1974

Feature films

 * 1942 animated feature Bambi is given a G Rating under the MPAA film rating system.
 * March 15 - Alice in Wonderland (first-ever re-issue)
 * June 6 - Herbie Rides Again
 * July 31 - The Bears and I
 * August 1 - Castaway Cowboy
 * December 20 - The Island at the Top of the World

Shorts

 * December 20 - Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too

Theme park happenings

 * June 29 - America Sings opens at Disneyland.
 * July 8 - 18-year-old cast member Deborah Gail Stone is killed during an intermission of America Sings at Disneyland
 * October 1 - Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway ceases sponsorship of the Santa Fe-Disneyland Railway. The attraction is then renamed Disneyland Railroad.

Albums

 * An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players

Births

 * Henry Jackman (film composer)
 * January 10 - Jemaine Clement (comedian, actor and multi-instrumentalist)
 * January 18 - Maulik Pancholy (voice artist)
 * January 19 - Frank Caliendo (comedian and impressionist)
 * January 23 - Tiffani Thiessen (actress)
 * January 28 - Ty Olsson (actor)
 * January 30 - Christian Bale (actor and voice artist)
 * February 6 - David Gerstein (comics author and editor and animation historian)
 * February 8 - Seth Green (actor, voice artist and comedian)
 * February 9 - Amber Valletta (actress and model)
 * February 10 - Elizabeth Banks (actress)
 * February 17 - Jerry O'Connell (actor, screenwriter, producer and director)
 * March 3 - David Faustino (actor, voice actor and rapper)
 * March 5 - Matt Lucas (actor, comedian and singer)
 * March 21 - Rhys Darby (actor and comedian)
 * March 24 - Alyson Hannigan (actress)
 * March 27 - Bernard Curry (actor, composer, writer)
 * March 31 - Victoria Smurfit (actress)
 * April 11 - Tricia Helfer (actress)
 * April 12 - Marley Shelton (actress)
 * April 24 - John Hasler (actor and voice-over artist)
 * April 28 - Penélope Cruz (actress)
 * May 7 - Breckin Meyer (actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, producer, drummer)
 * May 3 - Joseph Kosinski (film director, film producer, screenwriter)
 * May 21 - Fairuza Balk (actress)
 * May 22 - A.J. Langer (actress) and Sean Gunn (actor)
 * May 30 - CeeLo Green (singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, television music competition judge and actor)
 * June 1 - Alanis Morissette (singer-songwriter and actress)
 * June 7 - Dave Filoni (director, animator and screenwriter) and Bear Grylls (British adventurer, writer and television presenter)
 * June 19 - Bumper Robinson (actor, voice actor, musician, singer)
 * June 23 - Joel Edgerton (actor)
 * July 4 - Mick Wingert (stand-up coemdian, actor, and voice actor) and Jenica Bergere (actress)
 * July 14 - David Mitchell (actor, comedian and writer)
 * July 25 - Jason Marin (voice artist) and Lauren Faust (animator, writer)
 * August 6 - Ever Carradine (actress)
 * August 20 - Amy Adams (actress)
 * August 24 - Jennifer Lien (voice artist)
 * September 24 - Jackie Sandler (actress)
 * October 5 - Heather Headley (singer, songwriter, record producer, actress)
 * October 28 - Joaquin Phoenix (voice artist)
 * November 14 - Dana Snyder (actor, voice actor and comedian)
 * December 24 - Ryan Seacrest (radio personality and television host)

Deaths

 * January 2 - Tex Ritter (country singer and actor)
 * February 4 - Stuart Buchanan (voice artist)
 * March 8 - Martha Wentworth (voice artist)
 * March 19 - Edward Platt (actor)
 * April 24 - Bud Abbott (actor, producer and comedian)
 * April 30 - Agnes Moorehead (actress)
 * May 25 - Donald Crisp (film actor)
 * June 30 - Fred Shields (voice artist)
 * July 19 - Joe Flynn (actor and voice artist)
 * July 29 - Erich Kästner (writer)
 * July 31 - Carl Steven (former child actor and voice actor)
 * September 14 - Barbara Jo Allen (actress)
 * October 13 - Ed Sullivan (writer and television host)
 * December 29 - Robert Ellis (film actor, screenwriter and director)

Artists Joined

 * Ron Clements - Co-Director with John Musker for Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Frog, The Great Mouse Detective Hercules and Treasure Planet.
 * Glen Keane - Supervising Animator on Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Tarzan and The Little Mermaid.