Born on this day – Chuck Jones:

Chuck Jones

Animator

Director

Painter

September 21, 1912 – February 22, 2002

Credits:

8 Ball Bunny (1950); 63rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (1994); 90 Day Wondering (1956); 90 Minutes Live (1977); 1941 (1979); A Bear for Punishment (1951); A Cartoonist's Nightmare (1935); A Chosen Cricket (1975); A Christmas Carol (1971); A Conversation with Legendary Animator Chuck Jones (1999); A Cricket in the City (1973); A Day at the Beach (1992); A Feather in His Hare (1948); A Hitch in Time (1955); A Hound for Trouble (1951); A Lecture on Camouflage (1944); A Pest in the House (1947); A Scent of the Matterhorn (1961); A Sheep in the Deep (1962); A Very Merry Cricket (1973); Actorpus (2018); Advance and Be Mechanized (1967); Adventures of the Road-Runner (1962); Ah, Sweet Mouse-Story of Life (1965); A-Haunting We Will Go (1966); Ain't We Got Fun (1937); Alan King: Inside the Comedy Mind (1993); Ali Baba Bunny (1957); Alvin and the Chipmunks: A Chipmunk Christmas (1981); An Awfully Big Adventure (1998); Angel Puss (1944); Another Froggy Evening (1995); Arena (1985); Awful Orphan (1949); B.C. - The Shadow (1970); Baby Buggy Bunny (1954); Baby Looney Tunes (2005); Bachelor in Paradise (1961); Bad Day at Cat Rock (1965); Barbary-Coast Bunny (1956); Baton Bunny (1959); Beanstalk Bunny (1955); Bear Feat (1949); Bedtime for Sniffles (1940); Beep Prepared (1961); Beep, Beep (1952); Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery (2004); Behind the Tunes: A Hunting We Will Go - Chuck Jones' Wabbit Season Twilogy (2005); Behind the Tunes: Animal Quackers (2003); Behind the Tunes: Blanc Expressions (2003); Behind the Tunes: Bugs - A Rabbit for All Seasonings (2003); Behind the Tunes: Crash! Bang! Boom! - The Wild Sounds of Treg Brown (2004); Behind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimson (2007); Behind the Tunes: Fine Tooning - Restoring the Warner Bros. Cartoons (2005); Behind the Tunes: Forever Befuddled (2003); Behind the Tunes: Hard Luck Duck (2003); Behind the Tunes: It Hopped One Night - A Look at 'One Froggy Evening' (2004); Behind the Tunes: Leon Schlesinger - The Merrie Cartoon Mogul (2012); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes - A Cast of Thousands (2006); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood (2004); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War! (2005); Behind the Tunes: Porky Pig Roast - A Tribute to the World's Most Famous Ham (2003); Behind the Tunes: The Art of the Gag (2006); Behind the Tunes: The Charm of Stink - On the Scent of Pepe le Pew (2005); Behind the Tunes: Tish Tash - The Animated World of Frank Tashlin (2005); Behind the Tunes: Too Fast, Too Furry-ous (2003); Behind the Tunes: Twilight in Tunes - The Music of Raymond Scott (2006); Behind the Tunes: Wagnerian Wabbit - The Making of 'What's Opera, Doc?' (2004); Behind the Tunes: Wild Lines - The Art of Voice Acting (2006); Bewitched Bunny (1954); Bird of Steel! (2026); Boyhood Daze (1957); Broom-Stick Bunny (1956); Buddy of the Legion (1935); Buddy the Detective (1934); Buddy the Gob (1934); Buddy the Woodsman (1934); Buddy's Bearcats (1934); Buddy's Beer Garden (1933); Buddy's Bug Hunt (1935); Buddy's Circus (1934); Buddy's Day Out (1933); Buddy's Pony Express (1935); Buddy's Show Boat (1933); Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons (1989); Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (1976); Bugs' Bonnets (1956); Bugs Bunny & Taz: Time Busters (2000); Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (1944); Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout (1990); Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court (1978); Bugs Bunny in Space (1977); Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975); Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time (1999); Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982); Bugs Bunny's 80th What's Up, Doc-umentary! (2020); Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over (1980); Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (1977); Bugs Bunny's Holiday Diet (1979); Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special (1977); Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979); Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes (1991); Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television (1982); Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster (1991); Bugs Bunny's Silly Seals (1997); Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports (1989); Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988); Bully for Bugs (1953); Bunny Hugged (1951); Camera Three (1975); Cannery Rodent (1967); Cartoon Alley (2004–2005); Case of the Missing Hare (1942); Cat and Dupli-cat (1967); Cat Feud (1958); Catty-Cornered (1966); Caveman Inki (1950); Chariots of Fur (1994); Cheese Chasers (1951); Chow Hound (1951); Chuck Amuck: The Movie (1991); Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood (2009); Cineposium (1965–1972); Claws for Alarm (1954); Coming!! Snafu (1943); Compressed Hare (1961); Conrad the Sailor (1942); Country Boy (1935); Curiosity Shop (1971); Daffy Dilly (1948); Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939); Daffy Duck for President (2004); Daffy Duck in Hollywood (1994); Daffy Duck: The Marvin Missions (1993); Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983); Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988); Daffy Duck's Thanks-for-Giving Special (1980); Daffy's Rhapsody (2012); Day of the Tentacle (1993); Deduce, You Say (1956); Della (1970); Desert Demolition Starring Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote (1995); Desert Speedtrap Starring Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote (1994); Doctor Dolittle (1970); Dog Gone Modern (1939); Dog Gone South (1950); Dog Tales (1958); Dog Tired (1942); Don't Give Up the Sheep (1953); Don't Look Now (1936); Dope Sheet (1997); Double or Mutton (1955); Dr. Seuss Playhouse Video (1989); Drafty, Isn't It? (1957); Drip-Along Daffy (1951); Duck Amuck (1953); Duck Amuck Reanimate Jam (2020); Duck Dodgers (2003); Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century (1980); Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953); Duck Dodgers Starring Daffy Duck (2000); Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953); Ducktators (1997); Duel Personality (1966); Duel Personality (1966); E! Animation (1994); Elmer's Candid Camera (1940); Elmer's Pet Rabbit (1941); Fair and Worm-er (1946); Fast and Furry-ous (1949); Fastest with the Mostest (1960); Father of the Bird (1997); Feed the Kitty (1952); Feline Frame-Up (1954); Fifty Years of Bugs Bunny in 3 1/2 Minutes (1989); Filet Meow (1966); Fin'n Catty (1943); Flop Goes the Weasel (1943); For Scent-imental Reasons (1949); Forward March Hare (1953); Four Rooms (1995); Fox Pop (1942); Freeze Frame (1979); Fresh Airedale (1945); Frigid Hare (1949); From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (1953); From Hand to Mouse (1944); From Hare to Eternity (1997); Galactic Taz Ball (2010); Gas (1944); Gateways to the Mind (1958); Gay Purr-ee (1962); Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z (1956); Get Rich Quick Porky (1937); Ghost Wanted (1940); Go Fly a Kit (1957); Goin' to Heaven on a Mule (1934); Going Home (1944); Going! Going! Gosh! (1952); Gold Diggers of '49 (1935); Good Night Elmer (1940); Great Drives (1996); Great Performances (2000); Gremlins (1984); Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990); Guided Mouse-Ille (1967); Guided Muscle (1955); Hair-Raising Hare (1946); Happy Birthday, Bugs!: 50 Looney Years (1990); Hare Conditioned (1945); Hare Tonic (1945); Hare-Abian Nights (1959); Hare-Breadth Hurry (1963); Haredevil Hare (1948); Hare's to Bugs! A Bugs Bunny Celebration (2024); Hare-Way to the Stars (1958); Haunted Mouse (1965); Having a Wonderful Time with Angels in Dirty Places (1938); Heaven Scent (1956); Hell-Bent for Election (1944); High Note (1960); Hip Hip-Hurry! (1958); His Hare Raising Tale (1951); Hold the Lion, Please (1942); Hollywood Capers (1935); Homage & Remake in Fan Films (2024); Homeless Hare (1950); Honeymoon Hotel (1934); Hook, Line and Stinker (1958); Hopalong Casualty (1960); Hopalong Casualty (1960); Horton Hears a Who! (1970); Hot-Rod and Reel! (1959); House Hunting Mice (1947); How Bugs Bunny Won the West (1978); How Do I Know It's Sunday (1934); How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966); How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Special Edition (1994); Hush My Mouse (1946); I Haven't Got a Hat (1935); I Love to Singa (1936); I Only Have Eyes for You (1937); I Was a Teenage Thumb (1963); I'd Love to Take Orders from You (1936); I'm Just Wild About Jerry (1965); In the Aleutians (1945); Injun Trouble (1938); Inki and the Lion (1941); Inki and the Minah Bird (1943); Inki at the Circus (1947); Innerspace (1987); Intergalactic Who's Who: The Vegetation of Zig 5 (2009); Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003); Is There a Doctor in the Mouse? (1964); It's Murder She Says... (1945); I've Got to Sing a Torch Song (1933); Jeepers Creepers Theater (1964); Jerry, Jerry, Quite Contrary (1966); Jerry-Go-Round (1966); Joe Glow, the Firefly (1941); Jumpin' Jupiter (1955); King-Size Comedy: Tex Avery and the Looney Tunes Revolution (2012); Kiss Me Cat (1953); Knight-Mare Hare (1955); Lancelot Link: Secret Chimp (1970); Land of Milk and Honey (2009); L'antre du Mea (2017); Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993); Les Chroniques du Mea (2017); ickety-Splat (1961); Little Beau Pepé (1952); Little Brother Rat (1939); Little Dutch Plate (1935); Little Go Beep (2000); Little Orphan Airedale (1947); Long-Haired Hare (1949); Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986); Looney Tunes B-Ball (1995); Looney Tunes Cartoons (2023); Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 (1958); Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3 (1963); Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 (1966); Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 (1964); Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 6 (1968); Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2 (2012); Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 (2014); Looney Tunes Presents Marvin the Martian: Space Tunes (2021); Looney Tunes Racing (2000); Looney Tunes: Acme Arsenal (2007); Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003); Looney Tunes: Cartoon Conductor (2008); Looney Tunes: Duck Amuck (2007); Looney Tunes: Space Race (2000); Looney Tunes: Wacky World of Sports (2024); Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem (2018); Loons: The Fight