Theatrical releases
Feature films
Shorts
- January 6 - Pluto's Heart Throb
- January 20 - Lion Around
- February 10 - Pluto and the Gopher
- February 24 - How to Ride a Horse
- 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
People
Births
- January 2 - Gary Morgan (actor)
- January 9 - Sandy Martin (actress)
- January 16 - Debbie Allen (actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, and television producer)
- January 20 - Franca Sozzani (journalist and magazine editor)
- February 5 - Jonathan Freeman (actor and voice artist)
- February 13 - Peter Gabriel (musician)
- February 22 - Julie Walters (actress)
- February 24 - George Thorogood (Musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
- March 13 - William H. Macy (actor)
- March 20 - William Hurt (actor)
- March 26 - Martin Short (actor)
- March 26 - Alan Silvestri (composer)
- March 30 - Robbie Coltrane (actor)
- April 11 - Bill Irwin (actor, clown and comedian)
- 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 13 - Joe Johnston (film director and former effects artist)
- 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 7 - Hugh Fraser (actor, theatre director and author)
- October 22 - Patricia Parris (voice actress and actress)
- October 31 - John Candy (actor and comedian)
- November 24 - Justin Case (actor)
- November 28 - Ed Harris (actor)
- December 10 - Gregg Berger (voice artist)
- December 12 - Darleen Carr (actress)
- December 13 - Wendie Malick (voice artist)/Heather North (actress)
- December 18 - Leonard Maltin (film critic, historian and author)
- December 21 - Jeffrey Katzenberg (film producer and former chairman of Walt Disney Studios)
Deaths
- March 5 - Sid Grauman (showman)
- 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
1950