1940 in animation
| Years in animation: | 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s |
| Years: | 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 |
Events in 1940 in animation.
Events[]
January[]
- January 13: Tex Avery's The Early Worm Gets the Bird is first released, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[1]
February[]
- February 10: Puss Gets the Boot, the first Tom & Jerry cartoon, is first released by William Hanna, Joseph Barbera and Rudolf Ising and produced by MGM. It marks the debut of Tom Cat, Jerry Mouse and Mammy Two Shoes.[2]
- February 23: Pinocchio is first released, directed by Ben Sharpsteen & Hamilton Luske, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios. It marks the debut of Jiminy Cricket, who will appear in various other Disney-related media.[3]
- February 29: 12th Academy Awards: The Ugly Duckling, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, directed by Jack Cutting and Clyde Geronimi, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.[4]
March[]
- March 2: Chuck Jones' Elmer's Candid Camera is first released, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. In this cartoon Elmer Fudd makes his debut, though still looking more like an earlier character Egghead. An unnamed rabbit, who is a prototypical version of Bugs Bunny, also plays a starring role.[5]
May[]
- May 16: 's Madame Butterfly's Illusion premieres.[6]
June[]
- June 7: Jack King's Donald Duck short Mr. Duck Steps Out, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres, in which Donald goes out dancing with Daisy Duck, only to be bothered by Huey, Louie and Dewey.[7]
- June 22: Rudolf Ising's The Milky Way, produced by MGM Animation, makes its debut.[8]
July[]
- July 27: Tex Avery's A Wild Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, marks the official debut of both Bugs Bunny as well as Elmer Fudd. It's also the first time Bugs asks: "What's up, Doc?" and Elmer asks people to be quiet, because he's hunting "wabbits".[9][10]
August[]
- August 9: Jack King's Donald Duck short Donald's Vacation, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.[11]
September[]
- September 20: Jack King's Donald Duck short Window Cleaners, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.[12]
November[]
- November 1: Clyde Geronimi's Mickey Mouse and Pluto cartoon Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, premieres.[13]
- November 2: Bob Clampett's The Sour Puss premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. It marks the first time the Acme Corporation running gag is used.[14]
- November 13: Samuel Armstrong, James Algar, Bill Roberts, Paul Satterfield, Ben Sharpsteen, David D. Hand, Hamilton Luske, Jim Handley, Ford Beebe, T. Hee, Norman Ferguson and Wilfred Jackson's Fantasia, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released. It becomes a box office flop, received mixed reviews, but will gain cult film status decades later.[15]
- November 25: Walter Lantz's animated short Knock Knock premieres, produced by Walter Lantz Productions which marks the debut of Woody Woodpecker.[16]
December[]
- December 7: Tex Avery's Of Fox and Hounds premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, in which Willoughby the Dog makes his debut.[17] It also marks the first use of "Which way did he go, George? Which way did he go?" in animated cartoons.[18]
Specific date unknown[]
- John Halas and Joy Batchelor establish the animated studio Halas and Batchelor.[19][20][21]
- Mary Ellen Bute's Tarantella premieres.[22]
- The Jam Handy Organization makes the live-action educational short A Case of Spring Fever to promote springs and their importance. The film features some animation. Five decades later this picture will gain more cult fame as it is ridiculed in the TV show Mystery Science Theater 3000.[23]
- The Walt Disney Company expands to include more than 1,600 employees[24]
- Barudda è fuggito (Barudda Has Escaped) created by [25]
- Il vecchio lupo di mare norvegese e il vecchio lupo di mare americano (The Old Salt from Norway and the Old Salt from America) by Roman painter (1907–1945)
- , directed by Len Lye
- British radio comedian Harry Hemsley makes an animated advertising short where the characters from his radio show and comic strip Ovaltiney's Concert Party appear, all voiced by himself.[26]
Births[]
January[]
- January 22: John Hurt, British actor (voice of Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings, Hazel in Watership Down, Snitter in The Plague Dogs, The Horned King in The Black Cauldron), (d. 2017).[27]
February[]
- February 2: David Jason, English actor and comedian (voice of the title characters in Danger Mouse, and Count Duckula, Mr. Toad in The Wind in the Willows, and subsequent TV series).
- February 11: Lord Tim Hudson, British DJ and voice actor (voice of Dizzy, The Vulture in The Jungle Book, Hit Cat in The Aristocats), (d. 2019).
March[]
- March 1: Robert Grossman, American painter, caricaturist, sculptor, filmmaker, poster designer, comics artist, cartoonist and animator (Jimmy The C), (d. 2018).[28][29]
- March 11: William Callaway, American voice actor (voice of Aquaman in Super Friends, Clumsy Smurf in The Smurfs).
April[]
- April 15: Thea White, American actress (voice of Muriel Bagge in Courage the Cowardly Dog) (d. 2021).[30][31]
- April 17: Chuck Menville, American animator and writer (Hanna-Barbera, Tiny Toon Adventures, Batman: The Animated Series), (d. 1992).
- April 21: George DiCenzo, American character actor (voice of Hordak in She-Ra: Princess of Power, the title character in Blackstar), (d. 2010).
May[]
- May 8: Emilio Delgado, Mexican-American actor (voice of The Ram in the Between the Lions episode The Ram in the Pepper Patch, The King in The Bravest Knight), (d. 2022).[32]
- May 9: James L. Brooks, American director, producer and screenwriter (The Simpsons).
June[]
- June 1: René Auberjonois, American voice actor, (Chef Louis in The Little Mermaid, The Skull in The Last Unicorn, Desaad in Super Friends, Mark Desmond in Young Justice), (d. 2019).[33]
- June 6: Richard Paul, American voice actor (voice of Sonny in Coonskin), (d. 1998).[34]
- June 7:
- Monica Evans, English actress (voice of Abigail Gabble in The Aristocats, Maid Marian in Robin Hood).
- Tom Jones, Welsh singer, voice of Theme Song Guy in The Emperor's New Groove, himself in The Simpsons, episode Marge Gets a Job and Duck Dodgers (where he also sang the title tune).
- June 15: Michael Barrier, American animation historian.
- June 20: John Mahoney, British actor (Preston Whitmore in Atlantis: The Lost Empire and Atlantis: Milo's Return, General Rogard in The Iron Giant, Papi in Kronk's New Groove, Dr. Robert Terwilliger, Sr. (Sideshow Bob's father) in The Simpsons episode Funeral for a Fiend), (d. 2018).[35][36]
- June 30: Félix Nakamura, Peruvian animator and animated film director, (d. 2000).[37]
July[]
- July 6: Milan Blažeković, Croatian animator (The Elm-Chanted Forest, The Magician's Hat, Lapitch the Little Shoemaker), (d. 2019).[38]
- July 11: Toby Bluth, American illustrator, theatrical director, animator and background artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera, Banjo the Woodpile Cat, Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers,) and brother of Don Bluth, (d. 2013).[39][40]
- July 13: Patrick Stewart, English actor (voice of Number One in The Simpsons episode Homer the Great, Avery Bullock in American Dad!, Adventure in The Page Master, Seti in The Prince of Egypt, King Goobot in Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Mr. Woolensworth in Chicken Little, Lord Yupa in Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, the Great Prince of the Forest in Bambi II, Max Winters in TMNT).
- July 22: Alex Trebek, Canadian-American game show host (voiced himself in the Rugrats episode Game Show Didi, The Simpsons episodes Miracle on Evergreen Terrace and Penny-Wiseguys, two Pepper Ann episodes and the Family Guy episode I Take Thee Quagmire), (d. 2020).[41]
August[]
- August 1: Co Hoedeman, Ditch-Canadian filmmaker (Oscar winner for The Sand Castle),
- August 26: Don LaFontaine, American voice actor (voice of the Narrator in Santa vs. the Snowman 3D, the Announcer in Fillmore!, FOX Announcer in the Family Guy episode Screwed the Pooch, Narrator in the Family Guy episode Brian Sings and Swings, Movie Trailer Announcer in the American Dad! episode Tearjerker, Movie VO Voice in the Phineas and Ferb episode The Chronicles of Meap), (d. 2008).[42][43]
September[]
- September 12: Skip Hinnant, American voice actor (voice of Fritz the Cat in Fritz the Cat, The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, Sunny the Easter Bunny in The Easter Bunny is Comin' To Town, Pogo in I Go Pogo).
- September 19: Paul Williams, American composer, signer, songwriter and actor (wrote and sang Flying Dreams in The Secret of NIMH, voice of The Penguin in Batman: The Animated Series, The New Batman Adventures, and Superman: The Animated Series, Professor Williams in Dexter's Laboratory, Garen in The Pirates of Dark Water, The Hierophant in Adventure Time).
