Editing 1964 in television

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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==
* Most of [[NBC]]'s programs are now broadcast in color.
* January 1 – The first ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' airs on [[BBC Television]] in the [[United Kingdom|UK]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Briggs |first1=Asa |title=The History of Broadcasting in the United Kingdom: Competition |date=1995 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=9780192159649 |page=508 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0pRGjVGtUvwC&pg=PA508|language=en}}</ref>
* January 3 – Footage of [[The Beatles]] performing a concert in [[Bournemouth, England]] is shown on ''[[The Jack Paar Show]]'' in the United States.
* January 4 
** [[TV Tokyo]] launched in [[Japan]].
** ''[[The Hollywood Palace]]'' variety series debuts on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] in the United States, with first guest host [[Bing Crosby]].
* February 9-23 – The Beatles appear on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' in the United States, breaking television ratings records.
* April 20 – [[BBC Two|BBC2]] starts broadcasting in the UK; the existing BBC channel is renamed [[BBC One|BBC1]].
* April 30 – Television sets manufactured as of this date are required to receive [[Ultra high frequency|UHF]] channels.
* May 5 – The documentary film ''[[Seven Up!]]'' is broadcast on [[ITV1|ITV]] in the UK, showing the lives of fourteen school children. Subsequent films in the series have seen them interviewed every seven years since.
* June 4 - [[Sylvania Electric Products|Sylvania]] in the United States unveils a revolutionary color TV picture tube in which [[europium]]-bearing phosphor allows a much brighter display.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/06/05/archives/sylvania-develops-new-colortv-tube.html|title = Sylvania Develops New Color-Tv Tube|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 5 June 1964}}</ref>
* June 6 – [[The Rolling Stones]] make their American TV debut on ''[[The Hollywood Palace]]'', hosted by [[Dean Martin]].
* July – The British [[Associated Television]]'s series ''[[Emergency – Ward 10]]'' shows one of the [[First interracial kiss on television|first kisses on television between black and white actors]], [[Joan Hooley]] playing surgeon Louise Mahler and John White playing Dr. Giles Farmer.
* August 1 – The official launch of [[Melbourne, Australia|Melbourne]]'s third commercial television station [[ATV-10|ATV-0]], signaling the beginning of what is now [[Network Ten]].
* September 7 – "[[Daisy (advertisement)|Daisy]]" advertisement airs on network television in the United States as part of [[Lyndon B. Johnson 1964 presidential campaign]].
* September 17 – The new sitcom ''[[Bewitched]]'' pilot airs on ABC in the United States starring [[Elizabeth Montgomery]], [[Dick York]] and [[Agnes Moorehead]].
* October 10 – NBC in the United States airs the [[1964 Summer Olympics]] opening ceremony at [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]], with first time of live Olympic telecast program by geostationary communication satellite [[Syncom 3]]. This telecast marks NBC's first Olympic broadcasting stint.
* October 18 – [[Jackie Mason]] appears on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' on CBS in the United States and is subsequently banned after he seemingly gives Ed "the finger" on the air.
* October 25 – [[The Rolling Stones]] make their first appearance on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]''; the next day, Sullivan insists that he'll never have them back.
* November 26 – [[Pakistan Television Corporation]] airs the first television broadcasts in [[Pakistan]].
* December 6 – [[NBC]] in the United States debuts the Christmas special ''[[Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (TV special)|Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer]]''. It will become a holiday tradition, moving to [[CBS]] in [[1972 in television|1972]].

