1965 in animation
Events in 1965 in animation.
Events
January
January 16: Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt's cartoon It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the House premieres, it is the first cartoon to have Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck paired up together. Sylvester & Granny both appear in the beginning of the short.January 20: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life premieres.January 27: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon Tom-ic Energy premieres.January 30: Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt's Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester cartoon Cats and Bruises premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.February
February 10: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon Bad Day at Cat Rock premieres.February 27: Friz Freleng and Hawley Pratt's cartoon The Wild Chase; starring Speedy Gonzales, Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote, & the Road Runner, premieres. Was produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.March
March 3: Jim Pabian & Maurice Noble's Tom and Jerry cartoon The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off premieres, was also produced by Chuck Jones.March 20: The anime film Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon, by Masao Kuroda and Sanae Yamamoto, premieres.March 24: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon Haunted Mouse premieres.March 27: Robert McKimson's Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon Moby Duck premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.April
April 3: David Detiege's The Man from Button Willow premieres.April 5: 37th Academy Awards:- * Mary Poppins wins the Academy Award for Best Actress, Academy Award for Best Original Score, the Academy Award for Best Original Song, the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, and the Academy Award for Best Special Visual Effects.
- * Friz Freleng, Hawley Pratt and David DePatie's The Pink Phink wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.
- April 7: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon I'm Just Wild About Jerry premieres.
- April 24: Robert McKimson's Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon Assault and Peppered premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.
May
May 19: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon Of Feline Bondage premieres.May 22: Robert McKimson's Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon Well Worn Daffy premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.June
June 6: The first episode of Osamu Tezuka's The Amazing 3 airs.June 9: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon The Year of the Mouse premieres. The plot is similar to Jones' 1949 Looney Tunes short Mouse Wreckers.June 18: Robert McKimson's Daffy Duck cartoon Suppressed Duck premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. This is the final Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies short where Daffy has a solo role, as he would be paired with other characters '.June 23': Rankin/Bass Productions releases Willy McBean and his Magic Machine''.July
July 24: The Merrie Melodies short Corn on the Cop, starring Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, & Granny, premieres. This was Porky & Granny's final appearances in the Golden age of American animation.July 31: The Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoon Rushing Roulette premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. It was the first of the two Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner shorts to be directed by Robert McKimson.August
August 21: The Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoon Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. It was the first Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner short to be directed by Rudy Larriva.August 28: Robert McKimson's Daffy Duck and Goofy Gophers cartoon Tease for Two premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises. This was the Goofy Gophers' final appearance in the Golden age of American animation.September
September 9: The first episode of Hanna-Barbera's The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show airs.September 11: The first episode of Roger Ramjet airs.September 18: Rudy Larriva's Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoon Tired and Feathered premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.September 25: The Beatles, based on the popular British band the Beatles, debuts on ABC.September 30: The first episode of Thunderbirds airs.October
October 1:- * The Flintstones episode "The Return of Stony Curtis" is first broadcast, guest starring Tony Curtis as Stony Curtis.
- * Bruno Bozzetto's West and Soda premieres.October 6: The first episode of Kimba the White Lion, based on Osamu Tezuka's manga series, airs.October 9:
- * Rudy Larriva's Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoon Boulder Wham! premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.
- * The first episode of Milton the Monster airs.October 22: The Flintstones episode Samantha is first broadcast, guest starring Elizabeth Montgomery and Dick York playing their characters from Bewitched.October 23:
- * Robert McKimson's Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon Chili Corn Corny premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.
- * The Underdog episode "The Flying Sorcerers, Part 3" airs, which marks one of the known episodes where Sweet Polly Purebred gets abused.
- October 30: Rudy Larriva's Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Just Plane Beep premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.
November
November 13: Rudy Larriva's Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Hairied and Hurried premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.November 20: Robert McKimson's Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon Go Go Amigo premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.December
December 9: A Charlie Brown Christmas, the first Peanuts animated special, airs on CBS. This Christmas special will become a legendary holiday classic.December 11: Rudy Larriva's Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Highway Runnery premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.December 22: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon The ''Cat's Me-Ouch! premieres.December 25: Rudy Larriva's Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Chaser on the Rocks premieres, produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.December 31: Chuck Jones' The Dot and the Line'' produced by MGM Animation/Visual Arts, is released.Specific date unknown
- Belvision releases the film Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs, directed by Eddy Ryssack, based on Peyo's The Smurfs. The picture is an anthology film of five earlier Smurfs shorts.
- The first episode of Pojďte pane, budeme si hrát, aka Hey Mister, Let's Play! airs.
- Arthur Lipsett's A Trip Down Memory Lane premieres.
- Gene Deitch's Nudnik debuts in the animated short Here's Nudnik.
