1938 in animation: Difference between revisions

==Events==

===January===

 

===February===

* '''February 7''': [[Bob Clampett]]'s ''Breakdowns of 1938'' is made, produced by [[Warner Bros. Cartoons|Leon Schlesinger Productions]], an blooper reel made exclusively for [[Warner Brothers]]' personnel and not released theatrically. The film is notable for a scene where [[Porky Pig]] says "Son of a bitch!".<ref name="lambiek1">{{cite web|title=Bob Clampett|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/clampett_bob.htm|access-date=2021-12-28|website=lambiek.net|language=en|archive-date=2022-01-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111091820/https://www.lambiek.net/artists/c/clampett_bob.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

* '''February 19''':

* '''February 25''':

 

===March===

** [[10th Academy Awards]]:

*** [[Walt Disney]]'s ''[[The Old Mill]]'' wins the [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film]].<ref name="oscars1938">{{cite web|title=The 10th Academy Awards {{!}} 1938|url=https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1938|access-date=2021-12-28|website=Oscars.org {{!}} Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|language=en|archive-date=2017-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919221901/http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1938|url-status=live}}</ref>

*** [[Walt Disney]]'s ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'' is nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Original Score]], but loses to ''[[One Hundred Men and a Girl]]''. However, a year later the Academy will give ''Snow White'' eight special Academy Awards.<ref name="oscars1938"/>

 

===April===

 

===May===

* '''May 27''':

 

===June===

* '''June 25''':

 

===July===

* '''July 29''':

 

===August===

* '''August 27''':

 

===September===

* '''September 24''':

 

===October===

* '''October 14''':

 

===November===

* '''November 5''':

 

===December===

* '''December 17''': [[Ben Hardaway]] and [[Cal Dalton]]'s ''[[Count Me Out (1938 film)|Count Me Out (1938)]]'' starring [[Egghead (Looney Tunes)|Egghead]] and produced by [[Warner Bros. Cartoons|Leon Schlesinger Productions]], is first released.

* '''December 23''':

 

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* '''January 13''': [[Charlie Brill]], American actor and comedian (voice of Grimm in ''[[Mother Goose and Grimm (TV series)|Mother Goose and Grimm]]'', the title character in ''[[The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy]]'' episode "King Tooten Pooten").<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=January 13, 2023 |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 13, 2023 includes celebrities Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Trace Adkins |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-13-2023-includes-celebrities-julia-louis-dreyfus-trace-adkins.html |access-date=July 15, 2023 |website=cleveland |language=en}}</ref>

* '''January 16''':

* '''January 25''':

** [[Shotaro Ishinomori]], Japanese manga artist (creator of ''[[Cyborg 009]]''), (d. [[1998]]).

* '''February 12''': [[Judy Blume]], American author (voiced herself in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[D'oh Canada]]").

* '''February 17''': [[Dario Penne]], Italian actor (Italian dub voice of [[Bender (Futurama)|Bender]] in ''[[Futurama]]'', Finn McMissile in ''[[Cars 2]]'', Agent K in ''[[Men in Black: The Series]]'', and Django in ''[[Ratatouille (film)|Ratatouille]]''), (d. [[2023]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Andrea Francesco Berni |date=2023-02-15 |title=Dario Penne è morto: addio al grande attore, doppiatore di Anthony Hopkins e Michael Caine |url=https://www.badtaste.it/cinema/articoli/dario-penne-morto-doppiatore-anthony-hopkins-michael-caine/ |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Cinema - BadTaste.it |language=it-IT}}</ref>

 

===March===

* '''March 12''': [[Ken Spears]], American animation writer, sound editor and producer (<u>[[Hanna-Barbera]]</u>, co-creator of ''[[Scooby-Doo]]'', co-founder of [[Ruby-Spears]]), (d. [[2020]]).<ref name="variety">{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/ken-spears-dead-scooby-doo-co-creator-1234825813/|title=Ken Spears, Co-Creator of 'Scooby-Doo,' Dies at 82|first1=Ellise|last1=Shafer|work=Variety|date=November 9, 2020|access-date=November 20, 2020}}</ref>

* '''March 24''': [[Noboru Ishiguro]], Japanese film director, producer and screenwriter (''[[Space Battleship Yamato II]]'', ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]'', ''[[Super Dimension Century Orguss]]'', ''[[Humanoid Monster Bem]]'', ''[[Megazone 23]]'', ''[[Legend of the Galactic Heroes]]'', ''[[Tytania]]''), (d. [[2012]]).<ref name="ann">{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-21/yamato-macross-director-noboru-ishiguro-passes-away|title=Yamato, Macross Director Noboru Ishiguro Passes Away|date=21 March 2012|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=14 July 2014|archive-date=28 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140928102637/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-21/yamato-macross-director-noboru-ishiguro-passes-away|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="asahi">{{cite news|url=http://www.asahi.com/showbiz/tv_radio/TKY201203210546.html|title=アニメ監督の石黒昇さん死去|date=21 March 2012|work=[[Asahi Shimbun|The Asahi Shimbun Digital]]|access-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323020324/http://www.asahi.com/showbiz/tv_radio/TKY201203210546.html|archive-date=23 March 2012}}</ref>

* '''March 31''': [[Arthur B. Rubinstein]], American composer (''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]''), (d. [[2018]]).<ref name="variety-obit">[https://variety.com/2018/film/obituaries-people-news/arthur-rubinstein-dies-dead-war-games-1202786025/ ‘WarGames’ Composer Arthur B. Rubinstein Dies at 80]</ref>

 

===June===

* '''June 6''': [[Vladimír Jiránek]], Czech animator, illustrator and film director (co-creator of ''[[Pat & Mat]]''), (d. [[2012]]).

* '''June 27''': [[Kathryn Beaumont]], English-American former actress (voice of [[Alice (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)|Alice]] in ''[[Alice in Wonderland (1951 film)|Alice in Wonderland]]'', [[Wendy Darling]] in ''[[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]]'').<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 14, 2007 |title=Beaumont and Kerry: Peter Pan's Leading Ladies – Animated Views |url=https://animatedviews.com/2007/beaumont-and-kerry-leading-ladies/ |access-date=July 15, 2023 |website=Animated Views |language=en-US}}</ref>

* '''June 28''': [[John Byner]], American actor (voice of the title characters in ''[[The Ant and the Aardvark]]'', Gurgi and Doli in ''[[The Black Cauldron (film)|The Black Cauldron]]'').

* '''July 22''': [[Terence Stamp]], English actor (voice of Captain Severus in ''[[Ultramarines: A Warhammer 40,000 Movie]]'', Professor Menace in the ''[[Static Shock]]'' episode "Blast from the Past").<ref>{{Cite web |title=FreeBMD Entry Info |url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=BRGIjhAqTGTw/EId/JFxkg&scan=1 |access-date=July 15, 2023 |website=www.freebmd.org.uk}}</ref>

* '''July 27''': [[Gary Gygax]], American author and game designer (co-creator of ''[[Dungeons & Dragons (TV series)|Dungeons & Dragons]]'', voiced himself in the ''[[Futurama]]'' episode "[[Anthology of Interest I]]"), (d. [[2008]]).<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=March 4, 2008 |title=Gary Gygax, 'Father of D&D,' Dies at 69 |url=https://www.wired.com/2008/03/report-gary-gyg/ |url-status=live |magazine=Wired |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111165541/https://www.wired.com/2008/03/report-gary-gyg/ |archive-date=November 11, 2021 |access-date=November 11, 2021}}</ref>

 

===August===

* '''August 19''': [[Diana Muldaur]], American actress (voice of [[Leslie Thompkins]] in ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', Lady Morgana in ''[[The Legend of Prince Valiant]]'').<ref>{{Cite web |title=Famous birthdays for Aug. 19: Melissa Fumero, Gerald McRaney - UPI.com |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/08/19/Famous-birthdays-for-Aug-19-Melissa-Fumero-Gerald-McRaney/5381660696911/ |access-date=July 15, 2023 |website=UPI |language=en}}</ref>

* '''August 24''': [[Violetta Kolesnikova]], Russian animator ([[Soyuzmultfilm]]), (d. [[2022]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oreanda.ru/kultura_i_dosug/umerla-multiplikator-violetta-kolesnikova-sozdavshaya-vinni-puha/article1418835/|title = Умерла мультипликатор Виолетта Колесникова, создавшая "Винни-Пуха"|language=ru|website=Oreanda.ru|date = 27 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tass.ru/kultura/14196477 |title=Winnie the Pooh co-creator Violetta Kolesnikova dies|language=ru|website=Tass.ru|access-date=April 4, 2022}}</ref>

* '''August 29''': [[Elliott Gould]], American actor (voice of Mr. Stoppable in ''[[Kim Possible]]'', Toto in ''[[The Cat Returns]]'', the title character in the ''[[WordGirl]]'' episode "The Masked Meat Marauder", himself in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[The Dad Who Knew Too Little]]").

 

* '''October 19''': [[Noel Blanc]], American actor and son of [[Mel Blanc]] (voice of [[Porky Pig]] and the [[Tasmanian Devil (Looney Tunes)|Tasmanian Devil]] in ''[[Tiny Toon Adventures]]'').

* '''October 22''':

* '''October 31''': [[Kei Tomiyama]], Japanese voice actor (d. [[1995]]).<ref name="mainichi 1995-09-27">{{cite news

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* '''February 1''': [[Bob Rothberg]], American songwriter and lyricist ([[Fleischer Studios]]), dies at age 36.

===October===

 

===November===

* '''November 12''': [[Amedee J. Van Beuren]], American producer ([[The Van Beuren Corporation|Van Beuren Studios]]), dies at age 59.<ref>A. J. VAN BEUREN, 58, FILM OFFICIAL, DIES. New York Times. November 13, 1938, Sunday p 45</ref><ref>THEATER GOSSIP. Evening Independent - Google News Archive - Feb 20, 1938</ref>

 

== References ==

 

== External links ==

 

{{Years of animation}}