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,.