A map of Disney's River Country
Theatrical releases
Feature Films
- February 5 - No Deposit, No Return
- March 26 -
- Dumbo (re-release)
- Ride a Wild Pony
- May 26 - Escape for the Dark
- June 18 - Peter Pan (re-release)
- July 1 - Treasure of Matecumbe
- July 7 - Gus
- December 17 -
- Freaky Friday (Los Angeles, California)
- The Shaggy D.A.
Shorts
- February 11 - The Three Little Pigs (re-release)
Theme park happenings
- June 20 - Disney's River Country opens
- Winnie the Pooh for President promotional campaign
Television
- September 5 - The Muppet Show premieres in syndication. The series was not created by Disney, but has been owned by Disney along with the Muppets themselves since 2004.
People
Births
- January 4 - Seth Grahame-Smith (best-selling author, screenwriter, director and producer of film and television)
- January 18 - Derek Richardson (actor)
- January 19 - Marsha Thomason (actress)
- January 21 - Emma Bunton (English singer-songwriter, actress, presenter and fashion designer)
- February 3 - Isla Fisher (actress)
- February 13 - Feist (singer-songwriter)
- February 23 - Kelly Macdonald (voice actress)
- February 25 - Rashida Jones (actress)
- March 8 - Freddie Prinze, Jr. (actor)
- March 14 - Corey Stoll (actor)
- March 19 - Nicholas Stoller (screenwriter and director)
- March 21 - Rachael MacFarlane (actress and singer)
- March 22 - Reese Witherspoon (actress)
- March 23 - Keri Russell (actress)
- April 1 - Troy Baker (actor, voice actor)
- April 2 - Aaron Lohr (actor and singer)
- April 6 - Jason Michas (voice actor and actor)
- April 9 - Blayne Weaver (actor and writer)
- April 13 - Jonathan Brandis (actor, director and screenwriter)
- April 17 - Jason J. Lewis (actor and voice actor)
- April 18 - Sean Maguire (actor)
- April 18 - Melissa Joan Hart (actor, director, producer, writer, singer, businesswoman)
- April 20 - Joey Lawrence (voice actor)
- May 28 - Liam O'Brien (voice actor, writer, director)
- May 25 - Cillian Murphy (actor)
- May 31 - Colin Farrell (actor)
- June 29 - Bret McKenzie (comedian, actor, Academy Award-winning musician and producer)
- July 3 - Andrea Barber (actress)
- July 5 - Jamie Elman (actor)
- July 15 - Gabriel Iglesias (stand-up comedian, actor, writer, producer, and voice actor); Diane Kruger (actress)
- July 18 - Elsa Pataky (actress)
- July 19 - Benedict Cumberbatch (actor, producer)
- July 21 - Jaime Murray (actress)
- August 6 - Soleil Moon Frye (actress)
- August 10 - Joanna Bacalso (actress)
- August 11 - Will Friedle (voice actor); Tabitha St. Germain (voice actress)
- August 27 - Sarah Chalke (actress)
- September 19 - Alison Sweeney (actress, reality show host, director and author)
- October 4 - Alicia Silverstone (actress)
- October 9 - Sam Riegel (voice actor, voice director, writer, singer)
- October 11 - Emily Deschanel (actress, television producer, and film producer)
- October 21 - Andrew Scott (actor)
- October 23 - Cat Deeley (television presenter, actress, singer and model)
- October 26 - Florence Kasumba (actress)
- October 31 - Piper Perabo (actress)
- November 12 - Tevin Campbell (singer, songwriter and actor)
- November 17 - Brian T. Delaney (actor and voice actor)
- November 27 - Jaleel White (actor, producer, and screenwriter)
- November 28 - Ryan Kwanten (actor)
- November 29 - Anna Faris (actress and producer)
- December 5 - Amy Acker (actress)
- December 6 - Lindsay Price (actress)
Deaths
- February 13 - John Lounsbery (animator)
- March 3 - Ray Gilbert (lyricist)
- March 24 - E.H. Shepard (illustrator)
- April 11 - Liam Dunn (actor)
- May 27 - Ruth McDevitt (stage, film, radio and television actress)
- August 8 - Winston Hibler (screenwriter, film producer and director)
- August 19 - Alastair Sim (Scottish actor)
- September 24 - Romney Brent (actor, director and dramatist)
- November 7 - Roy Williams (Disney animator and mouseketeer)
- December 20 - Walter Fitzgerald (character actor)
- December 20 - Ned Washington (lyricist)
- December 25 - Frankie Darro (actor)
Artists Joined
- Tom Ferriter - Coordinating Animator on The Little Mermaid, The Fox and the Hound, The Black Cauldron and The Great Mouse Detective.
1976