1911 in animation explained

Events in 1911 in animation.

Films released

• Unknown date – By the Light of the Moon (United States)
• 8 April – Little Nemo (United States)

Births

January

• January 18: Danny Kaye, American actor, comedian and singer (voice of Seymour S. Sassafras, Colonel B. Wellington, B. Bunny and Antoine in Here Comes Peter Cottontail, Marmaduke in The Enchanted World of Danny Kaye), (d. 1987).^{[1] [2]}
• January 26: Jean Image, Hungarian-French animator and film director (Johnny the Giant Killer, Kiri le Clown, Joe), (d. 1989).

February

• February 10: Norman McCabe, English-American animator and illustrator (Warner Brothers Animation, DePatie-Freleng, Filmation), (d. 2006).^[3]
• February 11: Harvey Eisenberg, American animator and comics artist (MGM Animation, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1965).^[4]
• February 12: Frank Grundeen, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1986).^[5]

March

• March 9: John Lounsbery, American animator (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1976).^{[6] [7]}
• March 11: Don DaGradi, American writer (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1991).
• March 12: Joshua Meador, American animator, film director and special effects artist (Walt Disney Studios, animation effects in Forbidden Planet), (d. 1965).^[8]
• March 17: Orestes Calpini, American animator (Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios), (d. 1974).
• March 18: William Lava, American composer (Looney Tunes, The Pink Panther), (d. 1971).
• March 24:
  • Cal Howard, American animator, cartoon writer (Walter Lantz, Walt Disney Company, Fleischer Brothers, Ub Iwerks, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Screen Gems) and voice actor (voice of Gabby Goat in Get Rich Quick Porky, Prince David in Gulliver's Travels), (d. 1993).^[9]
  • Joseph Barbera, American animator, film director and producer (Tom & Jerry, The Flintstones, Yogi Bear, The Jetsons, Wacky Races, Scooby-Doo), co-founder of Hanna-Barbera, (d. 2006).^[10]
• March 26: T. Hee, American animator and film director (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walt Disney Company, UPA, Terrytoons), (d. 1988).^{[11] [12]}

April

• April 1: Harry Love, American animator and production coordinator (Charles Mintz, Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng, The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat), (d. 1997).^{[13] [14]}
• April 11: Harry Holt, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 2004).^[15]

May

• May 1: Maurice Noble, American film director, writer (Tiny Toon Adventures), production designer and background artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Warner Bros. Cartoons, MGM Animation/Visual Arts, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Poochini, Timber Wolf), (d. 2001).^[16]
• May 6: Frank Nelson, American actor (voice of Mr. Cow in Tootsie Pop commercial, Uncle Dudley in Dinky Dog, Tall Doctor in Puff the Magic Dragon, Wizzar in Monchhichis, Governor Wetworth in Snorks, Dr. Pavlov in Foofur, Satan in The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie), (d. 1986).^{[17] [18] [19]}
• May 11: Doodles Weaver, American actor, comedian, musician and comics writer (narrator in the Goofy cartoon Hockey Homicide), (d. 1983).^[20]
• May 27: Vincent Price, American actor (voice of January Q. Irontail in Here Comes Peter Cottontail, narrator in Vincent, Vincent Van Ghoul in The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, Professor Ratigan in The Great Mouse Detective, Edgar Allan Poe in Tiny Toon Adventures, Zigzag in The Thief and the Cobbler), (d. 1993).^[21]
• May 29: Vivi Janiss, American actress (voice of Daisy Duck in Donald's Diary), (d. 1988).^[22]

June

• June 9: Hawley Pratt, American film director, lay-out artist illustrator and animator (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises), (d. 1999).^{[23] [24]}
• June 19: Eric Porter, Australian animator and film director (Marco Polo Junior Versus the Red Dragon), (d. 1983).

