List of black animated characters
This list of black animated characters lists fictional characters found on television and in motion pictures. The Black people in this list include African American animated characters and other characters of Sub-Saharan African descent or populations characterized by dark skin color (a definition that also includes certain populations in Oceania, the southern West Asia, and the Siddi of southern South Asia).
The names are organized alphabetically by surname (i.e. last name), or by single name if the character does not have a surname.
In the 1960s[edit]
Character | Title | Duration | Voice Actor | Creator | Ref. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bem | Humanoid Monster Bem | 1968-1969 | Kiyoshi Kobayashi | Akira Adachi | [1] |
Franklin | Peanuts | 1965- | Robin Reed | Charles M. Schulz | [2][3][4] |
Lee Mendelson | |||||
Bill Melendez | |||||
Jake Miner | [5] | ||||
Marleik "Mar Mar" Walker | [6] | ||||
Caleel Harris | [7] | ||||
Christian Dal Dosso | [8] | ||||
Caleb Bellavance | [9] | ||||
Antonio Wilson | [10] | ||||
Pete Jones | The Hardy Boys | 1969-1971 | Dallas McKennon | Filmation | [11] |
In the 1970s[edit]
In the 1980s[edit]
In the 1990s[edit]
In the 2000s[edit]
In the 2010s[edit]
In the 2020s[edit]
See also[edit]
- African characters in comics
- Ethnic stereotypes in comics
- List of black superheroes
- List of black video game characters
Notes[edit]
- ^ She later appeared as Claudia Grant in Robotech, a 1985 American adaptation of three Japanese animated series: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber MOSPEADA, as a single TV series, where she was voiced by Iona Morris[47]
- ^ Cannot determine whether Buster Jones or Lewis Bailey voiced him
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