EPCOT Center opens.
An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1982.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- February 5 - Night Crossing
- March 26 - Robin Hood (re-issue)
- April 2 - Fantasia (re-issue)
- June 4 - Bambi (re-issue)
- July 9 - Tron
- July 30 - Tex
- December 17 - Peter Pan (re-issue)
Shorts[]
- September 22 - Buyer Be Wise (Educational)
- September 23 - Get It Right: Following Directions with Goofy (Educational)
- October - Vincent (Chicago International Film Festival)
- October 1 - Vincent
- October 27 - Fun with Mr. Future (Los Angeles, California)
Television[]
- March 17 - Herbie, the Love Bug
- October 30 - Disney's Halloween Treat
- December 4 - A Disney Christmas Gift
Events[]
- The Walt Disney Home Video ending promo, titled Walt Disney and You, debuts in November 1982.
- November 25 - The Mickey Mouse balloon makes its twelfth appearance in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Theme parks and resorts[]
- October 1 - Walt Disney World's EPCOT Center opens as the second theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort.
Home video releases[]
VHS[]
- January
- Condorman
- The Devil and Max Devlin
- Goofy Over Sports
- The Apple Dumpling Gang (re-issue)
- The North Avenue Irregulars (re-issue)
- The Shaggy Dog
- Treasure Island
- Winter 1982 trailer reel (includes Mary Poppins and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh)
- April
- Herbie Rides Again
- Pollyanna
- The Sign of Zorro
- A Tale of Two Critters
- The Watcher in the Woods
- Spring 1982 trailer reel (includes Old Yeller and Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Cartoon Collections)
- June
- The Adventures of Chip 'n' Dale (re-issue)
- A Day at Disneyland
- Freaky Friday
- Justin Morgan Had a Horse
- Swiss Family Robinson
- Summer 1982 trailer reel (includes the Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Collection, Old Yeller and The Black Hole)
- September
- Blackbeard's Ghost
- Goofy Over Sports
- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
- Night Crossing
- The Three Caballeros
- The Wind in the Willows
- Fall 1982 trailer reel (includes The Many Adventures of Winnie The Pooh, Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck Collection, The Black Hole, and Old Yeller)
- November
- Alice in Wonderland (re-issue)
- Dumbo (re-issue)
- Fun and Fancy Free
- Mary Poppins (re-issue)
- Snowball Express
- A Walt Disney Christmas
- December
Laserdisc[]
- June - Dumbo
- ? - The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Video games[]
- Mickey and Donald (Nintendo Game and Watch) (Multi-screen variety)
- Tron (Arcade)
- Tron: Deadly Discs (Intellivision)
- Tron: Solar Sailer (Intellivision)
- Tron: Maze-a-Tron/Adventures of Tron (Intellivision and Atari 2600)
Character debuts[]
- July 9 - Kevin Flynn, Clu, Alan Bradley, Tron, Ed Dillinger, Sark, Master Control Program, Lora Baines, Yori, Walter Gibbs, Dumont, Ram, Crom, Red Guard, Bit
- July 11 - Humphrey Gokart
- July 30 - Tex McCormick, Mason McCormick, Mark Jennings
- October 1 - Bonnie Appetite, Kitchen Krackpots, Mr. Dairy Goodz and his Stars of the Milky Way, The Cereal Sisters, Hamm & Eggz, The Colander Combo, SMRT-1, Bandito Gang, Kimballum Horriblus, Aztec Priest, Bird and Tiger, Quetzalcoatl, Fiesta Dolls, Fiesta Mariachi Skeletons, Vincent Malloy
People[]
Births[]
- January 15 - Cynthia Kaye McWilliams (actress and voice actress)
- January 22 - Toby Ganger (actor and rapper)
- January 24 - Daveed Diggs (actor, comedian, singer-songwriter, and rapper)
- February 3 - Ashley Brown (actress, singer, and dancer)
- February 22 - Dichen Lachman (actress and producer)
- February 27 - Adetokumboh M'Cormack (actor and voice actor)
- March 3 - Jessica Biel (actress)
- March 6 - Felicia Barton (singer, songwriter, and musician)
- March 10 - Thomas Middleditch (actor, voice actor, comedian, and screenwriter)
- March 11 - Robbie Daymond (actor and voice actor)
