1960 in animation
The year 1960 in animation involved some animation-related events.
Events
January
- January 21: Wolfgang Reitherman's Goliath II, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premiers.[1]
February
- February 8:
- Mel Blanc receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first voice actor for animated cartoons to receive this honour.[2]
- Walt Disney receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the first animator to receive this honour.[3]
- George Pal receives a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[4]
- February 23: The first episode of Torchy the Battery Boy is broadcast.[5]
- February 25: The first episode of Four Feather Falls is broadcast.[6]
April
- April 4: 32nd Academy Awards: Moonbird by John Hubley wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[7]
June
- June 20: 12th Primetime Emmy Awards: The Huckleberry Hound Show wins an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming. It's the first animated TV series to receive this honour.[8]
August
- August 14: The anime film Alakazam the Great by Taji Yabushita and Daisaku Shirakawa premiers.[9]
September
- September 3: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon From Hare to Heir premiers.[10]
- September 30: The first episode of The Flintstones is broadcast, the first American prime time animated television series to become a ratings hit. It marks the debut of Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone, Barney Rubble and Betty Rubble.[11]
October
- October 11: The first episode of The Bugs Bunny Show is broadcast.[12]
December
- November 7: The first episode of the Mister Magoo TV series is broadcast.[13]
- December 3: Chuck Jones' High Note premiers.[14]
- The first episode of Joë Chez Les Abeilles / Joë Petit Boum-Boum (Joe the Little Boom Boom) is broadcast.[15]
Specific date unknown
- The first episode of the Popeye the Sailor TV series is broadcast.[16]
- The first episode of Snip and Snap is broadcast.[17]
- Valentin Lalayants, Valentina and Zinaida Brumberg's It Was I Who Drew the Little Man premiers.[18]
- In Annecy, France, the International Animated Film Association is established, consisting of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.[19]
Films released
Television series debuts
Births
January
- January 15: Kelly Asbury, American male animator (The Rescuers Down Under), storyboard artist (The Prince of Egypt and Frozen) and director (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Shrek 2 and Gnomeo and Juliet), (d. 2020).
February
- February 6: Harry Thompson, British radio and TV producer, comedy writer, novelist and TV writer (co-creator of Monkey Dust), (d. 2005).[20]
March
April
- April 25: Olivier Jean-Marie, French animation writer and director (Go West! A Lucky Luke Adventure, Zig & Sharko, Oggy and the Cockroaches), (d. 2021).[21]
September
- September 27: J. Allen Williams, American animator (Darkstar: The Interactive Movie).
- September 30: Vincent Waller, American animator, writer, director and producer (SpongeBob SquarePants).
October
- October 9: Maddie Blaustein, American voice actress (voice of Meowth in the 4Kids dub of Pokemon), (d. 2008).
December
- December 9: Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, American animator and voice actor (co-creator of Phineas and Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law).
- December 24: Glenn McQueen, Canadian animator (Pixar, Walt Disney Company), (d. 2002).[22]
Deaths
January
- January 26: Riley Thomson, American comics artist and animator (Warner Brothers Animation, Walt Disney Company), dies at age 47.[23]
May
- May 27: Edward Brophy, American comedian and actor (voice of Timothy Q. Mouse in Dumbo), dies at age 65.[24]
September
- September 24: Mátyás Seiber, Hungarian-British composer (wrote music for Animal Farm and A Short Vision), dies at age 55 in a road accident.[25]
October
- October 10: Basil Ruysdael, American opera singer and actor (voice of truck driver in 101 Dalmatians), dies at age 82.
November
- November 14: Walter Catlett, American actor (voice of the Fox in Pinocchio ), dies at age 71.
Specific date unknown
- Helena Smith Dayton, American animated film director, painter and sculptor, dies at age 76-77.[26]
See also
Sources
- ^ "Goliath II". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Mel Blanc". Oct 25, 2019. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-25. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "George Pal". Oct 25, 2019. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ "Torchy, the Battery Boy (TV Series 1959–1961) - IMDb". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Four Feather Falls". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "The 32nd Academy Awards (1960) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ "Nominees / Winners 1960". Television Academy. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ "Alakazam the Great". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "From Hare to Heir". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "The Flintstones". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "The Bugs Bunny Show". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Mister Magoo". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "High Note". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Joë petit boum-boum". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Popeye the Sailor (TV Series 1960–1962) - IMDb". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Snip and Snap (TV Series 1960– ) - IMDb". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "I Drew the Little Man". Retrieved May 27, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Home - The International Animated Film Society - ASIFA". asifa.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ Brown, Maggie (November 9, 2005). "Harry Thompson". The Guardian. London: Guardian Media Group.
- ^ Zahed, Ramin (May 16, 2021). "Acclaimed French Animator/Director Olivier Jean-Marie Dies at 60".
- ^ Obituary, latimes.com, November 19, 2002; accessed September 1, 2015.
- ^ "Riley Thomson". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
- ^ "Edward Brophy Dies". The Kansas City Times. May 31, 1960. p. 1. Retrieved October 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Mátyás Seiber". Schott Music. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016.
- ^ East Wallop's Hardy Annuals.
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb