It's Oscar time again, and as they do their own "In Memoriam" segment, we do our own. This is a round-up of those we lost this past year that helped make Saturday mornings the day it was for us growing up. You may not have known all of their names and certainly not their faces, but you'll definitely know their work.
Wayne Osmond (January 1) – Musician and member of the
Osmond family of performers. He voiced himself in the animated series The
Osmonds, as well as performed on the songs used on it with his brothers.
Len Glasser (January 6) – Animator. He worked on 3
episodes of Sesame Street, serving as an announcer and contestant #2 on
a 4th.
Dale Wilson (January 6) – Actor. Played Poodle’s
owner in Madeline; Bigfoot, Dragon and an Astronaut in Darkstalkers;
Duke Freid in The Vision of Escaflowne; Welman Matrix, Faux Megabyte and
Starship Alcatraz Computer in ReBoot; Akuma, computer, and Incan #3 in Street
Fighter: The Animated Series; Vulcan in Monster Rancher; Duck Dunaka
and Mike Hauger in NASCAR Racers; Machine Men, X-51, Electro and
additional voices in Spider-Man Unlimited; Clow Reed in Cardcaptors;
Gus Bonner in Stargate: Infinity; Principal Edward Kelly in X-Men:
Evolution; and Java in Martin Mystery. He also provided additional
voices for Camp Candy, Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century,
Alienators: Evolution Continues, Mary-Kate and Ashley in Action!, and
Gadget and the Gadgetinis.
Bill Byrge (January 9) – Actor and comedian. Played
Bobby in several entries of the Ernest franchise, including the series Hey
Vern, It’s Ernest!
Michelle Bochner Spitz (January 10) – Writer. Worked
on Monsters at Work.
David W. Duclon (January 15) – Writer and producer.
He was the creator of Punky Brewster, which received its own animated
spin-off.
Bob Uecker (January 16) – Professional baseball
player, sportscaster and actor. He played an umpire in an episode of Teacher’s
Pet, a baseball announcer in an episode of Puppy Dog Pals, himself
in an episode of Teen Titans Go!, and a parody named Bob Yucker in an
episode of Monsters at Work.
Noah Nelson (January 20) – Actor. Played Tohru and a
museum curator in Jackie Chan Adventures.
Romeo Lopez (January 21) – Artist. Worked on
storyboards for Captain Planet and the Planeteers, Captain N: The Game
Master, Super Mario World and X-Men: The Animated Series; did
layouts for The Kid Super Power Hour with Shazam! and Blackstar;
and did prop design for Skeleton Warriors.
William Bassett (February 9) – Actor. He played Bill
Ritzi on an episode of Shazam! (1974); Stone on an episode of Wonderbug;
and Ghost Commander in an episode of Power Rangers Lost Galaxy.
Adrian Egan (February 11) – Actor. Played Chet
Lambert, Cannonball aka Samuel Guthrie and provided additional voices in X-Men:
The Animated Series; the king’s oracle, clever man, DECEIT spirit, and King
Agenor in episodes of Mythic Warriors: Guardians of the Legend; and
Grandpa Dima in Time Warp Trio.
Jerry Eisenberg (February 11) – Producer, animator,
storyboard artist and character designer. He did layouts for Frankenstein
Jr. and the Impossibles, The Banana Splits Adventure Hour, Cattanooga Cats,
Motormouse and Autocat, Josie and the Pussycats, Help!...It’s the Hair Bear
Bunch!, and The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan; designed characters
for The Atom Ant Show, The Secret Squirrel Show, Moby Dick and the Mighty
Mightor, Wacky Races (also layouts), Dastardly and Muttley in Their
Flying Machines, “The Adventures of Robin Hoodwink” and “Lost in Space”
episodes of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie, Inch High Private Eye,
Yogi’s Gang, Super Friends, Speed Buggy, Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch, Hong
Kong Phooey, Fangface (also producer), “The Puppy Who Wanted a Boy”
and “The Puppy’s Great Adventure” episodes of ABC Weekend Specials, Plastic
Man Comedy/Adventure Show (also producer), Heathcliff (1980) (also
producer), Thundarr the Barbarian (also producer), Little Clowns of
Happytown and Tom & Jerry Kids Show; storyboards for Muppet
Babies, Rude Dog and the Dweebs, Tom & Jerry Kids Show (also producer
and writer), Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Droopy: Master Detective (also
writer), Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series, Histeria!, House of Mouse,
What’s New Scooby-Doo?, Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps; and served as a
producer on 8 episodes of ABC Weekend Specials, Meatballs and
Spaghetti and Pandamonium (the latter two which he also created).
