Events in 1945 in animation.
Events January January 6: Chuck Jones' Odor-able Kitty premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons which marks the debut of the French skunk Pepé Le Pew. January 13: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon Herr Meets Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, a war-time propaganda short in which Bugs outsmarts both Hermann Göring and Adolf Hitler. Tex Avery's Screwy Squirrel cartoon The Screwy Truant premieres, produced by MGM. January 26: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon The Clock Watcher premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 74–75. . Retrieved June 6, 2020. January 27: Bob Clampett's Daffy Duck cartoon Draftee Daffy premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 70–72. . Retrieved June 6, 2020.
February February 10: Frank Tashlin's Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon The Unruly Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. February 24: Chuck Jones' Porky Pig cartoon Trap Happy Porky premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pg. 126. . Retrieved June 6, 2020. Also starring Hubie, Bertie, & Claude Cat (prototype).
March March 3: Tex Avery's Droopy cartoon The Shooting of Dan McGoo premieres, produced by MGM. March 15: 17th Academy Awards: The Tom and Jerry short Mouse Trouble by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, produced by MGM, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. March 24: Friz Freleng's Merrie Melodies short Life with Feathers premieres. It marks the debut of Sylvester the Cat. March 30: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon The Eyes Have It premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Pluto.
April April 7: Tex Avery's Jerky Turkey premieres, produced by MGM. April 12: The first Japanese feature-length animated film, a war-time propaganda cartoon called Momotaro: Sacred Sailors, directed by Mitsuyo Seo, is first released.Jonathan Clements, Helen McCarthy. The Anime Encyclopedia: A Guide to Japanese Animation Since 1917. Revised and Expanded Edition.—Berkeley, CA: Stone Bridge Press, 2006.—P. 12.—
May May 5: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny cartoon Hare Trigger premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, it marks the debut of Bugs' other iconic adversary Yosemite Sam. It is also the first Bugs Bunny cartoon where the titular rabbit and his name appear right before the short's title card is first shown. William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry short The Mouse Comes to Dinner premieres, produced by MGM. May 7: Bob Clampett leaves Warner Bros. Cartoons to pursue a career in television. May 19: Friz Freleng's Daffy Duck cartoon Ain't That Ducky premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
June June 9: Bob Clampett's Tweety cartoon A Gruesome Twosome premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. This is the final time where Tweety appears as pink, he would officially appear as yellow in his Friz Freleng debut short Tweetie Pie 2 years later. June 22: The Halas and Batchelor cartoon Handling Ships, a training film for the Royal Navy, premieres, being the first British animated film in Technicolor. June 29: Jack King's Donald Duck short Donald's Crime premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Huey, Dewey, Louie, & Daisy Duck. June 30: Frank Tashlin's Tale of Two Mice premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
July July 7: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Mouse in Manhattan premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio. July 21: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Tee for Two premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio. July 28: Bob Clampett's Porky Pig cartoon Wagon Heels premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
August August 10: Jack Kinney's Donald Duck cartoon Duck Pimples premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. August 11: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny cartoon Hare Conditioned premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. August 25: Tex Avery's Swing Shift Cinderella premieres, produced by MGM.
September September 7: Jack Hannah's Donald Duck and Goofy cartoon No Sail, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres. September 15: Bob Clampett's The Bashful Buzzard premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. September 21: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon Hockey Homicide, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres. September 22: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Flirty Birdy premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.
October October 15: The first issue of the Dutch comics magazine Stripfilm is published. It also offers information about animation techniques, provided by the animation studio Stripfilm. The magazine will last until 23 November. October 20: Friz Freleng's Sylvester cartoon Peck Up Your Troubles premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons it marks the debut of Hector the Bulldog. October 26: Jack King's Donald Duck cartoon Cured Duck premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. Also starring Daisy Duck.
November November 3: Tex Avery's Droopy cartoon Wild and Woolfy premieres, produced by MGM. November 10: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd cartoon Hare Tonic premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. November 16: Isadore Sparber's The Friendly Ghost premieres, produced by Famous Studios, in which Casper the Friendly Ghost makes his debut. November 23: The Spanish animated film Garbancito de la Mancha by José María Blay and Arturo Moreno premieres.Joaquín Bisbe
December December 1: Frank Tashlin's final Daffy Duck short Nasty Quacks premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. December 21: Jack King's Donald Duck short Old Sequoia premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios. December 22: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera's Tom and Jerry short Quiet Please! premieres, produced by MGM's Cartoon Studio.
Specific date unknown The Soviet animated feature film The Lost Letter by Lamis Bredis and the Brumberg sisters premieres. Karel Zeman and Bořivoj Zeman's A Christmas Dream premieres. Stamatis L. Polenakis releases O Ntoútse afigeítai, translated as The Duce Narrates, an animated film which satirizes Benito Mussolini and his invasion of Greece.
