1953

Events

 * After 16 years, the last Disney animated feature distributed by RKO was Peter Pan.
 * Buena Vista Distribution was founded after Walt Disney's deal with RKO ended.

Feature films

 * February 5 - Peter Pan
 * July 23 - The Sword and the Rose
 * November 10 - The Living Desert

Shorts

 * February 5 - Bear Country
 * March 28 - Father's Day Off
 * April 18 - The Simple Things
 * May 9 - For Whom the Bulls Toil
 * May 28 - Adventures in Music: Melody
 * May 30 - Don's Fountain of Youth
 * June 20 - Father's Week-End
 * July 11 - How to Dance
 * July 23 - Prowlers of the Everglades
 * August 1 - The New Neighbor
 * October 2 - Football (Now and Then)
 * October 23 - Rugged Bear
 * November 10 - Adventures in Music: Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom, Ben and Me
 * November 11 - Working for Peanuts
 * December 25 - How to Sleep, Canvas Back Duck

Comics

 * March - Uncle Scrooge publishes its first issue

Births

 * January 24 - Matthew Wilder (musician, composer, and record producer)
 * January 25 - John Lustig (comics writer and former journalist)
 * February 6 - Phil Snyder (voice actor)
 * February 8 - Mary Steenburgen (actress)
 * February 9 - Ciarán Hinds (actor)
 * February 22 - Nigel Planer (actor, comedian, novelist, playwright)
 * February 26 - Michael Bolton (singer and songwriter)
 * March 13 - Ridley Pearson (writer)
 * March 18 - Alma Martinez (actress)
 * March 25 - Mary Gross (voice actress, comedian and actress)
 * April 6 - Patrick Doyle (film composer)
 * April 16 - Jay O. Sanders (actor)
 * April 19 - Rick Moranis (actor)
 * May 1 - Naoya Uchida (Japanese voice actor, actor, and singer)
 * May 4 - Masashi Ebara (Japanese voice actor, actor, and narrator)
 * May 6 - Lynn Whitfield (actress)
 * May 9 - Amy Hill (actress)
 * May 16 - Pierce Brosnan (actor, film producer, and environmentalist)
 * May 24 - Alfred Molina (actor)
 * May 29 - Karla DeVito (singer, actress, and voice artist)
 * May 29 - Danny Elfman (composer)
 * May 30 - Colm Meaney (actor)
 * June 1 - Tim Bentinck (actor)
 * June 5 - Kathleen Kennedy (film producer and president of Lucasfilm)
 * June 13 - Tim Allen (voice actor)
 * June 16 - Valerie Mahaffey (actress and producer)
 * July 11 - Mindy Sterling (actress)
 * July 26 - Edie Mirman (voice actress)
 * July 29 - Tim Gunn (fashion consultant and television personality)
 * August 2 - Butch Patrick (former child actor)
 * August 4 - Richard White (actor)
 * August 11 - Hulk Hogan (professional wrestler, actor, television personality, and musician)
 * August 16 - Kathie Lee Gifford (television host, singer, songwriter, and actress)
 * August 27 - Peter Stormare (actor)
 * September 6 - Anne Lockhart (actress)
 * September 10 - Amy Irving (actress)
 * October 9 - Tony Shalhoub (voice actor)
 * October 15 - Larry Miller ( actor, voice artist, comedian, podcaster, and columnist )
 * October 16 - Syme Jago (actress)
 * October 26 - Roger Allam (actor)
 * October 27 - Peter Firth (actor)
 * October 30 - Charles Martin Smith (film actor, writer, and director)
 * November 8 - John Musker (director)
 * November 14 - Phil Baron (songwriter, actor, and puppeteer)
 * November 18 - Kath Soucie (voice actress)
 * November 27 - Curtis Armstrong (actor)
 * December 6 - Tom Hulce (actor and producer)
 * December 8 - Kim Basinger (actress and former model)
 * December 9 - John Malkovich (actor)
 * December 15 - Bill Pullman (actor)
 * December 31 - James Remar (actor and voice actor)

Deaths

 * January 1 - Hank Williams (singer)

Artists Joined

 * Joe Hale

Character debuts

 * February 5 - Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Wendy Darling, John Darling, Michael Darling, Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, Tick-Tock the Crocodile, Lost Boys, Pirate Crew, Tiger Lily, Indian Chief, George Darling, Mary Darling, Nana
 * March - Glittering Goldie