1904 in animation explained

Events in 1904 in animation.

Films released

• September - The Enchanted Toymaker (United Kingdom), combined live-action and stop-motion animation.^{[1] [2]}

Births

January

• January 1: Grace Bailey, American animator (head of the ink and paint department at Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1983).^{[3] [4] [5]}
• January 31: Cliff Nazarro, American actor (voice of Eddie Cackler in Slap-Happy Pappy), (d. 1961).

February

• February 11: José do Patrocínio Oliveira, Brazilian singer, musician and actor (voice of José Carioca in Saludos Amigos and The Three Caballeros), (d. 1987).
• February 16: James Baskett, American actor (voice of the obese crow in Dumbo, portrayed Uncle Remus and voiced Br'er Fox in Song of the South), (d. 1948).^{[6] [7] [8] [9] [10]}

March

• March 2: Dr. Seuss, American children's novelist, illustrator, animator and comics artist (Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1991).^[11]
• March 15: J. Pat O'Malley, British actor and singer (voice of Cyril Proudbottom and Winkie in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, Mother Oyster, The Walrus and the Carpenter and Tweedledum and Tweedledee in Alice in Wonderland, Jasper and the Colonel in 101 Dalmatians, the Cockney coster in Mary Poppins, and Colonel Hathi in The Jungle Book), (d. 1985).^[12]
• March 28: Lou Bunin, American puppeteer and animator (Alice in Wonderland, Bury the Axis), (d. 1994).^{[13] [14] [15]}

April

• April 4: John Brown, British actor (voice of Umpire in Make Mine Music, Noah Webster in Symphony in Slang, the narrator, Pee Wee and the theatrical agent in Dixieland Droopy), (d. 1957).^{[16] [17]}
• April 5: Hicks Lokey, American animator (Fleischer Studios, Walter Lantz, Walt Disney Studios, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1990).^{[18] [19] [20] [21]}

May

• May 1: Fred Spencer, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios, developed the character of Donald Duck), (d. 1938).^{[22] [23] [24] [25] [26]}
• May 3: William L. Hendricks, American producer (Looney Tunes), (d. 1992).
• May 18: Art Landy, American animator, specialized in animation set decoration (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walter Lantz Studio), (d. 1977).^[27]
• May 29: Don Brodie, American actor and director (voice of Devil Donald in Donald's Better Self, and Barker in Pinocchio), (d. 2001).^{[28] [29]}
• May 30: Manny Gould, American animator (Barré Studio, Paramount Studios, Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Ed Graham Productions, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Ralph Bakshi), (d. 1975).^{[30] [31]}

June

• June 12: Johnny Murray, American actor (voice of Bosko from 1930 to 1933), (d. 1956).^{[32] [33]}
• June 16: Pete Burness, American animator and animation director (Romer Grey, Van Beuren Studios, Warner Bros. Cartoons, MGM, UPA, Jay Ward Productions), (d. 1969).^{[34] [35]}
• June 18: Keye Luke, Chinese actor (voice of Brak in Space Ghost, Charlie Chan in The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, Zoltar and The Great Spirit in Battle of the Planets), (d. 1991).
• June 24: Phil Harris, American comedian, actor and jazz singer (voice of Baloo in The Jungle Book, Thomas O'Malley in The Aristocats and Little John in Robin Hood), (d. 1995).^[36]

July

• July 23: Roland Davies, English comics artist, animator, animation producer and painter (Roland Davies Films Ltd., animated cartoons based on Come On, Steve), (d. 1993).^{[37] [38] [39]}

August

• August 4:
  • Helen Kane, American actress and singer (primary inspiration for the character of Betty Boop), (d. 1966).^{[40] [41]}
  • Reg Parlett, English cartoonist and comic-book artist, (writer and artist for J. Arthur Rank's Animaland cartoons, one of the artists working on the animated film Animal Farm). (d. 1991)^{[42] [43]}

