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1994 in animation

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1994 in animation is an overview of notable events, including notable awards, list of films released, television show debuts and endings, and notable deaths.

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Events

=January=

  • January 3: The first episode of Once Upon a Time... The Discoverers, produced by Albert Barillé, airs.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • January 18: The Peanuts special You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown airs.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=June 30, 2024 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/351/mode/2up |pages=351–352}} This is the only Peanuts special to receive limited marketing on VHS as several trademarks are owned by NFL.
  • January 26: The first episode of The Critic airs.{{cite web|url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4217DEE41FA78&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|title=Thumbs Up For Animated 'The Critic'|work=Chicago Sun-Times|date=January 25, 1994|author=Holbert, Ginny|via=nl.newsbank.com|access-date=August 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140429205014/http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=CSTB&p_theme=cstb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB4217DEE41FA78&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM|archive-date=April 29, 2014}} It will gain a cult following.

=March=

=April=

  • April 15: The first episode of Space Ghost Coast to Coast airs, Cartoon Network's first adult oriented program.{{cite magazine|url=http://snard.com/sg/shoot.html |title=Late Night with Space Ghost |magazine= Shoot|author=Ecke, Raymond|via=Snard.com |date=April 15, 1994 |access-date=2009-08-01 |df=mdy-all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090719195102/http://snard.com/sg/shoot.html|archive-date=July 19, 2009}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/20/arts/television-and-now-here-s-ummm-space-ghost.html?scp=2&sq=cartoon+network&st=nyt |title=And Now, Here's . . . Ummm . . . Space Ghost |page=1 |work=The New York Times |date=November 20, 1994 |access-date=2010-01-07 | first=Andy | last=Meisler |df=mdy-all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513031010/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/20/arts/television-and-now-here-s-ummm-space-ghost.html?scp=2&sq=cartoon+network&st=nyt|archive-date=May 13, 2011}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/20/arts/television-and-now-here-s-ummm-space-ghost.html?pagewanted=2 |page=2 |title=And Now, Here's . . . Ummm . . . Space Ghost |work=The New York Times |date=November 20, 1994 |access-date=2010-01-07 | first=Andy | last=Meisler |df=mdy-all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110513031003/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/20/arts/television-and-now-here-s-ummm-space-ghost.html?pagewanted=2|archive-date=May 13, 2011}}
  • April 28: The 100th episode of The Simpsons, "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song", first airs.

=May=

=June=

=July=

  • July 11: PBS repackaged their existing children's educational programming as a new block called "PTV Park".
  • July 16: Isao Takahata's Pom Poko premieres.{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=809|title=Pom Poko (movie)|website=Anime News Network|access-date=August 2, 2020}}

=September=

  • September 5: The first episode of Aladdin: The Series airs.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • September 10:
  • The first episodes of ReBoot and The Magic School Bus air.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • Jan Švankmajer's Faust premieres.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • September 22: The first episode of The Britt Allcroft Company's Magic Adventures of Mumfie airs.{{cite book |last1=Crump |first1=William D. |title=Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=9781476672939 |page=179}} Season 1 became the most sought-after season, as the full versions of the episodes became a lost media after they were reformatted into a movie in 1996.
  • September 24: The first episodes of Fantastic Four{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} and Iron Man{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} air.
  • September 29: Asterix Conquers America, the sixth Astérix film, premieres.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