Films released
- January 1 - Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Dai Saru Taiji
- January 3 - Treasure Island Revisited
- March 20:
- * Gulliver's Travels Beyond the Moon
- * Shounen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Ma Boroshi Majutsu-dan
- April 3 - The Man from Button Willow
- June 23 - Willy McBean and His Magic Machine
- October 1 - West and Soda
- November 23:
- * Donald Duck Goes West
- December 22 - Pinocchio in Outer Space
- Specific date unknown:
- * Les Aventures des Schtroumpfs
- * ''The Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show''
Television series
- January 7 - Super Jetter Mirai Kawa Kita Shonen debuts on TV Tokyo.
- February 1 - Uchû Patrol Hoppa debuts on NET.
- April 2 - Perman debuts on TBS.
- April 4 - Dolphin Ôji debuts on Fuji TV.
- April 8 - Uchûjin Pipi debuts on NHK.
- May 4 - Uchû Shônen Soran debuts on Fuji TV.
- May 8 - Space Ace debuts on Fuji TV.
- June 3 - Prince Planet debuts on FNS.
- June 6 - The Amazing 3 debuts on Fuji TV.
- July 29 - The Pogles debuts on BBC.
- August 23 - The Astronut Show debuts on CBS.
- August 29 - Obake no Q-tarō debuts on TBS.
- September 9 - The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show debuts on NBC.
- September 11 - Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt debuts in syndication.
- September 25 - The Beatles debuts on ABC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and ITV.
- October - The New 3 Stooges debuts in syndication.
- October 2 - Atom Ant, Precious Pupp, Secret Squirrel, Squiddly Diddly, The Hillbilly Bears, and Winsome Witch debut on NBC.
- October 6 - Kimba the White Lion debuts on Fuji TV.
- October 9 - Milton the Monster debuts on ABC.
- October 23 - Roger Ramjet debuts in syndication.
- November 1 - Hustle Punch debuts on TV Asahi.
- December 14 - Tatakae! Osper debuts on NTV.
- Specific date unknown:
- * Captain Fathom, DoDo, The Kid from Outer Space, and JOT (TV series) debut in syndication.
Births
January
January 7: John Ondrasik, American singer-songwriter and pianist.January 10: Butch Hartman, American animator, storyboard artist, writer, director and producer.January 11: Seiji Sasaki, Japanese actor. January 12: Rob Zombie, American musician, songwriter, filmmaker and actor.January 13: Paul Greenberg, Canadian-American voice actor and screenwriter.- January 18: Dan Russell, English voice actor.January 22: Diane Lane, American actress.January 24: Carlos Saldanha, Brazilian animator, director, producer, and voice actor.January 27: Alan Cumming, Scottish actor.January 31: Dylan Beach, American former child actor,.
February
February 7: Chris Rock, American comedian, actor, and filmmaker.February 9: Keith Wickham, English actor.February 12: David J. Steinberg, American actor,.February 21: Emily Michels, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer and prop designer.February 23: Vincent Chalvon-Demersay, French producer.March
March 8: Satoru Akahori, Japanese screenwriter.March 9: Mike Pollock, American voice actor and radio personality.March 11:- * Wallace Langham, American actor.
- * Andy Sturmer, American musician and composer.March 16: Masaaki Yuasa, Japanese director, screenwriter, and animator; co-founder of Science Saru.March 18:
- * Yul Vazquez, Cuban-American actor and musician.
- * Joe Suggs, American animator, storyboard artist and writer.March 19: Jeff Pidgeon, American animator, character designer, storyboard artist, screenwriter and voice actor.March 23: Richard Grieco, American actor.March 24:
- * Mark Calaway, American pro wrestler.
- * Peter Jacobson, American actor.
- * Elisabetta Spinelli, Italian voice actress.March 27: Eric Horsted, American television writer.March 30: Juliet Landau, American actress.March 31: Steven T. Seagle, American comic book writer, producer, and voice actor.
April
April 12: Konstantin Bronzit, Russian director and animator.April 16:- * Jon Cryer, American actor.
- * Sean Maher, American actor.April 20:
- * Evan Dorkin, American comic book artist, cartoonist and television writer.
- * Magnus Carlsson, Swedish illustrator, cartoonist, director and animator.April 26: Kevin James, American actor, comedian and screenwriter.April 30: Adrian Pasdar, American actor.
May
May 8:- * Monique Beatty, American television producer.
- * Glen Wuthrich, American animator and background artist.May 10: Kiyoyuki Yanada, Japanese voice actor and animation director,.May 16: Christopher Ayres, American actor and ADR director,.May 18: Teddy Castellucci, American film composer.May 19: Maile Flanagan, American actress and comedian.May 20: Dan Yaccarino, American author, illustrator and producer.May 23:
- * Kappei Yamaguchi, Japanese actor.
- * Marcello Magni, Italian actor,.May 24:
- * John C. Reilly, American actor.
- * Shinichiro Watanabe, Japanese animation director.May 27: Zenobia Shroff, Indian–American actress and comedienne.May 28: Alon Abutbul, Israeli actor,.May 30: Iginio Straffi, Italian animator.May 31: Brooke Shields, American actress and model.
June
June 5: Tyler Bates, American musician, producer and composer.June 6: Megumi Ogata, Japanese actress, voice actress, and singer.June 7: Mick Foley, American former professional wrestler. June 8:- * Kevin Farley, American actor, comedian, writer, producer and director.
- * Frank Grillo, American actor.June 19:
- * Greg Tiernan, Canadian-Irish animator and film and television director.
- * Sean Marshall, American former actor and singer.June 26: Bobs Gannaway, American screenwriter, producer and director.June 28: Sonny Strait, American actor.June 30: Brian Medavoy, American producer.
July
July 8: Nick Jennings, American animator, background artist, art director, writer, director and producer.July 14: Juli Hashiguchi, American animator, storyboard artist, sheet timer and director.July 19: Robert Smith, Canadian actor,.July 22: Patrick Labyorteaux, American actor.July 23: Allison Abbate, American film producer and animator.July 24: Kadeem Hardison, American actor.July 26: Jeremy Piven, American actor.July 30: Greg Kibler, American telecine colorist.August
August 6: Yuki Kajiura, Japanese composer.August 7: Jon Jon Briones, Filipino-American actor.August 10- * Claudia Christian, American actress, singer and author.
- * Kulvinder Ghir, British actor and comedian.August 11: Viola Davis, American actress.August 18: Ikue Ōtani, Japanese voice actress and singer.August 19: Kyra Sedgwick, American actress.August 20: Tom Yasumi, Japanese-born American animator, character designer, background artist, sheet timer and director.August 21: Sean Gallimore, American animator,.August 26: Nancy Kruse, American animator, writer and director.August 28: Satoshi Tajiri, Japanese video game designer and director.August 29: Seán Cullen, Canadian actor and comedian.August 30: Benoît di Sabatino, French animation producer.
September
September 7: Hiroki Takahashi, Japanese actor.September 9: Constance Marie, American actress.September 13: Jeff Ross, American comedian and actor.September 14: Shawn Patterson, American songwriter and composer.September 17: Kyle Chandler, American actor.September 21: David Wenham, Australian actor.September 28: Scott Fellows, American television writer and producer.October
October 7: Andy Luckey, American animator, artist, author, designer, director, illustrator and television producer.October 8: C. J. Ramone, American musician and member of the Ramones.October 11: Frank Fritz, American antique picker and reality television host,.October 13: Bill Odenkirk, American television writer and producer.October 14: Steve Coogan, English actor and comedian.October 18: Ralph Eggleston, American animator, storyboard artist, art director, production designer, writer and film director,.October 22: Alejandro Fried, Uruguayan-Argentine animator and comic artist,.October 30: Dominique Jennings, American actress.October 31: Rob Rackstraw, English actor.November
November 7: Mike Henry, American actor.November 10: Sean Hughes, British-born Irish comedian, writer and actor.,.November 12: Lex Lang, American actor.November 20: Mike Diamond, American musician and member of the Beastie Boys.November 21: Magnus Fiennes, English songwriter, record producer and composer.November 22:- * Sam Fell, British animator, director, screenwriter, and voice actor.
- * Sen Dog, Cuban-American rapper, musician and member of Cypress Hill.November 24:
- * Brian K. Roberts, American television director, writer and editor.
- * Run Wrake, British animator and film director,.
- * Shirley Henderson, Scottish actress.November 26: Scott Adsit, American actor.November 30: Ben Stiller, American actor and comedian.
December
December 3:- * Andrew Stanton, American animator, storyboard artist, film director, screenwriter, producer and voice actor.
- * Steve Harris, American actor.December 4: Veronica Taylor, American voice actress.December 5:
- * John Rzeznik, American musician and member of the Goo Goo Dolls.
- * Tsutomu Mizushima, Japanese animator and sound director.December 7: Jeffrey Wright, American actor.December 10: Stephanie Morgenstern, Canadian actress, filmmaker, and screenwriter.December 16: J. B. Smoove, American actor and comedian.December 17: Jessica Gee-George, American actress.December 21: Andy Dick, American actor and comedian.December 22: Jonathan Joss, American actor,.December 23: Martin Kratt, American zoologist and television producer.December 25:
- * Susie Dietter, American animator, storyboard artist and director.
- * Anna Dewdney, American author and illustrator,.
Specific date unknown
- Bob Anderson, American director.
- Jim Reardon, American animator, storyboard artist, writer and director.
- Chip Wass, American animator, graphic designer and illustrator.
- Isabelle de Catalogne, French television writer.
- Gianluigi Toccafondo, Italian animator.
- Pamela Ross, American production manager and producer,.
- Patty Mattson, voice actress.
- Jerry Richardson, American animator, storyboard artist, background artist, prop designer and art director,.
- Edgar Larrazábal, American animator, storyboard artist, sheet timer and director.
- James Flynn, Irish producer,.