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
 * February 18 - The Alaskan Eskimo
 * 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
 * August 28 - Tiger Trouble (re-issue)
 * 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
 * Self Control (re-release)

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 21 - Christine Ebersole (actress and singer)
 * February 22 - Nigel Planer (actor, comedian, novelist, and playwright)
 * February 26 - Michael Bolton (singer and songwriter)
 * March 13 - Ridley Pearson (author and writer)
 * March 24 - Louie Anderson (actor, voice actor, comedian, game show host, and author)
 * April 1 - Barry Sonnenfeld (director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer)
 * April 6 - Patrick Doyle (film composer)
 * 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 9 - Amy Hill (actress)
 * May 16 - Pierce Brosnan (actor and producer)
 * May 19 - Victoria Wood (comedian and actress)
 * May 24 - Alfred Molina (actor)
 * May 29
 * Karla DeVito (singer, actress, and voice actor)
 * Danny Elfman (composer)
 * May 30 - Colm Meaney (actor)
 * June 1 - Tim Bentinck (actor)
 * June 4 - Paul DeMeo (screenwriter and producer)
 * June 5 - Kathleen Kennedy (producer and president of Lucasfilm)
 * June 13 - Tim Allen (voice actor)
 * June 15 - Renée Victor (actress)
 * June 16 - Valerie Mahaffey (actress and producer)
 * July 11 - Mindy Sterling (actress)
 * July 29 - Tim Gunn (television host)
 * August 2 - Butch Patrick (former child actor)
 * August 4 - Richard White (actor)
 * August 8 - Jim Jinkins (animator)
 * August 9 - Alf Humphreys (actor)
 * August 16 - Kathie Lee Gifford (television host, singer, songwriter, and actress)
 * August 27 - Peter Stormare (actor)
 * October 9 - Tony Shalhoub (voice actor)
 * October 15
 * Larry Miller (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
 * Tito Jackson (singer-songwriter and guitarist)
 * October 26 - Roger Allam (actor)
 * October 27
 * Robert Picardo (actor)
 * Peter Firth (actor)
 * October 30 - Charles Martin Smith (actor, screenwriter, and director)
 * November 6 - Ron Underwood (director, producer, and screenwriter)
 * November 8 - John Musker (director)
 * November 27 - Curtis Armstrong (actor)
 * December 6 - Tom Hulce (actor, singer, and producer)
 * December 8 - Kim Basinger (actress)
 * December 9 - John Malkovich (actor)
 * December 17 - Bill Pullman (actor)
 * December 31 - James Remar (actor and voice actor)

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 (Peter Pan), Tiger Lily, Indian Chief, George Darling, Mary Darling, Nana
 * March - Glittering Goldie

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