An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1968.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- February 8 - Blackbeard's Ghost
- March 21 - The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (New York City, New York)
- June 26 - Never a Dull Moment
- July 10 - The Happiest Millionaire
- October 2 - The Parent Trap (re-issue)
- December 20 - The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (New York City, New York)
- December 24 - The Love Bug (limited)
Shorts[]
- January - The Simple Things (re-issue)
- February - The Art of Self Defense (re-issue)
- March - Mr. Duck Steps Out (re-issue)
- April - Figaro and Cleo (re-issue)
- May - Wonder Dog (re-issue)
- June - African Diary (re-issue)
- June 19 - Understanding Stresses and Strains
- June 26 - The Three Little Pigs (re-issue)
- July - All in a Nutshell (re-issue)
- August - Morris the Midget Moose (re-issue)
- September - Pluto's Fledgling (re-issue)
- October - Father's Week-End (re-issue)
- November - The Eyes Have It (re-issue)
- December - Mickey's Birthday Party (re-issue)
- December 20
- Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse Happy Birthday Show
- Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day
Character debuts[]
- February 8 - Blackbeard (Blackbeard's Ghost), Steve Walker, Jo Anne Baker, Emily Stowecroft, Daughters of the Buccaneers, Silky Seymour, Seymour's Thugs, Dean Wheaton, Pinetop Purvis, Motorcycle Officer, Aldetha Teach
- March - Dim-Witty Duck
- December 20 - Piglet, Tigger, Heffalumps, Woozles
- December 24 - Herbie, Jim Douglas, Tennessee Steinmetz, Carole Bennet, Peter Thorndyke
- Maw Pete
People[]
Births[]
- January 2 - Cuba Gooding Jr. (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- January 9 - Joey Lauren Adams (actress and director)
- January 12 - Rachael Harris (actress and comedian)
- January 15 - Chad Lowe (actor, director, and producer)
- January 16 - Atticus Ross (musician)
- January 30 - Donovan Cook (director, producer, and storyboard artist)
- February 1 - Pauly Shore (actor, voice actor, comedian, director, writer, and producer)
- February 12 - Josh Brolin (actor)
- February 13 - Kelly Hu (actress, voice actress, and former model)
- February 16 - Jeffrey Ford (film editor)
- February 17 - Aaron Blaise (director, writer, and animator)
- March 1 - Kat Cressida (actress and voice actress)
- March 2 - Daniel Craig (actor)
- March 6 - Moira Kelly (actress and voice actress)
- March 11 - Lisa Loeb (singer-songwriter and actress)
- March 21 - Greg Ellis (actor and voice actor)
- March 23 - Zak Penn (producer, screenwriter, director, and storyboard artist)
- March 26 - Sue Perrotto (animator, screenwriter, director, producer, and storyboard artist)
- March 29 - Lucy Lawless (actress)
- March 30 - Céline Dion (singer and actress)
- April 1 - Christine Lawrence Finney (animator)
- April 6 - Cindy Robinson (actress and voice actress)
- April 8 - Patricia Arquette (actress and director)
- April 18 - Phill Lewis (actor, voice actor, television, director, and comedian)
- April 19 - Ashley Judd (actress and political activist)
- April 23 - Chris Williams (film director, screenwriter, storyboard artist, animator, and voice actor)
- May 12
- Matt Hoverman (actor, voice actor, screenwriter, storyboard artist, producer, and playwright)
- Catherine Tate (comedian, actress, voice actress, and writer)
- Tony Hawk (actor, skateboarder, and entrepreneur)
- May 20 - Timothy Olyphant (actor)
- June 2
- Navid Negahban (actor)
- Flemming Andersen (comics artist)
- June 4 - Scott Wolf (actor and voice actor)
- June 16 - James Patrick Stuart (actor and voice actor)
- June 20 - Robert Rodriguez (film director, producer, writer, composer, and special effects specialist)
- June 29 - Brian d'Arcy James (actor and musician)
- July 6 - Noel Van Horn (comics artist and writer)
- July 11 - Conrad Vernon (director, storyboard artist, writer, and voice actor)
- July 17 - Beth Littleford (actress, voice actress, comedian, and television personality)
- July 18 - Alex Désert (actor and musician)
- July 23 - Shawn Levy (film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor)
- July 24 - Kristin Chenoweth (actress and singer)
- August 4 - Daniel Dae Kim (actor, voice actor, and producer)
- August 8 - Kimberly Brooks (actress and voice actress)
- August 9 - Eric Bana (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- August 10 - Cate Shortland (film directer and screenwriter)
- August 11 - Sophie Okonedo (actress, voice actress, singer, and narrator)
- August 14 - Terry Notary (actor and stunt performer)
- September 4 - John DiMaggio (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- September 8 - Brian Huskey (actor and comedian)
- September 10 - Guy Ritchie (film director, film producer, actor, screenwriter, and businessman)
- September 12
- Paul F. Tompkins (actor, voice actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer)
- Mark Andrews (director, screenwriter, and storyboard artist)
- September 15 - Danny Nucci (actor and voice actor)
- September 16 - Walt Becker (director, producer, screenwriter, and actor)
- September 25 - Will Smith (actor, producer, and rapper)
- September 26 - Jim Caviezel (actor)
- October 9 - Pete Docter (film director, animator, screenwriter, storyboard artist, producer, and voice actor)
- October 11 - Jane Krakowski (actress, voice actress, comedian, and singer)
- October 12 - Hugh Jackman (actor, producer, and singer)
- October 16 - Todd Stashwick (actor and voice actor)
- October 24 - Mark Walton (storyboard artist, writer, and voice actor)
- November 5 - Sam Rockwell (actor and voice actor)
- November 8 - Tai the Elephant (animal actress)
- November 10 - Tracy Morgan (actor, stand-up comedian, producer, and author)
- November 16 - Tammy Lauren (actress)
- November 18 - Owen Wilson (actor, voice actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter)
- November 21 - Sean Schemmel (voice actor, ADR director, and screenwriter)
- December 2
- Lucy Liu (actress, artist, narrator, screenwriter, and director)
- Rena Sofer (actress)
- December 3 - Brendan Fraser (actor)
- December 5 - Margaret Cho (actress and comedian)
- December 19 - Ken Marino (actor, comedian, director, and screenwriter)
- December 26 - Byron Howard (supervising animator and film director)
- December 28 - Lior Ashkenazi (Israeli actor, voice actor, and comedian)
Deaths[]
- February 19 - Hamilton Luske (animator and film director)
- March 12 - Ted Osborne (writer)
- March 19 - Harvey Toombs (animator)
- March 30 - Bobby Driscoll (actor, voice actor, and artist)
- May 9 - Finlay Currie (actor)
- October 30 - John McLeish (voice actor and writer)
- December 30 - Vladimir "Bill" Tytla (animator)
1968