Bear 2023 ).[ 74] November 30 : Andrei Khrzhanovsky , Russian animator (There Lived Kozyavin The Glass Harmonica The Nose or the Conspiracy of Mavericks December 4 : Robert Glass , American sound engineer (The Simpsons 1993 ).[ 75] December 23 : Nathalie Dupree , American cookbook writer and television personality (played herself in the Space Ghost Coast to Coast 2025 ).[ 76] [ 77] [ 78] December 26 : Ron Campbell , Australian film director, producer (Ron Campbell Films, Inc.) and animator (Hanna-Barbera , Disney Television Animation , Nickelodeon Animation Studio , The Beatles Yellow Submarine Sesame Street Duckman 2021 ).[ 79] Specific date unknown [ edit ] Suzanne Baker , Australian film producer (Leisure Nelson Shin , Korean animator (DePatie-Freleng Enterprises , Marvel Productions , Star Wars The Transformers: The Movie Toad Patrol The Transformers Spiral Zone AKOM ).David Brown, American businessman (co-founder of Blue Sky Studios ), (d. 2003 ).[ 80]
Sam Cornell, American animator (George of the Jungle The Hugga Bunch Jetsons: The Movie The Wuzzles The New Woody Woodpecker Show Shinbone Alley George of the Jungle The Rugrats Movie The New 3 Stooges 2021 ).
David Hamilton Grant , English pornographic producer and convicted criminal (Snow White and the Seven Perverts 1991 ).[ 81] January 20 : Victor Bergdahl, Swedish animator and comics artist (Kapten Grogg ), dies at age 60.[ 82] [ 83] July 4 : Louis Wain , English artist (Wain made a short-lived venture into film animation, drawing the first ever screen cartoon cat, "Pussyfoot". His cartoons were not a cinema success), dies at age 78.[ 84] : 82-83 [ 84] : 9 [ 84] : 107-108
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