Films released
January 1 - The Lost Letter (Soviet Union) April 12 - Momotaro: Sacred Sailors (Japan) June 22 - Handling Ships (United Kingdom) November 23 - The Enchanted Sword (Spain)
Births
January January 9: Richard Lorenzana, American production accountant (The Simpsons, Futurama, Napoleon Dynamite), (d. 2014). January 12: Barrington Bunce, English-born American animator (Hanna-Barbera, Spider-Woman, Ruby-Spears Enterprises, Garbage Pail Kids, The Simpsons), storyboard artist (Dink, the Little Dinosaur, Marvel Productions, Hanna-Barbera, Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa, Red Planet, Freakazoid!, Adventures in Odyssey, Nickelodeon Animation Studio, Butt Ugly Martians, Make Way for Noddy, Danger Rangers), character designer (ChalkZone) and art director (Alvin and the Chipmunks), (d. 2005). January 22: Steve Vinovich, American actor (voice of Puffin in The Swan Princess franchise, Maurice/Ranger in The Trumpet of the Swan, Park Ranger in Alpha and Omega). January 29: Tom Selleck, American actor (voice of Cornelius Robinson in Meet the Robinsons).
February February 2: Maxwell Becraft, Canadian animator (Warner Bros. Animation, The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Duckman, Muppet Babies, Sonic the Hedgehog, X-Men), (d. 2007). February 4: Tony Haygarth, English actor (voice of Mr. Tweedy in Chicken Run), (d. 2017). February 9: Mia Farrow, American actress (portrayed Daisy Suchot in Arthur and the Invisibles, Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard, and Arthur 3: The War of the Two Worlds voice of the title characters in The Last Unicorn and Darah, Doris in Redux Riding Hood). February 12: Boris Bystrov, Russian actor (Russian dub voice of Taurus Bulba in Darkwing Duck, Thaddeus Plotz in Animaniacs, Homer Simpson in The Simpsons Movie), (d. 2024). February 20: Henry Polic II, American actor (voice of Jonathan Crane / Scarecrow in Batman: The Animated Series, Baba Looey in Yo Yogi!, Tracker Smurf in The Smurfs), (d. 2013).Veterans Administration Grave Locater Search Results Brion James, American actor (voice of Rudy Jones / Parasite in Superman: The Animated Series), (d. 1999). February 23: Lynn Spees, American animator (The Secret of NIMH, FernGully: The Last Rainforest), (d. 2021). February 24: Barry Bostwick, American actor (voice of Thunderbolt in 101 Dalmatians II: Patch's London Adventure, Grandpa Longneck in The Land Before Time XIV: Journey of the Brave, Irv Kleinman and Bernie Benson in The New Batman Adventures episode "Mean Seasons", Doctor St. Croix in the Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure episode "Great Expotations", Grandpa Clyde Flynn in Phineas and Ferb).
March March 2: Donald Kushner, American producer (Animalympics, Tron, The Brave Little Toaster, Rover Dangerfield). March 8: Bruce Broughton, American composer (Tiny Toon Adventures, Walt Disney Company). Micky Dolenz, American actor, musician, television producer, businessman and member of The Monkees (voice of Skip Gilroy in The Funky Phantom, Wally in Butch Cassidy, Freddie the Fantastic and Scootch in Partridge Family 2200 A.D., Tod Devlin in Devlin, Willie Sheeler in The Skatebirds, Ralph and Scribble in The Secret Files of the Spy Dogs, Wendell the Love Grub in the Mighty Magiswords episode "The Saga of Robopiggeh!", Min and Max in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "Two-Face", first voice of Arthur in The Tick). March 13: Whitney Rydbeck, American actor (provided additional voices for Oliver & Company), (d. 2024). March 18: Susan Tyrrell, American actress (narrator in Wizards), (d. 2012). March 31: Edwin Catmull, American computer scientist (co-founder of Pixar).
April April 2: Linda Hunt, American actress (voice of Grandmother Willow in Pocahontas and Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World). April 10: Shirley Walker, American composer and conductor (Warner Bros. Animation), (d. 2006). April 26: Richard Doyle, American actor (voice of Enoch in Ben 10, Driscoll and Mr. Baumann in Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, Robert Kelly in Wolverine and the X-Men).
May May 4: Robert Machray, American actor (voice of Principal in Rapsittie Street Kids: Believe in Santa), (d. 2025). May 11: John Welson, Canadian animator (Special Delivery). May 24: Priscilla Presley, American actress and former wife of Elvis Presley (created and voiced herself in Agent Elvis).
June June 11: Adrienne Barbeau, American actress (voice of Catwoman in the DC Animated Universe, Simone Lenoir in Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island, Helga Von Guggen in Totally Spies!). June 14: Marilyn Schreffler, American actress (voice of Brenda Chance in Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels, Daisy Mayhem in Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics, Wendy in Yogi's Space Race and Buford and the Galloping Ghost, Olive Oyl in The All New Popeye Hour, and Popeye and Son, Kuma in Pole Position, Natasha in Rose Petal Place, Winnie Werewolf in Scooby-Doo and the Ghoul School), (d. 1988). June 19: Marsha Kramer, American actress (additional voices in Antz, Ice Age, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, The Simpsons Movie, The Lego Movie and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water), (d. 2020).
July July 1: Debbie Harry, American singer, songwriter, and actress (voice of Vaingloria in Phantom 2040, singing voice of Angel in Rock & Rule).