1974 in animation
Events in 1974 in animation.
Events
January
January 6: The first episode of Nippon Animation Heidi, Girl of the Alps is broadcast.January 31: The first episode of Vicky the Viking is broadcast.February
February 1: The Peanuts television special It's a Mystery, Charlie Brown premieres on CBS.February 12: The first episode of Bagpuss is broadcast.April
April 2: 46th Academy Awards: Frank Film by Frank Mouris wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.April 9: The Peanuts holiday television special It's the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown premieres on CBS.May
May 9–24: 1974 Cannes Film Festival:- * Peter Foldes' Hunger wins the Special Jury Prize.
- * The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat, a sequel to Ralph Bakshi's Fritz the Cat, becomes the first animated film to be entered at the Cannes Film Festival, but wins no awards. The film is later officially released on 26 June, but flops. Only later will it gain a cult following.
June
June 15: Cesare Perfetto's Around the World with Peynet's Lovers is first released.July
July 8: Charles Swenson's X-rated animated film Down and Dirty Duck premieres, featuring the voices of rock singers Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan. The film was refused to be advertised for its excessive sexual content, LGBT stereotypes, and pornographic imagery.September
September 7: The first episode of Hong Kong Phooey, produced by Hanna-Barbera, is broadcast.September 26: The film Dunderklumpen! is first released.October
October 6: The first episode of Space Battleship Yamato is broadcast. October 16: The first episode of Chapi Chapo is broadcast. October 21: The first episode of Roobarb is broadcast.November
November 1: Karel Zeman's Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor premieres.Specific date unknown
- Mad Magazine makes a television special, directed by Chris Ishii, where several of their comics series appear in animated form. The special never airs, due to television regulations. Edgy programs were banned by the restrictions of the television code at the time.
Films released
- January 15 - The Gentlemen of Titipu
- March 6 - Cyrano
- March 16 - Yaemon, the Locomotive
- March 29 - Robinson Crusoe
- May 15 - The Magical Mystery Trip Through Little Red's Head
- June 15 - Around the World with Peynet's Lovers
- June 26 - The Nine Lives of Fritz the Cat
- July 8 - Down and Dirty Duck
- July 10 - Oliver Twist
- July 20 - Jack and the Beanstalk
- July 25 - Mazinger Z vs. The Great General of Darkness
- August 15 - The Three Musketeers
- September 26 - Dunderklumpen!
- October 9 - Prince Piwi
- November 1 - Adventures of Sinbad the Sailor
- December 10 - ''The Year Without a Santa Claus''
Television series
- January 6 - Heidi, Girl of the Alps debuts on Fuji TV
- January 31 - Vicky the Viking debuts on ORF, ZDF, and Fuji Television
- February 12 - Bagpuss debuts on BBC2.
- April 1:
- * Chargeman Ken! debuts on TBS.
- * Hoshi no Ko Poron debuts on Hokkaido Cultural Broadcasting.
- * Jûdô Sanka debuts in syndication.
- * Majokko Megu-chan debuts on NET.
- April 2 - Dame Oyaji debuts on Tokyo Channel 12.
- April 4:
- * Getter Robo debuts on Fuji TV.
- * Konchû Monogatari Shin Minashigo Hutch debuts on NET.
- April 5:
- * Gan to Gon debuts on SBS.
- * Hoshi no Ko Chobin debuts on TBS.
- September 7:
- * Devlin, Hong Kong Phooey, The New Adventures of Gilligan, and These Are the Days debut on ABC.
- * Partridge Family 2200 A.D., U.S. of Archie, and Valley of the Dinosaurs debut on CBS.
- * Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch debuts on NBC.
- September 8 - Great Mazinger debuts on Fuji TV.
- October 4:
- * Hariken Polymar debuts on NET.
- * Jim Botan debuts in syndication.
- October 5 - Hajime Ningen Gyatôruzu debuts on Asahi Hôsô.
- October 6:
- * Space Battleship Yamato debuts on NNN/NNS.
- * Tentô Mushi No Uta debuts on Fuji TV.
- October 13 - Barbapapa debuts in syndication.
- October 16 - Chapi Chapo debuts on R(T)F Television.
