1955

The year **1955 (MCMLV)** started on a Saturday. New character in Skarloey, Rheneas, Sir Handel and Peter Sam

## Theatrical releases

### Feature films

* May 25 - *Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier*
* June 22 - *Lady and the Tramp*
* September 14 - *The African Lion*
* October 5 - *Music Land*
* December 22 - *The Littlest Outlaw*

### Shorts

* January 1 - *Pizzicato Pussycat*
* January 14 - *No Hunting*
* January 15 - *Feather Dusted*
* January 29 - *Pests for Guests*
* February 12 - *Beanstalk Bunny*
* February 19 - *All Fowled Up*
* February 26 - *Stork Naked*
* March 11 - *Contrasts in Rhythm*
* March 12 - *Lighthouse Mouse* & *Southbound Duckling*
* March 26 - *Sahara Hare*
* April 1 - *Blame It on the Samba*
* April 2 - *Sandy Claws*
* April 16 - *The Hole Idea*
* April 30 - *Ready, Set, Zoom!* & *Pup on a Picnic*
* May 7 - *Hare Brush*
* May 13 - *Pedro*
* May 21 - *Past Perfumance* & *Mouse for Sale*
* June 4 -*Tweety's Circus*
* June 11 - *Rabbit Rampage*
* June 25 - *Lumber Jerks*
* July 9 - *This Is a Life?*
* July 23 - *Double or Mutton*
* July 25 - *The Flying Gauchito*
* August 6 - *Jumpin' Jupiter*
* August 19 - *Bearly Asleep*
* August 20 - *A Kiddie's Kitty*
* August 27 - *Hyde and Hare*
* September 2 - *Beezy Bear* & *Designs on Jerry*
* September 3 - *Dime to Retire*
* September 9 - *Tom and Chérie*
* September 14 - *Peter and the Wolf*
* September 17 - *Speedy Gonzales*
* September 23 - *Up a Tree*
* October 1 - *Knight-mare Hare*
* October 14 - *Smarty Cat*
* October 15 - *Two Scent's Worth*
* October 29 - *Red Riding Hoodwinked*
* November 11 - *Pecos Pest*
* November 12 - *Roman Legion-Hare*
* November 19 - *That's My Mommy*
* November 26 - *Heir-Conditioned*
* December 10 - *Guided Muscle*
* December 17 - *Pappy's Puppy*
* December 25 - *The Legend of Johnny Appleseed*
* December 31 - *One Froggy Evening*

## Theme parks

* July 17 - Disneyland Park opens, being the first Disney theme park to open.
* December 25 - Fink 169 Boats opens at Disneyland.

## Television

* October 3 - *The Mickey Mouse Club* begins airing.

## People

### Births

* Julien D'ys (hair stylist, photographer, set designer and painter)
* Allan Trautman (actor and puppeteer)
* January 6 - Rowan Atkinson (voice actor)
* January 9 - J.K. Simmons (actor)
* January 19 - Kevin Costner (actor, producer and director)
* February 7 - Miguel Ferrer (voice artist)
* February 19 - Jeff Daniels (actor)
* February 21 - Kelsey Grammer (actor)
* February 24 - Steve Jobs (animator)
* February 27 - Lou Hirsch (actor)
* February 28 - Gilbert Gottfried (voice actor and comedian)
* March 5 - Penn Jillette (comedian, magician and co-star of the Penn & Teller duo)
* March 19 - Bruce Willis (actor)
* March 22 - Lena Olin (actress)
* March 28 - Reba McEntire (singer and actress)
* April 6 - Michael Rooker (actor)
* April 29 - Richard Epcar (actor, voice actor, director and writer)
* April 29 - Kate Mulgrew (actress)
* May 6 - Tom Bergeron (television personality and game show host)
* May 17 - Bill Paxton (actor and film director)
* May 18 - Chow Yun-fat (actor)
* May 31 - Susie Essman (voice artist)
* June 2 - Dana Carvey (actor and stand-up comedian)
* June 6 - Sandra Bernhard (actress)
* June 16 - Laurie Metcalf (voice artist)
* June 25 - Michael McShane (actor)
* June 26 - Gedde Watanabe (actor)
* June 28 - Michael Jacobs (writer and producer)
* July 3 - Jesse Corti (voice actor)
* July 19 - Toborr Kristina Tomlinsen (voice actress and singer)
* July 22 - Willem Dafoe (voice actor)
* August 3 - Corey Burton (voice artist)
* August 7 - Wayne Knight (voice artist)
* September 9 - Edward Hibbert (actor)
* September 12 - Peter Scolari (actor)
* September 15 - Bruce Reitherman (voice actor)
* September 17 - Charles Martinet (voice actor)
* October 2 - Warren Spector (video game designer)
* October 7 - Yo-Yo Ma (cellist)
* October 20 - Thomas Newman (film composer)
* November 9 - Karen Dotrice (actress)
* November 13 - Whoopi Goldberg (voice actress)
* November 27 - Bill Nye (science educator, comedian, television host, actor, writer and scientist)
* November 29 - Howie Mandel (actor, comedian and voice actor)
* December 16 - Xander Berkeley (actor)
* December 21 - Jane Kaczmarek (actress)

### Deaths

* April 18 - Albert Einstein (theoretical physicist)
* July 4 - Perce Pearce (writer, producer and director)

## Artists Joined

* Burny Mattinson
* Dave Suding