1960 in animation

The year 1960 in animation involved some animation-related events.

Years in animation:	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s
Years:	1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963

Events

January

• January 21: Wolfgang Reitherman's Goliath II, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premiers.[1]

February

• February 8:
  • Mel Blanc receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first voice actor for animated cartoons to receive this honour.[2]
  • Walt Disney receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first animator to receive this honour.[3]
  • George Pal receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[4]
• February 23: The first episode of Torchy the Battery Boy is broadcast.[5]
• February 25: The first episode of Four Feather Falls is broadcast.[6]

April

• April 4: 32nd Academy Awards: Moonbird by John Hubley wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[7]

June

• June 20: 12th Primetime Emmy Awards: The Huckleberry Hound Show wins an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming. It's the first animated TV series to receive this honour.[8]

August

• August 14: The anime film Alakazam the Great by Taji Yabushita and Daisaku Shirakawa premiers.[9]

September

• September 3: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon From Hare to Heir premiers.[10]
• September 30: The first episode of The Flintstones is broadcast, the first American prime time animated television series to become a ratings hit. It marks the debut of Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone, Barney Rubble and Betty Rubble.[11]

October

• October 11: The first episode of The Bugs Bunny Show is broadcast.[12]

December

• November 7: The first episode of the Mister Magoo TV series is broadcast.[13]
• December 3: Chuck Jones' High Note premiers.[14]
• The first episode of Joë Chez Les Abeilles / Joë Petit Boum-Boum (Joe the Little Boom Boom) is broadcast.[15]

Specific date unknown

• The first episode of the Popeye the Sailor TV series is broadcast.[16]
• The first episode of Snip and Snap is broadcast.[17]
• Valentin Lalayants, Valentina and Zinaida Brumberg's It Was I Who Drew the Little Man premiers.[18]
• In Annecy, France, the International Animated Film Association is established, consisting of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.[19]

Films released

Main article: List of animated feature films of the 1960s

Television series debuts

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

Births

• September 27 - J. Allen Williams, American animator (Darkstar: The Interactive Movie).

Deaths

January

• January 26: Riley Thomson, American comics artist and animator (Warner Brothers Animation, Walt Disney Company), dies at age 47.[20]

May

• May 27: Edward Brophy, American comedian and actor (voice of Timothy Q. Mouse in Dumbo), dies at age 65.[21]

September

• September 24: Mátyás Seiber, Hungarian-British composer (wrote music for Animal Farm and A Short Vision), dies at age 55 in a road accident.[22]

October

• October 10: Basil Ruysdael, American opera singer and actor (voice of truck driver in 101 Dalmatians), dies at age 82.

November

• November 14: Walter Catlett, American actor (voice of the Fox in Pinocchio ), dies at age 71.

Specific date unknown

• Helena Smith Dayton, American animated film director, painter and sculptor, dies at age 76-77.[23]

See also

• 1960 in anime

Sources

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