Events in 1950 in animation.
Events
January
January 7: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry short Little Quacker premieres, produced by MGM. It marks the debut of Quacker the duckling. January 20: Jack Hannah's Lion Around, a Donald Duck cartoon produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released. It marks the debut of Louie the Mountain Lion.
February
February 11: Friz Freleng's Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam short Mutiny on the Bunny premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. February 15: Cinderella, directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske and Wilfred Jackson and produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres. The characters Gus and Jaq will later become popular comics characters.
March
March 3: Jack Kinney's The Brave Engineer, produced by the Walt Disney Company, premieres. In Isadore Sparber's Quack-A-Doodle-Doo, produced by the Famous Studios, Baby Huey makes his debut. March 4: Chuck Jones' Daffy Duck cartoon The Scarlet Pumpernickel premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Animation. March 11: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry cartoon Texas Tom premieres, produced by MGM. March 23: 22nd Academy Awards: Chuck Jones' Pepé Le Pew cartoon For Scent-imental Reasons, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, wins the Academy Award for Best Animated Short. Friz Freleng's Tweety & Sylvester short Canary Row premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. It marks the debut of Tweety's owner, Granny.
May
May 27: Tex Avery's Ventriloquist Cat premieres, produced by MGM.
June
June 17: Bob McKimson's short What's Up Doc? premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. June 30: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon Motor Mania premieres, produced by Walt Disney Animation.
July
July 1: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry short Safety Second premieres, produced by MGM.
August
August 5: Friz Freleng's Daffy Duck cartoon Golden Yeggs premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons in which Rocky the gangster makes his debut. August 12: Bob McKimson's Bugs Bunny short Hillbilly Hare premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons.
September
September 2: Chuck Jones' The Ducksters premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons in which Daffy Duck presents a radio quiz show and torments Porky Pig.
October
October 11: Jiří Trnka's animated film Prince Bayaya premieres. October 28: Bob McKimson's Sylvester the Cat cartoon Pop 'Im Pop! premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons which features Sylvester trying to impress his son (Sylvester Junior in his debut appearance) by catching a giant mouse (which is actually the kangaroo Hippety Hopper).
November
November 2: John Hubley and Robert Cannon's Gerald McBoing-Boing, produced by UPA, premieres. November 3: Jack Kinney's Goofy cartoon Hold That Pose, produced by the Walt Disney Company, is first released. It marks the debut of Humphrey the Bear. November 25: Hanna-Barbera's Tom & Jerry short Cue Ball Cat premieres, produced by MGM.
December
December 13: Jean Image's Jeannot l'intrépide (Johnny the Giant Killer) premieres. December 16: Chuck Jones' Rabbit of Seville premieres, produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons, starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.
Films released
February 15 - Cinderella (United States) February 24: Always Happy (West Germany) Tobias Knopp – Adventure of a Bachelor (West Germany) December 13 - Johnny the Giant Killer (France) December 18 - Once Upon A Time (Spain)
Births
January
January 5: Merl Reagle, American crossword constructor (voiced himself and provided the crossword puzzles in The Simpsons episode "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words"), (d. 2015). January 9: David Johansen, American singer, songwriter and actor (voice of Shayol in Gandahar, Ding Dong Daddy in Teen Titans, Beartaur in Centaurworld, Bus Driver in Cats Don't Dance). January 16: Bob Kulick, American guitarist and record producer (co-wrote the song "Sweet Victory" which was used in the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Band Geeks"), (d. 2020). Robert Schimmel, American comedian (voice of Prisoner in The Simpsons episode "Pokey Mom", himself in the Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist episode "Wild Weekend"), (d. 2010). January 20: Frank Mula, American television writer and producer (The Simpsons), (d. 2021). January 23: Richard Gilliland, American actor (voice of McHenry in Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time, Frank in the Batman: The Animated Series episode "I've Got Batman in My Basement"), (d. 2021).