1959 in animation

Years in animation:	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962
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Years:	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962

Events in 1959 in animation.

Events

January

• January 29: Clyde Geronimi, Eric Larson and Wolfgang Reitherman's Sleeping Beauty, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premiers. [1]

March

• March 9: The first episode of Clutch Cargo is broadcast. [2]

April

• April 6: 31st Academy Awards: Friz Freleng's Knighty Knight Bugs wins an Academy Award for Best Animated Short, the only Bugs Bunny cartoon to ever win an Oscar. [3]

September

• September 11: The first episode of Noggin the Nog is broadcast. [4]
• September 19: The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's The Quick Draw McGraw Show is broadcast, which also marks the debuts of the segments Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy and Snooper and Blabber. [5]
• September 25: Jiří Trnka's A Midsummer Night's Dream premiers. [6]

October

• October 2: The first episode of Felix the Cat is broadcast. This leads to a revival in popularity for the classic theatrical cartoon character. [7]
• October 11: The first episode of Matty's Funday Funnies is broadcast.

November

• November 7: The first episode of Cartoon Party is broadcast. [8]
• November 19: The first episode of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show is broadcast, which marks the debut of Rocky the Flying Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose. Within the same show the segments Peabody's Improbable History , starring Mr. Peabody and Sherman, and Fractured Fairy Tales make their debut too. [9]

December

• December 1: Jack Kinney's 1001 Arabian Nights premiers. [10]
• December 25: Akira Daikubara and Taiji Yabushita's Magic Boy is first broadcast. [11]
• December 28: The first episode of Ivor the Engine is broadcast. [12]

Specific date unknown

• The first episode of Bucky and Pepito is broadcast. [13]
• The first episode of Capt'n Sailorbird is broadcast. [14]
• Yuri Merkulov's I Was a Satellite of the Sun premiers.
• Ivan Ivanov-Vano, Dmitriy Babichenko and Mikhail Botov's The Adventures of Buratino premiers. [15]
• Qian Jiajun's Chuang Tapestry premiers. [16]
• Gene Deitch establishes Gene Deitch Associates, Inc., funded by William L. Snyder's Rembrandt Films. [17]

Films released

Main article: List of animated feature films of the 1950s

Television series

Main article: List of animated television series of the 1940s and 1950s

Deaths

February

• February 16: John Foster, American animator and film director (International Film Service, Van Beuren Studios, Terrytoons), dies at age 72. [18]

March

• March 2: Eric Blore, British actor and comedian (voice of Mr. Toad in The Wind of Willows segment of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad), dies at age 71. [19]

August

• August 28: Heinz Goedecke, German actor (the narrator in Die Schlacht um Miggershausen), dies at age 56. [20]

September

• September 30: Taylor Holmes, American actor (voice of King Stefan in Sleeping Beauty), dies at age 81. [21]

November

• November 18: Arthur Q. Bryan, American comedian and voice actor (voice of Elmer Fudd in Looney Tunes), dies at age 60. [22]

References

1. "Sleeping Beauty". Retrieved May 19, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
2. "Clutch Cargo". Retrieved May 19, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
3. "The 31st Academy Awards (1959) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
4. "Noggin the Nog". Retrieved May 19, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
5. "Quick Draw McGraw". Retrieved May 19, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
6. "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Retrieved May 19, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
7. "Felix the Cat". Retrieved May 19, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
8. "Cartoon Party". Retrieved May 19, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
9. "The Bullwinkle Show". Retrieved May 19, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
10. "1001 Arabian Nights". Retrieved May 19, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
11. "Magic Boy". Retrieved May 19, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
12. "Ivor the Engine (TV Series 1959–1964) - IMDb". Retrieved May 19, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
13. "Bucky and Pepito". Retrieved May 19, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
14. "Capt'n Sailorbird". Retrieved May 19, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
15. "The Adventures of Buratino". Retrieved May 19, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
16. "一幅僮锦 (1959)". web.archive.org. Sep 30, 2007. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
17. "Gene Deitch". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
18. "Early NY Animator Profiles: John Foster |". cartoonresearch.com. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
19. "Eric Blore". IMDb. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
20. "Heinz Goedecke". IMDb. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
21. "Taylor Holmes". IMDb. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
22. "Arthur Q. Bryan Credits". Tvguide.com. Retrieved 2014-06-17.

See also

• List of anime by release date (1946–1959)