1967 in animation
Events in 1967 in animation.
Events
January
January 20: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon Cat and Dupli-cat premieres.January 21: Robert McKimson's Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon Daffy's Diner premieres, this was the final Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies short to be produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises & the final Speedy and Daffy short to be directed by McKimson.February
February 24: Abe Levitow's Tom and Jerry cartoon O-Solar-Meow premieres, produced by Chuck Jones.March
March 8: Rankin/Bass Productions releases Mad Monster Party?.March 10: Abe Levitow's Tom and Jerry cartoon Guided Mouse-ille premieres, produced by Chuck Jones.April
April 2: The first episode of Osamu Tezuka's Princess Knight airs.April 7: Abe Levitow's Tom and Jerry cartoon Rock 'n' Rodent premieres, produced by Chuck Jones.April 10: 39th Academy Awards: A Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass Double Feature by John Hubley and Faith Hubley wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.April 14: Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoon Cannery Rodent premieres.April 21: Abe Levitow's Tom and Jerry cartoon The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R. premieres, produced by Chuck Jones.April 28: Karel Zeman's The Stolen Airship premieres.April 29: The Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon Quacker Tracker premieres, it was one of the 3 Speedy & Daffy shorts to be directed by Rudy Larriva & produced by Format Films.May
May 5: Abe Levitow's Tom and Jerry cartoon Surf-Bored Cat premieres, produced by Chuck Jones.May 27: The Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon The Music Mice-Tro premieres, it was one of the 3 Speedy & Daffy shorts to be directed by Rudy Larriva & produced by Format Films.June
June 12: The Peanuts TV special You're in Love, Charlie Brown premieres on CBS. This special marks the animated debut of Peppermint Patty.June 23: The Tom and Jerry cartoon, Shutter Bugged Cat, premieres. The short feature footage from William Hanna & Joseph Barbera's following Tom and Jerry cartoons: Part Time Pal, The Yankee Doodle Mouse, Nit-Witty Kitty, Johann Mouse, Heavenly Puss, & Designs on Jerry.June 24: The Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon The Spy Swatter premieres, it was the final Speedy & Daffy short to be directed by Rudy Larriva & produced by Format Films.July
July 29: The Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon Speedy Ghost to Town premieres, it was the first Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies short to be directed by Alex Lovy & produced by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation.August
August 25: Ben Washam's Tom and Jerry cartoon Advance and Be Mechanized premieres.September
September 8: The final Tom and Jerry theatrical short, Purr-Chance to Dream, premieres.September 9:- * The first episode of George of the Jungle airs, along with the segment Super Chicken.
- * The first episode of Spider-Man airs.
- September 23: Alex Lovy's Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon Rodent to Stardom premieres, produced by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation. September 29: The first episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons airs.September 30: Alex Lovy's Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon Go Away Stowaway premieres, produced by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation.
October
October 18: Walt Disney's 19th full-length animated feature The Jungle Book, the last animated film personally supervised by Disney, is first released and becomes an enormous box-office and critical success. On a double bill with the film is the much less well-known film Charlie the Lonesome Cougar.December
December 2: The film The Wacky World of Mother Goose, produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, premieres.December 6: The first episode of Théâtre de Monsieur & Madame Kabal airs.December 9: Alex Lovy's Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck cartoon Fiesta Fiasco premieres, produced by Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation This short was made to celebrate Daffy's 30th anniversary.December 20: Belvision releases the first Astérix movie, Asterix the Gaul which is directed by Ray Goossens.December 26: The first episode of the British children's TV show Do Not Adjust Your Set airs, which is the first time audiences can watch Terry Gilliam's cut-and-paste animated sequences.December 31: Chuck Jones' The Bear That Wasn't produced by MGM Animation/Visual Arts, is released.Specific date unknown
- The first episode of Professor Balthazar airs.
Films released
- January 21 - A Story of Hong Gil-dong
- February 15 - Band of Ninja
- February 26 - Jack and the Beanstalk
- March 8 - Mad Monster Party?
- March 19:
- * Cyborg 009: Monster Wars
- * Jack and the Witch
- April 28 - The Stolen Airship
- July 21 - The Madcap Island
- July 30 - Heungbu and Nolbu
- August 15 - Hopi and Chadol Bawi
- September 27 - The Wacky World of Mother Goose
- October 18 - The Jungle Book
- December 6 - Mr. and Mrs. Kabal's Theatre
- December 18 - Cricket on the Hearth
- December 20 - Asterix the Gaul
- Specific date unknown - ''The Halas & Batchelor Ruddigore''
Television series
- January 1 - Araa, Gudzulla Da To debuts on Fuji TV.
