Events in 1929 in animation.
Events
March March 17: Walt Disney gives the Mickey Mouse short Plane Crazy an official release, now as a sound cartoon. The short marks the debut of Clarabelle Cow.
June June 28: In the Mickey Mouse cartoon The Plowboy, produced by Walt Disney, Horace Horsecollar makes his debut.
July July 31: In the Mickey Mouse cartoon The Karnival Kid, Walt Disney voices Mickey for the first time.
August August 22: Walt Disney's The Skeleton Dance, the first Silly Symphony, is released.
Specific date unknown Harman and Ising produce Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid for Warner Bros. Pictures, it's a pilot for a series that will be known as Looney Tunes. The first pornographic animated cartoon, Eveready Harton in Buried Treasure, is made as a collaboration between Raoul Barré, Max Fleischer and Paul Terry's studios.
Films released 5 January – Cow Belles (United States) 6 January: Snapping the Whip (United States) Wooden Money (United States) 18 January – Hospitalities (United States) 21 January – Yanky Clippers (United States) 1 February – Reduced Weights (United States) 15 February – Flying Yeast (United States) 18 February – Sick Cylinders (United States) 1 March – Vanishing Screams (United States) 15 March: A Joint Affair (United States) The Barn Dance (United States) 17 March – Plane Crazy (United States) 19 March – Sheep Skinned (United States) 20 March – The Opry House (United States) 1 April – Alpine Antics (United States) 13 April – The Lone Shark (United States) 16 April – The Water Cure (United States) 27 April – Torrid Toreadors (United States) 30 April – When the Cat's Away (United States) May – Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid (United States) 11 May – Golf Socks (United States) 12 May – The Faithful Pup (United States) 19 May – The Ball Park (United States) 25 May – Petting Larceny (United States) 26 May – Custard Pies (United States) 1 June – The Barnyard Battle (United States) 8 June – Hat Aches (United States) 22 June – Fur Peace (United States) 28 June – The Plowboy (United States) 6 July – Auto Suggestion (United States) 20 July – Sleepy Holler (United States) 21 July – House Cleaning Time (United States) 22 July: Jungle Jingles (United States) Weary Willies (United States) 31 July – The Karnival Kid (United States) 15 August – Ratskin (United States) 22 August – The Skeleton Dance (United States) 28 August – Mickey's Follies (United States) 2 September – Race Riot (United States) 12 September – Canned Music (United States) 15 September – Jungle Fool (United States) 16 September – Oil's Well (United States) 26 September – El Terrible Toreador (United States) 29 September – Permanent Wave (United States) 1 October – Mickey's Choo-Choo (United States) 10 October – Port Whines (United States) 11 October – Summertime (United States) 15 October – The Jazz Fool (United States) 18 October – Mill Pond (United States) 24 October – Springtime (United States) 30 October – Hell's Bells (United States) 1 November – Barnyard Melody (United States) 7 November: Sole Mates (United States) Tuning In (United States) 15 November – Jungle Rhythm (United States) 24 November – Hurdy Gurdy (United States) 2 December – The Haunted House (United States) 18 December – Wild Waves (United States) 19 December - The Merry Dwarfs (United States) 30 December – Farm Relief (United States)
Births January January 20: Arte Johnson, American comic actor (voice of Tyrone in Baggy Pants and the Nitwits, Farquad and Skull Ghost in Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers, Devil Smurf in The Smurfs, Weerd in The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, Count Ray and Dr. Ludwig von Strangeduck in DuckTales, Newt in Animaniacs, Virman Vundabar in the Justice League Unlimited episode "The Ties That Bind"), (d. 2019). Jean-Jacques Perrey, French electronic music performer, composer, producer and promoter (SpongeBob SquarePants, Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, The Mighty B!, South Park, The Simpsons), (d. 2016). January 23: Carl Banas, Canadian radio personality and actor (voice of Head Elf and Misfit Elephant in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Scorpion in Spider-Man, Schaeffer in The Racoons), (d. 2020). January 26: Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and author (Munro), (d. 2025). January 30: Morton Stevens, American film and television composer (Tiny Toon Adventures), (d. 1991). January 31: Jean Simmons, English actress (voice of Old Sophie in Howl's Moving Castle, Council Member #2 in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within), (d. 2010).
February February 10: Jerry Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (The Secret of NIMH, Mulan, Looney Tunes: Back in Action), (d. 2004). February 16: Olga James, American singer and actress (voice of Mrs. Thomas in Sealab 2020), (d. 2025). February 17: Patricia Routledge, English actress (voice of Cousin Ribby in The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends), (d. 2025). February 22: James Hong, American actor (voice of Mr. Ping in the Kung Fu Panda franchise, Chi-Fu in Mulan, Daolon Wong in Jackie Chan Adventures, Mandarin in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, Mr. Gao in Turning Red, Grandpa Wing in Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, Professor Chang in the Teen Titans episode "X"). February 23: Queta Lavat, Mexican actress (Latin American dub voice of Jane Jetson in The Jetsons), (d. 2023).¿De qué murió Queta Lavat, el ícono del Cine de Oro que probó suerte en TikTok? February 28: Frank Gehry, Canadian–American architect and designer (voiced himself in The Simpsons episode "The Seven-Beer Snitch" and the Arthur episode "Castles in the Sky"), (d. 2025).
March March 1: Maurice Kanbar, American Producer (founder of Kanbar Entertainment for Hoodwinked! and Hoodwinked Too! Hood vs. Evil), (d. 2022). March 5: Paul Coker Jr., American illustrator (Mad), character designer and production designer (Rankin/Bass Productions, Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?), (d. 2022). March 10: Alice Hirson, American actress (voice of Mrs. Johnson in Baby Blues, Peg Chapman in the Godzilla: The Series episode "Wedding Bells Blew", Mrs. Perry in the Trash Truck episode "Pranks"), (d. 2025). March 12: Billy Lee, American actor (voice of the boy in The Reluctant Dragon), (d. 1989). March 13: Peter Breck, American actor (voice of Farmer Brown in The New Batman Adventures episode "Critters"), (d. 2012). March 14: José Santa Cruz, Brazilian actor, comedian and voice actor (Brazilian dub voice of Smart Ass in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Kim Jong-Il in Team America: World Police, Frederick in One Hundred and One Dalmatians, General Li Shang in Mulan, Professor Archimedes Q. Porter in Tarzan, Dr. Frankenstein in Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein, Uncle Max in The Lion King 1½, Scrooge McDuck in Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas, Big Weld in Robots, August Gusteau in Ratatouille, J. Jonah Jameson in the Spider-Man franchise, Penguin in the Batman franchise, King Randor in He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Megatron in the Transformers franchise, Magneto in the X-Men franchise, Tiamat in Dungeons & Dragons, Mechanicles in Aladdin, Roy Rooster in Garfield and Friends, Lawrence Limburger in Biker Mice from Mars, Sergeant Cosgrove in Freakazoid!, Big Daddy in The Fairly OddParents, Dr. Hibbert in The Simpsons, Señor Senior Senior in Kim Possible, Numbuh One in Codename: Kids Next Door, Ryu Granger in Beyblade, Watari in Death Note, Mad Mod in Teen Titans, Hiroshi Sato in The Legend of Korra, Lex Luthor in Super Friends), (d. 2024).Morre José Santa Cruz, ator e dublador de personagens como Dino, Hagrid e Magneto March 31: Frank Braxton, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Jay Ward Productions, UPA, Peanuts), (d. 1969).
