1930 in animation
Events in 1930 in animation.
Events
February
- Ub Iwerks leaves the Walt Disney Company to establish his own animated studio, Iwerks Studio, which will last six years.
April
April 19: Harman and Ising's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the first Looney Tune cartoon and first Warner Bros. cartoon overall, is released. Bosko's girlfriend Honey also makes her debut.August
August 9: Betty Boop makes her debut in the cartoon Dizzy Dishes, produced by the Fleischer Studios.August 16: Ub Iwerks releases Fiddlesticks, which marks the debut of Flip the Frog.September
September 5: Burt Gillett's Mickey Mouse cartoon The Chain Gang is released, It marks the first appearance of Pluto.September 24: The Fleischer Studios release Swing You Sinners!.October
October 9: Burt Gillett's Mickey Mouse cartoon The Picnic is released, co-starring Minnie Mouse and her dog named Rover who will soon be named Pluto.Films released
- 2 January – The Cat's Meow
- 4 January – The Iron Man
- 12 January – Marriage Wows
- 16 January – Summer
- 30 January – Spook Easy
- 10 February – Radio Riot
- 15 February – Autumn
- 23 February – Caviar
- 27 February – Slow Beau
- 6 March – Just Mickey
- 9 March – Pretzels
- 13 March – Cannibal Capers
- 22 March – Hot Dog
- 23 March – Spanish Onions
- 27 March – Desert Sunk
- 5 April – The Barnyard Concert
- 6 April – Indian Pudding
- 19 April – Sinkin' in the Bathtub
- 20 April – Roman Punch
- 24 April – An Old Flame
- 4 May:
- *Hawaiian Pineapples
- *Hot Turkey
- *Fire Bugs
- 8 May – Frolicking Fish
- 10 May – The Cactus Kid
- 18 May – Swiss Cheese
- 23 May – Alaskan Knights
- 1 June – Codfish Balls
- 5 June – Arctic Antics
- 15 June – Hungarian Goulash
- 19 June – Jazz Rhythm
- 20 June – The Fire Fighters
- 3 July – Midnight in a Toy Shop
- 11 July – The Shindig
- 13 July – Bully Beef
- 14 July – Wise Flies
- 17 July – Honolulu Wiles
- 27 July – Kangaroo Steak
- 31 July – Night
- 9 August – Dizzy Dishes
- 10 August:
- *Monkey Meat
- *Monkey Melodies
- 14 August – Cinderella
- 16 August – Fiddlesticks
- 18 August – The Chain Gang
- 19 August – The Museum
- 24 August – Chop Suey
- 30 August – Barnacle Bill
- 1 September – The Fiddler
- 6 September – Flying Fists
- 7 September – French Fried
- 8 September – The Bandmaster
- 13 September – Congo Jazz
- 21 September – Dutch Treat
- 22 September – The Gorilla Mystery
- 24 September – Swing You Sinners!
- 27 September – The Village Barber
- October – Hold Anything
- 1 October – The Miner
- 5 October – Irish Stew
- 9 October:
- *The Apache Kid
- *The Picnic
- 12 October – Grand Uproar
- 18 October:
- *Little Orphan Willie
- *The Cuckoo Murder Case
- 19 October – Fried Chicken
- 30 October – Winter
- November – The Booze Hangs High
- 1 November –
- * Lambs Will Gamble
- * Sky Scraping
- 2 November – Jumping Beans
- 16 November – Scotch Highball
- 20 November – Pioneer Days
- 22 November – The Showman
- 23 November – Up to Mars
- 30 November – Salt Water Taffy
- 3 December – The Little Trail
- 6 December – Puddle Pranks
- 7 December – The Bug House
- 12 December – Accordion Joe
- 14 December – Golf Nuts
- 15 December – Box Car Blues
- 27 December:
- *Mysterious Mose
- *Playful Pan
- 28 December – ''Pigskin Capers''
Births
January
January 3: Robert Loggia, American actor,.January 4: Sorrell Booke, American actor,.January 6: Vic Tayback, American actor,.January 10: Roy E. Disney, American businessman,.January 11: Rod Taylor, American actor,.January 13: Frances Sternhagen, American actress,.January 19: Tippi Hedren, American actress.January 20: Buzz Aldrin, American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot.January 24: John Romita Sr., American comic book artist,.January 30: Gene Hackman, American actor,.February
February 10: Robert Wagner, American actor.February 11: Flaminia Jandolo, Italian actress,.February 13: Frank Buxton, American actor,.February 22: Marni Nixon, American actress,.February 27:- * Lee Hartman, American novelist and animator,.
