1970 in animation
Events in 1970 in animation.
Events
April
April 7:- * 42nd Academy Awards: It's Tough to Be a Bird by Ward Kimball wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.
- * The first episode of The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee is broadcast.
September
September 12:- * The first episode of Harlem Globetrotters is broadcast.
- * The first episode of Josie and the Pussycats is broadcast.
October
October 9: Karel Zeman's On the Comet premieres.November
November 7: Chuck Jones, Abe Levitow and Dave Monahan's The Phantom Tollbooth is first released two years after completion due to internal problems with MGM Animation/Visual Arts, which was closed down a month after the release. Norton Juster expressed his intensive disapproval with the adaptation and declaring the film's positive reviews to be "unacceptable".November 9: The first episode of Colargol is broadcast, produced by Albert Barillé.December
December 24: The Walt Disney Company releases The Aristocats, directed by Wolfgang Reitherman.Specific date unknown
- Prescott Wright produces the first International Tournée of Animation.
- Ngô Mạnh Lân releases Tale of Gióng the Saint.
Films released
- January 28 - Aladdin and His Magic Lamp
- February 15 - Uncle Sam Magoo
- March 17:
- * Nobody's Boy
- * Tiger Mask
- March 21:
- * Attack No.1: The Movie
- * Star of the Giants: Big League Ball
- April 7 - The Mad, Mad, Mad Comedians
- June 26 - Shinbone Alley
- July 19:
- * 30,000 Miles Under the Sea
- * Tiger Mask: War Against the League of Masked Wrestlers
- August 1:
- * Attack No.1: Revolution
- * Star of the Giants: The Fateful Showdown
- September 15 - Cleopatra
- November 1 - Tales of Washington Irving
- November 7:
- * The Phantom Tollbooth
- * Santa and the Three Bears
- November 26 - A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- December 14 - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town
- December 19 - Attack No.1: World Championship
- December 23 - Dougal and the Blue Cat
- December 24 – ''The Aristocats''
Television series
Debuts
- March 30 - Itazura Tenshi Chippo-Chan debuts on Fuji TV.
- April 1 - Ashita no Joe debuts on Fuji TV.
- April 3 - Dôbutsu Mura Monogatari debuts in syndication.
- April 5 - Otanoshimi Anime Gekijô debuts on Fuji TV and Studio Zero.
- April 6 - The Adventures of Parsley debuts on BBC One.
- April 7 - The Adventures of Hutch the Honeybee debuts on Fuji TV.
- April 13 - Akaki Chi no Eleven debuts on Nippon TV.
- June 10 - Nihon Tanjô debuts on Nippon TV.
- July 1 - Where's Huddles? debuts on CBS.
- August 1 - Manga Jinbutsushi debuts in syndication.
- September 12:
- * Doctor Dolittle, Groovie Goolies, Harlem Globetrotters, Josie and the Pussycats, and Sabrina and the Groovie Goolies debut on CBS.
- * The Reluctant Dragon and Mr. Toad Show and Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down debut on ABC.
- September 28 - Otoko Do Ahô! Kôshien debuts on Nippon TV.
- October 2 - Kick no Oni debuts on TBS.
- October 3 - Ijiwaru Bā-san debuts in syndication.
- October 4 - Inakappe Taishô debuts in syndication.
- October 5 - Norakuro debuts on Fuji TV.
- October 7 - Warera Salary man Dô debuts on Fuji TV.
- November 1 - Famous Classic Tales debuts on CBS.
- November 2 - Mahō no Mako-chan debuts on TV Asahi.
- November 9 - Colargol debuts on ORTF.
- Specific date unknown - The Tomfoolery Show debuts in syndication.
Births
January
January 11: Malcolm D. Lee, American film producer, screenwriter and director.January 13: Keith Coogan, American actor.January 17:- * Genndy Tartakovsky, Russian-American animator, director and cartoonist.
- * Moneca Stori, Canadian voice actress.January 20:
- * Kerri Kenney-Silver, American actress.
- * Larry Schwarz, American animation producer, entrepreneur, writer and photographer.January 24: Matthew Lillard, American actor.January 31: Minnie Driver, English-American actress and singer.