- March 12 - Samm Levine (actor)
- March 18 - Adam Pally (actor, comedian, and writer)
- March 20 - Erica Luttrell (actress and voice actress)
- March 21 - Santino Fontana (actor and voice actor)
- March 25
- Jenny Slate (stand-up comedian, actress, voice actress, and author)
- Danica Patrick (professional stock car racing driver, model, and advertising spokeswoman)
- David Lengel (actor)
- March 28 - Flula Borg (actor, screenwriter, comedian, youtuber, DJ, MC/rapper/hype man, singer, songwriter, record producer, and audio engineer)
- March 30 - Jason Dohring (actor and voice actor)
- March 31 - Brian Tyree Henry (actor)
- April 1 - Taran Killam (actor and comedian)
- April 3 - Cobie Smulders (actress)
- April 5 - Hayley Atwell (actress)
- April 9 - Jay Baruchel (actor and voice actor)
- April 15 - Seth Rogen (actor, stand-up comedian, writer, producer, and director)
- April 19 - Ali Wong (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
- April 22 - Cassidy Freeman (actress and musician)
- April 24 - Kelly Clarkson (singer, songwriter, author, and actress)
- April 28 - Harry Shum Jr. (actor, dancer, singer, and choreographer)
- April 30
- Kirsten Dunst (actress, singer, and model)
- Drew Seeley (actor, singer-songwriter, and dancer)
- May 3 - Rebecca Hall (actress)
- May 11 - Jonathan Jackson (actor, musician, and author)
- May 16 - Tiya Sircar (actress and voice actress)
- May 25
- Esmé Bianco (actress and voice actress)
- Fryda Wolff (voice actress)
- June 24 - Laura Donnelly (actress)
- June 29 - Matthew Mercer (actor and voice actor)
- June 30 - Lizzy Caplan (actress)
- July 8 - Sophia Bush (actress, voice actress, director, spokesperson, and activist)
- July 18 - Priyanka Chopra (actress, producer, singer, and model)
- July 24
- Elisabeth Moss (actress)
- Anna Paquin (actress and voice actress)
- July 30 - Martin Starr (actor and comedian)
- August 1 - Deborah Baker Jr. (actress)
- August 13 - Sebastian Stan (actor)
- August 19 - Melissa Fumero (actress and voice actress)
- August 22 - Aparna Nancherla (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
- August 25 - Ben Diskin (voice actor and actor)
- August 26 - John Mulaney (stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and producer)
- September 10
- Bret Iwan (voice actor and illustrator)
- Misty Copeland (ballet dancer)
- September 22 - Katie Lowes (actress, voice actress, and theater director)
- September 27 - Anna Camp (actress, voice actress, and singer)
- September 30 - Lacey Chabert (actress and voice actress)
- October 3 - Erik von Detten (actor and voice actor)
- October 6 - Michael Arden (actor, singer, composer, and stage director)
- October 10
- Dan Stevens (actor and producer)
- Erik Santos (singer and actor)
- October 15 - Lane Toran (actor, voice actor, musician, and songwriter)
- October 19 - Gillian Jacobs (actress and director)
- October 23 - Bradley Pierce (actor, voice actor, producer, and cinematographer)
- October 28 - Matt Smith (actor)
- November 1 - Michaela Dietz (voice actress)
- November 12 - Anne Hathaway (actress, voice actress, and singer)
- November 18
- Francisco Angones (writer, director, producer, and story editor)
- Damon Wayans Jr. (actor, voice actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter, and writer)
- November 25 - Natalia Cordova-Buckley (actress)
- November 28 - Adam McArthur (actor, voice actor, and martial artist)
- November 29 - Gemma Chan (actress)
- December 5 - Gabriel Luna (actor and producer)
- December 14 - Jesse Garcia (actor)
- December 15 - Charlie Cox (actor)
- December 24 - Robert Schwartzman (actor and singer)
- December 29 - Alison Brie (actress)
Deaths[]
- January 5 - Hans Conried (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
- January 8 - Reta Shaw (actress)
- May 1 - Gene Sheldon (actor and mime artist)
- June 21 - Cotton Warburton (film editor)
- July 23 - Vic Morrow (actor and director)
- November 25 - Hugh Harman (animator)
1982