1960 in animation
Events in 1960 in animation.
Events
January
January 19: Chuck Jones' Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Fastest with the Mostest premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.January 21: Wolfgang Reitherman's Goliath II, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres.January 23: Robert McKimson's Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester cartoon West of the Pesos premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.February
February 8: Mel Blanc, Walt Disney, and George Pal receive stars at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.February 23: The first episode of Torchy the Battery Boy airs.February 25: The first episode of Four Feather Falls airs.March
March 15: Friz Freleng's Sylvester cartoon Goldimouse and the Three Cats premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Sylvester Jr..April
April 1: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, & Daffy Duck cartoon Person to Bunny is released, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. It marks the final time Arthur Q. Bryan voiced Elmer Fudd before his death in 1959.April 4: 32nd Academy Awards: Moonbird by John Hubley wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.April 23: Chuck Jones' Pepé Le Pew cartoon Who Scent You? premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Penelope Pussycat.May
May 14: Friz Freleng's Tweety and Sylvester cartoon Hyde and Go Tweet premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.June
June 4: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote cartoon Rabbit's Feat premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.June 20: 12th Primetime Emmy Awards: The Huckleberry Hound Show wins an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming, becoming the first animated TV series to receive this honor.June 25: Robert McKimson's Foghorn Leghorn cartoon Crockett-Doodle-Do premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Egghead Jr..July
July 16: Friz Freleng's Sylvester cartoon Mouse and Garden premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Sam Cat.August
August 14: The anime film Alakazam the Great by Taji Yabushita and Daisaku Shirakawa premieres.September
September 3: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon From Hare to Heir premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.September 24: Robert McKimson's Foghorn Leghorn cartoon The Dixie Fryer premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. The short also stars the characters Pappy and Elvis from McKimson's Bugs Bunny cartoon Backwoods Bunny.September 30: The first episode of The Flintstones airs, the first American prime time animated television series to become a ratings hit. It marks the debut of Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone, Barney Rubble and Betty Rubble.October
October 8: Chuck Jones' Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Hopalong Casualty premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.October 11: The first episode of The Bugs Bunny Show airs.November
November 7: The first episode of Mister Magoo airs.December
December 3: Chuck Jones' High Note premieres.December 17: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon Lighter Than Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.- The first episode of Joë Chez Les Abeilles / Joë Petit Boum-Boum airs.
Specific date unknown
- The first episode of Popeye the Sailor airs.
- The first episode of Snip and Snap airs.
- Valentin Lalayants, Valentina and Zinaida Brumberg's It Was I Who Drew the Little Man premieres.
- In Annecy, France, the International Animated Film Association is established, consisting of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
Films released
- March 1 - Donald Duck and his Companions
- August 14 - Alakazam the Great
- Specific date unknown - ''It Was I Who Drew the Little Man''
Television series debuts
- June 10 - Popeye the Sailor debuts in syndication.
- June 19 - The New Adventures of Pinocchio debuts in syndication.
- September - The Nutty Squirrels Present debuts in syndication.
- September 11 - Hokey Wolf debuts in syndication.
- September 14 - Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse debuts in syndication.
- September 24 - Q.T. Hush debuts on KTTV.
- September 30 - The Flintstones debuts on ABC.
- October 11 - The Bugs Bunny Show debuts on ABC and CBS.
- October 15 - King Leonardo and His Short Subjects, The Hunter, Tooter Turtle, and Twinkles debut on NBC.
- November 7 - Mister Magoo debuts in syndication.
- Specific date unknown:
- * Foo-Foo debuts on ABC.
- * Snip and Snap debuts on Sveriges Radio TV.
Births
January
January 2: Joe Liss, American television writer.January 4: April Winchell, American voice actress.January 12:- * Oliver Platt, American actor.
- * Jorge Pupo, Cuban-American actor.January 15: Kelly Asbury, American storyboard artist, screenwriter, actor, author/illustrator and film director,.January 17: Tracey Moore, Canadian voice actress and director.January 25: Audrey Wells, American producer, director and screenwriter,.January 27: Philip Rosenthal, American television writer, producer and actor.January 29:
- * JG Thirlwell, Australian musician, composer and record producer.
