Events in 1934 in animation.
Events
March March 16: 6th Academy Awards: Walt Disney's The Three Little Pigs receives the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
May May 3: Wilfred Jackson's The Wise Little Hen premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre; it features the debut of Donald Duck. The film would be released nationwide on June 9, which would later be declared as the date for Donald's birthday.
August August 3: The Fleischer Brothers' Betty Boop cartoon Poor Cinderella is released, it's the only Betty Boop cartoon made in color.
September September 1: The first cartoon from MGM, as well as the first in the Happy Harmonies series. The Discontented Canary from Harman and Ising is released.
Specific date unknown Alain Saint-Ogan releases the animated short Prosper et Le Concours de Beauté, based on his comic strip Prosper L'Ours.
Films released 1 January – Chicken Reel (United States) 5 January: The Autograph Hunter (United States) Buddy the Gob (United States) She Wronged Him Right (United States) 12 January: Holland Days (United States) Scrappy's Art Gallery (United States) 13 January – The China Shop (United States) 15 January – The Candy House (United States) 19 January – Sock-a-Bye, Baby (United States) 26 January – The Three Bears (United States) 27 January – Pettin' in the Park (United States) 29 January – Scrappy's Television (United States) 2 February – Red Hot Mamma (United States) 5 February: Southern Exposure (United States) The County Fair (United States) 9 February - Rip Van Winkle (United States) 10 February – The Grasshopper and the Ants (United States) 16 February: Let's You and Him Fight (United States) Tom Thumb (United States) 17 February: Honeymoon Hotel (United States) The Little Red Hen (United States) 19 February – The Toy Shoppe (United States) 23 February – The Last Straw (United States) 24 February – Buddy and Towser (United States) 2 March – Ha! Ha! Ha! (United States) 3 March – Playful Pluto (United States) 9 March: Aw, Nurse (United States) Cinder Alley (United States) The Owl and the Pussycat (United States) 12 March – Kings Up (United States) 16 March – The Man on the Flying Trapeze (United States) 23 March – A Mad House (United States) 24 March – Funny Little Bunnies (United States) 30 March – Bowery Daze (United States) 2 April – Wolf! Wolf! (United States) 6 April: Betty in Blunderland (United States) Joe's Lunch Wagon (United States) 7 April – The Brave Tin Soldier (United States) 13 April: Scrappy's Toy Shop (United States) The Big Bad Wolf (United States) 14 April: Beauty and the Beast (United States) Buddy's Garage (United States) 16 April – The Ginger Bread Boy (United States) 20 April: Busy Bus (United States) Just A Clown (United States) 26 April – Those Were Wonderful Days (United States) 27 April – Can You Take It (United States) 3 May – The Wise Little Hen (United States) 4 May – The King's Daughter (United States) 5 May – Buddy's Trolley Troubles (United States) 11 May – Masquerade Party (United States) 14 May – Goldielocks and the Three Bears (United States) 18 May: Betty Boop's Rise to Fame (United States) Scrappy's Dog Show (United States) The Lion's Friend (United States) 19 May: Gulliver Mickey (United States) Puss in Boots (United States) 26 May – Buddy of the Apes (United States) 28 May – Annie Moved Away (United States) 1 June: Pandora (United States) Shoein' Hosses (United States) The Hot Choc-late Soldiers (United States) 15 June: Betty Boop's Trial (United States) Scrappy's Theme Song (United States) Slow But Sure (United States) Wax Works (United States) 16 June – Mickey's Steam Roller (United States) 22 June – The Queen of Hearts (United States) 23 June – Buddy's Bearcats (United States) 29 June: See the World (United States) Strong to the Finich (United States) 7 July – Scrappy's Relay Race (United States) 9 July – William Tell (United States) 13 July: Betty Boop's Life Guard (United States) My Lady's Garden (United States) 14 July – The Flying Mouse (United States) 23 July – Chris