Events in 1960 in animation.
Events
January January 19: Chuck Jones' Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Fastest with the Mostest premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pg. 129 . Retrieved 6 June 2020 – via Archive.org. January 21: Wolfgang Reitherman's Goliath II, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres. January 23: Robert McKimson's Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester cartoon West of the Pesos premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 322. .
February February 8: Mel Blanc, Walt Disney, and George Pal receive stars at the Hollywood Walk of Fame. February 23: The first episode of Torchy the Battery Boy airs. February 25: The first episode of Four Feather Falls airs.
March
March 15: Friz Freleng's Sylvester cartoon Goldimouse and the Three Cats premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Sylvester Jr. (marking the only time he appears in a short not directed by Robert McKimson).Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pg. 141 . Retrieved 6 June 2020 – via Archive.org.
April April 1: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd, & Daffy Duck cartoon Person to Bunny is released, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 61-62 . Retrieved June 6, 2020. It marks the final time Arthur Q. Bryan voiced Elmer Fudd before his death in 1959. April 4: 32nd Academy Awards: Moonbird by John Hubley wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. April 23: Chuck Jones' Pepé Le Pew cartoon Who Scent You? premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Penelope Pussycat.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 117. . Retrieved June 6, 2020.
May May 14: Friz Freleng's Tweety and Sylvester cartoon Hyde and Go Tweet premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
June June 4: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote cartoon Rabbit's Feat premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. June 20: 12th Primetime Emmy Awards: The Huckleberry Hound Show wins an Emmy Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Children's Programming, becoming the first animated TV series to receive this honor. June 25: Robert McKimson's Foghorn Leghorn cartoon Crockett-Doodle-Do premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Egghead Jr..
July
July 16: Friz Freleng's Sylvester cartoon Mouse and Garden premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. Also starring Sam Cat.
August August 14: The anime film Alakazam the Great by Taji Yabushita and Daisaku Shirakawa premieres.
September September 3: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon From Hare to Heir premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This short is notorious for having Yosemite Sam at his angriest. September 24: Robert McKimson's Foghorn Leghorn cartoon The Dixie Fryer premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. The short also stars the characters Pappy and Elvis from McKimson's Bugs Bunny cartoon Backwoods Bunny. September 30: The first episode of The Flintstones airs, the first American prime time animated television series to become a ratings hit. It marks the debut of Fred Flintstone, Wilma Flintstone, Barney Rubble and Betty Rubble.
October October 8: Chuck Jones' Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon Hopalong Casualty premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. October 11: The first episode of The Bugs Bunny Show premieres on ABC.
November November 7: The first episode of Mister Magoo airs.
December December 3: Chuck Jones' High Note premieres. December 17: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam cartoon Lighter Than Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. The first episode of Joë Chez Les Abeilles / Joë Petit Boum-Boum (Joe the Little Boom Boom) airs.
Specific date unknown The first episode of Popeye the Sailor airs. The first episode of Snip and Snap airs. Valentin Lalayants, Valentina and Zinaida Brumberg's It Was I Who Drew the Little Man premieres. In Annecy, France, the International Animated Film Association is established, consisting of the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
Films released
March 1 - Donald Duck and his Companions (United States) August 14 - Alakazam the Great (Japan) Specific date unknown - It Was I Who Drew the Little Man (Soviet Union)
Television series debuts
June 10 - Popeye the Sailor debuts in syndication. June 19 - The New Adventures of Pinocchio debuts in syndication. September - The Nutty Squirrels Present debuts in syndication. September 11 - Hokey Wolf debuts in syndication. September 14 - Courageous Cat and Minute Mouse debuts in syndication. September 24 - Q.T. Hush debuts on KTTV. September 30 - The Flintstones debuts on ABC. October 11 - The Bugs Bunny Show debuts on ABC and CBS. October 15 - King Leonardo and His Short Subjects, The Hunter, Tooter Turtle, and Twinkles debut on NBC. November 7 - Mister Magoo debuts in syndication. Specific date unknown: Foo-Foo debuts on ABC. Snip and Snap debuts on Sveriges Radio TV.
Births
January January 2: Joe Liss, American television writer (3-South, SpongeBob SquarePants, Drawn Together, George of the Jungle, Yin Yang Yo!, Spaceballs: The Animated Series, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil). January 4: April Winchell, American voice actress (voice of Peg in Goof Troop, Muriel Finster in Recess, Lydia Pearson in Pepper Ann, Sylvia in Wander Over Yonder, Cruella de Vil in 101 Dalmatians: The Series, Black Heron in DuckTales, Terk in The Legend of Tarzan, Mrs. Herman in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Queen Voratia Rumbletum in the Ben 10: Omniverse episode "Tummy Trouble", continued voice of Clarabelle Cow). January 11: Ettore Zuim, Brazilian actor (Brazilian dub voice of Yakko Warner in Animaniacs, Jon Arbuckle in Garfield and Friends), (d. 2026). January 12: Oliver Platt, American actor (voice of Hades in Wonder Woman, Everburn in Sofia the First, Documentary Narrator in the American Dad! episode "Next of Pin"). Jorge Pupo, Cuban-American actor (voice of the title character in the Courage the Cowardly Dog episode "King of Flan"). January 15: Kelly Asbury, American storyboard artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios), screenwriter, actor (voice of Master of Ceremonies and Fiddlesworth in Shrek the Third, Red Goon Gnomes in Gnomeo & Juliet), author/illustrator and film director (Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron, Shrek 2, Gnomeo and Juliet, Smurfs: The Lost Village, UglyDolls), (d. 2020). January 17: Tracey Moore, Canadian voice actress and director (voice of the title character in the DIC dub of Sailor Moon, Princess Toadstool in The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3 and Super Mario World, George in George Shrinks, Marcus Snarkis in Flying Rhino Junior High). January 25: Audrey Wells, American producer, director and screenwriter (Over the Moon), (d. 2018). January 27: Philip Rosenthal, American television writer, producer and actor (voice of TV Dad in The Simpsons Movie, Danny Bananas in the BoJack Horseman episode "A Little Uneven, Is All", himself in The Simpsons episode "Undercover Burns"). January 29: JG Thirlwell, Australian musician, composer and record producer (The Venture Bros., Archer). Steve Sax, American former professional baseball player and coach (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "Homer at the Bat").