July

• July 6: LaVerne Andrews, American singer (co-sang the "Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet" segment in Make Mine Music, and "Little Toot" in Melody Time), (d. 1967).^[25]
• July 10: Terry-Thomas, English actor and comedian (voice of Sir Hiss in Robin Hood), (d. 1990).^[26]
• July 18: Bernard Wolf, American film producer (Paramount Studios, Fleischer Studios, Ub Iwerks, Walt Disney Animation Studios, MGM, Rudolph Ising, Sesame Street, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 2006).^[27]

August

• August 1: Alex Cubie, Scottish comics artist and animator (Rank Film Distributors), (d. 1995).^[28]
• August 5: Bob Wickersham, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Ub Iwerks, Fleischer Studios, Terrytoons, Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1962).^[29]
• August 8: Rosetta LeNoire, American voice actress (voice of Big Bertha in Fritz the Cat), (d. 2002).^[30]
• August 12:
  • Felix Felton, English actor (voice of the Ghost of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol), (d. 1972).^[31]
  • Cantinflas, Mexican comedian, actor and filmmaker (voice of Amigo in Amigo and Friends), (d. 1993).^[32]
• August 13: Viktor Kálmán, Hungarian painter, animator and comics artist (Az Okos Kapus), (d. 1985).^[33]
• August 31: Frank Smith, American animator and film director (Fleischer Studios, Walter Lantz Productions, UPA, Peanuts specials), (d. 1975).^[34]

September

• September 7: Fred Moore, American animator (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1952).^[35]
• September 11: Ramey Idriss, American songwriter, author, composer and musician (co-wrote The Woody Woodpecker Song), (d. 1971).
• September 24: Mitsuyo Seo, Japanese animator and film director (Momotarō no Umiwashi, ), (d. 2010).^[36]

October

• October 1:
  • Lee Blair, American artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1993).^[37]
  • Irwin Kostal, American musical arranger (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Charlotte's Web), (d. 1994).
• October 3: Michael Hordern, English actor (voice of Jacob Marley in A Christmas Carol, Frith in Watership Down, Badger in The Wind in the Willows, the narrator in Paddington), (d. 1995).^{[38] [39]}
• October 11: Hy Hirsh, American photographer and film director, (d. 1961).^[40]
• October 21: Mary Blair, American artist, animator and designer (The Walt Disney Company), (d. 1978).^{[41] [42]}
• October 23: Frederik Bramming, Danish animator and comics artist (made advertising animated shorts for Bergenholz), (d. 1991).^[43]

November

• November 5: Roy Rogers, American singer and actor (narrator in the Pecos Bill segment in Melody Time), (d. 1998).^[44]
• November 6: Stephen Bosustow, Canadian-American animator (Ub Iwerks, Walter Lantz Productions, Walt Disney Animation Studios) and film producer (UPA, Gerald McBoing Boing, Mr. Magoo, Bosustow Entertainment, Sesame Street), (d. 1981).^[45]
• November 10: Harry Andrews, English actor (voice of General Woundwort in Watership Down), (d. 1989).^{[46] [47] [48]}
• November 15: Joaquin Garay, Mexican actor (voice of Panchito Pistoles in The Three Caballeros), (d. 1990).^[49]
• November 21: Andy Engman, Swedish-Finnish-American animator (Walt Disney Company), (d. 2004).^[50]
• November 23: Ray Patterson, American animator and film director and producer (worked for Screen Gems, Walt Disney Animation Studios, MGM Animation, Grantray-Lawrence Animation, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 2001).^[51]
• November 25: Paul Murry, American animator, comics artist and writer (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1989).^[52]

December

• December 8: Kin Platt, American caricaturist, radio writer, TV writer, comics artist and animation writer (Walt Disney Animation, Hanna-Barbera, Terrytoons, Milton the Monster), (d. 2003).^[53]
• December 18: David Hilberman, American animator, film director and producer (Walt Disney Company, co-founder of UPA, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 2007).^[54]
• December 30: Jeanette Nolan, American actress (voice of Ellie Mae in The Rescuers, Widow Tweed in The Fox and the Hound), (d. 1998).^[55]

Specific date unknown

• Dan Noonan, American animator and comics artist (Terrytoons, Walt Disney Company, Filmation, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1982).^[56]

External links

• Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb

Notes and References

1. News: Danny Kaye, comedian who loved children, dead at 74. Associated Press . March 4, 1987 . . Wilmington, North Carolina . December 15, 2010.
2. News: Actor-comedian Danny Kaye dies. March 3, 1987. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. December 15, 2010.
3. Web site: Norm McCabe.
4. Web site: Harvey Eisenberg. lambiek.net. 29 January 2019.
5. Web site: Frank Grundeen. lambiek.net. May 29, 2020.
6. Web site: John Lounsberry. D23. April 26, 2022.
7. Web site: Disney Legends. D23. May 20, 2020.
8. Web site: Josh Meador: Walt's Animation and Special Effects Master | The Walt Disney Family Museum. www.waltdisney.org. May 27, 2020.
9. Web site: Cal Howard. IMDb. August 2, 2020.
10. Web site: Joseph Barbera. lambiek.net. 7 April 2018.
11. Web site: Immaginario Fiorentino Restaurant | Dinner with loved ones . 2007-02-28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070228125621/http://www.immaginariofiorentino.com/albertopage/amimatorsa-z/animatorsh.htm . 2007-02-28 . Alberto's page (website of animator credits). Last accessed 22 February 2007.
12. Web site: Immaginario Fiorentino Restaurant | Dinner with loved ones . March 22, 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070228125621/http://www.immaginariofiorentino.com/albertopage/amimatorsa-z/animatorsh.htm . February 28, 2007 .
13. Web site: Harry Love . 1997-03-24 . variety.com.
14. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-03-08-mn-36062-story.html Harry Love; Animator got Warner Bros., Hanna-Barbera
15. Web site: Harry Holt. lambiek.net. April 11, 2021.
16. Bergan, Ronald (July 23, 2001). "Obituary: Maurice Noble: Animation artist filling in the background for cartoon hijinks." The Guardian (London, England), p20.
17. News: Regular on Jack Benny Show, Radio and TV Actor Frank Nelson Dies. Frank Nelson, a regular on the Jack Benny radio and television shows for more than 30 years and a professional actor for six decades, died Friday at his home in Hollywood after a long illness. He was 75. .... Los Angeles Times. September 15, 1986. 2. November 28, 2010.
18. News: Frank Nelson . Frank Nelson, an actor on Jack Benny's radio and television shows for 38 years and a former national president of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, died Friday of cancer at his home in Hollywood. He was 75 years old. . . September 16, 1986. 2009-02-10 .
19. News: Regular on Jack Benny Show Radio and TV Actor Frank Nelson Dies . AFTRA national President Frank Maxwell said Friday that Nelson "fought fiercely for the things he believed in. ... His devotion to the welfare of his fellow members will leave its stamp on AFTRA for as long as the union lasts." Nelson is survived by his wife, actress Veola Vonn; son Doug Nelson, and daughter, Bonnie Esther. . . September 15, 1986 . 2020-09-07 .
20. https://www.nytimes.com/1983/01/18/obituaries/doodles-weaver-71-tv-comedian-dies-apparently-a-suicide.html The New York Times
21. News: Peter B. Flint. Vincent Price, Noted Actor Of Dark Roles, Dies at 82. Vincent Price, the suavely menacing star of countless low-budget but often stylish Gothic horror films, died at his home in Los Angeles on Monday. He was 82 years old and died of lung cancer, a personal assistant, Reggie Williams, said. .... The New York Times. October 27, 1993. October 27, 2014.
