1947 in animation
| Years in animation: | 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s |
| Years: | 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 |
Events in 1947 in animation.
Events[]
January[]
- January 10: Ivan Ivanov-Vano's The Humpbacked Horse is first released.
- January 11: The Crab with the Golden Claws premieres, a stop-motion film directed by Claude Misonne (pseudonym for Simone Swaelens). This is the first animated film based on Hergé's popular comics series The Adventures of Tintin.[1]
- January 25: In Arthur Davis' The Goofy Gophers, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, the Goofy Gophers make their debuts.[2]
March[]
- March 13: 19th Academy Awards: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry cartoon The Cat Concerto wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[3] Controversy arises, because Warner Brothers's Rhapsody Rabbit (directed by Friz Freleng) has a similar plot and is said to have been omitted from nomination, merely because it was screened to the Academy jury after they had just watched The Cat Concerto. The jury assumed that it was a case of mere plagiarism. Today most historians assume that both cartoons were in production at the same time and most of their similarities were coincidental.[4]
- March 22: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon A Hare Grows in Manhattan premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.[5]
April[]
- April 26: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry cartoon The Cat Concerto, produced by MGM, is first released.[6]
May[]
- May 3: In Friz Freleng's Tweetie Pie, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, Bob Clampett's character Tweety Bird and Freleng's own Sylvester the Cat are first paired together, thus marking the start of the Tweety & Sylvester series.[7]
- May 9: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Sleepy Time Donald is first released, produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios. It features Donald suffering from sleepwalking.[8]
- May 16 - November 15: A huge strike takes places at Terrytoons, where Paul Terry refuses to negotiate a union contract with the Screen Cartoonist's Guild and fires several of his animators.[9]
June[]
- June 14: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry short Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse, produced by MGM, premieres.[10]
July[]
- July 11: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Donald's Dilemma, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released, in which Donald's singing voice improves due to a flower pot falling on his head.[11]
- July 12: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry cartoon Salt Water Tabby premieres, produced by MGM in which Tom and Jerry go to the beach.[12]
- July 19:
- George Pal's Tubby the Tuba is first released.[13]
- Tex Avery's Uncle Tom's Cabaña, produced by MGM, is first released.[14]
August[]
- August 30: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry short A Mouse in the House premieres, produced by MGM in which Tom and a rival cat have to catch Jerry to avoid being kicked out the house.[15]
September[]
- September 12–25: During the 1947 Cannes Film Festival the film Dumbo by the Walt Disney Animation studios, receives the Grand Prix pour Meilleur Dessin Animé (Grand Prize for Best Animated Film).[16]
- September 20: Tex Avery's Slap Happy Lion, produced by MGM, premieres.[17]
- September 27: Jack Kinney, Bill Roberts, Hamilton Luske and William Morgan's Fun and Fancy Free, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres. It consists of the shorts Bongo and Mickey and the Beanstalk.[18]
October[]
- October 4: Chuck Jones' Little Orphan Airedale, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons premieres in which Charlie Dog makes his debut.[19]
- October 10: In Seymour Kneitel's Naughty But Mice, produced for Famous Studios, Herman and Katnip are first paired as a duo.[20][21]
- October 24: Walt Disney testifies for the House Un-American Activities Committee, where he accuses several of his former employees of being Communist sympathizers which results in several of them being blacklisted.[22]
November[]
- November 1: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny short Slick Hare, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released, a cartoon which features many caricatures of Hollywood celebrities.[23]
- November 28: In Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon Chip an' Dale, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, Chip 'n' Dale are first paired with Donald Duck.[24]
December[]
- December 5: Little Audrey debuts in the short film Santa's Surprise, produced by Famous Studios.[25]
- December 6: Tex Avery's King-Size Canary premieres, produced by MGM.[26]
- December 13: Jiří Trnka's Spalicek (The Czech Year) is first released. It's his debut animated feature and will win critical acclaim.[27]
Specific date unknown[]
- George Moreno Jr.'s Bubble and Squeek is first released.[28]
Films released[]
Births[]
January[]
- January 2: , Japanese-British actor (voice of Dr. Kamikazi in Robotboy), (d. 2010).[29]
- January 8: David Bowie, British rock singer and actor (voice of Lord Royal Highness in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis and Emperor Maltazard in Arthur and the Invisibles), (d. 2016).[30]
- January 15: Andrea Martin, American-Canadian actress, singer, and comedian, (voice of Ms. Fowl in The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Splatter Phoenix in Darkwing Duck, Aunt Miriam Pickles in Rugrats, Mad Harriet in Superman: The Animated Series, Mrs. Stoppable in Kim Possible, Ms. Meaney in The New Woody Woodpecker Show, Miss Carbuncle in Frosty Returns, Mrs. Bigby in Mickey and the Roadster Racers).
