1958 in animation
Events in 1958 in animation.
Events
January
January 3: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Happy Go Ducky, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres.January 4: Robert McKimson's cartoon Don't Axe Me premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Starring Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, & Barnyard Dawg '.January 18': Robert McKimson's Speedy Gonzales cartoon Tortilla Flaps'', produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, premieres.February
February 1: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon Hare-Less Wolf premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.February 22: Friz Freleng's Tweety and Sylvester cartoon A Pizza Tweety-Pie premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Granny.March
March 7: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Royal Cat Nap, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres.March 8: Chuck Jones' Robin Hood Daffy, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released. It stars Daffy Duck and Porky Pig. This is Jones' final short starring Porky.March 26: 30th Academy Awards: The Tweety and Sylvester cartoon Birds Anonymous by Friz Freleng wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.March 29: Chuck Jones' Hare-Way to the Stars, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, premieres. It stars Bugs Bunny and Marvin the Martian.April
April 12: Chuck Jones' Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Whoa, Be-Gone!, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released.May
May 2: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon The Vanishing Duck, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres. This is Quacker's final appearance in the golden age of animation.May 10: Robert McKimson's cartoon Feather Bluster premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Foghorn Leghorn and Barnyard Dawg. The short features footage from McKimson's previous Foghorn Leghorn cartoons, such as: Henhouse Henery,''The High and the Flighty, & All Fowled Up.May 31: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny cartoon Now Hare This'', produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, premieres.June
June 6: Hanna-Barbera's Tom and Jerry cartoon Robin Hoodwinked, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio, premieres. This is Tuffy's final appearance in the golden age of animation.August
August 1:- * Les Clark's Paul Bunyan, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.
- * William Hanna & Joseph Barbera's final Tom and Jerry cartoon short Tot Watchers premieres, it is also the last animated short overall to be produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio as it has closed down the previous year. August 22: Karel Zeman's The Fabulous World of Jules Verne premieres.August 23: Friz Freleng's Knighty Knight Bugs premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons and starring Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. It is the only Bugs Bunny short to win an Academy Award.
September
September 6:- * The first episode of The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole is broadcast.
- * Robert McKimson's cartoon Weasel While You Work premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Foghorn Leghorn and Barnyard Dawg.
- September 27: Friz Freleng's Tweety and Sylvester cartoon A Bird in a Bonnet premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Granny.September 29: The first episode of The Huckleberry Hound Show is broadcast, produced by Hanna-Barbera. It marks the debut of Huckleberry Hound, Yogi Bear, Hokey Wolf and Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks.
October
October 11: Chuck Jones' Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Hook, Line and Stinker, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released.October 22: Taiji Yabushita and Kazuhiko Okabe's The White Snake Enchantress is first released. It is Toei Animation's feature debut and the first anime feature film in color. The film pushed Japanese animation technology to the limit. The film was a large scale major project, involving a total of 13,590 staff; surprisingly, it only took eight months to finish. The film is an adaptation of the Chinese tale Legend of the White Snake. The decision of a Chinese story being used as the concept blueprint came from Toei's president Hiroshi Ōkawa, who wanted to strike a tone of reconciliation with the Asian neighbors.November
November 1: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon Pre-Hysterical Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Elmer is voiced by Dave Barry in this short instead of Arthur Q. Bryan.November 15: Robert McKimson's cartoon Gopher Broke premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Starring the Goofy Gophers and Barnyard Dawg.December
December 6: Chuck Jones' Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Hip Hip-Hurry!, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, is first released.December 19: The Disney Christmas special, From All of Us to All of You, is first broadcast. In the Nordic countries it will become an annual Christmas TV tradition from 1959 onwards.December 20: Chuck Jones' cartoon Cat Feud premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Starring Claude Cat and the final appearances of Marc Antony and Pussyfoot in the Golden Age of Animation.Specific date unknown
- The first episode of Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown is broadcast, an animated TV series based on Bozo the Clown.
- French editorial cartoonist Jean Bosc collaborates with Claude Choubli and Jean Vautrin on the animated short Le Voyage en Boscavie.
