An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1929.
Theatrical releases
Shorts
- March 14 - The Barn Dance
- March 17 - Plane Crazy, the first Mickey Mouse cartoon produced, is widely released with sound.
- March 28 - The Opry House
- May 3 - When the Cat's Away
- June 1 - The Barnyard Battle
- June 28 - The Plowboy
- July 31 - The Karnival Kid
- August 22 - The Skeleton Dance, the first Silly Symphony cartoon, is released.
- August 28 - Mickey's Follies
- September 26 - El Terrible Toreador
- October 1 - Mickey's Choo-Choo
- October 15 - The Jazz Fool
- October 24 - Springtime
- November 15 - Jungle Rhythm
- November 21 - Hell's Bells
- December 2 - The Haunted House
- December 19 - The Merry Dwarves
- December 22 - Wild Waves
Character debuts
- March 28 - Kat Nipp
- June 28 - Horace Horsecollar
- July 31 - Hot Dogs
- August 22 - Skeletons, Owl, Rooster
- August 28 - Percy Pigg, Patricia Pigg
- September 26 - Carmen, Don José, Escamillo
- November 21 -Satan
- December 19 - The Merry Dwarfs
Events
- December 16 - Walt Disney Studio changes its name to Walt Disney Productions, Ltd. and establishes a few subsidiaries - Walt Disney Enterprises (for merchandising), Disney Film Recording Company, Ltd. (for music), and Liled Realty and Investment Company (for real estate). About eight years later, the subsidiaries would merge with the main company to form Walt Disney Productions.
People
Births
- January 20 - Jean-Jaques Perrey (composer and record producer)
- February 14 - Vic Morrow (actor and director)
- February 22 - James Hong (actor, director, and former Association of Asian/Pacific American Artists president)
- March 12 - Billy Lee (actor)
- March 26 - Alice Davis (artist and costume designer)
- April 5 - Nigel Hawthorne (actor)
- April 10 - Max von Sydow (actor)
- May 5 - Ilene Woods (actress, voice actress, and singer)
- May 11 - Margaret Kerry (actress, author, motivational speaker, radio host, and performance model)
- June 13 - Ralph McQuarrie (conceptual designer and illustrator)
- July 17 - Helene Stanley (actress, singer, and model)
- July 24 - Don Iwerks (Disney Executive)
- August 10 - Vincent McEveety (film and television director and television producer)
- August 21 - Vance Gerry (storyboard artist, concept artist, and character designer)
- August 23 - Vera Miles (actress)
- September 5
- Bob Newhart (actor, voice actor, and stand-up comedian)
- Edward S. Feldman (producer and actor)
- September 20 - Anne Meara (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
- October 28 - Joan Plowright (actress and voice actress)
- November 6 - June Squibb (actress and voice actress)
- November 15 - Edward Asner (actor, voice actor, and political activist)
- December 1 - David Doyle (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- December 13 - Christopher Plummer (actor and voice actor)
1929