1948 in animation
Events in 1948 in animation.
Events
January
January 3: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny cartoon Gorilla My Dreams, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.January 23: Toei Animation is founded.February
February 7: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon A Feather in His Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This short has barely been re-released to this day due to its offensive stereotypes of Native Americans.March
March 5: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Drip Dippy Donald premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. In the short film, Donald tries to sleep despite a dripping kitchen faucet.March 6: Robert McKimson's Porky Pig and Daffy Duck cartoon Daffy Duck Slept Here premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.March 20: 20th Academy Awards:- * James Baskett wins an Academy Honorary Award for his role as Uncle Remus in Song of the South, becoming the first African-American actor to win an Oscar.
- * Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah from Song of the South, written by Ray Gilbert and composed by Allie Wrubel, wins the Academy Award for Best Original Song.
- * Friz Freleng's Tweetie Pie, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons and starring Tweety and Sylvester, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.
- March 27: Friz Freleng's cartoon Back Alley Oproar premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Elmer Fudd and Sylvester. It is a remake of Freleng's 1941 short Notes to You, with Elmer replacing Porky Pig and Sylvester replacing the generic cat.
April
April 2: Friz Freleng's second Tweety and Sylvester cartoon I Taw a Putty Tat premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. It is a complete remake of Frank Tashlin's 1943 short Puss n' Booty.April 10: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon Rabbit Punch premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.April 16: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon Daddy Duck premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.April 17: Robert McKimson's Sylvester cartoon Hop, Look and Listen, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, premieres which features the debut of Hippety Hopper.May
May 1: Arthur Davis' Porky Pig cartoon Nothing but the Tooth premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.May 8: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon Buccaneer Bunny premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.May 15: Tex Avery's Little 'Tinker premieres, produced by MGM.May 21: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Donald's Dream Voice premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Daisy Duck.May 27: The Walt Disney Company releases Melody Time, directed by Jack Kinney, Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske and Wilfred Jackson.June
June 1: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Kitty Foiled premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.June 12: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon Bugs Bunny Rides Again premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.July
July 17: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon The Truce Hurts, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, is first released.July 24: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon Haredevil Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons in which Marvin the Martian & his dog K-9 make their debuts.July 30: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon The Trial of Donald Duck premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.August
August 7: Chuck Jones' You Were Never Duckier premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.August 21: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny cartoon Hot Cross Bunny premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.August 27: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon Inferior Decorator premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.September
September 11: Arthur Davis' Porky Pig cartoon The Pest That Came to Dinner premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.September 18: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Old Rockin' Chair Tom premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.September 25: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon Hare Splitter premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.October
October 2: Arthur Davis' cartoon Odor of the Day premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Starring Wellington the Dog & Pepé Le Pew.October 9:- * Robert McKimson's cartoon The Foghorn Leghorn, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. Starring Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk, & Barnyard Dawg.
- * Tex Avery's Lucky Ducky premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.
- October 15: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon Soup's On premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Huey, Dewey, and Louie.October 23: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny cartoon A-Lad-In His Lamp premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
November
November 5: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon Three for Breakfast premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Chip 'n' Dale.November 6: Friz Freleng's cartoon Kit for Cat premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Starring Sylvester and Elmer Fudd.November 20: Arthur Davis' Daffy Duck cartoon The Stupor Salesman premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.November 27: Arthur Davis' Daffy Duck and Porky Pig cartoon Riff Raffy Daffy premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.December
December 3: Charles Nichols' Mickey Mouse cartoon Mickey and the Seal, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, is first released.December 4: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon My Bunny Lies over the Sea premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.December 11: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Mouse Cleaning premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.December 18: Chuck Jones' cartoon Scaredy Cat premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Starring Porky Pig and Sylvester.December 24: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon Tea for Two Hundred premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.Specific date unknown
- Walter Lantz Productions closes down. It will be reopened two years later.
Films released
- May 27 - Melody Time
- November 5 - Water for Fire Fighting
- December 27 - ''Happy Holidays''
Births
January
January 7:- * Ichirou Mizuki, Japanese singer, lyricist, composer and voice actor,.
- * Kenny Loggins, American musician.January 14: Carl Weathers, American actor, director and former football linebacker,.January 18: M. C. Gainey, American actor.January 22: Robert Alvarez, American animator, storyboard artist, sheet timer, writer and director.January 24: Michael Des Barres, English actor and singer.January 26: Rumen Petkov, Bulgarian animator, comics artist and director,.January 29:
- * Danny Bravo, American former child actor.
- * Marc Singer, American-Canadian actor.
February
February 5:- * Christopher Guest, American-British actor, comedian, screenwriter, composer, musician, director and member of Spinal Tap.
- * Tom Wilkinson, English actor,.February 14: Teller, American magician, illusionist, writer, actor, painter and film director.February 15:
- * Tino Insana, American actor,.
- * Larry DiTillio, American film and television screenwriter,.February 18: Michel Elias, French actor, comedian and singer.February 22: John Ashton, American actor,.February 24: Dennis Waterman, English actor and singer,.February 28: Bernadette Peters, American actress and singer.
