1926 in animation explained

Events in 1926 in animation.

Films released

• Unknown date:
  • Coast To Coast (United States)
  • The Huntsman (United States)
• 1 January – Alice on the Farm (United States)
• 10 January –Felix the Cat Spots the Spook (United States)
• 15 January:
  • Alice's Balloon Race (United States)
  • Alice's Orphan (United States)
• 23 January – The Wind Jammers (United States)
• 24 January – Felix the Cat Flirts with Fate (United States)
• February – The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Germany)
• 1 February – Alice's Little Parade (United States)
• 7 February – Felix the Cat in Blunderland (United States)
• 15 February – Alice's Mysterious Mystery (United States)
• 21 February – Felix the Cat Fans the Flames (United States)
• 7 March – Felix the Cat Laughs it Off (United States)
• 21 March – Felix the Cat Weathers the Weather (United States)
• 4 April – Felix the Cat Uses His Head (United States)
• 18 April – Felix the Cat Misses the Cue (United States)
• 2 May – Felix the Cat Braves the Briny (United States)
• 16 May – A Tale of Two Kitties (United States)
• 30 May – Felix the Cat Scoots Through Scotland (United States)
• 13 June – Felix the Cat Rings the Ringer (United States)
• 27 June – School Daze (United States)
• 4 July – Jungle Sports (United States)
• 11 July – Felix the Cat Seeks Solitude (United States)
• 25 July – Felix the Cat Misses His Swiss (United States)
• 8 August – Gym Gems (United States)
• 22 August – Two-Lip Time (United States)
• 5 September – Scrambled Yeggs (United States)
• 6 September – Alice Charms the Fish (United States)
• 15 September – Dog Gone (United States)
• 17 September:
  • A Knight Out (United States)
  • Why Argue (United States)
• 19 September – Felix the Cat Shatters the Sheik (United States)
• 20 September – Alice's Monkey Business (United States)
• 3 October – Felix the Cat Hunts the Hunter (United States)
• 4 October – Alice in the Wooly West (United States)
• 17 October – Land O' Fancy (United States)
• 18 October – Alice the Fire Fighter (United States)
• 26 October:
  • Buck Fever (United States)
  • Through Thick and Thin (United States)
• 31 October – Felix the Cat Bursts a Bubble (United States)
• 1 November – Alice Cuts the Ice (United States)
• 14 November – Reverse English (United States)
• 15 November – Alice Helps the Romance (United States)
• 28 November – Felix the Cat Trumps the Ace (United States)
• 29 November – Alice's Spanish Guitar (United States)
• 12 December – Felix the Cat Collars the Button (United States)
• 13 December – Alice's Brown Derby (United States)
• 27 December – Alice the Lumberjack (United States)
• 28 December – Zoo Logic (United States)
• 31 December – Where Friendship Ceases (United States)

Births

January

• January 8: Soupy Sales, American comedian, actor, radio/television personality and jazz aficionado (voice of the title character in the Donkey Kong segment of Saturday Supercade), (d. 2009).^[1]

February

• February 6: Walker Edmiston, American actor (voice of Ernie the Keebler Elf from The Keebler Company, Squiddly Diddly and Yakky Doodle in Yogi's Ark Lark, various characters in Down and Dirty Duck, Inferno in The Transformers, Sir Thornberry in Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Whizzer in Spider-Man, Fire Lord Azulon in the episode "Zuko Alone", Marty in the Ben 10 episode "Permanent Retirement"), (d. 2007).^[2]
• February 8: Allan Rich, American actor (voice of Edward "King" Barlowe in The New Batman Adventures episode "Joker's Millions"), (d. 2020).^[3]
• February 11: Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American producer (The Secret World of Benjamin Bear), actor and comedian (voice of the Narrator in The Railway Dragon and Katie and Orbie, Boomer in Pumper Pups, the title character in Zeroman), (d. 2010).^[4]
• February 14: Al Brodax, American film and television producer (Paramount, King Features, The Beatles, Yellow Submarine), (d. 2016).^[5]
• February 16: David Frankham, British actor (voice of Sergeant Tibbs in One Hundred and One Dalmatians).
• February 22: Kenneth Williams, British comedian and actor (the narrator and other voices in Willo the Wisp), (d. 1988).

