1948

Feature films

 * May 27 - Melody Time

Shorts

 * January 23 - They're Off
 * February 6 - The Big Wash
 * March 5 - Drip Dippy Donald
 * March 19 - Mickey Down Under
 * April 16 - Daddy Duck
 * April 30 - Bone Bandit
 * May 21 - Donald's Dream Voice
 * July 9 - Pluto's Purchase
 * July 30 - The Trial of Donald Duck
 * August 13 - Cat Nap Pluto
 * August 27 - Inferior Decorator
 * September 10 - Pluto's Fledgling
 * October 15 - Soup's On
 * November 2 - Three for Breakfast
 * December 3 - Mickey and the Seal
 * December 24 - Tea for Two Hundred

Character debuts

 * January - Gladstone Gander
 * May 27 - Johnny Appleseed, Johnny's Angel, Little Toot, Big Toot, Pecos Bill, Slue-Foot Sue, Widowmaker
 * August 27 - Spike the Bee

Births

 * January 7 - Kenny Loggins (singer and songwriter)
 * January 14 - Carl Weathers (actor and former professional football player)
 * January 25 - Haruhiko Jō (voice actor)
 * January 27 - Mikhail Baryshnikov (dancer and actor)
 * January 18 - M. C. Gainey (actor)
 * February 4 - Alice Cooper (singer, songwriter and musician)
 * February 5 - Barbara Hershey   (actress)
 * February 14 - Teller (comedian, magician and co-star of the Penn & Teller duo)
 * February 28 - Bernadette Peters (actress and singer)
 * March 4 - Brian Cummings (voice actor)
 * March 6 - Stephen Schwartz (composer and musical theatre lyricist)
 * March 12 - James Taylor (singer and guitarist)
 * March 14 - Billy Crystal (voice actor)
 * April 22 - Larry Groce (singer-songwriter and radio host)
 * May 5 - Peter Young (screenwriter)
 * May 21 - Leo Sayer (singer)
 * May 24 - James Cosmo (Scottish actor)
 * June 8 - Mike Jittlov (special effects animator)
 * June 28 - Kathy Bates (actress and director)
 * July 12 - Ben Burtt (sound designer and voice actor)
 * July 12 - Jay Thomas (actor, comedian and radio talk show host)
 * July 12 - Richard Simmons (fitness personality, actor and political activist)
 * July 25 - Eren Ozker (puppeteer)
 * July 28 - Sally Struthers (voice actor)
 * July 30 - Jean Reno (actor)
 * August 30 - Lewis Black (comedian, author, playwright, social critic and actor)
 * September 13 - Clyde Kusatsu (actor)
 * September 17 - John Ritter (actor)
 * September 19 - Jeremy Irons (voice actor)
 * September 24 - Phil Hartman (comedian & voice actor)
 * October 19 - Mimi Gibson (actress)
 * November 27 - James Avery (voice actor)
 * December 3 - Ozzy Osbourne (singer and actor)
 * December 15 - David Gwillim (actor)
 * December 21 - Samuel L. Jackson (actor)
 * December 27 - Gérard Depardieu (actor and filmmaker)
 * December 31 - Donna Summer (singer, songwriter and painter)

Deaths

 * July 9 - James Baskett (actor)
 * December 31 - Merrill De Maris (writer)