=October=

  • October 7: Don Bluth's A Troll in Central Park premieres, which became Bluth’s worst film.{{cite web |url=https://www.avclub.com/don-bluth-offered-a-dark-alternative-to-disney-animatio-1798271712 |title=Don Bluth offered a dark alternative to Disney animation |author=Siede, Caroline |date=August 19, 2014 |access-date=October 2, 2023}} Warner Bros. gave its distribution up to 20th Century Fox in 2002 as a result of not having any confidence in the film at all.
  • October 7: The first episode of The Itsy Bitsy Spider airs.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • October 12: DreamWorks Animation is founded along with DreamWorks Pictures.{{cite news|last=Verrier|first=Richard|title=DreamWorks Animation at 20|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-fi-ct-dreamworks-anniversary-20140511-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=May 10, 2014}}
  • October 21: Cartoon Network Studios is founded.{{cite web|url=http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/12/18/hanna-barbera-studios-1997/|title=Hanna-Barbera Studios, 1997|first=Fred|last=Seibert|date=December 18, 2007|work=Frederator Blogs|publisher=Frederator Studios|access-date=2012-12-14|df=mdy-all|archive-date=November 10, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110204409/http://archives.frederatorblogs.com/frederator_studios/2007/12/18/hanna-barbera-studios-1997/|url-status=dead}}
  • October 24: The first episode of Gargoyles airs.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • October 29: The first episode of Aaahh!! Real Monsters airs.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}

=November=

  • November 3: The German animated feature Felidae is first released.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}} It will gain cult status later.
  • November 6: The compilation film In Search of Dr. Seuss premieres on TNT.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chicagonow.com/intellectual-chicago-suburbs/2016/07/dr-seuss-a-world-full-of-micro-managing-parents-and-the-divine-art-of-the-open-mind/|title=Nazi Dr. Seuss, a world full of micro-managing parents, and the divine art of the open mind|date=2016-07-10|access-date=2020-05-29|website=Chicago Now|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914064435/http://www.chicagonow.com/intellectual-chicago-suburbs/2016/07/dr-seuss-a-world-full-of-micro-managing-parents-and-the-divine-art-of-the-open-mind/|archive-date=2016-09-14}}
  • November 15: Pinocchio and the 1933 Betty Boop cartoon Snow White are added to the National Film Registry.{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |website=Library of Congress|access-date=August 2, 2020}}{{cite news|title=25 Films Added to National Registry|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/15/movies/25-films-added-to-national-registry.html|date=November 15, 1994|access-date=July 22, 2009}}
  • November 18: The film The Swan Princess premieres.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • November 19:
  • The first episode of Spider-Man airs.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • Phil Hartman hosts a featurette for How the Grinch Stole Christmas!: Special Edition on TNT during the Seuss-a-bration marathon.{{Cite web|title=Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas/Horton Hears A Who!: Special Edition (1966)|url=http://www.dvdmg.com/grinchhorton.shtml|access-date=June 30, 2024|website=www.dvdmg.com}}
  • November 21: The Flintstones’ TV movie A Flintstones Christmas Carol premieres, which reverts to the status quo of the characters before their depiction in The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show.{{cite book |first=Vincent |last=Terrace |title=Television Specials: 5,336 Entertainment Programs, 1936-2012 |edition=second |publisher=McFarland & Company Publishers |date=2013 |isbn= 978-0786474448 }}
  • November 23: The mix between live-action and animation, The Pagemaster, starring Macaulay Culkin premieres. It was a box office bomb during its original theatrical release{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pagemaster/ |title=The Pagemaster (1994) |website= Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=April 24, 2024}} as 20th Century Fox suspends theatrical animated films until 1997 when its sister company Fox Animation Studios releases the film Anastasia.

=December=

  • December 4: The film Sailor Moon S: The Movie premieres.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • December 13: The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure, the direct-to-video sequel of The Land Before Time, was released. It was the first Bluth-less sequel released as a direct-to-video as more would continue up to 14 films.{{cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/direct-video-sequels-franchised-and-fancy-free|title=Direct-to-Video Sequels: Franchised and Fancy Free|publisher=Animation World Network|first=John|last=Cawley|date=27 March 2007|access-date=October 2, 2023|archive-date=8 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190808064823/https://www.awn.com/animationworld/direct-video-sequels-franchised-and-fancy-free|url-status=live}}

=Specific date unknown=

  • The first episode of Katie and Orbie airs.{{Citation needed|date=June 2024}}
  • Janie Geiser's The Red Book is first released.{{cite web|url=https://mubi.com/films/the-red-book|title=The Red Book|access-date=August 2, 2020|via=mubi.com}}