Columbus, Jr. (United States) 27 July: Irish Sweepstakes (United States) Shiver Me Timbers! (United States) The Great Experiment (United States) 3 August – Poor Cinderella (United States) 6 August – The Dizzy Dwarf (United States) 10 August: Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (United States) Busted Blossoms (United States) 11 August – Orphan's Benefit (United States) 17 August – There's Something About a Soldier (United States) 21 August – Axe Me Another (United States) 24 August – Mice In Council (United States) 27 August – Scrappy's Expedition (United States) 1 September: Peculiar Penguins (United States) The Discontented Canary (United States) The Trapeze Artist (United States) 3 September – Ye Happy Pilgrims (United States) 7 September – Why Mules Leave Home (aka Farmyard Whoopee) (United States) 21 September: Betty Boop's Little Pal (United States) Jail Birds (United States) 26 September – A Dream Walking (United States) 29 September: The Headless Horseman (United States) The Old Pioneer (United States) 5 October – The Black Sheep (United States) 12 October – The Katnips of 1940 (United States) 13 October – The Miller's Daughter (United States) 17 October: Buddy the Detective (United States) Shake Your Powder Puff (United States) The Magic Fish (United States) 19 October – Betty Boop's Prize Show (United States) 22 October – Sky Larks (United States) 26 October – The Two-Alarm Fire (United States) 27 October: Buddy the Woodsman (United States) Tale of the Vienna Woods (United States) The Valiant Tailor (The King's Tailor - Castle Films) (United States) 2 November: Concert Kid (United States) Hot Sands (United States) 3 November – The Goddess of Spring (United States) 8 November – Buddy's Circus (United States) 9 November – Holiday Land (United States) 12 November – Spring in the Park (United States) 16 November: Keep in Style (United States) Krazy's Waterloo (United States) Tom, Tom the Piper's Son (United States) 17 November: Buddy's Adventures (United States) The Dognapper (United States) 23 November – The Dance Contest (United States) 24 November: Bosko's Parlor Pranks (United States) Don Quixote (United States) 30 November – Jack's Shack (United States) 12 December: Babes at Sea (United States) Viva Buddy (United States) 14 December – South Pole or Bust (United States) 15 December – Buddy the Dentist (United States) 20 December – Happy Butterfly (United States) 21 December: When My Ship Comes In (United States) Goofy Gondolas (United States) 22 December: Jack Frost (United States) Toyland Broadcast (United States) 28 December: An Elephant Never Forgets (United States) The Dog Show (United States) We Aim to Please (United States)
Births January January 1: Nobuaki Sekine, Japanese voice actor (voice of Takeshi Umihara in Cosmo Warrior Zero, Kenichi in Kimba the White Lion), (d. 2021). Don Jurwich, American animation writer, director and producer, (Hanna-Barbera, Marvel Animation) (d. 2021). Don Duga, American designer, storyboard artist, director and educator (Frosty the Snowman, The Little Drummer Boy, The Last Unicorn), (d. 2021). January 2: Marina Voskanyants, Russian animator (Thumbelina, The Town Musicians of Bremen, Golden Feather, The Key, Big Troubles), (d. 2024).Умерла одна из создателей мультфильмов о Простоквашино Марина Восканьянц January 8: Roy Kinnear, English actor (narrator of Bertha, voice of Pipkin in Watership Down and Bulk in SuperTed), (d. 1988). January 11: Mitchell Ryan, American actor (voice of Highfather in the Justice League episode "Twilight"), (d. 2022). January 14: Richard Briers, English actor (narrator of Roobarb and Noah and Nelly in... SkylArk, voice of Noddy in the 1975 Noddy TV series and Fiver in Watership Down), (d. 2013). January 17: Iwan Lemaire, aka Yvan Lemaire, Belgian comics artist, animator, photographer and painter, (d. 2012). January 18: Raymond Briggs, English illustrator, cartoonist, graphic novelist and author (The Snowman, When the Wind Blows, Father Christmas, The Bear, Ivor the Invisible, Fungus the Bogeyman, The