- September 25:
- Roberto Del Giudice, Italian voice actor (Italian dub voice of Arsène Lupin III in Lupin III), (d. 2007).[44]
- Eva Švankmajerová, Czech painter, ceramist, poet, animator, designer, director and producer (wife, co-producer, co-designer, co-director of Jan Švankmajer), (d. 2005).[45][46]
October[]
- October 1: Richard Corben, American animator, illustrator, comics writer, comics artist (Neverwhere, wrote the script for the Den segment in Heavy Metal) and colorist, (d. 2020).[47]
- October 13: Dave Smith, American archivist (founder of the Walt Disney Archives) and author (Disney A to Z), (d. 2019).[48] After retirement, he worked for Disney as a consultant until his death.[49]
November[]
- November 6: Jack Ong, American actor, writer, activist and marketing professional (voice of Chinese Fisherman in The Simpsons episode Das Bus), (d. 2017).[50][51]
- November 22:
- Terry Gilliam, American-born British animator (Monty Python).
- Eiichi Yamamoto, Japanese animation director and screenwriter (Kimba the White Lion, Cleopatra, Belladonna of Sadness), (d. 2021).[52]
December[]
- December 21: Frank Zappa, American rock artist and composer (voice of the Pope in Ren and Stimpy episode Powdered Toast Man, created background music for the first season of Duckman), (d. 1993).[53]
- December 30: Jerry Granelli, American-Canadian jazz drummer (played on the soundtrack of A Charlie Brown Christmas), (d. 2021).[54][55]
Specific date unknown[]
- Changiz Jalilvand, Iranian voice actor (Iranian dub voice of Bert in Mary Poppins), (d. 2020) from COVID-19.[56]
- Rick Hoover, American animator (Walt Disney Company, Hanna-Barbera, Filmation) and comics artist, (d. 1996).[57]
Deaths[]
January[]
- January 21: Otis Harlan, American actor (voice of Happy in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), dies at age 74.[58]
February[]
- February 15: Norman Spencer, American composer and songwriter (Warner Bros. Cartoons), dies at age 48.
July[]
- July 2: Guido Seeber, German film director, cinematographer and animator (Prosit Neujahr 1910!, the first German animated film), dies at age 61.[58]
September[]
- September 2: Eddie Collins, American actor (voice of Dopey in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), dies at age 57 from a heart attack.[59]
- September 28: Earl Hurd, American animator, film director and comics artist (Bobby Bumps, worked for J.R. Bray, Terrytoons, Ub Iwerks and the Walt Disney Company), dies at age 60.[60]
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ "The Early Worm Gets The Bird (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ Adams, T. R. (1991). Tom and Jerry: Fifty Years of Cat and Mouse. New York, New York: Crescent Books. ISBN 0-517-05688-7.
- ^ Nugent, Frank S. (February 8, 1940). "Movie Review - Pinocchio - The Screen in Review; 'Pinocchio,' Walt Disney's Long-Awaited Successor to 'Snow White,' Has Its Premiere at the Center Theatre-Other New Films". The New York Times. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
- ^ "The 12th Academy Awards (1940) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
- ^ "Elmer's Candid Camera (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ Hotes, Catherine Munroe. "Wagorō Arai: His World of Silhouette Animation". Nishikata Film Review.
- ^ "Mr. Duck Steps Out (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "The Milky Way (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ Barrier, Michael (2003), Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age, Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-516729-0
- ^ Adamson, Joe (1990). Bugs Bunny: 50 Years and Only One Grey Hare. New York: Henry Holt. ISBN 978-0-8050-1190-6
- ^ "Donald's Vacation (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Window Cleaners (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Mr. Mouse Takes A Trip (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "The Sour Puss (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Fantasia: Detail View". American Film Institute. Retrieved April 14, 2014.
- ^ Kanfer, Stefan (2000). Serious business: the art and commerce of animation in America from Betty Boop to Toy story. Da Capo Press. pp. 113. ISBN 0-306-80918-4.
- ^ "Of Fox And Hounds (Leon Schlesinger Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Tex Avery". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "Biographies". Halas&Batchelor Collection. Archived from the original on 2008-12-04. Retrieved 2008-12-20.
- ^ "History". Halas&Batchelor Collection. Retrieved 2008-12-20.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Brian McFarlane The Encyclopedia of British Film, London: Methuen/BFI, 2003, p.48
- ^ "Hollywood Blockbusters, Independent Films and Shorts Selected for 2010 National Film Registry". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 1, 2012.