- January 17: Todd Susman, American actor (voice of P.A. Announcer in the Futurama episode War Is the H-Word).
- January 29:
- Gerald Polley, American singer, activist and animator, (d. 2012).[31]
- Juan Padrón, Cuban comics artist and animator (Vampires in Havana), (d. 2020).[32]
February[]
- February 7: Wayne Allwine, American actor (voice of Mickey Mouse since 1977), (d. 2009).
- February 11: Bruce Bickford, American animator (made the surreal clay-animated sequences in Frank Zappa's concert films The Dub Room Special, Baby Snakes and The Amazing Mr. Bickford), (d. 2019).[33]
- February 16: Giorgio Lopez, Italian voice actor (Italian dub voice of King Harold in the Shrek franchise, Italian dub voice of Scrooge McDuck), (d. 2021).[34][35]
March[]
- March 18: Susan Sheridan, British Voice actress (voice of Princess Eilonwy in The Black Cauldron, Noddy on Noddy's Toyland Adventures), (d. 2015).
- March 22: Tony Pope, American voice actor (voice of Goofy and The Big Bad Wolf in Who Framed Roger Rabbit), (d. 2004).[36]
- March 25: Elton John, English singer, pianist and composer (The Lion King, The Road to El Dorado, Gnomeo and Juliet, voiced himself in The Simpsons, and South Park).
- March 27: Chick Vennera, American actor (voice of Pesto in Animaniacs, Lorenzo in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Chauffeur in Batman Beyond and Ferrett in Static Shock) (d. 2021).[37]
April[]
- April 4: Jacques Frantz, French actor (voice of Obelix in Asterix and the Vikings), (d. 2021).[38]
- April 23: Ron McLarty, American dramatist, playwright and actor (did voices for several episodes of Courage the Cowardly Dog, voice of the narrator and Papa Bear in The Berenstain Bears animated TV specials), (d. 2020).[39]
May[]
- May 10: Marion Ramsey, American actress (voiced teacher in the Robot Chicken episode Sausage Fest), (d. 2021).[40][41]
June[]
- June 16: Tom Wyner, voice actor, producer, director, and writer.
- June 17: Brothers Quay, American stop-motion animators
- June 22: David Lander, American actor and comedian (voice of Smart Ass the Weasel in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, The Sewer King in Hey Arnold!, Squiggy in The Simpsons episode Helter Shelter Doc-Boy Arbuckle in A Garfield Christmas Special, and The Garfield Show, Horace Badun in 101 Dalmatians: The Series, Arthur in Jungle Cubs), (d. 2020).[42][43]
July[]
- July 28: Sally Struthers, American actress (voice of Pebbles Flintstone in The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show, Rebecca Cunningham in TaleSpin).
August[]
- August 5: Larry Kenney, American voice actor (voice of Lion-O in ThunderCats, Count Chocula in commercials for Monster Cereals, Sonny the Cuckoo Bird in ads for Coco Puffs).
- August 22: Tibor Hernádi, Hungarian animator, animated film director, producer, screenwriter and storyboard artist (Felix the Cat: The Movie, The Seventh Brother, made various Red Bull animated TV commercials), (d. 2012).[44]
- August 28: Alice Playten, American voice actress (voice of Baby Lickety-Split and Baby Moondancer in Generation 1 of My Little Pony, Poindexter in Felix the Cat: The Movie, Beebe Bluff in Doug), (d. 2011).
- August 29: Arthur Burghardt, American actor (voice of Destro in G.I. Joe : A Real American Hero, Devastator in The Transformers, Turbo in Challenge of the GoBots, Pete in The Prince and the Pauper).
- August 31:
- Mona Marshall, American voice actress.
- Steve Perry, American television writer (Gargoyles, Batman: The Animated Series).
September[]
- September 20: Steve Gerber, American writer, (Thundarr the Barbarian, G.I.Joe: A Real American Hero, The Transformers, Superman: The Animated Series), (d. 2008).
