1970 in animation
The year 1970 in animation involved some events.
Events
April
- April 7:
- 42nd Academy Awards: It's Tough to Be a Bird by Ward Kimball wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[1][2]
- The first episode of The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee is broadcast.[3]
September
- September 12:
- The first episode of Harlem Globetrotters is broadcast.[4]
- The first episode of Josie and the Pussycats is broadcast.[5]
October
- October 9: Karel Zeman's On the Comet premiers.[6]
November
- November 7: Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow and Dave Monahan's The Phantom Tollbooth is released.[7]
- November 9: The first episode of Colargol is broadcast, produced by Albert Barillé.[8]
December
- December 24: The Walt Disney Company releases The Aristocats, directed by Wolfgang Reitherman.[9]
Specific date unknown
- Prescott Wright produces the first International Tournée of Animation.[10]
- Ngô Mạnh Lân releases Tale of Gióng the Saint.[11]
Films released
- January 28 - Aladdin and His Magic Lamp (France)
- February 15 - Uncle Sam Magoo (United States)
- March 17
- Nobody's Boy (Japan)
- Tiger Mask (Japan)
- March 21
- Attack No.1: The Movie (Japan)
- Star of the Giants: Big League Ball (Japan)
- April 7 - The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians (United States)
- June 26 - Shinbone Alley (United States)
- July 19
- August 1
- Attack No.1: Revolution (Japan)
- Star of the Giants: The Fateful Showdown (Japan)
- September 15 - Cleopatra (Japan)
- Nobember 1 - Tales of Washington Irving (United States) & (Australia)
- November 7
- The Phantom Tollbooth (United States)
- Santa and the Three Bears (United States)
- November 26 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (Australia)
- December 14 - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (United States)
- December 19 - Attack No.1: World Championship (Japan)
- December 23 - Dougal and the Blue Cat (France)
- December 24 – The Aristocats (United States)
Television series
Debuts
- April 1 - Ashita no Joe debuts on Fuji TV (Japan, 1970–1971)
- April 6 - The Adventures of Parsley debuts on BBC One (United Kingdom, 1970–1971)
- April 7 - The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee debuts on Fuji TV (Japan, 1970–1971)
- April 13 - Akaki Chi no Eleven debuts on Nippon TV (Japan, 1970–1971)
- July 1 - Where's Huddles? debuts on CBS (United States, 1970)
- September 12
- Doctor Dolittle debuts on CBS (United States, 1970–1971)
- Groovie Goolies debuts on CBS (United States, 1970–1971)
- Harlem Globetrotters debuts on CBS (United States, 1970–1971)
- Josie and the Pussycats debuts on CBS (United States, 1970–1971)
- Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies debuts on CBS (United States, 1970–1974)
- The Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Toad Show debuts on ABC (United States, 1970)
- Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down debuts on ABC (United States, 1970–1972)
- October 2 - Kick no Oni debuts on TBS (Japan, 1970)
- October 5 - Norakuro debuts on Fuji TV (Japan, 1970–1971)
- November 1 - Famous Classic Tales debuts on CBS (United States, 1970–1984)
- November 2 - Mahō no Mako-chan debuts on TV Asahi (Japan, 1970–1971)
Births
January
- January 17: Genndy Tartakovsky, American-Russian animator (The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack), director (Hotel Transylvania, Hotel Transylvania 2 and Hotel Transylvania 3) and cartoonist (creator of Dexter's Laboratory).
February
- February 18: Susan Egan, American actress and singer (voice of Megara in Hercules, Rose Quartz on Steven Universe).
- February 22: Nicole Oliver, Canadian actress (voice of Princess Celestia and Cheerilee on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Zoe Trent on Littlest Pet Shop, The Sorceress of Castle Grayskull and Queen Marlena on He-Man and the Masters of the Universe).
March
- March 20: Linda Larkin, American actress (speaking voice of Princess Jasmine in The Aladdin franchise, Hercules: The Animated Series, House of Mouse, Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams, Sofia the First, Ralph Breaks the Internet).
April
- April 4: Janice Kawaye, American voice actress (voice of Gi on Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Jenny Wakeman on My Life as a Teenage Robot, Ami on Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi, Yuzu Kurosaki on Bleach, Numbuh 83 and 84 on Codename: Kids Next Door).
- April 21: Nicole Sullivan, American actress and Comedienne (voice of Shego on Kim Possible, Mira Nova on Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Supergirl on Super Best Friends Forever, and DC Superhero Girls, Muriel Goldman on Family Guy, Drew Saturday on The Secret Saturdays, Franny Robinson in Meet the Robinsons).
May
- May 9: Helen Hill, American activist, writer, teacher, film director and animator (Scratch and Crow, The Florestine Collection), (d. 2007).[12]
August
- August 27: Cathy Weseluck, Canadian actress (voice of Spike and Mayor Mare on My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Near on Death Note, Shampoo on Ranma 1/2, Kagome's Mother on Inuyasha, Cybersix/Adrian Seidelman on Cybersix).
September
- September 17:
- Jimmy Hayward, Canadian-born, American based film director (Horton Hears a Who! and Free Birds), screenwriter, and animator.
- Mark Osborne, American film and television director (Kung Fu Panda and The Little Prince), writer, producer and animator (a younger brother of Kent Osborne).
October
- October 18: Mike Mitchell, American voice actor, animator, storyboard artist, writer, producer and director.
Deaths
February
- February 22: Edward Selzer, American animated film producer (head of Warner Brothers Animation (1944–1958)), dies at age 77.[13]
April
- April 9: Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American children's book illustrator and concept artist (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 73.[14]
- April 30: Hall Johnson, American composer and choirmaster (voice of the Deacon Crow in Dumbo and choirmaster of the singing voices during When I See an Elephant Fly), dies at age 82 in an apartment fire.[15]
July
- July 26: Claud Allister, British actor (voice of Sir Giles in The Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Rat in The Wind in the Willows segment in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad), dies at age 81.[16]
August
- August 13: Dan Gordon, American comics artist, animator, animation director and animation writer (Van Beuren Studios, Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios, Hanna-Barbera), passes away in a house fire at age 68.[17]
September
- September 29: Edward Everett Horton, American actor (Narrator of Fractured Fairy Tales on The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends) dies at age 84.
October
- October 31: Grant Simmons, American animator (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Animation, MGM, Hanna-Barbera, UPA) and director (Mr. Magoo), dies at age 57.[18]
December
- December 23: Charlie Ruggles, American character actor (voice of Aesop in the Aesop and Son segments on The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends), dies at age 84.
Specific date unknown
- Jun'ichi Kōuchi, Japanese animator, animated film director and producer (Namakura Gatana), dies at age 84.[19][20]
See also
Sources
- "The Official Acadademy Awards® Database". Archived from the original on 2014-06-09. Retrieved 2011-11-01.
- "The 42nd Academy Awards (1970) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2014-12-28. Retrieved 2011-01-11.
- "Honeybee Hutch". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Harlem Globe Trotters". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Josie and the Pussycats". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Na komete". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "The Phantom Tollbooth". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- "Colargol marynarzem/Colargol moussaillon". Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- 1970 in animation at IMDb
- "Home - The International Animated Film Society - ASIFA". www.asifa.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "Cha đẻ của những khuôn hình hoạt họa". Báo điện tử An Ninh Thủ Đô. May 28, 2014. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- Daniel Eagan, "Five Women Animators Who Shook Up the Industry," Smithsonian.com, June 13, 2012.
- "Edward Selzer". IMDb. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "Gustaf Tenggren's World". www.gustaftenggren.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "AFROCENTRIC VOICES: Hall Johnson Biography". www.afrovoices.com. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "Claud Allister". IMDb. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "Dan Gordon". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- "Animators' Hall of Fame". www.agni-animation.com. Archived from the original on November 21, 2016. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- Frederick S. Litten. "Some remarks on the first Japanese animation films in 1917" (PDF). Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- Reporting by Linda Sieg (27 March 2008). "Japan finds films by early "anime" pioneers". reuters.com. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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