1948 in animation
Events in 1948 in animation.
Events
January
- January 3: Bob McKimson's Gorilla My Dreams, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, starring Bugs Bunny, premiers.[1]
- January 23: Toei Animation is founded.
March
- March 5: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Drip Dippy Donald premiers, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios. In the short film, Donald tries to sleep despite a dripping kitchen faucet.[2]
- March 20: 20th Academy Awards:
- James Baskett wins an Academy Honorary Award for his role as Uncle Remus in Song of the South, making him the first African-American actor to win an Oscar.[3]
- Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah from Song of the South, written by Ray Gilbert and composed by Allie Wrubel wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song.[3]
- Friz Freleng's Tweetie Pie, produced by Warner Bros. Animation and starring Tweety & Sylvester, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[3]
April
- April 17: Bob McKimson's Sylvester cartoon Hop, Look and Listen, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, premiers, which features the debut of Hippety Hopper.[4]
May
- May 8: Friz Freleng's Buccaneer Bunny premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Animation.[5]
- May 15: Tex Avery's Little 'Tinker premiers, produced by MGM.[6]
- May 27: The Walt Disney Company releases Melody Time, directed by Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske and Wilfred Jackson.[7]
June
- June 1: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry cartoon Kitty Foiled premiers, produced by MGM.[8]
- June 12: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon Bugs Bunny Rides Again premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Animation.[9]
July
- July 17: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry cartoon The Truce Hurts, produced by MGM, is first released.[10]
- July 24: Chuck Jones' Haredevil Hare premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, in which Marvin the Martian makes his debut.[11]
September
- September 18: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry short Old Rockin' Chair Tom premiers, produced by MGM.[12]
October
- October 9: Tex Avery's Lucky Ducky premiers, produced by MGM.[13]
November
- November 28: Arthur Davis's The Stupor Salesman, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, starring Daffy Duck, premiers.[14]
December
- December 3: Charles Nichols' Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey and the Seal, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, is released.[15]
- December 11: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry short Mouse Cleaning premiers, produced by MGM.[16]
- December 15: Melanie Chartoff, American actress (voice of Didi Pickles and Grandma Minka on Rugrats, Aunt Nora Shepard on Jumanji, Sunshine on OK K.O.! Let's be Heroes).
Specific date unknown
- Walter Lantz Productions closes down. It will be reopened two years later.[17]
Films released
Births
January
- January 26: Rumen Petkov, Bulgarian animator, comics artist (Choko & Boko) and director (Johnny Bravo, Dexter's Laboratory, Cow and Chicken, I Am Weasel, The New Woody Woodpecker Show), (d. 2018).[18]
February
- February 15:
- Tino Insana, American actor (voice of Mr. Grouper in Bubble Guppies, Uncle Ted in Bobby’s World, Pig on Barnyard (film) and Back at the Barnyard, and Bushroot on Darkwing Duck), (d. 2017).
- Larry DiTillio, American film and TV screenwriter (Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Beast Wars), (d. 2019).[19]
March
- March 2: Ralph Schuckett, American composer (Pokemon) (d. 2021).
April
- April 7: Michael Hirsh, Belgian-Canadian producer (co-founder of Nelvana).
July
- July 19: Brenda Banks, African-American animator (worked on Looney Tunes, The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Heathcliff, The Smurfs, The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, Paw Paws, Rick Moranis’ Gravedale High, The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures and Tom & Jerry Kids, Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island, Jetsons: The Movie, Once Upon a Forest, The Pagemaster and Ralph Bakshi films) (d. 2020).[20]
September
- September 17: John Ritter, American actor (voice of the title character on Clifford the Big Red Dog), (d. 2003).
- September 24: Phil Hartman, American voice actor (voice of Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz on The Simpsons), (d. 1998).[21]
October
- October 17: Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress (voice of Solitaire in GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords, Gaia in Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Mistress Helga in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters), (d. 2018).[22]
November
- November 9: Carlos Loiseau, aka Caloi, Argentine comics artist and animator (Ánima Buenos Aires), (d. 2012).[23]
- November 26: Jiří Barta, Czech stop-motion animation director (The Pied Pieper, Toys in the Attic)
December
- December 15: Melanie Chartoff, American actress (voice of Didi Pickles and Grandma Minka on Rugrats, Aunt Nora Shepherd on Jumanji, Dr. Sunshine on OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes).
Deaths
July
- July 9: James Baskett, American actor (voice of the obese crow in Dumbo, Uncle Remus and the voice of Br'er Fox in Song of the South), dies at age 44 from heart failure.[24][25]
October
- October 5: Bert Green, British animator and comics artist (worked for International Film Service), dies at age 63.[26]
Sources
- "Gorilla My Dreams (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)".
- "Drip Dippy Donald (Walt Disney Studios)".
- "The 20th Academy Awards (1948) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-18.
- "Bob McKimson". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- "Buccaneer Bunny (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)".
- "Little 'Tinker (MGM)".
- "Melody Time (Walt Disney Studios)".
- "Kitty Foiled (MGM)".
- "Bugs Bunny Rides Again (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)".
- "The Truce Hurts (MGM)".
- "Haredevil Hare (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)".
- "Old Rockin' Chair Tom (MGM)".
- "Lucky Ducky (MGM)".
- "The Stupor Salesman (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)".
- "Mickey and the Seal (Walt Disney Studios)".
- "Mouse Cleaning (MGM)".
- "Walter Lantz". lambiek.net. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- "Rumen Petkov". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- "Beast Wars Writer Larry DiTillio Passes Away At Age 79". tformers.com. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- Milligan, Mercedes (February 23, 2021). "Pioneering, 'Immensely Private' Animator Brenda Banks Has Died". Animation Magazine. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- "Phil Hartman, wife die in apparent murder–suicide". CNN. May 28, 1998. Archived from the original on May 11, 2007. Retrieved May 25, 2007.
- The Hollywood Reporter Staff (May 14, 2018). "'Superman' Star Margot Kidder Dies at 69". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on July 2, 2018.
- "Caloi: ¿Quién nos dibuja la sonrisa?". Los Andes. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
- "On July 9, 1948, James Baskett, the first Black male performer to receive an Oscar, died".
- "James Baskett, 44, [ Screen, Radio Actor". The New York Times. 10 July 1948.
- "Bert Green".
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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