1945 in animation
Events in 1945 in animation.
Events
January
January 6: Chuck Jones' Odor-able Kitty premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons which marks the debut of the French skunk Pepé Le Pew.January 13:- * Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon Herr Meets Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, a war-time propaganda short in which Bugs outsmarts both Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler.
- * Tex Avery's Screwy Squirrel cartoon The Screwy Truant premieres, produced by MGM.
- January 26: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon The Clock Watcher premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.
- January 27: Bob Clampett's Daffy Duck cartoon Draftee Daffy premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
February
February 10: Frank Tashlin's Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon The Unruly Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.February 24: Chuck Jones' Porky Pig cartoon Trap Happy Porky premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Hubie, Bertie, & Claude Cat.March
March 3: Tex Avery's Droopy cartoon The Shooting of Dan McGoo premieres, produced by MGM.March 15: 17th Academy Awards: The Tom and Jerry short Mouse Trouble by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by MGM, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.March 24: Friz Freleng's Merrie Melodies short Life with Feathers premieres. It marks the debut of Sylvester the Cat.March 30: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon The Eyes Have It premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Pluto.April
April 7: Tex Avery's Jerky Turkey premieres, produced by MGM.April 12: The first Japanese feature-length animated film, a war-time propaganda cartoon called Momotaro: Sacred Sailors, directed by Mitsuyo Seo, is first released.May
May 5:- * Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon Hare Trigger premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, It marks the debut of Bugs' other iconic adversary Yosemite Sam.
- * William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry short The Mouse Comes to Dinner premieres, produced by MGM.May 7: Bob Clampett leaves Warner Bros. Cartoons to pursue a career in television.May 19: Friz Freleng's Daffy Duck cartoon Ain't That Ducky premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
June
June 9: Bob Clampett's Tweety cartoon A Gruesome Twosome premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This is the final time where Tweety appears as pink, he would officially appear as yellow in his Friz Freleng debut short Tweetie Pie 2 years later.June 22: The Halas and Batchelor cartoon Handling Ships, a training film for the Royal Navy, premieres, being the first British animated film in Technicolor.June 29: Jack King's Donald Duck short Donald's Crime premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Huey, Dewey, Louie, & Daisy Duck.June 30: Frank Tashlin's Tale of Two Mice premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.July
July 7: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Mouse in Manhattan premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.July 21: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Tee for Two premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.July 28: Bob Clampett's Porky Pig cartoon Wagon Heels premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.August
August 10: Jack Kinney's Donald Duck cartoon Duck Pimples premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.August 11: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon Hare Conditioned premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.August 25: Tex Avery's Swing Shift Cinderella premieres, produced by MGM.September
September 7: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck and Goofy cartoon No Sail, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.September 15: Bob Clampett's The Bashful Buzzard premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.September 21: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon Hockey Homicide, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.September 22: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Flirty Birdy premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.October
October 15: The first issue of the Dutch comics magazine Stripfilm is published. It also offers information about animation techniques, provided by the animation studio Stripfilm. The magazine will last until 23 November.October 20: Friz Freleng's Sylvester cartoon Peck Up Your Troubles premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons it marks the debut of Hector the Bulldog.October 26: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Cured Duck premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Daisy Duck.November
November 3: Tex Avery's Droopy cartoon Wild and Woolfy premieres, produced by MGM.November 10: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon Hare Tonic premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.November 16: Isadore Sparber's The Friendly Ghost premieres, produced by Famous Studios, in which Casper the Friendly Ghost makes his debut.November 23: The Spanish animated film Garbancito de la Mancha by José María Blay and Arturo Moreno premieres.Joaquín Bisbe
December
December 1: Frank Tashlin's final Daffy Duck short Nasty Quacks premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.December 21: Jack King's Donald Duck short Old Sequoia premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.December 22: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Quiet Please! premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.Specific date unknown
- The Soviet animated feature film The Lost Letter by Lamis Bredis and the Brumberg sisters premieres.
- Karel Zeman and Bořivoj Zeman's A Christmas Dream premieres.
- Stamatis L. Polenakis releases O Ntoútse afigeítai, translated as The Duce Narrates, an animated film which satirizes Benito Mussolini and his invasion of Greece.
