1961 in animation
Events in 1961 in animation.
Events
January
- January 24: Voice actor Mel Blanc suffers a car accident, which leaves him in a coma for two weeks. He is brought back to consciousness by addressing his Looney Tunes characters, in whose voices he replies.[1][2]
- January 25: Walt Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians premiers, directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, Hamilton Luske and Clyde Geronimi.[3]
- January 30: The first episode of The Yogi Bear Show is broadcast. The series also marks the debuts of Snagglepuss and Yakky Doodle.[4]
February
- February 20: Wolfgang Reitherman's Goofy cartoon Aquamania premiers.[5]
- February 25: The first episode of Art Clokey's Davey and Goliath airs.[6]
April
- April 17: 33rd Academy Awards: Munro wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[7]
May
- May 1: The first episode of Otogi Manga Calendar is broadcast, the first anime TV series.[8]
September
- September 7: Switchin' Kitten, the first Tom and Jerry cartoon directed by Gene Deitch premiers.[10]
- September 15: In The Flintstones episode The Hit Song Writers Hoagy Carmichael is special guest voice.
- September 24 : In the first episode of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color Ludwig von Drake makes his debut.[11]
- September 27: The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's Top Cat airs.[12]
- The first episode of Jay Ward's Dudley Do-Right is broadcast.[13]
October
- October 4: The first episode of The Alvin Show airs.[14]
Specific date unknown
- Bagdasarian Productions is founded by Ross Bagdasarian Sr. to produce works based on his fictional characters, Alvin and the Chipmunks. Their first production was the animated series The Alvin Show (1961-1962).
- Lev Atamanov's The Key premiers.[15]
- Arthur Lipsett's Very Nice, Very Nice premiers.[16]
Films released
Television series
Births
January
- January 9: Candi Milo, American voice actress (continued voice of Dexter in Dexter's Laboratory and voice of Coco, Madame Foster & Cheese in Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends).
- January 10: Steve Hickner, American animator and film director.
February
- February 5: Bruce Timm, American artist, character designer, animator, writer, producer, and voice actor (Warner Bros. Animation).
March
- March 13: Paul Berry, British animator and director (The Sandman, worked for Cosgrove Hall and Henry Selick), (d. 2001).[17]
April
- April 21: Cathy Cavadini, American voice actress (Voice of Blossom on The Powerpuff Girls, Tanya Mousekewitz in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West).
May
- May 3: Joe Murray, American animator, cartoonist, illustrator, designer, writer, producer and director (creator of Rocko's Modern Life and Camp Lazlo, voice of Ralph Bighead in Rocko's Modern Life).
- May 29: Linda Wallem, American voice actress (voice of Paula Hutchinson in Rocko's Modern Life).
June
- June 5: Mary Kay Bergman, American voice actress (voice of Liane Cartman, Sheila Broflovski, Shelly Marsh, Sharon Marsh, Mrs. McCormick and Wendy Testaburger in South Park, Daphne Blake in the first four Scooby-Doo DTV films the Bimbettes in Beauty and the Beast, Quasimodo's mother in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Banshee in Extreme Ghostbusters), (d. 1999).[18][19]
July
- July 5: Patrizia Scianca, Italian voice actress (dub in various anime series)
- July 15: Bill White, American animator and comics artist (Spümcø, Walt Disney Company, DiC Entertainment), (d. 2012).[20]
August
- August 4: Lauren Tom, American actress (voice of Amy Wong in Futurama Dana Tan on Batman Beyond, Numbuh 3 on Codename: Kids Next Door, Jinx and Gizmo on Teen Titans, and Teen Titans Go!).
- August 9: Ted Stearn, American comics, storyboard artist and animator (worked on Beavis and Butt-head, Daria, Drawn Together, King of the Hill, Futurama, Rick and Morty), (d. 2019) from AIDS.[21]
- August 20: Tuck Tucker, American animator, animation director, storyboard and lay-out artist (worked on The Simpsons, Rugrats, The Ren and Stimpy Show, 2 Stupid Dogs, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Duckman, Hey Arnold!, Jimmy Neutron, Family Guy, Drawn Together, The Fairly OddParents), (d. 2020).[22]
- August 21: Stephen Hillenburg, American animator, writer, artist, cartoonist and marine biologist (creator of SpongeBob SquarePants), (d. 2018).[23]
September
- September 11: E.G. Daily, American actress and singer (voice of Tommy Pickles on Rugrats, Buttercup on The Powerpuff Girls).
- September 15: Colin McFarlane, English actor (voices of Bulgy and Beresford in Thomas & Friends)
- September 16: Jen Tolley, American-Canadian actress
October
- October 10: Jodi Benson, American actress and singer (voice of Ariel in The Little Mermaid franchise House of Mouse, Sofia the First, Ralph Breaks the Internet, Barbie in Toy Story 2, and 3, Lady in Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure, Anita Ratcliffe in 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, the title character in P.J. Sparkles Tula in The Pirates of Dark Water, the title character in Thumbelina, Aquagirl in Batman Beyond, Patsy Smiles, Ms. Jane Doe, and Almondine on Camp Lazlo).
November
- November 23: Andy Knight, Canadian animator, film and television director, voice actor, and creator of (Ned's Newt, Pig City and Get Ed), (d. 2008).
Specific date unknown
- Ken Keeler, American television writer (The Critic, The Simpsons, Futurama).
- Robert Walker, Canadian-American animator (Atkinson Film-Arts, Walt Disney Company, co-director of Brother Bear), (d. 2015).[24]
Deaths
February
- February 18: Cliff Nazarro, American actor (voice of Eddie Cackler in Slap-Happy Pappy), dies at age 57.[25]
- February 27: Nate Collier, American animator, illustrator and comics artist, dies at age 77.[26]
See also
Sources
- "Mel Blanc, Man of Many Voices, Badly Injured". The Terre Haute Tribune. Terre Haute, Indiana. UPI. January 25, 1961. p. 5. Archived from the original on February 17, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- That's Not All, Folks!, 1988, by Mel Blanc and Philip Bashe. Warner Books, ISBN 0-446-39089-5 (softcover), ISBN 0-446-51244-3 (hardcover)
- "One Hundred and One Dalmatians". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "The Yogi Bear Show". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Aquamania". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Davey and Pal Make TV Bow", Hartford Courant, February 18, 1961, p. 11
- "The 33rd Academy Awards (1961) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on October 15, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
- "Manga Calendar (TV) - Anime News Network". www.animenewsnetwork.com. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "The Pingwings". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Gene Deitch". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- Cotter, Bill (1997). The Wonderful World of Disney Television - A Complete History. New York: Hyperion Books. pp. 67, 76. ISBN 0-7868-6359-5.
- "Top Cat". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- The Moose That Roared: The Story of Jay Ward, Bill Scott, a Flying Squirrel, and a Talking Moose by Keith Scott (ISBN 0-312-19922-8), p. 168
- "The Alvin Show". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "The Key". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Arthur Lipsett: Inside His Disturbed & Disturbing Collage Films". Oct 5, 2016. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- "Animator Paul Berry Passes Away". Animation World Network.
- "A Conversation With..... Dino Andrade". Mary Kay Bergman memorial. 2000. p. 1. Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2007.
- "Official obituary". Mary Kay Bergman memorial. 2000. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved October 5, 2007.
- "Bill White". lambiek.net. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
- "Ted Stearn". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- Zahed, Ramin (December 24, 2020). "Director, Storyboard Artist, Writer and Animator Tuck Tucker Dies at 59".
- "Stephen Hillenburg". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- Wolfe, Jennifer (April 9, 2015). "Disney Artist & Director Robert Walker Dies at 54". Animation World Network. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
- "Cliff Nazarro (1904-1961) - Find A Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
- "Nate Collier". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- Thoben, Jan. "Technical Sound-Image Transformations". See This Sound Compendium. Ludwig Boltzmann Istitut. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 1 August 2013.
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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