An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1936.
Theatrical releases
Shorts
- January 4 - Mickey's Polo Team
- February 15 - Orphan's Picnic
- March 7 - Mickey's Grand Opera
- March 28 - Elmer Elephant
- April 18 - Three Little Wolves
- May 30 - Thru the Mirror
- June 20
- July 25 - Alpine Climbers
- August 1 - Mickey's Circus
- August 22 - Toby Tortoise Returns
- September 12 - Donald and Pluto
- September 26 - Three Blind Mouseketeers
- October 10 - Mickey's Elephant
- October 31 - The Country Cousin
- November 14 - Mother Pluto
- December 19 - More Kittens
Events
- September 28 - Cecil B. DeMille interviews Walt Disney about Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on the Lux Radio Theatre.
Character debuts
- January 4 - Jenny the Burro
- March 28 - Elmer Elephant, Tillie Tiger, Joey Hippo. Joe Giraffe, Tuffy Tiger
- April 18 - Three Little Wolves
- May 30 - Telephone, Playing Cards, Radio
- July 25 - Bolivar
- August 1 - Salty the Seal
- September 26 - Three Blind Mouseketeers, Captain Katt
- October 10 - Bobo the Elephant
- October 31 - Abner Countrymouse, Monty Citymouse
- December 14 - Dr. Einmug
People
Births
- January 2 - Roger Miller † (musician, voice actor, actor, and veteran)
- February 11 - Burt Reynolds † (actor, director, and producer)
- February 29 - Alex Rocco † (actor)
- March 9 - Marty Ingels † (actor, voice actor, comedian, comedy sketch writer, and theatrical agent)
- May 13 - Rafael Campos † (actor)
- May 17 - Dennis Hopper † (actor, director, writer, film editor, photographer, and artist)
- May 23 - Charles Kimbrough † (actor and voice actor)
- June 1 - Gerald Scarfe (cartoonist and illustrator)
- June 22 - Kris Kristofferson † (singer, songwriter, musician, and actor)
- July 24 - Ruth Buzzi † (actress, voice actress, comedian, and singer)
- July 25 - August Schellenberg † (actor)
- August 18 - Robert Redford † (actor, director, producer, businessman, environmentalist, and philanthropist)
- September 24 - Jim Henson † (creator of the Muppets)
- October 9 - Brian Blessed (actor, voice actor, author, director, and television presenter)
- December 17 - Tommy Steele (singer and actor)
- December 21 - Sharon Disney Lund † (philanthropist and adopted daughter of Walt and Lillian Disney)
- December 22 - Héctor Elizondo (actor)
- December 23 - James Stacy † (actor)
1936