March
March 2: Ralph Schuckett, American keyboardist, songwriter and composer,.March 4: Brian Cummings, American actor.March 6: Stephen Schwartz, American composer.March 12: James Taylor, American singer, songwriter and guitarist.March 14: Billy Crystal, American actor and comedian.March 20: John de Lancie, American actor.March 26: Steven Tyler, American singer and member of Aerosmith.March 28: Dianne Wiest, American actress.March 29: Bud Cort, American actor and comedian.March 31:- * Al Gore, American politician, environmentalist and 45th vice president of the United States.
- * Rhea Perlman, American actress.
April
April 1: Marion Wells, American television writer,.April 7: Michael Hirsh, Belgian-born Canadian producer.April 10: Angelo Nicotra, Italian voice actor,.April 15: Michael Kamen, American composer, orchestral arranger, orchestral conductor, songwriter and session musician,.April 16: Jane Aaron, American illustrator and animator,.April 20: Gregory Itzin, American actor,.April 25: Freda Foh Shen, American actress.May
May 3: Chris Mulkey, American actor.May 12: Richard Riehle, American actor.May 14:- * Meg Foster, American actress.
- * Walter Olkewicz, American actor,.May 20: Tesshō Genda, Japanese actor.May 21: Jonathan Hyde, Australian-English actor.
June
June 1:- * Natalya Marchenkova, Ukrainian animator and animation director.
- * Powers Boothe, American actor,.
- * Elena Prorokova, Russian animator, art director and director,.June 8: Mike Jittlov, American animator.June 12: Len Wein, American comic book writer, editor and television writer,.June 19: Phylicia Rashad, American actress, singer and director.June 28: Kathy Bates, American actress and director.
July
July 6: Peter Mansbridge, British-born Canadian retired news anchor.July 12:- * Susan Blu, American actress, and casting director.
- * Richard Simmons, American fitness personality,.
- * Ben Burtt, American sound designer, director, editor, screenwriter,, and voice actor.
- * Jay Thomas, American actor, comedian and radio personality,.July 19: Brenda Banks, African-American animator,.July 22:
- * Mariella Trejos, Colombian-Peruvian actress,.
- * Otto Waalkes, German actor.July 28:
- * Georgia Engel, American actress,.
- * Mitch Rochon, American animator, director and sheet timer,.July 30: Jean Reno, French-Spanish actor.
August
August 1: Avi Arad, Israeli-American businessman and producer.August 3: Doc Harris, Canadian radio broadcaster and actor,.August 10: Mark Kausler, American animator, writer and storyboard artist.August 13: Jan Gissberg, Swedish cartoonist animator and director.August 19: Toshio Suzuki, Japanese film producer.August 20: John Noble, Australian actor.August 22: Jackie Berger, Belgian actress,.August 27: Robert Remus, American actor and former professional wrestler.August 29: Phil Mulloy, British animator .August 30:- * Heidi Guedel Garofalo, American animator,.
- * Lewis Black, American comedian and actor.
September
September 2: Terry Bradshaw, English actor and Professional Football Quarterback.September 13: Clyde Kusatsu, American actor and trade union leader.September 15: Linda Kahn, American television executive,.September 17:- * John Ritter, American actor,.
- * James T. Walker, American animator.September 19: Jeremy Irons, English actor and activist.September 22: Jim Byrnes, American actor and musician.September 24: Phil Hartman, Canadian-American actor, comedian, screenwriter and graphic designer,.
October
October 2: Avery Brooks, American actor.October 8: Johnny Ramone, American musician and member of the Ramones,.October 11: Judy Kaye, American singer and actress.October 17:- * Margot Kidder, Canadian-American actress,.
- * George Wendt, American actor and comedian,.October 19:
- * Mimi Gibson, American actress.
- * Dave Mallow, American voice actor,.October 20: Sandra Dickinson, American-British actress.October 24: Biff Wiff, American actor,.October 28: Telma Hopkins, American actress.October 29:
- * Kate Jackson, American actress.
- * Bronwen Mantel, Canadian actress.
November
November 7: Norman Henry Mamey, American composer, conductor, music arranger, musician and orchestrator,.November 9: Carlos Loiseau, Argentine comics artist and animator,.November 11: Vincent Schiavelli, American actor,.November 18: Dom Irrera, American actor and comedian.November 24: John Alvin, American cinematic artist and painter,.November 26: Jiří Barta, Czech stop-motion animation director.November 28: Dário de Castro, Brazilian actor,.November 30: Victor Bumbalo, American actor, playwright and television writer.December
December 3: Ozzy Osbourne, English musician and television personality,.December 6: JoBeth Williams, American actress.December 9: Robert Blalack, Panamanian-born American visual effects artist,.December 13: Ted Nugent, American rock musician and activist.December 15: Melanie Chartoff, American actress.December 21:- * Barry Gordon, American actor.
- * Samuel L. Jackson, American actor.December 22: Lynne Thigpen, American actress,.
Specific date unknown
- Cary Bates, American comic book and television writer.