==Programs/programmes==
* ''[[American Bandstand]]'' (1952–1989)
* ''[[Armchair Theatre]]'' (UK) (1956–1968)
* ''[[As the World Turns]]'' (1956–2010)
* ''[[Ben Casey]]'' (1961–1966)
* ''[[Blue Peter]]'' (UK) (1958–present)
* ''[[Bonanza]]'' (1959–1973)
* ''[[Bozo the Clown]]'' (1949–present)
* ''[[Candid Camera]]'' (1948–2004)
* ''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' (1955–1984)
* ''[[Combat!]]'' (1962–1967)
* ''[[Come Dancing]]'' (UK) (1949–1995)
* ''[[Coronation Street]]'', UK (1960–present)
* ''[[Death Valley Days]]'' (1952–1975)
* ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (UK) (1955–1976)
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'', UK (1963–1989, 1996, 2005–present)
* ''[[Face the Nation]]'' (1954–present)
* ''[[Four Corners (Australian TV program)|Four Corners]]'', Australia (1961–present)
* ''[[General Hospital]]'' (1963–present)
* ''[[Grandstand (BBC)|Grandstand]]'' (UK) (1958–2007)
* ''[[Gunsmoke]]'' (1955–1975)
* ''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1951–present)
* ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]'' (1952–present)
* ''[[It's Academic]]'' (1961–present)
* ''[[Juke Box Jury]]'' (1959–1967, 1979, 1989–1990)
* ''[[Love of Life]]'' (1951–1980)
* ''[[Match Game]]'' (1962–1969, 1973–1984, 1990–1991, 1998–1999)
* ''[[Meet the Press]]'' (1947–present)
* ''[[Mister Ed]]'' (1961–1966)
* ''[[Wild Kingdom|Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom]]'' (1963–1988, 2002–present)
* ''[[My Three Sons]]'' (1960–1972)
* ''[[Opportunity Knocks (UK TV series)|Opportunity Knocks]]'' (UK) (1956–1978)
* ''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' (UK) (1953–present)
* ''[[Petticoat Junction]]'' (1963–1970)
* ''[[Ready Steady Go!]]'' (1963–1966)
* ''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' (1951–1986)
* ''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]'' (1952–1966)
* ''[[The Andy Griffith Show]]'' (1960–1968)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Andy Griffith Show - American television program |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Andy-Griffith-Show |website=Encyclopedia Britannica |access-date=12 June 2018 |language=en}}</ref>
* ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'', UK (1961–1969)
* ''[[The Bell Telephone Hour]]'' (1959–1968)
* ''[[The Beverly Hillbillies]]'' (1962–1971)
* ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' (1961–1966)
* ''[[The Doctors (soap opera)|The Doctors]]'' (1963–1982)
* ''[[The Donna Reed Show]]'' (1958–1966)
* ''The Ed Sullivan Show'' (1948–1971)
* ''[[The Edge of Night]]'' (1956–1984)
* ''[[The Flintstones]]'' (1960–1966)
* ''[[The Fulton Sheen Program]]'' (1961–1968)
* ''[[The Fugitive (1963 TV series)|The Fugitive]]'' (1963–67)
* ''[[The Good Old Days (UK TV series)|The Good Old Days]]'' (UK) (1953–1983)
* ''[[Guiding Light|The Guiding Light]]'' (1952–2009)
* ''[[The Hollywood Palace]]'' (1964-1970)
* ''[[The Jack Benny Program]]'' (1950–1965)
* ''[[The Late Late Show (Ireland)|The Late Late Show]]'', [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] (1962–present)
* ''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' (1955–1982)
* ''[[The Lucy Show]]'' (1962–1968)
* ''[[The Mike Douglas Show]]'' (1961–1981)
* ''[[The Milton Berle Show]]'' (1954–1967)
* ''[[The Patty Duke Show]]'' (1963–1966)
* ''[[The Price is Right (1956)|The Price Is Right]]'' (1956–1965)
* ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'', UK (1962–1969)
* ''[[The Secret Storm]]'' (1954–1974)
* ''[[The Sky at Night]]'' (UK) (1957–present)
* ''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'' (1952–present)
* ''[[The Tonight Show]]'' (1954–present)
* ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'' (1962–1992)
* ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' (UK) (1955–2003)
* ''[[Truth or Consequences]]'' (1950–1988)
* ''[[Walt Disney anthology television series|Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color]]'' (1961–69 with this title)
* ''[[What the Papers Say]]'' (UK) (1956–2008)
* ''[[What's My Line (1950)|What's My Line]]'' (1950–1967)
* ''[[Wide World of Sports (U.S. TV series)|Wide World of Sports]]'' (1961–1997)
* ''[[Z-Cars]]'', UK (1962–1978)

===Debuts===
* January 1 – ''[[Top of the Pops]]'' on BBC television (1964–2006)
* January 4 – ''[[The Hollywood Palace]]'' on ABC (1964–1970)
* January 10 – ''[[That Was The Week That Was]] (TW3)'' on NBC-TV as a half-hour satirical revue broadcast live from New York after a successful hour-long special on November 10, 1963. The show, based on the BBC program of the same name, ran through May 4, 1965. It was revived as a one-time ABC special in 1985, and as a segment on ABC's ''[[Primetime Live]]'' ca. 2004–05.
