1916 in animation explained

Events in 1916 in animation.

Films released

• Unknown date – Domestic Difficulties (United States)
• 6 January – Colonel Heeza Liar's Waterloo (United States)
• 27 January – Police Dog On the Wire (United States)
• 3 February – Farmer Al Falfa's Catastrophe (United States)
• 18 February – Introducing Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse (United States)
• 21 February – Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse Believe in Signs (United States)
• 25 February – Krazy Kat & Ignatz Mouse Discuss the Letter 'G' (United States)
• 29 February – Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing (United States)
• 3 March – (United States)
• 5 March – Colonel Heeza Liar And The Pirates (United States)
• 6 March – Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse in Their One-Act Tragedy: "The Tail of the Nude Tail" (United States)
• 12 March – Farmer Al Falfa Invents a New Kite (United States)
• 14 March – Krazy Kat, Bugologist (United States)
• 17 March^[1] – Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse at the Circus (United States)
• 21 March – Krazy Kat Demi-Tasse (United States)
• 27 March – Krazy Kat Invalid (United States)
• 2 April – Police Dog Turns Nurse (United States)
• 3 April – Krazy Kat at the Switchboard (United States)
• 14 April:
  • A Tale That is Knot (United States)
  • Farmer Al Falfa's Scientific Diary (United States)
  • Krazy Kat the Hero (United States)
  • Krazy Kat to the Rescue (United States)
• 27 April – Colonel Heeza Liar Wins The Pennant (United States)
• 7 May – Police Dog in the Park (United States)
• 25 May – Colonel Heeza Liar Captures Villa (United States)
• 3 June – Farmer Al Falfa and his Tentless Circus (United States)
• 6 June – Working Out with the Police Dog (United States)
• 17 June – Krazy Kat at Looney Park (United States)
• 22 June – Colonel Heeza Liar And The Bandits (United States)
• 29 June – Farmer Al Falfa's Watermelon Patch (United States)
• 3 July – A Tempest in a Paint Pot (United States)
• 20 July – Colonel Heeza Liar's Courtship (United States)
• 4 August – Farmer Al Falfa's Egg-Citement (United States)
• 17 August – Colonel Heeza Liar On Strike (United States)
• 24 August – Colonel Heeza Liar Plays Hamlet (United States)
• 14 September – Colonel Heeza Liar Bachelor Quarters (United States)
• 16 September – Farmer Al Falfa's Wolfhound (United States)
• 9 October – Farmer Al Falfa Sees New York (United States)
• 11 October – Colonel Heeza Liar Gets Married (United States)
• 3 November – Farmer Al Falfa's Prune Plantation (United States)
• 15 November – Colonel Heeza Liar, Hobo (United States)
• 27 November – The Missing One (United States)
• 1 December – Farmer Al Falfa's Blind Pig (United States)
• 21 December – Colonel Heeza Liar at The Vaudeville Show (United States)
• 23 December:
  • Krazy Kat Takes Little Katrina For an Airing (United States)
  • Zepped (United States)

Births

January

• January 3: Maxene Andrews, American singer (co-sang the "Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet" segment in Make Mine Music, and "Little Toot" in Melody Time), (d. 1995).^{[2] [3]}
• January 18: Vladimir Degtyaryov, Russian film director and animator (Beloved Beauty), (d. 1974).^[4]

February

• February 8: Larz Bourne, American animation writer (Famous Studios, Gene Deitch, Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Terrytoons), (d. 1993).^{[5] [6]}
• February 12: Rudy Larriva, American animator and director (Warner Bros. Cartoons, UPA, the opening credits of The Twilight Zone), (d. 2010).^[7]
• February 23: Retta Scott, American artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1990).^[8]
• February 29: Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (sang the "Two Silhouettes" segment in Make Mine Music, and narrated and sang the "Bongo the Bear" segment in Fun and Fancy Free), (d. 1994).^{[9] [10]}

March

• March 6:
  • Virginia Gregg, American actress (voice of Tara in The Herculoids), (d. 1986).^[11]
  • Rochelle Hudson, American actress (voice of Honey in the Bosko cartons), (d. 1972).^{[12] [13]}
• March 15: Tom Okamoto, Japanese-American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1978).^[14]
• March 31: Lucille Bliss, American actress (voice of the title character in Crusader Rabbit, Anastasia Tremaine in Cinderella, Nibbles in Tom and Jerry, a sunflower and tulip in Alice in Wonderland, Smurfette in The Smurfs, Mrs. Beth Fitzgibbons in The Secret of NIMH, Ms. Bitters in Invader Zim), (d. 2012).^[15]