- * Steve Sax, American former professional baseball player and coach.
February
February 1: Mark Dodson, American voice actor,.February 3: Aron Abrams, American television producer and writer,.February 6: Harry Thompson, British radio and television producer, comedy writer, novelist and television writer,.February 7:- * Robert Smigel, American actor, comedian, writer, director, producer, and puppeteer.
- * Yasunori Matsumoto, Japanese actor.February 14: Achiu So, American animator, storyboard artist and background artist.February 17: Thom Adcox-Hernandez, American actor.February 18: Tony Anselmo, American voice actor and animator.February 19: Charles Schneider, American television writer.February 20:
- * Joel Hodgson, American actor, comedian and television writer.
- * Shoji Kawamori, Japanese anime creator, producer, screenwriter, visual artist, and mecha designer.
- * Wendee Lee, American voice actress.February 28: Wojciech Paszkowski, Polish actor,.
March
March 1: William Schifrin, American screenwriter.March 4: Vicky Jenson, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer, background artist, art director, production designer, writer and director.March 12:- * Kipp Lennon, American musician and member of Venice.
- * Robin Klein, American casting director,.March 13:
- * Adam Clayton, English-born Irish musician, bassist and member of U2.
- * Joe Ranft, American screenwriter, animator, and voice actor,.March 17: Vicki Lewis, American actress.March 26: Jennifer Grey, American actress.March 28: Erika Scheimer. American voice actress.March 29: Hiromi Tsuru, Japanese actress and narrator,.March 31: Michelle Nicastro, American actress, singer and musician .
April
April 3: Younghee Higa, American animation checker, sheet timer, lip sync artist and director.April 4:- * Hugo Weaving, English actor.
- * Lorraine Toussaint, Trinidadian actress.April 8: John Schneider, American actor and singer.April 14: Brad Garrett, American actor and comedian.April 25: Olivier Jean-Marie, French animator, background artist, storyboard artist, writer and director,.April 27: Javier Fernandez-Peña, Spanish actor.April 29: Steve Blum, American actor.
May
May 6: John Flansburgh, American musician and member of They Might Be Giants.May 10: Bono, Irish singer-songwriter, activist, philanthropist and member of U2.May 18: Maldwyn Pope, Welsh musician and composer.May 19: Jann Carl, American television host.May 20:- * Tony Goldwyn, American actor and director.
- * John Billingsley, American actor.May 22: Hideaki Anno, Japanese animator, director, artist, screenwriter and actor.May 23: Robert Leighton, American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, puzzle writer, humorist and television writer.May 29: Neil Crone, Canadian actor, comedian, writer and motivational speaker.May 31:
- * Chris Elliott, American actor, comedian and writer.
- * Mark Dindal, American animator, screenwriter, character designer, storyboard artist, voice actor and film director.
- * Don Harvey, American actor.
June
June 3: Andrei Svislotski, Russian animator and director,.June 8: Gary Trousdale, American animator, director, and screenwriter.June 11: Bill Schultz, American animation producer.June 15: Michael Sicoly, American former actor.June 17: Thomas Haden Church, American actor.June 22: Catherine Disher, Canadian actress.Specific date unknown: Chad Webber, American graphic designer and former child actor.July
July 2: Terry Rossio, American screenwriter.July 10: Jeff Bergman, American actor.July 14: Jane Lynch, American actress and comedian.July 15: Willie Aames, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter.July 19: Steve Viksten, American voice actor and television writer,.July 22: John Leguizamo, American actor and comedian.July 23: Jim Kammerud, American director, writer, producer and animator.July 26: Ned Goldreyer, American television producer and writer.July 30: Richard Linklater, American film director, producer, and screenwriter.August
August 5: John Mariano, American actor.August 7: David Duchovny, American actor, writer, producer, director, novelist and singer-songwriter.August 10:- * Antonio Banderas, Spanish actor.