* January 14 – ''[[The Magilla Gorilla Show]]'' in syndication (1964–67)
* March 30 – The [[game show]] ''[[Jeopardy!]]'' on NBC daytime TV (1964–75, 1978–79, 1984–)
* May 4 – The American [[soap opera]] ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' on NBC at 3:00&nbsp;p.m. ET, as a half-hour show (1964–99)
* September 14 – ''[[Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea]]'' on ABC (1964–1968)
* September 15 – ''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]'' on ABC (1964–1969)
* September 16 – ''[[Shindig!]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1964–1966) and ''[[The Peter Potamus Show]]'' on Syndication  (1964-65)
* September 17 – ''[[Bewitched]]'' on ABC (1964–1972)
* September 18 
**''[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]]'' on ABC (1964–1966)
**''[[Jonny Quest (TV series)|Jonny Quest]]'' on ABC (1964–1965)
* September 19
**''[[Flipper (1964 TV series)|Flipper]]'' on NBC (1964–1967)
**''[[Kentucky Jones]]'' on NBC (1964–1965)
* September 22 – ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'' on [[NBC-TV|NBC]] (1964–1968)
* September 23 – ''[[The Cara Williams Show]]'' on [[CBS]] (1964–1965)
* September 24 
**''[[Daniel Boone (1964 TV series)|Daniel Boone]]'' on NBC (1964–1970)
**''[[The Munsters]]'' on CBS (1964–1966)
* September 25 – ''[[Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.]]'' on CBS (1964–1969)
* September 26
**''[[Gilligan's Island]]'' on CBS (1964–1967)
**''[[Linus the Lionhearted]]'' on CBS (1964-65)
* October 3 – 
** ''[[The Sullavan Brothers]]'' on ITV (1964–1965)
** ''[[Underdog (TV series)|Underdog]]'' on NBC (1964–1967)
* October 4 – ''[[This Hour Has Seven Days]]'' on [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]] (1964–66)
* October 5 
** ''[[90 Bristol Court]]'' on NBC (1964–1965)
** ''[[Harris Against the World]]'' on NBC (1964–1965)
** ''[[Karen (1964 TV series)|Karen]]'' on NBC (1964–1965)
** ''[[Tom, Dick and Mary]]'' on NBC (1964–1965)
* October 13 – ''[[Danger Man]]'' returns to ITV after being cancelled  in 1961; It would later air on [[CBS]] as ''Secret Agent'' (1960–61, 1964–66)
* October 28 – ''[[The Wednesday Play]]'' on BBC1 (1964–1970)
* November 2 – ''[[Crossroads (soap opera)|Crossroads]]'' on ITV (1964–1988, 2001–2003)
* November 9 - ''[[ABC's Nightlife|The Les Crane Show]]'', later renamed ''ABC's Nightlife'', on ABC (1964-1965) 
* ''[[The Mavis Bramston Show]]'' on [[ATN-7]] in [[Australia]] (1964–1968)
* ''[[Spokoynoy nochi, malyshi!]]'' (Спокойной ночи, малыши!, "Good Night, Little Ones!") in the Soviet Union (1964–present)
* ''[[The Porky Pig Show]]'' on ABC (1964-67)

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable"
! 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
|-
|rowspan="3"| June 19
| ''[[Mack & Myer for Hire]]''
|1963 
|-
|''[[The Twilight Zone (1959 TV series)|The Twilight Zone]]'' 
|1959
|-
|''[[Zoo Quest]]'' (UK) 
|1954
|-
|rowspan="2"| Unknown
|''[[Mitch Miller|Sing Along with Mitch]]'' 
|1961
|-
|''[[To Tell the Truth (Canada)|To Tell the Truth]]'' 
|1962
|}

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Name || Notability 
|-
| rowspan="2"| January 1 
| [[Dedee Pfeiffer]]
| Actress (''[[For Your Love (TV series)|For Your Love]]'')
|-
| [[Crystal R. Fox]]
| Actress, singer (''[[The Oprah Winfrey Show]]'', ''[[In the Heat of the Night (TV series)|In the Heat of the Night]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| 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 (TV series)|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 (TV series)|One Tree Hill]]'')
|-
| February 1
| [[Linus Roache]]
| English actor (''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'')
|-
| February 10
| [[Glenn Beck]]
| Radio host
|-
| rowspan="2" | February 11
| [[Sarah Palin]]
| American politician
|-
| [[Ken Shamrock]]
