1966 in animation

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Events in 1966 in animation.

Events

January

• January 3: The first episode of Camberwick Green is broadcast. [1]

February

• February 4: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released. This marks the debut of A.A. Milne's literary character Winnie-the-Pooh as an animated franchise. [2]

April

• April 1: The final episode of Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones is broadcast, making it the longest-running prime time animated TV series until The Simpsons break its record in 1997. [3]
• April 18: 38th Academy Awards: Chuck Jones' The Dot and the Line wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. [4]
• April 21: The first episode of Batfink is broadcast. [5]

August

• August 3: The film A Man Called Flintstone is first released, a feature film adaptation of The Flintstones. [6]

September

• September 10:
  • The first episode of Laurel and Hardy is broadcast, an animated TV series by Hanna-Barbera based on the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. [7]
  • The first episode of Space Ghost, produced by Hanna-Barbera, is broadcast. [8]
  • The first episode of The New Adventures of Superman is broadcast. [9]

October

• October 9: The first episode of Rocket Robin Hood is broadcast. [10]
• October 29: The first episode of The Mighty Heroes airs. [11]

December

• December 5: The first episode of Sally the Witch is broadcast. [12]
• December 15': Walt Disney dies while producing The Jungle Book, the last animated feature under his personal supervision.
• December 18: Chuck Jones' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, an animated Christmas TV special, premiers and will become a holiday classic. It is an adaptation of Dr. Seuss' eponymous children's novel . [13]

Specific date unknown

• Karel Zeman's The Stolen Airship premiers.

Films released

Television series

Main article: List of animated television series of the 1960s § 1966

Births

• January 5 – Yuri Amano, Japanese voice actress
• June 16 – Phil Vischer, American voice actor, puppeteer, writer, animator, creator of Veggietales.
• July 8 – Mike Nawrocki, American voice actor, writer, animator, director, co-founder of Big Idea Entertainment.
• July 29 – Richard Steven Horvitz, American voice actor

Deaths

March

• March 25: Colin Campbell, Scottish actor (voice of Mr. Mole in The Wind in the Willows segment in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad), dies at age 83. [14]

April

• April 28: Jesse Marsh, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 58. [15]

June

• June 19: Ed Wynn, American actor (voice of the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland), dies at age 79. [16]

July

• July 3: Deems Taylor, American composer (master of ceremonies in Fantasia), dies at age 80. [17]
• July 16: Leslie Elton, American animator and comics artist (worked for J.R. Bray), dies at age 72.[18]

December

• December 14: Verna Felton, American voice actress (voice of Mrs. Jumbo and Elephant Matriarch in Dumbo, the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland, Aunt Sarah in Lady and the Tramp, Flora and Queen Leah in Sleeping Beauty, Pearl Slaghoople in The Flintstones, Winifred the Elephant in The Jungle Book), dies at age 76. [19]
• December 15: Walt Disney, American animation producer (Walt Disney Company) and voice actor (voice of Mickey Mouse), dies at age 65. [20]
• December 23: Volney White, American animator and director (Romer Grey Pictures, Warner Bros. Animation), dies at age 59. [21]
• December 28: Clarence Wheeler, American composer (wrote music for Walter Lantz's and George Pal's cartoons, as well as Crusader Rabbit and Gumby), dies at age 81. [22]

Sources

1. "Camberwick Green". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
2. "Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
3. "Big Cartoon Database". bcdb.com. Retrieved July 20, 2017.
4. "The 38th Academy Awards (1966) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2015-01-11. Retrieved 2011-08-24.
5. "Hal Seeger". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
6. "The Man Called Flintstone". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
7. "A Laurel and Hardy Cartoon (TV Series 1966– ) - IMDb". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
8. "Space Ghost". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
9. "The New Adventures of Superman". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
10. "Rocket Robin Hood". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
11. "Mighty Heroes". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
12. "Mahô tsukai Sarî". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
13. "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
14. "Colin Campbell". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
15. Jesse Marsh at INDUCKS
16. "Ed Wynn". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
17. "Deems Taylor". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
18. "Leslie Elton". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
19. "Verna Felton". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
20. "Walt Disney". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
21. "Volney White". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
22. "Clarence Wheeler". IMDb. Retrieved May 27, 2020.

See also

• 1966 in anime