- October 21 - Roobarb debuts on BBC1.
- Specific date unknown - Mio Mao debuts on Programma Nazionale and Channel 5.
Births
January
January 1: Chris Butler, English animator, storyboard artist, writer, and director.January 10: Jemaine Clement, New Zealand actor, comedian, musician and filmmaker.January 14: Kevin Durand, Canadian actor.January 18: Maulik Pancholy, American actor and author.January 20: Ron Brewer, American animator, storyboard artist, art director and director.January 21: Maxwell Atoms, American animator, screenwriter, actor, storyboard artist, director and producer.January 24:- * Ed Helms, American actor, comedian, singer, writer and producer.
- * Erik Wiese, American animator, character designer, storyboard artist, writer, director and producer.January 28: Ty Olsson, Canadian actor.January 29: Kōji Wada, Japanese singer,.January 30:
- * Olivia Colman, English actress.
- * Christian Bale, English actor.
February
February 1: Takashi Onozuka, Japanese voice actor.February 5: Ciro Nieli, American animator, storyboard artist, director and producer.February 8: Seth Green, American actor, producer, writer and director.February 10: Elizabeth Banks, American actress and producer.February 12: Chris Butler, English animator, writer and director.February 16: Mahershala Ali, American actor.February 17: Jerry O'Connell, American actor.February 18: Nicole St. John, American voice actress and talent agent.March
March 3: David Faustino, American actor.March 5: Matt Lucas, English actor and comedian.March 8: Brandon Vietti, American animator, director and producer.March 9: Noriaki Sugiyama, Japanese voice actor and narrator. March 12: Kathleen Fleming, American producer,.March 18: Cosmo Segurson, American animator, storyboard artist, background artist, animatic editor, writer, director and producer.March 21: Rhys Darby, New Zealand actor and comedian.March 23: Randall Park, American actor and filmmaker.March 24: Alyson Hannigan, American actress. March 26: Natasha Leggero, American actress and comedian.April
April 1: Andrey Sokolov, Russian animator and storyboard artist,.April 11: Tricia Helfer, Canadian actress.April 18: Edgar Wright, English filmmaker.April 21:- * John Hasler, English actor.
- * Kevin Hageman, American screenwriter and producer.April 24: Jennifer Paz, Filipino-American actress.April 28:
- * Penélope Cruz, Spanish actress.
- * Eric Vale, American voice actor.
May
May 2: Matt Berry, British actor.May 6: Matthew Yang King, American actor.May 7: Breckin Meyer, American actor, writer, and producer.May 17: Sendhil Ramamurthy, American actor.May 21: Fairuza Balk, American actress.May 22: Sean Gunn, American actor.May 23: Ken Jennings, American game show contestant, host and author.May 29: Aaron McGruder, American writer, cartoonist and producer.June
June 1: Henry Jackman, English composer.June 5:- * Lino DiSalvo, American animator, director, writer, and actor.
- * Chad Allen, American psychologist and former actor.
- * Allison Keith, American voice actress.June 7: Dave Filoni, American animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, voice actor, producer and director.June 12:
- * Jared Bush, American screenwriter, producer, and director.
- * Jason Mewes, American actor, comedian, producer, and podcaster.June 16: Joseph May, English actor.June 17: Matthew Senreich, American television writer, producer, director and voice actor.June 19: Bumper Robinson, American actor.June 22: Donald Faison, American actor and comedian.June 25: Brian J. Kaufman, American production supervisor and television producer.
July
July 3: Clayton Morrow, American animator, character designer, storyboard artist, writer, producer and director.July 4: Mick Wingert, American voice actor.July 7: Xandy Sussan, American television writer.July 12: Rodney Clouden, American animator, character designer, storyboard artist, director and producer.July 18: Michael Dante DiMartino, American animator, producer, writer and director.July 25: Lauren Faust, American animator, storyboard artist, writer, director and producer.July 28: Banksy, English street artist, political activist and film director.July 29:- * Gail Simone, American writer.
- * Josh Radnor, American actor.
