The first issue of Uncle Scrooge.
Gyro Gearloose is introduced in Gladstone's Terrible Secret.
Theatrical releases
Feature films
- February 13 - Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (re-issue)
- June 26 - The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men
Shorts
- January 4 - Father's Lion
- January 18 - Donald Applecore
- February 8 - Lambert the Sheepish Lion
- February 13 - The Olympic Elk
- February 19 - Hello Aloha
- March 21 - Two Chips and a Miss
- April 4 - Man's Best Friend
- April 25 - Let's Stick Together
- May 16 - Two-Gun Goofy
- June 6 - Susie the Little Blue Coupe
- June 26 - Water Birds
- June 27 - Teachers are People
- July 18 - Uncle Donald's Ants
- August 8 - The Little House
- September 19 - Pluto's Party
- October 10 - Trick or Treat
- October 31 - Two Weeks Vacation
- November 21 - Pluto's Christmas Tree
- December 12 - How to Be a Detective
Character debuts
- March 21 - Clarice
- May - Gyro Gearloose
- June 26 - Robin Hood, Maid Marian, Sheriff of Nottingham, Friar Tuck, Little John, Allan-a Dale, Archbishop of Canterbury, King Richard, Will Scarlet, Will Stutely, Scathelock, Midge the Miller, Earl of Huntingdon, Hugh Fitzooth, Tyb, Red Gill
People
Births
- January 19 - Beau Weaver (voice actor)
- January 20 - Dave Fennoy (voice actor)
- January 25 - Shigeru Ushiyama (actor and voice actor)
- February 8 - Daisuke GÅri (actor and voice actor)
- March 2 - Laraine Newman (actress and comedian)
- March 11 - Douglas Adams (writer)
- March 19 - Harvey Weinstein (actor, producer, director, comedian, and businessman)
- April 15
- Glenn Shadix (actor and voice actor)
- Sam McMurray (actor and voice actor)
- April 16 - Billy West (voice actor, singer, comedian, musician, and songwriter)
- April 17 - Joe Alaskey (stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, and impressionist)
- April 29 - Nora Dunn (actress and comedian)
- May 2 - Christine Baranski (actress)
- May 6 - Fred Newman (actor, voice actor, composer, comedian, sound effects artist, and former talk show host)
- May 14 - Robert Zemeckis (director, producer, and screenwriter)
- May 15 - Chazz Palminteri (actor, voice actor, and writer)
- May 20 - Sherry Lynn (voice actress)
- May 21 - Mr. T (actor)
- May 28 - Denis Akiyama (actor and voice actor)
- June 7 - Liam Neeson (actor and voice actor)
- June 18
- Miriam Flynn (actress and voice actress)
- Carol Kane (actress and voice actress)
- Isabella Rossellini (actress, voice actress, author, filmmaker, model, and philanthropist)
- June 20 - John Goodman (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- June 30 - Patrick Pinney (actor and voice actor)
- July 1
- Dan Aykroyd (actor, comedian, musician, and filmmaker)
- Brian George (actor and voice actor)
- July 14 - Jerry Houser (actor and voice actor)
- July 15 - Terry O'Quinn (actor)
- July 17 - David Hasselhoff (actor, singer, producer, and businessman)
- August 16 - Reginald VelJohnson (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- August 18 - Patrick Swayze (actor, dancer, and singer-songwriter)
- August 19 - Jonathan Frakes (actor, voice actor, author, TV host, and director)
- August 20 - Dan Haskett (animator)
- August 26 - Michael Jeter (actor and voice actor)
- August 27 - Paul Reubens (actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, film producer, and game show host)
- September 27 - Deanna Oliver (actress, voice actress, writer, and producer)
- October 4 - Ray Harris (animator and illustrator)
- October 9 - Sharon Osbourne (actress, television host, and author)
- October 14 - Harry Anderson (actor, comedian, animator, screenwriter, director, and magician)
- October 22 - Jeff Goldblum (actor)
- October 28 - Annie Potts (actress and voice actress)
- November 3
- Roseanne Barr (actress)
- Jim Cummings (voice actor)
- November 8 - Alfre Woodard (actress, voice actress, producer, and political activist)
- November 13 - Art Malik (actor)
- November 14
- Bill Farmer (voice actor and comedian)
- Maggie Roswell (actress, voice actress, writer, and producer)
- November 15 - Randy Savage (professional wrestler and actor)
- November 18 - Delroy Lindo (actor, voice actor, and theatre director)
- November 30 - Henry Selick (film director, film producer, character designer, stop motion animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, and writer)
- December 2 - Keith Szarabajka (actor and voice actor)
- December 3 - Patricia Lentz (actress and voice actress)
- December 9 - Michael Dorn (actor and voice actor)
- December 19 - Linda Woolverton (screenwriter, producer, author, and playwright)
- December 20 - Jenny Agutter (actress)
- December 24 - Victoria Hochberg (director, writer, and producer)
- December 25 - C.C.H. Pounder (actress)
Deaths
- November 23 - Fred Moore (animator)
1952