Theatrical releases
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
- March 5 - Donald's Diary
- April 19 - The Lone Chipmunks
- 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
- October 15 - Social Lion
- November 12 - The Flying Squirrel
- December 23 - Grand Canyonscope
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
People
Births
- Steven Meisel (fashion photographer)
- Jnauary 19 - Katey Sagal (actress and singer-songwriter)
- January 20 - Ken Page (actor and cabaret singer)
- January 29 - Oprah Winfrey (actress and television personality)
- February 17 - Rene Russo (actress and former fashion model)
- February 18 - John Travolta (voice actor)
- March 2 - Josema Yuste (actor, comedian and presenter)
- March 4 - Catherine O'Hara (actress)
- March 9 - Martin P. Robinson (puppeteer)
- March 24 - Robert Carradine (actor)
- April 7 - Jackie Chan (Hong Kong actor)
- April 9 - Dennis Quaid (actor)
- April 13 - Glen Keane (supervising animator and character designer)
- April 26 - Cathy Cahn (voice actress)
- 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/playwright)
- June 14 - Jan Rabson (actor and voice actor)
- June 15 - James Belushi (actor)
- June 19 - Kathleen Turner (actor)
- June 28 - Alice Krige (actress and producer)
- August 16 - James Cameron (film director, producer and editor)
- August 23 - Jeannie Elias (voice actor)
- August 31 - Julie Brown (actress, comedian, screen/television writer, singer-songwriter and television director)
- September 19 - Carine Roitfeld (former fashion model and writer)
- September 29 - Cindy Morgan (actress)
- October 9 - John O'Hurley (voice actor)
- October 19 - Ken Stott (actor)
- October 22 - Ellen Gerstell (voice actress)
- November 9 - Sukekiyo Kameyama (Japanese voice actor)
- November 9 - Shintarō Sonōka (voice actor)
- November 27 - Kimmy Robertson (actress)
- December 14 - James Horan (voice actor)
- December 18 - Ray Liotta (actor)
- December 28 - Denzel Washington (actor, director, producer)
- George Kalogridis (Disney executive)
Deaths
- March 7 - Will H. Hays (first president of the MPAA)
- November 15 - Lionel Barrymore (actor)
- November 22 - Moroni Olsen (voice actor)
Events
- May 9 - Walt's Daughter Diane marries future Disney CEO Ron W. Miller
1954