A number of movies were released, a new movie distribution arm, Buena Vista Distribution was formed and he ventured into television for the first time in 1950 and eventually launched it first regular television series in 1954.
The biggest part of the decade was the opening of Disneyland in 1955.
Here's a look at Walt during the 1950s.
1. Walt Disney receives the the Legion d'Honneur from French Minister of Infomation Emile Hugues at the Cannes Film Festival on April 20, 1953.
2. Walt Disney in a 1954 portrait.
3. Walt Disney laughs while struggling to hold four Oscar statuettes simultaneously, backstage at the Academy Awards in 1954.
4. Walt Disney and his wife, Lillian, smile while posing outdoors in front of shrubs at their home. Lillian holds a red rose.
5. Walt Disney sings and plays a ukulele for a group of children during a luau-style picnic in front of a tropical backdrop in 1955.
6. Walt Disney sits in the front of a red, horsedrawn fire wagon, holding the reins at Disneyland in 1955.
7. Disney, using a toy revolver, smiles while pretending to hold up children in a stagecoach at Disneyland in 1955.
8. Disney and Guy Williams in 1958 for the film "The Sign of Zorro."
9. Disney drives a red bumper car with his daughter and grandson as passengers at Disneyland in 1958.
10. Disney at the Berlin Zoo on July 2, 1958. He meets the fawn that served him as a model for the character "Bambi."
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