An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1933.
Theatrical releases
Shorts
- January 7 - Building a Building
- January 20 - The Mad Doctor
- February 18 - Mickey's Pal Pluto
- March 11 - Birds in the Spring
- March 18 - Mickey's Mellerdrammer
- April 8
- May 13 - The Mail Pilot
- May 27 - Three Little Pigs
- June 17 - Mickey's Mechanical Man
- July 1 - Mickey's Gala Premier
- July 29 - Old King Cole
- August 19 - Lullaby Land
- September 2 - Puppy Love
- September 16 - The Pied Piper
- September 30 - The Steeple-Chase
- October 28 - The Pet Store
- November 25 - Giantland
- December 9 - The Night Before Christmas
Events
- January 7 - Ferdinand Horvath joins Walt Disney Studios.
- Eric Larson joins Disney. Credits include Directing Animator on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Mary Poppins, The Jungle Book, and Alice in Wonderland.
Character debuts
- January 14 - Professor Triplex
- January 21 - Mad Doctor
- February 18 - Pluto's Angel, Pluto's Devil
- March 2 - Gloomy the Mechanic
- March 11 - Father Robin, Mother Robin, Otto, Otto's Sisters, Hornets, Rattlesnake, Birds
- March 13 - Colonel Doberman (introduced as Captain Doberman)
- May 27 - Fifer Pig, Fiddler Pig, Practical Pig, Big Bad Wolf
- June 17 - Champ
- June 20 - Tanglefoot the Horse
- July 29 - The Pied Piper, Little Red Riding Hood, Old Mother Hubbard
- August 19 - Baby, Toy Dog, Mr. Sandman, Boogeyman
- September 2 - Fifi the Peke
- September 16 - The Mayor of Hamelin
- October 28 - Tony Dinero
- November 25 - The Orphans, Rumplewatt the Giant
People
Births
- February 2 - Tony Jay † (actor, voice actor, and singer)
- March 14 - Michael Caine (actor, voice actor, producer, and author)
- March 19 - Richard Williams † (animator)
- April 17 - Ron W. Miller † (CEO)
- April 26 - Carol Burnett (actress, comedian, singer, and screenwriter)
- May 21 - Richard Libertini † (actor and voice actor)
- July 29 - Anne Rogers (retired actress, voice actress, dancer, and singer)
- August 1 - Dom DeLuise † (actor, voice actor, comedian, director, producer, chef, and author)
- September 1 - Tsai Chin (actress)
- September 5 - Eddie Carroll † (voice actor)
- September 14 - Zoe Caldwell † (actress and voice actress)
- September 18 - Fred Willard † (actor, voice actor, comedian, and writer)
- November 19 - Larry King † (actor, voice actor, comedian, and television and radio host)
- December 10 - Mako † (actor)
- December 15 - Tim Conway † (actor, voice actor, comedian, writer, director, and producer)
- December 18 - Diane Disney Miller † (biological child of Walt Disney and his wife, Lillian)
- December 26 - Caroll Spinney † (puppeteer, cartoonist, author, and speaker)
Artist joined
1933