- * Rolly Crump, American animator and designer,.
March
March 2:- * Don Kennedy, American radio and television personality and voice talent,.
- * Tom Wolfe, American author and journalist,.March 4: Ron Rodecker, American educator and artist,.March 22: Stephen Sondheim, American composer and lyricist,.March 28: Albert S. Ruddy, American producer,.March 30:
- * John Astin, American actor.
- * Rolf Harris, Australian musician, actor and TV host,.
April
April 2: Roddy Maude-Roxby, English retired actor and artist.April 5: Mary Costa, American retired opera singer and actress.April 10:- * Claude Bolling, French composer,.
- * Lee Weaver, American actor,.April 18: Clive Revill, New Zealand actor,.April 23:
- * Alan Oppenheimer, American actor.
- * Pino Zac, Italian illustrator, comics artist and animator,.
May
May 6: Roy Naisbitt, British animator and layout artist,.May 9: Joan Sims, British actress,.May 10: Pat Summerall, American football player and sportscaster,.May 17: Frank Price, American studio executive,.June
June 4: Edward Kelsey, British actor,.June 5: Vladimir Popov, Russian animator, film director and art director,.June 19:- * Gena Rowlands, American actress,.
- * Gin, Spanish comics artist, animator and illustrator,.June 23: Rupert van der Linden, Dutch comic artist, illustrator, painter and animated film director,.June 25: George Murdock, American actor,.June 29: Robert Evans, American film producer, studio executive and actor,.
July
July 5: Tommy Cook, American actor.July 12: Gordon Pinsent, Canadian actor, writer, director and singer,.July 19: Rhoda Williams, American actress,.August
August 8: Len Maxwell, American actor,.August 11: Paul Soles, Canadian actor,.August 25: Sean Connery, Scottish actor,.August 26:- * French Tickner, American actor,.
- * Willy Lateste, Belgian animator and comics artist,.August 30: Warren Buffett, American business magnate and philanthropist.August 31: Charles Kay, British actor,.
September
September 9: Mitzi McCall, American actress and comedian,.September 23:- * Ray Charles, American singer, songwriter and pianist,.
- * Ivan Krasko, Russian actor,.
October
October 1:- * Richard Harris, Irish actor and singer,.
- * R. O. Blechman, American animator.October 7: Austin Stoker, Trinidadian-American actor,.October 17: Dai Tielang, Singaporean-Chinese animator and film director,.October 24: Jack Angel, American voice actor,.
November
November 3: Larry Gelman, American actor,.November 13: Michel Robin, French actor,.November 22: Jered Barclay, American actor,.December
December 11: Carl Angus Bell, Canadian-American animator,.December 12: Borivoj Dovniković, Croatian film director, animator and caricaturist,.December 17: Bob Guccione, American photographer and publisher,.December 21: Phil Roman, American animator and director.Specific date unknown
- Gary Mooney, Canadian-American animator,.
- Marco Biassoni, Italian comic artist, illustrator and animator,.
- Margaret Nichols, American animator and animation director,.
- Peadar Lamb, Irish actor,.
- Cliff Voorhees, American comic book artist and background artist,.
- Werner Hierl, German comics artist, and animator,.