1950 in animation
Events in 1950 in animation.
Events
January
January 7: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Little Quacker premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio. It marks the debut of Quacker the duckling.January 14:- * Friz Freleng's fourth Tweety and [Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester the Cat|Sylvester] cartoon Home, Tweet Home premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
- * Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Saturday Evening Puss, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres.January 20: Jack Hannah's Lion Around, a Donald Duck cartoon produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released. It marks the debut of Louie the Mountain Lion.January 21: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny cartoon Hurdy-Gurdy Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.January 28: Robert McKimson's Daffy Duck and Porky Pig cartoon Boobs in the Woods premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
February
February 11: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam short Mutiny on the Bunny premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.February 15: Cinderella, directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, & Wilfred Jackson and produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres. The characters Gus and Jaq will later become popular comics characters.March
March 3:- * Jack Kinney's The Brave Engineer, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.
- * In Isadore Sparber's Quack-A-Doodle-Doo, produced by the Famous Studios, Baby Huey makes his debut.March 4: Chuck Jones' Daffy Duck cartoon The Scarlet Pumpernickel premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. The short also stars Porky Pig, Melissa Duck, Sylvester, Elmer Fudd, Henery Hawk, & Mama Bear.March 11:
- * Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Texas Tom premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.
- * Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon Homeless Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.March 23: 22nd Academy Awards: Chuck Jones' Pepé Le Pew cartoon For Scent-imental Reasons, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.
April
April 8: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Jerry and the Lion premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.April 22: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam short Big House Bunny premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.May
May 6: Robert McKimson's Foghorn Leghorn cartoon The Leghorn Blows at Midnight premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Henery Hawk & Barnyard Dawg.May 27:- * Robert McKimson's Porky Pig cartoon An Egg Scramble premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This short marks the debut of the character Miss Prissy, who would go on to appear as a supporting character in McKimson's Foghorn Leghorn cartoons.
- * Tex Avery's Ventriloquist Cat premieres, produced by MGM.
June
June 17: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon What's Up Doc? premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This short was made in honor of Bugs Bunny's 10th anniversary.June 24: Friz Freleng's fifth Tweety and Sylvester cartoon All a Bir-r-r-d premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.June 30: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon Motor Mania premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation.July
July 1: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Safety Second premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.July 8: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon 8 Ball Bunny premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This short marks the final appearance of Playboy Penguin in the Golden age of animation.August
August 5: Friz Freleng's Daffy Duck cartoon Golden Yeggs premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons in which Rocky the gangster makes his debut. Also starring Porky Pig.August 12: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny cartoon Hillbilly Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.September
September 2: Chuck Jones' The Ducksters premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, in which Daffy Duck presents a radio quiz show and torments Porky Pig.September 16:- * Robert McKimson's Foghorn Leghorn cartoon A Fractured Leghorn premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This is the first Foghorn Leghorn short where both Barnyard Dawg and Henery Hawk don't appear in.
- * Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Tom and Jerry in the Hollywood Bowl premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.September 23: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon Bunker Hill Bunny premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
October
October 7: Friz Freleng's sixth Tweety and Sylvester cartoon Canary Row premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, it marks the debut of Tweety's owner Granny.October 11: Jiří Trnka's animated film Prince Bayaya premieres.October 21:- * Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon The Framed Cat premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.
- * Friz Freleng's cartoon Stooge for a Mouse premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Starring Sylvester and Hector the Bulldog '.October 28': Robert McKimson's Sylvester the Cat cartoon Pop 'Im Pop!'' premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons which features Sylvester trying to impress his son by catching a giant mouse.
November
November 2: John Hubley and Robert Cannon's Gerald McBoing-Boing, produced by UPA, premieres.November 3: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon Hold That Pose, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released. It marks the debut of Humphrey the Bear.November 18: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny cartoon Bushy Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.November 25: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Cue Ball Cat premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.December
December 2: Robert McKimson's Porky Pig cartoon Dog Collared premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.December 13: Jean Image's Jeannot l'intrépide premieres.December 16: Chuck Jones' iconic Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon Rabbit of Seville premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.December 30: Chuck Jones' Claude Cat cartoon Two's a Crowd produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons premieres, Frisky Puppy makes his debut.Films released
- February 15 - Cinderella
- February 24:
- * Always Happy
- * Tobias Knopp – Adventure of a Bachelor
- December 13 - Johnny the Giant Killer
- December 18 - ''Once Upon A Time''
Births
January
January 4: Fakhri Odeh, Kuwaiti actor,.January 5: Merl Reagle, American crossword constructor,.January 9: David Johansen, American singer, songwriter and actor,.January 16:- * Bob Kulick, American guitarist and record producer,.
- * Robert Schimmel, American comedian,.January 20: Frank Mula, American television writer and producer,.January 23: Richard Gilliland, American actor,.January 29: Katsuhito Akiyama, Japanese storyboard artist and director.
