1954

Feature films

 * February 18 - Pinocchio (re-issue)
 * February 27 - Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue
 * August 16 - The Vanishing Prairie
 * December 23 - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Shorts

 * January 15 - Spare the Rod
 * February 19 - Pecos Bill
 * March 5 - Donald's Diary
 * April 19 - The Lone Chipmunks
 * May 21 - Pigs is Pigs, Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet
 * June 18 - Casey Bats Again, The Martins and the Coys
 * July 16 - Dragon Around, Casey at the Bat
 * August 13 - Grin and Bear It, Little Toot
 * August 17 - Willie the Operatic Whale
 * September 17 - Once Upon a Wintertime
 * October 15 - Social Lion
 * November 12 - The Flying Squirrel
 * December 23 - Grand Canyonscope

Television

 * October 27 - Disneyland premieres on ABC. Under various titles and on various networks, this show ran regularly until 2005 and still airs sporadically today.

Books

 * Donald Duck's Toy Sailboat

Character Debuts

 * August 13 - J. Audubon Woodlore

Births

 * Steven Meisel (fashion photographer)
 * Janauary 19 - Katey Sagal (actress and singer-songwriter)
 * January 20 - Ken Page (actor and cabaret singer)
 * January 29 - Oprah Winfrey (actress and television personality)
 * February 17 - Rene Russo (actress and former fashion model)
 * February 18 - John Travolta (voice actor)
 * March 2 - Josema Yuste (actor, comedian and presenter)
 * March 4 - Catherine O'Hara (actress)
 * March 9 - Martin P. Robinson (puppeteer)
 * March 24 - Robert Carradine (actor)
 * April 7 - Jackie Chan (Hong Kong actor)
 * April 9 - Dennis Quaid (actor)
 * April 13 - Glen Keane (supervising animator and character designer)
 * April 26 - Cathy Cahn (voice actress)
 * May 10 - Mike Hagerty (actor and comedian)
 * May 17 - David Zippel (musical theater and film lyricist)
 * May 28 - Townsend Coleman (voice actor and DJ)
 * June 2 - Dennis Haysbert (actor)
 * June 6 - Harvey Fierstein (actor/playwright)
 * June 14 - Jan Rabson (actor and voice actor)
 * June 15 - James Belushi (actor)
 * June 19 - Kathleen Turner (actor)
 * June 28 - Alice Krige (actress and producer)
 * August 16 - James Cameron (film director, producer and editor)
 * August 23 - Jeannie Elias (voice actor)
 * August 31 - Julie Brown (actress, comedian, screen/television writer, singer-songwriter and television director)
 * September 19 - Carine Roitfeld (former fashion model and writer)
 * September 29 - Cindy Morgan (actress)
 * October 9 - John O'Hurley (voice actor)
 * October 19 - Ken Stott (actor)
 * October 22 - Ellen Gerstell (voice actress)
 * November 9 - Sukekiyo Kameyama (Japanese voice actor)
 * November 9 - Shintarō Sonōka (voice actor)
 * November 27 - Kimmy Robertson (actress)
 * December 14 - James Horan (voice actor)
 * December 18 - Ray Liotta (actor)
 * December 28 - Denzel Washington (actor, director, producer)
 * George Kalogridis (Disney executive)

Deaths

 * March 7 - Will H. Hays (first president of the MPAA)
 * November 15 - Lionel Barrymore (actor)
 * November 22 - Moroni Olsen (voice actor)

Events

 * May 9 - Walt's Daughter Diane marries future Disney CEO Ron W. Miller