Films released
- April 4 - The Creation of the World
- August - The Fabulous World of Jules Verne
- October 22 - The White Snake Enchantress
- Specific date unknown:
- * Beloved Beauty
- * ''The Picchiatelli''
Television series
- September 6 - The Adventures of Spunky and Tadpole debuts in syndication.
- September 29: The Huckleberry Hound Show, Yogi Bear, and Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks debut in syndication.
- Specific date unknown
- *Bozo: The World's Most Famous Clown debuts in syndication.
- *The Space Explorers debuts on WWOR-TV.
Births
January
January 3: Simon Greenall, English actor.January 4:- * Matt Frewer, Canadian actor, singer and comedian.
- * Julian Sands, English actor,.January 20: Lorenzo Lamas, American actor.January 21:
- * Jean-Yves Raimbaud, French animator and screenwriter,.
- * Michael Wincott, Canadian actor. January 26: Ellen DeGeneres, American comedian, television host, actress, writer and producer.January 28: Chris Ledesma, American music editor,.January 29: Alastair Duncan, Scottish actor.
February
February 1: William Dufris, American actor and audiobook narrator,.February 5: Christopher Shea, American former child actor,.February 7: Kevin Schon, American actor.February 13: Donal Gibson, American actor and brother of Mel Gibson.February 14: Kelly Armstrong, Canadian-American animator, storyboard artist, art director, writer, sheet timer, producer and director.February 16: Ice-T, American rapper and actor.February 19: Gary Sperling, American television writer,.February 21:- * Denise Dowse, American actress and director,.
- * Jake Steinfeld, American actor, fitness personality, entrepreneur, and producer.
- * Kim Coates, Canadian-American actor.February 23: Norm Spencer, Canadian actor,.February 24: Chris Buck, American film director.February 26:
- * Chris Phillips, American voice actor and musician.
- * Greg Germann, American actor.
March
March 4: Patricia Heaton, American actress, model and comedian.March 7:- * Norihiro Inoue, Japanese voice actor,.
- * Rik Mayall, English actor,.March 10: Sharon Stone, American actress.March 13: Drew Graybeal, American animator, background artist and prop designer.March 14: Eddie Sotto, American artist and animator,.March 15: Deb Lacusta, American actress and television writer.March 19: Fred Stoller, American actor and comedian.March 20: Holly Hunter, American actress.March 21:
- * Brad Hall, American actor, comedian and filmmaker.
- * Gary Oldman, English actor and filmmaker.March 27: Eddy Houchins, American animator, storyboard artist, sheet timer, lip sync artist, writer, producer and director.March 28: Amy Pascal, American film producer and business executive.March 30: Maurice LaMarche, Canadian voice actor, comedian, and impressionist.March 31: Lisa Michelson, American voice actress,.
April
April 3: Alec Baldwin, American actor.April 4:- * Constance Shulman, American actress.
- * Alison Snowden, English animator, voice actress, screenwriter and producer.April 6:
- * Mark Henn, American animator.
- * Peter Del Vecho, American film producer.April 10: Mike Lazzo, American former television producer.April 12: Michael Marcantel, American animator, storyboard artist and director.April 21: Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist,.April 26:
- * Paul St. Peter, American actor.
- * Giancarlo Esposito, Danish-born American actor.April 29:
- * Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress.
- * Savage Steve Holland, American animator, cartoonist, voice director, producer and director.
May
May 16; Donald Fullilove, American actor.May 20:- * Jorgen Klubien, Danish animator, storyboard artist, and writer.
- * Judy Kuhn, American singer.
- * Jane Wiedlin, American musician and actress.
- * Nurhasanah Iskandar, Indonesian actress,.May 23:
- * Drew Carey, American actor, comedian and game show host.
- * Lea Delaria, American comedian, actress and jazz artist.May 26: Howard Goodall, English composer.May 29: Karen Maruyama, American actress and comedian.May 30: Ted McGinley, American actor.May 31: Tim Hill, American film director and writer.