- January 3 - Trumpton debuts on BBC1.
- January 7 - Gokū no Daibōken debuts on Fuji TV.
- January 29 - Subarashii Sekai Ryoho: Alaska No Tabi: Daigo Hyogaki debuts on Fuji TV.
- March 15 - Johnny Cypher in Dimension Zero debuts in syndication.
- April 1:
- * Kaminari-Bôya Pikkari-Bî debuts on TV Asahi.
- * Ogon Bat debuts on Yomiuri TV and Nippon TV.
- April 2:
- * Mach Go Go Go debuts on Fuji TV.
- * Princess Knight debuts on Fuji TV.
- April 4:
- * 001/7 Oyayubi Tom debuts on TV Asahi.
- * Bôken Gaboten-Jima debuts on TBS.
- April 5 - Sekai no Osha King Kong Daikai debuts on TV Asahi.
- May 15 - Professor Balthazar debuts on HRT 2.
- July 3 - Pyun Pyun Maru debuts on TV Asahi.
- August 7 - The Adventures of Hijitus debuts on Canal 13.
- September 7 - Donkikko debuts on TBS.
- September 8 - Off To See The Wizard debuts on ABC.
- September 9:
- * Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Super Chicken, Tom Slick, George of the Jungle, and Journey to the Center of the Earth debut on ABC.
- * Aquaman, Shazzan, The Herculoids, The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure, and Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor debut on CBS.
- * Birdman and the Galaxy Trio, Spy Shadow, Super President, and Samson & Goliath debut on NBC.
- * The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show debuts in syndication.
- September 18 - Bôken Shônen Shadar debuts on TV Asahi.
- September 29 - Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons debuts on ITV.
- October 2 - Chibikko Kaiju Yadamon debuts on Fuji TV.
- October 4 - Skyers 5 debuts on TBS.
- October 7 - Oraa Guzura Dado debuts on Fuji TV.
- Specific date unknown - Reksio debuts on Telewizja Polska.
Births
January
January 1: John Requa, American screenwriter.January 2: Tia Carrere, American voice actress, and singer.January 7: Irrfan Khan, Indian actor,.January 8: R. Kelly, American singer, songwriter, record producer and convicted sex offender.January 9: Steve Harwell, American singer and member of Smash Mouth,.January 15: Brandon Kruse, American animator, storyboard artist, writer and director.January 23: Steve Box, English animator and director.January 24: Phil LaMarr, American voice actor and comedian.January 26: Rachel Pulido, American television writer.January 30: Chris Loudon, American animator, sheet timer and director.February
February 2: Doc Hammer, American voice actor, musician, writer and artist.February 5: Chris Parnell, American actor and comedian.February 8: Suzie Templeton, British animator.February 10:- * Vince Gilligan, American television writer, producer, and actor.
- * Armand Serrano, Filipino animator.February 11: Fabrice Josso, French actor and voice actor.February 13:
- * Carolyn Lawrence, American voice actress, comedienne and sister of Mr. Lawrence.
- * Arik Marshall, American musician, author and member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.February 20: David Herman, American actor and comedian.February 23: Eric Kaplan, American television producer and writer.
March
March 1: George Eads, American actor.March 9: Neil Kaplan, American voice actor.March 15:- * Naoko Takeuchi, Japanese manga artist.
- * Pierre Coffin, French animator, film director, producer, and voice actor.
- March 16: Lauren Graham, American actress.March 17: Billy Corgan, American musician and member of The Smashing Pumpkins.March 18: Taiten Kusunoki, Japanese actor.March 19: Vinny Montello, American television writer.March 20: Frederick Gardner, American animator and background designer.March 22: Henry Madden, American animator, storyboard artist, sheet timer, writer, director and producer.March 29: Randy Myers, American animator, storyboard artist, sheet timer, writer, producer and director.March 30: Megumi Hayashibara, Japanese voice actress, singer, lyricist and radio personality.
April
April 4: Lisa Hammer, American filmmaker, actress, composer and singer.April 5: Tasia Valenza, American voice actress.April 6:- * Kathleen Barr, Canadian voice actress.
- * Kelli Rabke, American musician and former actress.April 14: Brian Sheesley, American animator, storyboard artist, sheet timer, writer, producer and director.April 20: Lara Jill Miller, American voice actress.April 21: Denise Blakely Fuller, American background artist and matte painter,.April 22: Sherri Shepherd, American actress.April 24: Sergey Seryogin, Russian animation director and writer,.April 28:
- * Melissa Fahn, American actress.
- * Kari Wuhrer, American actress.
May
May 4: Ana Gasteyer, American actress.May 12: Brent Forrester, American television writer and producer.May 15:- * Ron Pardo, Canadian actor.
- * Brigitte Bako, Canadian actress.May 16: Jon Schnepp, American animator and television director,.May 23: Philip Selway, English musician, drummer and member of Radiohead.May 24: James Baxter, English animator.
June
June 6: Max Casella, American actor.June 8: Ian Boothby, Canadian comic book and television writer.June 15: Fred Tatasciore, American voice actor.June 20: Nicole Kidman, American actress and producer.June 27: Samantha Newark, English-American musician, singer and actress.July
July 1: Pamela Anderson, Canadian-American actress and model.July 16:- * Will Ferrell, American actor and comedian.
- * Jonathan Adams, American actor.July 18: Vin Diesel, American actor and producer.July 19: Peter Bennett, American art director,.July 22: Irene Bedard, American voice actress.July 23: Philip Seymour Hoffman, American actor, director and producer,.July 28: Tom Pope, American animator, visual effects artist and sheet timer.July 31: Tony Bancroft, American animator, artist and director.
August
August 8: Lee Unkrich, American film director, editor, screenwriter and animator.August 16: Mark McCorkle, American recording assistant, television writer and producer.August 18: Brian Michael Bendis, American comic book and television writer.August 19: Louie del Carmen, American animator, storyboard artist, character designer, illustrator, writer and director.August 22:- * Ty Burrell, American actor and comedian.
- * Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, English actor.
- August 25: Tom Hollander, British actor.August 26: Michelle St. John, Canadian actress.
September
September 6: Macy Gray, American singer and actress.September 11: Harry Connick Jr., American singer and songwriter.September 12:- * Rob Renzetti, American animator and director.
- * Louis C.K., American comedian and actor.September 21: Tim Biskup, American background artist, character designer and art director.September 22:
- * Parry Gripp, American musician, composer, singer and songwriter.
- * Michelle Ruff, American voice actress.September 25: Audrey Wasilewski, American voice actress.September 29: Christian McLaughlin, American author, television producer and writer.September 30: Paul Boyd, American-Canadian animator,.
October
October 2: Lew Temple, American actor.October 5: Chris Moeller, American animator, storyboard artist, director and producer,.October 10: Michael Giacchino, American composer.October 12: Steve Ressel, American comic book artist, animator, storyboard artist, sheet timer, producer and director.October 16: Taiki Matsuno, Japanese actor,.October 17: Venus Terzo, Canadian actress.October 18:- * Alexander Williams, English animator, designer and cartoonist.
- * Eric Stuart, American voice actor and musician.October 22: Carlos Mencia, Honduran-American actor, comedian and writer.October 24: Neal Boushell, American television writer.October 28: Julia Roberts, American actress.October 29:
- * Rufus Sewell, British actor.
- * Joely Fisher, American actress.October 31: Adam Schlesinger, American musician, songwriter, composer and record producer,.
November
November 1: Kara Vallow, American animation producer.November 2: Akira Ishida, Japanese actor and voice actor.November 3: Mike Bell, American actor and writer.November 7: Dave Cooper, Canadian cartoonist oil painter and animator.November 10: Michael Jai White, American actor.November 13:- * Jimmy Kimmel, American television host, actor, comedian, and producer.
- * Steve Zahn, American actor.
December
December 1: Néstor Carbonell, American actor.December 6:- * Judd Apatow, American actor, comedian, director, producer and screenwriter.
- * Sparky Marcus, American former voice actor.December 8: Kotono Mitsuishi, Japanese actress, singer and narrator.December 11: Peter Kelamis, Australian-Canadian actor, comedian and impressionist.December 12: Pat Shortt, Irish actor, comedian, writer and entertainer.December 13: Jamie Foxx, American actor, comedian, and musician.
Specific date unknown
- Howy Parkins, American animator and director.
- Jamie Kezlarian Bolio, American marketer and animator,.
- Jane O'Brien, American television producer and writer.
- Jim Pirri, American actor.
- Jim Short, Australian-born American comedian,.
- Michael Ouweleen, American television executive and screenwriter.
- Adam Somner, American producer and assistant director,.