for Fame (2002); Los 10 magníficos (2008); Lost and Foundling (1944); Louvre Come Back to Me! (1962); Love Me, Love My Mouse (1966); Lumber Jack-Rabbit (1953); Mad as a Mars Hare (1963); Man: The Polluter (1973); Mark Twain (2001); Martian Through Georgia (1962); Marvin the Martian & K9: 50 Years on Earth (1998); Marvin the Martian: Space Tunes (1998); Matinee Mouse (1966); Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices (2008); Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends (1990); Mexican Cat Dance (1963); Mighty Hunters (1940); Milk and Money (1936); Miss Peach (1970); Miss Peach II (1970); Mississippi Hare (1949); Mouse Wreckers (1948); Mouse-Warming (1952); Mowgli's Brothers (1976); Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name (1935); Mrs. Doubtfire (1993); Much Ado About Mousing (1964); Much Ado About Nutting (1953); Mucho Locos (1966); MultiVersus (2024); My Bunny Lies Over the Sea (1948); My Favorite Duck (1942); My Little Duckaroo (1954); Naughty But Mice (1939); Nelly's Folly (1961); New Looney Tunes (2020); No Barking (1954); No Buddy Atoll (1945); Now Hear This (1962); Now Hear This (1962); Odor-Able Kitty (1945); Of Feline Bondage (1965); Off to See the Wizard (1967); Often an Orphan (1949); Old Glory (1939); Omnibus (1980–2001); One Froggy Evening (1955); Operation: Rabbit (1952); Orange Blossoms for Violet (1952); O-Solar-Meow (1967); Outpost (1944); Page Miss Glory (1936); Past Perfumance (1955); Pent-House Mouse (1963); Pepe Le Pew's Skunk Tales (1986); Peter and the Wolf (1995); Pettin' in the Park (1934); Picador Porky (1937); Plane Dippy (1936); Point Rationing of Foods (1943); Pop Goes Your Heart (1934); Porky & Daffy (1938); Porky and Gabby (1937); Porky Pig's Haunted Holiday (1995); Porky the Rain-Maker (1936); Porky the Wrestler (1937); Porky's Ant (1941); Porky's Badtime Story (1937); Porky's Cafe (1942); Porky's Duck Hunt (1937); Porky's Five & Ten (1938); Porky's Garden (1937); Porky's Hero Agency (1937); Porky's Hero Agency (1937); Porky's Midnight Matinee (1941); Porky's Party (1938); Porky's Poppa (1938); Porky's Prize Pony (1941); Porky's Super Service (1937); Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny (1980); Pre-Hysterical Hare (1958); Prest-O Change-O (1939); Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike (1944); Pullet Surprise (1997); Punch Trunk (1953); Purr-Chance to Dream (1967); Puss 'N' Boats (1966); Quality Time (1993); Quentin Quail (1946); Rabbit Fire (1951); Rabbit Hood (1949); Rabbit of Seville (1950); Rabbit Punch (1948); Rabbit Rampage (1955); Rabbit Romeo (1957); Rabbit Seasoning (1952); Rabbit's Feat (1960); Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977); Raggedy Ann and Andy in the Great Santa Claus Caper (1978); Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy in the Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile (1979); Rapido (1987); Ready, Woolen and Able (1960); Ready.. Set.. Zoom! (1955); Rhapsody in Rivets (1941); Rhythm in the Bow (1934); Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975); RIP 2002 (2002); Road Runner (1985); Road Runner's Death Valley Rally (1992); Roadrunner a Go-Go (1965); Robin Hood Daffy (1958); Robin Hood Makes Good (1939); Robin Hoodlum (1948); Rock 'n' Rodent (1967); Rocket Squad (1956); Rocket-bye Baby (1956); Roger Rabbit and the Secrets of Toon Town (1988); Roughly Squeaking (1946); Rover's Rival (1937); Så er der tegnefilm (2013); Saddle Silly (1941); Sahara Hare (1955); Scaredy Cat (1948); Scent-imental Over You (1947); Scent-imental Romeo (1951); Scooby-Doo! & Looney Tunes Cartoon Universe: Adventure (2012); Scrambled Aches (1957); Secrets of the Caribbean (1945); Sesame Street (1980–1985); Shake Your Powder Puff (1934); Sheep Ahoy (1954); Sheep Raider (2001); Shutter Bugged Cat (1967); Sittin' on a Backyard Fence (1933); Sleeping Beauty (1959); Sniffles and the Bookworm (1939); Sniffles Bells the Cat (1941); Sniffles Takes a Trip (1940); Snow Time for Comedy (1941); Snowbody Loves Me (1964); Snowman's Land (1939); So Much for So Little (1949); Soup or Sonic (1980); Space Jam (1996); Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021); Space Jam: A New Legacy: The Game (2021); Spaced Out Bunny (1980); Spies (1943); Stage Fright (1940); Stars of Space Jam: Bugs Bunny (1996); Stars of Space Jam: Daffy Duck (1996); Stars of Space Jam: Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote (1996); Stars of Space Jam: Sylvester & Tweety (1996); Stay Tuned (1992); Steal Wool (1957); Stop! Look! And Hasten! (1954); Superior Duck (1996); Super-Rabbit (1943); Surf-Bored Cat (1967); Sylvester and Tweety in Cagey Capers (1993); Talking Film (1981); Taz (1983); Taz Express (2000); Taz in Escape from Mars (1994); Taz Wanted (2002); Taz-Mania (1995); Ted's Typewriter (1939); Telescope (1969); Terrier-Stricken (1952); Tex Avery, the King of Cartoons (1988); hat's All Folks! Tales from Termite Terrace (2014); That's Warner Bros.! (1995); The 1st 13th Annual Fancy Anvil Awards Show Program Special: Live in Stereo (2002); The 38th Annual Academy Awards (1966); The 45th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (1971); The 68th Annual Academy Awards (1996); The 74th Annual Academy Awards (2002); The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1961); The Aristo-Cat (1943); The Arrogant (1987); The A-Tom-inable Snowman (1966); The Bear That Wasn't (1967); The Bear That Wasn't (1967); The Bee-Deviled Bruin (1949); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); The Bird Came C.O.D. (1942); The Blow Out (1936); The Brave Little Bat (1941); The Brothers Carry-Mouse-Off (1965); The Bugs Bunny / Road-Runner Movie (1979); The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1986–2000); The Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle (1989); The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special (1980); The Bugs Bunny Show (1960); The Bugs Bunny Show (1960–1972); The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour (1985–1986); The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Hour (1968–1985); The Bugs Bunny / Road-Runner Movie (1979); The Bugs n' Daffy Show (1996–1999); The Cartoon Film (1969); The Cat Above and the Mouse Below (1964); The Cat in the Hat (1971); The Cats Bah (1954); The Cat's Me-Ouch (1965); The Chuck Jones Show (2001–2002); The Country Mouse (1935); The Curious Puppy (1939); The Daffy Duck Show (1978); The Dating Game (1991); The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie (2024); The Dick Cavett Show (1979); The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965); The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall (1942); The Dover Boys Re-Animated (2018); The Draft Horse (1942); The Ducksters (1950); The Eager Beaver (1946); The Egg Collector (1940); The Electric Company (1973–1977); The Girl at the Ironing Board (1934); The Good Egg (1939 / 1945); The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story (1999); The Hasty Hare (1952); The Hypo-Chondri-Cat (1950); The Iceman Ducketh (1964); The Infantry Blues (1943); The Interviews: An Oral History of Television (1998); The Johnny Carson Show (1956); The Lady in Red (1935); The Little Lion Hunter (1939); The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame (1991); The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2013); The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981); The Magical World of Chuck Jones (1992); The Merry Old Soul (1935); The Miller's Daughter (1934); The Motionless Man (2016); The Mouse from H.U.N.G.E.R. (1967); The Mouse on 57th Street (1961); The Music Lesson (1932); The Night Watchman (1938); The Office Boy (1932); The Phantom Tollbooth (1970); The Pogo Special Birthday Special (1969); The Porky Pig Show (1964–1965); The Road Runner Show (1966); The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1997); The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950); The Shortest Day (2003); The Soup Song (1931); The Squawkin' Hawk (1942); The Thief and the Cobbler (1993); The Unbearable Bear (1943); The Unshrinkable Jerry Mouse (1964); The Village Smithy (1936); The Vision Awards (1999); The Weakly Reporter (1944); The Wearing of the Grin (1951); The White Seal (1975); The Wild Chase (1965); The Wizard of Id (1970); The World of Apes with Bugs Bunny (1997); The World of Bears with Bugs Bunny (1997); The World of Elephants with Bugs Bunny (1997); The World of Lions with Bugs Bunny (1997); The Year of the Mouse (1965); There They Go-Go-Go! (1956); This Is Your Life (1984); Thish (2024); Those Beautiful Dames (1934); Those Were Wonderful Days (1934); Timber Wolf (2001); Timeless Toons Remastered Classics: Looney Tunes, Popeye & Superman - 4 Hours (2023); Tiny Toon Adventures (1989–1992); To Beep or Not to Beep (1963); To Duck... or Not to Duck (1943); To Hare Is Human (1956); To Itch His Own (1958); To Tell the Truth (1980); Tom and Jerry Classic Collection Volume 6 (1967); om and Jerry the Chuck Jones Collection (1967); Tom and Jerry... and Chuck (2009); Tom and Jerry's Magical Misadventures (2013); Tom Thumb in Trouble (1940); Tom Turk and Daffy (1944); Tom-ic Energy (1965); Tomorrow Coast to Coast (1975); ToonHeads (1992–2003); Touché and Go (1957); Toy Trouble (1941); Transylvania 6-5000 (1963); Trap Happy Porky (1945); Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000); Two Scent's Worth (1955); Two's a Crowd (1950); Uncensored Cartoons (1982); Uncle Tom's Bungalow (1937); Vaudeville (1976); Viva Buddy (1934); Wackiki Wabbit (1943); Walt: The Man Behind the Myth (2001); War and Pieces (1964); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures (1985); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Daffy Duck: The Nuttiness Continues... (1985); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Elmer Fudd's Comedy Capers (1985); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Pepe Le Pew's Skunk Tales (1985); Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection - Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote: The Classic Chase (1985); Water, Water Every Hare (1952); What Price Porky (1938); What's Brewin', Bruin? (1948); What's Opera, Doc? (1957); What's Up Doc? A Salute to Bugs Bunny (1990); When's Your Birthday? (1937); Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988); Who Scent You? (1960); Whoa, Be-Gone! (1958); Who's Who in the Zoo (1942); Why Do I Dream Those Dreams (1934); Wild About Hurry (1959); Wild Over You (1953); Wogan (1988); Woolen Under Where (1963); You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940); You Were Never Duckier (1948); Zip 'N Snort (1961); Zip Zip Hooray! (1965); Zipping Along (1953); Zoom and Bored (1957); Zoom at the Top (1962).