| Pro wrestler and mixed martial artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ken Shamrock (Heavyweight) MMA Profile |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/_/id/2335653/ken-shamrock |access-date=2024-09-29 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| February 12
| [[Raphael Sbarge]]
| Actor (''[[Once Upon a Time (TV series)|Once Upon a Time]]'')
|-
| February 14
| [[Valente Rodriguez]]
| Actor (''[[George Lopez (TV series)|George Lopez]]'', ''[[Happily Divorced]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 15 
| [[Chris Farley]]
| Actor and comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'') (died 1997)
|-
| [[Mark Price]]
| [[NBA]] basketball player
|-
| February 18
| [[Matt Dillon]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="3"| February 20 
| [[French Stewart]]
| Actor (''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'', ''[[Mom (TV series)|Mom]]'')
|-
| [[Willie Garson]]
| Actor (died 2021)
|-
| [[Michael A. Levine]]
| Composer
|-
| February 21
| [[Huw Higginson]]
| Actor
|-
| February 25
| [[Lee Evans (comedian)|Lee Evans]]
| Actor
|-
| February 26
| [[Mark Dacascos]]
| Actor
|-
| February 27
| [[John Pyper-Ferguson]]
| Australian-born Canadian actor (''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|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
|-
| rowspan="2"| 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 (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'', ''[[Parks and Recreation]]'')
|-
| March 20
| [[Susan McGinnis]]
| American television journalist
|-
| rowspan="2"| 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<ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-11-29 |title=Nigel Farage: The story of 'Mr Brexit' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-2019-50565543 |access-date=2024-05-27 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="4"| April 4
| [[David Cross]]
| Actor, comedian (''[[Mr. Show with Bob and David]]'', ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', ''[[The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret]]'')
|-
| [[Anthony Clark (actor)|Anthony Clark]]
| Actor (''[[Yes, Dear]]'')
|-
| [[Robbie Rist]]
| Actor (''[[The Brady Bunch]]'')
|-
| [[Laurie Gelman]]
| Writer
|-
| April 5
| [[Christopher Reid (rapper)|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
|-
| rowspan="2"| April 13
| [[Caroline Rhea]]
| Canadian actress (''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'')
|-
| [[Page Hannah]]
| Actress
|-
| rowspan="2"| 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
|-
| rowspan="2"| April 24
| [[Cedric the Entertainer]]
| Actor, comedian, host (''[[Showtime at the Apollo]]'', ''[[The Steve Harvey Show]]'', ''[[The Soul Man]]'')
|-
| [[Djimon Hounsou]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="3"| 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 (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'', ''[[Sweet Justice]]'')
|-
| May 9
| [[Peter M. Lenkov]]
| Canadian television and film writer
|-
| May 11
| [[Katie Wagner]]
| American presenter
|-
| rowspan="2"| May 13
| [[Stephen Colbert]]
| Comedian, host (''[[The Colbert Report]]'', ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert|The Late Show]]'')
|-
| [[Tom Verica]]
| Actor (''[[American Dreams]]'') and director
|-
| May 17
| [[David Eigenberg]]
| Actor (''[[Sex and the City]]'', ''[[Chicago Fire (TV series)|Chicago Fire]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| May 20
| [[Paolo Seganti]]
| Italian actor (''[[As the World Turns]]'')
|-
| [[Kevin Frazier]]
| TV host
|-
| May 28
| [[Christa Miller]]
| Actress (''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'', ''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'')
|-
| May 30
| [[Mark Sheppard]]
| English actor (''[[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]]'', ''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'', ''[[Leverage (American TV series)|Leverage]]'')
|-
| June 4
| [[Sean Pertwee]]
| Actor (''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'')
|-
| June 8
| [[Gloria Reuben]]