John Lawlor (February 13) – Actor, assistant director
and cinematographer. He played Paul Landry on the “Henry Hamilton Graduate
Ghost” episode of ABC Weekend Specials.
Rick Morrison (February 17) – Producer, animator and executive
that founded Big Jump Entertainment. He was the creative director, voice
director, storyboard supervisor and director for Dennis the Menace
(1986); production supervisor for The Mask: The Animated Series;
animator on Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids; layout artist for The
Raccoons; design supervisor for Tales from the Cryptkeeper; and
worked on storyboards for Camp Candy, Alvin & the Chipmunks (1983), Attack
of the Killer Tomatoes (1990), Little Rosey, Captain Planet and the
Planeteers, Darkwing Duck, and RollBots.
Sara Compton (February 21) – Writer and composer.
Worked on Sesame Street.
Lynne Marie Stewart (February 21) – Actor. Best known
as Miss Yvonne from various Pee-wee Herman productions, including Pee-wee’s
Playhouse, she also played Shirley Feeney in Laverne & Shirley in
the Army; Jessica Morganberry in Superman (1988); Violet in an
episode of Batman: The Animated Series; Mona Lisa in an episode of The
Tick (1994); and Kitty Grunewald in Life with Louie. She also
provided voices for The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show and A Pup Named
Scooby-Doo.
George Lowe (March 2) – Actor and comedian best known
as the modern voice of Space Ghost. He also played Super Ego in an episode of Beetlejuice:
The Animated Series.
Peter Engel (March 4) – Producer and writer. Best
known for retooling Good Morning, Miss Bliss into the successful Saved
by the Bell franchise, for which he also produced and wrote, leading to the
creation of the Teen NBC programming block. He also served as executive
producer on California Dreams, Saved by the Bell: The New Class (appearing
as Murray on an episode), Hang Time (appearing as The Commissioner on an
episode), One World, and City Guys (which he created).
Joe Suggs (March 5) – Animator and artist. He did
storyboards for 101 Dalmatians: The Series and Casper (1996), and
animation layouts for Timon & Pumbaa.
Dave Mallow (March 11) – Actor and writer. He voiced
Baboo, Pudgy Pig, Mongo, Grumble Bee and Lizzinator on Mighty Morphin Power
Rangers; Baboo, Midas Monster, Horsehead, Googleheimer, and Video Vulture
on Power Rangers Zeo; Quincy Modo, Charterville Charlie, Borgslayer, and
Shellator on Big Bad Beelteborgs; Merlock Holmes and Coconaut in Flint:
The Time Detective; Termitis and Praying Mantis on Power Rangers in
Space; Numemon, Chuumon, Angemon, Kokatorimon, Gekomon, Nanimon, narrator,
MagnaAngemon, Upamon, Pegususmon, Sakkoumon, Tsubumon, Vilemon, Allomon, Chief
Cabinet Secretary, Hypnos System, Grani, Goblimon, ToyAugmon, Piddomon,
SkullSatamon, Pagumon and various voices in Digimon: Digital Monsters; Gasser
and Magnetox on Power Rangers Lost Galaxy; Trifire on Power Rangers
Lightspeed Rescue; Commandocon and Black Knight on Power Rangers Time
Force; Daemona’s dad and various roles in Phantom Investigators; and
Vacuum Cleaner Org, Helicos, Narrator and Announcer on Power Rangers Wild
Force. He also provided voices for The Adventures of Raggedy Ann &
Andy.
Clive Revill (March 11) – Actor. He voiced the
storyteller (narrator) in Dragon’s Lair; Agent Caldwell in Turbo Teen;
Dr. Galeo Seaworthy in Snorks; Lord Belveshire and Dumas in two episodes
of Pound Puppies (1986); Shakespeare and King Lear in an episode of Tiny
Toon Adventures; Sorcerer Blowfish in two episodes of The Little
Mermaid: The Animated Series; Alfred Pennyworth for three episodes and a
police blimp radioman in Batman: The Animated Series; Baffeardin,
Lyle Spanger, Inspector Hogan and Hermil Sioro in episodes of Freakazoid!;
King Claudius in an episode of Pinky and the Brain; Eustace McPhail in
an episode of Godzilla: The Series; a wizard in an episode of Pepper
Ann; and the moderator in an episode of All Grown Up!. He also
provided additional voices for The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries, Alvin and the
Chipmunks (1983), Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, The Smurfs
(1981), Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures, and the Tom &
Jerry Kids Show.
David Steven Cohen (March 15) – Writer and producer.
He wrote for ALF Tales (also serving as story editor), Pee-wee’s
Playhouse, Tiny Toon Adventures, Kenny the Shark, and Viva Piñata.
George Foreman (March 21) – Professional boxer,
entrepreneur, minister and author. He played George Fisticuff, a parody of
himself, in an episode of Garfield and Friends.
Angela Bonatti (March 23) – Actor. Provided the
Brazilian dub voice for Batgirl in Batman: The Animated Series.
Skip Craig (March 31) – Track reader and editor. He
worked on The Bullwinkle Show, Hoppity Hooper, George of the Jungle, The
Wuzzles, Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears, The New Adventures of Winnie
the Pooh, Darkwing Duck, The Little Mermaid: The Animated Series, Aladdin: The
Animated Series, Goof Troop, Gargoyles, Timon & Pumbaa, Mighty Ducks: The
Animated Series, Jungle Cubs, Nightmare Ned, Recess, 101 Dalmatians: The
Series, Pepper Ann, Hercules: The Animated Series, Disney’s Mickey Mouse Works,
The Weekenders, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command, Teacher’s Pet , Teamo Supremo,
Disney’s House of Mouse, Lloyd in Space, Fillmore!, Lilo & Stitch: The
Series, The Buzz on Maggie, and Phineas and Ferb.
Patty Maloney (March 31) – Actor. She played Honk on Far
Out Space Nuts; Patty and other roles on The Bay City Rollers Show;
Darla in The Little Rascals (1982); Dumb #1 on an episode of Pryor’s
Place; Blue Eyes and additional voices in The Smurfs (1981); and
Mrs. Segar in an episode of The New Batman Adventures. She also
performed songs during the Saturday morning preview special, The Bay City
Rollers Meet the Saturday Superstars.
Paul Fierlinger (April 4) – Indie animator and
director. He provided various animated shorts for Sesame Street and
worked on storyboards for Dink, the Little Dinosaur.
Tod Smith (April 4) – Artist. He worked on Marvel’s Mighty
Morphin Power Rangers and Masked Rider comics.
Colin Fox (April 5) – Actor. He played Mr. Hinkle in My
Pet Monster (1987); Claude Badly in an episode of Dog City; Dragster of Doom in Beeltejuice: The Animated Series; a
conductor and an archaeologist in two episodes of Tales from the Cryptkeeper;
Zebediah Killgrave aka the Purple Man in X-Men: The Animated Series; the
shopkeeper in the “Haunted Mask” episodes of Goosebumps; Large Head in The
NeverEnding Story; and King Cepheus and Menelaus in two episodes of Mythic
Warriors: Guardians of the Legend. He also provided additional voices for Beetlejuice:
The Animated Series and Wild C.A.T.s: Covert Action Teams.
Jay North (April 6) – Actor. Best known as the
original Dennis the Menace, he voiced Prince Turhan in the Arabian Knights
segment of The Banana Splits Adventure Hour; Terry Dexter in Here
Comes the Grump; and teenaged Bamm-Bamm Rubble in The Pebbles and
Bamm-Bamm Show and The Flintstone Comedy Hour (1972).
Jean Marsh (April 13) – Actor and writer, best known
for creating and starring in the series Upstairs, Downstairs. Appeared
on a couple episodes of Sesame Street.
Wink Martindale (April 15) – Game show host, disc
jockey, radio personality and television producer. He played Sphinx
Martindale—a parody of himself combined with the legendary Sphinx—in an episode
of Hercules: The Animated Series.
Mark Thornton (April 30) – Animator and director. He
did animation for Stickin’ Around and directed Pikwik Pack.
Ruth Buzzi (May 1) – Actor and comedian. She played
Granny Goodwitch in Linus the Lionhearted; Fi on The Lost Saucer;
Gladys in Baggy Pants and the Nitwits; Mrs. Muffinstuffer and Katerina
Kobald/Evil Elf in The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries; Mama Bear, Teacher Jane
and the Mayor’s Assistant in The Berenstain Bears (1985); Nose Marie,
Muffy, and several minor characters in Pound Puppies (1986); Roberta
Powers on Saved by the Bell (1989); Dracula’s Mom on The Munsters
Today; Miss Fresno in Gravedale High; Dottie Debson and Alien Cow in
Darkwing Duck; Nandy in Cro; and Ruthie, Gladys Ormphby, The
Grouch Princess, Suzie Kabloozie, Feff, and Chef Ruthée in Sesame Street.
