1918 in animation
Events in 1918 in animation.
Events
June
June 28: The Fleischer Studios launch their Out of the Inkwell series, which marks the debut of Koko the Clown.July
July 20: Winsor McCay releases The Sinking of the Lusitania, a landmark in realistic animation. The cartoon is based on the real-life sinking of the RMS Lusitania, which brought the United States into the First World War.Films released
- Unknown date – Sin dejar rastros
- February – Urashima Tarō
- February 25 – The Pinkerton Pup's Portrait
- May 18– ''The Sinking of the Lusitania''
Births
January
January 4: Buddy Baker, American composer,.January 26: Vito Scotti, American actor,.January 28: Bob Hilliard, American lyricist,.February
February 13: Al Pabian, American animator,.February 14: William L. Snyder, American film producer,.February 16: Patty Andrews, American singer,.February 22: Don Pardo, American announcer,.March
March 2:- * Bob Givens, American animator, character designer and lay-out artist,.
- * Michael Rye, American actor,.March 3: Dave Monahan, American screenwriter,.March 6: Harold Mack, English animator and comics artist,.March 9: Vance Colvig, American clown and actor,.March 18: Mike Road, American actor,.March 19: Marvin Mirisch, American film producer and brother of Walter Mirisch,.March 21: Cliff Norton, American actor,.March 29: Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer,.
April
April 4: Gerry Johnson, American actress,.April 18: Dick Sutcliffe, American animator,.April 19: William Arthur Smith, American animation writer, comics artist and illustrator,.April 25: Tom Daly, Canadian film producer,.June
June 2: Henry G. Saperstein, American film producer and distributor,.July
July 2: Wim Boost, aka Wibo, Dutch comics artist, cartoonist and animator,.July 6: Sebastian Cabot, English actor,.August
August 17: Mort Marshall, American actor,.August 19: Floyd Huddleston, American songwriter,.August 26: Dave Barry, American radio host and actor,.September
September 22: Ken Southworth, English animator,.September 28: Arnold Stang, American actor,.October
October 27: Jacques Eggermont, Belgian comics artist and animator,.October 31: Carmen D'Avino, American painter, sculptor and film director,.November
November 5: Alan Tilvern, English actor,.November 11:- * Howard Purcell, American comics artist, writer and animator,.
- * Seymour Reit, aka Sy Reit, American animator, writer, screenwriter, comics writer and comics artist,.November 30: Efrem Zimbalist Jr., American actor,.