September

• September 4: Irv Wyner, American background artist and animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walt Disney Company, Walter Lantz, Chuck Jones), (d. 2002).
• September 15: Tom Conway, British actor (narrator in Peter Pan, voice of Collie and Quizmaster in One Hundred and One Dalmatians), (d. 1967).^{[44] [45] [46]}
• September 17: Jerry Colonna, American comedian, singer and musician and actor (narrator of the Casey at the Bat segment in Make Mine Music and the short The Brave Engineer, voice of the March Hare in Alice in Wonderland), (d. 1986).
• September 19: Elvia Allman, American actress (voice of Miss Cud in I Haven't Got a Hat, second voice of Clarabelle Cow), (d. 1992).^{[47] [48]}

October

• October 24: Warren Foster, American screenwriter, animator and composer (Fleischer Studios, Warner Bros Cartoons, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1971).^{[49] [50] [51]}
• October 25: Bill Tytla, Ukrainian-American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Terrytoons, Famous Studios), (d. 1968).^{[52] [53] [54]}

December

• December 7: Clarence Nash, American voice actor (Donald Duck), (d. 1985).^{[55] [56] [57] [58]}

External links

• Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb

Notes and References

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2. Crafton (2014), p. 130
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4. Book: Ink & paint: the women of Walt Disney's animation. Mindy Johnson. 5 September 2017. 978-1484727812. 1023138145.
5. Book: Thomas, Bob. Walt Disney: The Art of Animation. Golden Press. 1958. New York. 175.
6. Web site: On July 9, 1948, James Baskett, the first Black male performer to receive an Oscar, died. Aaron. Eaton. July 9, 2020. The Philadelphia Tribune.
7. News: James Baskett, 44, Screen, Radio Actor . The New York Times. 10 July 1948.
8. Frost . Jennifer. Winter 2008 . Hedda Hopper, Hollywood Gossip, and the Politics of Racial Representation in Film, 1946-1948 . The Journal of African American History . 93 . 1 . 36–63 . 10.1086/JAAHv93n1p36 . 20064255 . 142114722 . March 23, 2023.
9. Web site: Movies till Dawn: Almost Weirder Than Now. April 7, 2020.
10. Web site: Jungle Queen. April 16, 2015.
11. Web site: Dr. Seuss. lambiek.net.
12. News: Veteran Film-TV Actor J. Pat O'Malley Dies. Los Angeles Times. 1 March 1985. 14 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20210121183600/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-01-me-23686-story.html . January 21, 2021 .
13. News: Lou Bunin, Animator Who Made A Wondrous 'Alice,' Dies at 89. Richard D.. Lyons. Feb 20, 1994. The New York Times. August 2, 2020.
14. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/20/obituaries/lou-bunin-animator-who-made-a-wondrous-alice-dies-at-89.html Lou Bunin, obituary. New York Times, February 20 1994.
15. Cinema: Battle of Wonderland. https://web.archive.org/web/20100328183004/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,889135,00.html. dead. March 28, 2010. 16 July 1951. Time. 29 September 2009.
16. DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. . p. 43.
17. News: Digger O'Dell Dies . . May 18, 1957 . 2 . . April 26, 2015 . Associated Press.
18. Web site: 39. Hicks Lokey. May 20, 2011. August 2, 2020.
19. Book: Koszarski, Richard. Hollywood on the Hudson: Film and Television in New York from Griffith to Sarnoff. 317. August 27, 2008. Rutgers University Press. 9780813545523.
20. Book: Pointer, Ray. The Art and Inventions of Max Fleischer: American Animation Pioneer. 162. January 10, 2017. McFarland & Company. 9781476663678.
21. Book: Sito, Tom. Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson. 76. October 6, 2006. University Press of Kentucky. 9780813138367.
22. Web site: Fred Spencer. lambiek.net. May 21, 2020. January 25, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210125065357/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/spencer_fred.htm. live.
23. http://www.mouseplanet.com/8184/Walt_and_DeMolay Walt and DeMolay
24. http://www.michaelspornanimation.com/splog/?p=1914 Donald Models
