Events in 1909 in animation.

Events The German orientalist Paul E. Kahle discovered leather puppets near Damietta, Egypt which were used in medieval shadow plays, one of the precursors of silhouette animation.Kahle, Paul. “The Arabic Shadow Play in Egypt.” The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, no. 1, 1940, pp. 21–34. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/25221591. Accessed 10 Mar. 2023.Milwright, Marcus. “ON THE DATE OF PAUL KAHLE’S EGYPTIAN SHADOW PUPPETS.” Muqarnas, vol. 28, 2011, pp. 43–68. JSTOR website Retrieved 10 Mar. 2023. Films released Unknown date – To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly (United Kingdom)

Births January January 2: Lloyd Vaughan, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1988).Chatting with Lloyd Vaughan and Tom RayBeck, Jerry: Commentary for 8 Ball Bunny, Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4. January 17: Don Figlozzi, American animator and cartoonist, pioneer in television animation ( Fleischer Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Terrytoons), (d. 1981).Donald Figlozzi (1909 - 1981) Genealogy - Family Tree and History, Ancient FacesInterview with Don Figlozzi, by Harvey Deneroff, Sunday, June 10, 1972. Museum of the Moving Image Oral History Project.Drawing the Line: The Untold Story of the Animation Unions from Bosko to Bart Simpson by Tom Sito. Page 202. The University Press of Kentucky, 2002. January 21: Sid Raymond, American comedian and voice actor (voice of Baby Huey and Katnip), (d. 2006). January 26: Nikolai Prilutskiy, Soviet and Russian sound operator and director of audiography, worked primarily in Soviet animated sound films (The Snow Maiden, The Enchanted Boy, The Twelve Months, The Snow Queen), (d. 1990).The Full filmografy of Nikolai Prilutskiy on the site about The History of Russian animation "ANIMATOR.RU" January 27: Lester Novros, American animator, art director, and teacher of filmmaking (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Fantasia), (d. 2000).Lenburg, Jeff. Who's who in Animated Cartoons: An International Guide to Film & Television's Award-winning and Legendary Animators, p. 265. Hal Leonard Corporation, 2006. . Accessed April 28, 2017. "A native of Passaic, New Jersey, Novros grew up wanting to be a painter"

February February 2: Purv Pullen, American actor (Silly Symphonies, Birds in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), (d. 1992). February 9: Heather Angel, English actress (voice of Alice's sister in Alice in Wonderland, Mrs. Darling in Peter Pan), (d. 1986).The Alfred Hitchcock EncyclopediaResting Places February 11: Al Eugster, American animator, writer, and film director (Fleischer Studios, Iwerks Studio, Walt Disney Productions, Famous Studios), (d. 1997).Baxter, Devon. "Animation Profiles: AL EUGSTER." www.cartoonresearch.com, April 10, 2019. Retrieved December 2, 2021.Mayerson, Mark. "Remembering Al." www.awn.com, February 11, 1997. Retrieved May 15, 2017. February 21: Alexandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, Russian animator and film director (The Enchanted Boy), (d. 1980). February 26: Lou Lilly, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1999). February 28: Olan Soule, American actor (voice of Batman in The Adventures of Batman, Sesame Street, The New Scooby-Doo Movies, and Super Friends, Master Taj in Fantastic Planet, the Boy's Father in The Small One, Martin Stein in Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show), (d. 1994).

March March 1: Winston Sharples, American composer (Van Beuren Studios, Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios), (d. 1978).Deaths - The New York Times March 11: Jules Engel, American animator, graphic artist, and film director, the founding director of the experimental animation program at the California Institute of the Arts (Screen Gems, Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 2003). March 16: Don Raye, American songwriter (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1985). March 17: Ken Anderson, art director and writer for the Walt Disney Animation Studios (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Pinocchio, Fantasia), (d. 1993).Canemaker, John, Before the Animation Begins: The Art and Lives of Disney Inspirational Sketch Artists, Hyperion, New York 1996 (especially pages 168-182, a full chapter devoted to Ken Anderson).*Ghez, Didier, Walt's People Volume 1: Talking Disney With The Artists Who Knew Him, Theme Park Press, 2005 (contains an entire interview with Ken Anderson from 1992 conducted by Paul F. Anderson). March 22: Ralph Heimdahl, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, made comics based on Bugs Bunny), (d. 1981). Milt Kahl, American animator, one of Disney's Nine Old Men, (d. 1987).1910 United States Federal Census March 25: Jerry Livingston, American songwriter (theme songs of The Bugs Bunny Show and Casper the Friendly Ghost, co-writer of "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" in Cinderella), (d. 1987). March 29: Jack Kinney, American animator, director and producer (Pinocchio, Dumbo, Saludos Amigos), (d. 1992).Lenburg (2006), pp. 180Kinney, Jack, Walt Disney and other assorted characters - An unauthorised account of the early years at Disney's, Harmony Books, New York, 1988

