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
 * Old Yeller (re-issue)

Shorts

 * ? - Touchdown Mickey (re-issue)
 * ? - Mickey's Good Deed (re-issue)
 * ? - Building a Building (re-issue)
 * ? - The Mail Pilot (re-issue)
 * ? - Shanghaied (re-issue)
 * ? - Two-Gun Mickey (re-issue)
 * December 20 - Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too

Theme park happenings

 * January 1 - The Fort Wilderness Railroad opens at Walt Disney World.
 * 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 - ceases sponsorship of the Santa Fe-Disneyland Railway. It 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 (actor and voice actor)
 * January 19 - Frank Caliendo (actor, voice actor, comedian, and impressionist)
 * January 23 - Tiffani Thiessen (actress)
 * January 24 - Ed Helms (actor, comedian, and screenwriter)
 * January 28 - Ty Olsson (actor)
 * January 30 - Christian Bale (actor and voice actor)
 * February 6 - David Gerstein (comics author and editor and animation historian)
 * February 8
 * Seth Green (actor, voice artist, and comedian)
 * Guy-Manuel de Homen-Christo (musician)
 * February 9 - Amber Valletta (actress and model)
 * February 10 - Elizabeth Banks (actress, producer, and director)
 * February 17 - Jerry O'Connell (actor, screenwriter, producer, and director)
 * March 3 - David Faustino (actor, voice actor, and rapper)
 * March 5 - Matt Lucas (comedian, screenwriter, singer, and actor)
 * March 21 - Rhys Darby (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
 * March 24 - Alyson Hannigan (actress)
 * March 27 - Bernard Curry (actor, composer, and 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 3 - Joseph Kosinski (film director, film producer, and screenwriter)
 * May 7 - Breckin Meyer (actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, producer, and drummer)
 * May 21 - Fairuza Balk (actress)
 * May 22
 * A.J. Langer (actress)
 * 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)
 * Bear Grylls (British adventurer, writer, and television presenter)
 * June 19 - Bumper Robinson (actor, voice actor, musician, and singer)
 * June 22 - Donald Faison (actor and comedian)
 * June 23 - Joel Edgerton (actor)
 * July 4 - Mick Wingert (stand-up comedian, actor, and voice actor)
 * July 14 - David Mitchell (actor, comedian, and writer)
 * July 25
 * Jason Marin (voice artist)
 * Lauren Faust (animator and writer)
 * August 6 - Ever Carradine (actress)
 * August 20 - Amy Adams (actress)
 * September 10 - Ryan Phillippe (actor, director, and screenwriter)
 * September 24 - Jackie Sandler (actress)
 * October 5 - Heather Headley (singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress)
 * October 12 - Pablo Hidalgo (author)
 * October 15 - Jamie Sparer Roberts (actress, casting executive, and casting director)
 * October 17 - Rizwan Manji (actor)
 * October 28 - Joaquin Phoenix (voice artist)
 * November 4 - Carl Steven (former child actor and voice actor)
 * November 14 - Dana Snyder (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
 * December 17 - Sarah Paulson (actress)
 * December 24 - Ryan Seacrest (television host, radio personality, and producer)

Deaths

 * March 19 - Edward Platt (actor)
 * July 19 - Joe Flynn (actor and voice artist)
 * October 13 - Ed Sullivan (writer and television host)

Artists joined

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

Character debuts

 * June 6 - Willoughby Whitfield, Nicole Harris, Mrs. Steinmetz
 * June 29 - Sam the Eagle, Swamp Boys

1974