1915 in animation

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Events in 1915 in animation.

Events

• William Randolph Hearst establishes the International Film Service, producing animated adaptations of comic strips running in his newspapers. [1]

May

• The Animated Grouch Chasers, produced by Raoul Barré and Bill Nolan's studio, is released. It is notable as an early experiment in combining animation with live-action and for being one of the first animated series centering around one character. [2]

Films released

• 6 February – Colonel Heeza Liar, Ghost Breaker (United States)
• 20 February:
  • Colonel Heeza Liar In The Haunted Castle (United States)
  • The Police Dog No. 2 (United States)
• 20 March – Colonel Heeza Liar Runs The Blockade (United States)
• 27 March – The Police Dog No. 3 (United States)
• 3 April – Colonel Heeza Liar And The Torpedo (United States)
• 10 April – Colonel Heeza Liar And The Zeppelin (United States)
• 1 May – The Police Dog No. 4 (United States)
• 8 May – Colonel Heeza Liar Signs The Pledge (United States)
• 13 May – Colonel Heeza Liar In The Trenches (United States)
• 16 May – Colonel Heeza Liar at The Front (United States)
• 22 May – Colonel Heeza Liar, Aviator (United States)
• 5 June – Colonel Heeza Liar Invents A New King Of Shell (United States)
• 12 June – The Police Dog No. 5 (United States)
• 10 July – Colonel Heeza Liar, Dog Fancier (United States)
• 24 July – The Police Dog Gets Piffles In Bad (United States)
• 31 July – Colonel Heeza Liar Foils The Enemy (United States)
• 21 August – Colonel Heeza Liar, War Dog (United States)
• 4 September – Colonel Heeza Liar at The Bat (United States)
• 19 September – Pool Sharks (United States)
• 25 September – The Police Dog to the Rescue (United States)
• 12 October – Down on the Phoney Farm (United States)
• 28 December – Colonel Heeza Liar, Nature Faker (United States)

Births

January

• January 21: Ray Erlenborn, American actor (voice of Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh Discovers the Seasons), and sound effects artist (Crusader Rabbit), (d. 2007).[3]
• January 29: Bill Peet, American children's illustrator, writer and animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 2002).[4]

February

• February 2: Don Tobin, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1995).[5]
• February 19: Dick Emery, English comedian and actor (voice of Jeremy Hillary Boob, the Mayor of Pepperland and Max the Blue Meanie in Yellow Submarine), (d. 1983).[6][7]
• February 28: Zero Mostel, American actor (voice of Kehaar in Watership Down), (d. 1977).[8]

March

• March 17: Ben Washam, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Jay Ward), (d. 1984).[9][10]

April

• April 10: Harry Morgan, American actor and director (voice of Carolinus in The Flight of Dragons, Bill Gannon in The Simpsons episode "Mother Simpson"), (d. 2011).[11]
• April 16: Joan Alexander, American actress (voice of Lois Lane in Superman), (d. 2009).[12]
• April 20: Aurora Miranda, Brazilian singer and actress (sang and danced with Donald Duck and José Carioca in The Three Caballeros), (d. 2005).[13][14]

May

• May 1: Art Stevens, American animator and film director (Walt Disney Company), (d. 2007).[15]
• May 5: Ben Wright, English actor (voice of Roger Radcliffe in 101 Dalmatians, Rama in The Jungle Book, Grimsby in The Little Mermaid), (d. 1989).[16]
• May 6: Orson Welles, American theatre director, film director, and actor (narrator and voice of Nag and Chuchundra in Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, narrator in Bugs Bunny: Superstar, voice of Unicron in The Transformers: The Movie), (d. 1985).[17][18]
• May 12: Tony Strobl, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, scriptwriter for DuckTales), (d. 1991).[19]
• May 22:
  • Raymond Leblanc, Belgian comics publisher, and film producer (founder of Belvision) and director (Tintin and the Lake of Sharks), (d. 2008).[20][21][22]
  • Torsten Bjarre, Swedish animator and comics artist, (d. 2001).[23]
• May 26: Sam Edwards, American actor (voice of young Bambi in Bambi, voice of the title character in Rod Rocket), (d. 2004).[24]

June

• June 2: Walter Tetley, American actor (voice of Felix the Cat, Andy Panda, Sherman in the Peabody segments of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends), (d. 1975).[25]
• June 4: John N. Carey, American animator and comics artist (Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1987).[26]
• June 19: Pat Buttram, American actor (voice of Napoleon in The Aristocats, the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood, Luke in The Rescuers, Chief in The Fox and the Hound, Cactus Jake in Garfield and Friends), (d. 1994).[27]

August

• August 16: Gloria Blondell, American actress (second voice of Daisy Duck), (d. 1986).[28]
• August 22: Te Wei, Chinese comics artist and animator (The Proud General), (d. 2010).[29]

September

• September 11: Carl Fallberg, American writer and cartoonist (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera, Warner Bros Cartoons), (d. 1996).