Born on this day – Norm Ferguson:

Norm Ferguson

Animator

September 2, 1902 – November 4, 1957

Credits:

A Trip Through the Walt Disney Studios (1937); Alice in Wonderland (1951); Alpine Climbers (1936); Aquarela do Brasil (1942); Arctic Antics (1930); Babes in the Woods (1932); Bambi (1942); Beach Picnic (1939); Birds in the Spring (1933); Birds of a Feather (1931); Blue Rhythm (1931); Bone Trouble (1940); Bugs in Love (1932); Cannibal Capers (1930); Celebrating Walt Disney's 'Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs': The One That Started It All (1990); Cinderella (1950); Clown of the Jungle (1947); Cold Turkey (1951); Donald and Pluto (1936); Donald in Mathmagic Land (1959); Don's Fountain of Youth (1953); DTV Valentine (1986); DTV: Golden Oldies (1984); DTV: Pop & Rock (1984); DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues (1984); Dumbo (1941); El Gaucho Goofy (1943); Fantasia (1940); Fantasia / Segment: Dance of the Hours (1940); Father Noah's Ark (1933); Fishin' Around (1931); Flowers and Trees (1932); Frolicking Fish (1930); Gulliver Mickey (1934); Horses, Horses, Horses (1927); How Walt Disney Cartoons Are Made (1939); Just Dogs (1932); Kill or Cure (1928); King Neptune (1932); Lifestyles of the Rich and Animated (1991); Mickey Cuts Up (1931); Mickey Mouse Disco (1980); Mickey's Elephant (1936); Mickey's Good Deed (1932); Mickey's Grand Opera (1936); Mickey's Nightmare (1932); Mickey's Orphans (1931); Mickey's Pal Pluto (1933); Mickey's Polo Team (1936); Mickey's Steam Roller (1934); Midnight in a Toy Shop (1930); Monkey Melodies (1930); Moose Hunters (1937); Mother Goose Melodies (1931); Mother Pluto (1936); Night (1930); Officer Duck (1939); Old King Cole (1933); On Ice (1935); Orphan's Benefit (1934); Pedro (1943); Peter Pan (1953); Pinocchio (1940 / 2022); Playful Pan (1930); Playful Pluto (1934); Pluto and the Armadillo (1943); Pluto at the Zoo (1942); Plutopia (1951); Pluto's Judgement Day (1935); Pluto's Party (1952); Pluto's Playmate (1941); Pluto's Quin-puplets (1937); Popeye's Premiere (1949); Puppy Love (1933); Puppy Love / Moving Day (1936); Puppy Love / The Worm Turns (1937); R'coon Dawg (1951); Saludos Amigos / South of the Border with Disney (1942); Santa's Workshop (1932); School Days (1926); Shanghaied (1934); Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937); Social Lion (1954); Society Dog Show (1939); Summer (1930); T-Bone for Two (1942); The Army Mascot (1942); The Barnyard Broadcast (1931); The Big Bad Wolf (1934); The Cactus Kid (1930); The Chain Gang (1930); The Fire Fighter (1926); The Fire Fighters (1930); The Fox Hunt (1938); The Golden Touch (1935); The Gorilla Mystery (1931); The Karnival Kid / Mickey's Choo-Choo (1929); The Klondike Kid (1932); The Mad Dog (1932); The Magical World of Disney (1956); The Moose Hunt (1931); The Pet Store (1933); The Pointer (1939); The Practical Pig (1939); The Reluctant Dragon (1941); The Simple Things (1953); The Sleep Walker (1942); The Three Caballeros (1944); The Thrifty Pig (1941); The Whoopee Party (1932); Three Little Pigs (1933); Three Little Wolves (1936); To Itch His Own (1958); Trader Mickey (1932); Traffic Troubles (1931); Walt & El Grupo (2008); White Elephant (1929); Who Killed Cock Robin? (1935); Winter (1930); Ye Olden Days (1933).

