1945

Feature films

 * February 3 - The Three Caballeros
 * October 17 - Pinocchio (re-release)

Shorts

 * January 5 - Tiger Trouble
 * January 26 - The Clock Watcher
 * March 16 - Dog Watch
 * March 30 - The Eyes Have It
 * April 20 - African Diary
 * June 29 - Donald's Crime
 * July 13 - Californy 'er Bust
 * July 27 - Canine Casanova
 * August 10 - Duck Pimples
 * August 24 - The Legend of Coyote Rock
 * September 7 - No Sail
 * September 21 - Hockey Homicide
 * October 26 - Cured Duck
 * December 7 - Canine Patrol
 * December 21 - Old Sequoia

Events

 * January - Walt Disney resigns as president of Walt Disney Productions; his brother Roy O. Disney is appointed as the new president.

Business

 * December - Aldous Huxley writes an early draft for Alice in Wonderland

Births

 * January 29 - Tom Selleck (actor)
 * February 9 - Mia Farrow (actress, singer, model, humanitarian)
 * February 24 - Barry Bostwick (actor and singer)
 * February 26 - Marta Kristen (actress)
 * March 8 - Micky Dolenz (actor, musician, television director, radio personality and theater director)
 * April 2 - Linda Hunt (actress)
 * April 20 - Michael Brandon (actor and voice actor)
 * June 20 - Anne Murray (singer)
 * June 25 - Carly Simon (singer-songwriter, musician, actress and writer)
 * July 1 - Debbie Harry (singer-songwriter and actress)
 * July 3 - Mickey Rooney, Jr. (actor and musician)
 * July 26 - Helen Mirren (actress)
 * August 2 - Joanna Cassidy (actress)
 * August 14 - Steve Martin (actor and comedian)
 * August 31 - Itzhak Perlman (violinist, conductor and master class instructor)
 * September 21 - Jerry Bruckheimer (film and television producer)
 * September 23 - Paul Petersen (actor, singer, novelist and activist)
 * September 27 - Bob Spiers (director)
 * October 4 - Clifton Davis (actor, songwriter, singer and pastor)
 * October 7 - Michael Wallis (voice actor)
 * October 18 - Huell Howser (television personality); Norio Wakamoto (voice actor)
 * October 19 - John Lithgow (actor, musician, poet, author)
 * October 30 - Henry Winkler (actor, writer, producer, comedian)
 * October 31 - Brian Doyle-Murray (comedian, screenwriter, actor and voice artist)
 * November 7 - Earl Boen (actor and voice actor)
 * November 27 - James Avery (actor and voice actor)
 * December 1 - Bette Midler (singer, actress and comedienne)
 * December 13 - Heather North (actress)
 * December 16 - Patti Deutsch (actress and voice actress)
 * December 17 - Ernie Hudson (actor)
 * December 31 - Barbara Carrera (actress)

Deaths

 * March 4 - Lucille La Verne (voice actress)
 * April 30 - Adolf Hitler (polictician)
 * October 8 - Felix Salten (author)
 * November 21 - Robert Benchley (American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and film actor)

Character debuts

 * January - Li'l Bad Wolf
 * February 3 - Panchito Pistoles, Aracuan Bird, Pablo, Flying Gauchito, Burrito, Yaya
 * August 10 - Colleen, J. Harold King, Paddy the Cop, Leslie J. Clark, Dopey Davis