August
August 2: Angie Cepeda, Colombian actress.August 14: Christopher Gorham, American actor.August 16: Edwin E. Aguilar, Salvadoran-American animator and storyboard artist,.August 20: Amy Adams, American actress.August 24: Jennifer Lien, American actress.September
September 1: Jhonen Vasquez, American animator, cartoonist, character designer, writer and producer.September 4:- * James Monroe Iglehart, American actor and singer.
- * Nona Gaye, American actress and singer.September 18: Shadi Petosky, American animator, writer and producer.September 19: Edi Patterson, American actress and writer.
- September 19: Jimmy Fallon, American stand-up comedian, television host, actor, writer, producer, singer, and musician.
October
October 6:- * Jeremy Sisto, American actor, producer, and writer.
- * Shannon O'Connor, American animator, storyboard artist and character designer.October 7: Alexander Polinsky, American actor.October 10: Dale Earnhardt Jr., American semi-retired professional stock car racing driver, team owner, author and analyst.October 21: Justin Brinsfield, American production assistant and recording engineer.October 23: Andy Suriano, American character designer, storyboard artist, prop designer, art director, writer, director and producer.October 24: John Burgmeier, American voice actor.October 27: Amber Tornquist Hollinger, American animator, storyboard artist and director.October 28: Joaquin Phoenix, American actor.
November
November 7: Carl Steven, American former child actor,.November 8: Matthew Rhys, Welsh actor.November 9: Joe C., American rapper and musician,.November 15: James Wootton, Canadian animator, storyboard artist and director.November 16: Kelsey Mann, American animator, cartoonist, storyboard artist, writer, director and producer November 24: Stephen Merchant, English actor, comedian, director, presenter and writer.November 25: Kenneth Mitchell, Canadian actor,.November 28: James C. Mathis III, American actor.December
December 15: P. J. Byrne, American actor.December 17:- * Paul Briggs, American animator, storyboard artist and actor.
- * Sarah Paulson, American actress.
- * Giovanni Ribisi, American actor.December 20: Rachel Ramras, American actress, comedian, television producer and writer.December 21: Scott D. Greenberg, American television producer.December 29: Asheru, American hip hop artist, educator and youth activist.December 30: Fred Gonzales, American animator and storyboard artist.
Specific date unknown
- Derek Kirk Kim, Korean-American animator, artist, writer and director.
- Henry Jackman, English composer.
- Yacine Elghorri, French comic book artist, illustrator, animator, storyboard artist, character designer and prop designer.
- Laurie Israel, American television writer.
- Doug Sweetland, American animator and filmmaker.
- Lisa Ortiz, American voice actress and voice director.
- Shadi Petosky, American television producer and writer.
Deaths
January
January 14: Paul Whitsun-Jones, Welsh actor, dies at age 50.January 15: Sam Slyfield, American sound engineer, dies at age 75.January 28: Courtland Hector Hoppin, American animator and photographer, dies at age 67.February
February 4: Stuart Buchanan, American voice actor, casting director, radio and television producer, and educator, dies at age 79.March
March 5: Billy De Wolfe, American actor, dies at age 67.March 8: Martha Wentworth, American actress, dies at age 84.April
April 14: Sylvia Holland, English concept artist, illustrator and storyboard artist, dies at age 73.April 30: Agnes Moorehead, American actress, dies at age 73.June
June 27: Cliff Friend, American songwriter and pianist, dies at age 80.July
July 19: Joe Flynn, American actor, dies at age 49.July 20: Allen Jenkins, American actor, dies at age 74.July 22: Alain Saint-Ogan, French comics writer, artist and animator, dies at age 78.July 26: Gene Byrnes, American cartoonist, dies at age 85.August
August 24: Alexander de Seversky, Russian-American aviation pioneer, inventor, and influential advocate of strategic air power, dies at age 80.September
September 9: Manuel Urda Marín, Spanish comics artist and animator, dies at age 86.September 14: Barbara Jo Allen, American actress, dies at age 68.October
October 7: Vladimir Degtyaryov, Russian film director and animator, dies at age 58.December
December 2: Cal Dalton, American film director and animator, dies at age 65.December 26: Jack Benny, American actor, comedian, vaudevillian, and violinist, dies at age 80.External sources
- Watts, Steven. The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American way of Life. Columbia, Missouri: University of Missouri Press, 2001..