February February 1: Mark Dodson, American voice actor (voice of Cookie Crook and Cookie Cop in ads for Cookie Crisp, Henchmoles in the Darkwing Duck episode "Aduckyphobia", the Locomotive Kid in the Bonkers episode "Trains, Toons, and Toon Trains"), (d. 2024). February 3: Aron Abrams, American television producer and writer (King of the Hill, Glenn Martin, DDS, Bob's Burgers), (d. 2010).The Sudden Death of 3rd Rock, Everybody Hates Chris Producer Aron Abrams February 6: Harry Thompson, British radio and television producer, comedy writer, novelist and television writer (co-creator of Monkey Dust), (d. 2005). February 7: Robert Smigel, American actor, comedian, writer, director, producer, and puppeteer (TV Funhouse, Hotel Transylvania and Leo). Yasunori Matsumoto, Japanese actor (voice of Eren Kruger in Attack on Titan, Jean Havoc in Fullmetal Alchemist, Japanese dub voice of the title character in Turbo, Robin in Batman: The Animated Series, and Roddy in Flushed Away). February 14: Achiu So, American animator (Hanna-Barbera, Meena), storyboard artist (WildBrain, Santa, Baby!, Futurama, The Cleveland Show, How Murray Saved Christmas, Family Guy, American Dad!) and background artist (WildBrain). February 17: Thom Adcox-Hernandez, American actor (voice of Lexington in Gargoyles, the title character in season 1 of The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, Dipstick in 101 Dalmatians: The Series, Simon Lear in Invasion America, Deputy Bean in Tom Sawyer, Mr. Marsh in All Grown Up!, Pupert in The Buzz on Maggie, the Tinkerer in The Spectacular Spider-Man, Sparkplug in Scooby-Doo! and the Goblin King, Flint in Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure, Klarion the Witch Boy in Young Justice). February 18: Tony Anselmo, American voice actor (continued voice of Donald Duck) and animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, The Simpsons). February 19: Charles Schneider, American television writer (The New Woody Woodpecker Show, Poochini, Tom and Jerry Tales). February 20: Joel Hodgson, American actor, comedian (voice of Bill Dewey in Steven Universe, Tommy in Welcome to the Wayne) and television writer (Space Ghost Coast to Coast). Shōji Kawamori, Japanese anime creator, producer, screenwriter, visual artist, and mecha designer (Macross). Wendee Lee, American voice actress (voice of Bulma in the Dragon Ball franchise, T.K. Takaishi in Digimon Adventure, Faye Valentine in Cowboy Bebop, Moegi in Naruto, Queen Serenity in the Viz Media dub of Sailor Moon, Vanessa Leeds in Robotech, Kiva Andru in Megas XLR, Yoruichi Shihoin, Tatsuki Arisawa and Ururu Tsumugiya in Bleach, Angel in The Big O, Kiyone Makibi in Tenchi in Tokyo, Twilight Suzuka in Outlaw Star, the title character in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya). February 28: Wojciech Paszkowski, Polish actor (Polish dub voice of Maurice in the Madagascar franchise, Dinky Dalton in The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Great Gazoo in The Flintstones, Roy Rooster in Garfield and Friends, Herbert Landon and Whistler and Captain America in Spider-Man, Galactus and Blastaar in Fantastic Four, Bruce Banner and Hulk in Iron Man, Timon in Timon and Pumbaa, Randy Marsh and Conan O'Brien and Barack Obama in South Park, Beta Ray Bill in Silver Surfer, Zapp Brannigan in Futurama, Catbert in Dilbert, Skeletor in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Red Alert and Wing Saber in Transformers: Cybertron, Poe in Ruby Gloom, Black Manta and Jason Blood and Etrigan in Batman: The Brave and the Bold, Nick Fury and Jack Fury in The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, J.A.R.V.I.S. and Uncle Ben in Ultimate Spider-Man, Flam and Gustave le Grande and Star Swirl the Bearded in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic), (d. 2024).Zmarł aktor, reżyser teatralny i dubbingowy Wojciech Paszkowski
March March 1: William Schifrin, American screenwriter (Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Quest for Camelot, Warner Bros. Animation, Freefonix, Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty, The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild).