1962 in animation
Events in 1962 in animation.
Events
January
January 6: The first episode of Beany and Cecil is broadcast.January 20: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny cartoon Wet Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.March
March 23: Gene Deitch's Tom and Jerry cartoon High Steaks premieres.March 31: Arthur Davis' final Daffy Duck cartoon Quackodile Tears premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.April
April 9: 34th Academy Awards: Surogat by Dušan Vukotić wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.April 13: Gene Deitch's Tom and Jerry cartoon Mouse into Space premieres.April 21: Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt's Crows' Feat produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons is released, It marks the final appearance of Elmer Fudd in the Golden age of American animation.April 27: The Flintstones concludes its second season on ABC with the episode "Take Me Out to the Ball Game".March
March 10: Robert McKimson's Sylvester cartoon Fish and Slips premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Sylvester Jr.May
May 12: Friz Freleng's short Mexican Boarders premieres; starring Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester the Cat, & the former's cousin Slowpoke Rodriguez. Was produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.May 18: Gene Deitch's Tom and Jerry cartoon Landing Stripling premieres.June
June 9: Robert McKimson's Bugs Bunny and Tasmanian Devil cartoon Bill of Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.June 22: Gene Deitch's Tom and Jerry cartoon Calypso Cat premieres.June 30: Chuck Jones and Maurice Noble's Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Zoom at the Top premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.July
July 20: Gene Deitch's Tom and Jerry cartoon Dicky Moe premieres.July 21: Robert McKimson's Foghorn Leghorn cartoon The Slick Chick premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.July 23: Chuck Jones is fired by Warner Bros. Cartoons after they find out that he secretly worked for a rival cartoon studio, UPA, on the upcoming film Gay Purr-ee. Jones will go to establish his own animation studio.August
August 10: Gene Deitch's Tom and Jerry cartoon Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit">Tom Cat">Tom and Jerry Cartoon Kit premieres.August 18: Chuck Jones' Pepé Le Pew cartoon Louvre Come Back to Me! premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Penelope Pussycat ' & Claude Cat '. This marks the final appearances of Claude, Penelope, & Pepé in the Golden Age of Animation.September
September 3: The first episode of Wally Gator is broadcast.September 14:- * Gene Deitch's Tom and Jerry cartoon Tall in the Trap premieres.
- * Season 3 of The Flintstones begins on ABC with the premiere of the episode "Dino Goes Hollyrock".September 21: Karel Zeman's The Fabulous Baron Munchausen is first released.September 22: Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt's Tweety and Sylvester cartoon The Jet Cage premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This was Freleng's final short starring Tweety.September 23: The first episode of The Jetsons is broadcast.Specific date unknown: Lou Scheimer, Norm Prescott and Hal Sutherland co-found the animation studio Filmation.
October
October 12: Gene Deitch's Tom and Jerry cartoon Sorry Safari premieres. This short marks the final appearance of Tom's owner from this era, due to him being negatively-received by fans for his constant abuse towards the titular cat.October 19: Tatsuo Yoshida, Kenji Yoshida and Ippei Kuri establish Tatsunoko Productions.October 20: Robert McKimson's Foghorn Leghorn and Barnyard Dawg cartoon Mother Was a Rooster premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.October 28: The first episode of Fireball XL5 is broadcast.November
November 1: Gene Deitch's Tom and Jerry cartoon Buddies Thicker Than Water premieres.November 10: Robert McKimson's Daffy Duck cartoon Good Noose premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.November 23: Poul Ilsøe's Svinedrengen og prinsessen på ærten premieres.December
December 8: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon Shishkabugs premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.December 17: Abe Levitow's Gay Purr-ee premieres.December 18: Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol first airs on television. It will become a holiday season classic.December 21: Carmen Get It!, the final Tom and Jerry cartoon by Gene Deitch, premieres. Deitch failed to produce anymore Tom and Jerry short films for MGM as Chuck Jones would take over production, which returned to Hollywood after five years.December 29: Chuck Jones' Martian Through Georgia premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.Specific date unknown
- Nippon Animation is founded.
- Vera Tsekhanovskaya and Mikhail Tsekhanovsky's The Wild Swans premieres.
Films released
- January 1 - Heaven and Earth Magic
- June 16 - Arabian Nights: The Adventures of Sinbad
- August 14 - The Bath
- August 25 - Otogi's Voyage Around the World
- November 23 - The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea
- December 17 - Gay Purr-ee
- December 18 - Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol
- Specific date unknown:
- * Joseph and the Dreamer
- * ''The Wild Swans''
Television series
- January 6 - Beany and Cecil debuts on ABC.
- February 6 - Space Angel debuts in syndication.
- August 28 - Bolek i Lolek debuts on Telewizja Polska.
- September 3: The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series, Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har, Touché Turtle and Dum Dum, and Wally Gator debut in syndication.
- September 5 - Deputy Dawg debuts on CBS.
- September 23 - The Jetsons debuts on ABC and in syndication.
- Specific date unknown - Snuffy Smith and Barney Google debuts in syndication.
Births
January
January 4: Robin Kohn, American former child actress.January 6: Karen Malach, American television writer and producer.January 10: C. Martin Croker, American animator and voice actor,.January 17: Jim Carrey, Canadian-American actor and comedian.January 23:- * Steve Box, English animator and director.
- * Richard Roxburgh, Australian actor and filmmaker.January 29: Nicholas Turturro, American actor.
February
February 2: Michael T. Weiss, American actor.February 5: Jennifer Jason Leigh, American actress.February 6: Axl Rose, American singer and songwriter.February 7:- * Guy Moon, American composer,.
- * Eddie Izzard, English actor and comedian.February 12: András Erkel, Hungarian producer,.February 14: Russ Leatherman, American actor and co-founder of Moviefone.February 17: Lou Diamond Phillips, Filipino-American actor and director.February 20: Dwayne McDuffie, American comic book writer, television producer and writer,.February 22: Steve Irwin, Australian zookeeper, conservationist, television personality, wildlife expert and environmentalist,.February 27: Adam Baldwin, American actor.
March
March 9: Mike Kazaleh, American comic book artist, animator, storyboard artist and writer.March 10: Jasmine Guy, American actress.March 12:- * Darryl Strawberry, American former professional baseball player and author.
- * Chris Sanders, American animator, film director, and voice actor.
- * Titus Welliver, American actor.March 13: Dorothy Elias-Fahn, American actress.March 15: Terence Trent D'Arby, American singer and songwriter.March 20:
- * Christoph Lauenstein, German producer, director and writer.
- * Wolfgang Lauenstein, German film director, writer and animator.March 21:
- * Matthew Broderick, American actor and singer.
- * Rosie O'Donnell, American comedian, television producer, actress, author, and television personality.March 22 : Gen Fukunaga, Japanese-born American engineer.March 26:
- * Chris Bailey, American animator and director.
- * Keith Diamond, American actor.March 28: Eric Gilliland, American screenwriter and actor,.
April
April 6: Steven Levitan, American director, television producer and writer.April 15: Tom Kane, American retired voice actor.April 17: Bill Kopp, American animator, writer, and actor.April 18: Jeff Dunham, American comedian and actor.April 22: Sultan Pepper, American television writer,.April 26: Debra Wilson, American actress and comedian.April 27: Mike Polcino, American animator, storyboard artist, sheet timer, writer and director.April 28: Stig Bergqvist, Swedish animator, storyboard artist, producer and director.May
May 6: Rob LaZebnik, American screenwriter and producer.May 9: Brendan O'Brien, American voice actor,.May 12: Milton Knight, American cartoonist, animator, character designer, storyboard artist, writer and director.May 14: Danny Huston, American actor, director and screenwriter.May 17: Craig Ferguson, Scottish-American comedian, actor, writer and television host.May 22: Eric Fredrickson, Canadian animator and storyboard artist,.May 26:- * Peter Avanzino, American animator, storyboard artist, writer and director.
- * Bobcat Goldthwait, American actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter.
- * Genie Francis, American actress.May 27: Andrew Overtoom, American animator, storyboard artist, sheet timer, writer and director.May 31: Noriko Hidaka, Japanese actress.
June
June 5: Jeff Garlin, American comedian and actor.June 7: Lance Reddick, American actor,.June 10:- * Harald Siepermann, German comics artist and animator,.
- * Gina Gershon, American actress.
- * Carolyn Hennesy, American actress, writer, and animal advocate.June 11: Toshihiko Seki, Japanese actor.June 12: Kevin Lima, American film director and animator.June 15: Malcolm Danare, American actor.June 21: Paul Cadieux, Canadian producer.June 23:
- * Mark DeCarlo, American actor, television host, comedian, and internet personality.
- * Steve Shelley, American drummer and member of Sonic Youth.
- June 29: Amanda Donohoe, English actress.
