Portal:Animation/Anniversaries/April/April 17

Films released

• 1921 – Free Lunch (United States)
• 1937 – The animated short Porky's Duck Hunt, directed by Tex Avery for the Looney Tunes series, featuring the debut of Daffy Duck, is released in the United States.
• 1937 - Mickey's Amateurs (United States)
• 1943 – The Unbearable Bear (United States)
• 1948 – Hop, Look and Listen (United States)
• 1954 – Bell Hoppy (United States)

Births

• 1940 – Chuck Menville, American television animator and writer (d. 1992)
• 1949 – Joe Alaskey, American voice actor