1955

The year 1955 started on a Saturday.

Feature films

 * May 25 - Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
 * June 16 - Lady and the Tramp premiered in Chicago, Illinois
 * June 22 - Lady and the Tramp
 * September 14 - The African Lion
 * October 5 - Music Land
 * December 22 - The Littlest Outlaw

Shorts

 * January 14 - No Hunting
 * January 16 - Switzerland
 * March 11 - Contrasts in Rhythm
 * April 1 - Blame It on the Samba
 * May 13 - Pedro
 * May 25 - Arizona Sheepdog
 * June 10 - El Gaucho Goofy
 * July 25 - The Flying Gauchito
 * August 19 - Bearly Asleep
 * September 2 - Beezy Bear
 * September 14 - Peter and the Wolf
 * September 23 - Up a Tree
 * December 25 - The Legend of Johnny Appleseed

Theme parks

 * July 17 - Disneyland opens, being the first Disney theme park to open.
 * December 25 - Fink 169 Boats opens at Disneyland.

Television

 * October 3 - The Mickey Mouse Club begins airing.

Births

 * Julien D'ys (hair stylist, photographer, set designer, and painter)
 * January 3 - Hal Rayle (voice actor)
 * January 6 - Rowan Atkinson (actor, comedian, and screenwriter)
 * January 9 - J.K. Simmons (actor)
 * January 18 - Kevin Costner (actor, singer, musician, producer, and director)
 * January 19 - Paul Rodriguez (comedian)
 * February 7 - Miguel Ferrer (actor and voice actor)
 * February 15 - Christopher McDonald (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
 * February 19 - Jeff Daniels (actor, comedian, musician, and playwright)
 * February 21 - Kelsey Grammer (actor)
 * February 24 - Steve Jobs (animator)
 * February 27 - Lou Hirsch (actor)
 * February 28 - Gilbert Gottfried (comedian, voice actor, and actor)
 * March 5 - Penn Jillette (comedian, magician, and co-star of the Penn & Teller duo)
 * March 13 - Glenne Headly (actress)
 * March 19 - Bruce Willis (actor)
 * March 22 - Lena Olin (actress)
 * March 28 - Reba McEntire (singer and actress)
 * March 29
 * Marina Sirtis (actress)
 * Christopher Lawford (actor, producer, author, and politician)
 * April 6 - Michael Rooker (actor)
 * April 17 - Kristine Sutherland (actress)
 * April 26 - Jan Rippe (actor, comedian, and singer)
 * April 29
 * Richard Epcar (actor, voice actor, director, and writer)
 * Kate Mulgrew (actress)
 * May 6 - Tom Bergeron (television personality and game show host)
 * May 17 - Bill Paxton (actor and film director)
 * May 18 - Chow Yun-fat (actor)
 * May 25 - Allan Trautman (actor and puppeteer)
 * May 31 - Susie Essman (voice artist)
 * June 2 - Dana Carvey (actor and stand-up comedian)
 * June 6 - Sandra Bernhard (actress)
 * June 15
 * Julie Hagerty (actress and former model)
 * Andy Tennant (actor, director, producer, and screenwriter)
 * June 16 - Laurie Metcalf (voice artist)
 * June 24 - Betsy Randle (actress)
 * June 25 - Michael McShane (actor)
 * June 28 - Michael Jacobs (writer and producer)
 * July 3 - Jesse Corti (voice actor)
 * July 22 - Willem Dafoe (actor)
 * August 3 - Corey Burton (voice artist)
 * August 7 - Wayne Knight (voice artist)
 * September 2 - Linda Purl (actress)
 * September 9 - Edward Hibbert (actor)
 * September 12 - Peter Scolari (actor)
 * September 15 - Bruce Reitherman (voice actor)
 * October 2 - Warren Spector (video game designer)
 * October 7 - Yo-Yo Ma (cellist)
 * October 20 - Thomas Newman (film composer)
 * October 22 - Bill Condon (director and screenwriter)
 * October 26 - Neil Meron (producer)
 * November 9 - Karen Dotrice (actress)
 * November 13 - Whoopi Goldberg (voice actress)
 * November 27 - Bill Nye (science educator, comedian, television host, actor, writer, and scientist)
 * November 29 - Howie Mandel (actor, comedian, and voice actor)
 * November 30 - Billy Idol (singer, songwriter, musician, and actor)
 * December 5 - Richard Gibbs (composer, producer, conductor, and musician)
 * December 6 - Steven Wright (actor and standup comedian)
 * December 8 - Joe Maggard (actor, singer, and former deputy sheriff)
 * December 16 -
 * December 21 - Jane Kaczmarek (actress)

Deaths

 * April 18 - Albert Einstein (theoretical physicist)

Artists joined

 * Burny Mattinson
 * Dave Suding

Character debuts

 * June 16 - Lady, Tramp, Jock, Trusty, Aunt Sarah, Si and Am, Jim Dear, Darling, Jim Jr., Tony, Joe, the Stray Dogs, Mr. Busy, the Rat, Pound Dogs, Scamp