1919 in animation

Events in 1919 in animation.

Events

Walt Disney starts working as an advertising artist at the Pesmen-Rubin Commercial Art Studio, where he meets Ub Iwerks. The two of them would co-found their own animation studio, Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists
Pat Sullivan establishes the Sullivan animation studios.
Raoul Barré retires from the animation industry.
J.R. Bray signs a contract with Goldwyn Pictures.

November 9: The Sullivan Studios releases Feline Follies, which marks the debut of Felix the Cat.

September 28 – ''Farmer Al Falfa at the Bath''

October 26 – ''Some Sleeper''

November 9 – Feline Follies November 16 – The Musical Mews November 23 – ''Farmer Al Falfa Solves the High Cost of Living''

December 14 – The Adventures of Felix.

January 13: Robert Stack, American actor,.January 27: Ross Bagdasarian, American animator, composer, singer and actor,.

February 4: Janet Waldo, American actress,.February 5: Red Buttons, American actor and comedian,.February 11: Eva Gabor, Hungarian-American actress,.February 24: Anthony Rizzo, Italian-American film director,.February 25: John Dunn, Scottish animator and animation writer,.

March 3: Tadahito Mochinaga, Japanese animator and animation director,.March 15: Lawrence Tierney, American actor,.

May 1: Dan O'Herlihy, Irish actor,.May 7: Stanislav Látal, Czech puppeteer, animator and film director,.May 12: Vic Herman, American illustrator, designer, cartoonist, puppeteer, television producer and comics artist,.

June 17: Gene de Paul, American pianist, composer and songwriter,.June 30: Piet van Elk, Dutch comics artist and animator,.

July 8: John David Wilson, British animator and animation producer,.July 14: Walt Stanchfield, American animator, writer and teacher,.July 19: Dallas McKennon, American actor,.July 21: Clark Haas, American comics artist, animator and animation producer,.July 24: Todor Dinov, Bulgarian animator and comics artist,.

August 2:

* Tom Ray, American animator and film director,.
* Nehemiah Persoff, American actor and painter,.August 16: Jean Sincere, American actress,.

September 2: Marge Champion, American dancer and actress,.September 4:

* Howard Morris, American actor,.
* Xavier Atencio, American animator and lyricist,.September 15: Alfie Scopp, English-Canadian actor,.September 16: Andy Russell, American-Mexican singer and actor,.September 24: Dayton Allen, American comedian and actor,.September 30: Kay Wright, American animator, television producer and comics artist,.

October 11: Jean Vander Pyl, American actress,.

November 10: George Fenneman, American announcer,.November 19: Alan Young, English actor,.November 26: Noel Coleman, English actor,.

December 17: Ted Berman, American animator, film director and screenwriter,.December 21: Doug Young, American actor,.December 23: Eugene Poddany, Chinese-born American composer,.December 30: Homer Groening, Saskatchewan-American filmmaker and father of Matt Groening,.

January 28: Leon Searl, American comics artist and animator, dies at age 38.