- ^ Morgan, Chris (2015). The Comic Galaxy of Mystery Science Theater 3000: Twelve Classic Episodes and the Movies They Lampoon. McFarland. pp. 157–8.
- ^ Bendazzi, p. 66
- ^ Bendazzi, p. 79
- ^ "Harry Hemsley". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
- ^ "John Hurt". IMDb. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ "Robert Grossman". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-06-29. Retrieved 2021-10-31.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Milligan, Mercedes (2021-08-01). "Thea White, Voice of Muriel on 'Courage the Cowardly Dog,' Dies Age 81". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ^ Shafer, Ellise (2021-08-01). "Thea White, Voice of Muriel Bagge on 'Courage the Cowardly Dog,' Dies at 81". Variety. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ^ "'Sesame Street' Actor Emilio Delgado Dead at 81, Played Luis for 40 Years". TMZ. March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
- ^ Dalton, Andrew. "'Benson,' 'Star Trek' actor René Auberjonois has died at 79". Washington Post. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ 1940 in animation at IMDb
- ^ Chris Jones (2018) "John Mahoney, Steppenwolf and 'Frasier' actor who walked away from Hollywood, dead at 77" Archived February 6, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Chicago Tribune, February 5, 2018. Accessed February 5, 2018.
- ^ Julie Miller (2018) "John Mahoney, Beloved Frasier Father, Dies at 77", Vanity Fair, February 5, 2018. Accessed February 6, 2018.
- ^ Door Giannalberto Bendazzi (17 Nov 2015). Animation: A World History Volume II: The Birth of a Style - The Three Markets. ISBN 9781317519904.
- ^ "Preminuo doajen hrvatske animacije Milan Blažeković". tportal.hr. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ "Toby Bluth R.I.P." Archived 2013-11-09 at the Wayback Machine - article by Jerry Beck on ; November 6, 2013; retrieved November 6, 2013.
- ^ "#TBT: The Erotic Art of Toby Bluth". www.advocate.com. July 24, 2014.
- ^ Variety, Carmel Dagan. "Alex Trebek, longtime host of 'Jeopardy,' dies at 80". baltimoresun.com. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved November 8, 2020.
- ^ "Don LaFontaine, who voiced trailers, dies". September 2, 2008.
- ^ "Don LaFontaine Dies At 68". CNN.com. September 1, 2008. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
- ^ È morto Roberto Del Giudice, la voce italiana di Lupin III (in Italian)
- ^ Obituary in The Independent (UK) by Marcus Williamson
- ^ Obituary in The Guardian (UK) by
- ^ "Richard Corben". Lambiek.net. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ Boucher, Geoff (June 24, 2010). "Column One: Pack rat in the Mouse House". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 17, 2017.
- ^ "Dave Smith Dies". Deadline Hollywood. February 15, 2019. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ "Jack Ong - OBITUARY".
- ^ "Jack Ong Obituary (1940 - 2017) Los Angeles Times".
- ^ "Belladonna of Sadness, Cleopatra Director Eiichi Yamamoto Passes Away". Anime News Network. September 26, 2021. Retrieved September 26, 2021.
- ^ "Frank Zappa". IMDb. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ Lau, Rebecca (July 20, 2021). "Iconic jazz drummer Jerry Granelli passes away in Halifax, aged 80". Global News. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- ^ "Jazz drummer Jerry Granelli dies peacefully in Halifax at age 80". CTV News. July 20, 2021. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- ^ "Iranian voice actor Changiz Jalilvand dies of COVID-19". Tehran Times. November 22, 2020.
- ^ "Rick Hoover". lambiek.net. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ a b Herbst, Helmut. Drei Bildbeschreibungen und eine Liste. Der Filmpionier Guido Seeber. pp. 15–41 in C. Müller und H. Segeberg (ed.) Die Modellierung des Kinofilms. Munich, 1998.
- ^ More Magnificent Mountain Movies. W. Lee Cozad. ISBN 9780972337236. Retrieved May 18, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Earl Hurd".
References[]
- Bendazzi, Giannalberto (1994). Cartoons: One hundred years of cinema animation. Translated by Anna Taraboletti-Segre. Indiana University Press. ISBN 0-253-20937-4.
External links[]
- Animated works of the year, listed in IMDb
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