Scrooge meets Flintheart Glomgold in The Second-Richest Duck.
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[]
- February 10 - Gideon McDuck
- July 16 - Tom Sawyer
- September - Little Helper
- October - Flintheart Glomgold
- November 6 - Johnny
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)
1956