- * Sunao Katabuchi, Japanese animation director, screenwriter, and storyboard artist.August 13: Stevan Wahl, American animator and storyboard artist.August 17: Sean Penn, American actor.August 23 Chris Potter, Canadian actor.August 28:
- * Barry Purves, English animator.
- * Jodi Carlisle, American actress.
September
September 1: Joseph Williams, American singer, songwriter and composer.September 8: Aimee Mann, American singer-songwriter.September 13:- * Greg Baldwin, American voice actor.
- * David Fine, Canadian filmmaker.September 16: Mike Mignola, American comic writer and author.September 21: David James Elliott, Canadian actor.September 27:
- * Debi Derryberry, American voice actress.
- * J. Allen Williams, American animator.
- * David Gasman, American actor.September 30: Vincent Waller, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer, prop designer, background artist, art director, overseas supervisor, technical director, writer, director and producer.
October
October 4: Loren Lester, American voice actor.October 9: Madeleine Blaustein, American voice actress and comic book writer,.October 10: Dan Ferro, American actor,.October 16: Mark Barrows, American effects animator,.October 18: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Belgian actor, martial artist, filmmaker, and fight choreographer.October 21: Paul Rugg, American television writer and producer and actor.October 24: BD Wong, American actor.October 29: Valery Pappas, American actress.November
November 4: Kathy Griffin, American actress and comedian.November 5:- * Tilda Swinton, British actress.
- * Snežana Bogdanović, Serbian actress.November 6: Eddie Korbich, American actor.November 8:
- * Nell Scovell, American television writer.
- * Megan Cavanagh, American actress.November 10: Neil Gaiman, English author.November 11: Stanley Tucci, American actor and filmmaker.November 13: Neil Flynn, American actor.November 14: Hana Kukal, Slovak-born Canadian animator, storyboard artist and director,.November 17: RuPaul, American television personality and actor.November 18: Elizabeth Perkins, American actress.November 19: Olivier Jean-Marie, French animator, background artist, storyboard artist, writer and director,.April 27: Javier Fernandez-Peña, Spanish actor.November 24: Julian Nott, British composer and conductor.November 26: Greg Berg, American actor.November 29:
- * Cathy Moriarty, American actress.
- * Heitor Pereira, Brazilian composer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and record producer.
December
December 9:- * Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, American animator, storyboard artist, art director, director and producer.
- * Mike Lookinland, American actor, musician and cameraman.December 10: Kenneth Branagh, English actor and filmmaker.December 12: David Metzger, American orchestrator and composer.December 15: Robert E. Stanton, American background artist,.December 17: Tarako, Japanese voice actress,.December 21: Raymie Muzquiz, American animator, sheet timer, storyboard artist and director.December 23: Mutsumi Inomata, Japanese animator,.December 24: Glenn McQueen, Canadian animator,.December 26: Temuera Morrison, New Zealand actor.December 28: Jeff Martin, American television writer and producer.December 31: Chuck Sheetz, American animator, storyboard artist, sheet timer, director and producer.
Specific date unknown
- Michael Rowe, American television writer and producer.
- Jon Vitti, American screenwriter and producer.
- Sib Ventress, American television writer.
- Nick Rijgersberg, Canadian animator, storyboard artist, overseas supervisor and director,.
- Antoine Guilbaud, French-born American animator, storyboard artist, character designer, background artist, prop designer, color stylist, art director, writer and producer.
- Dan Riba, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer, sheet timer and director.
- Wendy Tilby, Canadian animator.
Deaths
January
January 26: Riley Thomson, American comics artist and animator, dies at age 47.May
May 27: Edward Brophy, American comedian and actor, dies at age 65.July
July 21: Al Hoffman, American composer, dies at age 57.September
September 24: Mátyás Seiber, Hungarian-English composer, dies in a road accident at age 55.November
November 14: Walter Catlett, American actor and comedian, dies at age 71.Specific date unknown
- Helena Smith Dayton, American film director, painter and sculptor, dies at age 76-77.