1956

Feature films

 * February - Song of the South (re-release)
 * February 7 - Fantasia (re-release; SuperScope version)
 * June 8 - The Great Locomotive Chase
 * July 18 - Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
 * November 6 - Secrets of Life
 * December 20 - Westward Ho, the Wagons!

Shorts

 * February 24 - Chips Ahoy
 * April 27 - Hooked Bear
 * July 18 - Jack and Old Mac
 * July 27 - In the Bag
 * November 6 - A Cowboy Needs a Horse
 * December 30 - How to Have an Accident in the Home

Births

 * January 3 - Mel Gibson (actor)
 * January 9 - Imelda Staunton (actress)
 * January 21 - Robby Benson (voice artist)
 * January 21 - Geena Davis (actress, producer, model and athlete)
 * January 27 - Susanne Blakeslee (voice artist)
 * February 3 - Nathan Lane (actor)
 * February 12 - Arsenio Hall (actor, comedian and former talk show host)
 * February 28 - Lloyd Sherr (voice actor, comedian, actor)
 * March 7 - Bryan Cranston (actor, voice actor, screenwriter, director, and producer)
 * March 11 - Rob Paulsen (voice actor)
 * March 12- Lesley Manville (English actress of film, theatre and television)
 * March 25 - Matthew Garber (actor)
 * April 7 - Christopher Darden (lawyer, writer, lecturer and practicing attorney)
 * April 12 - Andy García (actor)
 * April 26 - Ron Donachie (actor)
 * April 27 - Kevin McNally (actor)
 * May 7 - S. Scott Bullock (voice actor)
 * May 10 - Paige O'Hara (voice artist)
 * May 10 - Jonathan Roberts (screenwriter, television producer and author)
 * May 13 - Kirk Thornton (voice actor, voice director)
 * June 4 - Keith David (voice artist)
 * June 23 - Randy Jackson (singer, television personality and host)
 * June 30 - David Alan Grier (actor and comedian)
 * July 4 - Keith David (actor, singer, voice artist, comedian)
 * July 9 - Tom Hanks (voice artist)
 * August 4 - Mika Doi (Japanese voice actress)
 * August 28 - Luis Guzmán (Puerto Rican American actor)
 * September 10 - Jim Jackman (actor)
 * September 11 - Cathy Horyn (fashion journalist)
 * September 20 - Gary Cole (actor)
 * October 2 - Charlie Adler (voice actor and voice director)
 * October 14 - Greg Martin (illustrator)
 * October 18 - Cindy O'Callaghan (actress)
 * October 21 - Carrie Fisher (actress, novelist, screenwriter and performance artist)
 * October 26 - Rita Wilson (actress, singer, producer)
 * October 29 - Darrell Van Citters (director, animator and author)
 * November 1 - Pat Musick (voice actress and actress)
 * November 10 - Sinbad (stand-up comedian and actor)
 * November 21 - Timothy Stack (actor and screenwriter)
 * November 22 - Richard Kind (voice artist)
 * November 26 - Don Lake (actor, writer and producer)
 * November 27 - William Fichtner (actor)
 * December 3 - Michael Gough (voice artist)
 * December 15- John Lee Hancock(screenwriter, director and producer)
 * December 30 - Sheryl Lee Ralph (actress and singer)
 * Louise Gold (actress and puppeteer)
 * Ed Grier (president of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts)

Deaths

 * January 31 - A.A. Milne (writer)
 * April 14 - Christian Rub (actor)
 * April 26 - Edward Arnold (actor)
 * September 19 - Cecil Surry (cartoonist and Dell Comics artist)

Character debuts

 * December 30 - J.J. Fate
 * Flintheart Glomgold