Born on this day – Hugh Harman:

Hugh Harman

Animator

August 31, 1903 – November 25, 1982

Credits:

A Great Big Bunch of You (1932); A Horse Tale (1928); A Message for Women (1945); A Rainy Day with the Bear Family (1940); Africa Before Dark (1928); Ain't Nature Grand! (1930); Aladdin's Vamp (1926); Alias St. Nick (1935); Alice and the Dog Catcher (1924); Alice and the Three Bears (1924); Alice at the Carnival (1927); Alice at the Rodeo (1927); Alice Cans the Cannibals (1925); Alice Charms the Fish (1926); Alice Chops the Suey (1925); Alice Cuts the Ice (1926); Alice Foils the Pirates (1927); Alice Gets in Dutch (1924); Alice Gets Stung (1925); Alice Helps the Romance (1926); Alice Hunting in Africa (1924); Alice in Slumberland (1926); Alice in the Alps (1927); Alice in the Big League (1927); Alice in the Jungle (1925); Alice in the Klondike (1927); Alice in the Wooly West (1926); Alice in Wonderland (1933); Alice Is Stage Struck (1925); Alice Loses Out (1925); Alice on the Farm (1926); Alice Picks the Champ (1925); Alice Plays Cupid (1925); Alice Rattled by Rats (1925); Alice Solves the Puzzle (1925); Alice the Collegiate (1927); Alice the Fire Fighter (1926); Alice the Golf Bug (1927); Alice the Lumberjack (1926); Alice the Peacemaker (1924); Alice the Piper (1924); Alice the Toreador (1925); Alice the Whaler (1927); Alice Wins the Derby (1925); Alice's Auto Race (1927); Alice's Balloon Race (1926); Alice's Brown Derby (1926); Alice's Channel Swim (1927); Alice's Circus Daze (1927); Alice's Day at Sea (1924); Alice's Egg Plant (1925); Alice's Fishy Story (1924); Alice's Knaughty Knight (1927); Alice's Little Parade (1926); Alice's Medicine Show (1927); Alice's Monkey Business (1926); Alice's Mysterious Mystery (1926); Alice's Picnic (1927); Alice's Spanish Guitar (1926); Alice's Spooky Adventure (1924); Alice's Three Bad Eggs (1927); Alice's Tin Pony (1925); Alice's Wild West Show (1924); Alice's Wonderland (1923); All Wet (1927); Art Gallery (1939); Barnyard Babies (1935); Behind the Tunes: Drawn to Life - The Art of Robert McKimson (2007); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes - A Cast of Thousands / Sing-a-Song of Looney Tunes (2006); Big Man from the North (1930); Bottles (1936); Box Car Blues (1930); Bright Lights (1928); Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988); Bull-Oney (1928); Bye, Bye Bluebeard (1949); Cartoon Alley (2005); Cinderella (1922); Circus Daze (1937); Cleaning Mess Gear (1945); Congo Jazz (1930); Convict Concerto (1954); Cubby's World Flight (1933); Down the Drain (1947); Drinking Water (1945); Easy Does It (1946); Empty Socks (1927); Farmyard Follies (1928); Fiery Fireman (1928); Friz on Film (2006); Goldie Locks and the Three Bears (1922); Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1939); Good Little Monkeys (1935); Good Wrinkles (1951); Goopy Geer (1932); Great Guns (1927); Harem Scarem (1928); Haunted Gold (1932); Hen Fruit (1929); Hey-Hey Fever (1935); High Up (1928); Hold Anything (1930); Hold 'Em Ozzie (1929); Homeless Homer (1929); Honeyland (1935); Hot Dogs (1928); Hungry Hoboes (1928); I Like Mountain Music (1933); I Love a Parade (1932); I Wish I Had Wings (1932); Ice Man's Luck (1929); Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003); It's Got Me Again! (1932); Jack and the Beanstalk (1922); Jack the Giant Killer (1922); Johnny Learns His Manners (1946); Jungle Jingles (1929); Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931); Little Buck Cheeser (1937); Little Cheeser (1936); Little Red Riding Hood (1922); March of Progress (1945); Merbabies (1938); Mischievous Mice (1934); Mississippi Mud (1928); Moonlight for Two (1932); Native Food (1945); Neck 'n' Neck (1928); Nuts and Jolts (1929); Oh Teacher (1927); Oh What a Knight (1928); One More Time (1931); One Step Ahead of My Shadow (1933); Ozzie of the Mounted (1928); Pagan Moon (1932); Panicky Pancakes (1928); Papa Gets the Bird (1940); Peace on Earth (1939); Personal Cleanliness (1945); Pipe Dreams (1938); Plane Crazy (1928); Poor Little Me (1935); Poor Papa (1927); Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu in the Navy (1946); Puss in Boots (1922); Red-Headed Baby (1931); Rickety Gin (1927); Ride 'Em Plowboy (1928); Rival Romeos (1928); Rocks and Socks (1928); Run Sheep, Run! (1935); Sagebrush Sadie (1928); Saucy Sausages (1929); Shuffle Off to Buffalo (1933); Sick Cylinders (1929); Sinkin' in the Bathtub (1930); Sky Scrappers (1928); Sleigh Bells (1928); Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931); Stage Stunts (1929); Stripes and Stars (1929); Swing Wedding (1937); Tale of the Vienna Woods (1934); Tall Timber (1928); Ted's Typewriter (1939); The Adventures of Sir Gee Whiz on the Other Side of the Moon (1960); The Alley Cat (1941); The Banker's Daughter (1927); The Blue Danube (1939); The Bookworm (1939); The Bookworm Turns (1940); The Booze Hangs High (1930); The Calico Dragon (1935); The Chinese Nightingale (1935); The Discontented Canary (1934); The Dish Ran Away with the Spoon (1933); The Dumb Patrol (1931); The Early Bird and the Worm (1936); The Field Mouse (1941); The Fishing Fool (1929); The Four Musicians of Bremen (1922); The Fox Chase (1928); The Gay Gaucho (1933); The Hot Stogie (1947); The Hound and the Rabbit (1937); The Hungry Wolf (1942); The Little Bantamweight (1938); The Little Mole (1941); The Littlest Angel (1950); The Lonesome Stranger (1940); The Lost Chick (1935); The Lumberjack (1929); The Mad Maestro (1939); The Mechanical Cow (1927); The Ocean Hop (1927); The Ol' Swimmin' Hole (1928); The Old House (1936); The Old Mill Pond (1936); The Old Pioneer (1934); The Old Plantation (1935); The Organ Grinder (1933); The Pups' Christmas (1936); The Pups' Picnic (1936); The Queen Was in the Parlor (1932); The Shanty Where Santy Claus Lives (1933); The South Pole Flight (1928); The Tree's Knees (1931); The Wayward Pups (1937); The Wicked West (1929); To Spring (1936); Tom Thumb in King Arthur's Court (1963); Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers (1940); ToonHeads (1992–2003); Toyland Broadcast (1934); Trolley Troubles (1927); Two Little Pups (1936); Uncensored Cartoons (1982); Ups 'n Downs (1931); Use Your Head (1945); Wake Up the Gypsy in Me (1933); Weary Willies (1929); We're in the Money (1933); When the Cat's Away (1935); Winky the Watchman (1945); Yanky Clippers (1929); Yodeling Yokels (1931); You Don't Know What You're Doin'! (1931); Young and Healthy (1933).

