1964 in animation

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Events in 1964 in animation.

Events

January

• January 14: The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's Magilla Gorilla is broadcast.[1]

March

• March 28: The Incredible Mr. Limpet premiers. [2]

April

• April 13: 36th Academy Awards: The Critic by Ernest Pintoff, starring Mel Brooks as narrator, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. [3]

June

• June 3: The first animated feature film with Yogi Bear, Hey There, It's Yogi Bear! premiers, which is also the first animated film based on a TV cartoon character. [4]
• June 7: Shōnen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru is first broadcast on NET. [5]

August

• August 27: Robert Stevenson's Mary Poppins is first released, produced by the Walt Disney Company. [6]

September

• September 18: The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's Jonny Quest is broadcast. [7]
• September 17: The first episode of Bewitched is broadcast, with an animated intro by Hanna-Barbera. [8]

October

• October 3: The first episode of Underdog is broadcast. [9]
• October 4: The first episode of Stingray is broadcast. [10]

December

• December 6: The 1-hour stop-motion animated special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, based on the popular Christmas song Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1949) by Johnny Marks, premieres on NBC. It becomes a beloved Christmas tradition, still being shown on television more than 50 years later. [11]
• December 18:
  • Karel Zeman's A Jester's Tale premiers. [12]
  • Friz Freleng and David DePatie's The Pink Phink premiers in theaters, which marks the debut of The Pink Panther. [13]

Specific date unknown

• Animafilm is founded.
• Ivan Ivanov-Vano and Vladimir Danilevich's Left-Hander is first released.
• Bob Kuwahara, aka Bob Kay, Japanese-American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Animation, MGM Animation, Terrytoons), dies at age 62 or 63. [14]
• Jan Švankmajer's first animated short The Last Trick is released. [15]

Films released

Television series

Main article: List of animated television series of the 1960s § 1964

Births

March

• March 8: Bob Bergen, American voice actor (continued voice of Porky Pig and Tweety Bird) [16]

May

• May 6: Dana Hill, American voice actress (voice of Scrappy in Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, Buddy in Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Tank Muddlefoot in Darkwing Duck, Max in Goof Troop, Charles Duckman in Duckman) (d. 1996). [17]

July

• July 3: Yeardley Smith, American voice actress (voice of Lisa Simpson in The Simpsons)[18]

August

• August 6: Gary Conrad, American animator (worked on Fairy OddParents).[19]
• August 10: Carlo Cossio, Italian comics artist and animator, dies at age 57.[20]

October

• October 10: Quinton Flynn, American voice actor (Dr. Gaylord in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) [21]
• October 14: David Kaye, Canadian voice actor (Megatron in Transformers) [22]
• October 23: David Sobolov, Canadian voice actor (voice of Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy. [23]

Deaths

January

• January 16: Cy Young, Chinese-American animator (Walt Disney Company), commits suicide at age 66. [24]

February

• February 20: Darrell Calker, American composer (wrote music for Walter Lantz' cartoons), dies at age 59. [25]

July

• July 1: Antonio Rubino, Italian comics artist, animator, playwright and poet (Paese dei Ranocchi, I Sette Colori), dies at age 84.[26]
• July 30: Seymour Kneitel, American animator (Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios), dies at age 56. [27]

November

• November 30: Don Redman, American jazz composer and singer (special guest voice in the Betty Boop short I Heard), dies at age 64. [28]

Specific date unknown

• Frank Moser, American artist, illustrator, film director and animator (co-founder of Terrytoons), dies at age 78. [29]

See also

• 1964 in anime

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