1966 in animation
Events in 1966 in animation.
Events
January
- January 3: The first episode of Camberwick Green is broadcast.
February
- February 4: Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released. This marks the debut of A.A. Milne's literary character Winnie-the-Pooh as an animated franchise.
April
- April 1: The final episode of Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones is broadcast, making it the longest-running primetime animated TV series until The Simpsons broke its record in 1997.[1]
- April 18: 38th Academy Awards: Chuck Jones' The Dot and the Line wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short.[2]
- April 21: The first episode of Batfink is broadcast.[3]
August
- August 3: The film The Man Called Flintstone is first released, a feature film adaptation of The Flintstones.
September
- September 10:
- The first episode of Laurel and Hardy is broadcast, an animated TV series by Hanna-Barbera based on the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.
- The first episode of Space Ghost, produced by Hanna-Barbera, is broadcast.
- The first episode of The New Adventures of Superman is broadcast.
October
- October 9: The first episode of Rocket Robin Hood is broadcast.
- October 29: The first episode of The Mighty Heroes is broadcast.
December
- December 5: The first episode of Sally the Witch is broadcast.
- December 15: Walt Disney dies while producing The Jungle Book, the last animated feature under his personal supervision.
- December 18: Chuck Jones' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, an animated Christmas TV special, premieres and will become a holiday classic. It is an adaptation of Dr. Seuss' eponymous children's novel .
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- Karel Zeman's The Stolen Airship premieres.
Films released
Television series
Births
January
- January 5: Yuri Amano, Japanese voice actress.
- January 6: Danik Thomas, American film editor (Futurama, Kid Notorious, Curious George, Barnyard, Shrek Forever After, Smurfs: The Lost Village) and production assistant (Universal Cartoon Studios).
- January 14: Dan Schneider, American television producer, screenwriter and actor (creator of The Adventures of Kid Danger).
February
- February 4: Tim Cahill, American producer, writer, animator and cartoonist (creator of My Gym Partner's A Monkey).
- February 8: Lance Kramer, American animator (Tom and Jerry: The Movie, Garfield and Friends, King of the Hill, The Simpsons Movie) and director (The Simpsons, Futurama).
- February 27: Kinji Yoshimoto, Japanese animator, film director (Legend of Lemnear, I Couldn't Become a Hero, So I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job, Unbreakable Machine-Doll, Seven Mortal Sins) and composer, (d. 2021).[4]
March
- March 5: Julie McNally Cahill, American producer, writer, animator and cartoonist (creator of My Gym Partner's A Monkey and wife of Timothy Cahill).
- March 14: Gary Anthony Williams, American actor and comedian (voice of Uncle Ruckus in The Boondocks, Riff Tamson in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Mufasa in The Lion Guard).
- March 22: Gary Janetti, American television writer, producer, and actor (Family Guy).
- March 29: Brian Beacock, American voice actor (voice of Trevor in Globehunters: An Around the World in 80 Days Adventure, Nick Tripp in Gormiti).
- March 31: Steve Pepoon, American television writer and producer (The Simpsons, The PJs, co-created The Wild Thornberrys).
May
- May 1: Charlie Schlatter, American actor (voice of Tadpole in Fish Police, B-bop-A-Luna in Butt-Ugly Martians, Tommy Cadle, Clinton and Old Man Bitters in Pet Alien, Cameron in Bratz, Hawk in A.T.O.M., Ace Bunny in Loonatics Unleashed, Kevin Levin in Ben 10, The Flash in The Batman, Justice League Action and Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, Doctor Mindbender, Wild Bill and Lift-Ticket in G.I. Joe: Renegades, Kick Buttowski in Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil, Sport in Harriet the Spy).
- May 5: Josh Weinstein, American television writer and producer (The Simpsons, Sit Down, Shut Up, Futurama, Strange Hill High, The Awesomes, Brickleberry, Gravity Falls, Danger Mouse, Disenchantment, co-creator of Mission Hill).
- May 20: Mindy Cohn, American actress (voice of Velma Dinkley in the Scooby-Doo franchise, from 2002-2015).
- May 23: H. Jon Benjamin, American actor and comedian (voice of Sterling Archer in Archer, Bob Belcher in Bob's Burgers, Coach McGuirk in Home Movies, Carl in Family Guy).
June
- June 5: Karen Strassman, American voice actress (voice of Kallen Stadtfeld in Code Geass, Momo Hinamori and Soi Fon in Bleach).
- June 16: Phil Vischer, American voice actor, puppeteer, writer, and animator (co-founder of Big Idea Entertainment and creator of VeggieTales, where he also voiced Bob the Tomato)
- June 18: KJ Schrock, American voice actor (WOWNow Entertainment), (d. 2022).[5]
July
- July 8: Mike Nawrocki, American voice actor, writer, animator, director (co-founder of Big Idea Entertainment and creator of VeggieTales, where he also voiced Larry the Cucumber)
- July 9: Pamela Adlon, American-British actress (voice of Bobby Hill in King of the Hill and Ashley Spinelli in Recess).
- July 10:
- Doug TenNapel, American animator (creator of Earthworm Jim, and Catscratch).
- Thomas Szabó, French animator, storyboard artist (Highlander: The Animated Series, Sky Dancers, X-DuckX, Oggy and the Cockroaches), writer and director (Space Goofs, Minuscule).