Films released

{{Main|List of animated feature films of 1994}}

Television series debuts

{{Main|List of animated television series of 1994}}

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January 26The CriticABC, Fox1994–01
February 5Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego?Fox Kids1994–1999
February 6AladdinDisney Channel1994–1995
rowspan=2 | March 5Conan and the Young WarriorsCBS1994
DuckmanUSA Networkrowspan=2 | 1994–1997
March 9The Busy World of Richard ScarryShowtime, Nick Jr.
April 15Space Ghost Coast to CoastCartoon Network1994–1999
July 2Mutant LeagueSyndication1994–1996
August 15The Brothers GruntMTV1994–1995
September 1The HeadMTV1994–1996
rowspan=6 | September 10Bump in the NightABC1994–1995
ReBootABC, Syndication1994–1999
The Magic School BusPBS Kids1994–1997
BeethovenCBS1994
The Tick (1994)Fox Kids1994–1996
BattleTech: The Animated SeriesFox1994
rowspan=2 | September 11Mega Man (1994)rowspan=3 | Syndication1994–1996
Street Sharks1994–1997
September 17The Baby Huey Show1994–1995
rowspan=2 | September 18Highlander: The Animated SeriesUSA Networkrowspan=2 | 1994–1996
Phantom 2040Syndication
rowspan=4 | September 24Free WillyABC1994–1995
Hurry Hurry, Tom and JerryTBSrowspan=3 | 1994-1996
Iron Manrowspan=2 | Syndication
Fantastic Four (1994)
October 1Wild C.A.T.sCBS1994–1995
October 4Creepy CrawlersSyndicationrowspan=2 | 1994–1996
October 7The Itsy Bitsy SpiderUSA Network
October 24GargoylesSyndication, ABCrowspan=2 | 1994–1997
October 29Aaahh!!! Real MonstersNickelodeon
November 19Spider-Man (1994)Fox Kids1994–1998
December 18Life with LouieFox, Fox Kids1994–1998

Television series endings

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January 2DougNickelodeon1991–1994Cancelled, until revived by ABC in 1996.
January 23MadelineThe Family Channelrowspan=3 | 1993–1994Cancelled, until revived by ABC in 1995.
January 28Cadillacs and DinosaursCBSrowspan=2 | Cancelled
February 23BonkersCBS, The Disney Channel, Syndication
May 22RugratsNickelodeon1991–1994, 1996–2004Cancelled, until revived in 1996.
August 27Conan and the Young WarriorsCBS1994rowspan=12 | Cancelled
October 22CroABCrowspan=2 | 1993–1994
November 3ExosquadSyndication
rowspan=2 | November 26Dog CityFox Kidsrowspan=2 | 1992–1994
The Little MermaidCBS
December 2Mighty MaxSyndicationrowspan=2 | 1993–1994
rowspan=2 | December 3Sonic the HedgehogABC
BeethovenCBS1994
rowspan=2 | December 4Double DragonSyndicationrowspan=2 | 1993–1994
Problem ChildUSA Network
rowspan=2 | December 10Garfield and FriendsCBS1988–1994
BattleTech: The Animated SeriesFox1994

Births

=January=

=February=

=March=

=April=

=May=

= June =

= July =

  • July 24: Jaboukie Young-White, American actor and comedian (voice of McNelly in Ralph Breaks the Internet, Ethan Clade in Strange World, Mbita in Baymax!, Connor in Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken).{{Cite web |date=2018-04-26 |title=Jaboukie Young-White, On Online Activism, Black Twitter Not Getting Credit and Mental Health. |url=https://medium.com/@nerdypoc/jaboukie-young-white-on-online-activism-black-twitter-not-getting-credit-and-mental-health-f235d383f2af |access-date=2023-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426080421/https://medium.com/@nerdypoc/jaboukie-young-white-on-online-activism-black-twitter-not-getting-credit-and-mental-health-f235d383f2af |archive-date=April 26, 2018 }}