She also provided voices for The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show, Alvin
and the Chipmunks (1983), The Adventures of Raggedy Ann & Andy, The
Smurfs (1981), The Addams Family (1992), Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of
Moo Mesa, and The Savage Dragon.
Jackson “Butch” Guice (May 1) – Comic book artist.
Jim Smith (May 2) – Animator and co-founder of
animation studio Spümcø. He did layouts and storyboards for Mighty Mouse:
The New Adventures, Beany and Cecil (for which he also directed several
segments) and Tiny Toon Adventures (where he also did character models
and wrote a segment); and storyboards for The Get Along Gang, The Real
Ghostbusters, Batman: The Animated Series, The Ripping Friends and Tom
and Jerry Tales.
Peter Morwood (May 9) – Writer. Worked on Batman:
The Animated Series, Gargoyles and Spider-Man Unlimited.
Alissa Myerson (May 9) – Animator. Worked on
storyboards for Muppet Babies (1984) and Little Muppet Monsters.
Peter David (May 24) – Writer, best known for his
prolific runs on The Incredible Hulk, Supergirl and Star Trek
comics and novels, and as the co-creator of Spider-Man 2099 and the evil Hulk,
the Maestro. Characters he co-created, such as The Nasty Boys and a version of
X-Factor, appeared on X-Men: The Animated Series. He also wrote several
episodes of Young Justice, a comic series he previously wrote for DC
Comics. Spider-Man Unlimited, in its early planning stages, was
originally going to based on Spider-Man 2099.
Alf Clausen (May 29) – Composer. Best known for
working on The Simpsons for 27 years, he composed the theme for Spacecats
in a continuation of his association with creator Paul Fusco following his work
on ALF.
Loretta Swit (May 30) – Actor and animal activist.
Best known for her portrayal of Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on M*A*S*H,
she played Mad Hatter’s disagreeable supervisor Marcia Cates the Batman: The
Animated Series episode “Mad as a Hatter”.
Brian Wilson (June 11) – Musician and record producer
best known as the co-founder of The Beach Boys. He played himself in an episode
of Duck Dodgers.
Gailard Sartain (June 17) – Actor. Best known for
starring in Hee Haw and the Ernest franchise, including Hey,
Vern, It’s Ernest! as Chuck, Lonnie Don and Matt Finish.
Jim Shooter (June 30) – Comic book writer, editor and
publisher. He began his career at DC Comics at just 14-years-old and went on to
revitalize rival Marvel Comics as editor-in-chief. His adherence to absolute
editorial control made him a polarizing figure to other creatives and he was
eventually fired. He then found Valiant Comics and later Defiant Comics.
Characters and concepts he created went on to be featured in various media,
including Secret Wars and the Beyonder in Spider-Man: The Animated
Series, with the latter also a central character in Moon Girl and Devil
Dinosaur; Esper Lass, Ferro Lad, Karate Kid, Nemesis Kid, Controller,
Grimbor the Chainsman, Mordru, Chemical King, The Dark Circle, The Fatal Five,
and The Dominion alien race in Legion of Super Heroes; Parasite (Raymond
Jensen) in Young Justice; Tabitha Smith in X-Men: The Animated Series,
X-Men: Evolution and Wolverine and the X-Men; and Henry Peter
Gyrich in X-Men: The Animated Series.
James Carter Cathcart (July 8) – Actor, writer and
director. Also credited as Jimmy Zoppi, he was one of the longest-tenured
actors in the Pokémon franchise voicing Gary Oak, Gary Oak, James,
Professor Oak, Butch, Mirror James, Todd Snap, Charles Goodshow, Kurt, Dr.
Namba, Mr. Briney, Pryce, Koga, Samurai, Tomo, Cleavon Schpielbunk, Mayor of
Trovitopolis, Kenzo, Infernando, Mr. Gan Gogh, Jack Pollockson, Captain Marius,
Wings Alexander, Kaburagi, Sigourney, Evan, Oriba, Zeus, Fergus, Godey, Carn
Russet, Meowth, Aggron, Crawdaunt, Gengar, Blaziken, Banette, Lairon, Ninjask.
