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The year 1964 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events which occurred in that year.

Events

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Programs/programmes

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Debuts

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Ending this year

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Date Show Debut
March 29 The Judy Garland Show 1963
April 25 The New Phil Silvers Show 1963
April 27 The Danny Thomas Show 1953
June 19 Mack & Myer for Hire 1963
The Twilight Zone 1959
Zoo Quest (UK) 1954
Unknown Sing Along with Mitch 1961
To Tell the Truth 1962

Births

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Date Name Notability
January 1 Dedee Pfeiffer Actress (For Your Love)
Crystal R. Fox Actress, singer (The Oprah Winfrey Show, In the Heat of the Night)
January 6 Colin Cowherd American sports media personality
Denise Borino-Quinn American actress (died 2010)
January 7 Nicolas Cage Actor
January 8 Peter Jankowski American television and film producer
January 10 Krista Tesreau Actress (Guiding Light)
January 12 Clare Holman British actress (Inspector Morse)
January 17 Michelle Obama Attorney, author and former first lady of the United States
January 23 Mariska Hargitay Actress (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
January 26 Paul Johansson Actor (One Tree Hill)
February 1 Linus Roache English actor (Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit)
February 10 Glenn Beck Radio host
February 11 Sarah Palin American politician
Ken Shamrock Pro wrestler and mixed martial artist[4]
February 12 Raphael Sbarge Actor (Once Upon a Time)
February 14 Valente Rodriguez Actor (George Lopez, Happily Divorced)
February 15 Chris Farley Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live) (died 1997)
Mark Price NBA basketball player
February 18 Matt Dillon Actor
February 20 French Stewart Actor (3rd Rock from the Sun, Mom)
Willie Garson Actor (died 2021)
Michael A. Levine Composer
February 21 Huw Higginson Actor
February 25 Lee Evans Actor
February 26 Mark Dacascos Actor
February 27 John Pyper-Ferguson Australian-born Canadian actor (Brothers & Sisters)
February 29 Lyndon Byers Canadian former professional ice hockey player
March 3 Laura Harring Actress
March 7 Wanda Sykes Actress and comedian (The Chris Rock Show, The Wanda Sykes Show)
March 8 Bob Bergen Voice actor (current voice of Porky Pig and Tweety)
March 9 Steve Wilkos TV host
March 11 Shane Richie Actor
Peter Berg Actor
March 16 Jamie Tarses Television producer (died 2021)
March 17 Rob Lowe Actor (The West Wing, Brothers & Sisters, Parks and Recreation)
March 20 Susan McGinnis American television journalist
March 25 Lisa Gay Hamilton Actress (The Practice)
Jeryl Prescott Actress
March 30 Ian Ziering Actor (Beverly Hills, 90210)
April 3 Nigel Farage British politician and broadcaster[5]
April 4 David Cross Actor, comedian (Mr. Show with Bob and David, Arrested Development, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret)
Anthony Clark Actor (Yes, Dear)
Robbie Rist Actor (The Brady Bunch)
Laurie Gelman Writer
April 5 Christopher Reid Actor
April 7 Russell Crowe New Zealand actor
April 8 Biz Markie Rapper (died 2021)
April 9 Bryan Spicer Director
April 12 Mark Camacho Actor
April 13 Caroline Rhea Canadian actress (Sabrina the Teenage Witch)
Page Hannah Actress
April 14 Bob Clendenin Actor (Cougar Town)
Mike Fleiss American television producer
April 15 Debra Hayward Film producer
April 16 David Kohan American television producer
April 17 Lela Rochon American actress
April 24 Cedric the Entertainer Actor, comedian, host (Showtime at the Apollo, The Steve Harvey Show, The Soul Man)
Djimon Hounsou Actor
