An overview of all Disney-related events that occurred in the year 1945.

Theatrical releases

Feature films

• February 3 - The Three Caballeros (New York City, New York)
• February 22 - The Three Caballeros
• June 28 - Pinocchio (re-issue; Sioux City, Iowa)
• July 3 - Pinocchio (re-issue; Salt Lake City)
• August 18 - Pinocchio was shown at the Republic Theatre in New York City.
• October 17 - Pinocchio (general re-issue)

Shorts

• January 5 - Tiger Trouble
• January 26 - The Clock Watcher
• March 16 - Dog Watch
• March 30 - The Eyes Have It
• April 20 - African Diary
• May 28 - The Dawn of Better Living
• June 11 - Something You Didn't Eat
• June 29 - Donald's Crime
• June 30
  • Cleanliness Brings Health
  • Insects as Carriers of Disease
• July 13 - Californy 'er Bust
• July 27 - Canine Casanova
• August 8 - Hold Your Horsepower
• August 10 - Duck Pimples
• August 13
  • The Unseen Enemy
  • Tuberculosis
• August 24 - The Legend of Coyote Rock
• September 7 - No Sail
• September 21 - Hockey Homicide
• October 26 - Cured Duck
• December 3 - Light Is What You Make It
• December 7 - Canine Patrol
• December 21 - Old Sequoia

Events

• January - Walt Disney resigns as president of Walt Disney Productions; his brother, Roy O. Disney is appointed as the new president.
• December - Aldous Huxley writes an early draft for Alice in Wonderland.

Character debuts

• January - Li'l Bad Wolf
• January 5 - Raja the Tiger, Dolores the Elephant
• April 20 - Rhinoceros, Titbird
• August 10 - Pauline, J. Harold King, Paddy the Cop, Leslie J. Clark, Dopey Davis, Salesman
• August 24 - Bent-Tail the Coyote, Blackie
• September 7 - Sharks
• October 14 - Br'er Rabbit
• December 7 - Turtle

People

Births

• January 22 - Steve Vinovich (actor)
• January 29 - Tom Selleck (actor and film producer)
• February 9 - Mia Farrow (actress, singer, humanitarian, and fashion model)
• February 24 - Barry Bostwick (actor and singer)
• March 8 - Bruce Broughton (composer)
• March 24 - Les Perkins (film editor, director, producer, writer, sound editor, and voice actor)
• March 31 - Ed Catmull (president for Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios)
• April 2 - Linda Hunt (actress and voice actress)
• April 10 - Shirley Walker † (composer, conductor, orchestrator, and arranger)
• June 5 - Bruce Bayley Johnson (voice actor)
• July 3 - Mickey Rooney Jr. † (actor and musician)
• July 20 - Harrison Ellenshaw (matte painter)
• July 23 - Edie McClurg (actress, voice actress, and comedian)
• July 26 - Helen Mirren (actress and voice actress)
• August 2 - Joanna Cassidy (actress)
• August 14 - Steve Martin (actor, comedian, writer, producer, and musician)
• October 7 - Michael Wallis (journalist, popular historian, author, speaker, and voice actor)
• October 14 - Daan Jippes (author and artist)
• October 19 - John Lithgow (actor, voice actor, musician, author, poet, and singer)
• October 30 - Henry Winkler (actor, writer, producer, and comedian)
• October 31 - Brian Doyle-Murray (actor, voice actor, comedian, and screenwriter)
• November 27 - James Avery † (actor, voice actor, and poet)
• December 1 - Bette Midler (singer, songwriter, actress, comedian, and producer)
• December 17 - Ernie Hudson (actor)

Deaths

• March 4 - Lucille La Verne (actress and voice actress)
• April 12 - Franklin D. Roosevelt (32nd President of the United States)