March

• March 16: Jerry Lewis, American comedian, actor, singer, director, producer, writer and humanitarian (voice of the title character in The Nutty Professor, Stationmaster in , Professor John Frink, Sr. in The Simpsons episode "Treehouse of Horror XIV"), (d. 2017).^[6]
• March 18: Peter Graves, American actor (voice of General Warning and the Narrator in The Angry Beavers episode "The Day the World Got Really Screwed Up", Instructor Voice in the Mickey Mouse Works episode "How To Be A Spy", Sheldon Miller in the Minoriteam episode "Tax Day", Mr. Pibb in the American Dad! episode "A.T. the Abusive Terrestrial"), (d. 2010).^[7]
• March 25: Gene Shalit, American retired journalist, television personality, critic and author (voice of Gene Scallop in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "The Krusty Sponge", himself in The Critic episodes "Pilot", "Marty's First Date" and "Siskel and Ebert & Jay & Alice").

April

• April 1: Jack Grimes, American actor (voice of Jimmy Olsen in The New Adventures of Superman, Sparky and Chim-Chim in Speed Racer), (d. 2009).
• April 5: Roger Corman, American director and producer (Little Shop, Fire and Ice, Aladdin and the Adventure of All Time) and actor (Hollywood Director in ), (d. 2024).^{[8] [9]}
• April 7: Miyoko Asō, Japanese actress (voice of Fune Isono in Sazae-san, Pinako Rockbell in Fullmetal Alchemist, Cologne in Ranma ½), (d. 2018).^[10]
• April 8: David Detiege, American film director (The Man from Button Willow, Shinbone Alley), animation writer (Warner Bros. Cartoons), animator, producer, and director, (d. 1984).
• April 9: Hugh Hefner, American magazine editor (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "Krusty Gets Kancelled", the Family Guy episode "Airport '07", and the Robot Chicken episode "Drippy Pony"), (d. 2017).^[11]
• April 12: Jane Withers, American actress (voice of Laverne in The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Hunchback of Notre Dame II), (d. 2021).^{[12] [13]}
• April 22: Charlotte Rae, American actress, comedian, and singer (voice of Aunt Pristine Figg in , Adrienne Van Leydon in Itsy Bitsy Spider, Nanny in ), (d. 2018).^[14]
• April 30: Cloris Leachman, American actress and comedian (voice of Hydia in My Little Pony: The Movie, Gran in The Croods franchise, Granny Goodness in Justice League Action, Old Female Airplane Passenger in Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, Mrs. Tensedge in The Iron Giant, Anne Doofenshmirtz in Phineas and Ferb, Old Marceline in Adventure Time, Dola in Castle in the Sky, Mrs. Glick in The Simpsons episode "Three Men and a Comic Book"), (d. 2021).^[15]

May

• May 8: Don Rickles, American comedian and actor (voice of Mr. Potato Head in the Toy Story franchise, Cornwall in Quest for Camelot), (d. 2017).^[16]
• May 13: Norman Maurer, American comics artist, animator, screenwriter, and film producer (Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1986).^[17]
• May 15: Regis Cordic, American actor (voice of Diablo in Fantastic Four, Apache Chief and Black Manta in The All-New Super Friends Hour, Bald Doctor in Puff the Magic Dragon, The Clock in The Mouse and His Child, Quintessons and Menasor in The Transformers), (d. 1999).
• May 19: Eve Brenner, American actress (voice of Queen Mousetoria in The Great Mouse Detective).
• May 28: Bob Ogle, American actor (voice of Kwicky Koala in The Kwicky Koala Show, Digger the Mole in Shirt Tales), animator and writer (Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1984).

June

• June 1: Andy Griffith, American actor, comedian, television producer, singer and writer (voice of the Narrator in Frosty's Winter Wonderland, Santa Claus in Christmas Is Here Again), (d. 2012).^[18]
• June 13: Paul Lynde, American comedian and actor (voice of Templeton in Charlotte's Web, Mildew Wolf in Cattanooga Cats, Claude Pertwee in Where's Huddles?, Sylvester Sneekly/The Hooded Claw in The Perils of Penelope Pitstop), (d. 1982).^{[19] [20]}
• June 16:
  • Jack Curtis, American actor (voice of Pops Racer in Speed Racer), (d. 1970).
  • Roberto Gavioli, Italian animator (Once Upon a Time, The Night the Animals Talked), (d. 2007).
• June 28: Mel Brooks, American actor, comedian and filmmaker (voice of the narrator in The Critic, Wiley in Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks, Bigweld in Robots, President Skroob and Yogurt in , Albert Einstein in Mr. Peabody and Sherman, Vlad in Hotel Transylvania 2 and , Rogman in The Guardian Brothers, Luteau in Leap!, Melephant Brooks in Toy Story 4 and Forky Asks a Question, The Shogun in , Mad Hatter in the Dora the Explorer episode "Dora in Wonderland", Santa Claus in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius episode "Holly Jolly Jimmy", Canine in the Glenn Martin, DDS episode "A Very Martin Christmas", Grandpa Mel in the Special Agent Oso episode "On Old MacDonald's Special Song", himself in The Simpsons episode "Homer vs. Patty and Selma").

