1954

Feature films

 * February 18 - Pinocchio (re-issue)
 * February 27 - Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue
 * August 16 - The Vanishing Prairie
 * December 23 - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

Shorts

 * January 15 - Spare the Rod
 * February 19 - Pecos Bill
 * March 5 - Donald's Diary
 * April 19 - The Lone Chipmunks
 * April 23 - Two for the Record
 * May 21
 * Pigs is Pigs
 * Johnny Fedora and Alice Blue Bonnet
 * June 18
 * Casey Bats Again
 * The Martins and the Coys
 * July 16
 * Dragon Around
 * Casey at the Bat
 * August 13
 * Grin and Bear It
 * Little Toot
 * August 17 - Willie the Operatic Whale
 * September 17 - Once Upon a Wintertime
 * October 15 - Social Lion
 * November 12 - The Flying Squirrel
 * December 23 - Grand Canyonscope
 * December 24 - Siam

Television

 * October 27 - Disneyland premieres on ABC. Under various titles and on various networks, this show ran regularly until 2005 and still airs sporadically today.

Books

 * Donald Duck's Toy Sailboat

Character debuts

 * August 13 - J. Audubon Woodlore
 * December 23 - Ned Land, Pierre Aronnax, Conseil, Captain Nemo, Esmeralda, Giant Squid

Births

 * ? - Steven Meisel (fashion photographer)
 * January 13 - Trevor Rabin (musician and film composer)
 * January 19 - Katey Sagal (actress, singer, and songwriter)
 * January 20 - Ken Page (singer and actor)
 * January 29 - Oprah Winfrey (media proprietor, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist)
 * February 1 - Bill Mumy (actor, comedian, and musician)
 * February 4 - Shigeru Chiba (actor, voice actor, and director)
 * February 17 - Rene Russo (actress)
 * February 18 - John Travolta (voice actor)
 * March 1 - Ron Howard (actor, director, and producer)
 * March 4 - Catherine O'Hara (actress)
 * March 9 - Martin P. Robinson (puppeteer)
 * March 11 - David Newman (composer)
 * March 24 - Robert Carradine (actor)
 * April 7 - Jackie Chan (actor)
 * April 9 - Dennis Quaid (actor)
 * April 12 - Carol Dennis (actor, singer)
 * April 13 - Glen Keane (animator and character designer)
 * April 22 - Joseph Bottoms (actor)
 * April 26
 * Cathy Cahn (voice actress)
 * Sindy McKay (actress)
 * May 8 - Stephen Furst (actor and director)
 * May 10 - Mike Hagerty (actor and comedian)
 * May 17 - David Zippel (musical theater and film lyricist)
 * May 28 - Townsend Coleman (voice actor and DJ)
 * June 2 - Dennis Haysbert (actor)
 * June 6 - Harvey Fierstein (actor and author)
 * June 14 - Jan Rabson (actor and voice actor)
 * June 15 - Jim Belushi (actor)
 * June 19 - Kathleen Turner (actor)
 * June 28 - Alice Krige (actress and producer)
 * July 8 - Andy Gaskill (animator, art director, and storyboard artist)
 * August 16 - James Cameron (director, producer, and editor)
 * August 20 - Al Roker (journalist, television personality, weather forecaster, actor, and author)
 * August 23 - Jeannie Elias (voice actress)
 * August 24 - Joe Ochman (voice actor, actor and director)
 * August 31 - Julie Brown (actress, comedian, screenwriter, singer, songwriter, and director)
 * September 19 - Carine Roitfeld (author)
 * September 29
 * Mark Mitchell (actor, comedian, and artist)
 * Cindy Morgan (actress)
 * October 2 - Lorraine Bracco (actress)
 * October 9
 * John O'Hurley (voice actor)
 * Scott Bakula (actor, singer, and director)
 * October 14 - Elizabeth Sung (actress)
 * October 22 - Ellen Gerstell (voice actress)
 * November 5 - Mike Gabriel (director)
 * November 9 - Shintarō Sonōka (voice actor)
 * November 15 - Stephen W. Burns (actor)
 * November 16 - Scott Wittman (composer, lyricist, and writer)
 * November 27 - Kimmy Robertson (actress)
 * December 14 - James Horan (actor and voice actor)
 * December 18 - Ray Liotta (actor)
 * December 28 - Denzel Washington (actor, director, and producer)

Events

 * May 9 - Walt's Daughter Diane marries future Disney CEO Ron W. Miller