= August =

= September =

  • September 25: Jansen Panettiere, American actor (voice of Truman X in The X's, Periwinkle in season 6 of Blue's Clues, young Rodney Copperbottom in Robots, Shovelmouth Boy in Ice Age: The Meltdown), (d. 2023).{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=2023-02-27 |title=Jansen Panettiere Family Reveals Actor's Cause Of Death |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/jansen-panettiere-cause-of-death-cardiomegaly-enlarged-heart-aortic-valve-complications-hayden-1235272908/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Deadline}}{{cite news |last=Osborne |first=Mark |title=Panettiere family remembers late actor Jansen, says he died from enlarged heart |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/panettiere-family-remembers-late-actor-jansen-died-enlarged/story?id=97483137 |work=ABC News |date=February 27, 2023 |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Hayden Panettiere's Brother Jansen Panettiere Dead At 28 |url=https://www.tmz.com/2023/02/20/hayden-panettiere-brother-jansen-panettiere-dead-dies/ |access-date=2023-02-20 |website=TMZ |language=en}}{{Cite magazine |last=Wynne |first=Kelly |date=February 20, 2023 |title=Hayden Panettiere's Younger Brother Jansen Dead at 28 |url=https://people.com/tv/hayden-panettieres-younger-brother-jansen-dead-at-28/ |magazine=People |access-date=February 22, 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Greg |date=2023-02-27 |title=Jansen Panettiere Family Reveals Actor's Cause Of Death |url=https://deadline.com/2023/02/jansen-panettiere-cause-of-death-cardiomegaly-enlarged-heart-aortic-valve-complications-hayden-1235272908/ |access-date=2023-02-27 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}
  • September 29: Halsey, American singer (voice of Wonder Woman in Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, Porsha Crystal in Sing 2, herself in the American Dad! episode "A Nice Night for a Drive" and the Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? episode "The New York Underground!").

= November =

=December=

Deaths

=January=

  • January 5: Joop Du Buy, Dutch animator, textile salesman, and comics artist (worked for Nederland Film during World War II), dies at age 59.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dubuy_joop.htm|title=Joop Du Buy|website=lambiek.net|access-date=May 21, 2020}}
  • January 8: Pat Buttram, American actor (voice of Napoleon in The Aristocats, the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood, Luke in The Rescuers, Chief in The Fox and the Hound, Cactus Jake in Garfield and Friends), dies at age 78.{{Cite news|agency=Associated Press|date=1994-01-10|title=Pat Buttram, 78, Actor In 'Green Acres' Series (Published 1994)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/10/obituaries/pat-buttram-78-actor-in-green-acres-series.html|access-date=2021-03-15|issn=0362-4331}}
  • January 28: Hal Smith, American actor (voice of Owl in Winnie the Pooh, Goliath in Davey and Goliath, Flintheart Glomgold and Gyro Gearloose in DuckTales, continued voice of Goofy, Elmer Fudd, and Winnie the Pooh), dies at age 77.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-12-mn-21927-story.html|title=Hal Smith; Played Otis on Griffith Show|work=Los Angeles Times|date=February 12, 1994|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218125144/https://articles.latimes.com/1994-02-12/news/mn-21927_1_griffith-show|archive-date=December 18, 2013}}{{cite web|title=Hal Smith, The Friendly Drunk Otis On 'Andy Griffith Show' In The '60S|url=https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/19940213/1895037/hal-smith-the-friendly-drunk-otis-on-andy-griffith-show-in-the-60s|publisher=Seattle Times|access-date=January 11, 2015|date=February 13, 1994}}