June
June 3: Suzie Plakson, American actress.June 15: Wade Boggs, American former professional baseball baseman.June 17: Bobby Farrelly, American film director, screenwriter, and producer.June 19: Makiko Futaki, Japanese animator and illustrator,.June 22: Bruce Campbell, American actor and director.June 24: Tommy Lister Jr., American actor and professional wrestler,.July
July 6: Jennifer Saunders, English actress, comedienne, and musician.July 8: Kevin Bacon, American actor.July 10: Fiona Shaw, Irish actress.July 13: Roger L. Jackson, American voice actor.July 14: Scott Rudin, American film producer.July 25: Thurston Moore, American musician, guitarist and member of Sonic Youth.July 27: Vincenzo Nicoli, British actor. July 31: Wally Kurth, American actor.August
August 11: Googy Gress, American actor.August 12: Barry Cook, American film director.August 15: Roger Rose, American actor.August 16: Angela Bassett, American actress.August 18:- * Reg E. Cathey, American actor,.
- * Steven Zirnkilton, American politician and actor.August 22: Bobby Mackston, American music editor, sound editor and re-recording mixer.August 25: Tim Burton, American film director, producer, artist, writer, animator, puppeteer, and actor.August 28: Scott Hamilton, American figure skater and Olympic gold medalist.August 29: Michael Jackson, American singer, songwriter and dancer,.August 30: Sarah Watt, Australian film director and animator,.August 31: Julie Brown, American actress, comedian, television writer and director, and singer-songwriter.
September
September 3: Kevin Kiner, American composer.September 6: Jeff Foxworthy, American actor, comedian, writer, producer, radio personality and author.September 8: Stevie Vallance, Canadian actress and musician.September 10: Chris Columbus, American filmmaker.September 11:- * Scott Patterson, American actor.
- * Klay Hall, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer, sheet timer, writer and director.September 16: Jennifer Tilly, American-Canadian actress.September 19: Richard Ridings, English actor.September 21: Johnny Hardwick, American television producer, writer, and voice actor,.September 22: Joan Jett, American musician.September 24: Kevin Sorbo, American actor.September 25: Michael Madsen, American actor,.September 29: Lissa Kapstrom, American television producer and writer.
October
October 5: Neil deGrasse Tyson, American astrophysicist, author and science communicator.October 7: Rosalyn Landor, English actress.October 11: Ron Goldstein, American composer.October 13: Charity James, American actress.October 22: Michael Price, American screenwriter and producer.November
November 1: Will Finn, American voice actor and animator.November 5: Robert Patrick, American actor.November 6: Reid Harrison, American television producer and writer,.November 8:- * Phil Fondacaro, American actor.
- * Maureen Mascarina, American animator and storyboard artist.November 12: Megan Mullally, American actress, comedian and singer.November 13: Larry Doyle, American novelist, screenwriter, and producer.November 19:
- * Charlie Kaufman, American filmmaker and novelist.
- * Terrence C. Carson, American actor.November 21: Paul Schoeffler, Canadian actor.November 22: Jamie Lee Curtis, American actress, producer, author, and activist.November 27: Mike Scioscia, American former baseball catcher and manager.
December
December 6: Nick Park, English animator, writer, producer and director.December 10: David Paul Grove, Canadian actor.December 16: Katie Leigh, American voice actress.December 23: Vittorio Guerrieri, Italian actor.December 25: Cheryl Chase, American actress.December 29: Ray DeLaurentis, American producer and screenwriter.December 31:- * Bebe Neuwirth, American actress.
- * Johnny Hardwick, American television producer, writer, and voice actor,.
- * Tomomi Mochizuki, Japanese animator, screenwriter, and director.
Specific date unknown
- Corrine Koslo, Canadian actress.
- Peter de Sève, American artist.
- John Stevenson, English filmmaker and puppeteer.
- Ron Zimmerman, American comic book writer, television producer and writer,.
- Bob Forward, American writer, producer, and director.
- Brynne Chandler, American writer and story editor.
- Tony Oliver, Puerto Rican voice actor and voice director.