1950

Feature films

 * January 6 - The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
 * February 15 - Cinderella (Boston, Massachusetts)
 * February 22 - Cinderella (Chicago, Illinois)/(New York City, New York)
 * March 4 - Cinderella
 * July 19 - Treasure Island

Shorts

 * January 6 - Pluto's Heart Throb
 * January 20 - Lion Around
 * February 10 - Pluto and the Gopher
 * February 24 - How to Ride a Horse
 * March 3 - The Brave Engineer
 * March 25 - Crazy Over Daisy
 * April 7 - Wonder Dog
 * April 21 - Funny Little Bunnies (re-release)
 * April 28 - Trailer Horn
 * May 19 - Primitive Pluto
 * June 9 - Puss Cafe
 * June 30 - Motor Mania
 * July 7 - The Grasshopper and the Ants (re-release)
 * July 19 - In Beaver Valley
 * July 21 - Pests of the West
 * August 11 - Food for Feudin'
 * August 25 - Brave Little Tailor (re-release)
 * September 1 - Hook, Lion and Sinker
 * September 22 - Camp Dog
 * October 13 - Bee at the Beach
 * November 3 - Hold That Pose
 * November 23 - The Moth and the Flame (re-release)
 * November 24 - Morris, the Midget Moose
 * December 15 - Out on a Limb
 * December 23 - Merbabies (re-release)
 * December 30 - Donald's Golf Game (re-release)

Character debuts

 * February 15 - Cinderella, Lady Tremaine, Anastasia Tremaine, Drizella Tremaine, Jaq and Gus, Lucifer, Bruno, Major, Prince Charming, the King, the Grand Duke, Mice, Birds, Fairy Godmother, Cinderella's Father, Herald, Mary, Royal Guards
 * June 9 - Milton
 * July 19 - Jim Hawkins, Long John Silver, Billy Bones, Israel Hands
 * November 3 - Humphrey the Bear

Television

 * December 25 - One Hour in Wonderland, the first Disney production made for television, premieres.

Books

 * Mickey Mouse's Picnic

Births

 * January 2 - Gary Morgan (actor)
 * January 8 - Jerzy Zieliński (cinematographer)
 * January 9 - Sandy Martin (actress)
 * January 16 - Debbie Allen (actress, dancer, choreographer, television director, and television producer)
 * January 20 - Franca Sozzani (journalist and magazine editor)
 * February 5
 * Jonathan Freeman (actor, voice actor, singer, and puppeteer)
 * Jordan Kerner (producer)
 * February 17 - Alan Burnett (animator, producer, director, storyboard artist, and screenwriter)
 * February 18 - John Hughes (producer, director, and screenwriter)
 * February 22 - Julie Walters (actress)
 * February 24 - George Thorogood (vocalist and guitarist)
 * March 13 - William H. Macy (actor, screenwriter, teacher, and theater director)
 * March 20 - William Hurt (actor)
 * March 26
 * Martin Short (comedian, actor, voice artist, writer, singer, and producer)
 * Alan Silvestri (composer)
 * March 30 - Robbie Coltrane (actor, voice actor, comedian, and author)
 * April 11 - Bill Irwin (actor, clown, and comedian)
 * April 12 - David Cassidy (actor, singer, and musician)
 * April 13 - Ron Perlman (actor and voice actor)
 * April 18 - Kenny Ortega (producer, director, and choreographer)
 * April 28 - Jay Leno (stand-up comedian and television host)
 * May 12 - Bruce Boxleitner (actor)
 * May 13
 * Stevie Wonder (singer)
 * Joe Johnston (film director and former effects artist)
 * May 17 - Howard Ashman (lyricist)
 * May 18 - Mark Mothersbaugh (composer)
 * June 2 - Joanna Gleason (actress and singer)
 * June 10 - Ed Naha (writer and producer)
 * July 2 - Agneta Eckemyr (actress)
 * July 5 - Huey Lewis (musician, songwriter, and actor)
 * July 10 - Nick Jameson (actor, voice actor, songwriter, composer, musician, and producer)
 * August 3 - Jo Marie Payton (actress and singer)
 * August 6 - Dorian Harewood (actor)
 * August 13 - Jane Carr (actress)
 * August 27 - Charles Fleischer (voice artist)
 * September 19 - Joan Lunden (journalist, author, and television host)
 * September 21 - Bill Murray (actor and comedian)
 * September 29 - Tetsuo Kanao (Japanese actor and voice actor)
 * October 1 - Randy Quaid (actor)
 * October 2 - Ian McNeice (actor and voice actor)
 * October 7 - Hugh Fraser (actor, theatre director, and author)
 * October 20 - Tom Petty (singer, songwriter, and voice actor)
 * October 22 - Patricia Parris (voice actress and actress)
 * October 31 - John Candy (actor and comedian)
 * November 24 - Justin Case (actor)
 * November 28 - Ed Harris (actor)
 * December 10 - Gregg Berger (voice actor and comedian)
 * December 12 - Darleen Carr (actress and voice actress)
 * December 13 - Wendie Malick (actress, voice actress, comedian, and model)
 * December 18 - Leonard Maltin (film critic, historian, and author)
 * December 21 - Jeffrey Katzenberg (film producer and former chairman of Walt Disney Studios)

Deaths

 * March 19 - Edgar Rice Burroughs (author)

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