Shelgon, Bronzong, Quagsire Rattata, Spearow, Grimer, Muk, Shellder, Dustox,
Shieldon, Foongus, Seismitoad, Lairon, Snubbull, Raticate, Probopass, Mareanie,
Toxapex, Aron, Slowpoke, Cloyster, Darmanitan, Seaking, Swampert, Granbull and
other minor roles; Buchie in One Piece; Lumus, Weevil Underwood and
Hobson in Yu-Gi-Oh!; Mong, Cerebrix and Mixmutt’s Owner in Cubix:
Robots for Everyone; Cinnamonkey in Fighting Foodons; Cyniclons Tarb
in Mew Mew Power; Chef Nagoya and Sir Gallant in Kirby: Right Back At
Ya!; Raz and Sleeg in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003); and Vector
the Crocodile, Construction Worker A and various small roles in Sonic X.
Jeremy Railton (July 9) – Production designer,
costume designer and art director. He was the art director for The Bay City
Rollers (also a costume designer) and Pee-wee’s Playhouse
(also a set decorator); and costume designer for The Lost Saucer and Far
Out Space Nuts.
Malcolm-Jamal Warner (July 20) – Actor, director and
poet. Best known as Theo Huxtable from The Cosby Show, he was also the
replacement host for the 1993 reruns of CBS Storybreak; The Producer in The
Magic School Bus; Lester Biggs in an episode of Static Shock; Floyd
in an episode of Puppy Dog Pals; and appeared on Sesame Street.
Terry “Hulk Hogan” Bollea (July 24) – Professional
wrestler, actor, television personality and entrepreneur. One of the most
prolific wrestlers that helped usher in the wrestling boom of the 1980s, the
World Wrestling Federation (now WWE) used him as the face of their multimedia
efforts; which included the animated series Hulk Hogan’s Rock ‘n’ Wrestling
that used his name, likeness and featured him in the intro and live-action
segments. He also appeared on the Saturday morning edition of WWF’s broadcasts
in the early 90s.
Tristan Rogers (August 15) – Actor and writer. He
voiced a Caucasian patrol member in an episode of Captain Planet and the
Planeteers and Simon Harper in an episode of Batman Beyond.
Terence Stamp (August 17) – Actor. Best known as Zod
from the Superman films, he also played Professor Menace in an episode
of Static Shock.
Graham Haley (August 20) – Actor. He played Proto One
in Star Wars: Droids; Mr. Ribbons and additional voices in Rupert;
Pyro in X-Men: The Animated Series; and Luther Silk and additional
voices in Ultraforce. He also provided voices for My Pet Monster.
Tatsuya Nagamine (August 20) – Director and artist. He directed,
wrote and did storyboards for One
Piece and was an assistant director
on Digimon: The Movie.
Todd Jacobsen (August 22) – Artist. Worked on storyboards
for Duck Dodgers and Where’s Waldo? (2019).
Gail Frank (August 29) – Animator. Worked on The New Fred and Barney Show, The Plastic
Man Comedy/Adventure Show, The New Shmoo, Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (1979), Casper and the Angels, Super Friends, Godzilla (1978), The Kwicky Koala Show, “The
Puppy Saves the Circus” episode of ABC
Weekend Specials, The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show, Trollkins, and The Smurfs (1981).
Philippe Vidal (September 7) – Director and artist. He did
storyboards for The NeverEnding
Story: The Animated Series and was
the layout supervisor for Rupert.
Bobby Hart (September 10) – Composer and actor. Wrote “Every
Beat of My Heart” for Josie and the
Pussycats and several songs for Sigmund and the Sea Monsters (1973).
Ron Friedman (September 15) – Writer and producer. He wrote
an episode of Big John, Little
John.
Alexander G.
Morano (September 26) –
Visual effects artist. He was the pipeline engineer for The Penguins of Madagascar; pipeline supervisor for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012), Sanjay and Craig and Breadwinners; and was a compositing artist and technical director on Elena of Avalor.
Karenia Kaminski (October 8) – Animator, storyboard artist,
layout artist, background designer and producer. She was an associate producer
on The Addams Family (1992) and Captain Planet and the Planeteers; did storyboards for The
California Raisins Show, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987), and Dumb and Dumber: The Animated Series; model clean-up on Ozzy
& Drix and Duck Dodgers; backgrounds and character clean-up on Loonatics Unleashed; was
an assistant animator on Gargoyles; and layouts for Spider-Woman, Laverne & Shriley in the
Army, Pac-Man, The Dukes, The New Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Show, The Smurfs (1981), and Denver, the Last Dinosaur.
