1955

An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1955.
==Theatrical releases==
===Feature films===
*May 25 - Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier
*June 16 - Lady and the Tramp premiered in Chicago, Illinois.
*June 22 - Lady and the Tramp
*July 20 - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
*September 14 - The African Lion
*October 5 - Music Land
*December 22 - The Littlest Outlaw
===Shorts===
*January 14 - No Hunting
*January 28 - The Pelican and the Snipe (re-issue)
*February 18 - Lake Titicaca (re-issue)
*March 11 - Contrasts in Rhythm
*April 1 - Blame It on the Samba (re-issue)
*April 22 - Chip an' Dale (re-issue)
*May 13 - Pedro (re-issue)
*May 25 - Arizona Sheepdog
*June 10 - El Gaucho Goofy (re-issue)
*June 24 - Aquarela do Brasil (re-issue)
*July 25 - The Flying Gauchito (re-issue)
*August 19 - Bearly Asleep
*September 2 - Beezy Bear
*September 14 - Peter and the Wolf (re-issue)
*September 23 - Up a Tree
*December 25 - The Legend of Johnny Appleseed (re-issue)
==Theme parks==
*July 17 - Disneyland opens, being the first Disney theme park to open.
*July 22 - Rocket to the Moon opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
*July 31 - Casey Jr. Circus Train opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
*August 5 - 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea opens in Tomorrowland at Disneyland.
*August 16 - Dumbo the Flying Elephant opens in Fantasyland at Disneyland.
*December 25 - Mike Fink Keel Boats opens in Frontierland at Disneyland.
==Television==
*February 16 - The Disneyland episode "Cavalcade of Songs" airs on ABC.
*March 2 - The Disneyland episode "From Aesop to Hans Christian Andersen" airs on ABC.
*March 9 - The Disneyland episode "Man in Space" airs on ABC.
*May 9 - Sam and Friends debuts on WRC in Washington, DC; the first significant show created by Jim Henson and the birthplace of Kermit the Frog.
*October 3 - The Mickey Mouse Club begins airing.
*October 26 - The Disneyland episode "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" airs on ABC.
*November 30 - The Disneyland episode "The Story of the Animated Drawing" airs on ABC.
*December 14 - The Disneyland episode "The Goofy Success Story" airs on ABC.
*December 28 - The Disneyland episode "Man and the Moon" airs on ABC.
==Character debuts==
*January 14 - Grandpa Duck, Hortense McDuck
*June 22 - Lady, Tramp, Jock, Trusty, Aunt Sarah, Si and Am, Jim Dear, Darling, Jim Jr., Tony, Joe, Mr. Busy, the Rat, Pound Dogs, Annette, Collette, and Danielle, Scamp, The Stray Dogs
*June 27 - Li'l Davy
*July 17 - Tropical Toucans, Hornbill, Tiger, King Cobras, Crocodiles Trader Sam, Esmeralda, Chief Nah-Mee, Headhunter Tribe, Gorilla Raiders, Ellie the Elephant, Python, Hippos, Crocodiles, Butterflies, Baboons, Water Buffalos, Dapper Dans, Red Devils, Tilly, Jingles the Horse
*July 22 - Tom Morrow
*August - Space Man & Space Girl
*August 18 - Terries and Fermies
*Patrick Begorra
==People==
===Births===
*January 3 - Hal Rayle (actor and voice actor)
*January 6 - Rowan Atkinson (actor, comedian, and screenwriter)
*January 9 - J.K. Simmons (actor and voice actor)
*January 18 - Kevin Costner (actor, singer, musician, producer, and director)
*February 7 - Miguel Ferrer (actor and voice actor)
*February 9 - Charles Shaughnessy (actor)
*February 15
**Christopher McDonald (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
**Ed Grier (former president of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts)
*February 19 - Jeff Daniels (actor, comedian, musician, and playwright)
*February 21 - Kelsey Grammer (actor)
*February 24 - Steve Jobs (animator)
*February 28 - Gilbert Gottfried (stand-up comedian, voice actor, and actor)
*March 5 - Penn Jillette (illusionist, comedian, musician, and author)
*March 6 - James Saito (actor and voice actor)
*March 13 - Glenne Headly (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
*March 17 - Mark Boone Junior (actor and voice actor)
*March 19 - Bruce Willis (actor, comedian, producer, singer, and screenwriter)
*March 28 - Reba McEntire (singer, songwriter, record producer, actress, and television producer)
*April 6 - Michael Rooker (actor)
*April 29
**Richard Epcar (actor, voice actor, director, and writer)
**Kate Mulgrew (actress and voice actress)
*May 1 - Eric Goldberg (animator, writer, director, and storyboard artist)
*May 6 - Tom Bergeron (television personality, game show host, and comedian)
*May 17 - Bill Paxton (actor, musician, director, producer, and writer)
*May 18 - Chow Yun-fat (actor)
*May 25
**Allan Trautman (actor and puppeteer)
**Mark Watters (composer and musician)
*May 31 - Susie Essman (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
*June 6 - Sandra Bernhard (actress and comedian)
*June 16 - Laurie Metcalf (actress and voice actress)
*June 24 - Betsy Randle (actress)
*June 25 - Mike McShane (actor, voice actor, singer, and comedian)
*July 3 - Jesse Corti (actor and voice actor)
*July 22 - Willem Dafoe (actor and voice actor)
*August 3 - Corey Burton (voice actor)
*August 4 - Billy Bob Thornton (actor, voice actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, and musician)
*August 7 - Wayne Knight (actor and voice actor)
*September 3 - Tim Landry (filmmaker and visual effects artist)
*September 9 - Edward Hibbert (actor, voice actor, and literary agent)
*September 10 - Joe Rohde (Imagineer)
*September 12 - Peter Scolari (actor, director, producer, and comedian)
*September 15 - Bruce Reitherman (actor and voice actor)
*October 2 - Warren Spector (video game designer, director, writer, producer, and production designer)
*October 20 - Thomas Newman (film composer)
*October 22 - Bill Condon (director and screenwriter)
*November 9 - Karen Dotrice (actress)
*November 13 - Whoopi Goldberg (actress, voice actress, comedian, author, and talk show host)
*November 15 - Michael Peraza Jr. (art director, layout artist, and conceptual artist)
*November 26 - Don Hahn (producer and director)
*November 27 - Bill Nye (science educator, comedian, television host, actor, writer, and scientist)
*November 29 - Howie Mandel (comedian, actor, television host, and voice actor)
*November 30 - Billy Idol (singer, songwriter, musician, and actor)
*December 3 - Andrea Romano (casting director, voice director, and voice actress)
*December 5 - Richard Gibbs (composer, producer, conductor, and musician)
*December 16 - Xander Berkeley (actor and voice actor)
*December 21 - Jane Kaczmarek (actress and voice actress)
*December 30 - Sheryl Lee Ralph (actress and singer)
===Deaths===
*April 18 - Albert Einstein (physicist and scientist)
*July 4 - Perce Pearce (writer and producer)
==Artists joined==
*Burny Mattinson
*Dave Suding
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