Events in 1906 in animation.

Films released April 6 – Humorous Phases of Funny Faces (United States)Magill's Survey of Silent Films, Vol 2. FLE-POT p. 562 edited by Frank N. Magill c. 1982 (3 book set ) Retrieved June 27, 2018 Date unknown – The House of Ghosts (France)

Births January January 19: Lanny Ross, American singer and actor (singing voice of Prince David in Gulliver's Travels), (d. 1988). January 20: Russ Dyson, American animator (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1956). January 24: Wilfred Jackson, American animator, director, composer and arranger (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1988).

February February 5: Ted Eshbaugh, American animator and film director (Goofy Goat, The Wizard of Oz, The Sunshine Makers), (d. 1969). John Carradine, American actor (voice of Tyrone T. Tattersall in Shinbone Alley, The Tramp in The Mouse and His Child, The Wizard in Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, The Great Owl in The Secret of NIMH), (d. 1988).John Carradine, Patriarch and Tireless Trouper, Exits, SpeakingValsecchi, Peiro. "Actor John Carradine dead at 82", Times-News, November 27, 1988Carradine, David. Endless Highway(1995) Journey Publishing February 27: Carlo Vinci, American animator (Mighty Mouse, Yogi Bear, Flintstones), (d. 1993).Animation Resources biography, http://animationresources.org/?p=4271My Life in 'Toons, Joe Barbera, Turner Publishing, 1994

March March 3: Donald Novis, English-born American actor and tenor (voice of Singing Dog in Toyland Broadcast, sang "Love is a Song" and "Looking for Romance" in Bambi, and "Peace on Earth" in Lady and the Tramp), (d. 1966). March 7: Isadore Sparber, American storyboard artist, screenwriter, film director, and animation producer (Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios), (d. 1958). March 12: Courtland Hector Hoppin, American animator and photographer (La Joie de Vivre), (d. 1974). March 15: Paul Smith, American animator and film director (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walter Lantz Productions, Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1980). March 16: Robert Gribbroek, American animator, lay-out artist and background painter (Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1971).

April April 4: Bea Benaderet, American actress and comedienne (voice of Betty Rubble in The Flintstones, Little Red Riding Hood in Little Red Riding Rabbit, Granny in Tweety and Sylvester, Witch Hazel in Bewitched Bunny, Mama Bear in The Three Bears), (d. 1968). April 6: Les Kline, American animator, (animated for Walter Lantz on many Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willy, and Oswald The Lucky Rabbit cartoons, and was Lantz’s longest serving employee, working from 1929 to 1971, with a small gap in the early 50s), (d. 1997) April 18: Edith Vernick, Ukrainian-American animator, supervised the assistant animation department for both the Fleischer Studios and the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio (Gulliver's Travels, The Cat Concerto), (d. 1992). April 19: Ray Abrams, American animator and director (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, Walter Lantz Productions, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1981). April 26: Horst von Möllendorff, German comics artist, cartoonist and animator (Verwitterte Melodie, Der Schneemann, Wedding in the Coral Sea), (d. 1992).Archive noting Horst von Möllendorff's dates of birth and death

May May 17: Jack Carr, American voice actor and animator (Charles Mintz, Warner Bros. Cartoons, Hanna-Barbera), and actor (voice of Buddy in Looney Tunes), (d. 1967).Maltin, Leonard. Of Mice and Magic: a History of American Animated Cartoons. Von Hoffmann Press, Inc., 1980. p. 206The Art of Hanna-Barbera: Fifty Years of Creativity, Ted Sennett. May 19: Jimmy MacDonald, Scottish-American animator, actor, musician and sound effects maker (Walt Disney Company, voice of Mickey Mouse from 1948 to 1977, original voice of Chip, Gus and Jaq in Cinderella, and Humphrey the Bear, the unlucky wolf in The Sword in the Stone), (d. 1991).Obituary Variety, February 18, 1991. May 24: Danny Webb, American voice actor (voice of Egghead in Daffy Duck and Egghead and Cinderella Meets Fella), (d. 1983).

July July 3: George Sanders, British actor and singer (voice of Shere Khan in The Jungle Book), (d. 1972).Ascher-Walsh, Rebecca. "Bored to Death." Entertainment Weekly, 8 May 1992. Retrieved: 30 April 2009."George Sanders (July 3, 1906 – April 25, 1972)." George Sanders: Official Site. Retrieved: 8 December 2011. July 27: Ben Clopton, American animator and animation director, directed early films of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit (Walt Disney Company, Harman-Ising, Ub Iwerks, Walter Lantz, Fleischer Studios), (d. 1987).Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in its Golden Age, Michael Barrier, 1999, The Animated Man: A Life of Walt Disney, Michael Barrier, 2008

August August 5: John Huston, American filmmaker and actor (voice of Gandalf in The Hobbit and The Return of the King, narrator in Epic and The Black Cauldron), (d. 1987). August 7: Ernestine Wade, American actress (voice of Butterfly in Song of the South, Billy's Mother in Hey, Hey, Hey, It's Fat Albert, Veronica's Aunt in Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid), (d. 1983). August 12: Tedd Pierce, American animation writer (Fleischer Studios, Warner Bros. Cartoons) and actor (voice of King Bombo in Gulliver's Travels, C. Blagley Beetle in Mr. Bug Goes to Town, Tom Dover in The Dover Boys, Tall Shipwreck Survivor in Wackiki Wabbit), (d. 1972). August 18: John W. Burton, American film producer (head of Warner Bros. Cartoons from 1958 to 1960) and cinematographer, (d. 1978). August 31: Claire Parker, American engineer (inventor of the Pinscreen) and animator, (d. 1981).

September September 2: George Gordon, American animator and film director (Terrytoons, MGM, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1986). Barbara Jo Allen, American actress (voice of Fauna in Sleeping Beauty, Goliath's Mother in Goliath II, Scullery Maid in The Sword in the Stone), (d. 1974). September 15: Dmitry Nalbandyan, Armenian animator and painter, (d. 1993).http://ru.hayazg.info/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8F%D0%BD_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%90%D1%80%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B4%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87 September 29: Charles Wolcott, American composer (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1987).

October October 1: Walter Clinton, American animator and comics artist (Tex Avery, Hanna-Barbera), (d. 1992). October 5: Hermann Diehl, German animator and film director (The Seven Ravens, Mecki), (d. 1983). October 30: Paul Smith, American composer (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1985).

November November 10: Frank Engli, American animator and comics artist, letterer and colorist (Fleischer Studios), (d. 1977). November 13: Hermione Baddeley, English actress (voice of Madame Adelaide Bonfamille in The Aristocats, Auntie Shrew in The Secret of NIMH), (d. 1986).Max Ascoli, The Reporter, Volume 28', Reporter Magazine, Co., 1963, p. 49.Folkart, Burt, "Noted Actress Hermione Baddeley Dies", Los Angeles Times, 21 August 1986. November 21: Mary Ellen Bute, American animator, animation producer and director (Tarantella), (d. 1983). (age given as 79) November 25: Larry Clemmons, American animator, screenwriter, and actor (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1988). November 29: Luis van Rooten, Mexican-American actor (voice of the King and Grand Duke in Cinderella), (d. 1973).

December December 9: Freddy Martin, American bandleader and tenor saxophonist (Bumble Boogie segment of Melody Time), (d. 1983).

Specific date unknown Wan Chaochen, Chinese film director and producer (Wan Brothers), (d. 1992).

References

External links Animated works of the year, listed in the IMDb