February
February 3: Anthony Russo, American film director, producer, screenwriter and brother of Joe Russo.February 12: Judd Winick, American cartoonist, comic book writer, television producer and screenwriter.February 14: Simon Pegg, English actor, screenwriter and comedian.February 18: Susan Egan, American actress, singer and dancer.February 20: Vincent Paronnaud, French filmmaker.February 22: Nicole Oliver, Canadian actress.March
March 3: Julie Bowen, American actress.March 10: Erin Bozon, American video game designer and animator.March 13: Tim Story, American filmmaker.March 14: Meredith Salenger, American actress.March 15: Qarie Marshall, American actor.March 18:- * Queen Latifah, American musician and actress.
- * Shane Jacobson, Australian actor.March 20:
- * Michael Rapaport, American actor and comedian.
- * Andrew Kishino, Canadian actor.
- * Linda Larkin, American actress.March 23: Krzysztof Banaszyk, Polish actor,.March 24: Vincent Mason, American musician and member of De La Soul.March 28: Vince Vaughn, American actor.
April
April 1: Brad Meltzer, American author and comic book writer.April 4: Janice Kawaye, American voice actress.April 6: Jen Kamerman, American animator, storyboard artist, background artist, sheet timer and director.April 8: Steve Daye, Canadian animator, storyboard artist, writer and director. April 12: Retta, American actress and comedian. April 20: Shemar Moore, American actor. April 21:- * Nicole Sullivan, American actress and comedian.
- * Rob Riggle, American actor and comedian.April 22: Mireille Soria, American film producer.April 25: Jason Lee, American actor.April 29: Master P, American rapper and record executive.
May
May 1: Dave Willis, American television producer, director, and writer and actor.May 3: Bobby Cannavale, American actor.May 4: Will Arnett, Canadian-American actor and comedian.May 9: Helen Hill, American activist, writer, teacher, film director and animator,.May 11: Nicky Katt, American actor,.May 12: Bill Thyen, American animator, storyboard artist and background artist.May 18: Tina Fey, American actress and comedian.May 25:- * Michael Benyaer, Canadian-American actor.
- * Octavia Spencer, American actress.
- * Satsuki Yukino, Japanese voice actress.May 30: Joseph Daniello, American animator, storyboard artist and director.
June
June 1: Andrea Fay Friedman, American actress,.June 2: B-Real, American rapper and member of Cypress Hill.June 4: Alice Tsay-Park, American background artist.June 7: Dean DeBlois, Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter and animator.June 15: Justin Fletcher, English actor, comedian, singer and television presenter.June 16: Steven Fonti, American animator, storyboard artist and writer.June 17: Will Forte, American actor, comedian, screenwriter and producer.June 22: Richard Yearwood, Canadian actor.June 26:- * Nick Offerman, American actor, writer, and comedian.
- * Sean Hayes, American actor.June 30: Brian Bloom, American actor and screenwriter.
July
July 3: Audra McDonald, American actress.July 7: Andrea Baker, American actress.July 8: Beck, American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer.July 21: Carlos Díaz, Chilean-born Canadian actor.July 23: Kenji Nomura, Japanese actor.July 25: Guilherme Briggs, Brazilian actor.August
August 2: Kevin Smith, American filmmaker, actor, comedian, comic book writer, author, YouTuber, and podcaster.August 4: John August, American screenwriter, director, producer, and novelist.August 7: Dan Vebber, American television writer and producer.August 9: Thomas Lennon, American actor and screenwriter.August 10: Charlie Bean, American filmmaker, animator, storyboard artist, and voice actor.August 16: Anthony Anderson, American actor and comedian.August 17: Mike Gasaway, American animator, director, and producer.August 18: Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor,.August 19: Fat Joe, American rapper.August 21: Marc Evan Jackson, American actor and comedian.August 24: Jonathan Gebhart, American animator and storyboard artist.August 25: Claudia Schiffer, German model and actress.August 26: Melissa McCarthy, American actress.August 27: Cathy Weseluck, Canadian actress.September
September 3: Maria Bamford, American actress.September 7: Tom Everett Scott, American actor.September 8: Rosearik Rikki Simons, American animator, color stylist, writer and voice actor.September 11:- * Taraji P. Henson, American actress and singer.
