1955



The year 1955 (MCMLV) started on a Saturday.

Feature films

 * May 25 - Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
 * June 22 - Lady and the Tramp
 * September 14 - The African Lion
 * October 5 - Music Land
 * December 22 - The Littlest Outlaw

Shorts

 * January 14 - No Hunting
 * March 11 - Contrasts in Rhythm
 * April 1 - Blame It on the Samba
 * May 13 - Pedro
 * July 25 - The Flying Gauchito
 * August 19 - Bearly Asleep
 * September 2 - Beezy Bear
 * September 14 - Peter and the Wolf
 * September 23 - Up a Tree
 * December 25 - The Legend of Johnny Appleseed

Theme parks

 * July 17 - Disneyland Park opens, being the first Disney theme park to open.
 * December 25 - Fink 169 Boats opens at Disneyland.

Television

 * October 3 - The Mickey Mouse Club begins airing.

Births

 * Julien D'ys (hair stylist, photographer, set designer and painter)
 * Allan Trautman (actor and puppeteer)
 * January 6 - Rowan Atkinson (voice actor)
 * January 9 - J.K. Simmons (actor)
 * January 19 - Kevin Costner (actor, producer and director)
 * February 7 - Miguel Ferrer (voice artist)
 * February 19 - Jeff Daniels (actor)
 * February 21 - Kelsey Grammer (actor)
 * February 24 - Steve Jobs (animator)
 * February 27 - Lou Hirsch (actor)
 * February 28 - Gilbert Gottfried (voice actor and comedian)
 * March 5 - Penn Jillette (comedian, magician and co-star of the Penn & Teller duo)
 * March 19 - Bruce Willis (actor)
 * March 22 - Lena Olin (actress)
 * March 28 - Reba McEntire (singer and actress)
 * April 6 - Michael Rooker (actor)
 * April 29 - Richard Epcar (actor, voice actor, director and writer)
 * April 29 - Kate Mulgrew (actress)
 * May 6 - Tom Bergeron (television personality and game show host)
 * May 17 - Bill Paxton (actor and film director)
 * May 18 - Chow Yun-fat (actor)
 * May 31 - Susie Essman (voice artist)
 * June 2 - Dana Carvey (actor and stand-up comedian)
 * June 6 - Sandra Bernhard (actress)
 * June 16 - Laurie Metcalf (voice artist)
 * June 25 - Michael McShane (actor)
 * June 26 - Gedde Watanabe (actor)
 * June 28 - Michael Jacobs (writer and producer)
 * July 3 - Jesse Corti (voice actor)
 * July 22 - Willem Dafoe (voice actor)
 * August 3 - Corey Burton (voice artist)
 * August 7 - Wayne Knight (voice artist)
 * September 9 - Edward Hibbert (actor)
 * September 12 - Peter Scolari (actor)
 * September 15 - Bruce Reitherman (voice actor)
 * October 2 - Warren Spector (video game designer)
 * October 7 - Yo-Yo Ma (cellist)
 * October 20 - Thomas Newman (film composer)
 * November 9 - Karen Dotrice (actress)
 * November 13 - Whoopi Goldberg (voice actress)
 * November 27 - Bill Nye (science educator, comedian, television host, actor, writer and scientist)
 * November 29 - Howie Mandel (actor, comedian and voice actor)
 * December 16 - Xander Berkeley (actor)
 * December 21 - Jane Kaczmarek (actress)

Deaths

 * April 18 - Albert Einstein (theoretical physicist)
 * July 4 - Perce Pearce (writer, producer and director)

Artists Joined

 * Burny Mattinson
 * Dave Suding