1929

Shorts

 * March 14 - The Barn Dance
 * March 17 - Plane Crazy, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon produced, is widely released with sound. This is first appearance of Minnie Mouse.
 * March 28 - The Opry House
 * May 3 - When the Cat's Away
 * June 28 - The Plowboy
 * July 31 - The Karnival Kid
 * August 22 - The Skeleton Dance, the first Silly Symphony cartoon, is released.
 * August 28 - Mickey's Follies
 * September 7 - El Terrible Toreador
 * October 1 - Mickey's Choo-Choo
 * October 10 - The Barnyard Battle
 * October 15 - The Jazz Fool
 * October 24 - Springtime
 * October 30 - Hell's Bells
 * November 15 - Jungle Rhythm
 * December 2 - Haunted House
 * December 16 - The Merry Dwarves

Character debuts

 * March 17 - Minnie Mouse
 * March 28 - Kat Nipp
 * June 28 - Horace Horsecollar, Clarabelle Cow
 * August 28 - Patricia Pigg

Births

 * February 10 - Jerry Goldsmith (composer and conductor)
 * February 14 - Vic Morrow (actor)
 * February 22 - James Hong (actor)
 * March 12 - Billy Lee (actor and singer)
 * April 5 - Nigel Hawthorne (actor)
 * April 10 - Max von Sydow (Swedish actor)
 * May 5 - Ilene Woods (actress and singer)
 * May 11 - Margaret Kerry (actress, motivational speaker and radio host)
 * May 23 - Paul Wexler (actor)
 * May 25 - Beverly Sills (soprano)
 * June 4 - Digby Wolfe (actor, screenwriter and university lecturer in dramatic writing)
 * June 20 - Bonnie Bartlett (actress)
 * June 13 - Ralph McQuarrie (conceptual designer and illustrator)
 * July 5 - Chikao Ōtsuka (Japanese live and voice actor), Katherine Helmond, actress
 * July 17 - Helene Stanley (performance model)
 * September 5 - Bob Newhart (stand-up comedian and actor)
 * September 18 - Jack Mullaney (actor)
 * September 20 - Anne Meara (actress)
 * September 29 - Tōru Ōhira (Japanese narrator and voice actor)
 * October 28 - Joan Plowright (actress)
 * November 6 - June Squibb (actress)
 * November 15 - Edward Asner (voice actor)
 * December 13 - Christopher Plummer (voice actor)
 * December 21 - Anita Gordon (actress)
 * Alice Davis
 * Don Iwerks