- September 27: Meat Loaf, American rock singer and actor (voiced himself in the South Park episode Chef Aid), (d. 2022).[45]
- September 29:
- Hubert Gagnon, Canadian voice actor (dub voice of Optimus Prime in Transformers, dub voice of Homer Simpson and Grampa Simpson in the Canadian-French version of The Simpsons), (d. 2020).[46]
- Greg Irons, American underground cartoonist, animator, poster- and tattoo artist (worked on Yellow Submarine), (d. 1984).[47]
October[]
- October 17: Michael McKean, American actor and comedian (voice of David St. Hubbins in The Simpsons, 50s Joker in The New Batman Adventures, Ian Peek in Batman Beyond, Uncle Humidor in The 7D, Lou Pickles in Rugrats, Vultaire in Thundercats, Jasper Badun in 101 Dalmatians: The Series, Cecil in Jungle Cubs).
November[]
- November 17: Will Vinton, American animator and film director (The Adventures of Mark Twain, The California Raisins), (d. 2018).[48][49]
December[]
- December 4: Robert J. Walsh, American film and television composer (Looney Tunes, Marvel Productions), (d. 2018).
- December 31: Tim Matheson, American actor (voice of the title character in Jonny Quest, Jace in Space Ghost, Samson in Samson & Goliath, Gil Mason in Batman: The Animated Series, Maxwell Lord in Justice League Unlimited, Jarvis Kord in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Brad Chiles in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated).
Specific date unknown[]
- Patrick Loubert, Canadian producer, director, screenwriter and storyboard artist (co-founder of Nelvana).
Deaths[]
January[]
- January 3: Gus Wickie, German-American singer and actor (voice of Bluto in Popeye), dies at age 61.[50]
- January 9: Herman Bing, German-American actor (voice of The Ringmaster in Dumbo), commits suicide at age 57.
March[]
- March 24: Frank Rocky Fiegel, American tramp and bar bouncer (inspiration for Popeye), dies at age 79.[51]
See also[]
References[]
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- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "The Goofy Gophers (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).
- ^ "The 19th Academy Awards (1947) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-19.
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "The Cat Concerto (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).
- ^ "A Hare Grows in Manhattan". 22 March 1947 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "The Cat Concerto (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Tweetie Pie (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Weight For Me (Walt Disney Television Animation.)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).
- ^ "Moonlighting Animation Artists in Comics: CARLO VINCI |". cartoonresearch.com.
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Mouse (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Donald's Dilemma (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Salt Water Tabby (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Tubby The Tuba (Paramount Pictures)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Uncle Tom's Cabaña (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "A Mouse In The House (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).
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- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Slap Happy Lion (MGM)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "BCDB: Error". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Little Orphan Airedale (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).
- ^ "Don Markstein's Toonopedia: Herman and Katnip". www.toonopedia.com. Retrieved 2019-11-04.
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Naughty But Mice (Famous Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB). Retrieved 2019-11-04.
- ^ "CNN Cold War - Historical Document: Walt Disney testifies". CNN. May 14, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-05-14.
- ^ "Slick Hare". November 1947 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ DataBase, The Big Cartoon. "Chip an' Dale (Walt Disney Studios)". Big Cartoon DataBase (BCDB).
- ^ Markstein, Donald D. (2000). "Little Audrey". Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
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- ^ "Spalicek" – via www.imdb.com.
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- ^ "È morto Giorgio Lopez, doppiatore di Dustin Hoffmann e adorato fratello di Massimo". today.it. 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- ^ "È morto il doppiatore Giorgio Lopez, fratello di Massimo: era la voce italiana di Danny DeVito e Dustin Hoffman" (in Italian). Corriere. August 10, 2021. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
- ^ "Voice actor Tony Pope Silenced at 56". Animation World Network. Retrieved October 8, 2020.
- ^ Milligan, Mercedes (2021-07-08). "Voice Actor Chick Vennera Dies Age 74". Animation Magazine. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
- ^ Arlin, Marc (March 17, 2021). "Mort du comédien Jacques Frantz, la voix française de Robert de Niro, Mel Gibson et Nick Nolte". www.programme-tv.net.
- ^ "Ron McLarty, Actor on 'Spenser for Hire,' 'Cop Rock' and 'Law & Order,' Dies at 72". The Hollywood Reporter. February 10, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
- ^ Evans, Greg (January 7, 2021). "Marion Ramsey Dies: 'Police Academy's Officer Hooks & Broadway Actress Was 73". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
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- ^ "'Laverne & Shirley' Star David Lander, 'Squiggy' Star, Dead at 73". TMZ. December 5, 2020. Retrieved December 5, 2020.
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- ^ Taylor, Derrick Bryson (2022-01-21). "Meat Loaf, 'Bat Out of Hell' Singer and Actor, Dies at 74". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 21, 2022. Retrieved 2022-01-21.
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- ^ "Was Frank 'Rocky' Fiegel the Inspiration for 'Popeye'?". Snopes.com. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
External links[]
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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