25. https://web.archive.org/web/20110923123201/http://d23.disney.go.com/news/2009/06/donald-duck-superstar/ Donald Duck, Superstar!
26. Book: Gabler , Neal . Neal Gabler. Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination. 2007. Vintage. New York. 978-0-679-75747-4. 203.
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28. News: Obituaries: Don Brodie. Lentz III. Harris. October 2001. Classic Images. 57. Film and television character actor Don Brodie died at age 101 in Los Angeles, California, on January 8, 2001. . .
29. Book: Lentz. Harris M.. Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2001: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. 2002. McFarland. 978-0-7864-1278-5. 45–46. February 13, 2023. en.
30. Web site: Will Gould. May 21, 2021. lambiek.net. en.
31. Book: Who's who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-winning and Legendary Animators. 9781557836717. Lenburg. Jeff. 2006.
32. Book: Scott, Keith . Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, 1930-70 . BearManor Media . 2022 . 979-8-88771-010-5 . 6.
33. Book: Cohen, Karl . Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons and Blacklisted Animators in America . . 2014 . 9781476607252 . 15.
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35. News: Pete Burness. https://web.archive.org/web/20100911113556/http://movies.nytimes.com/person/187949/Pete-Burness/biography . dead . 2010-09-11 . Movies & TV Dept. . . Sandra Brennan . 2010 .
36. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-08-13-mn-34742-story.html Benny Show's Phil Harris Dies at 91
37. Web site: Roland Davies . lambiek.net . Comic shop Lambiek . 25 November 2019 . en.
38. News: Gifford . Denis . Obituary: Roland Davies . The Independent . 16 December 1993 . 1993 . en.
39. COMPANIES ACT, 1929. . The London Gazette . 1939 . 21 March 1939 . 1938 .
40. Book: Taylor, James D. Jr.. Helen Kane and Betty Boop: On Stage and On Trial. 10 November 2017. Algora Publishing. 9781628942996. 19 September 2021. Google Books.
41. Book: O'Meally, Robert. Uptown conversation: the new jazz studies. 295. 2004. Columbia University Press. 978-0231123518.
42. http://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/parlett_reginald.htm Parlett on Lambiek Comiclopedia
43. Clark, Alan The Comic Art of Reg. Parlett Golden Fun Publishing (1986) pg 5
44. News: Actor Tom Conway of movies and TV. . 26 April 1967. The Washington Post and Times-Herald. .
45. News: Tom Conway, star of nearly 300 movies, dies in hospital. . 25 April 1967. Los Angeles Times. .
46. Web site: Tom Conway Dies; Actor, 63, Starred As Falcon in Films - The New York Times . www.nytimes.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20180613010542/https://www.nytimes.com/1967/04/25/archives/tom-conway-dies-actor-63-starred-as-falcon-in-films.html . 2018-06-13.
47. Web site: Elvia Allman, 88; Character Actress on 'Beverly Hillbillies,' 'Petticoat Junction'. March 14, 1992 . Los Angeles Times.
48. DeLong, Thomas A. (1996). Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960. McFarland & Company, Inc. . P. 10.
49. https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/comics-by-warren-foster/ Comics by Warren Foster
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53. News: Bring Back the Animation. Ebiri. Bilge. July 23, 2019. July 25, 2020. Vulture.
54. Web site: Bill Tytla - D23. 2020-07-25.
55. Web site: Clarence Nash. D23.
56. Web site: From Donald Duck to Tom and Jerry, this duck tale started in Oklahoma. Jimmie Tramel, Tulsa World, February 2, 2020. February 2, 2020.
57. News: Verdugo Views: Donald Duck and his brood nested in Glendale. The Los Angeles Times. December 3, 2014.
58. Weinberg . Bernd . Westerhouse . Jan . A Study of Buccal Speech . Journal of Speech and Hearing Research . American Speech Language Hearing Association . 14 . 3 . 1971 . 0022-4685 . 10.1044/jshr.1403.652 . 652–658. 5163900 . also published as Weinberg . B. . Westerhouse . J. . A Study of Buccal Speech . The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America . Acoustical Society of America (ASA) . 51 . 1A . 1972 . 0001-4966 . 10.1121/1.1981697 . 652–8. 5163900 . 1972ASAJ...51Q..91W . free .