1974 in animation
| Years in animation: | 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s |
| Years: | 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 |
Events in 1974 in animation.
Events[]
January[]
- January 31: The first episode of Vicky the Viking airs.[1]
February[]
April[]
- April 2: 46th Academy Awards: Frank Film by Frank Mouris wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[3]
May[]
- 9-24 May: 1974 Cannes Film Festival:
- Peter Foldes' Hunger wins the Special Jury Prize.[4]
- The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, a sequel to Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat (from 1972) but this time directed by Robert Taylor, becomes the first animated film to be entered at the Cannes Film Festival, but wins no awards.[5] The film is later officially released on 26 June, but flops. Only later will it gain a cult following.[6]
June[]
- June 15: Cesare Perfetto's Around the World with Peynet's Lovers is first released. .[7][8]
July[]
- July 8: Charles Swenson's Down and Dirty Duck premiers, featuring the voices of rock singers Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan (aka Flo & Eddie).[9]
September[]
- September 7: The first episode of Hong Kong Phooey, produced by Hanna-Barbera, is broadcast.[10]
- September 26: The film Dunderklumpen! is first released.[11]
October[]
- October 6: The first episode of Space Battleship Yamato is broadcast.
- October 16: The first episode of Chapi Chapo airs.
- October 21: The first episode of Roobarb airs.[12]
November[]
- November 1: Karel Zeman's Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor premiers.[13]
Specific date unknown[]
- Mad Magazine makes a TV special where several of their comics series appear in animated form. The director is Chris Ishii. Unfortunately the special never airs, because network executives deem the comedy "too family unfriendly".[14]
Films released[]
Television series[]
Births[]
January[]
- January 24: Erik Wiese, American animator, storyboard artist, director and writer (co-created The Mighty B!).
February[]
- February 5: Ciro Nieli, American animator, storyboard artist (Family Guy, ¡Mucha Lucha!, Batman: The Brave and the Bold), director (Teen Titans, Transformers: Animated, The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes) and producer (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, creator of Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!).
- February 8: Seth Green, American actor, producer, writer and director (voice of Chris Griffin in Family Guy, co-creator of Robot Chicken).
- February 18: Nicole St. John, American actress (voice of Sally and Electronic Mother's Day Card in Futurama).
April[]
- April 21: Kevin Hageman, American screenwriter and producer (Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu, Hotel Transylvania, The Lego Movie, Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia, The Lego Ninjago Movie, The Croods: A New Age, Trollhunters: Rise of the Titans, Star Trek: Prodigy).
June[]
- June 5: Lino DiSalvo, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios), film director (Playmobil: The Movie), writer and voice actor (voice of Vinnie in Bolt, Gristletoe Joe in Prep & Landing, Robotitron in Playmobil: The Movie).
- June 12: Jared Bush, American screenwriter, producer (creator of Penn Zero: Part-Time Hero) and director (Zootopia, Encanto).
- June 19: Bumper Robinson, American voice actor (voice of Jamal Williams in Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School, Carter in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Danny Pickett in What's with Andy?, Dwight Conrad in Futurama, Bumblebee, Blitzwing, Porter C. Powell and Blackout in Transformers: Animated, Principal Bump in The Owl House).
July[]
- July 12: Rodney Clouden, American animator, character designer (Duckman, Stressed Eric, The Wild Thornberrys, Dilbert), storyboard artist (The Wild Thornberrys, Baby Blues, Futurama, Drawn Together) and director (American Dad!).
- July 18: Michael Dante DiMartino, American animator, producer, writer and director (Mission Hill, Family Guy, King of the Hill, co-created Avatar: The Last Airbender, and The Legend of Korra).
- July 25: Lauren Faust, American animator (Quest for Camelot, The Iron Giant), writer (The Powerpuff Girls, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Wander Over Yonder, Kid Cosmic), director and producer (creator of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic).
August[]
- August 16: Edwin E. Aguilar, American animator (The Simpsons, The Oblongs, The Edge of Seventeen, Rooted in Peace), (d. 2021).
September[]
- September 1: Jhonen Vasquez, American cartoonist and animator (creator of Invader Zim).
October[]
- October 6: Jeremy Sisto, American actor, voice actor, producer, and writer (voice of Batman in Justice League: The New Frontier, King Runeard in Frozen II).