= February =

  • February 1: 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), dies at age 84.{{cite news|title=Olan Soule, 84, Big-Voiced Actor Who Played Thousands of Roles|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/05/obituaries/olan-soule-84-big-voiced-actor-who-played-thousands-of-roles.html|access-date= February 18, 2014|newspaper=The New York Times|date=February 5, 1994}}
  • February 6: Jack Kirby, American comics artist and animator (Fleischer Studios, Hanna-Barbera, Ruby-Spears), dies at age 76.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/kirby.htm|title=Jack Kirby|website=lambiek.net}}
  • February 8: Raymond Scott, American composer, dies at age 85.{{cite AV media notes |title=Manhattan Research Inc. |others=Raymond Scott |year=2000 |last=Blom, Gert-Jan and Jeff Winner |page=115 |type=CD book |publisher=Basta Audio/Visuals |location=Holland}}
  • February 11:
  • William Conrad, American actor (voice of the narrator in Rocky and Bullwinkle), dies at age 73.Bourdain, G. S., [https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/13/obituaries/william-conrad-73-tv-actor-in-fatman-and-cannon-series.html "William Conrad, 73, TV Actor In 'Fatman' and 'Cannon' Series".] The New York Times, February 13, 1994
  • Sorrell Booke, American actor (voice of Boss Hogg in The Dukes, Mayor Fist in The Pound Puppies, Sheriff Rufus and TJ Buzby in Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers, Big Daddy Boo in Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation, Pinky in Rock-a-Doodle, Boss Hoss in the Bonkers episode "Love Stuck", Sheriff Hebbs in The New Adventures of Captain Planet episode "Jail House Flock"), dies at age 64.{{cite news| last=Oliver| first=Myrna| title=Sorrell Booke; TV, Stage and Movie Actor| url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-02-16-mn-23468-story.html| date=16 February 1994| access-date=21 June 2020| newspaper=Los Angeles Times| language=en-US}}{{cite news |title=Obituaries/funeral announcements, Sorrell booke |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/55783080/paid-death-notice-sorrell-booke/ |access-date=21 July 2020 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=15 February 1994 |pages=140|via=Newspapers.com}}
  • February 17: Lou Bunin, American puppeteer and animator (Alice in Wonderland), dies from a stroke at age 89.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/02/20/obituaries/lou-bunin-animator-who-made-a-wondrous-alice-dies-at-89.html|title=Lou Bunin, Animator Who Made A Wondrous 'Alice,' Dies at 89|first=Richard D.|last=Lyons|date=Feb 20, 1994|work=The New York Times|access-date=August 2, 2020}}
  • February 24: Dinah Shore, American singer and actress (sang the "Two Silhouettes" segment in Make Mine Music, and narrated and sang the "Bongo the Bear" segment in Fun and Fancy Free), dies at age 77.{{cite web|url=http://www.hillsidememorial.org/pdfs/DistResBook_webversion3.pdf|title=Hillside Memorial Park Residents|publisher=Hillsidememorial.org|access-date=August 27, 2015}}{{cite book |last1=Brooks|first1=Patricia|title=Laid to Rest in California: A Guide to the Cemeteries and Grave Sites of the Rich and Famous|chapter=Chapter 8: East L.A. and the Desert|page=245|year=2006|publisher=Globe Pequot Press|location=Guilford, CT|isbn=978-0-7627-4101-4|last2=Brooks|first2=Jonathan|oclc=70284362}}

=March=

  • March 4: John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (voice of Den, Dan, Desk Sergeant and Robot in Heavy Metal, Wilbur in The Rescuers Down Under, himself in Camp Candy), dies from a heart attack at age 43.{{cite news|title=No drugs were involved in Candy's death|agency=Reuters|newspaper=New Straits Times|date=March 6, 1994}}{{cite news|last=Collins|first=Glenn|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/20/obituaries/john-candy-comedic-film-star-is-dead-of-a-heart-attack-at-44.html|title=John Candy, Comedic Film Star, Is Dead of a heart attack at 44|newspaper=The New York Times|date=November 20, 1994|access-date=January 26, 2012}}
  • March 10: Reuben Timmins, American animator and comics artist (Fleischer Studios, Van Beuren Studios, Terrytoons, Walt Disney Company, Hanna-Barbera, Tom & Jerry, Crusader Rabbit, Peanuts, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids), dies at age 84.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/timmins_rueben.htm|title=Reuben Timmins|website=lambiek.net}}
  • March 22: Walter Lantz, American animator, cartoonist, film director, and film producer (Walter Lantz Productions, Andy Panda, Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willy, Oswald the Lucky Rabbit), dies at age 94.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lantz_walter.htm|title=Walter Lantz|website=lambiek.net}}
  • March 29: Paul Grimault, French animator and film director (Le Roi et l'oiseau), dies at age 89.{{cite web|url=http://www.paulgrimault.com/|title=Le site Internet officiel des Films Paul Grimault|website=www.paulgrimault.com|access-date=August 2, 2020}}
  • March 31: José Escobar Saliente, Spanish animator, comics writer and artist, dies at age 85.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/escobar_jose.htm|title=Josep Escobar|website=lambiek.net |url-status=live |access-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051216101218/http://lambiek.net:80/artists/e/escobar_jose.htm |archive-date=December 16, 2005 }}

