Iwao Takamoto

Iwao Takamoto was a Japanese-American animator, television producer, and film director. He began his career as a production and character designer for Walt Disney Animation Studios films such as Cinderella (1950), Lady and the Tramp (1955), and Sleeping Beauty (1959). Later, he moved to Hanna-Barbera Productions, where he designed a great majority of the characters, including Scooby-Doo and Astro, and eventually became a director and producer. ^{Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (d. 2007)}

29 April 1925

Born on the same birth date (29 April 1925): John Compton

Born on the same birth day (29 April): Auguste Herbin • Byun Yo-han • Christian Tetzlaff • David Sullivan (actor) • Dorothy Manley • Georges Ernest Boulanger • Harold Urey • Henry H. Barschall • Lee Dong-gook • Marietta Blau • Oliver Ellsworth • Parren Mitchell • Paul Adelstein

Born in the same month (April 1925): Angelo Poffo • Art Kane • Chaturanan Mishra • Dettmar Cramer • Hans Rosenthal • Hugh O'Brian • Jan van Roessel • Janet Rowley • John Swinton of Kimmerghame • John Thorn (headmaster) • Johnny Horton • Marcus Schmuck • Michele Ferrero • Pierre Nihant • René Moawad • Rod Steiger • Sammy Drechsel • T. John Lesinski • Tony Benn • Viktor Masing • Viola Liuzzo