1936

Shorts

 * January 4 - Mickey's Polo Team
 * February 15 - Orphan's Picnic
 * March 7 - Mickey's Grand Opera
 * March 28 - Elmer Elephant
 * April 18 - Three Little Wolves
 * May 30 - Thru the Mirror
 * June 20 - Mickey's Rival, Moving Day
 * July 25 - Alpine Climbers
 * August 1 - Mickey's Circus
 * August 22 - Toby Tortoise Returns
 * September 12 - Donald and Pluto
 * September 26 - Three Blind Mouseketeers
 * October 10 - Mickey's Elephant
 * October 31 - The Country Cousin
 * November 14 - Mother Pluto
 * December 19 - More Kittens

Births

 * January 2 - Roger Miller (songwriter)
 * February 4 - Kōsei Tomita (Japanese voice actor)
 * February 11 - Burt Reynolds (actor, director, and producer)
 * March 9 - Marty Ingels (voice actor)
 * March 17 - Patty Maloney (actress)
 * April 20 - Lisa Davis (actress)
 * May 9 - Glenda Jackson (politician and actress)
 * May 10 - Gary Owens (disc jockey and voice actor)
 * May 17- Dennis Hopper (actor, writer and director)
 * May 23 - Charles Kimbrough (actor)
 * June 22 - Kris Kristofferson (singer-songwriter and actor)
 * June 24 - Paul L. Smith (stand-up comedian, actor, singer, and comedian)
 * July 1 - Ron Masak (actor)
 * July 24 - Ruth Buzzi (actress)
 * August 18 - Robert Redford (actor, director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, philanthropist)
 * September 14 - Nicol Williamson (actor)
 * September 24 - Jim Henson (creator of the Muppets)
 * September 29 - James Frawley (director, actor and member of the Actors Studio)
 * October 9 - Brian Blessed (actor)
 * December 17 - Tommy Steele (entertainer)
 * December 21 - Sharon Mae Disney (Walt Disney's second daughter)
 * December 22 - Héctor Elizondo (actor)

Deaths

 * January 18 - Rudyard Kipling (author and poet)
 * February 20 - Max Schreck (actor)

Events

 * September 28 - Cecil B. DeMille interviews Walt Disney about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on the Lux Radio Theatre.

Character debuts

 * March 28 - Elmer Elephant, Tillie Tiger, Joe Giraffe, Joey Hippo
 * June 20 - Mortimer Mouse
 * December 14 - Dr. Einmug