1958 in animation
| Years in animation: | 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s |
| Years: | 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 |
Events in 1958 in animation.
Events[]
March[]
- March 8: Chuck Jones' Robin Hood Daffy, produced by Warner Bros. Animation, is first released. It stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig.[1]
- March 26: 30th Academy Awards: The Tweety & Sylvester cartoon Birds Anonymous by Friz Freleng wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[2]
- March 29: Chuck Jones' Hare-Way to the Stars, produced by Warner Bros. Animation premiers. It stars Bugs Bunny and Marvin the Martian.[3]
August[]
- August 1:
- Les Clark's Paul Bunyan, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premiers.[4]
- Hanna-Barbera's Tot Watchers, produced by MGM, is released. It's their final theatrical Tom & Jerry cartoon.[5]
- August 22: Karel Zeman's The Fabulous World of Jules Verne premiers.[6]
- August 23: Friz Freleng's Knighty Knight Bugs premiers, produced by Warner Bros. Animation and starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam.[7]
September[]
- September 6: The first episode of The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole is broadcast.[8][9]
- September 29: The first episode of The Huckleberry Hound Show is broadcast, produced by Hanna-Barbera. It marks the debut of Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Hokey Wolf and Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks (their segment debuts on 2 October).[10]
October[]
- October 22: Taiji Yabushita and Kazuhiko Okabe's The White Snake Enchantress is first released. It is Toei Animation's feature debut and the first anime feature film in color.[citation needed]
December[]
- December 19: The Disney Christmas special, From All of Us to All of You, is first broadcast. In the Nordic countries (Iceland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland) it will become an annual Christmas TV tradition from 1959 on.[11][12][13][14]
Specific date unknown[]
- The first episode of Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown is broadcast, an animated TV series based on the popularity of Bozo the Clown.[15][16]
Films released[]
Television series[]
Births[]
January[]
- January 21: Jean-Yves Raimbaud, French animator and screenwriter (Oggy and the Cockroaches, Space Goofs), (d. 1998).[17]
February[]
- February 19: Gary Sperling, American writer (Kim Possible, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Hercules), (d. 2003).
- February 23: Norm Spencer, Canadian voice actor (Cyclops in the animated series X-Men), (d. 2020).[18][19][20]
- February 24: Chris Buck, American film director (Tarzan, Surf's Up, Frozen, Frozen II).
March[]
- March 30: Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor (voice of the Brain on Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, and Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain, Egon Spengler on The Real Ghostbusters, and Extreme Ghostbusters, Big Bob Pataki on Hey Arnold!, Popeye on Popeye and Son, Dizzy Devil on Tiny Toon Adventures, continued voice of Yosemite Sam, Father on Codename: Kids Next Door, variety of characters on Futurama, Mortimer Mouse on Mickey Mouse Works, House of Mouse, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Mickey Mouse Mixed-Up Adventures, Inspector Gadget in Gadget and the Gadgetinis, Vincent Van Ghoul in Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated, and Scooby-Doo! and the Curse of the 13th Ghost, King Agnarr in Frozen, Root Beer Tapper in Wreck-It Ralph, and Ralph Breaks the Internet, Mr.Big in Zootopia, Grumpy on The 7D).
- March 31: Lisa Michelson, American voice actress (dub voice of Satsuki Kusakabe in My Neighbor Totoro, dub voice of Kiki in Kiki's Delivery Service), (d. 1991).
April[]
- April 4: Constance Shulman, American actress (voice of Patti Mayonnaise on Doug).
May[]
- May 20:
- , Indonesian voice actress (Indonesian dub voice of Doraemon in Doraemon), (d. 2020).[21]
- Judy Kuhn, American singer (singing voice of the title character in Pocahontas, and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World).
- May 31: Tim Hill, American film director and writer (Garfield 2, Alvin and The Chipmunks and Hop).
June[]
- June 19: Makiko Futaki, Japanese animator and illustrator (Studio Ghibli), (d. 2016).[22]
August[]
- August 18: Reg E. Cathey, American actor (voice of Captain Quaid in Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure), (d. 2018).[23][24])
- August 29: Michael Jackson, American soul and pop singer (voice of Leon Kompowski in The Simpsons episode Stark Raving Dad), (d. 2009).[25]
- August 30: Sarah Watt, Australian animated film director and animator (The Way of the Birds), (d. 2011).[26][27]
December[]
- December 6: Nick Park, British animator, writer, producer and director (Chicken Run, Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and Early Man), (the creator of Wallace & Gromit).
- December 16: Katie Leigh, American voice actress (voice of Sunni Gummi on Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Baby Rowlf on Muppet Babies, Honker Muddlefoot on Darkwing Duck, Alex in the first two seasons of Totally Spies).
Deaths[]
August[]
- August 22: Ted Sears, American animator (Raoul Barré, Fleischer Brothers, Walt Disney Company) lyricist and scriptwriter, dies at age 58.[citation needed]
- August 29: Isadore Sparber, American storyboard artist, animation writer, director and producer (Fleischer Brothers, Famous Studios), dies at age 52.[citation needed]
- August 31: Gayne Whitman, American actor (occasional voice of Barney Bear), dies at age 68.[28]
October[]
- October 4: Jack King, American animator, animation film director and comics artist (J.R. Bray, International Film Service, Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Animation), dies at age 72.[29]
- October 28: Mario Pompei, Italian comics artist and animator (worked for Raul Verdini), dies at age 55.[30]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Robin Hood Daffy (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)".
- ^ "The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences). Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-21.
- ^ "Hare-Way to the Stars (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)".
- ^ "Paul Bunyan (Walt Disney Studios)".
- ^ "Tot Watchers (MGM)".
- ^ "Vynález zkázy (1958)". kinobox.cz.
- ^ "Knighty Knight Bugs (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.)".
- ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 269–270. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
- ^ "NewspaperArchive® | spunky tadpole 1961 historic newspaper articles including obituaries, births, marriages, divorces and arrests". newspaperarchive.com. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ^ "Hanna-Barbera". lambiek.net. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ^ Cotter, Bill (1997). The Wonderful World of Disney Television. Hyperion Books. pp. 113, 528. ISBN 0-7868-6359-5.
- ^ "Disney First Christmas Special". TVparty!.
- ^ Axelsson, Malin (22 December 2008). "Kalle Ankas jul tappar tittare" (in Swedish). Svenska Dagbladet.
- ^ Stahl, Jeremy (22 December 2011). "Nordic Quack – Sweden's bizarre tradition of watching Donald Duck cartoons on Christmas Eve". Slate.
- ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-1538103739.
- ^ Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown at The Big Cartoon DataBase
- ^ Raimbaud. Retrieved Aug 2, 2020 – via BnF Catalogue général (http://catalogue.bnf.fr).
- ^ "X-Men: The Animated Series' Cyclops Voice Actor Norm Spencer Has Died". CBR. August 31, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "Norm Spencer, Voice of Cyclops in X-Men: The Animated Series, Has Died". TV Shows. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "X-Men: The Animated Series Actor Norm 'Cyclops' Spencer Has Passed Away". epicstream.com. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^ "Nurhasanah, the Indonesian voice of Doraemon, passes away at 62". Coconuts Jakarta. July 13, 2020.
- ^ Horton, H. Perry (May 31, 2016). "Saying Goodbye to a Brilliant Artist: Makiko Futaki (Akira, Studio Ghibli) Has Passed Away". Film School Rejects. Retrieved February 14, 2018.
- ^ "Reg E. Cathey, actor on House Of Cards and The Wire, dies at 59, Entertainment News & Top Stories". Elite News 24. February 10, 2018.
- ^ Brockington, Ariana (February 9, 2018). "Reg Cathey, 'House of Cards' and 'The Wire' Actor, Dies at 59". Variety. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001391/
- ^ "Australian filmmaker Sarah Watt dies". Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Retrieved November 6, 2011.
- ^ The Age, Saturday November 5, Tributes and Celebrations, p. 38
- ^ "Gayne Whitman". The New York Times. 4 September 1958.
- ^ "Jack King". lambiek.net.
- ^ "Mario Pompei". lambiek.net. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
External links[]
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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