Events in 1908 in animation .
January 7 : Eliot Daniel , American songwriter (Walt Disney Company ), (d. 1997 ).[ 10] [ 11] [ 12]
January 11 : Lionel Stander , American actor (voice of Buzz Buzzard in Woody Woodpecker , Kup in The Transformers: The Movie ), (d. 1994 ).
January 16 : Ethel Merman , American actress and singer (portrayed herself and sang in 3 Betty Boop cartoons, voice of Mombi in Journey Back to Oz , Lilly Loraine in Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July ), (d. 1984 ).
January 19 : Jack Cutting , American animator and film director (Walt Disney Company ), (d. 1988 ).[ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16]
February 1 : George Pal , Hungarian-American animator, film director, special effects maker and film producer (Puppetoons , Tulips Shall Grow , John Henry and the Inky-Poo , Tubby the Tuba ), (d. 1980 ).[ 17] [ 18] [ 19] [ 20] [ 21]
February 6 : Michael Maltese , American screenwriter (Warner Bros. Cartoons , Hanna-Barbera ) and comics writer, (d. 1981 ).[ 22] [ 23]
February 26 : Tex Avery , American animator, cartoonist, film director, and voice actor (Warner Bros. Cartoons , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio ), creator or further developer of several characters (Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , Porky Pig , Elmer Fudd , Droopy , Screwy Squirrel , The Big Bad Wolf , Red Hot Riding Hood , and George and Junior ), (d. 1980 ).[ 26] [ 27] [ 28]
March 11 : Frank Smith, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company , Harman-Ising ), (d. 1986 ).[ 29]
March 13 : Paul Stewart , American actor (voice of Mighty Mightor ), (d. 1986 ).[ 30]
March 16 : Seymour Kneitel , American animator (Fleischer Studios , Famous Studios ), (d. 1964 ).[ 31] [ 32] [ 33]
March 20 : Michael Redgrave , British actor and director (narrator in A Christmas Carol ), (d. 1985 ).[ 34]
March 31 : Anton Loeb , American animator, cartoonist, and illustrator (Fleischer Studios ), (d. 1984 ).[ 35]
May 3 : Jack Zander , American animator (The Van Beuren Corporation , Terrytoons , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio ), (d. 2007 ).[ 40] [ 41] [ 42]
May 15 : Joe Grant , American animator, character designer and screenwriter (Walt Disney Company ), (d. 2005 ).[ 43] [ 44] [ 45]
May 17 : Ralph Wright , American animator, storyboard writer (Walt Disney Company ) and actor (voice of Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh franchise), (d. 1983 ).[ 46]
May 20 : James Stewart , American actor (voice of Wylie Burp in An American Tail: Fievel Goes West ), (d. 1997 ).[ 47]
May 22 : Nino Pagot, Italian comics artist and animator (Calimero ), (d. 1972 ).[ 48]
May 25 : Barbara Luddy , American actress (voice of Lady in Lady and the Tramp , Merryweather in Sleeping Beauty , Rover in One Hundred and One Dalmatians , Kanga in Winnie the Pooh ), (d. 1979 ).
May 30 : Mel Blanc , American voice actor (voice of Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , Porky Pig , Tweety Bird , Sylvester the Cat and various other characters in the Looney Tunes franchise, Barney Rubble and Dino in The Flintstones , Mr. Spacely in The Jetsons , original voice of Woody Woodpecker ), (d. 1989 ).[ 49]
August 4 : Wally Maher , American actor (original voice of Screwy Squirrel ), (d. 1951 ).[ 55]
August 20 : Alan Reed , American voice actor (voice of Fred Flintstone in The Flintstones , Dum Dum in Touche Turtle and Dum Dum , Boris the Russian Wolfhound in Lady and the Tramp ), (d. 1977 ).[ 56]
August 24 : John Reed , American animator, special effects artist, and animation director (Fantasia , Bambi , Animal Farm ), (d. 1992 ).[ 57] [ 58] [ 59]
September 10 : Raymond Scott , American composer, (d. 1994 ).[ 60]
September 13 : Mae Questel , American actress (voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl ), (d. 1998 ).[ 61]
September 15 : Penny Singleton , American actress and labor leader (voice of Jane Jetson in The Jetsons ), (d. 2003 ).[ 62]
September 26 : Shug Fisher , American actor, singer, songwriter, musician, and comedian (voice of Uncle Pecos in the Tom and Jerry short "Pecos Pest "), (d. 1984 ).[ 63]
September 30 : Wetzel Whitaker , American animator, film director, and film producer (Cinderella , Alice in Wonderland , Peter Pan ), (d. 1985 ).[ 64] [ 65] [ 66] [ 67]
October 22 : José Escobar Saliente , Spanish animator, comics writer and artist, (d. 1994 ).[ 68]
October 24 : Preston Blair , American animator (Walter Lantz , Charles Mintz , Walt Disney Company , MGM , Tex Avery , Hanna-Barbera ), (d. 1995 ).[ 69] [ 70] [ 71]
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