November[]
- November 7: Carl Steven, American actor (voice of Pigpen and Franklin in the Peanuts franchise, Young Fred Jones in A Pup Named Scooby-Doo), (d. 2011).
December[]
- December 17: Paul Briggs, American animator, storyboard artist and voice actor (Walt Disney Animation Studios).
- December 21: Scott D. Greenberg, American television producer (Film Roman, Bento Box Entertainment).
Specific date unknown[]
- Brandon Vietti, American animator (Warner Bros. Animation).
Deaths[]
January[]
- January 14: Paul Whitsun-Jones, Welsh actor (voice of Fezziwig in A Christmas Carol), dies at age 50.[15]
- January 15: Sam Slyfield, American sound engineer (Walt Disney Animation Studios), dies at age 75.
- January 28: Courtland Hector Hoppin, American animator and photographer (La Joie de Vivre), dies at age 67.[16]
February[]
- February 4: Stuart Buchanan, American voice actor (voice of The Huntsman in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), dies at age 79.[17]
March[]
- March 8: Martha Wentworth, American actress (voice of Mama Katzenjammer in The Captain and the Kids, Nanny, Queenie the cow and Lucy the goose in One Hundred and One Dalmatians, female squirrel and Madame Mim in The Sword in the Stone), dies at age 84.[18]
July[]
- July 19: Joe Flynn, American actor (voice of Mr. Snoops in The Rescuers), dies at age 49 from a drowning accident.[19]
- July 20: Allen Jenkins, American actor (voice of Officer Dibble in Top Cat), dies at age 74.
September[]
- September 9: Manuel Urda Marín, Spanish comics artist and animator, passes away at age 86.[20]
- September 14: Barbara Jo Allen, American actress (Fauna in Sleeping Beauty, Goliath II's mother in Goliath II and the Scullery Maid in The Sword in the Stone), dies at age 68.[21]
October[]
- October 7: , Russian film director and animator (Beloved Beauty), dies at age 58.[22]
December[]
- Specific date in December unknown: Orestes Calpini, American animator (Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios), dies at age 63.
Specific date unknown[]
- Cal Dalton, American film director and animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Walt Disney Company), dies at age 65.[23]
See also[]
Sources[]
- ^ "Vicky the Viking". 3 April 1974. Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ Runcie, Charlotte (12 February 2014). "Happy 40th birthday, Bagpuss!". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 February 2014.
- ^ "The 46th Academy Awards (1974) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 2015-03-15. Retrieved 2011-12-31.
- ^ "La Faim".
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
- ^ Choron, Sandra; Choron, Harry; Moore, Arden (2007). Planet Cat: A Cat-Alog – Sandra Choron, Harry Choron, Arden Moore – Google Boeken. ISBN 978-0618812592. Retrieved 2015-12-18.
- ^ Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
- ^ Francesco Pacifico (2007). San Valentino: dove si racconta come il marketing e la poesia hanno stravolto l'amore in Occidente. Fazi, 2007. ISBN 978-8881128082.
- ^ Kaylan, Howard, "Getting Spit On By the Boss Himself!". Shell Shocked. P. 215. Backbeat, 2013. 978-1-61780-846-3.
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20090617043205/http://www.cartoonscrapbook.com/H/hongkongphooey1974.htm Hong Kong Phooey
- ^ "Dunderklumpen (1974)". Swedish Film Institute. 5 March 2014.
- ^ "Roobarb". 21 October 1974. Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "A Thousand and One Nights". November 1974. Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via www.imdb.com.
- ^ "Chris Ishii". lambiek.net. Retrieved March 27, 2021.
- ^ "Paul Whitsun-Jones". IMDb. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Light Cone - Hector HOPPIN". lightcone.org. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ Hischak, Thomas S. (Oct 6, 2011). Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. ISBN 9780786486946. Retrieved May 20, 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ Hischak, Thomas S. (2011). Disney Voice Actors: A Biographical Dictionary. McFarland. p. 221. ISBN 9780786486946. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ^ "Joe Flynn". IMDb. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Manuel Urda". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Barbara Jo Allen". IMDb. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Vladimir Degtyaryov". IMDb. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
- ^ "Cal Dalton". IMDb. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
External links[]
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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