Theatrical releases

Feature Films

• February 15 - Cinderella
• July 19 - Treasure Island

Shorts

• January 6 - Pluto's Heart Throb
• January 20 - Lion Around
• February 10 - Pluto and the Gopher
• March 3 - The Brave Engineer
• March 25 - Crazy Over Daisy
• April 7 - Wonder Dog
• April 28 - Trailer Horn
• May 19 - Primitive Pluto
• June 9 - Puss Cafe
• June 30 - Motor Mania
• July 21 - Pests of the West
• August 11 - Food for Feudin'
• September 1 - Hook, Lion and Sinker
• September 22 - Camp Dog
• October 13 - Bee at the Beach
• November 3 - Hold That Pose
• November 24 - Morris the Midget Moose
• December 15 - Out on a Limb

Books

• Mickey Mouse's Picnic

People

Births

• January 2 - Gary Morgan (actor)
• January 20 - Franca Sozzani (journalist and magazine editor)
• February 5 - Jonathan Freeman (actor and voice artist)
• February 22 - Julie Walters (actress)
• February 24 - George Thorogood (Musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
• March 26 - Martin Short (actor)
• March 26 - Alan Silvestri (composer)
• March 30 - Robbie Coltrane (actor)
• April 13 - Ron Perlman (Actor, voice actor, and voice artist)
• April 28 - Jay Leno (stand-up comedian and television host)
• May 12 - Bruce Boxleitner (actor)
• May 17 - Howard Ashman (lyricist)
• May 18 - Mark Mothersbaugh (composer)
• May 25 - Mickey Maga (film and television actor)
• July 2 - Agneta Eckemyr (actress)
• July 5 - Huey Lewis (musician, songwriter, and actor)
• July 10 - Nick Jameson (actor, voice actor, songwriter, composer, musician and producer)
• August 3 - Jo Marie Payton (television actress and singer)
• August 6 - Dorian Harewood (actor)
• August 13 - Jane Carr (actress)
• August 27 - Charles Fleischer (voice artist)
• September 7 - Julie Kavner (actress and voice artist)
• September 19 - Joan Lunden (journalist, author and television host)
• September 21 - Bill Murray (actor and comedian)
• September 29 - Tetsuo Kanao (Japanese actor and voice actor)
• October 1 - Randy Quaid (actor)
• October 31 - John Candy (actor and comedian)
• November 28 - Ed Harris (actor)
• December 10 - Gregg Berger (voice artist)
• December 12 - Darleen Carr (actress)
• December 13 - Wendie Malick (voice artist)
• December 18 - Leonard Maltin (film critic, historian and author)
• December 21 - Jeffrey Katzenberg (film producer and former chairman of Walt Disney Studios)

Deaths

• March 19 - Edgar Rice Burroughs (author)
• March 26 - Dink Trout (actor)
• September 2 - Frank Graham (radio announcer and cartoon voice actor)

Character debuts

• February 15 - Cinderella, Lady Tremaine, Anastasia Tremaine, Drizella Tremaine, Jaq and Gus, Lucifer, Bruno, Major, Prince Charming, The King, The Grand Duke, Mice, Birds
• June 9 - Milton
• November 3 - Humphrey the Bear