Films released
- January 1 - The Lost Letter
- April 12 - Momotaro: Sacred Sailors
- June 22 - Handling Ships
- November 23 - ''The Enchanted Sword''
Births
January
January 9: Richard Lorenzana, American production accountant,.January 12: Barrington Bunce, English-born American animator, storyboard artist, character designer and art director,.January 22: Steve Vinovich, American actor.January 29: Tom Selleck, American actor.February
February 2: Maxwell Becraft, Canadian animator,.February 4: Tony Haygarth, English actor,.February 9: Mia Farrow, American actress.February 12: Boris Bystrov, Russian actor,.February 20:- * Henry Polic II, American actor,.
- * Brion James, American actor,.February 23: Lynn Spees, American animator,.February 24: Barry Bostwick, American actor.
March
March 2: Donald Kushner, American producer.March 8:- * Bruce Broughton, American composer.
- * Micky Dolenz, American actor, musician, television producer, businessman and member of The Monkees.March 13: Whitney Rydbeck, American actor,.March 18: Susan Tyrrell, American actress,.March 31: Edwin Catmull, American computer scientist.
April
April 2: Linda Hunt, American actress.April 10: Shirley Walker, American composer and conductor,.April 26: Richard Doyle, American actor.May
- May 4: Robert Machray, American actor,.
- May 11: John Welson, Canadian animator.
- May 24: Priscilla Presley, American actress and former wife of Elvis Presley.
June
June 11: Adrienne Barbeau, American actress.June 14: Marilyn Schreffler, American actress,.June 19: Marsha Kramer, American actress,.July
July 1: Debbie Harry, American singer, songwriter, and actress.July 6: Burt Ward, American actor, animal rights activist, and businessman.July 10:- * Ron Glass, American actor,.
- * Katsuji Mori, Japanese voice actor.July 14: Maxine Waters Willard, American choir singer.July 19: George Dzundza, German-American actor.July 23: Edie McClurg, American actress.July 26: Helen Mirren, English actress.July 28: Jim Davis, American cartoonist, television producer, screenwriter and film producer.
August
August 2: Joanna Cassidy, American actress.August 5: Loni Anderson, American actress,.August 6: Lori Hanson, American ink & paint artist,.August 14: Steve Martin, American actor, comedian, writer, producer and musician.August 24: Vince McMahon, American businessman and chairman of WWE.August 28: Bob Segarini, American-Canadian musician and radio presenter,.August 31: Tom Coppola, American animator,.September
September 5: Christian Rodska, English actor,.September 6: Go Nagai, Japanese manga artist.September 14: Geoff Levin, American rock musician, songwriter and composer.September 16: Pat Stevens, American actress,.September 17: Bruce Spence, New Zealand-Australian actor.September 19: Austin Roberts, American singer and songwriter,.October
October 3: Michael C. Gross, American artist, designer, and film producer,.October 7: Michael Wallis, American journalist, popular historian, author and speaker.October 8: William E. Martin, American actor,.October 13: Mike Young, Welsh-American producer.October 18: Huell Howser, American television personality, actor, producer, writer and singer,.October 19:- * John Lithgow, American actor.
- * Steven C. Melendez, American director producer and animator.October 22: Buzz Potamkin, American television producer and director,.October 28: Csaba Varga, Hungarian animator and producer,.October 29: Melba Moore, American singer and actress.October 30: Henry Winkler, American actor, comedian, author, producer, and director.October 31: Brian Doyle-Murray, American actor and comedian.
November
November 8: Luba Goy, Canadian actress and comedian,.November 19: Paula Weinstein, American producer,.November 27: James Avery, American actor,.December
December 1: Bette Midler, American actress, comedian, singer and author.December 13:- * Heather North, American actress,.
- * Kathy Garver, American actress.December 17: Ernie Hudson, American actor.December 24: Lemmy Kilmister, British singer and member of Motörhead,.December 25:
- * Paul Willson, American actor.
- * Burt Medall, American animator, sheet timer and director,.December 27: Giovanni Romanini, Italian animator and comics artist,.December 30: Davy Jones, English actor, singer and member of The Monkees,.December 31: Vernon Wells, Australian actor.
Specific date unknown
- George Arthur Bloom, American-Canadian television writer and producer.