22. Web site: Vivi Janiss. IMDb.
23. Web site: Animation World News - In Passing . https://web.archive.org/web/20020328132606/https://www.awn.com/mag/issue4.01/4.01pages/4.01inpassing.php3 . dead . 2002-03-28 . 2002-03-28 . 2019-08-23.
24. Web site: Hawley Pratt. IMDb. May 15, 2020.
25. Web site: The Andrews Sisters. IMDb. May 27, 2020.
26. Book: Terry-Thomas. Daum. Terry. Terry-Thomas Tells Tales. 1990. Robson Books. London. 978-0-86051-662-0.
27. Web site: Archived copy . www.cartoonbrew.com . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061019061314/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/archives/2006_09.html#002286 . 19 October 2006 . dead.
28. Web site: Alex Cubie. lambiek.net. April 7, 2018.
29. Web site: Bob Wickersham. lambiek.net. May 27, 2020.
30. Book: TV Guide April 27-May 3, 2002, p. 10.
31. Web site: Felix Felton. IMDb. May 20, 2020. March 16, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210316153204/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0271642/. live.
32. Web site: Recuerdan a 'Cantinflas' en el Panteón Español. 2022-06-02. es . Cantinflas remembered at the Spanish Cemetery.
33. Web site: Victor Vashi.
34. Web site: Frank Smith. IMDb.
35. Web site: Animators' Hall of Fame. https://web.archive.org/web/20161121231821/http://www.agni%2Danimation.com/fullerton/halloffame/Fred_Moore.html. dead. November 21, 2016. www.agni-animation.com. May 19, 2020.
36. Web site: Mitsuyo Seo. IMDb. May 15, 2020.
37. Web site: Lee Blair . Olympedia . 26 July 2020.
38. Morley, Sheridan. "Hordern, Michael Murray (1911–1995)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, online edition, May 2009, accessed 22 July 2015
39. http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12109322.Sir_Michael_Hordern_dies/ "Sir Michael Hordern dies"
40. Web site: Thoben. Jan. Technical Sound-Image Transformations. See This Sound Compendium. Ludwig Boltzmann Istitut. 1 August 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130804065405/http://www.see-this-sound.at/compendium/maintext/51/6. 4 August 2013. dead.
41. .
42. Web site: Soquel Artist Mary Blair Finally Gets Her Due - SantaCruz.com. www.santacruz.com. 2019-12-11.
43. Web site: Frederik Bramming.
44. Web site: Roy Rogers. IMDb. Aug 2, 2020.
45. Encyclopedia: Stephen Bosustow. The Canadian Encyclopedia. September 6, 2019.
46. News: Basil Hoskins . 11 February 2005 . . London . 5 June 2009 .
47. News: Harry Andrews, Actor, Dies at 77; In 'The Hill' and 50 Other Movies. Yarrow, Andrew L.. 8 March 1989. The New York Times. B10. 5 June 2009. subscription.
48. Web site: Harry Andrews. IMDb. May 29, 2020.
49. Web site: Joaquin Garay. IMDb. August 2, 2020.
50. News: Andrew Alfons Engman . The Signal . August 1, 2004 . Santa Clarita, CA . 6 . October 5, 2022 . Newspapers.com.
51. Web site: In Memoriam: Ray Patterson . Animation Guild . https://web.archive.org/web/20070927173712/http://www.animationguild.org/_Info/In_memoriam/o-r/patterson_r.html . September 27, 2007.
52. Web site: Paul Murry. lambiek.net. May 29, 2020.
53. Web site: Kin Platt. lambiek.net. 7 April 2018.
54. Web site: RootsWeb: Database Index.
55. Tam Martinides . Gray . Michele Lynn Orecklin . Jessica Yadegaran. Milestones. https://web.archive.org/web/20080510084933/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,988604,00.html . dead . May 10, 2008 . . Jun 22, 1998 . 2008-12-13.
56. Web site: Dan Noonan. lambiek.net. May 29, 2020.