- * Ted Leo, American musician.September 17:
- * Jimmy Hayward, Canadian film director, screenwriter, and animator.
- * Mark Osborne, American film and television director, writer, producer, and animator.
- * Jim Conroy, American actor and television writer.September 18:
- * Gina Shay, American producer.
- * Aisha Tyler, American actress and television host.September 28:
- * Jo Wyatt, English actress.
- * Bob Persichetti, American filmmaker, animator, and storyboard artist.September 30: Tony Hale, American actor and comedian.
October
October 2: Kelly Ripa, American actress, dancer, talk show host, and television producer.October 5: Cal Wilson, New Zealand comedian and actress,.October 8: Matt Damon, American actor.October 10: Sergey Gordeyev, Russian animator.October 11: Constance Zimmer, American actress.October 12: Cody Cameron, American director, writer, and voice actor.October 18: Mike Mitchell, American voice actor, animator, storyboard artist, writer, producer and director.October 19: Chris Kattan, American actor and comedian.October 28: Greg Eagles, American actor, producer and writer.October 29: Michael Daingerfield, Canadian actor.October 30:- * Tommy Walter, American musician, songwriter and member of Abandoned Pools.
- * Nia Long, American actress.October 31:
- * Nolan North, American actor.
- * Darin McGowan, American animator, storyboard artist, writer and director.
- * Rob Letterman, American film director and screenwriter.
November
November 4: Anthony Ruivivar, American actor.November 6: Ethan Hawke, American actor.November 16: Martha Plimpton, American actress.November 18: Mike Epps, American actor and comedian.November 20: Melissa Disney, American voice actress.November 23: Lisa Vischer, American voice actor and content consultant.November 24: Oded Fehr, Israeli actor.November 29: Jason Frederick, Canadian composer.November 30:- * Johnny Ryan, American alternative comics creator.
- * Walter Emanuel Jones, American actor.
December
December 1:- * Sarah Silverman, American comedian, actress and writer.
- * Dave Cunningham, American animator, storyboard artist, production assistant, writer and director.December 2: Joe Lo Truglio, American actor, comedian, writer and producer.December 5: Walt Dohrn, American director, writer, and voice actor.December 8: Christine Kolosov, American animator, storyboard artist, art director, sheet timer and director.December 17: Sean Patrick Thomas, American actor.December 18: DMX, American rapper and actor,.December 19: Lew Morton, American television writer and producer.December 24: Keith Silverstein, American actor.December 26: Julia Kalantarova, Uzbekistan-born American background artist,.
Specific date unknown
- Jason Constantine, American film executive,.
- Brett Johnson, American former child actor.
- Kevin Manthei, American composer.
- Michele Morgan, American actress.
Deaths
February
February 2: Dave Franklin, American songwriter and pianist, dies at age 74.February 22: Edward Selzer, American film producer and publicist, dies at age 77.April
April 9: Gustaf Tenggren, Swedish-American illustrator and animator, dies at age 73.April 30: Hall Johnson, American composer and choirmaster, dies in an apartment fire at age 82.July
July 7: Charles Tobias, American songwriter, dies at age 71.July 26: Claud Allister, English actor, dies at age 81.August
August 13: Dan Gordon, American comics artist, animator, director and screenwriter, dies from liver cancer at age 68.September
September 29: Edward Everett Horton, American character actor, dies at age 84.October
October 2: Lauro Gazzolo, Italian voice actor, dies at age 69.October 31: Grant Simmons, American animator and director, dies at age 57.December
December 23: Charlie Ruggles, American actor, dies at age 84.December 29: Marie Menken, American film director, painter and animator, dies at age 61.Specific date unknown
- Jack Curtis, American voice actor, dies at age 44.
- Jun'ichi Kōuchi, Japanese animator, and producer considered one of the fathers of anime, dies at age 84.