1945 in animation explained
Events in 1945 in animation.
Events
January
February
March
April
- April 7: Tex Avery's Jerky Turkey premieres, produced by MGM.[7]
- April 12: The first Japanese feature-length animated film, a war-time propaganda cartoon called , directed by Mitsuyo Seo, is first released.[8]
May
June
July
August
September
October
- October 15: The first issue of the Dutch comics magazine Stripfilm is published. It also offers information about animation techniques, provided by the animation studio Stripfilm.[25] The magazine will last until 23 November.[26]
- October 26: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Cured Duck premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation.[27]
November
December
Specific date unknown
Films released
See main article: List of animated feature films of the 1940s.
Births
January
- January 9: Richard Lorenzana, American production accountant (The Simpsons, Futurama, Napoleon Dynamite), (d. 2014).
- January 12: Barrington Bunce, English-born American animator (Hanna-Barbera, Spider-Woman, Ruby-Spears Enterprises, Garbage Pail Kids, The Simpsons), storyboard artist (Dink, the Little Dinosaur, Marvel Productions, Hanna-Barbera, Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa, Red Planet, Freakazoid!, Adventures in Odyssey, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Butt Ugly Martians, Make Way for Noddy, Danger Rangers), character designer (ChalkZone) and art director (Alvin and the Chipmunks), (d. 2005).[38]
- January 22: Steve Vinovich, American actor (voice of Puffin in The Swan Princess franchise, Maurice/Ranger in The Trumpet of the Swan, Park Ranger in Alpha and Omega).
- January 29: Tom Selleck, American actor (voice of Cornelius Robinson in Meet the Robinsons).
February
- February 2: Maxwell Becraft, Canadian animator (Warner Bros. Animation, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Duckman, Muppet Babies, Sonic the Hedgehog, X-Men), (d. 2007).
- February 4: Tony Haygarth, English actor (voice of Mr. Tweedy in Chicken Run), (d. 2017).[39]
- February 9: Mia Farrow, American actress (portrayed Daisy Suchot in Arthur and the Invisibles, Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard, and voice of the title characters in The Last Unicorn and Darah, Doris in Redux Riding Hood).
- February 12: Boris Bystrov, Russian actor (Russian dub voice of Taurus Bulba in Darkwing Duck, Thaddeus Plotz in Animaniacs, Homer Simpson in The Simpsons Movie), (d. 2024).[40] [41]
- February 20:
- February 23: Lynn Spees, American animator (The Secret of NIMH, ), (d. 2021).
- February 24: Barry Bostwick, American actor (voice of Thunderbolt in , Grandpa Longneck in , Irv Kleinman and Bernie Benson in The New Batman Adventures episode "Mean Seasons", Doctor St. Croix in the Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure episode "Great Expotations", Grandpa Clyde Flynn in Phineas and Ferb).
March
- March 2: Donald Kushner, American producer (Animalympics, Tron, The Brave Little Toaster, Rover Dangerfield).
- March 8:
- Bruce Broughton, American composer (Tiny Toon Adventures, Walt Disney Company).
- Micky Dolenz, American actor, musician, television producer, businessman and member of The Monkees (voice of Skip Gilroy in The Funky Phantom, Wally in Butch Cassidy, Freddie the Fantastic and Scootch in Partridge Family 2200 A.D., Tod Devlin in Devlin, Willie Sheeler in The Skatebirds, Ralph and Scribble in The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs, Wendell the Love Grub in the Mighty Magiswords episode "The Saga of Robopiggeh!", Min and Max in the episode "Two-Face", first voice of Arthur in The Tick).
- March 13: Whitney Rydbeck, American actor (provided additional voices for Oliver & Company), (d. 2024).[45] [46]
- March 18: Susan Tyrrell, American actress (narrator in Wizards), (d. 2012).[47] [48]
- March 31: Edwin Catmull, American computer scientist (co-founder of Pixar).
April
May
June
- June 11: Adrienne Barbeau, American actress (voice of Catwoman in the DC Animated Universe, Simone Lenoir in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Helga Von Guggen in Totally Spies!).
- June 14: Marilyn Schreffler, American actress (voice of Brenda Chance in Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Daisy Mayhem in Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, Wendy in Yogi's Space Race and Buford and the Galloping Ghost, Olive Oyl in The All New Popeye Hour, and Popeye and Son, Kuma in Pole Position, Natasha in Rose Petal Place, Winnie Werewolf in Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School), (d. 1988).
- June 19: Marsha Kramer, American actress (additional voices in Antz, Ice Age, , The Simpsons Movie, The Lego Movie and ), (d. 2020).[51] [52]
July
- July 1: Debbie Harry, American singer, songwriter, and actress (voice of Vaingloria in Phantom 2040, singing voice of Angel in Rock & Rule).[53]
- July 6: Burt Ward, American actor, animal rights activist, and businessman (voice of Robin in The New Adventures of Batman, , Batman vs. Two-Face, and The Simpsons episode "Large Marge", young Barnacle Boy in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Back to the Past", himself in the Futurama episode "Leela and the Genestalk" and the Robot Chicken episode "").
- July 10:
- July 14: Maxine Waters Willard, American choir singer (choir performer in The Lion King, A Goofy Movie, Adventures from the Book of Virtues, , The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars and The Angry Beavers, additional voices in Brother Bear).
- July 19: George Dzundza, German-American actor (voice of Ventriloquist in the DC Animated Universe, Perry White in , and , Ivan Bloski in the Animaniacs episode "Plane Pals", Gustav Hovac in the Road Rovers episode "Where Rovers Dare").[55]
- July 23: Edie McClurg, American actress (voice of Miss Right in The Secret of NIMH, Carlotta in The Little Mermaid franchise, Winnie Pig in Tiny Toon Adventures, Aunt Ruth Generic in Bobby's World, Mrs. Normanmeyer in The Addams Family, Fran in Higglytown Heroes, Ora Anderson in Life with Louie, Dr. Flora in A Bug's Life, Peggy Jones in Scooby-Doo! Pirates Ahoy!, Mary in Wreck-It Ralph, Greta in Frozen, Mrs. Butterworth in Foodfight!, Vera Tennyson in the episode "Clyde Five", herself in the Family Guy episode "Holly Bibble").[56]
- July 26: Helen Mirren, English actress (voice of Nyra in , Dean Hardscrabble in Monsters University, the title character in The Snow Queen).
- July 28: Jim Davis, American cartoonist, television producer, screenwriter and film producer (creator of Garfield).
August
- August 2: Joanna Cassidy, American actress (portrayed Dolores in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, voice of Maggie Sawyer in ).[57]
- August 6: Lori Hanson, American ink & paint artist (Hanna-Barbera, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Life with Louie, ), (d. 2022).
- August 14: Steve Martin, American actor, comedian, writer, producer and musician (portrayed Mr. Chairman in , voice of Hotep in The Prince of Egypt, Captain Smek in Home, Ray Patterson in The Simpsons episode "Trash of the Titans").
- August 24: Vince McMahon, American businessman and chairman of WWE (voice actor in Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery, , Camp WWE, , , )[58] [59] [60]
- August 28: Bob Segarini, American-Canadian musician and radio presenter (voice of Woodchuck Berry in The Raccoons episode "Second Chances!"), (d. 2023).[61]
- August 31: Tom Coppola, American animator (Hanna-Barbera, Filmation, The Simpsons, Tiny Toon Adventures, Taz-Mania), (d. 1996).
September
- September 5: Christian Rodska, English actor (voice of Landlord and Guard in the Animated Tales of the World episode "The Magic Paintbrush"), (d. 2024).[62]
- September 6: Go Nagai, Japanese manga artist (Cutie Honey, Devilman, Mazinger Z).
- September 14: Geoff Levin, American rock musician, songwriter and composer (Street Sharks, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, , Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks).
- September 16: Pat Stevens, American actress (second voice of Velma Dinkley in the Scooby-Doo franchise, additional voices in Dynomutt, Dog Wonder and Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels), (d. 2010).[63]
- September 17: Bruce Spence, New Zealand-Australian actor (voice of Chum in Finding Nemo).
