An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1948.
Theatrical releases
Feature films
- March 12 - Fun and Fancy Free
- May 27 - Melody Time
- June 18 - Fun and Fancy Free (Orlando, Florida)
- November 29 - So Dear to My Heart (Chicago, Illinois)
Shorts
- January 23 - They're Off
- February 6 - The Big Wash
- February 20 - Little Hiawatha (re-issue)
- March 5 - Drip Dippy Donald
- March 19 - Mickey Down Under
- April 2 - Alpine Climbers (re-issue)
- April 16 - Daddy Duck
- April 30 - Bone Bandit
- May 14 - Woodland Café (re-issue)
- May 21 - Donald's Dream Voice
- June 18 - The Three Little Pigs (re-issue)
- July 9 - Pluto's Purchase
- July 30 - The Trial of Donald Duck
- August 13 - Cat Nap Pluto
- August 27 - Inferior Decorator
- September 10 - Pluto's Fledgling
- October 1 - Goofy and Wilbur (re-issue)
- October 15 - Soup's On
- November 2 - Three for Breakfast
- November 19 - Wynken, Blynken and Nod (re-issue)
- December 3 - Mickey and the Seal
- December 21 - Seal Island
- December 24 - Tea for Two Hundred
Books
- Donald Duck and the Boys
- Minnie Mouse and the Antique Chair
Character debuts
- January - Gladstone Gander
- May 27 - Master of Ceremonies, Joe, Jenny, Bumble, Johnny Appleseed, Johnny's Angel, Little Toot, Big Toot, Pecos Bill, Slue-Foot Sue, Widowmaker, Prairie Critters
- August 27 - Buzz-Buzz the Bee
- September 10 - Orville the Baby Bird
- November 29 - Jeremiah Kincaid, Tildy, Uncle Hiram, Granny Kincaid, Pete Grundy, Wise Old Owl, Danny, Birds, Spider
- Br'er Bull, Sis Cow, Sis Goose
People
Births
- January 7 - Kenny Loggins (singer and songwriter)
- January 14 - Carl Weathers (actor, voice actor, television director, and former professional football player)
- January 18 - M.C. Gainey (actor and voice actor)
- February 5 - Barbara Hershey (actress)
- February 15 - Tino Insana (actor, voice artist, producer, screenwriter, and singer)
- February 28 - Bernadette Peters (actress, singer, and author)
- March 4 - Brian Cummings (voice actor)
- March 6 - Stephen Schwartz (lyricist and composer)
- March 14 - Billy Crystal (actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, producer, director, and television host)
- March 20 - John de Lancie (actor, director, producer, writer, singer, musician, and voice artist)
- March 26 - Richard Tandy (musician)
- March 31 - Rhea Perlman (actress)
- April 22 - Larry Groce (singer-songwriter and radio host)
- April 25 - Freda Foh Shen (actress and voice actress)
- April 28 - Marcia Strassman (actress, television personality, and singer)
- May 5 - Peter Young (screenwriter)
- May 12 - Richard Riehle (actor and voice actor)
- May 14 - Rich Correll (actor, director, producer, and screenwriter)
- June 3 - Frederick LaBour (singer, songwriter, and musician)
- June 8 - Mike Jittlov (animator)
- June 13 - Joe Roth (producer, director, and businessman)
- June 19 - Phylicia Rashad (actress, voice actress, singer, and stage director)
- June 28 - Kathy Bates (actress, comedian, and film director)
- July 5 - Blu Mankuma (actor, voice actor, singer, and musician)
- July 6 - Peter Mansbridge (newscaster)
- July 12
- Ben Burtt (sound designer, director, film editor, screenwriter, and voice actor)
- Jay Thomas (actor, comedian, and radio talk show host)
- July 30 - Jean Reno (actor and voice actor)
- August 19 - Jim Carter (actor)
- August 30 - Lewis Black (stand-up comedian, author, playwright, social critic, voice actor, and actor)
- September 13 - Clyde Kusatsu (actor and voice actor)
- September 17 - John Ritter (actor)
- September 19 - Jeremy Irons (actor and voice actor)
- September 24 - Phil Hartman (actor, voice actor, comedian, graphic artist, and screenwriter)
- September 25 - Colleen Atwood (costume designer)
- September 26 - Olivia Newton-John (singer, songwriter, and actress)
- November 11 - Vincent Schiavelli (actor)
- November 18 - Dom Irrera (actor, voice actor, and stand-up comedian)
- November 28 - Agnieszka Holland (director and screenwriter)
- December 3 - Ozzy Osbourne (singer, songwriter, television personality, and actor)
- December 21
- Samuel L. Jackson (actor, voice actor, comedian, and film producer)
- Barry Gordon (actor, voice actor, television host, television producer, singer, and president of the Screen Actors Guild)
- December 27 - Gérard Depardieu (actor, filmmaker, businessman, and vineyard owner)
Deaths
- January 30 - Orville Wright (printer/publisher, bicycle retailer/manufacturer, airplane inventor/manufacturer, pilot trainer, and historical figure)
- July 9 - James Baskett (actor and singer)
1948