=April=

=May=

  • May 25: Sonny Sharrock, American jazz guitarist and composer (Space Ghost Coast to Coast), dies from a heart attack at age 53.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sonny-sharrock-mn0000036987/biography|title=Sonny Sharrock | Biography & History|website=AllMusic|access-date=March 28, 2022}}

=June=

  • June 10: Jack Hannah, American animator, film director, screenwriter, and comic writer and artist (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Walter Lantz), dies at age 81.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/h/hannah_jack.htm|title=Jack Hannah|website=lambiek.net|access-date=August 2, 2020}}
  • June 12: Christopher Collins, American actor (voice of Starscream in The Transformers, Cobra Commander in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, Mr. Burns and Moe Szyslak in season 1 of The Simpsons), dies at age 44.{{cite web|last=Woolhouse|first=Adam|date=2014-04-04|title=10 Voice-Actor Deaths That Impacted The Simpsons|url=https://whatculture.com/tv/10-voice-actor-deaths-impacted-simpsons|access-date=2020-10-16|website=WhatCulture.com|language=en |df=mdy-all}}
  • June 14: Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (The Pink Panther Theme, The Great Mouse Detective, Tom and Jerry: The Movie), dies at age 70.{{cite news|last=Severo |first=Richard |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/15/obituaries/henry-mancini-dies-at-70-composer-for-films-and-tv.html |title=Henry Mancini Dies at 70; Composer for Films and TV|work=The New York Times|date=June 15, 1994|access-date=June 8, 2019}}
  • June 23: Piet van Elk, Dutch comics artist and animator (Stripfilm, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 74.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/e/elk_van.htm|title=Piet van Elk|website=lambiek.net|access-date=August 2, 2020}}
  • June 28: Richard Bickenbach, American animator and comics artist (Ub Iwerks, Warner Bros. Cartoons, MGM, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 86.{{Cite web|url=https://animationresources.org/category/dick-bickenbach/|title=dick bickenbach Archives|website=AnimationResources.org – Serving the Online Animation Community|language=en-US|access-date=January 1, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/bickenbach_dick.htm|title=Dick Bickenbach|website=lambiek.net|language=en|access-date=January 1, 2019}}

=July=

  • July 23: Owen Fitzgerald, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, Fleischer Studios, Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng, Hanna-Barbera), dies at age 77.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/f/fitzgerald_owen.htm|title=Owen Fitzgerald|website=lambiek.net|access-date=August 2, 2020}}
  • July 26: Terry Scott, English actor (voice of Penfold in Danger Mouse), dies from cancer at age 67.{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-terry-scott-1416495.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-terry-scott-1416495.html |archive-date=May 1, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Obituary: Terry Scott|website=The Independent|access-date=October 24, 2018}}{{cbignore}}