April 25 Hank Azaria Actor (The Simpsons)
Fiona Bruce British television presenter
Vince Offer Pitchman
April 29 Federico Castelluccio Actor
May 4 Jodi Applegate American broadcast journalist
May 8 Melissa Gilbert Actress, director (Little House on the Prairie, Sweet Justice)
May 9 Peter M. Lenkov Canadian television and film writer
May 11 Katie Wagner American presenter
May 13 Stephen Colbert Comedian, host (The Colbert Report, The Late Show)
Tom Verica Actor (American Dreams) and director
May 17 David Eigenberg Actor (Sex and the City, Chicago Fire)
May 20 Paolo Seganti Italian actor (As the World Turns)
Kevin Frazier TV host
May 28 Christa Miller Actress (The Drew Carey Show, Scrubs)
May 30 Mark Sheppard English actor (Battlestar Galactica, Supernatural, Leverage)
June 4 Sean Pertwee Actor (Gotham)
June 8 Gloria Reuben Actress (ER, Falling Skies)
June 10 Kate Flannery Actress (The Office)
Vincent Perez Actor
June 15 Courteney Cox Actress (Monica on Friends)
June 17 Erin Murphy Actress (Bewitched)
June 19 Boris Johnson British politician[6]
June 21 Doug Savant Actor (Melrose Place, Desperate Housewives)
David Morrissey Actor
June 22 Amy Brenneman Actress (NYPD Blue, Judging Amy)
Dicky Barrett American singer
June 23 Joss Whedon Writer, director, producer (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
June 25 Erica Gimpel Actress
June 27 Terry Serpico Actor
June 29 Wendy Kilbourne Actress
July 3 Yeardley Smith Voice actress (Lisa Simpson on The Simpsons)
Peyton Reed American television and film director
July 6 John Ottman Composer
July 7 Tracy Reiner Actress
July 12 Judi Evans Actress (Guiding Light, Days of Our Lives)
July 14 J. Rupert Thompson Producer
July 17 Heather Langenkamp Actress (Just the Ten of Us)
July 18 Wendy Williams TV host (The Wendy Williams Show)[7]
July 20 Dean Winters Actor (Oz)
July 21 Ross Kemp Actor
July 22 David Spade Actor, comedian (Saturday Night Live, Just Shoot Me!, Rules of Engagement)
Adam Godley Actor
Bonnie Langford Actress
July 26 Sandra Bullock Actress
July 28 Lori Loughlin Actress, model (Full House)
July 29 Lisa Peluso Soap opera actress
July 30 Vivica A. Fox Actress
August 2 Mary-Louise Parker Actress (The West Wing, Weeds)
August 9 Hoda Kotb American broadcast journalist
August 10 Kathy Cox American politician
August 11 Miguel A. Núñez Jr. Actor (Tour of Duty)
August 13 Debi Mazar Actress
August 16 William Salyers Actor (Rigby on Regular Show)
August 20 Flaminia Cinque Actress (Casualty, Doctors)
August 21 Susan Eisenberg Actress (Justice League, Jackie Chan Adventures)
August 22 Andrew Wilson Actor
August 25 Blair Underwood Actor (L.A. Law)
Marti Noxon Actress
August 27 Robert Bogue Actor (Guiding Light)
August 29 Dina Spybey Actress
August 30 Nelson Ascencio Cuban-American actor, comedian (Mad TV)
September 1 Ray D'Arcy Irish TV presenter
September 2 Keanu Reeves Actor
September 5 Thomas Mikal Ford Actor (Martin) (died 2016)
September 6 Rosie Perez Actress
September 7 Eazy-E Rapper (died 1995)
September 12 Greg Gutfeld Talk show host
September 13 Tavis Smiley Talk show host and author
September 14 Faith Ford Actress (Murphy Brown, Hope & Faith)
September 15 Matt Roth Actor
September 16 Molly Shannon Comic actress (Saturday Night Live)
September 18 Holly Robinson Peete Actress, singer (21 Jump Street, Hangin' with Mr. Cooper, For Your Love)
September 19 Kim Richards Actress (Nanny and the Professor)
September 25 Lily Mariye Actress (ER)
September 26 Ty Miller Actor (The Young Riders)
September 28 Janeane Garofalo Actress, comedian (The Ben Stiller Show, The Larry Sanders Show, Saturday Night Live)
Laura Cerón Mexican-born American actress (ER)
October 1 Harry Hill Television host
October 10 Sarah Lancashire Actress
October 12 Francisco Gattorno Actor (Mi Pecado)