Samantha Eggar (October 15) – Actor. Voiced the Queen of
the Night in “The Magic Flute” episode of ABC Weekend Specials and
reprised her role of Hera in Hercules:
The Animated Series.
June Lockhart (October 23) – Actor. Best known for her
roles in Lassie and Lost in Space, she also
starred as Martha Day in These Are
the Days; Millicent Trueblood in Pound Puppies (1986); and Vesta in Wildfire (1986). She also provided voices for Casper (1996) and Lloyd in Space.
Jack Heiter (November 7) – Director and artist. He
directed Freakazoid! and served as overseas supervising director
for All Grown Up!; was an animation supervisor for Denver, the Last Dinosaur; background artist and supervising director
for Bobby’s World; and did background color key for Beethoven: The Animated Series.
Danny Seagren (November 10) – Puppeteer and dancer. Best
known as the first live-action Spider-Man on The Electric Company, he
performed a variety of puppets for Sesame
Street’s first season including
Big Bird, and provided the voice for Father Basketball in season 17.
Joseph Gilland (November 17) – Animation director, special
effects animator, journalist, painter and author. He was the special effects
animation stylist on Swamp Thing:
The Animated Series.
Tony Benedict (November 29) – Animator, writer and
producer. He wrote for The Space
Kidettes, The Super 6, The Atom Ant/Secret Squirrel Show, Super President,
Young Samson & Goliath, The Pink Panther Show, CB Bears, Baggy Pants &
the Nitwits, Saturday Supercade, and The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show; worked on storyboards for Beany and Cecil (1988), Camp Candy, Tiny
Toon Adventures, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures, Tom
& Jerry Kids Show, Madeline and
Droopy: Master Detective; and was a story editor on The Wuzzles.
Cary-Hiroyuki
Tagawa (December 4) –
Actor. Best known for portraying Shang Tsung in the Mortal Kombat franchise,
he voiced Sumo Kuma in Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012) and
Akita in DuckTales (2017). He also voiced Sin Tzu in the final
Batman DCAU video game, Batman:
Rise of Sin Tzu.
Jevon Bue (December 6) – Artist. He was a background designer
on Men in Black: The Series, Godzilla:
The Series, Max Steel (2000), Stuart Little (2003), Tutenstein, The Batman (2004), Ben 10 (2006), and Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2015); and layout supervisor and artist on Captain Simian & The Space Monkeys.
Gordon Goodwin (December 8) – Composer. He worked on Wild West C.O.W.-Boys of Moo Mesa, Animaniacs (1993), The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries, Freakazoid!, Road Rovers, Pinky
and the Brain, Toonsylvania, Pinky, Elmyra & the Brain, Histeria!, and Tom and Jerry Tales.
Jeffrey Garcia (December 10) – Actor and comedian. He
played Ricardo Amino in an episode of Ozzy & Drix; Jerry
Rivera in an episode of ChalkZone; and Pip the mouse and several minor roles
in Back at the Barnyard.
Jim Ward (December 10) – Actor. He voiced Angus in The Secret Files of the SpyDogs; Albert Einstein in an episode of The Mummy: The Animated Series; XLR8, Diamondhead, Wildvine, and several
minor roles in Ben 10 (2005); Stoker, Eyemore, Dr. Catorkian,
Crusher and several minor roles in Biker
Mice From Mars (2006); Mordru in
an episode of Legion of Super
Heroes; Mr. Sully in The Replacements; Professor X, the Sentinels, Dr. Abraham Cornelius, and Warren
Worthington II in Wolverine and
the X-Men; a judge in an episode
of Back at the Barnyard; Ho-Boe in Winx Club; and The Brain
in an episode of Justice League
Action. He also provided voices
for Mighty Mouse: The New
Adventures, Men in Black: The Series,
and Xyber 9: New Dawn.
Bob Burns III (December 16) – Actor, consultant, producer,
and archivist and historian of film paraphernalia. With his own gorilla
costume, he portrayed Tracy on The
Ghost Busters and Burton the
Gorilla on the Wonderbug segment of The Krofft Supershow.
David Rosen (December 25) – Co-founder of Sega and
helped introduce arcade games to Japan. Notably their mascot, Sonic the Hedgehog,
had been turned into several animated series and movies.