July
July 1: Andre Braugher, American actor,.July 2: Doug Benson, American comedian, television host and actor.July 3: Thomas Gibson, American actor and director.July 4: Bill Fulton, American composer.July 6: Carolyn Omine, American television writer and producer.July 13: Tom Kenny, American voice actor and comedian.July 15: Martin Roach, Canadian actor.July 17: Christopher Corey Smith, American actor.July 20: Carlos Alazraqui, American voice actor and comedian.July 21: Ike Eisenmann, American former actor, producer, and sound effects specialist.July 30: Alton Brown, American chef and actor.July 31: Chris Kreski, American writer, biographer and screenwriter,.August
August 4: Roger Clemens, American former professional baseball pitcher.August 6:- * Michelle Yeoh, Malaysian actress.
- * Søren Hyldgaard, Danish film composer,.August 10: Suzanne Collins, American author and television writer.August 11:
- * Rob Minkoff, American filmmaker.
- * Ian Carney, English comic book writer and television writer.August 16: Steve Carell, American actor and comedian.August 18: Noam Kaniel, Israeli musician.August 20:
- * Sophie Aldred, English actress.
- * James Marsters, American actor.August 24: David Koechner, American actor and comedian.August 25: Tommy Blacha, American voice actor, writer, and producer.August 27: Vic Mignogna, American voice actor.August 28: David Zuckerman, American television producer and writer.August 31: Dee Bradley Baker, American actor.
September
September 8: Thomas Kretschmann, German actor. September 9: Kevin Grevioux, American screenwriter and actor.September 11: Kristy McNichol, American former actress.September 15: Scott McNeil, Australian-born Canadian actor.September 19: Cheri Oteri, American actress and comedian.September 24: Nia Vardalos, Canadian actress, director, producer and screenwriter.October
October 1: Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Nigerian-born English actor.October 2: Jeff Bennett, American voice actor.October 11: Joan Cusack, American actress and comedienne.October 13: T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh, American actress.October 14: Charles E. Bastien, Canadian animation director,.October 16: Flea, Australian-American musician, actor and member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.October 17: Mike Judge, Ecuadorian-American animator and actor.October 19: Evander Holyfield, American former professional boxer.October 22: Bob Odenkirk, American actor, comedian and filmmaker.October 26: Cary Elwes, English actor.October 28: Daphne Zuniga, American actress.October 31: Don Asmussen, American cartoonist,.November
November 1:- * Anthony Kiedis, American singer, songwriter, and member of Red Hot Chili Peppers.
- * Brenda Chapman, American animator, storyboard artist, writer and director.
- * Lolita Ritmanis, American composer.November 11: Demi Moore, American actress.November 14:
- * Atsuko Tanaka, Japanese actress,.
- * Harland Williams, Canadian actor, comedian and writer.
- * Satomi Kōrogi, Japanese actress and singer.November 16:
- * Darwyn Cooke, Canadian animator and comics artist,.
- * Jin Yamanoi, Japanese actor.November 19: Jodie Foster, American actress.November 28: Jon Stewart, American comedian, political commentator, and television host.
December
December 4: Julie Lemieux, Canadian actress.December 9:- * Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, American puppeteer, performer, singer, artist and actress.
- * Felicity Huffman, American actress.December 11: Charlie Mackesy, British artist, illustrator, and author.December 13: David A. Goodman, American writer and producer.December 16: Rusty Mills, American animator and director,.December 17: Ari Folman, Israeli film director, screenwriter, animator, and composer.December 18:
- * Maiya Williams, American television writer.
- * James Sie, Chinese-American actor and author.December 19: Jill Talley, American voice actress.December 21: Debbie Bader, American animator.December 22: Ralph Fiennes, English actor.December 23: Peter Ramsey, American film director, producer, and animator.December 31: Julian Stone, English actor, writer and producer.
Specific date unknown
- Bill Marsilii, American screenwriter.
- Fernando Escandon, Mexican-American actor,.
Deaths
February
February 6: Roy Atwell, American actor, comedian, and composer, dies at age 83.February 17: Joseph Kearns, American actor, dies at age 55.February 22: Anson Dyer, English director, screenwriter, animator, and actor,, dies at age 86.February 24: Pete Peterson, American stop motion animator and special effects artist, dies at age 58.April
April 18: Vyacheslav Levandovsky, Ukrainian animator, considered the founder of Ukrainian animation,, dies at age 65.April 21:- * Bob Wickersham, American animator and comics artist, dies at age 50.
- * Bob McCay, American cartoonist, illustrator, comic book colorist and inker,, dies at age 65.April 24: Milt Franklyn, American composer and arranger, dies at age 64.