A Boy Named Charlie Brown

1969 film directed by Bill Melendez
Movie animated_film Q303887
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Summary

A Boy Named Charlie Brown is an animated film[1]. It draws 2,205 Wikipedia views per month (animated film category, ranking #458 of 1,376).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Bill Melendez[3]
  • Screenwriter: Charles M. Schulz[4]
  • Composer: Vince Guaraldi[5]
  • Genre: musical film[6], comedy drama[7], children's film[8]
  • Followed by: Snoopy, Come Home[9]
  • Producer: Lee Mendelson[10]
  • Production company: Cinema Center Films[11], Lee Mendelson Film Productions[12], United Media[13]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[14]
  • Soundtrack release: Selections from the Soundtrack "A Boy Named Charlie Brown"[15], A Boy Named Charlie Brown – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack[16]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[17]
  • Review score: 7.5/10[18], 95%[19]
  • Color: color[20]
  • Country of origin: United States[21]
  • Publication date: November 4, 1969[22], December 4, 1969[23], June 26, 1970[24]
  • Voice actor: Peter Robbins[25], Pamelyn Ferdin[26], Sally Dryer[27], Bill Melendez[28]
  • Distributed by: National General Pictures[29], Netflix[30]
  • Narrative location: New York City[31]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Song Score[32]
  • Title: A Boy Named Charlie Brown[33]
  • MPA film rating: G[34]
  • Duration: 86 minutes[35]
  • Capital cost: 1,100,000 US dollars[36]
  • Kijkwijzer rating: AL[37]

Why It Matters

A Boy Named Charlie Brown has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . kijkwijzer.nl. Retrieved . kijkwijzer.nl. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [38] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Ampas collections film id → W060107
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W060107, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 15d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1347520082
    Wikipedia languages → ['ceb', 'de', 'en', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', 'ja', 'nl', 'pl', 'pt', 'sh', 'sv',
    The lost media wiki page id → A_Boy_Named_Charlie_Brown_(partially_found_deleted_scenes_of
    Sitelink count → 15
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ The lost media wiki page id: A_Boy_Named_Charlie_Brown_(partially_found_deleted_scenes_of_animated_film_based_on_comic_strip;_1969), Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/e"
  3. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 95229
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  4. 8w ago · ~2026-45282-85 · 2026-08-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Eidr content id → 10.5240/E0C8-2A89-6605-6CF8-D62F-R
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  5. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 22414
    Wikidata description → 1969 film directed by Bill Melendez
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/43292|batch #43292]]: Create P14671 statements based on Rating certificate id qualifier"
  6. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1969-11-04T00:00:00Z, +1969-12-04T00:00:00Z, +1970-06-26T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Charles M. Schulz
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+86'}
    Mpa film rating → G
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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