=August=

  • August 1: Augstí Ascensio Saurí, Spanish animator and comics artist (El mago de los sueños), dies in a car accident at age 45.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/a/asen.htm|title=Agustí Asensio Saurí|website=lambiek.net|access-date=August 2, 2020}}
  • August 4: Stanislav Látal, Czech puppeteer, animator and film director (Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a Sailor from York), dies at age 75.[http://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/21472-stanislav-latal/ Stanislav Látal ČSFD.cz] 1994 – "Stanislav Látal se narodil v květnu 1919 v Samotíškách u Olomouce. ... to byl po dvou desetiletích druhý dlouhometrážní český loutkový film, .."
  • August 24: Rickie Sorensen, American actor (voice of Spotty in 101 Dalmatians, Arthur in The Sword in the Stone), dies at age 47.{{cite book |first=Billy H. |last=Doyle |title=The Ultimate Directory of Silent and Sound Era Performers: A Necrology of Actors and Actresses |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xqUYAQAAIAAJ |date=January 1, 1999 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-3547-4 |pages=623}}
  • August 26: Werner Klemke, German animator, illustrator and comics artist (worked as an animator in the late 1930s), dies at age 77. {{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/k/klemke_werner.htm|title=Werner Klemke|website=lambiek.net}}

=September=

  • September 1: Thomas Chastain, American author (co-wrote The Simpsons episode "Black Widower"), dies from lung cancer at age 73.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/02/obituaries/thomas-chastain-73-author-of-best-selling-mystery-novels.html|title=Thomas Chastain, 73, Author Of Best-Selling Mystery Novels|work=The New York Times|author=Pace, Eric|date=1994-09-02}}

=October=

  • October 3: Dub Taylor, American actor (voice of Digger in The Rescuers), dies at age 87.{{Cite book |last=Ellenberger |first=Allan R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8bOJCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22dub+taylor%22+%22westlake+village%22&pg=PA231 |title=Celebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries: A Directory |date=2001-05-01 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-0983-9 |pages=231 |language=en}}
  • October 5: Doug Wildey, American comics artist and animator (Jonny Quest), dies at age 72.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wildey_doug.htm|title=Doug Wildey|website=lambiek.net}}

=November=

  • November 2: Martin Taras, American comics artist and animator (Fleischer Studios, Famous Studios, Hanna-Barbera, Terrytoons, Ralph Bakshi) and character designer (Baby Huey), dies at age 80.{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/t/taras_martin.htm|title=Martin B. Taras|website=lambiek.net|access-date=August 2, 2020}}
  • November 5: Nikolay Fyodorov, Russian animator, film director and cartoonist (co-director of The Snow Queen), dies at age 80.{{cite web|url=https://www.animator.ru/db/?ver=eng&p=show_person&pid=947&sp=0|title=Fedorov, Nikolai P.|website=animator.ru}}
  • November 18: Cab Calloway, American jazz singer and dancer (voiced singing characters in the Betty Boop shorts Minnie the Moocher, Snow White, The Old Man of the Mountain), dies at age 86.{{Cite news|last=Considine|first=J.D.|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1994-11-20-1994324012-story.html|title='Hi-De-Ho Man' Cab Calloway dies|date=November 20, 1994|work=The Baltimore Sun}}{{cite news|author=Wilson, John S.|title=Cab Calloway Is Dead at 86; 'Hi-de-hi-de-ho' Jazz Man|work=The New York Times|date=November 20, 1994|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/11/20/obituaries/cab-calloway-is-dead-at-86-hi-de-hi-de-ho-jazz-man.html|access-date=July 6, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1994/11/19/Big-Band-leader-Calloway-dies-at-86/2549785221200/|title=Big Band leader Calloway dies at 86|date=November 19, 1994|website=UPI|language=en}}{{Cite magazine|last=Litchman|first=Irv|date=December 3, 1994|title=Cab Calloway Conquered Biz With Panache|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwgEAAAAMBAJ&q=calloway+&pg=PA10|magazine=Billboard|pages=10, 105}}
  • November 23: Irwin Kostal, American musical arranger (Walt Disney Animation Studios, Charlotte's Web), dies at age 83.
  • November 30: Lionel Stander, American actor (voice of Buzz Buzzard in Woody Woodpecker, Kup in The Transformers: The Movie), dies at age 86.

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See also

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  • [https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?genres=animation&release_date=1994-01-01,1994-12-31&sort=num_votes,desc&adult=include Animated works of the year], listed in the IMDb

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