Snowman and the Snowdog, Ethel & Ernest), (d. 2022). January 20: Tom Baker, English actor (voice of Zeebad in The Magic Roundabout, The Bendu in Star Wars Rebels, The Fourth Doctor in Shada). Phil Seuling, American organizer (founder of Comic Art Convention and Sea Gate Distributors) and voice actor (voice of one of the pig cops in Fritz the Cat), (d. 1984)."Phil Seuling, father of the direct-sales Market, dies at age of 50," The Comics Journal #93 (September 1984), pp. 13-14. January 25: Donald W. Ernst, American editor and producer (Ralph Bakshi, The Walt Disney Company), (d. 2023).Animation Editor-Producer Don Ernst Dies Age 89 January 26: Bob Uecker, American baseball player, sportscaster, actor and comedian (voice of the Narrator in the Teacher's Pet episode "Take Me Out of the Ball Game", Baseball Announcer in the Puppy Dog Pals episode "Take Me Out to the Pug Game", Bob Yucker in the Monsters at Work episode "The Damaged Room", himself in the Futurama episode "A Leela of Her Own" and the Teen Titans Go! episode "BBRBDAY"), (d. 2025). January 30: Tammy Grimes, American actress (voice of Albert in 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Molly Grue in The Last Unicorn, Catrina in My Little Pony Escape from Catrina), (d. 2016).Gates, Anita. "Tammy Grimes, the Original 'Unsinkable Molly Brown', Dies at 82", The New York Times, October 31, 2016.
February February 5: Hank Aaron, American professional baseball player (voiced himself in the Futurama episode "A Leela of Her Own"), (d. 2021). February 6: Bernard Erhard, American actor (voice of Cy-Kill in Challenge of the GoBots, Timber Smurf in The Smurfs, Cryotek in Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light, King Morpheus in Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, Wolf in Rover Dangerfield), (d. 2000). February 12: Valerio Ruggeri, Italian actor (dub voice of Rabbit in Winnie the Pooh), (d. 2015).Addio al doppiatore Valerio Ruggeri (in Italian) Annette Crosbie, Scottish actress (voice of Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings, Granny Weatherwax in Wyrd Sisters, Nonna Dog in Lily's Driftwood Bay). February 13: George Segal, American actor (voice of J.B. in Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Eli in Adventures from the Book of Virtues, Dr. Benton C. Quest in The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, Horror in Billy & Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure, Peter Trickell in Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Bernie in American Dad!, Nick in The Simpsons, Dr. Eli Selig in The Zeta Project episode "Absolute Zero"), (d. 2021). February 14: Kazuhiko Kishino, Japanese voice actor (voice of Mayumi Kinniku in Kinnikuman), (d. 2020). Florence Henderson, American actress (voice of Grand Mum in Sofia the First, Mallory "Mastermind" Casey in Loonatics Unleashed, Nanny Barbara in The Cleveland Show episode "The Men in Me", Ruby Stone in the Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated episode "Dead Justice", herself in the Nightmare Ned episode "Monster Ned"), (d. 2016). February 17: Barry Humphries, Australian actor, author and satirist (voice of Bruce in Finding Nemo, Brauilo in Justin and the Knights of Valour, Wombo in Blinky Bill the Movie, narrator in Mary and Max), (d. 2023). February 21: Rue McClanahan, American actress and comedian (voice of Scarlett in Annabelle's Wish, Anastasia Hardy in the Spider-Man episode "Doctor Octopus: Armed and Dangerous", Bunny in the King of the Hill episode "Hair Today, Gone Today"), (d. 2010)."Golden Girls star Rue McClanahan dies at age 76" New York Daily News, June 3, 2010.Rue McClanahan death , etonline.com; accessed August 23, 2016.
March March 3: Paul van Gorcum, German-born Dutch actor (Dutch dub voice of Jasper in the 101 Dalmatians franchise, Zazu in The Lion King franchise, Rabbit in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Gargamel in The Smurfs, Shere Khan in TaleSpin), (d. 2025).Acteur Paul van Gorcum (91), de baron in Bassie & Adriaan, overleden .