April

• April 26:
  • Eyvind Earle, American artist, author and illustrator (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 2000).^{[16] [17]}
  • Vic Perrin, American actor (voice of Dr. Zin in Jonny Quest), (d. 1989).^{[11] [18]}

May

• May 6: Adriana Caselotti, American actress and singer (voice of the title character in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), (d. 1997).^[19]
• May 10: John McLeish, Canadian actor (narrator in Dumbo, The Ducktators, The Dover Boys, and many Goofy cartoons, voice of the Carnival Barker in Pinocchio and John Ployardt in The Wind in the Willows segment of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad) and animation writer (The Rite of Spring segment in Fantasia), (d. 1969).
• May 21: Dennis Day, American actor, comedian and singer (narrator of the Johnny Appleseed segment in Melody Time), (d. 1988).^[20]

June

• June 17: Terry Gilkyson, American lyricist (wrote "The Bare Necessities" from The Jungle Book), (d. 1999).^[21]

July

• July 2: Ken Curtis, American singer and actor (voice of Nutsy in Robin Hood), (d. 1991).^[22]
• July 3: Al Stahl, American animator and comics artist (Terrytoons, Fleischer Brothers, Stahl's Animated Productions), (d. 1999).^[23]
• July 6: Don R. Christensen, American animator, comics artist and writer, scriptwriter (Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 2006).^[24]
• July 27: Keenan Wynn, American actor (voice of the Winter Warlock in Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, Captain Cully and the Harpy in The Last Unicorn), (d. 1986).

August

• August 4: Carlos Ramírez, Colombian singer (opera voice in Tex Avery's Magical Maestro), (d. 1986).^[25]
• August 21: Bill Lee, American playback singer (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1980).^[26]
• August 24: Hal Smith, American actor (voice of Owl in Winnie the Pooh, Goliath in Davey and Goliath, Flintheart Glomgold and Gyro Gearloose in DuckTales, continued voice of Goofy, Elmer Fudd, and Winnie the Pooh), (d. 1994).^{[27] [28]}
• August 27: Larry Thor, Canadian newscaster, announcer, and actor (voice of Tock the Watchdog in The Phantom Tollbooth), (d. 1976).^[29]

September

• September 13: Hal Geer, American producer, film editor and animator (Looney Tunes), (d. 2017).^[30]
• September 25: Jack Boyd, American animator and special effects creator (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1998).^[31]

October

• October 4: George Sidney, American film director and producer (Anchors Aweigh), co-founder of Hanna-Barbera, (d. 2002).
• October 22: Sidney Miller, American actor (voice of the Dungeon Master in Dungeons & Dragons, Hornswoggle in The Gary Coleman Show, Horrg in Monchhichis, Oompe in ), (d. 2004).^[32]
• October 31: Phil Monroe, American animator and film director (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walt Disney Company, UPA, Terrytoons), (d. 1988).^[33]

November

• November 4: Walter Cronkite, American broadcast journalist (voice of Captain Neweyes in We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story, Benjamin Franklin in Liberty's Kids), (d. 2009).^{[34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40]}
• November 14: Sherwood Schwartz, American television writer and producer (creator of The Brady Kids, The New Adventures of Gilligan and Gilligan's Planet, co-wrote the song "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle" which was used on Rugrats Go Wild and the Robot Chicken episode "Suck It", and "The Brady Bunch Theme" which was parodied as the "T.U.F.F. and D.O.O.M. Theme" in the T.U.F.F. Puppy episode "Share-A-Lair"), (d. 2011).^[41]
• November 15: Bill Melendez, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Warner Bros. Cartoons, UPA), film director (Peanuts specials) and actor (voice of Snoopy and Woodstock), (d. 2008).^[42]
• November 16: Daws Butler, American actor (voice of the City Wolf in Tex Avery's Little Rural Riding Hood, Mysto the Magician in Avery's Magical Maestro, Spike the Bulldog in Tom & Jerry, Chilly Willy in Walter Lantz's cartoons, Nasty Canasta in Barbary Coast Bunny, Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Snagglepuss, Hokey Wolf, Elroy Jetson in The Jetsons, Wally Gator, Quick Draw McGraw, Loopy De Loop), (d. 1988).^{[43] [44]}
• November 19: George Hall, Canadian actor (additional voices in Courage the Cowardly Dog), (d. 2002).^[45]
• November 27: Chick Hearn, American sportscaster (voice of The Announcer in Sport Goofy in Soccermania, Chick Mouse in the Garfield and Friends episode "Basket Brawl", Announcer in the Life with Louie episode "The Masked Chess Boy", himself in The Simpsons episode "Homer Defined", and the Duckman episode "Vuuck, as in Duck"), (d. 2002).^[46]
• November 30: Owen Fitzgerald, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Fleischer Studios, Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1994).^[47]

December

• December 9: Kirk Douglas, American actor (voice of Chester J. Lampwick in The Simpsons episode "The Day the Violence Died"), (d. 2020).^{[48] [49]}
• December 14: John Freeman, American animator (Walt Disney Company, Peanuts specials, Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears, DePatie-Freleng), (d. 2010).^[50]
• December 15: Dick Kinney, American animator, screenwriter (Walter Lantz, Walt Disney Company, Terrytoons, Hanna-Barbera) and comics writer, (d. 1985).

External links

• Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb

Notes and References

1. American Memory Collection (Motion Picture and Television Reading Room, Library of Congress). (2010, August 31). Library of Congress. Retrieved April 26, 2013, http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/S?ammem/papr:@FILREQ(@OR(@field(TITLE+@od1(Krazy+Kat+and+Ignatz+Mouse+at+the+circus++))+@field(ALTTITLE+@od1(Krazy+Kat+and+Ignatz+Mouse+at+the+circus++)))+@FIELD(COLLID+animat))
2. https://search.proquest.com/docview/155624739 Los Angeles Times article
3. Book: The Andrews Sisters: A Biography and Career Record . 9780786432608 . Arto Nimmo . H . 2004. 409.
4. Web site: Vladimir Degtyaryov. IMDb. May 20, 2020.
5. Book: Arnold, Mark. The Best of the Harveyville Fun Times!. 361. 2006. 1-84728-368-3.
6. Web site: Larz E. Bourne, 77; Drew Deputy Dawg. March 19, 1993. NYTimes.com.
7. "WB, UPA director-animator Rudy Larriva dead at 94 ". forum.bcdb.com. Retrieved February 24, 2010.
8. Book: Ghez. Didier. They drew as they pleased : the hidden art of Disney's musical years : 1940s. Part 1. August 30, 2016. Chronicle Books. 9781452137445.
9. Web site: Hillside Memorial Park Residents. Hillsidememorial.org. August 27, 2015.
10. Book: Brooks. Patricia. Laid to Rest in California: A Guide to the Cemeteries and Grave Sites of the Rich and Famous. Chapter 8: East L.A. and the Desert. 245. 2006. Globe Pequot Press. Guilford, CT. 978-0-7627-4101-4. Brooks. Jonathan. 70284362.
11. Book: DeLong, Thomas A. . 1996 . Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 through 1960 . McFarland & Company, Inc. . 978-0-7864-2834-2 . 115.
12. News: Arizona Daily Star. Tucson, Arizona. 5. January 19, 1972. Former Screen Star Rochelle Hudson Dies. Associated Press. newspapers.com. Walter Price, a real estate business associate, found the body Monday alter being summoned by Miss Hudson's widowed mother, Mae Hudson, who got no response from her daughter by telephone or at the door. A friend, Evelyn Young, said Miss Hudson recently had been ill with a cold and laryngitis..
13. Beaver County Times: "Death is investigated". January 19, 1972.
14. Web site: Tom Okamoto . lambiek.net . March 27, 2021.
15. Web site: Lucille Bliss. IMDb. 15 May 2020.
16. Web site: Archives. Los Angeles Times.
17. News: Eyvind Earle, 84; Painted Settings for Disney Films. The New York Times. July 30, 2000.
18. News: Alien-From-Space Narrator on 'Outer Limits': Radio, TV Personality Vic Perrin. Burt A.. Folkart. Los Angeles Times. July 7, 1989. 2020-02-21. 2016-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20160306190104/http://articles.latimes.com/1989-07-07/news/mn-3270_1_vic-perrin. live.
19. News: Adriana Caselotti, 80, Voice of Snow White . January 21, 1997 . The New York Times . October 8, 2017.
20. Web site: Dennis Day. IMDb.
21. Web site: Bio of Terry Gilkyson . https://web.archive.org/web/20070223013427/http://www.elizagilkyson.com/Terry_Gilkyson.htm . dead . February 23, 2007 . elizagilkyson.com . Don . Richardson . February 23, 2007 . 1999.
22. http://gunsmokenet.com/GunsmokeTGAW/Marks-Stuff/Gunsmoke/festus-dead.htm Ken Curtis Obituary
