Theatrical releases

Feature Films

• February 3 - Saludos Amigos, the sixth Disney animated feature
• July 17 - Victory Through Air Power

Shorts

• January 1 - Der Fuehrer's Face
• January 7 - The Spirit of '43
• January 15 - Education for Death
• January 29 - Donald's Tire Trouble
• February 19 - Pluto and the Armadillo
• March 12 - The Flying Jalopy
• April 2 - Private Pluto
• April 23 - Fall Out-Fall In
• July 30 - Victory Vehicles
• August 27 - Reason & Emotion
• October 15 - Figaro and Cleo
• November 5 - The Old Army Game
• November 26 - Home Defense
• December 17 - Chicken Little

Character Debuts

• February 3 - José Carioca
• April 2 - Chip and Dale

People

Births

• January 1 - Don Novello (voice actor)
• January 14 - Holland Taylor (actress)
• March 8 - Lynn Redgrave (actress)
• March 28 - Conchata Ferrell (actress)
• March 29 - Eric Idle (actor)
• March 31 - Christopher Walken (stage and screen actor)
• April 3 - Doreen Tracey (Mouseketeer)
• April 6 - Susan Tolsky (actress and voice actress)
• May 25 - Leslie Uggams (actress and singer)
• June 2 - Charles Haid (voice actor and director)
• June 13 - Malcolm McDowell (voice actor)
• June 22 - Klaus Maria Brandauer (Actor, film director, and professor)
• June 23 - James Levine (conductor and pianist)
• June 29 - Soon-Tek Oh (voice actor)
• August 16 - Sharon Baird (actress, dancer and Mouseketeer)
• October 8 - Chevy Chase (actor)
• November 12 - Wallace Shawn (actor)
• November 28 - Randy Newman (composer)
• December 24 - Suzy Menkes (journalist, head fashion reporter and fashion editor)
• December 31 - John Denver (singer-songwriter, activist and actor)
• December 31 - Ben Kingsley (actor)