- July 13: David X. Cohen, American television writer and producer (Beavis and Butt-Head, The Simpsons, Futurama, Disenchantment).
- July 18: Lori Alan, American voice actress.
- July 29: Richard Steven Horvitz, American voice actor (voice of Dagget in The Angry Beavers, Zim in Invader Zim, Billy in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy).
August
- August 1: Daniel Gerson, American screenwriter and voice actor (Monsters, Inc., Chicken Little, Cars, Monsters University, Big Hero 6) (d. 2016).
- August 2: Kate Boutilier, American television writer and producer (Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys, As Told by Ginger, All Grown Up!, The Mr. Men Show, Olivia, Poppy Cat, Space Racers).
- August 23: Alex Johns, American production coordinator (The Ren & Stimpy Show) and producer (Futurama, Olive, the Other Reindeer, The Ant Bully), (d. 2010).[6]
September
- September 19: Craig Shemin, American television writer (Dog City, The Jim Henson Company, Courage the Cowardly Dog, The 7D, Dora and Friends: Into the City!, Clifford the Big Red Dog).
- September 28: Maria Canals-Barrera, American actress (voice of Shayera Hol/Hawkgirl in Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, Sunset Boulevardez in The Proud Family and The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, Paulina in Danny Phantom).
October
- October 11: Luke Perry, American actor (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode Krusty Gets Kancelled, an episode of Johnny Bravo the Family Guy episode The Story on Page One, Napoleon Brie in Biker Mice from Mars, Sub-Zero in Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm, Rick Jones in The Incredible Hulk, Stewart Waldinger in Pepper Ann), (d. 2019).[7][8]
- October 18: Sarah Dyer, American comic book writer and television writer (Space Ghost Coast to Coast, Superman: The Animated Series, Batman Beyond, FUNimation dub of Shin Chan, Ben 10).
- October 31: Adam Horovitz, American rapper, guitarist, actor and member of the Beastie Boys (voiced himself in the Futurama episode Hell Is Other Robots).
November
- November 15: Tony Cervone, American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, and voice actor (Warner Bros. Animation).
- November 22: Michael K. Williams, American actor, dancer, model and choreographer (voice of Unnamed Citizen in the Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode Allen Part Two, Lucius in High School USA!, Satan and Nigerian Dude in Lucas Bros. Moving Co., Smokey Greenwood in F Is for Family), (d. 2021).[9][10][11]
- November 23: Jerome Ranft, American animator, sculptor and voice actor (Pixar).
December
- December 4: Carey Means, American voice actor (voice of Frylock in Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Thundercleese in The Brak Show).
- December 21: Kiefer Sutherland, British-Canadian actor (voice of Hans/The Nutcracker in The Nutcracker Prince, Ross Sylibus in Armitage III: Poly-Matrix, Bron in The Land Before Time X: The Great Longneck Migration, Samson The Lion in The Wild, Raistlin Majere in Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight, General Warren R. Monger in Monsters vs. Aliens, Jack Bauer in The Simpsons).
- December 24: Diedrich Bader, American actor and comedian (voice of Batman in Batman: The Brave and the Bold and Harley Quinn, Hoss Delgado in The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy).
- December 31: Maddie Taylor, American voice actress, storyboard artist and comedian (voice of George W. Bush in the South Park episode "Mystery of the Urinal Deuce", Verminious Flytrap in T.U.F.F. Puppy, Sparky in The Fairly OddParents, Dana Dufresne in The Loud House).
Deaths
March
- March 25: Colin Campbell, Scottish actor (voice of Mr. Mole in The Wind in the Willows segment in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad), dies at age 83.
April
- April 28: Jesse Marsh, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Company), dies at age 58.[12]
June
- June 19: Ed Wynn, American actor (voice of the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland), dies at age 79.
July
- July 3: Deems Taylor, American composer (master of ceremonies in Fantasia), dies at age 80.
- July 16: Leslie Elton, American animator and comics artist (worked for J.R. Bray), dies at age 72.[13]
- July 23: Donald Novis, English-born American actor and tenor (voice of Singing Dog in Toyland Broadcast, sang "Love is a Song" and "Looking for Romance" from Bambi, and "Peace on Earth" from Lady and the Tramp), dies at age 60.
- July 28: Judd Conlon, American vocal arranger and conductor (Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan), dies at age 56.
August
- August 7: Charles Thorson, Canadian political cartoonist, character designer (Snow White, Bugs Bunny), children's book author and illustrator, dies at age 75.
December
- December 14: Verna Felton, American voice actress (voice of Mrs. Jumbo and Elephant Matriarch in Dumbo, the Fairy Godmother in Cinderella, the Queen of Hearts in Alice in Wonderland, Aunt Sarah in Lady and the Tramp, Flora and Queen Leah in Sleeping Beauty, Pearl Slaghoople in The Flintstones, Winifred the Elephant in The Jungle Book), dies at age 76.
- December 15: Walt Disney, American animation producer (The Walt Disney Company) and voice actor (co-creator and voice of Mickey Mouse), dies from lung cancer at age 65.[14]
- December 23: Volney White, American animator and director (Romer Grey Pictures, Warner Bros. Cartoons), dies at age 59.
- December 28: Clarence Wheeler, American composer (wrote music for Walter Lantz's and George Pal's cartoons, as well as Crusader Rabbit and Gumby), dies at age 81.
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See also
External links
- Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb
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