The year 1956 was the 7th year of the 1950's.
Theatrical releases[]
Feature films[]
- January 26 - Helen of Troy
- January 28 - Hell on Frisco Bay
- February 25 - The Lone Ranger
- March 5 - The River Changes
- March 10 - The Steel Jungle
- March 13 - The Searchers
- March 23 - Serenade
- March 31 - Miracle in the Rain
- April 24 - Our Miss Brooks
- May 12 - Good-bye, My Lady
- May 30 - The Animal World
- June 27 - Moby Dick
- July 13 - Santiago
- July 21 - Satellite in the Sky
- August 4 - Seven Men from Now
- August 17 - A Cry in the Night
- August 23 - The Burning Hills
- September 12 - The Bad Seed
- September 27 - Toward the Unknown
- October 26 - The Girl He Left Behind (New York City, New York)
- November 24 - Giant
- December 18 - Baby Doll
- December 23 - The Wrong Man
Shorts[]
- January 14 - Bugs' Bonnets
- January 21 - Bone Sweet Bone (re-issue)
- January 28 - Too Hop To Handle
- February 11 - Weasel Stop
- February 18 - The High and the Flighty
- February 25
- Broom-Stick Bunny
- I Taw A Putty Tat (re-issue)
- March 10 - Rocket Squad
- March 24 - Tweet and Sour
- March 31
- Heaven Scent
- Two Gophers from Texas (re-issue)
- April 14 - Mixed Master
- April 21 - Kit for Cat (re-issue)
- April 28 - Rabbitson Crusoe
- May 5 - Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z
- May 19 - Tree Cornered Tweety
- June 2
- Scaredy Cat (re-issue)
- The Unexpected Pest
- June 16 - Napoleon Bunny-part
- June 23 - Tugboat Granny
- July 7 - A Horsefly Fleas (re-issue)
- July 17 - Stupor Duck
- July 21 - Barbary-Coast Bunny
- August 4
- Little Orphan Airedale (re-issue)
- Rocket-bye Baby
- August 18
- Daffy Dilly (re-issue)
- Half-Fare Hare
- August 25 - Raw! Raw! Rooster!
- September 1 - The Slap-Hoppy Mouse
- September 15
- Mouse Mazurka (re-issue)
- A Star Is Bored
- September 29 - Deduce, You Say
- October 13 - Yankee Dood It
- October 20 - Paying the Piper (re-issue)
- October 27 - Wideo Wabbit
- November 10 - There They GO-GO-GO!
- November 17 - Daffy Duck Hunt (re-issue)
- November 24 - Two Crows From Tacos
- December 1 - Henhouse Henery (re-issue)
- December 8 - The Honey-Mousers
- December 15 - To Hare Is Human
- December - 90 Day Wondering
Television[]
- September 25 - A Child Is Born (Tucson, Arizona)
Events[]
People[]
Births[]
Deaths[]
- January 14 - Lawson Butt (actor and film director)
- January 19 - Charles Dingle (actor)
- February 2 - Charley Grapewin (vaudeville and circus performer, actor, comedian and writer)
- February 15 - Freeman Wood (actor)
- February 24 - Marian Richman (actress and voice actress)
- March 16 - Jack Curtis (actor)
- April 2 - Chester Clute (actor)
- April 4 - Lloyd Ingraham (actor and director)
- April 14 - Christian Rub (actor and voice actor)
- April 24 - Henry Stephenson (actor)
- April 26 - Edward Arnold (actor)
- May 10 - Jed Prouty (actor)
- May 12 - Louis Calhern (actor)
- May 20 - André Charlot (actor and theatre manager)
- May 24 - Guy Kibbee (actor)
- June 2 - Jean Hersholt (actor, philanthropist, humanitarian and literary editor/translator)
- June 9 - B. Reeves Eason (director, actor and screenwriter)
- June 11 - Ralph Morgan (actor and union activist)
- June 19 - Louise Carver (actress)
- June 30 - Oliver Wakefield (actor and comedian)
- July 16 - Stanley Blystone (actor)
- August 1 - Johnny Murray (voice actor)
- August 16 - Bela Lugosi (actor)
- August 24 - Mitchell Lewis (actor)
- September 13 - Charles Le Moyne (actor)
- September 19 - Cecil Surry (cartoonist)
- September 20 - Nanette Bordeaux (actress)
- September 24 - Kewpie Morgan (actor and comedian)
- September 29 - Russ Dyson (animator)
- October 2 - George Bancroft (actor)
- October 17 - Anne Crawford (actress)
- October 20 - Clay Clement (actor)
- October 22 - Tim Ryan (actor)
- November 6 - Paul Kelly (actor)
- November 27 - Pierre Gendron (actor and screenwriter)
- December 2 - Dell Henderson (actor, director and writer)
- December 12 - John Elliott (actor)
- December 17 - Eddie Acuff (actor)
- December 26 - Holmes Herbert (actor)
Character debuts[]
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