April April 1: Barbara Bryne, British-American actress (voice of Urgl in The Neverending Story), (d. 2023). Jonathan Haze, American actor (voice of Mann Servante in The Angry Beavers episode "The Day the World Got Really Screwed Up"), (d. 2024). Payut Ngaokrachang, Thai animator and film director (The Adventure of Sudsakorn), (d. 2010).May 28, 2010, "Payut Ngaokrachang, 'The Walt Disney of Thailand', dies" , Matichon. April 5: Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (voice of Captain Campion in Watership Down, Dr. Boycott in The Plague Dogs, Fflewddur Fflam in The Black Cauldron, Professor Porter in Tarzan), (d. 2001). April 8: Betty Paraskevas, American writer and lyricist (co-creator of The Kids from Room 402, Maggie and the Ferocious Beast and Marvin the Tap-Dancing Horse), (d. 2010)."". April 10: Max von Sydow, Swedish actor (voice of Art Forger in The Simpsons episode "The Art of War", narrator in Moomins and the Comet Chase, Zeus in the Swedish dub of Hercules), (d. 2020). Liz Sheridan, American actress and dancer (voice of Mrs. Stillman in Life with Louie, Mrs. Rothberg in the American Dad! episode "An Apocalypse to Remember"), (d. 2022). April 13: Ann Sullivan, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 2020). April 14: Gerry Anderson, English television and film producer, director, writer and occasional voice artist (Dick Spanner, P.I., Lavender Castle, New Captain Scarlet, Firestorm), (d. 2012)."Thunderbirds creator Gerry Anderson dies" BBC News 26 December 2012 Cliff Roberts, American photographer, cartoonist, animator and comic book artist (Hanna-Barbera, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises), (d. 1999). April 21: Barry Blitzer, American television writer (Hanna-Barbera), (d. 2010). Doug Goodwin, American pianist, author, songwriter and composer (DePatie–Freleng Enterprises), (d. 2023). April 26: Gordon Hunt, American writer, director (Hanna-Barbera), and actor (voice of Wally in Dilbert), (d. 2016). April 29: Phyllis Craig, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Hanna-Barbera) and ink and paint supervisor (Film Roman), (d. 1997).
May May 5: Ilene Woods, American actress and singer (voice of Cinderella in Cinderella), (d. 2010). May 6: Polly Lou Livingston, American actress (voice of Tree Trunks in Adventure Time and Adventure Time: Distant Lands, Slippy Napkins in Bravest Warriors), (d. 2021). May 10: George Coe, American actor (voiced of Arthur Woodhouse in Archer, Tee Watt Kaa in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Toza in The Legend of Korra episode "A Leaf in the Wind", Albert Einstein in Celebrity Deathmatch, Miguel in Wrinkles), (d. 2015). May 11: Margaret Kerry, American actress (voice of Mermaid in Peter Pan), and inspiration and model for Tinker Bell in Peter Pan, (d. 2026). May 23: Paul Wexler, American actor (voice of car mechanic in 101 Dalmatians), (d. 1979).Source New York Times. Corinne Conley, American actress (voice of Dolly for Sue and Mrs. Donner in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Dorothy Gale in Tales of the Wizard of Oz, Granny in Franklin). May 24: Art Leonardi, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, directed the animated scenes for Trail of the Pink Panther and Curse of the Pink Panther), storyboard artist (DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Challenge of the GoBots, Pound Puppies, Tiny Toon Adventures, Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories), character designer (Super President, Here Comes the Grump, Hanna-Barbera, Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation, Problem Child), prop designer (Problem Child), background artist (Jetsons: The Movie), writer (The Pink Panther Show), producer (Pink Panther and Sons, Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories, Problem Child) and director (DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Pink Panther and Sons, Tiny Toon Adventures, Shelley Duvall's Bedtime Stories). May 28: Shane Rimmer, Canadian actor (voice of Louis Watterson in The Amazing World of Gumball), (d. 2019).
June June 3: Brian Lewis, British illustrator, comics artist and animator (Yellow Submarine), (d. 1978). June 4: Digby Wolfe, English actor (voice of Ziggy the vulture in The Jungle Book), (d. 2012).Melbourne Observer, 14 November 2007. June 5: Normand Hudon, Canadian animator and comics artist (Au P'tit Café), (d. 1997).