October 13 Matt Walsh Actor
October 14 Jim Rome Talk show host (Jim Rome Is Burning)
David Kaye Voice actor
October 18 Sam Sorbo Actress
October 19 Ty Pennington Host
October 20 Kamala Harris Politician, attorney, and first female vice president of the United States
October 25 Michael Boatman Actor (China Beach, Arliss, Spin City)
Bruce Feiler Writer
Kevin Michael Richardson Voice actor (Dexter's Laboratory, The Fairly OddParents, The Proud Family, Kim Possible, Codename: Kids Next Door, The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, My Life as a Teenage Robot, Dave the Barbarian, Danny Phantom, American Dad!, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Loonatics Unleashed, The Emperor's New School, The Penguins of Madagascar, The Cleveland Show, Gravity Falls, Uncle Grandpa)
October 29 Eddie McGuire Television host
November 1 Daran Norris Voice actor (Cosmo on The Fairly OddParents)
November 2 Lauren Vélez Actress (New York Undercover, Oz, Dexter)
Matt Williams American television producer
November 4 Kurt Krakowian Actor
November 7 Dana Plato Actor (died 1999)
November 9 Robert Duncan McNeill Actor (Star Trek: Voyager)
November 11 Calista Flockhart Actress (Ally McBeal, Brothers & Sisters, Supergirl)
Philip McKeon Actor (Alice) (died 2019)
November 14 Bill Hemmer US news anchor
Patrick Warburton Actor (Seinfeld, Family Guy, The Tick, Kim Possible, The X's, The Emperor's New School)
November 16 Harry Lennix Actor
Maeve Quinlan Actress
November 20 Nick Weir English presenter
November 21 Liza Tarbuck English actress and presenter (Watching)
November 24 Garret Dillahunt Actor (Raising Hope)
Brad Sherwood Actor
November 27 Robin Givens Actress (Head of the Class)
Adam Shankman Actor
November 29 Don Cheadle Actor (Picket Fences, House of Lies)
December 4 Jonathan Goldstein Actor (Drake & Josh)
Christopher B. Duncan Actor (The Jamie Foxx Show, The First Family)
Marisa Tomei Actress
December 7 Patrick Fabian Actor
December 8 Teri Hatcher Actress (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Desperate Housewives)
December 9 Larry Emdur Australian television personality
December 16 Paul Vogt Actor, comedian (Mad TV, The Big Gay Sketch Show)
December 17 Eric Brown Actor (Mama's Family)
Steve Marmel Writer
December 18 Stone Cold Steve Austin WWE wrestler
December 24 Mark Valley Actor (Boston Legal)
December 27 Ian Gomez Actor (Felicity, Cougar Town)
December 29 Kimberly Russell Actress (Head of the Class)
Tami Reiker American cinematographer
Michael Cudlitz Actor (Band of Brothers, Southland, The Walking Dead)
December 30 George Newbern Actor (Justice League, The Pirates of Dark Water, Scandal)
December 31 Michael McDonald Actor (Mad TV)

Deaths

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Date Name Age Notability
August 28 Gracie Allen 69 Actress/comedian (The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show)

Television debuts

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Briggs, Asa (1995). The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Competition. Oxford University Press. p. 508. ISBN 9780192159649.
  2. ^ "Sylvania Develops New Color-Tv Tube". The New York Times. 5 June 1964.
  3. ^ "The Andy Griffith Show - American television program". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Ken Shamrock (Heavyweight) MMA Profile". ESPN. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
  5. ^ "Nigel Farage: The story of 'Mr Brexit'". 2019-11-29. Retrieved 2024-05-27.
  6. ^ Purnell, Sonia (2019-07-21). "The 10 ages of Boris Johnson: a guide to his road to power". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Retrieved 2024-09-02.
  7. ^ "Wendy Williams - Health, Age & Family". Biography. 2021-04-01. Retrieved 2024-02-28.