23. Web site: Al Stahl. lambiek.net. May 15, 2020.
24. Web site: Don R. Christensen. lambiek.net. 7 April 2018.
25. Steven Joseph Loza Barrio Rhythm: Mexican American Music in Los Angeles- 1993 Page 136 "Another highly talented singer, Carlos Ramirez, came to Los Angeles in the late 1930s. "But when he got to Hollywood they spoiled him. He got into the movies with Lana Turner and so forth — Gilbert Roland and the whole trip." .
26. Book: Hollis . Tim. Ehrbar . Greg . 2006 . Mouse Tracks: The Story of Walt Disney Records . Jackson, Mississippi . University Press of Mississippi . 85–86 . 1-57806-849-5.
27. Web site: Hal Smith; Played Otis on Griffith Show. Los Angeles Times.
28. Web site: Hal Smith, The Friendly Drunk Otis On 'Andy Griffith Show' In The '60S. Seattle Times. January 11, 2015. February 13, 1994.
29. Web site: Larry Thor, Theater Arts: Los Angeles. calisphere. University of California. 30 January 2015.
30. http://obits.dignitymemorial.com/dignity-memorial/obituary.aspx?n=Hal-Geer&lc=4800&pid=183865003&mid=7275699 Hal Geer obituary
31. Web site: Jack Boyd. IMDb. Aug 2, 2020.
32. Book: Willis . John . Monush . Barry . Screen World: 2005 Film Annual . 2006 . Hal Leonard Corporation . 978-1-55783-668-7 . 385 . June 11, 2020 . en.
33. Web site: A Must-Read Interview with Forgotten Animation Legend Phil Monroe. 2012-06-08.
34. News: CBS Legend Walter Cronkite Dies "Most Trusted Man in America" Passes Away in New York at 92 . CBS News . July 17, 2009 . July 17, 2009.
35. Web site: Ryan . Joal . News Legend Walter Cronkite Dead at 92 . e online . July 17, 2009 . July 17, 2009.
36. News: Stelter . Brian . Walter Cronkite, Iconic Anchorman Dies . Media Coder . July 17, 2009 . July 17, 2009.
37. News: Former CBS News anchor Walter Cronkite dies . Associated Press . Today.com . July 19, 2009 . July 20, 2009.
38. News: Nichols. Michelle. July 18, 2009. Legendary TV news anchor Walter Cronkite dies. en. Reuters. April 27, 2021.
39. News: Loved ones, colleagues honor Walter Cronkite. July 23, 2009 . Associated Press . Today.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20141204042454/http://www.today.com/id/32103375#.VH_iXy-QHmo . December 4, 2014.
40. News: Friends Recall Walter Cronkite's Private Side. Brian . Stelter. The New York Times. July 23, 2009.
41. Web site: Sherwood Schwartz dies: Creator of TV’s "Gilligan’s Island" and "The Brady Bunch" was 94. Washington Post. July 12, 2011.
42. News: Bill Melendez, 91, 'Peanuts' Animator, Dies . The New York Times . Margalit . Fox . September 4, 2008.
43. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1988-05-20/news/0040180262_1_yogi-bear-barbera-huckleberry-hound "Charles 'Daws' Butler, Voice Of Yogi Bear, Many Others"
44. Folkart, Burt A. "Obituaries: Daws Butler; Voice of Well-Known Cartoon Characters" Los Angeles Times (May 20, 1988)
45. News: George Hall, 85, Broadway Character Actor. 1 December 2002. 26 June 2022. NY Times. The New York Times Company. 1001058.
46. Web site: CHICK HEARN 1916–2002 / Distinguished voice of Lakers silenced. Mike. Penner. Larry. Stewart. Los Angeles. Times. August 6, 2002. SFGate.
47. Web site: Owen Fitzgerald. lambiek.net. August 2, 2020.
48. News: Kirk Douglas dead at 103; 'Spartacus' star helped end Hollywood blacklist. Los Angeles Times. McLellan. Dennis. February 5, 2020. February 5, 2020.
49. News: Kirk Douglas, a Star of Hollywood's Golden Age, Dies at 103 . The New York Times. February 5, 2020. February 5, 2020 . Berkvist. Robert.
50. Web site: John Freeman Obituary - CA | Los Angeles Times. May 15, 2020.