Events in 1906 in animation .
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 ).[ 19] [ 20]
March 7 : Isadore Sparber , American storyboard artist, screenwriter, film director, and animation producer (Fleischer Studios , Famous Studios ), (d. 1958 ).[ 21]
March 12 : Courtland Hector Hoppin , American animator and photographer (La Joie de Vivre ), (d. 1974 ).[ 22]
March 15 : Paul Smith , American animator and film director (Walt Disney Animation Studios , Walter Lantz Productions , Warner Bros. Cartoons ), (d. 1980 ).[ 23]
March 16 : Robert Gribbroek , American animator, lay-out artist and background painter (Warner Bros. Cartoons ), (d. 1971 ).[ 24]
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 ).[ 25]
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 ).[ 26] [ 27]
April 19 : Ray Abrams , American animator and director (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio , Walter Lantz Productions , Hanna-Barbera ), (d. 1981 ).[ 28] [ 29] [ 30]
April 26 : Horst von Möllendorff , German comics artist, cartoonist and animator (Verwitterte Melodie , Der Schneemann , Wedding in the Coral Sea ), (d. 1992 ).[ 31] [ 32]
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 ).[ 33] [ 34] [ 35]
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 ).[ 36] [ 37]
May 24 : Danny Webb , American voice actor (voice of Egghead in Daffy Duck and Egghead and Cinderella Meets Fella ), (d. 1983 ).[ 38]
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 ).[ 48] [ 49] [ 50]
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 ).[ 51] [ 52]
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 31 : Claire Parker , American engineer (inventor of the Pinscreen ) and animator, (d. 1981 ).[ 53] [ 54] [ 55] [ 56]
November 10 : Frank Engli, American animator and comics artist, letterer and colorist (Fleischer Studios ), (d. 1977 ).[ 64]
November 13 : Hermione Baddeley , English actress (voice of Madame Adelaide Bonfamille in The Aristocats , Auntie Shrew in The Secret of NIMH ), (d. 1986 ).[ 65] [ 66]
November 21 : Mary Ellen Bute , American animator, animation producer and director (Tarantella ), (d. 1983 ).[ 67] [ 68] [ 69] [ 70]
November 25 : Larry Clemmons , American animator, screenwriter, and actor (Walt Disney Animation Studios ), (d. 1988 ).[ 71] [ 72] [ 73]
November 29 : Luis van Rooten , Mexican-American actor (voice of the King and Grand Duke in Cinderella ), (d. 1973 ).[ 74]
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