1932 in animation


Events in 1932 in animation.

Events

February

February 26: The Fleischer Studios release the Betty Boop cartoon Minnie the Moocher, which has jazz musician Cab Calloway as a special guest voice.

April

April 16: Harman and Ising's Merrie Melodies cartoon Goopy Geer produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions premieres, it's marks the debut of the title character Goopy Geer.

May

July

July 30: Walt Disney releases the studio's first animated short in color: Flowers and Trees. While not the historical first, it will lead to other animation studios also gradually switching to color in the following years.

November

November 18: 5th Academy Awards:

Films released

Births

January

January 3: Dabney Coleman, American actor,.January 11:

February

February 10: Barrie Ingham, English actor,.February 11: Bob Yerkes, American stuntman,.February 16: Harry Goz, American actor,.February 22: Ted Kennedy, American lawyer and politician,.February 23:

March

March 4:

April

April 1: Debbie Reynolds, American actress and singer,.April 12: Tiny Tim, American singer, ukulele player and musical archivist,.April 14: Loretta Lynn, American singer and songwriter,.April 18: Nic Broca, Belgian animator and comics artist,.April 25: Yoshiko Ōta, Japanese voice actress,.April 27: Casey Kasem, American actor,.

May

May 8: Martin Starger, American producer,.May 11: Josef Zima, Czech actor,.May 16: Brian Trueman, English screenwriter and actor,.May 27: Steve Franken, American actor,.

June

June 9: Albert Cohen, Israeli actor,.June 18: Dudley R. Herschbach, American chemist.June 22: Prunella Scales, English actress,.June 28: Pat Morita, Japanese-American actor and comedian,.June 29: Soon-Tek Oh, Korean actor,.

July

July 23: Jorge Arvizu, Mexican actor,.July 31: Ted Cassidy, American actor,.

August

August 1: Ron Friedman, American screenwriter, producer and actor,.August 2:

September

September 10: Yasuo Yamada, Japanese voice actor,.September 13: Fred Wolf, American animator.September 15: Olga Orlova, Russian animator,.September 25: Brian Murphy, English actor,.September 27: Roger C. Carmel, American actor,.September 28: Len Birman, Canadian-American actor,.

November

November 13: Richard Mulligan, American actor,.November 25: Takayo Fischer, American actress.

October

October 3: Ken Shiroyama, Japanese voice actor,.October 10: Ron Feinberg, American voice actor .

December

December 4: Tommy Morgan, American harmonicist and session musician,.December 5: Little Richard, American rock musician,.December 13: Tatsuya Nakadai, Japanese actor,.December 28: Nichelle Nichols, American actress, singer and dancer,.December 29: Inga Swenson, American actress,.

Specific date unknown

  • Laurie Hanson, American animation checker,.

Deaths

May

May 21: Raoul Barré, Canadian animator, cartoonist, and painter, dies at age 58 from cancer.

December

December 8: Carl Edouarde, American composer, dies at age 57.