July

• July 14: Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, musician and singer (voice of Balthazar in Rango), (d. 2017).^[21]

August

• August 3: Tony Bennett, American singer (voiced himself in The Simpsons, provided Bobgoblin's singing voice in the Wallykazam! episode "Wally Saves the Trollidays"), (d. 2023).^{[22] [23] [24] [25]}
• August 7: Stan Freberg, American comedian and actor (voice of the beaver in Lady and the Tramp, Junior Bear and Pete Puma in Looney Tunes, Mo-Ron in Freakazoid!, Dr. Whipple in The Garfield Show), (d. 2015).^{[26] [27]}
• August 14: René Goscinny, French comics writer, artist, magazine publisher animation director (Asterix and Cleopatra, Daisy Town, The 12 Tasks of Asterix, La Ballade des Dalton), (d. 1977).^[28]
• August 22: Sandy Wogatzke, American animation checker (), (d. 2022).

September

• September 7: Don Messick, American actor (voice of Boo-Boo Bear and Ranger Smith in Yogi Bear, Benton Quest in Jonny Quest, Bamm-Bamm Rubble in The Flintstones, Astro in The Jetsons, Muttley in Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines, the title character in the Scooby-Doo franchise, Dr. Vernon Danger in the Freakazoid! episode "Toby Danger in Doomsday Bet"), (d. 1997).^{[29] [30]}
• September 16: Tommy Bond, American actor (voice of Beans in Looney Tunes, speaking voice of Owl Jolson in I Love to Singa), (d. 2005).
• September 19: James Lipton, American writer, lyricist and actor (voice of The Director in Bolt, himself in The Simpsons episodes "The Sweetest Apu" and "Homer the Father"), (d. 2020).^[31]
• September 23: Henry Silva, American actor (voice of Bane in the DC Animated Universe), (d. 2022).^[32]
• September 28: Larry Roberts, American actor (voice of Tramp in Lady and the Tramp), (d. 1992).^[33]
• September 29: Russ Heath, American comic book artist and animator (), (d. 2018).^{[34] [35]}

October

• October 1: Ben Wicks, English-born Canadian cartoonist, illustrator, journalist and author (co-creator of Katie and Orbie), (d. 2000).^[36]
• October 11: Earle Hyman, American actor (voice of Panthro in ThunderCats), (d. 2017).^[37]
• October 12: Antonia Rey, Cuban-born American actress (portrayed Assunta Bianchi in Happy!, voice of Abuela and Wizzles in Dora the Explorer, additional voices in Courage the Cowardly Dog), (d. 2019).^[38]
• October 18: Yoram Gross, Polish-born Australian producer (Dot and the Kangaroo and its sequels), (d. 2015).^[39]
• October 23: G. Stanley Jones, Canadian actor (voice of Lex Luthor in Challenge of the Superfriends, Riff Raff in Heathcliff), (d. 1998).

November

• November 2: Howard Post, American animator, cartoonist, and comic strip and comic book writer-artist (Famous Studios), (d. 2010).^{[40] [41] [42]}
• November 7: Kay Hawtrey, Canadian actress (voice of Emily's Grandmother in Little Bear, Grandma in Max & Ruby, Miss Primrose in The Raccoons episode "Making the Grade!"), (d. 2021).^[43]
• November 8: Jack Mendelsohn, American writer-artist (Hanna-Barbera, Yellow Submarine, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), (d. 2017).^[44]
• November 14: Tom Hatten, American cartoonist, TV presenter (host of The Popeye Show) and actor (voice of Farmer Fitzgibbons in The Secret of NIMH), (d. 2019).^[45]
• November 16: Joan Gardner, American actress (voice of Spunky in The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole, Mrs. Wetworth in Snorks), (d. 1992).^[46]

December

• December 11: Dick Tufeld, American actor, announcer, and narrator (announcer and narrator for Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Spider-Woman, , , Fantastic Four, Histeria!, voiced the Robot from Lost in Space in The Simpsons episodes "Mayored to the Mob" and "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore"), (d. 2012).^[47]
• December 12: Roman Kroitor, Canadian filmmaker (Universe, creator of SANDDE), (d. 2012).^[48]
• December 16: Jeffrey Stone, American model (model for Prince Charming in Cinderella), (d. 2012).
• December 19: Eckart Dux, German actor (German dub voice of Man-E-Faces in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe), (d. 2024).^[49]
• December 22: José Luis Moro, Spanish animator and comics artist (La Familia Telérín), (d. 2015).^[50]

External links

• Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb

Notes and References

1. News: October 23, 2009. Goldstein. Richard. Richard Goldstein (writer born 1942). A26. Soupy Sales, Slapstick Comedian, Dies at 83 . The New York Times. June 23, 2022.
2. News: Walker Edmiston. Indiana Gazette . February 28, 2007. 4. Newspapers.com. May 16, 2015.
3. Web site: Barnes . Mike . 2020-08-24 . Allan Rich, Character Actor Who Overcame the Blacklist, Dies at 94 . 2023-04-11 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
4. News: Leslie Nielsen, star of 'Airplane!' and 'Naked Gun,' dead at 84. CNN. 28 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20121110023911/http://www.cnn.com/2010/SHOWBIZ/Movies/11/28/obit.leslie.nielsen/index.html?hpt=T1. 10 November 2012. dead.
5. Web site: R.I.P. "Yellow Submarine" Producer Al Brodax (1926-2016). Animation Scoop. May 5, 2020.
6. Richard. Natale. Carmel. Dagan. Jerry Lewis, Comedy Legend, Dies at 91. Variety. August 20, 2017.
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20181115112806/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/15/arts/television/15graves.html Peter Graves, 'Mission: Impossible' Star, Dies at 83.
8. Gray . Richard Natale,Tim . Natale . Richard . Gray . Tim . May 12, 2024 . Roger Corman, Pioneering Independent Producer and King of B Movies, Dies at 98 . May 12, 2024 . Variety . May 12, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240512020254/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/roger-corman-dead-producer-independent-b-movie-1235999591/ . live .
9. Web site: 2024-05-12 . Roger Corman Dies: ‘The Little Shop Of Horrors’ Director & Independent Filmmaker Was 98 . 2024-05-12 . Deadline . en-US . May 12, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240512080617/https://deadline.com/2024/05/roger-corman-dead-independent-filmmaker-1235912737/ . live .
10. Web site: Hodgkins . Crystalyn . September 3, 2018 . Voice Actress Miyoko Asou Passes Away . March 1, 2024 . Anime News Network . en.
11. Web site: Hugh Hefner, Playboy Magazine Founder and Star of Girls Next Door, Dies at 91. MSN. September 27, 2017. September 27, 2017.
12. Web site: Cordero. Rosy. August 8, 2021. Jane Withers Dies: Former Child Star And Voice Actress Was 95. August 8, 2021. Deadline. en-US.
13. News: Harmetz. Aljean. August 8, 2021. Jane Withers, Child Star Who Later Won Fame in Commercials, Dies at 95. en-US. The New York Times. August 9, 2021. 0362-4331.
14. News: Charlotte Rae, Mrs Garrett in '80s Sitcom 'The Facts of Life,' Dies at 92. Rossi. Rosemary. August 5, 2018. TheWrap. August 6, 2018. en-US.
15. Shalini . Dore . Claiborne Cary dies at 78, Actress was also a cabaret performer . . March 29, 2010 . April 2, 2010.
16. News: Don Rickles, lightning-fast launcher of comic insults, dies at 90 . Schudel . Matt . The Washington Post. April 6, 2017 . April 6, 2017.
17. Web site: Norman Maurer. lambiek.net. May 29, 2020.
18. News: July 3, 2012. Andy Griffith, TV's Lawman and Moral Compass, Dies at 86. Martin. Douglas. The New York Times.
19. News: Paul Simon . Paul Lynde Suffers Heart Attack: Dead at 55 . . 12 January 1982 . 2013-07-29.
20. News: Rush & Molloy . Lynde Bio Squarely Denies He OD'd. . 1 September 2005 . 2013-07-29.
21. News: Kentucky-born actor Harry Dean Stanton dies at 91. Lexington Herald-Leader. Brammer. Jack. September 15, 2007. August 12, 2018.
22. Web site: Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96. Gans, Charles J.. July 21, 2023. apnews.com.
23. News: Gans . Charles J. . Tony Bennett, masterful stylist of American musical standards, dies at 96 . July 21, 2023 . Associated Press . July 21, 2023 . July 21, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230721123715/https://apnews.com/article/tony-bennett-dies-c3b3a7e2360449fb936a38794c7c3266 . live .
24. News: Tony Bennett: Legendary singer dies aged 96. BBC News. Paul. Glynn. Steven. McIntosh. July 21, 2023. July 21, 2023. July 21, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230721124016/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-66271090. live.
25. Tony Bennett, Legendary Interpreter of Great American Songbook, Dies at 96. Billboard. Phil. Gallo. July 21, 2023. July 21, 2023.
26. News: Duane . Byrge . . Stan Freberg, Acclaimed Satirist, Dies at 88 . April 7, 2015 . April 7, 2015.
27. News: Martin. Douglas. Stan Freberg, Madcap Adman and Satirist, Dies at 88. April 8, 2015. The New York Times. April 7, 2015.
28. Web site: René Goscinny. lambiek.net. May 20, 2020.
29. News: Barking Up A New Tree. Donald . Liebenson. September 24, 1998. Chicago Tribune. September 1, 2020.
30. Web site: Evanier. Mark . POV: Don Messick. Comics Buyer's Guide . newsfromme.com . 20 June 2020 . 21 November 1997.
31. News: Koseluk. Chris. James Lipton, Creator and Host of 'Inside the Actors Studio,' Dies at 93. March 2, 2020. The Hollywood Reporter.
32. Web site: Pedersen. Erik. September 16, 2022. Henry Silva Dies: Prolific Actor in Manchurian Candidate', Ocean's 11 & Johnny Cool was 95. Deadline. en-US.
33. Web site: Larry Roberts (Visual voices guide).
34. Web site: Russ Heath Passes Away at 91. Newsarama. May 5, 2020.
35. Web site: Russ Heath. lambiek.net. May 5, 2020.
36. News: Hermant. Norman. September 10, 2000. The pen and Ben Wicks. CBC Digital Archives.
37. Web site: Earle Hyman, Grandpa Huxtable on 'The Cosby Show,' Dies at 91. The Hollywood Reporter. 19 November 2017. November 20, 2017.
38. Web site: Antonia Rey, Latin Actress of Stage and Screen, Dies at 92. Katharine Q.. Seelye. March 22, 2019. The New York Times. June 24, 2022. https://archive.today/20190322194607/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/22/obituaries/antonia-rey-dead.html. March 22, 2019. live.
39. https://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/movies/blinky-bill-creator-and-film-producer-yoram-gross-has-died-at-age-88/news-story/f2d158d0c33624b3a7212d5d08538ef9 Herald-Sun, Film producer Yoram Gross has died at age 88
40. News: 'Dropouts' cartoonist Howard Post dies in NJ at 83 . Associated Press. May 24, 2010 . Alternate source: "'Dropouts' cartoonist Howard Post dies in NJ at 83", Associated Press via The Washington Post, May 24, 2010
41. News: Jay . Levin . Jay Levin . 'The Dropouts' cartoonist Howard Post, 83, dies . . May 24, 2010 . May 25, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100527085126/http://www.northjersey.com/obituaries/052410_The_Dropouts_cartoonist_Howard_Post_83_dies.html . May 27, 2010 . live.
42. Web site: Tom . Spurgeon . Tom Spurgeon . Howard Post, 1926-2010 . . May 24, 2010 . May 25, 2010 .
43. Web site: Katharine Mary Craven Hawtrey Clark obituary . 2021-06-20 . 2021-06-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201136/https://www.echovita.com/ca/obituaries/on/toronto/katharine-mary-craven-hawtrey-clark-12898423 . dead .
44. Web site: Jack Mendelsohn, R.I.P.. Mark Evanier. January 25, 2017.
45. Web site: Tom Hatten Dies: Former 'Popeye and Friends' & 'Family Film Festival' Host Was 92. Anita. Bennett. March 17, 2019. May 5, 2020.
46. News: Joan Gardner; Voice-Over Artist. December 18, 1992. Los Angeles Times. March 5, 2015.
47. News: Dick Tufeld dies at 85; actor who intoned 'Danger, Will Robinson!'. . 2012-01-25 . 2012-01-25 . Noland, Claire.
48. News: Roman Kroitor, 85, revolutionized the film world. Martin. Sandra. 5 October 2012. The Globe and Mail. 23 November 2012.
49. https://www.planeteternia.de/cgi-bin/news.pl?newID=5546 Eckart Dux ist verstorben
50. Web site: José Luis Moro.