1949 in animation
Events in 1949 in animation.
Events
January
January 15: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon Hare Do premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.January 22: Tex Avery's cartoon Bad Luck Blackie premieres, produced by MGM. It marks the debut of a prototypical version of Spike the Bulldog.January 29: Chuck Jones' Porky Pig cartoon Awful Orphan premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Charlie Dog.January 30: The first episode of Adventures of Pow Wow is broadcast.February
February 11: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon Donald's Happy Birthday premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Huey, Dewey, and Louie.February 12: Arthur Davis' Porky Pig cartoon Porky Chops premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.February 26:- * William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Polka-Dot Puss, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres. It is the first cartoon to use the classic Tom and Jerry theme music as its intro, composed by Scott Bradley.
- * Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon Mississippi Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
March
March 12: Robert McKimson's Porky Pig cartoon Paying the Piper premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.March 24: 21st Academy Awards: The Tom and Jerry cartoon The Little Orphan wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.March 26: Robert McKimson's cartoon Daffy Duck Hunt premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Starring Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, & Barnyard Dawg.April
April 8: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon Sea Salts premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.April 9: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny cartoon Rebel Rabbit premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.April 30:- * William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon The Little Orphan, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, releases.
- * Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon High Diving Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
May
May 13: Dallas Bower's Alice in Wonderland premieres which has stop-motion sequences by Lou Bunin.May 14: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Hatch Up Your Troubles, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres.May 21: Friz Freleng's Porky Pig cartoon Curtain Razor premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.June
June 3: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon Winter Storage premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Chip 'n' Dale.June 4: Arthur Davis' first & only Bugs Bunny cartoon Bowery Bugs premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.June 11:- * Tex Avery's classic short The House of Tomorrow premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.
- * Friz Freleng's cartoon Mouse Mazurka premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Starring Sylvester.June 25: Chuck Jones' classic Bugs Bunny short Long-Haired Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
July
July 2: Robert McKimson's Foghorn Leghorn cartoon Henhouse Henery premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Henery Hawk & Barnyard Dawg. It is the first short in the series to use the song "Camptown Races" which became Foghorn's theme.July 9: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Heavenly Puss premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio. This reel gained notoriety during the theatrical release for its subjects of damnation in Hell. Despite its infamy upon the release, it became a cult classic and was later adapted into a video game in 2003.July 16: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon Knights Must Fall premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.July 23: Friz Freleng's third Tweety and Sylvester cartoon Bad Ol' Putty Tat premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.July 30: Tex Avery’s Doggone Tired premieres, produced by MGM.August
August 5: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon Honey Harvester premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.August 6: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny cartoon The Grey Hounded Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.August 13: Chuck Jones' Porky Pig cartoon Often an Orphan premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This is the final short where Porky gets paired up with Charlie Dog.August 27: Robert McKimson's The Windblown Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, which stars Bugs Bunny, the Big Bad Wolf, and the Three Little Pigs.September
September 1: Crusader Rabbit becomes the first animated series directly made for television.September 2:- * Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon All in a Nutshell premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Chip 'n' Dale.
- * Friz Freleng's Porky Pig cartoon Dough for the Do-Do premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. It is a colored remake of Bob Clampett's 1938 short Porky in Wackyland.September 3: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon The Cat and the Mermouse, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres.September 17: Chuck Jones' Fast and Furry-ous premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, which marks the debuts of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.September 29: John Hubley's The Ragtime Bear premieres produced by UPA which marks the debut of Mr. Magoo
October
October 1: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Love That Pup, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, is first released. It marks the debut of Tyke the pup.October 5: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.October 8:- * Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon Frigid Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
- * Voice actor Mel Blanc loses a trial against animation producer Walter Lantz, whom he had sued for unauthorized use of his voice and laugh for the character Woody Woodpecker. Blanc had voiced the character in his three first cartoons, before Warner Brothers took an exclusivity contract on him. However, Lantz had kept using audio recordings of Woody's laugh and had other actors imitate the voice. The judge rules that Blanc has no case since he did not copyright Woody's voice. However, Lantz does settle the case out of court and pays him some compensation afterwards.
- October 14: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon The Greener Yard premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.
- October 22:
- *Arthur Davis' Porky Pig cartoon Bye, Bye Bluebeard premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This was Davis' last short for Warner Bros. until he returned 12–13 years later to direct the Daffy Duck cartoon Quackodile Tears.
- *William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Jerry's Diary, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, is first released. The short features footage from the previous Tom and Jerry cartoons: Tee for Two, Mouse Trouble, Solid Serenade, and The Yankee Doodle Mouse.
November
November 12: Chuck Jones' For Scent-imental Reasons premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons which marks the debut of Pepé Le Pew's long term significant other Penelope Pussycat.November 19: Robert McKimson's cartoon Hippety Hopper premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Starring Sylvester and the titular character Hippety Hopper.November 25: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon Slide, Donald, Slide premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.December
December 3: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon Which Is Witch premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This short has never been re-released due to its negative depictions of African-Americans.December 10: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Tennis Chumps, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres.December 16: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck cartoon Toy Tinkers premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Chip 'n' Dale.December 24: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon Rabbit Hood premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.Specific date unknown
- Karel Zeman's Inspiration premieres.
Films released
- April 15 - The Emperor's Nightingale
- May 13 - Alice in Wonderland
- August 22 - The Dynamite Brothers
- October 5 - The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
- December 22 - The Singing Princess
- December 26 - ''Adventures of Esparadrapo''
Television series debuts
- January 30 - Adventures of Pow Wow debuts on WNBT-TV.
