Theatrical releases

Feature films

• January 25 - 101 Dalmatians
• March 16 - The Absent-Minded Professor
• June 21 - The Parent Trap
• July 12 - Nikki, Wild Dog of the North
• July 17 - Greyfriars Bobby
• December 14 - Babes in Toyland

Shorts

• June 21 - Donald and the Wheel
• June 21 - The Litterbug
• December 20 - Aquamania

Theme park happenings

• The Disneyland Monorail System extends to the Disneyland Hotel.

Character debuts

• September 24 - Ludwig Von Drake
• December - Magica De Spell

People

Births

• Alber Elbaz (fashion designer)
• January 18 - Bob Peterson (animator, screenwriter, director and voice actor)
• March 13 - Paul Berry (stop-motion animator and director)
• March 24 - Mitsuru Ogata (Japanese voice actor)
• March 29 - Amy Sedaris (actress and comedian)
• April 3 - Eddie Murphy (actor and comedian)
• April 13 - Liz Callaway (actress and singer)
• April 14 - Mau Heymans (Dutch comics artist and writer)
• April 14 - Robert Carlyle (Scottish actor)
• April 23 - George Lopez (actor and comedian)
• May 6 - George Clooney (actor, film director, producer, and screenwriter)
• May 16 - Kevin McDonald (voice actor)
• May 27 - Peri Gilpin (actress)
• May 29 - Melissa Etheridge (singer)
• June 5 - Mary Kay Bergman (voice actress)
• June 9 - Michael J. Fox (voice actor)
• June 15 - Jim Hanks (voice actor)
• June 17 - Kōichi Yamadera (Japanese voice actor, actor, tarento, narrator, master of ceremonies and impressionist)
• June 25 - Ricky Gervais (actor and comedian)
• July 10 - Jacky Cheung (Hong Kong actor)
• July 30 - Elio (Italian musician and singer)
• August 4 - Lauren Tom (voice actress)
• August 17 - Takashi Aoyagi (Japanese scholar and voice actor of Mickey Mouse)
• August 25 - Billy Ray Cyrus (actor)
• September 11 - Elizabeth Daily (voice actress)
• September 15 - Noel MacNeal (puppeteer, writer, performer and director)
• September 22 - Bonnie Hunt (voice actress)
• September 25 - Heather Locklear (actress)
• October 10 - Jodi Benson (actress and singer)
• November 2 - k.d. lang (singer and occasional actress)
• November 14 - D. B. Sweeney (voice actor)

Deaths

• March 26 - Ned Norton (film and voice actor)
• November 13 - Wally Brown (actor, comedian and long-time partner of Alan Carney)
• Bob Stevens (Member of The Mellomen)