Events in 1929 in animation.
Films released
5 January – Cow Belles (United States) 6 January: Snapping the Whip (United States) Wooden Money (United States) 18 January – Hospitalities (United States) 21 January – Yanky Clippers (United States) 1 February – Reduced Weights (United States) 15 February – Flying Yeast (United States) 18 February – Sick Cylinders (United States) 1 March – Vanishing Screams (United States) 15 March: A Joint Affair (United States) The Barn Dance (United States) 19 March – Sheep Skinned (United States) 20 March – The Opry House (United States) 1 April – Alpine Antics (United States) 13 April – The Lone Shark (United States) 16 April – The Water Cure (United States) 27 April – Torrid Toreadors (United States) 30 April – When the Cat's Away (United States) May – Bosko, the Talk-Ink Kid (United States) 11 May – Golf Socks (United States) 12 May – The Faithful Pup (United States) 19 May – The Ball Park (United States) 25 May – Petting Larceny (United States) 26 May – Custard Pies (United States) 1 June – The Barnyard Battle (United States) 8 June – Hat Aches (United States) 22 June – Fur Peace (United States) 28 June – The Plowboy (United States) 6 July – Auto Suggestion (United States) 20 July – Sleepy Holler (United States) 21 July – House Cleaning Time (United States) 22 July: Jungle Jingles (United States) Weary Willies (United States) 31 July – The Karnival Kid (United States) 15 August – Ratskin (United States) 22 August – The Skeleton Dance (United States) 28 August – Mickey's Follies (United States) 2 September – Race Riot (United States) 12 September – Canned Music (United States) 15 September – Jungle Fool (United States) 16 September – Oil's Well (United States) 26 September – El Terrible Toreador (United States) 29 September – Permanent Wave (United States) 1 October – Mickey's Choo-Choo (United States) 10 October – Port Whines (United States) 11 October – Summertime (United States) 15 October – The Jazz Fool (United States) 18 October – Mill Pond (United States) 24 October – Springtime (United States) 30 October – Hell's Bells (United States) 1 November – Barnyard Melody (United States) 7 November: Sole Mates (United States) Tuning In (United States) 15 November – Jungle Rhythm (United States) 24 November – Hurdy Gurdy (United States) 2 December – The Haunted House (United States) 16 December – The Merry Dwarfs (United States) 18 December – Wild Waves (United States) 30 December – Farm Relief (United States)
Events
August
August 22: Walt Disney's The Skeleton Dance, the first Silly Symphony is released.
Births
January
January 20: Arte Johnson, American comic actor (voice of Tyrone in Baggy Pants and the Nitwits, Farquad and Skull Ghost in Scooby-Doo Meets the Boo Brothers, Devil Smurf in The Smurfs, Weerd in The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, Count Ray and Dr. Ludwig von Strangeduck in DuckTales, Newt in Animaniacs, Virman Vundabar in the Justice League Unlimited episode "The Ties That Bind"), (d. 2019). Jean-Jacques Perrey, French electronic music performer, composer, producer and promoter (SpongeBob SquarePants, Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, The Mighty B!, South Park, The Simpsons), (d. 2016). January 23: Carl Banas, Canadian retired radio personality and actor (voice of Head Elf and Misfit Elephant in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Scorpion in Spider-Man, Schaeffer in The Raccoons). January 26: Jules Feiffer, American cartoonist and author (Munro). January 30: Morton Stevens, American film and television composer (Tiny Toon Adventures), (d. 1991). January 31: Jean Simmons, English actress (voice of Old Sophie in Howl's Moving Castle, Council Member #2 in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within), (d. 2010).
February
February 10: Jerry Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (The Secret of NIMH, Mulan, Looney Tunes: Back in Action), (d. 2004). February 22: James Hong, American actor (voice of Mr. Ping in the Kung Fu Panda franchise, Chi-Fu in Mulan, Daolon Wong in Jackie Chan Adventures, Mandarin in Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!, Mr. Gao in Turning Red, Grandpa Wing in Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai, Professor Chang in the Teen Titans episode "X").
March
March 5: Paul Coker Jr., American illustrator (Mad), character designer and production designer (Rankin/Bass Productions, Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?), (d. 2022). March 12: Billy Lee, American actor (voice of the boy in The Reluctant Dragon), (d. 1989). March 13: Peter Breck, American actor (voice of Farmer Brown in The New Batman Adventures episode "Critters"), (d. 2012). March 31: Frank Braxton, American animator (Warner Bros. Cartoons, Jay Ward Productions, UPA, Peanuts), (d. 1969).