Events in 1918 in animation .

Films released [ edit ]

• Unknown date ? Sin dejar rastros (Argentina)
• February ? Urashima Tar? (Japan)
• 25 February ? The Pinkerton Pup's Portrait (United States)
• 18 May ? The Sinking of the Lusitania (United States)

Births [ edit ]

January [ edit ]

• January 4 : Buddy Baker , American composer ( Walt Disney Animation Studios , Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!) , The Puppetoon Movie ), (d. 2002 ).
• January 26 : Vito Scotti , American actor (voice of Peppo in The Aristocats ), (d. 1996 ). ^[1]

February [ edit ]

• February 13 : Al Pabian , American animator ( Chuck Jones , Peanuts specials), (d. 2015 ).
• February 14 : William L. Snyder , American film producer ( Rembrandt Films ), (d. 1998 ). ^[2]
• February 16 : Patty Andrews , American singer (co-sang the Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet segment in Make Mine Music , and Little Toot in Melody Time ), (d. 2013 ). ^[3]
• February 22 : Don Pardo , American announcer (voice of the Announcer in Totally Minnie , himself in The Simpsons episodes " Moe Letter Blues " and " Moonshine River "), (d. 2014 ). ^[4]

March [ edit ]

• March 2 :
  • Bob Givens , American animator, character designer and lay-out artist ( Walt Disney Company , Warner Bros. Cartoons , Hanna-Barbera , DePatie-Freleng Enterprises ), (d. 2017 ). ^{[5] [6] [7]}
  • Michael Rye , American actor (voice of the title character in The Lone Ranger , Apache Chief and Green Lantern in Super Friends , Duke Igthorn, King Gregor, and Sir Gawain in Adventures of the Gummi Bears , J.J. Wagstaff in Fluppy Dogs , Mr. Slaghoople in The Flintstone Kids , Farley Stillwell in Spider-Man ), (d. 2012 ). ^[8]
• March 3 : Dave Monahan, American screenwriter ( Warner Bros. Cartoons ), (d. 2003 ). ^[9]
• March 6 : Harold Mack, English animator and comics artist (worked for Gaumont British Animation, British Animated Pictures and Marten Toonder 's animation studio, established his own animation studio The Anglo-Dutch Group ), (d. 1975 ). ^[10]
• March 9 : Vance Colvig , American clown and actor (voice of Chopper in The Yogi Bear Show ), (d. 1991 ). ^[11]
• March 18 : Mike Road , American actor (voice of Race Bannon in Jonny Quest , Zandor in The Herculoids , Ugh in Space Ghost and Dino Boy ), (d. 2013 ). ^[12]
• March 19 : Marvin Mirisch , American film producer and brother of Walter Mirisch ( The Pink Panther ), (d. 2002 ). ^[13]
• March 21 : Cliff Norton , American actor (voice of Woggle-Bird in Jack and the Beanstalk , Kakofonous A. Dischord in The Phantom Tollbooth , Ed Huddles in Where's Huddles? , Crow #2 in The Mouse and His Child , Timothy in Pandamonium ), (d. 2003 ). ^{[14] [15]}
• March 29 : Pearl Bailey , American actress and singer (voice of Mrs. Elephant in Tubby the Tuba , Big Mama in The Fox and the Hound ), (d. 1990 ). ^[16]

April [ edit ]

• April 4 : Gerry Johnson , American actress (voice of Betty Rubble in the final two seasons of The Flintstones ), (d. 1990 ).
• April 18 : Dick Sutcliffe , American animator (co-creator of Davey and Goliath ), (d. 2008 ). ^[17]
• April 19 : William Arthur Smith , American animation writer, comics artist and illustrator (worked for Walter Lantz ), (d. 1989 ). ^[18]
• April 25 : Tom Daly , Canadian film producer ( My Financial Career ), (d. 2011 ). ^[19]

June [ edit ]

• June 2 : Henry G. Saperstein , American film producer and distributor ( UPA ), (d. 1998 ).

July [ edit ]

• July 2 : Wim Boost, aka Wibo, Dutch comics artist, cartoonist and animator, (d. 2006 ). ^[20]
• July 6 : Sebastian Cabot , English actor (voice of the narrator and Sir Ector in The Sword in the Stone , Bagheera in The Jungle Book , narrator in The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh ), (d. 1977 ). ^[21]

August [ edit ]

• August 17 : Mort Marshall, American actor (voice of Stanley Livingstone, Rocky Maninoff and other various characters in Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales , Klondike Kat in The Beagles , original voice of the Trix Rabbit ), (d. 1979 ). ^[22]
• August 19 : Floyd Huddleston , American songwriter ( The Aristocats , Robin Hood ), (d. 1991 ). ^{[23] [24]}
• August 26 : Dave Barry , American radio host and actor (voice of Humphrey Bogart in 8 Ball Bunny , voice of Bluto in the Popeye cartoon Seein' Red, White 'N' Blue , voice of Elmer Fudd in Pre-Hysterical Hare ), (d. 2001 ). ^[25]

September [ edit ]

• September 22 : Ken Southworth , English animator ( Walt Disney Company , MGM , Walter Lantz , Hanna-Barbera , Filmation , Clokey Productions , Warner Bros. Animation ), (d. 2007 ). ^[26]
• September 28 : Arnold Stang , American actor (voice of the title character in Top Cat ), (d. 2009 ). ^[27]

October [ edit ]

• October 27 : Jacques Eggermont, Belgian comics artist and animator (worked for CBA), (d. 1998 ). ^[28]
• October 31 : Carmen D'Avino , American painter, sculptor and film director, (d. 2004 ). ^{[29] [30]}

November [ edit ]

• November 5 : Alan Tilvern , English actor (portrayed R.K. Maroon in Who Framed Roger Rabbit , voice of Innkeeper in The Lord of the Rings ), (d. 2003 ).
• November 11 :
  • Howard Purcell , American comics artist, writer and animator, (d. 1981 ). ^[31]
  • Seymour Reit , aka Sy Reit, American animator ( Fleischer Studios , co-creator of Casper the Friendly Ghost ), writer, screenwriter, comics writer and comics artist, (d. 2001 ). ^[32]
• November 30 : Efrem Zimbalist Jr. , American actor (voice of Alfred Pennyworth in the DC Animated Universe , Dr. Octopus in Spider-Man , Justin Hammer in Iron Man ), (d. 2014 ). ^[33]

December [ edit ]

• December 31 : Virginia Davis , American actress (portrayed Alice in Walt Disney 's Alice Comedies ), (d. 2009 ). ^{[34] [35]}

Deaths [ edit ]

January [ edit ]

• January 9 : Emile Reynaud , French inventor and animation pioneer (invented the praxinoscope responsible for the first projected animated films), dies at age 73.

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

• Animated works of the year , listed in the IMDb