1953

An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1953.
==Theatrical releases==
===Feature films===
*February 5 - Peter Pan
*July 23 - The Sword and the Rose
*November 10 - The Living Desert
===Shorts===
*February 5 - Bear Country
*February 18 - The Alaskan Eskimo
*March 28 - Father's Day Off
*April 18 - The Simple Things
*May 9 - For Whom the Bulls Toil
*May 28 - Adventures in Music: Melody
*May 30 - Don's Fountain of Youth
*June 20 - Father's Week-End
*July 11 - How to Dance
*July 23 - Prowlers of the Everglades
*August 1 - The New Neighbor
*August 15 - Mickey's Birthday Party (re-issue)
*August 21 - The Pointer (re-issue)
*August 28 - Tiger Trouble (re-issue)
*September 4 - The Nifty Nineties (re-issue)
*September 11 - Mr. Mouse Takes a Trip (re-issue)
*September 18 - The Whalers (re-issue)
*October 2 - Football (Now and Then)
*October 23 - Rugged Bear
*November 10
**Adventures in Music: Toot, Whistle, Plunk and Boom
**Ben and Me
*November 11 - Working for Peanuts
*December 25
**Canvas Back Duck
**How to Sleep
==Events==
*After 16 years, the last Disney animated feature distributed by RKO was Peter Pan.
*Buena Vista Distribution was founded after Walt Disney's deal with RKO ended.
==Character debuts==
*February 5 - Peter Pan, Tinker Bell, Wendy Darling, John Darling, Michael Darling, Captain Hook, Mr. Smee, Tick-Tock the Crocodile, Lost Boys, Pirate Crew, Tiger Lily, Indian Chief, George Darling, Mary Darling, Nana, Mermaids, Peter Pan's Shadow
*March - Glittering Goldie
*May 28 - Professor Owl, Bertie Birdbrain, Penelope Pinfeather, The Canary Sisters, Suzy Sparrow, Professor Owl's Students
*August 1 - Muncey
*September - Chisel McSue
*November 10 - Toot, Whistle, Plunk, and Boom, Amos the Mouse
*Miklos the Grey Mouse
*Mammona, Raven, Scabra, Pepito Serape
==People==
===Births===
*January 1 - Kori Rae (producer and animation manager)
*January 24 - Matthew Wilder (musician, composer, and record producer)
*January 25 - John Lustig (comics writer and former journalist)
*February 6 - Phil Snyder (actor, voice actor, stand-up comedian, author, animator, musician, singer-songwriter, director, screenwriter, and producer)
*February 8 - Mary Steenburgen (actress)
*February 9 - Ciarán Hinds (actor)
*February 26 - Michael Bolton (singer and songwriter)
*April 1 - Barry Sonnenfeld (director, producer, screenwriter, and cinematographer)
*April 6 - Patrick Doyle (composer)
*April 18 - Rick Moranis (actor, comedian, musician, singer, songwriter, screenwriter, and producer)
*April 25 - Ron Clements (animator, film director, producer, and screenwriter)
*May 9 - Amy Hill (stand-up comedian, actress, and voice actress)
*May 16 - Pierce Brosnan (actor, producer, and environmentalist)
*May 24 - Alfred Molina (actor and voice actor)
*May 29 - Danny Elfman (film composer, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor)
*May 30 - Colm Meaney (actor)
*June 5 - Kathleen Kennedy (producer and president of Lucasfilm)
*June 13 - Tim Allen (actor, voice actor, and comedian)
*June 15 - Renée Victor (actress)
*July 11 - Mindy Sterling (actress and voice actress)
*July 29 - Tim Gunn (fashion consultant, television personality, actor, voice actor, comedian, and the chief creative officer of Liz Claiborne)
*August 2 - Butch Patrick (former child actor)
*August 4 - Richard White (actor, voice actor, and opera singer)
*August 8 - Jim Jinkins (animator, producer, writer, and storyboard artist)
*August 11 - Hulk Hogan (professional wrestler, actor, and musician)
*August 14 - James Horner (composer, conductor, and orchestrator)
*August 16 - Kathie Lee Gifford (television host, singer, songwriter, and actress)
*August 27 - Peter Stormare (actor, voice actor, theatre director, playwright, and musician)
*August 28 - Dee Dee Rescher (actress and voice actress)
*October 4 - Christopher Fairbank (actor)
*October 9 - Tony Shalhoub (actor and voice actor)
*October 15 - Larry Miller (actor, voice actor, comedian, podcaster, and columnist)
*October 28 - Keith Scott (voice actor, comedian, impressionist, and animation historian)
*October 30 - Charles Martin Smith (film actor, writer, and director)
*November 8 - John Musker (animator, director, producer, and screenwriter)
*November 27 - Curtis Armstrong (actor and voice actor)
*December 6 - Tom Hulce (actor, voice actor, singer, and producer)
*December 9 - John Malkovich (actor, director, producer, and fashion designer)
*December 17 - Bill Pullman (actor)
*December 29 - Duncan Marjoribanks (animator, character designer, and actor)
*December 31 - James Remar (actor and voice actor)
==Artists joined==
*Burny Mattinson
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