- August 1 - Crusader Rabbit debuts in syndication.
- September - Jim and Judy in Teleland debuts in syndication.
Births
January
January 1: Daniel Goldberg, Canadian producer and screenwriter,.January 7: George Buza, Canadian actor. January 10:- * George Foreman, American boxer,.
- * Thomas Chase Jones, American composer.January 26: David Strathairn, American actor.
February
February 2: Brent Spiner, American actor.February 5: Bill Steinkellner, American screenwriter.February 8: John Swartzwelder, American novelist and screenwriter.February 9: Judith Light, American actress.February 10: Valri Bromfield, Canadian actress and comedienne.February 18: Pat Fraley, American actor.February 19: Andy Heyward, American television producer, writer and businessman.February 21: Larry Drake, American actor and comedian,.February 23: Judy Munsen, American composer.March
March 2: Gates McFadden, American actress and choreographer.March 4: Norbert Lemire, Canadian painter and animator,.March 16: Victor Garber, Canadian actor.March 17: Patrick Duffy, American actor.March 21: Eddie Money, American singer and songwriter,.March 30: Ray Magliozzi, American radio host and television writer.April
April 1: Dominique Collignon-Maurin, French actor,.April 2:- * Pamela Reed, American actress.
- * Ron Palillo, American actor,.April 6: Tonino Accolla, Italian actor,.April 20: Veronica Cartwright, English-American actress.April 21: Patti LuPone, American actress and singer.April 24: Jim White, American voice actor,.April 25: Augstí Ascensio Saurí, Spanish animator and comics artist,.
May
May 9: Billy Joel, American musician.May 10: Phil Baron, American actor, voice actor, puppeteer, composer, lyricist, writer, author, signer and songwriter.May 20: Dave Thomas, Canadian actor, comedian and television writer.May 21: Will Ryan, American actor, singer and musician,.May 24: Jim Broadbent, English actor.May 25: Yuki Katsuragi, Japanese singer,.May 26:- * Hank Williams Jr., American singer-songwriter and musician.
- * Arlene Klasky, American animator, graphic designer and producer.
- * Pam Grier, American actress.May 27: Jo Ann Harris, American actress.May 29: Robert Axelrod, American actor,.
June
June 10: Kevin Corcoran, American actor,.June 11: Sherman Howard, American actor.June 15: Jim Varney, American actor and comedian,.June 22: Meryl Streep, American actress.June 25: Kene Holliday, American actor.June 27: Steve Rucker, American composer.June 29:- * Roger Allers, American director, screenwriter and animator,.
- * Greg Burson, American actor,.Specific date unknown: Sally Cruikshank, American cartoonist, animator, storyboard artist and director.
July
July 5: Ed O'Ross, American actor.July 7: Shelley Duvall, American actress,.July 11: Hudson Talbott, American author and animator,.July 12: Judy Freudberg, American screenwriter,.July 14: Shirley Jo Finney, American actress and stage director,.July 22: Alan Menken, American composer, songwriter, conductor, music director and record director.July 24: Michael Richards, American actor and comedian.July 29: Leslie Easterbrook, American actress.August
August 9: Don Vanderbeek, American background artist,.August 16: Barbara Goodson, American actress.August 18: Takeshi Shudo, Japanese scriptwriter and novelist,.August 21: Loretta Devine, American actress.August 23:- * Miyuki Ichijō, Japanese voice actress,.
- * Shelley Long, American actress and comedian.
- * Rick Springfield, Australian-American musician and actor.August 25: Gene Simmons, Israeli-American musician, singer and songwriter.August 28: Charles Rocket, American actor, comedian, musician and television reporter,.August 30: Christopher Collins, American actor,.August 31: Richard Gere, American actor.
September
September 12: Guy Paul, American actor.September 16: Ed Begley Jr., American actor and environmentalist.September 19: Ernie Sabella, American actor.September 21: Irene Mecchi, American screenwriter.September 28:- * Jim Henshaw, Canadian actor, screenwriter, and film and television producer.
- * Vernee Watson-Johnson, American actress.
October
October 3: Norm Abram, American carpenter, writer and television host.October 4: Armand Assante, American actor.October 8: Sigourney Weaver, American actress.October 11: Sharman DiVono, American television writer.October 25:- * Ross Bagdasarian Jr., American cartoonist, animator, actor, writer, producer and director, and son of Ross Bagdasarian,.
- * Bill Kovacs, American animator,.October 26: David Isaacs, American television producer and writer.
November
November 5: Armin Shimerman, American actor.November 6: Elwood Edwards, American voice actor,.November 7: Judy Tenuta, American actress, comedian and musician,.November 27: Gerrit Graham, American actor.November 28: Paul Shaffer, Canadian musician, actor, and comedian.November 29: Garry Shandling, American actor and comedian,.December
December 4: Jeff Bridges, American actor.December 5: Pamela Blair, American actress,.December 7: Jymn Magon, American television writer.December 9: Tom Kite, American professional golfer and golf course architect.December 12: Bill Nighy, English actor.December 15: Don Johnson, American actor, producer and singer.December 18: Jeffrey Price, American screenwriter and producer.December 21: Michael Horse, American actor.December 23: Judy Strangis, American actress.December 24: Ray Colcord, American composer,.Specific date unknown
- Tom Snyder, American animator, writer and producer.
- Yoshiko Miura, Japanese lyricist,.