April April 14: Jim Pabian, American animator, screenwriter, and director (Leon Schlesinger Productions, Harman & Ising, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio), (d. 1996)."United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VMMF-DMN : accessed 02 Mar 2013), James A Pabian, 23 July 1996. April 24: Irven Spence, American animator (Tom and Jerry), (d. 1995).Living Life Inside the Lines, by Martha Sigall, University Press of Mississippi, 2005

May May 10: Arturo Moreno, Spanish animator, cartoonist, and comics artist (Garbancito de la Mancha, Alegres vacaciones), (d. 1993). May 13: Ken Darby, American composer and conductor (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1992). May 15: James Mason, British actor (narrator of The Tell-Tale Heart), (d. 1984).James Mason Obituary, Variety, 1 August 1984. May 20: Jerry Hausner, American actor (voice of Waldo in Mr. Magoo, Hemlock Holmes, The Mole, Broodles and Itchy in The Dick Tracy Show), (d. 1993).Wilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2 (Kindle Locations 25047-25048). McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. Kindle Edition. May 25: Marie Menken, American film director, painter and animator, (d. 1970). May 30: Benny Goodman, American jazz band leader (provided music to the All the Cats Join In and After You've Gone segments in Make Mine Music), (d. 1986).Benny Goodman – The Official Licensing Website of Benny Goodman

June June 13: Hannes Schroll, Austrian skier and yodeller (creator of the Goofy holler sound effect), (d. 1985). June 14: Burl Ives, American singer and actor (voice of Sam the Snowman in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), (d. 1995).Enjoy Illinois June 20: Helen Ogger, American inker and animator (Walt Disney Studios), (d. 1983). June 26: Wolfgang Reitherman, American animator, director and producer, (one of Disney's Nine Old Men), (d. 1985).

August August 8: David Tendlar, American animator (Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios), (d. 1993). August 11: Edwin Gillette, American inventor and cinematographer, creator of the Syncro-Vox technique of limited animation, executive of Cambria Productions (Clutch Cargo, Space Angel, Captain Fathom), (d. 2003).*Method and Means for Producing Composite Talking Picture (PDF format) at FreePatentsOnline.com

September September 3: Yale Gracey, Writer and layout artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios), (d. 1983).UPI, 1983, Sept. 6, Executive Shot to Death at Exclusive Beach Club, The Montreal Gazette, p. 105Ex-Disney Special Effects Expert Slain, Toledo Blade, 7 September 1983, page 14. Last retrieved 21 April 2023. September 8: Lynn Karp, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1992).

October October 1: Everett Sloane, American actor (voice of the title character in The Dick Tracy Show), (d. 1965).Sculthorpe, Derek (2018). Edmond O'Brien, Everyman of Film Noir. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 174. ."Everett Sloane". San Francisco Examiner. August 9, 1965. p. 55. Retrieved November 7, 2022."Notable Interments & Their Families" . Angelus Rosedale Cemetery. Retrieved November 7, 2022. Romer Zane Grey, American animator (Romer Grey Studio) and comics writer, (d. 1976).Romer Zane Grey, Daily News (New York, NY), March 11, 1976, page 326Author’s Son Dead at Age 66, Marysville Journal-Tribune (Marysville, OH), March 11, 1976, page 8 October 15: Margie Hines, American actress (original voice of Betty Boop, occasional voice of Olive Oyl and Swee'Pea in Popeye), (d. 1985).Ancestry: Marjorie Heidtmann in the U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935–2014 October 26: Dante Quinterno, Argentine animator, comics artist, and publisher, created the first animated color film of Latin America (Upa en apuros), (d. 2003). October 31: Thelma Boardman, American actress (voice of Minnie Mouse from 1937 to 1938, and 1941 to 1942), (d. 1978).

November November 7: Campbell Grant, American actor (voice of Angus MacBadger in The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad), character designer and animation writer (Fantasia), (d. 1992). November 10: Johnny Marks, American composer (Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer), (d. 1985). November 25: P. D. Eastman, American screenwriter, children's author, and illustrator (Private Snafu, UPA), (d. 1986).

December December 12: Dick Moores, American cartoonist and producer of television animation, co-founder of Telecomics, (d. 1986). December 20: Amby Paliwoda, American animator (Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids), (d. 1999). December 23: Maurice Denham, English actor (voice of all animals in Animal Farm), (d. 2002). December 26: Don Patterson, American animator, director and producer (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio, DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Animation), (d. 1998).

Specific date unknown Fred Abranz, American comics artist and animator (Walt Disney Company), (d. 1992).

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