- September 19: Austin Roberts, American singer and songwriter (performed the songs in season 2 of Scooby-Doo Where Are You!).
October
- October 7: Michael Wallis, American journalist, popular historian, author and speaker (voice of Sheriff in the Cars franchise).
- October 8: William E. Martin, American actor (voice of Rock Man in The Point!, Nightmare King in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Shredder in seasons 8 and 10 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Samhain in The Real Ghostbusters), (d. 2016).[64] [65]
- October 13: Mike Young, Welsh-American producer (creator of SuperTed, co-founder of Mike Young Productions).
- October 18: Huell Howser, American television personality, actor, producer, writer and singer (voice of Backson in Winnie the Pooh, voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?"), (d. 2013).[66]
- October 19:
- October 22: Buzz Potamkin, American television producer and director (The Berenstain Bears, Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue, Hanna-Barbera, Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night), (d. 2012).[68]
- October 28: Csaba Varga, Hungarian animator and producer (founder of Varga Studio), (d. 2012).
- October 30: Henry Winkler, American actor, comedian, author, producer, and director (voice of Fonzie in The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang and Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour, Norville in Clifford's Puppy Days, the Snowman in , King Julien XII in All Hail King Julien, Keith in Scoob!, Fritz in Monsters at Work, Santa Claus in Puppy Dog Pals, Boris in Rugrats, Ramrod in The Simpsons episode "Take My Wife, Sleaze", Ambush Bug in the episode "Mitefall!", Bailiff in the DuckTales episode "The Life and Crimes of Scrooge McDuck!", himself in the King of the Hill episode "A Rover Runs Through It" and the BoJack Horseman episode "Still Broken").
- October 31: Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor and comedian (voice of Captain K'nuckles in The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, the Flying Dutchman in SpongeBob SquarePants, Coach Tiffany Gills in My Gym Partner's a Monkey, the Chief in Teamo Supremo, Mr. Twitchell in Frosty Returns).
November
December
- December 1: Bette Midler, American actress, comedian, singer and author (voice of Georgette in Oliver & Company, Grandmama in The Addams Family and The Addams Family 2, herself in The Simpsons episode "Krusty Gets Kancelled").
- December 13:
- December 17: Ernie Hudson, American actor (voice of Atticus in Infinity Train, Bill Fowler in , Buddy in Puppy Dog Pals, Lucius Fox in , Cyborg in , Security Guard in the episode "Joker's Wild", Professor Felix in the episode "Action Figures").
- December 24: Lemmy Kilmister, British singer and member of Motörhead (performed the song "You Better Swim" in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie), (d. 2015).[76] [77] [78] [79]
- December 25:
- Paul Willson, American actor (voice of Coach Kluge and Mr. Detweiler in Recess, Florist in The Simpsons episode "Some Enchanted Evening", additional voices in Lloyd in Space).
- Burt Medall, American animator (Hanna-Barbera, The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat, Filmation, Peanuts specials, Calico Entertainment, Garfield and Friends), sheet timer (Disney Television Animation, , The Land Before Time, Warner Bros. Animation, Transformers Prime, NFL Rush Zone, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.) and director (Mr. Bogus, Disney Television Animation), (d. 2022).
- December 27: Giovanni Romanini, Italian animator and comics artist, (d. 2020).[80]
- December 30: Davy Jones, English actor, singer and member of The Monkees (portrayed himself in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One", voice of Jim Hawkins in Treasure Island, the Artful Dodger in Oliver Twist, Nigel in the Phineas and Ferb episode "Meatloaf Surprise", himself in The New Scooby-Doo Movies episode "The Haunted Horseman of Hagglethorn Hall", and the Hey Arnold! episode "Fishing Trip"), (d. 2012).[81]
- December 31: Vernon Wells, Australian actor (voice of Network Head in ).
Specific date unknown
Deaths
January
- January 7: Arch Heath, American cartoonist, animator, film director and screenwriter (general manager of production at the Eastern Film Corporation), (d. 1945).[82] [83] [84]
February
March
September
See also
External links
Notes and References
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