Events in 1915 in animation.
May
- The Animated Grouch Chasers, produced by Raoul Barré and Bill Nolan's studio, is released. It is notable as an early experiment in combining animation with live-action and for being one of the first animated series centering around one character. [2]
- 6 February – Colonel Heeza Liar, Ghost Breaker (United States)
- 20 February:
- Colonel Heeza Liar In The Haunted Castle (United States)
- The Police Dog No. 2 (United States)
- 20 March – Colonel Heeza Liar Runs The Blockade (United States)
- 27 March – The Police Dog No. 3 (United States)
- 3 April – Colonel Heeza Liar And The Torpedo (United States)
- 10 April – Colonel Heeza Liar And The Zeppelin (United States)
- 1 May – The Police Dog No. 4 (United States)
- 8 May – Colonel Heeza Liar Signs The Pledge (United States)
- 13 May – Colonel Heeza Liar In The Trenches (United States)
- 16 May – Colonel Heeza Liar at The Front (United States)
- 22 May – Colonel Heeza Liar, Aviator (United States)
- 5 June – Colonel Heeza Liar Invents A New King Of Shell (United States)
- 12 June – The Police Dog No. 5 (United States)
- 10 July – Colonel Heeza Liar, Dog Fancier (United States)
- 24 July – The Police Dog Gets Piffles In Bad (United States)
- 31 July – Colonel Heeza Liar Foils The Enemy (United States)
- 21 August – Colonel Heeza Liar, War Dog (United States)
- 4 September – Colonel Heeza Liar at The Bat (United States)
- 19 September – Pool Sharks (United States)
- 25 September – The Police Dog to the Rescue (United States)
- 12 October – Down on the Phoney Farm (United States)
- 28 December – Colonel Heeza Liar, Nature Faker (United States)
May
- May 1: Art Stevens, American animator and film director (Walt Disney Company), (d. 2007).[15]
- May 5: Ben Wright, English actor (voice of Roger Radcliffe in 101 Dalmatians, Rama in The Jungle Book, Grimsby in The Little Mermaid), (d. 1989).[16]
- May 6: Orson Welles, American theatre director, film director, and actor (narrator and voice of Nag and Chuchundra in Rikki-Tikki-Tavi, narrator in Bugs Bunny: Superstar, voice of Unicron in The Transformers: The Movie), (d. 1985).[17][18]
- May 12: Tony Strobl, American animator and comics artist (Walt Disney Company, scriptwriter for DuckTales), (d. 1991).[19]
- May 22:
- May 26: Sam Edwards, American actor (voice of young Bambi in Bambi, voice of the title character in Rod Rocket), (d. 2004).[24]
June
- June 2: Walter Tetley, American actor (voice of Felix the Cat, Andy Panda, Sherman in the Peabody segments of The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends), (d. 1975).[25]
- June 4: John N. Carey, American animator and comics artist (Warner Bros. Cartoons), (d. 1987).[26]
- June 19: 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), (d. 1994).[27]
Specific date unknown
- Jim Davis, American animator and cartoonist (Walt Disney Company, Fleischer Studios, Warner Bros. Cartoons, DePatie-Freleng, worked on Fritz the Cat), (d. 1996).[42]
- Woody Gelman, American animator, comics artist, novelist and publisher (worked for Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios), (d. 1978).
GRO Register of Deaths: MAR 1983 14 0006 LAMBETH – Richard Gilbert Emery, DoB = 19 February 1915
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