Born on this day – Friz Freleng:

Friz Freleng

Animator

Cartoonist

Director

Producer

Composer

August 21, 1905 – May 26, 1995

Born on this day – Otto Messmer:

Otto Messmer

Cartoonist

Animator

August 16, 1892 – October 28, 1983

Works include: Felix the Cat.

Credits:

A Study in Crayon (1913); A Tale of Two Kitties (1926); Antics in Ink by Hy Mayer (1913); April Maze (1930); Arabiantics (1928); Arena (1985); Art for Heart's Sake (1927); Astronomeous (1928); At the Rainbow's End (1925); Backyard Serenade (1931); Baffled by Banjos (1924); Bargain Counter Attack (1946); Barn Yarns (1927); Bold King Cole (1936); Camera Three (1977); A Good Liar (1917);Cartoon Carnival (2021); Casper the Friendly Ghost (1945); Charley at the Beach (1919); Charley at the Circus (1919); Charley on the Farm (1919); Charley Out West (1919); Charlie in Turkey (1919); Charlie Treats 'Em Rough (1919); Chestnuts (1916); Daze and Knights (1927); Dough-Nutty (1927); Draggin' the Dragon (1928); Eats Are West (1925); Eskimotive (1928); Eye Jinks (1927); Felix All at Sea (1922); Felix All Balled Up (1924); Felix and the Radio (1923); Felix at the Fair (1922); Felix Behind in Front (1927); Felix Brings Home the Bacon (1924); Felix Calms His Conscience (1923); Felix Cashes In (1924); Felix Comes Back (1922); Felix Cops the Prize (1925); Felix Crosses the Crooks (1924); Felix Dopes It Out (1925); Felix Doubles for Darwin (1924); Felix Fairy Tales (1924); Felix Fills a Shortage (1923); Felix Finds a Way (1922); Felix Finds 'Em Fickle (1925); Felix Finds Out (1924); Felix Finishes First (1924); Felix Follows the Swallows (1925); Felix Full o' Fight (1925); Felix Gets Broadcasted (1923); Felix Gets His Fill (1925); Felix Gets Left (1922); Felix Gets Revenge (1922); Felix Gets the Can (1925); Felix Goes A-Hunting (1923); Felix Goes Hungry (1924); Felix Goes on Strike (1921); Felix Goes West (1924); Felix Grabs His Grub (1924); Felix Hits the Hipps (1924); Felix Hits the North Pole (1920); Felix 'Hyps' the Hippo (1924); Felix in Fairyland (1923); Felix in Love (1922); Felix in the Bone Age (1922); Felix in the Swim (1922); Felix Laughs Last (1923); Felix Left at Home (1921); Felix Lends a Hand (1922); Felix Loses Out (1924); Felix Makes Good (1922); Felix Minds His Business (1924); Felix Minds the Kid (1922); Felix Monkeys with Magic (1925); Felix on the Trail (1922); Felix Out of Luck (1924); Felix Outwits Cupid (1925); Felix Pinches the Pole (1924); Felix Puts It Over (1924); Felix Rests in Peace (1925); Felix Revolts (1923); Felix Strikes It Rich (1923); Felix the Cat (1958–1961); Felix the Cat 100 Years in the Making (2020); Felix the Cat as Romeeow (1927); Felix the Cat Braves the Briny (1926); Felix the Cat Busts a Bubble (1926); Felix the Cat Busts Into Business (1925); Felix the Cat Collars the Button (1926); Felix the Cat Dines and Pines (1927); Felix the Cat Ducks His Duty (1927); Felix the Cat Fans the Flames (1926); Felix the Cat Flirts with Fate (1926); Felix the Cat Hits the Deck (1927); Felix the Cat Hunts the Hunter (1926); Felix the Cat in Blunderland (1926); Felix the Cat in False Vases (1929); Felix the Cat in Forty Winks (1930); Felix the Cat in Gym Gems (1926); Felix the Cat in Skulls and Sculls (1930); Felix the Cat Kept on Walking (1925); Felix the Cat Laughs It Off (1926); Felix the Cat Misses His Swiss (1926); Felix the Cat Misses the Cue (1926); Felix the Cat on the Farm (1925); Felix the Cat on the Job (1925); Felix the Cat Rings the Ringer (1926); Felix the Cat Scoots Through Scotland (1926); Felix the Cat Seeks Solitude (1926); Felix the Cat Sees 'Em in Season (1927); Felix the Cat Shatters the Sheik (1926); Felix the Cat Spots the Spooks (1926); Felix the Cat Switches Witches (1927); Felix the Cat Tries the Trades (1925); Felix the Cat Trips Thru Toyland (1925); Felix the Cat Trumps the Ace (1926); Felix the Cat Uses His Head (1926); Felix the Cat Weathers the Weather (1926); Felix the Gay Dog (1921); Felix the Ghost Breaker (1923); Felix the Globe Trotter (1923); Felix the Goat Getter (1923); Felix the Landlord (1920); Felix Tries for Treasure (1923); Felix Tries to Rest (1924); Felix Trifles with Time (1925); Felix Turns the Tide (1922); Felix Wakes Up (1922); Felix Wins and Loses (1925); Felix Win's Out (1923); Fifty-Fifty (1922); Filmograph Cartoons (1913); Flim Flam Films (1927); Free Lunch (1921); Friend in Need (1924); Frolics at the Circus (1920); Fun in Film by Hy Mayer (1913); Funny Fancies by Hy Mayer (1913); Germ Mania (1927); Hilarities by Hy Mayer (1913); Hootchy Cootchy Parlais Vous (1930); How Charlie Captured the Kaiser (1918); Humors of Summer (1913); Hy Mayer: His Magic Hand (1913); Hy Mayer: His Merry Pen (1913); Hy Mayer's Cartoons (1913); Icy Eyes (1927); In and Out-Laws (1928); In Cartoonland with Hy Mayer (1913); In Laughland with Hy Mayer (1913); Jack from All Trades (1927); Japanicky (1928); Jolly Jottings by Hy Mayer (1913); Jungle Bungles (1928); Kill or Cure (1920); Land O'Fancy (1926); Leaves from Hy Mayer's Sketchbook (1913); Lightning Sketches by Hy Mayer (1913); 'Loco' Motive (1927); Los comienzos de la animación (1995); Lulu's Birthday Party (1944); Mess Production (1945); Motor Mat and His Flivver (1916); Movie-Wheels Presents Pat Sullivan's Felix the Cat (1960); Musical Mews (1919); Musica-Lulu (1947); My Hero (1920); No Fuelin' (1927); Oceantics (1930); Ohm Sweet Ohm (1928); Old MacDonald Had a Farm (1946); On the Wind Mill (1919); One Good Turn (1929); Otto Messmer and Felix the Cat (1977); Out of Luck (1921); Outdoor Indore (1928); Over the Rhine with Charlie (1918); Pedigreedy (1927); Peep in the Deep (1946); Pen Laughs (1914); Pen Talks by Hy Mayer (1913); Polly-tics (1928); Popeye, the Ace of Space (1953); Reverse English (1926); Rocket to Mars (1946); Sammie Johnsin and His Wonderful Lamp (1916); Sammie Johnsin at the Seaside (1916); Sammie Johnsin Gets a Job (1916); Sammie Johnsin Hunter (1916); Sammie Johnsin in Mexico (1916); Sammie Johnsin Magician (1916); Sammie Johnsin Minds the Baby (1916); Sammie Johnsin Slumbers Not (1916); Sammie Johnsin Strong Man (1916); Sammie Johnsin's Love Affair (1916); Sax Appeal (1927); School Daze (1926); Scrambled Yeggs (1926); She-Sick Sailors (1944); Sketches from Life by Hy Mayer (1913); Spree for All (1946); Stars and Stripes (1927); Summer Caricatures (1913); Sure-Locked Homes (1928); Tee Time (1930); The Adventures of Felix (1919); The Adventures of Mr. Phiffles (1913); The Cold Rush (1925); The Hypnotist (1921); The Last Life (1928); The Love Affair of Ima Knut (1917); The Love Punch (1921); The Non-Stop Fright (1927); The Oily Bird (1928); The Smoke Scream (1928); The Travel-Hog (1927); The Trials of a Movie Cartoonist (1916); The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat (1995–1997); Them Were the Happy Days (1917); To 'Frisco by the Cartoon Route (1915); Topical Topics (1914); Topical War Cartoons (1914); Topical War Cartoons No. 2 (1914); Two-Lip Time (1926); Uncle Tom's Crabbin' (1927); War Cartoons by Hy Mayer (1914); Whimsicalities by Hy Mayer (1913); Whys and Otherwise (1927); Wise Guise (1927); Woos Whoopee (1928); Woos Whoopee / Comicalamities (1928); Woos Whoopee / Feline Follies (1919); Woos Whoopee / Felix All Puzzled (1925); Woos Whoopee / Felix in Hollywood (1923); Woos Whoopee / Felix Saves the Day (1922); Woos Whoopee / Futuritzy (1928); Zoo Logic (1926).

Born on this day – Co Hoedeman:

Co Hoedeman

Animator

Cinematographer

Director

Writer

August 1, 1940 – May 26, 2025

Credits:

Awarded the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, for The Sand Castle / Le Château de sable (1977), at the 50th Academy Awards (1978).

Movies and television:

55 chaussettes (2011); Bästa knattefilmerna 6 / Segment: Ludovic och dockan, Ludovic och krokodilen (2005); Canada Vignettes: Dancing Dolls (1980); Charles and François (1987); Co Hoedeman, Animator (1980); Continental Drift (1968); Coucou l'ourson! (2000); Dehors novembre (2005); DNA (1969); Eaude (2004); In the Animator's Eye: A Conjurer's Tales - Co Hoedeman (1996); Juke-Bar (1990); La boîte (1989); Le beau plaisir (1968); Le jardin d'Écos (1997); Le théâtre de Marianne (2004); Legends and Life of the Inuit (1978); L'homme et le géant (1975); L'ours renifleur (1992); Ludovic (2009); Ludovic II: un crocodile dans mon jardin (2001); Ludovic: Magic in the Air (2002); Ludovic: The Snow Gift (2002); Ludovic: Visiting Grandpa (2001); Lumaaq: An Eskimo Legend (1977); Making Movie History: Co Hoedeman (2013); Mascarade (1984); Matrioska (1970); Monsieur Pointu (1976); Oddball (1969); Running Time (1974); Sabina (1991); Tchou-tchou (1972); The Blue Marble (2014); The Cardinal (2016); The Mountain Head (2002); The Owl and the Lemming: An Eskimo Legend (1971); The Owl and the Raven: An Eskimo Legend (1973); The Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend (1974); The Rogers' Cable (1998); The Sand Castle (1977); The Treasure of the Grotoceans (1980); Une histoire comme une autre (1981); Vacas d'Avanca (1998); Walter's Internal Battle (2022); Winter Days (2003).

Born on this day – Evelyn Lambart:

Evelyn Lambart

Animator

Director

July 23, 1914 – April 3, 1999

Credits:

A Chairy Tale (1957); Around Is Around (1953); Begone Dull Care (1950); Challenge: Science Against Cancer (1950); Family Tree (1950); Fine Feathers (1968); Les femmes parmi nous (1961); Lines: Horizontal (1962); Lines: Vertical (1960); Mosaic (1966); Mr. Frog Went A-Courting (1974); Now Is the Time (1951); O Canada (1952); One Little Indian (1954); Paradise Lost (1970); Physical Regions of Canada (1954); Putting It Straight (1957); River with a Problem (1961); Rythmetic (1956); Short and Suite (1959); Sing a Little (1951); Story of a Violin (1947); The Blackbird (1958); The Colour of Life (1955); The Embryonic Development of Fish (1961); The Fight: Science Against Cancer (1950); The Hoarder (1969); The Impossible Map (1947); The Lion and the Mouse (1976); The Maple Leaf (1955); The Outlaw Within (1951); The Spruce Bog: An Essay in Ecology (1957); The Story of Christmas (1973); The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse (1980).

Born on this day – Syd Mead:

Syd Mead

Artist

Animator

Special effects

July 18, 1933 – December 30, 2019

Credits:

14th Annual VES Awards (2016); 2010: The Odyssey Continues (1984); 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984); 2019: A Future Imagined (2008); 47th Annie Awards (2020); Aliens (1986); Beyond the Marquee (2014); Blade Runner (1982); Blade Runner 2049 (2017); Blade Runner: Convention Reel (1982); BMW: Activate the Future (2011); Closer Than We Think (2017); Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner (2007); Designed for Dreaming (2010); Designing the World of Blade Runner 2049 (2018); Elysium (2013); Elysium: Engineering Utopia - Creating a Society in the Sky (2013); Film Genre (2002); Johnny Mnemonic (1995); Journey to the Center of the Earth (1993); L'antre du Mea (2015); Maelstrom (1992); Mission to Mars (2000); Mission: Impossible III (2006); Nonfiction W (2012); On the Edge of 'Blade Runner' (2000); Phenomenon Blade Runner (2021); Playboy Video Magazine, Vol. 11 (1987); Prop Culture (2020); Sentient Machines: Robotic Behavior (2004); Short Circuit (1986); Software (2000); Solar Crisis (1990); Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979); Strange Days (1995); Superior Firepower: The Making of 'Aliens' (2003); The Art of Illusion (1990); The Fire Next Time (1993); The Making of 'Tron' (2002); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Real History of Science Fiction (2014); The Spirit of '76 (1990); The Timekeeper (1992); The Tron Phenomenon (2011); Timecop (1994); Tomorrowland (2015); Tron (1982); Turn A Gundam (1999–2000); UFO Cover-Up?: Live! (1988); Visions from the Edge: The Art of Science Fiction (2005); Visual Futurist: The Art & Life of Syd Mead (2006); Wing Commander: Prophecy (1997); Yamato 2520 (1994–1996).

Born on this day – William Hanna:

William Hanna

Animator

Cartoonist

Voice actor

Musician

July 14, 1910 – March 22, 2001

Born on this day – Ray Harryhausen:

Ray Harryhausen

Animator

Special effects creator

June 29, 1920 – May 7, 2013

Born on this day – Barry Caldwell:

Barry Caldwell

Artist

Animator

Director

June 19, 1957 – March 28, 2026

Credits:

3-2-1 Penguins! (2007–2008); A Baby Blues Christmas Special (2002); A Chipmunk Reunion (1985); A Mouse, a Mystery and Me (1987); ABC Weekend Specials (1984); Alvin & the Chipmunks (1983–1990); Animaniacs (1993–1998); Animaniacs: Wakko's Wish (1999); Baby Looney Tunes (2005); Blackstar (1981); Blondie & Dagwood (1987); Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night (1998); Cabbage Patch Kids: First Christmas (1984); Chip 'n' Dale Rescue Rangers (1989); Class of 3000 (2007); Clifford the Big Red Dog (2002–2003); Curious George (2006); Disney Jr.'s Ariel (2024); Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams (2007); DreamWorks Dragons (2012–2014); Duck Dodgers (2005); Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1980); Father of the Pride (2004–2005); He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983); Hero 108 (2012); Histeria! (1998); Hop (2011); I Love the Chipmunks Valentine Special (1984); Kim Possible (2003–2004); Make Way for Noddy (2002–2003); Monster High: Boo York, Boo York (2015); Mulan II (2004); My Little Pony: The Movie (1986); Osmosis Jones (2001); Ozzy & Drix (2002–2003); Pandamonium (1982); Pinky and the Brain (1995–1998); Police Academy: The Animated Series (1988); Punky Brewster (1985–1986); Quack Pack (1996); Rock Dog 3: Battle the Beat (2022); Rose Petal Place (1984); Rose Petal Place: Real Friends (1985); Rubik, the Amazing Cube (1983–1984); Saturday Morning Cartoons - The 60s: Completely Bananas: The Magilla Gorilla Story (2009); Saturday Morning Cartoons - The 60s: Monster Rock: The Adventures of Frankenstein Jr and the Impossibles (2009); Saturday Morning Cartoons - The 60s: The Good, the Bad & The El Kabong (2009); Saturday Morning Cartoons - The 60s: The Herculoids: First Family of Planet Quasar (2009); Saturday Supercade (1983); Scooby-Doo and the Cyber Chase (2001); Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost (1999); Scooby-Doo! Mask of the Blue Falcon (2012); Sherm! (2006); Special Agent Oso (2009); Static Shock (2003); The 7D (2014–2016); The Adventures of Brer Rabbit (2006); The Charmkins (1983); The Gary Coleman Show (1982); The Haunted World of El Superbeasto (2009); The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! (1981–1982); The Lionhearts (1998); The Looney Tunes Show (2011); The New Adventures of Zorro (1981); The Night B4 Christmas (2003); The Pink Panther (1993); The Simpsons (1990); The Smurfs (1988); The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1999); The Tigger Movie (2000); The Tom and Jerry Comedy Show (1980–1982); Tiana: Following Each Frog! (2009); Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure (2009); Tiny Toon Adventures (1989–1992); Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992); Tiny Toons Spring Break (1994); Tom and Jerry & The Wizard of Oz (2011); Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse (2012); Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017); Yo Yogi! (1991–1992).

Born on this day – Dale Baer:

Dale Baer

Animator

June 15, 1950 – January 15, 2021

Credits:

49th Annie Awards (2022); A Charlie Brown Celebration (1982); Aladdin and the Magic Lamp (1982); Animaniacs (1993); Beauty and the Beast (1991); Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971); Behind the Ears: The True Story of Roger Rabbit (2003); Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) (1980); Chicken Little (2005); Countdown to Christmas (2002); Dear Satan (2018); Disneyland - Sun (Ad) (1992); Frozen (2013); Get a Horse! (2013); GT Academy USA (2013); Hercules (1997); Home on the Range (2004); Homesick (2017); How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (2007); In an Empty Wood (2018); Independent Lens (2006); Inner Workings (2016); It's Magic, Charlie Brown (1981); Jordan/Looney Tunes - The Dunk to End All Dunks (Ad) (2015); Journey Back to Oz (1972); Last Action Hero (1993); Laverne & Shirley in the Army (1981); Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown (1980); Meet the Robinsons (2007); Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983); Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse (2001); Moana (2016); Mother Goose and Grimm (1992); No Man's Valley (1981); Peanuts (1979–1982); Pete's Dragon (1977); Pocahontas (1995); Pups of Liberty: The Dog-claration of Independence (2015); Quest for Camelot (1998); Rice Krispies - Date (Ad) (1992); Richie Rich (1994); Robin Hood (2010); Roses - World of Nintendo (Ad) (1989); Rover Dangerfield (1991); Saving Mr. Banks (2013); She's a Good Skate, Charlie Brown (1980); Shrek (2001); Shrek: I Feel Good (1996); Someday You'll Find Her, Charlie Brown (1981); Species (1995); Taku & Mama (2019); Tarzan (1999); The 64th Annual Academy Awards (1992); The Animated Atlas of the World (1986); The Ballad of Nessie (2011); The Black Cauldron (1985); The Emperor's New Groove (2000); The Emperor's New Groove: Behind the Voices (2001); The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang (1981); The Fox and the Hound (1981); The Great Mouse Detective (1986); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996); The King and I (1999); The Lion King (1994); The Little Mermaid (1989); The Lord of the Rings (1978); The Magical World of Disney (1982–1987); The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977); The Prince and the Pauper (1990); The Princess and the Frog (2009); The Rescuers (1977); The Simpsons (2016); The Smurfs (1987); The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010); The Sweatbox (2002); The Tiara Talk Show (2016); The Zit (2005); Timeless Tales (2005); 'Tis the Season to Be Smurfy (1987); Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1992); Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (2017); Treasure Planet (2002); Tummy Trouble (1989) Two (2020); Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection (2015); Walter (2019); When the Raven Comes (2018); Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988); Winnie the Pooh (2011); Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974); Wreck-It Ralph (2012); You're the Greatest, Charlie Brown (1979); Zootopia (2016).

Born on this day – Nicole Van Goethem:

Nicole Van Goethem

Animator

Illustrator

Writer

Director

May 31, 1941 - March 3, 2000

Credits:

Drawing the Film

By Nicole Van Goethem.

Published 1988.

ISBN 10: 9063032528
ISBN 13: 9789063032524

The book of the movie: A Greek Tragedy. Original title: Een griekse tragedie (1985).

A 7-minute short comedy film, written, directed, and animated by Nicole Van Goethem.

IMDB synopsis:

Three scantily-clad female figures struggle to hold up the crumbling remains of an ancient Greek temple.

Awards:

Grand Prix at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival in France (1985).

Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film (1987).

Awarded the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, at the 59th Academy Awards in 1987, for her movie: A Greek Tragedy (1985).

Book:

Drawing the Film (1988).

Movies and television:

A Greek Tragedy (1985); B.C. Rock (1980); Human Rights Article 13 (1988); John the Fearless (1984); Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle (1975); Trouble in Paradise (1989); Verloren maandag (1974); Vol van gratie (1987).

Born on this day – Ralph Wright:

Ralph Wright

Animator

Writer

Director

Actor

May 17, 1908 – December 31, 1983

Born on this day – Burny Mattinson:

Burny Mattinson

Animator

Director

Producer

May 13, 1935 – February 27, 2023

Credits:

A Perfect Little Lady: The Story of Lady and the Tramp (2006); Aladdin (1992); All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989); Beauty and the Beast (1991); Big Hero 6 (2014); Casey Bats Again (1954); Disney's Halloween Treat (1984); DTV Monster Hits (1987); Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016); House of Mouse (2001); How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (2007); Lady and the Tramp (1955); Lady's Pedigree: The Making of 'Lady and the Tramp' (2006); Les Chroniques du Mea (2020); Lilo & Stitch (2002); Mary Poppins (1964); Mickey: The Story of a Mouse (2022); Mickey's Christmas Carol (1983); Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse / Mickey's Christmas Carol (2001); Mulan (1998); Oliver & Company (1988); Once Upon a Studio (2023); One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961); Picture Perfect: The Making of Sleeping Beauty (2008); Pocahontas (1995); Pretty as a Picture Art and Design (2006); Redefining the Line: The Making of One Hundred and One Dalmatians (2008); Robin Hood (1973); Ruff Animation (2006); Sleeping Beauty (1959); Strange World (2022); Tarzan (1999); The Aristocats (1970); The Art of Disney Animation (1988); The Ballad of Nessie (2011); The Bare Necessities: The Making of 'The Jungle Book' (2007); The Black Cauldron (1985); The Fox and the Hound (1981); The Great Mouse Detective (1986); The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996); The Jungle Book (1967); The Lion King (1994); The Magical World of Disney / Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1982); The Making of Mickey's Christmas Carol (1984); The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977); The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece (1996); The Oscars (2023); The Prince and the Pauper (1990); The Rescuers (1977); The Small One (1978); The Sword in the Stone (1963); Timeless Tales / The Prince and The Pauper (2005); Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection / The Ballad of Nessie & How to Hook up Your Home Theater (2015); Winnie the Pooh (2011); Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too (1974); Wish (2023).

Born on this day – Robert Clampett:

Robert Clampett

Animator

Director

Producer

Puppeteer

May 8, 1913 – May 2, 1984

Credits:

A Beany Story (1952); A Cartoonist’s Nightmare (1935); A Corny Concerto (1943); A Coy Decoy (1941); A Great Big Bunch of You (1932); A Gruesome Twosome (1945); A Tale of Two Kitties (1942); Africa Squeaks (1940); Ain’t We Got Fun (1937); Ali-Baba Bound (1940); Along Flirtation Walk (1935); An Itch in Time (1943); Any Bonds Today? (1942); Baby Bottleneck (1946); Bacall to Arms (1946); Beany and Cecil (1988); Beany and Cecil Meet Billy the Squid (1959); Beauty and the Beast (1934); Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery (2004); Behind the Tunes: Animal Quackers (2003); Behind the Tunes: Blanc Expressions (2003); Behind the Tunes: Bugs - A Rabbit for All Seasonings (2003); Behind the Tunes: Forever Befuddled (2003); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes - A Cast of Thousands (2006); Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood (2004); Behind the Tunes: Man from Wackyland - The Art of Bob Clampett (2004); Behind the Tunes: Porky Pig Roast - A Tribute to the World’s Most Famous Ham (2003); Birdy and the Beast (1944); Booby Traps (1944); Book Revue (1946); Bosko at the Beach (1932); Bosko in Person (1933); Bosko Shipwrecked! (1931); Bosko’s Picture Show (1933); Boston Beanie (1947); Breakdowns of 1938 (1938); Buckaroo Bugs (1944); Buddy and Towser (1934); Buddy of the Apes (1934); Buddy Steps Out (1935); Buddy the Gob (1934); Buddy’s Beer Garden (1933); Buddy’s Beer Garden / Buddy the Detective (1934); Buddy’s Beer Garden / Buddy’s Adventures (1934); Buddy’s Beer Garden / Buddy’s Circus (1934); Buddy’s Beer Garden / Viva Buddy (1934); Buddy’s Day Out (1933); Buddy’s Show Boat (1933); Buddy’s Trolley Troubles (1934); Buffalo Billy (1954); Bugs & Daffy: The Wartime Cartoons (1989); Bugs Bunny Birthday Blowout (1990); Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942); Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942); Bugs Bunny in Space (1977); Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975); Bugs vs. Daffy: Battle of the Music Video Stars (1988); Bwana Devil (1952); Bye, Bye Bluebeard / Behind the Tunes: Bosko, Buddy and the Best of Black and White (2005); Bye, Bye Bluebeard / Behind the Tunes: Fine Tooning (2005); Bye, Bye Bluebeard / Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go to War! (2005); Camera Three (1975); Cartoon Alley (2005); Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue (1990); Cat-Tastrophy (1949); Chicken Jitters (1939); Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943); Cockatoos for Two (1947); Coo-Coo Bird Dog (1949); Country Boy (1935); Crazy Cruise (1942); Daffy Duck & Egghead (1938); Don’t Look Now (1936); Dough for the Do-Do (1949); Draftee Daffy (1945); Eatin’ on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner (1942); Falling Hare (1943); Farm Frolics (1941); Fifty Years of Bugs Bunny in 3 1/2 Minutes (1989); Fighting Tools (1943); Flora (1948); Fowl Brawl (1947); Get Rich Quick Porky (1937); Gold Diggers of ‘49 (1935); Goofy Groceries (1941); Goopy Geer (1932); Hare Ribbin’ (1944); Having a Wonderful Time with Angels in Dirty Places (1938); His Hare Raising Tale (1951); Hittin’ the Trail for Hallelujah Land (1931); Hollywood Capers (1935); Hollywood Christmas Lane Parade of the Stars (1960); Honeymoon Hotel (1934); Horton Hatches the Egg (1942); I Haven’t Got a Hat (1935); I Like Mountain Music (1933); I Love to Singa (1936); I Only Have Eyes for You (1937); I Wanna Be a Sailor (1937); I’d Love to Take Orders from You (1936); Injun Trouble (1938); Into Your Dance (1935); Irreverent Imagination: The Golden Age of the Looney Tunes (2003); It’s a Grand Old Nag (1947); I’ve Got to Sing a Torch Song (1933); Jasper Goes Hunting (1944); Jeepers Creepers (1939); Kitty Kornered (1946); Kristopher Kolumbus Jr. (1939); Lady, Play Your Mandolin! (1931); Les Chroniques du Mea (2018); Little Dutch Plate (1935); Looney Tunes 50th Anniversary (1986); Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2 (1958); Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 (2011–2012); Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 (2014); Matty’s Funnies with Beany and Cecil (1962); Meet John Doughboy (1941); Merrie Melodies: Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends (1990–1993); Milk and Money (1936); Mr. and Mrs. Is the Name (1935); My Green Fedora (1935); Natural Vision 3-Dimension (1952); Naughty Neighbors (1939); Nutty News (1942); One Meat Brawl (1947); Page Miss Glory (1936); Patient Porky (1940); Pettin’ in the Park (1934); Picador Porky (1937); Pickled Puss (1948); Pied Piper Porky (1939); Pilgrim Porky (1940); Plane Dippy (1936); Plenty of Money and You (1937); Polar Pals (1939); Pop Goes My Heart (1934); Porky & Daffy (1938); Porky and Gabby (1937); Porky in Egypt (1938); Porky in Wackyland (1938); Porky the Rain-Maker (1936); Porky the Wrestler (1937); Porky’s Badtime Story (1937); Porky’s Duck Hunt (1937); Porky’s Five & Ten (1938); Porky’s Garden (1937); Porky’s Hero Agency (1937); Porky’s Hotel (1939); Porky’s Last Stand (1940); Porky’s Movie Mystery (1939); Porky’s Naughty Nephew (1938); Porky’s Party (1938); Porky’s Picnic (1939); Porky’s Pooch (1941); Porky’s Poor Fish (1940); Porky’s Poppa (1938); Porky’s Snooze Reel (1941); Porky’s Super Service (1937); Porky’s Tire Trouble (1939); Prehistoric Porky (1940); Rover’s Rival (1937); Så er der tegnefilm (2014); Scalp Trouble (1939); Shake Your Powder Puff (1934); Sittin’ on a Backyard Fence (1933); Slap Happy Pappy (1940); Slick Hare (1947); Slightly Daffy (1944); Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! (1931); Swiss Tease (1947); Tex & Judy (1962); That’s Warner Bros.! (1995); The Bashful Buzzard (1945); The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938); The Big Snooze (1946); The Blow Out (1936); The Bob Clampett Show (2000); The Bugs n’ Daffy Show (1996–1999); The Cagey Canary (1941); The Chewin’ Bruin (1940); The Daffy Doc (1938); The Film Fan (1939); The Golf Widow (1927); The Goofy Gophers (1947); The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946); The Henpecked Duck (1941); The Hep Cat (1942); The Lone Stranger and Porky (1939); The Looney Tunes Hall of Fame (1991); The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2013); The Old Grey Hare (1944); The Porky Pig Show (1964); The Shell Shocked Egg (1948); The Sour Puss (1940); The Timid Toreador (1940); The Up-Standing Sitter (1948); The Village Smithy (1936); The Wacky Wabbit (1942); The Wise Quacking Duck (1943); Thunderbolt the Wondercolt (1952); Tick Tock Tuckered (1944); Time for Beany (1949–1953); Tin Pan Alley Cats (1943); Tokyo Woes (1945); ToonHeads (1992–2003); Tortoise Wins by a Hare (1943); Troldspejlet (2010); Uncensored Cartoons (1982); Uncle Tom’s Bungalow (1937); Up’n Atom (1947); Ups ‘n Downs (1931); Wabbit Twouble (1941); Wacky Blackout (1942); Wagon Heels (1945); We, the Animals - Squeak! (1941); We’re in the Money (1933); What Price Porky (1938); What’s Cookin’ Doc? (1944); When’s Your Birthday? (1937); Willy the Wolf (1954); Wise Quacks (1939); You Don’t Know What You’re Doin’! (1931); You Ought to Be in Pictures (1940).