October

• October 24: Bob Kane, American comic book writer, animator and artist (co-creator of Batman, Cool McCool, and Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse), (d. 1998).[11][30]

November

• November 11: Milicent Patrick, American actress, makeup artist, special effects designer and animator (Fantasia, Dumbo), (d. 1998).[31]^[page needed]
• November 14:
  • Ken Hultgren, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Mr. Magoo, The Archies), (d. 1968).[32]
  • Martha Tilton, American singer (voice of Clarice in the Chip 'n' Dale, cartoon Two Chips and a Miss), (d. 2006).[33]
• November 20: Kon Ichikawa, Japanese film director and animator (J.O. Studio), (d. 2008).[34]
• November 23: John Dehner, American animator (Walt Disney Studios) and actor, (d. 1992).[35][36][37]

December

• December 2: Mike Arens, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1976).[38]
• December 12: Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor (voice of Singing Sword in Who Framed Roger Rabbit), (d. 1998).[39]
• December 22: Barbara Billingsley, American actress (voice of Nanny in Muppet Babies), (d. 2010).[40][41]

Specific date unknown

• Jim Davis, American animator and cartoonist (Walt Disney Company, Fleischer Studios, Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng, worked on Fritz the Cat), (d. 1996).[42]
• Woody Gelman, American animator, comics artist, novelist and publisher (worked for Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios), (d. 1978).

References

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2. "Raoul Barré".
3. Variety Staff (7 June 2007). "Ray Erlenborn, actor, 92". Variety. Retrieved 1 July 2011.
4. http://www.billpeet.net/ Bill Peet Website
5. "Don Tobin". lambiek.net. Retrieved March 22, 2021.
6. "BFI Emery, Dick (1917-83)". screenonline.org.uk. Retrieved 2012-07-22.
7. GRO Register of Deaths: MAR 1983 14 0006 LAMBETH – Richard Gilbert Emery, DoB = 19 February 1915
8. Weil, Martin. "Actor Zero Mostel Dies" The Washington Post, September 10, 1977
9. "Biography: Ben Washam". AnimationResources.org. 11 November 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
10. Erickson, Anne (2021-03-08). "Heir to a cartoon legacy hides free art in Snoqualmie Valley". KING-TV. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
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12. Weber, Bruce. "Joan A. Stanton, Radio Voice of Lois Lane, Dies at 94", The New York Times, May 22, 2009.
13. "Morreu a irmã de Carmen Miranda". Diário de Notícias. December 25, 2005. Archived from the original on December 17, 2013. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
14. Daniele Barreira (December 24, 2005). "Morre, aos 90 anos, irmã de Carmem Miranda". Ofuxico. Retrieved March 20, 2014.
15. "Art Stevens". IMDb.
16. "Ben Wright, 74; Veteran Radio, Movie and TV Character Actor". Los Angeles Times. 3 July 1989. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
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22. "Tintin publisher Raymond Leblanc dies". CBC News. 22 March 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2008.
23. "Torsten Bjarre". lambiek.net.
24. "Character actor Sam Edwards dead at 89". Tyrone Daily Herald. Associated Press. August 2, 2004. Archived from the original on March 28, 2017. Retrieved March 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
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26. "John N. Carey". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
27. "Pat Buttram, 78, Actor In 'Green Acres' Series (Published 1994)". The New York Times. Associated Press. 1994-01-10. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
28. Wilson, Scott (16 September 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. ISBN 9781476625997 – via Google Books.
29. Dudok de Wit, Alex (August 28, 2015). "Te Wei, founding father of Chinese animation". Sight & Sound. British Film Institute. Retrieved July 8, 2017.
30. "The Grave of Bob Kane". Seeing-Stars.com. Archived from the original on January 10, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
31. O'Meara, Mallory (2019). The lady from the black lagoon: Hollywood monsters and the lost legacy of Milicent Patrick. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ISBN 9781335937803. OCLC 1080884379.
32. "Ken Hultgren". lambiek.net. Retrieved May 27, 2020.
33. "Martha Tilton; big-band singer; 91". San Diego Union Tribune. December 20, 2006. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
34. Obituary in The Times, March 11, 2008
35. Folkart, Burt A. "John Dehner; Multifacted Actor, Artist", obituary, Los Angeles Times, February 7, 1992, p. SB A26. ProQuest.
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39. "Special Report: Final curtain for Sinatra". BBC News. May 20, 1998. Archived from the original on July 20, 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
40. Pollack, Michael (October 16, 2010). "Barbara Billingsley, TV's June Cleaver, Dies at 94". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 27, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2010.
41. "Santa Monica Consolidates Cemetery Prices". Santa Monica Mirror. July 17, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
42. "Jim Davis". lambiek.net.

External links

• Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb