1915 in animation
Events in 1915 in animation.
Events
- William Randolph Hearst establishes the International Film Service, producing animated adaptations of comic strips running in his newspapers.
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.Films released
- 6 February – Colonel Heeza Liar, Ghost Breaker
- 20 February:
- *Colonel Heeza Liar In The Haunted Castle
- *The Police Dog No. 2
- 20 March – Colonel Heeza Liar Runs The Blockade
- 27 March – The Police Dog No. 3
- 3 April – Colonel Heeza Liar And The Torpedo
- 10 April – Colonel Heeza Liar And The Zeppelin
- 1 May – The Police Dog No. 4
- 8 May – Colonel Heeza Liar Signs The Pledge
- 13 May – Colonel Heeza Liar In The Trenches
- 16 May – Colonel Heeza Liar at The Front
- 22 May – Colonel Heeza Liar, Aviator
- 5 June – Colonel Heeza Liar Invents A New King Of Shell
- 12 June – The Police Dog No. 5
- 10 July – Colonel Heeza Liar, Dog Fancier
- 24 July – The Police Dog Gets Piffles In Bad
- 31 July – Colonel Heeza Liar Foils The Enemy
- 21 August – Colonel Heeza Liar, War Dog
- 4 September – Colonel Heeza Liar at The Bat
- 19 September – Pool Sharks
- 25 September – The Police Dog to the Rescue
- 12 October – Down on the Phoney Farm
- 28 December – ''Colonel Heeza Liar, Nature Faker''
Births
January
January 21: Ray Erlenborn, American actor, and sound effects artist,.January 29: Bill Peet, American children's illustrator, writer and animator,.February
February 2: Don Tobin, American animator and comics artist,.February 19: Dick Emery, English comedian and actor,.February 28: Zero Mostel, American actor,.March
March 6: Bonnie Poe, American voice actress,.March 17: Ben Washam, American animator,.April
April 10: Harry Morgan, American actor and director,.April 16: Joan Alexander, American actress,.April 20: Aurora Miranda, Brazilian singer and actress,.May
May 1: Art Stevens, American animator and film director,.May 5: Ben Wright, English actor,.May 6: Orson Welles, American theatre director, film director, and actor,.May 12: Tony Strobl, American animator and comics artist,.May 22:- *Raymond Leblanc, Belgian comics publisher, and film producer and director,.
- *Torsten Bjarre, Swedish animator and comics artist,.May 26: Sam Edwards, American actor,.
June
June 2: Walter Tetley, American actor,.June 4: John N. Carey, American animator and comics artist,.June 19: Pat Buttram, American actor,.August
August 16: Gloria Blondell, American actress,.August 22: Te Wei, Chinese comics artist and animator,.September
September 11: Carl Fallberg, American writer and cartoonist,.October
October 24: Bob Kane, American comic book writer, animator and artist,.November
November 11: Milicent Patrick, American actress, makeup artist, special effects designer and animator,.November 14:- * Ken Hultgren, American animator and comics artist,.
- * Martha Tilton, American singer,.November 20: Kon Ichikawa, Japanese film director and animator,.November 23: John Dehner, American animator and actor,.
December
December 2: Mike Arens, American animator and comics artist,.December 12: Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor,.December 22: Barbara Billingsley, American actress,.Specific date unknown
- Jim Davis, American animator and cartoonist,.
- Woody Gelman, American animator, comics artist, novelist and publisher,.