1910 in animation explained

Events in 1910 in animation.

Films released

• Unknown date – The Clown and His Donkey (United Kingdom)^[1]

Births

January

• January 16: Aurelius Battaglia, American illustrator (Walt Disney Studios, United Productions of America), (d. 1984).
• January 19: Izzy Ellis, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Paramount Cartoon Studios, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1994).^{[2] [3]}
• January 23: Walter Greene, American composer (Walter Lantz Productions, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises), (d. 1983).
• January 31: Jack Mercer, American voice actor, animator and script writer (Fleischer Studios, Paramount Pictures, voice of Popeye and Felix the Cat), (d. 1984).^[4]

February

• February 10: Reuben Timmins, American animator and comics artist (Fleischer Studios, Van Beuren Studios, Terrytoons, Walt Disney Company, Hanna-Barbera, Tom & Jerry, Crusader Rabbit, Peanuts, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids), (d. 1994).^[5]

March

• March 10:
  • David Rose, American animator, art director, illustrator and designer (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Warner Bros. Animation), (d. 2006).^{[6] [7]}
  • Little Ann Little, American singer and actress (continued voice of Betty Boop), (d. 1981).^{[8] [9]}
• March 15: Nick Stewart, American actor (voice of Specks Crow in Dumbo and Br'er Bear in Song of the South), (d. 2000).^[10]
• March 17: Frank de Kova, American actor (voice of Angie in Heavy Traffic, Managan in Coonskin and Old Vinnie in Hey Good Lookin'), (d. 1981).^[11]
• March 19: John McGrew, American animator, layout artist, musician, and painter (Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1999).^{[12] [13] [14]}
• March 23: Paula Winslowe, American actress (voice of Bambi's mother in Bambi), (d. 1996).
• March 26: Rudy Zamora, American animator and animation director (The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, The Jetsons), (d. 1989).^{[15] [16] [17]}

May

• May 5: Bill Baucom, American actor (voice of Trusty in Lady and the Tramp), (d. 1981).^[18]
• May 11: Gordon A. Sheehan, American animator and cartoonist (Betty Boop, Popeye, Superman), (d. 1996).^{[19] [20] [21]}
• May 23: Scatman Crothers, American voice actor (voice of Scat Cat in The Aristocats, Meadowlark Lemon in Harlem Globetrotters, Hong Kong Phooey in Hong Kong Phooey, Old Man Bone in Coonskin, Jazz in The Transformers), (d. 1986).^[22]
• May 24: Ed Love, American animator (Walt Disney Company, MGM (worked in Tex Avery's unit), Walter Lantz, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1996).^{[23] [24] [25]}

June

• June 5: Herb Vigran, American actor (voice of narrator in What's My Lion?, Glum in The Adventures of Gulliver, Lurvy in Charlotte's Web, Museum Man in The Super Globetrotters episode "The Super Globetrotters vs. Museum Man", Mr. Dinkle in Shirt Tales, Hopps in , additional voices in The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show and Saturday Supercade), (d. 1986).^[26]
• June 13: Mary Wickes, American actress (live-action model for Cruella De Vil in 101 Dalmatians, voice of Laverne in The Hunchback of Notre Dame), (d. 1995).^{[27] [28]}
• June 16: Judd Conlon, American vocal arranger and conductor (Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan), (d. 1966).^[29]
• June 28: Herbert Ryman, American artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1989).^[30]

July

• July 3: Marcellite Garner, American voice actress (voiced Minnie Mouse in several cartoons), (d. 1993).
• July 14: William Hanna, American animator, cartoonist, and musician (creator and voice actor of Tom and Jerry, co-founder of Hanna-Barbera), (d. 2001).^{[31] [32]}
• July 22: Ruthie Tompson, American camera technician and animation checker (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 2021).^{[33] [34] [35]}
• July 26: Kenneth Muse, American animator (Walt Disney Company, MGM, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1987).^[36]

August

• August 28: Chase Craig, American animator and cartoonist (Leon Schlesinger Productions, Walter Lantz Productions), (d. 2001).^{[37] [38]}
• August 29: Ed Barge, American animator (Harman-Ising, MGM, Hanna-Barbera, Ralph Bakshi), (d. 1991).^[39]

September

• September 3: Yale Gracey, Writer and layout artist, (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1983).^{[40] [41] [42]}
• September 5: Kenny Delmar, American actor (voice of Commander McBragg, The Hunter in King Leonardo and His Short Subjects, character of Senator Claghorn, inspiration for Foghorn Leghorn), (d. 1984).^[43]
• September 11: John Sutherland, American animator (Walt Disney Company), voice actor (voice of young adult Bambi in Bambi) and film producer (Daffy Ditties), (d. 2001).^[44]
• September 14: Peter Strausfeld, British animator and illustrator (Peak Load Electricity, Salvage Saves Shipping, Skeleton in the Cupboard), (d. 1980).^{[45] [46]}
• September 15: Charles August Nichols, American aniimator and film director (Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, Charlotte's Web), (d. 1992).^{[47] [48] [49] [50] [51]}
• September 19: Jack Dunham, American animator and television producer (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walter Lantz Productions), (d. 2008).^{[52] [53] [54]}

October

• October 8: Winston Hibler, American screenwriter and film producer (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1976).^{[55] [56]}
• October 10:
  • Rod Scribner, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Peanuts specials) and producer (Playhouse Pictures), (d. 1976).^{[57] [58] [59]}
  • Steve Muffati, American animator and comics artist (Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios), (d. 1968).^[60]
• October 13: Bob McKimson, American animator, director and illustrator (Looney Tunes, Foghorn Leghorn, Tasmanian Devil), (d. 1977).^[61]
• October 25:
  • David Lichine, Russian-American ballet dancer and choreographer (Fantasia, Make Mine Music), (d. 1972).
  • Tyrus Wong, Chinese-American painter, calligrapher, muralist, ceramicist, lithographer, kite designer, set designer, storyboard artist and animator (Walt Disney Company), (d. 2016).^{[62] [63] [64]}

November

• November 3: Karel Zeman, Czech film director and animator (A Christmas Dream, Mr. Prokouk), (d. 1989).^{[65] [66]}
• November 6: Elmer Plummer, American animator and watercolorist (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1986).^{[67] [68]}
• November 26: James Simpkins, Canadian animator and comics artist (National Film Board of Canada), (d. 2004).^[69]

December

• December 7: Louis Prima, American jazz musician and actor (voice of King Louie in The Jungle Book), (d. 1978).
• December 14: George Nicholas, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1996).^{[70] [71] [72]}
• December 20: Carl Urbano, American animator and director (A Is for Atom), (d. 2003).

Specific date unknown

• Lonesome George, Spanish Pinta Island tortoise (inspiration for the Lonesome Hubert segment in the Futurama episode "Naturama"), (d. 2012).^{[73] [74]}
• Salvador Mestres, Spanish animator, film director and comics artist (Hispano Grafic Films), (d. 1975).^[75]

Sources

• • Book: McKimson Jr., Robert . "I Say, I Say ... Son!": A Tribute to Legendary Animators Bob, Chuck, and Tom McKimson . Santa Monica Press . 2012 . 978-1-59580-069-5.

External links

• Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb

Notes and References

1. Bendazzi (2017), p. 52
2. Maltin, Leonard. Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1980.
3. Lenburg, Jeff. Who's Who in Animated Cartoons. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2006.
4. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E1D71538F93AA35751C1A962948260 "Jack Mercer, Provided Voice Of Popeye in Film Cartoons" (obituary)
5. Web site: Reuben Timmins. lambiek.net.
6. Web site: Stewart . Jocelyn Y. . David Rose, 95; Artist's Depictions of Famous Trials Were Seen by Millions Around World . Los Angeles Times . March 11, 2006 . June 25, 2023.
7. Web site: David Rose: Witness to the Prosecution . USC Libraries . October 25, 2011 . June 25, 2023.
8. https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3qgfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a9YEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4897,4081850&dq=voice+of+betty+boop+dies&hl=en "Betty Boop Dead at 71"
9. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=348&dat=19811025&id=XlYHAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2jQDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4122,4058230 "Ann Rothschild, entertainer, dies"
10. News: Oliver . Myrna . 2000-12-21 . Nick Stewart; Co-Founded Ebony Theater to Help Black Actors . Los Angeles Times . live . subscription . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305072512/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/dec/21/local/me-2834 . 2016-03-05.
11. Web site: Frank de Kova. https://web.archive.org/web/20140301005346/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/person/17787/Frank-DeKova/biography. dead. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. Hal Erickson. Hal Erickson (author). 2014. 2014-03-01.
12. Web site: MCGREW John Burton. December 26, 2020.
13. Cohen, Karl F., Forbidden Animation: Censored Cartoons And Blacklisted Animators in America, pp172-174
14. http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Interviews/McGrew/interview_john_mcgrew.htm Interview with Michael Barrier
15. Book: 78. Latino Success: Insights from 100 of America's Most Powerful Latino Business Professionals. Falide. Augusto A.. Doyle. William S.. 1996. Simon & Schuster. 9780684813127.
16. Web site: A Chat with Rudy Zamora. Deneroff. Harvey. December 21, 2015. Cartoon Research. December 6, 2022.
17. Book: Sito, Tom. Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson. 14. October 6, 2006. University Press of Kentucky. 9780813171487.
18. Web site: Baucom, Bill, 1910-1981 - LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies | Library of Congress, from LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress). The Library of. Congress. Id.loc.gov. 6 November 2021.
19. News: O'Brien. Dennis. September 10, 1996. Gordon Sheehan; Worked On 1st 'Popeye' Cartoon. Chicago Tribune.
20. News: August 22, 1941. Personals in Mechanicville. The Saratogian.
21. Book: Barrier, Michael. Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age. Oxford University Press. 1999. New York. 187.
22. Book: White . Robert . White . Phyllis . Hollywood and the Best of Los Angeles . 11 December 2018 . 1 March 2011 . Hunter Publishing . 978-1-58843-286-5 . 568– .
23. Book: Barrier. Michael. The Animated Man : A Life of Walt Disney. 2008. University of California Press. Berkeley. 978-0-520-25619-4. 84. 1st pbk. print..
24. Book: Ghez. Didier. Walt's People: Talking Disney With the Artists Who Knew Him. 2011. Xlibris Corporation. 978-1-4653-6841-6.
25. Web site: 1996-05-19. Obituary: Ed Love. 2021-12-02. The Independent. en.
26. News: Herburt Vigran, 76; Radio, TV, Film Actor. 7 February 2016. Los Angeles Times. December 3, 1986.
27. http://findadeath.com/directory/w/Mary_Wickes/index.html Copy of death certificate (with wrong year of birth)
28. Web site: Oliver. Myrna . 1995-10-25. Mary Wickes; Veteran Comedic Actress. 2021-08-19. Los Angeles Times.
29. Variety. Variety. August 3, 1966.
30. News: H. Ryman; Illustrated Disneyland Plans. Obituary. Los Angeles Times. February 14, 1989. October 4, 2014.
31. Book: Hanna, William . Tom Ito . A Cast of Friends . Da Capo Press . Emeryville, California . 2000 . 0-306-80917-6 .
32. News: William Hanna: Master animator whose cartoon creations included Tom and Jerry and the Flintstones . Gifford . Denis . March 24, 2001 . The Guardian . UK . August 23, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150403122938/http://www.theguardian.com/news/2001/mar/24/guardianobituaries.filmnews1?INTCMP=SRCH . April 3, 2015 . live.
33. Web site: Remembering Disney Legend Ruthie Tompson. thewaltdisneycompany.com. October 11, 2021. October 11, 2021.
34. Web site: Ruthie Tompson. D23. Disney. June 14, 2016.
35. Web site: Rice . Nicholas . Legendary Disney Animator Ruthie Tompson Dies at 111: She 'Will Forever Inspire Us,' Says Bob Iger . PEOPLE.com . 2021-10-17 . 2021-10-19.
36. Mayerson, Mark, "Animators and Their Scenes". Apatoons #44 (1991). Found on http://harrymccracken.com/apasite/stuff/scenes.htm
