1956

Scrooge confront Glomgold

The Great Locomotive Chase

Westward Ho, the Wagons Poster

In the Bag

Hooked Bear Poster

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An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1956.

Theatrical releases

Feature films

March 29 - Fantasia (re-issue)
June 8 - The Great Locomotive Chase
June 16 - 3D Jamboree
June 22 - Song of the South (re-issue)
July 18 - Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
November 6 - Secrets of Life
December 20 - Westward Ho, the Wagons!

Shorts

January 16 - Cow Dog
February 24 - Chips Ahoy
April 27 - Hooked Bear
May - You, The Human Animal
July 8 - How to Have an Accident in the Home
July 18 - Man in Space (theatrical release; edited version)
July 20 - Jack and Old Mac
July 27 - In the Bag
August 3 - The Hockey Champ (re-issue)
August 24 - Pluto at the Zoo (re-issue)
September 14 - Donald's Tire Trouble (re-issue)
October 5 - The Purloined Pup (re-issue)
October 26 - Billposters (re-issue)
November 6 - A Cowboy Needs a Horse
November 16 - Pluto's Playmate (re-issue)
December 7 - Donald's Snow Fight (re-issue)
December 20 - Disneyland, U.S.A.
December 25 - Samoa
December 28 - Society Dog Show (re-issue)

Television

February 15 - The Disneyland episode "Our Unsung Villains" airs on ABC.
October 31 - The Disneyland episode "The Plausible Impossible" airs on ABC.

Character debuts

People

Births

January 3 - Mel Gibson (actor, voice actor, director, and producer)
January 9 - Imelda Staunton (actress)
January 21
- Robby Benson (actor, singer, musician, director, producer, writer, composer, and educator)
- Geena Davis (actress, producer, model, and athlete)
January 26 - Pat Musick (voice actress)
January 27 - Susanne Blakeslee (voice actress and stage actress)
February 3 - Nathan Lane (actor, voice actor, and writer)
February 12 - Arsenio Hall (actor, comedian, and former talk show host)
February 28 - Lloyd Sherr (comedian, voice actor, and actor)
March 7 - Bryan Cranston (actor, voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter)
March 11 - Rob Paulsen (actor, singer, voice actor, and voice director)
March 13 - Dana Delany (actress, producer, presenter, and health activist)
March 25 - Matthew Garber † (actor)
April 2 - Martin Olson (comedy writer, television producer, author, stage director, composer, playwright, and poet)
April 8 - Diane Michelle (voice actress)
April 12 - Andy García (actor and director)
April 27 - Kevin McNally (actor)
May 7
- S. Scott Bullock (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- Dariusz Wolski (cinematographer)
May 9 - Wendy Crewson (actress and producer)
May 10
- Paige O'Hara (actress, voice actress, singer, and painter)
- Jonathan Roberts (writer, producer, and author)
May 13
- Fred Melamed (actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer)
- Kirk Thornton (actor, voice actor, voice director, and script writer)
May 17 - Bob Saget (stand-up comedian, actor, and television host)
May 19 - Tom Sito (animator, writer, historian, and educator)
June 4 - Keith David (actor and voice actor)
June 30 - David Alan Grier (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
July 1 - Alan Ruck (actor and voice actor)
July 4 - Chuck Williams (animator and producer)
July 9 - Tom Hanks (actor, voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter)
August 12 - Bruce Greenwood (actor and musician)
August 14 - Jackée Harry (actress and comedian)
August 18 - John Debney (composer and conductor)
August 28 - Luis Guzmán (actor)
August 30 - Julian Richings (actor)
September 20 - Gary Cole (actor and voice actor)
September 26 - Linda Hamilton (actress and voice actress)
October 2 - Charlie Adler (voice actor and voice director)
October 4 - Christoph Waltz (actor and director)
October 8 - Danny Jacob (composer, songwriter, and guitarist)
October 21 - Carrie Fisher (actress, writer, and humorist)
October 29 - Darrell Van Citters (director, animator, and author)
November 6 - Rob LaDuca (screenwriter, storyboard artist, director, producer, and writer)
November 10 - Sinbad (actor, voice actor, and stand-up comedian)
November 15 - Jerry Rees (director, screenwriter, and animator)
November 21 - Timothy Stack (actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer)
November 22 - Richard Kind (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
November 26 - Don Lake (actor, writer, and producer)
November 27 - William Fichtner (actor)
December 3 - Michael Gough (voice actor, singer, and musician)
December 24 - Stephanie Hodge (actress and stand-up comedian)
December 28 - Rick Farmiloe (animator and sequence director)

Deaths

March 25 - Robert Newton (actor)
November 10 - Erdman Penner (screenwriter and songwriter)

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