February
February 1: Adam Beckett, American animator, special effects artist and teacher,.February 2: Kevin Gillis, Canadian television writer and producer.February 3: Morgan Fairchild, American actress.February 5: Jonathan Freeman, American actor and puppeteer.February 6: Natalie Cole, American singer, songwriter, and actress,.February 12: Michael Ironside, Canadian actor.February 14: Ken Levine, American author, director, television producer and writer.February 17: Alan Burnett, American television writer and producer.February 20: Ken Shimura, Japanese comedian,.February 22: Julie Walters, English actress.February 27: Steve Waterman, American film producer.March
March 11: Bobby McFerrin, American folk and jazz artist.March 13: William H. Macy, American actor.March 14: Rick Dees, American entertainer, radio personality, comedian, actor, and voice artist.March 20: William Hurt, American actor,.March 23: Anthony De Longis, American actor, stuntman, and choreographer.March 26:- * Alan Silvestri, American composer and conductor.
- * Martin Short, Canadian-American actor and comedian.March 30: Robbie Coltrane, Scottish actor and comedian,.March 31: Yoshifumi Kondō, Japanese animator and director,.
April
April 8: Carmen Twillie, American actress and singer.April 12: David Cassidy, American actor and singer,.April 13: Ron Perlman, American actor.April 22: Peter Frampton, English guitarist, singer and songwriter.April 27: Randy Fullmer, American animator and producer,.April 28:- * Jay Leno, American television host, comedian, and writer.
- *Kristin Laskas Martin, American television writer and producer.
May
May 12:- * Bruce Boxleitner, American actor and writer.
- * Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor.May 17: Howard Ashman, American playwright and lyricist,.May 18: Mark Mothersbaugh, American musician and member of Devo.May 24: Terry Scott Taylor, American songwriter, record producer, songwriter and composer.May 28: Denny Delk, American actor.May 31: Jean Chalopin, French screenwriter and producer.
June
June 11: Pedro Bell, American illustrator, animator and comics artist,.June 12: Sonia Manzano, American actress, screenwriter, author, speaker and singer-songwriter.June 15: Dale Baer, American animator and storyboard artist,.June 17: Tom Shannon, American animator,.June 18: Arnold Leibovit, American director, producer, and screenwriter.June 19: Vladimir Vyshegorodtsev, Russian animator,.June 21: Joey Kramer, American drummer and member of Aerosmith.June 26: Michael Paul Chan, American actor.July
July 11: Bruce McGill, American actor.July 19: Simon Cadell, English actor,.July 23: Ferenc Varsányi, Hungarian animator and overseas supervisor.July 28: Lani Minella, American actress.August
August 3: Jo Marie Payton, American actress and singer.August 6: Dorian Harewood, American actor.August 11: Bob Mothersbaugh, American singer, songwriter, musician, composer and member of Devo.August 13: Jane Carr, English actress.August 24: Ami Mandelman, Israeli actor.August 27: Charles Fleischer, American comedian and actor.August 30: Robert Sahakyants, Armenian animator and film director,.August 31: Daria Paris, American production assistant,.September
September 1: Phil McGraw, American television personality and author.September 7: Julie Kavner, American actress.September 10: Joe Perry, American musician and member of Aerosmith.September 14:- * Michael Reaves, American television writer,.
- * Dennis Predovic, American actor.September 21: Bill Murray, American actor and comedian.September 27: Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese-American actor,.
October
October 1: Randy Quaid, American actor.October 4: Alan Rosenberg, American actor.October 9: Everett Peck, American animator, character designer, art director and writer,.October 10: Jerry Tondo, Japanese-American actor.October 13: Hugues Le Bars, French composer,.October 20: Tom Petty, American musician and actor,.October 22: Patricia Parris, American actress.October 25: Mark L. Taylor, American actor.October 26: Dan Gilvezan, American actor.October 31: John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor,.November
November 4: Boyd Kirkland, American television director,.November 7: Janno Põldma, Estonian film director and children's writer.November 8: Mary Hart, American television personality and actress.November 22: Jim Lang, American composer.November 25: Bill Kroyer, American animator, storyboard artist, writer, producer and director.November 26: Neil Dickson, English actor.December
December 5: Nick Jameson, American actor, musician, and producer.December 6: Joe Hisaishi, Japanese composer, musical director, conductor and pianist.December 10: Gregg Berger, American actor.December 11: Alexander Tatarsky, Russian film director, animator, and producer,.December 12: Darleen Carr, American actress and singer.December 13: Wendie Malick, American actress.December 18: Leonard Maltin, American film critic and historian.December 21: Jeffrey Katzenberg, American film producer and media proprietor.December 29: Jon Polito, American actor,.Specific date unknown
- Jackie Cockle, English animator.
- Calvin Remsberg, American actor and stage director,.
- Larry Cuba, American computer-animation artist.
- Jan Strnad, American writer.