37. Web site: Wingate Chase Craig - Texas Births and Christenings . 13 March 2017 . FamilySearch.
38. http://lambiek.net/artists/c/craig_chase.htm Craig entry
39. A Cast of Friends, William Hanna, Taylor Publishing, 1996.
40. Web site: The Wizard of WED: Yale Gracey .
41. Book: Bright . Randy . Disneyland : inside story . 1987 . H.N. Abrams . 0-8109-0811-5 . New York . 193.
42. Web site: Yale Gracey - Animation, Disney Legends, Imagineering. D23.com. The Walt Disney Company. 6 March 2015.
43. News: Berger, Joseph . Joseph Berger (author) . Kenny Delmar, radio's Senator Claghorn, dies . Kenny Delmar, the actor who played the blustery Southern Senator Beauregard Claghorn on the old Fred Allen radio show, died yesterday in St. Joseph's Hospital in Stamford, Conn. He was 73 and lived in Stamford. ... . . July 15, 1984 . 2014-10-20 .
44. Web site: John Sutherland; Acclaimed for Artistry of His Industrial Films . . 27 February 2001 .
45. Web site: Gray . Frank . Peter Strausfeld . University of Brighton . 11 October 2022.
46. Web site: Peter Strausfeld Death • England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007 . familysearch.org . 11 October 2022.
47. Book: Eagan, Daniel. America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry. 311. 2010. Bloomsbury Academic. 9780826429773.
48. Book: Doing Their Bit: Wartime American Animated Short Films, 1939–1945. 168. 2nd. Shull. Michael E.. Wilt. David E.. May 23, 2014. McFarland & Company. 9780786481699.
49. Book: 450. The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons. 1. Horn. Maurice. Marschall. Richard. 1980. Gale Research Company.
50. Book: Webb, Graham. 309. The Animated Film Encyclopedia: A Complete Guide to American Shorts, Features and Sequences 1900-1979. 2000. McFarland & Company. 9780786407286.
51. Book: Pitts, Michael R.. RKO Radio Pictures Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Films, 1929-1956. 11. April 3, 2015. McFarland & Company. 9780786460472.
52. News: Disney, Lantz animator Jack Dunham dies at 98. Cartoon Brew. Big Cartoon Forum. 2009-04-05. 2009-04-13. https://archive.today/20130117210541/http://forum.bcdb.com/forum/Error:%20Variable%20'hot_short_title'%20is%20not%20a%20code%20reference_P103666/. 2013-01-17. dead.
53. News: Disney Animator Jack Dunham Dies. Cartoon Brew. Animation World News. 2009-04-05. 2009-04-13. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20090421220537/http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top. 2009-04-21.
54. El Cine en Mexico . Cine-Mundial . March 1943. Chalmers Publishing Company . Pepe Alizondo . 262.
55. News: Dorothy Hibler Obituary . 13 March 2019 . Legacy.com.
56. Web site: D23. Disney. subscription . January 26, 2017. Winston Hibler.
57. https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/irv-spence-and-rod-scribner-one-shot-moonlighters/ Irv Spence and Rod Scribner, One-Shot Moonlighters
58. Book: Barrier, Michael. Hollywood cartoons : American animation in its golden age. Oxford University Press. 1999. 436. 978-0-19-503759-3.
59. Web site: Hartley. Steven. November 2, 2013. Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie: 309. Of Fox and Hounds (1940). September 18, 2020. Likely Looney, Mostly Merrie.
60. Web site: Steve Muffatti. lambiek.net. May 27, 2020.
61. Web site: Bob McKimson. lambiek.net. May 20, 2020.
62. News: Fox. Margalit. Tyrus Wong, 'Bambi' Artist Thwarted by Racial Bias, Dies at 106. The New York Times. December 31, 2016. 2016-12-30 . mdy-all.
63. News: Bryant. Jacob. Tyrus Wong, Pioneer 'Bambi' Artist, Dies at 106. December 31, 2016. Variety. December 30, 2016.
64. Gettell. Oliver. Pioneering Bambi artist Tyrus Wong dies at 106. December 31, 2016. Entertainment Weekly. December 30, 2016.
65. Book: Sadoul, Georges. Dictionary of Film Makers. 1972. University of California Press. Berkeley. 0520018648. 286. Georges Sadoul. 1 September 2013.
66. Markéta. Nováková. Ahoy: Newsletter of the Czech Center New York. March–April 2001. The Fabulous World of Karel Zeman. 6. 2. Published online: Web site: The Fabulous World of Karel Zeman. Jules Verne: Andreas Fehrmann's Collection. 2 September 2012.
67. https://web.archive.org/web/20121117100846/http://thecartoonists.ca/Index_files/2012pages/TC%20-%20Elmer%20Plummer.htm Elmer Plummer, Artist and Disney Illustrator
68. Web site: Elmer Plummer . Spencer Helfen Fine Arts.
69. Web site: James Simpkins.
70. News: George 'Nick' Nicholas; Animator Worked on Disney Classics . . November 27, 1996 . February 10, 2022 .
71. Web site: A Chat with George Nicholas . June 20, 2016 . . February 11, 2022.
72. Book: Beck, Jerry. The Animated Movie Guide . Chicago Review Press. 2005 . 160–161. 9781569762226 .
73. News: Lonesome George, last of the Pinta Island tortoises, dies. CNN. February 20, 2022. June 25, 2012.
74. Web site: Giant tortoise Lonesome George's death leaves the world one subspecies poorer. nationalpost.com. February 20, 2022.
75. Web site: Salvador Mestres. lambiek.net. May 20, 2020.