January
The Great Cheese Robbery (ss), Vernon Stallings /Bray.
(drawn animation)
first Krazy Kat series (1920-1921)

Walt Disney is hired by the Kansas City Film Ad Company (Missouri) to create cartoon advertisements.
January
Osvaldo Cavandoli (director, animator, character designer) born in Maderno sul Garda. (Italy)



February
Ivo Caprino (February 17, 1920–February 8, 2001) (director, producer, writer) born in Oslo. (Norway)

March
Handy Mandy's Goat (ss), Frank Moser /Bray.
(drawn animation)
early Bud and Susie series (1920-1921)

Paramount Magazine (ss), Pat Powers /Paramount.
(drawn animation)
weekly distribution of cartoons made by various studios
series 1920-1921



June
Paul Frees (Solomon Hersh Frees) (voice actor) born in Chicago, Illinois.

Ray Harryhausen (June 29, 1920- ) (animator, producer) born in Los Angeles, California.



July
Abe Levitow (animator, director, producer) born in Los Angeles, California.



August
Bill Scott (William Scott, William John Scott III) (August 2, 1920-November 29, 1985) (voice actor, writer, producer) born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
August
The Daring Deeds of Duckless Darebanks (ss), J.L. Anderson /Kine Komedy Kartoons. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)

September
Mickey Rooney (Joseph Yule Jr.) (September 23, 1920- ) (voice actor) born in Brooklyn, New York.

Jay Ward (J. Troplong Ward) (September 20, 1920–October 12, 1989) (director, producer, writer) born in San Francisco, California.



October
Such Is Life Among the Dogs (ss), Hy Mayer /Hy Mayer Productions.
(drawn animation)
first Such Is Life series (1920-1922)




November
George Dunning (George Garnett Dunning) (November 17, 1920-February 15, 1979) (director, animator, writer, producer) born in Toronto, Ontario. (Canada)


no date
Walt Disney founds his first studio to produce the Laugh-O-Grams series in Kansas City, Missouri.
no date
In the Spring A Young Man's Fancy (ss), Dudley Buxton /Kine Komedy Kartoons. (Great Britain)
(drawn animation)
first Bucky's Burlesques series (1920)

Ladislas Starewicz founds a new animation studio in Paris. (France)

Note: Unfortunately I lack the time or resources to help people find copies of animated films and television programs. I have put together a web List of Online Video and Book Stores that will be useful to find copies in the United States. There are other similar stores on the Internet around the world that might be able to supply the DVDs, LDs, or video tapes that are desired. Check my Animation on the World Wide Web pages for links to animation studios and other Internet resources that may have further information. I am not involved in trading materials from my own collection. I am still waiting to see most of the programs in this Chronology and would be happy to find sources for many of them.

Because of these circumstances I will not respond to requests for help to find these types of materials.
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