May 19: Chuck Jones' Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck short Rabbit Fire premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, the first short in his Hunting Season trilogy.[3] It also marks a significant change in Daffy's personality, where the originally mad character now transforms into a more selfish, unsympathetic loser.
The U.S. government educational short Duck and Cover, by Anthony Rizzo, begins airing in U.S. schools. The film teaches children what to do in case of a nuclear attack and features an animated sequence starring Bert the Turtle.[7]
February 13: David Naughton, American actor and singer (voice of Commander Locke and Dr. Noah in Sky Blue, The Streak in the Justice League episode "Legends", Orchestra Conductor Hero in the Higglytown Heroes episode "Higgly Harmonies", himself in the SuperMansion episode "Comicarnage").[12]
February 24: Debra Jo Rupp, American actress and comedian (voice of Mrs. Helperman in Teacher's Pet, Kitty Forman in the Robot Chicken episode "Gold Dust Gasoline").
April 21: Tony Danza, American actor (voice of Siggy in Rumble, himself in the King of the Hill episode "Peggy's Fan Fair" and the Family Guy episode "Ready, Willing and Disabled").
April 5: Harry Hemsley, English comedian, radio presenter, comics artist, illustrator, actor and animator (made a 1940 animated short based on the characters from his Ovaltiney's Concert Party radio show and comics in which he also voiced himself), dies at age 73.[49]
November 20: Lou Skuce, Canadian cartoonist, illustrator and animator (animator for the animation studio Bray Productions), dies at age 65.[53][54][55]
