1931

Events

 * June 1 - Albert Hurter joins the Disney studio as an animator.

Shorts

 * January 7 - The Birthday Party
 * February 3 - Birds of a Feather
 * March 17 - Traffic Troubles
 * April 6 - The Castaway
 * April 16 - Mother Goose Melodies
 * May 3 - The Moose Hunt
 * May 25 - The China Plate
 * June 13 - The Delivery Boy
 * Jun 30 - The Busy Beavers
 * July 7 - Mickey Steps Out
 * July 28 - The Cat's Out
 * August 18 - Blue Rhythm
 * August 27 - Egyptian Melodies
 * September 25 - Fishin' Around
 * September 30 - The Clock Store
 * October 10 - The Barnyard Broadcast
 * October 23 - The Spider and the Fly
 * November 5 - The Beach Party
 * November 10 - The Fox Hunt
 * November 30 - Mickey Cuts Up
 * December 9 - Mickey's Orphans
 * December 17 - The Ugly Duckling

Births

 * January 13 - Charles Nelson Reilly (actor, comedian and director)
 * January 25 - Dean Jones (actor)
 * January 29 - Richard Bakalyan (character actor)
 * January 31 - James Earl Jones (voice actor)
 * February 3 - Judith Viorst (author)
 * February 6 - Rip Torn (actor)
 * March 20 - Hal Linden (stage and television actor and director)
 * March 22 - William Shatner (actor, musician, recording artist, author and film director)
 * March 26 - Leonard Nimoy (actor)
 * April 17 - Junpei Takiguchi (Japanese voice actor and narrator)
 * May 7 - Teresa Brewer (singer)
 * June 29 - Ed Gilbert (actor)
 * July 5 - Bill Skiles (comedian and member of the Skiles and Henderson comedy team)
 * July 27 - Jerry Van Dyke (actor and comedian)
 * August 9 - Ron Gans (voice actor)
 * August 25 - Regis Philbin (television host and voice actor)
 * August 30 - Jōji Yanami (Japanese voice actor)
 * September 12 - Ian Holm (actor)
 * December 3 - Jaye P. Morgan (entertainer)
 * December 9 - Paddi Edwards (actress)
 * December 11 - Rita Moreno (singer, dancer and actress)
 * December 17 - Dave Madden (actor)
 * December 18 - Kōichi Kitamura (Japanese voice actor)
 * December 24 - Robert Ridgely (actor and vocal artist)

In fiction

 * Carl Fredricksen is born. (Up)