| Actress (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[Falling Skies]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| June 10
| [[Kate Flannery]]
| Actress (''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|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<ref>{{Cite news |last=Purnell |first=Sonia |date=2019-07-21 |title=The 10 ages of Boris Johnson: a guide to his road to power |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/jul/21/boris-johnson-route-to-number-10 |access-date=2024-09-02 |work=The Observer |language=en-GB |issn=0029-7712}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| June 21
| [[Doug Savant]]
| Actor (''[[Melrose Place]]'', ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'')
|-
| [[David Morrissey]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="2"| June 22
| [[Amy Brenneman]]
| Actress (''[[NYPD Blue]]'', ''[[Judging Amy]]'')
|-
| [[Dicky Barrett]]
| American singer
|-
| June 23 
| [[Joss Whedon]]
| Writer, director, producer (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
|-
| June 25
| [[Erica Gimpel]]
| Actress
|-
| June 27
| [[Terry Serpico]]
| Actor
|-
| June 29
| [[Wendy Kilbourne]]
| Actress
|-
| rowspan="2"| 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]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-04-01 |title=Wendy Williams - Health, Age & Family |url=https://www.biography.com/movies-tv/wendy-williams |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=Biography |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| July 20
| [[Dean Winters]]
| Actor (''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]'')
|-
| July 21
| [[Ross Kemp]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="3"| July 22 
| [[David Spade]]
| Actor, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Just Shoot Me!]]'', ''[[Rules of Engagement (TV series)|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 (TV series)|Weeds]]'')
|-
| August 9
| [[Hoda Kotb]]
| American broadcast journalist
|-
| August 10
| [[Kathy Cox (American politician)|Kathy Cox]]
| American politician
|-
| August 11
| [[Miguel A. Núñez Jr.]]
| Actor (''[[Tour of Duty (TV series)|Tour of Duty]]'')
|-
| August 13
| [[Debi Mazar]]
| Actress
|-
| August 16
| [[William Salyers]]
| Actor (Rigby on ''[[Regular Show]]'')
|-
| August 20
| [[Flaminia Cinque]]
| Actress (''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'', ''[[Doctors (2000 TV series)|Doctors]]'')
|-
|August 21
|[[Susan Eisenberg]]
|Actress (''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]'', ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'')
|-
| August 22
| [[Andrew Wilson (actor)|Andrew Wilson]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="2"| 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 (TV series)|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)|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 (TV series)|For Your Love]]'')
|-
| September 19
| [[Kim Richards]]
| Actress (''[[Nanny and the Professor]]'')
|-
| September 25
| [[Lily Mariye]]
| Actress (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'')
|-
| September 26
| [[Ty Miller]]
| Actor (''[[The Young Riders]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| September 28
| [[Janeane Garofalo]]
| Actress, comedian (''[[The Ben Stiller Show]]'', ''[[The Larry Sanders Show]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
| [[Laura Cerón]]
| Mexican-born American actress (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'')
|-
| October 1
| [[Harry Hill]]
| Television host
|-
| October 10
| [[Sarah Lancashire]]
| Actress
|-
| October 12
| [[Francisco Gattorno]]
| Actor (''[[Mi Pecado]]'')
|-
| October 13
| [[Matt Walsh (comedian)|Matt Walsh]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="2"| October 14
| [[Jim Rome]]
| Talk show host (''[[Jim Rome Is Burning]]'')
|-
| [[David Kaye (voice actor)|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
|-
| rowspan="3"| October 25
| [[Michael Boatman]]
| Actor (''[[China Beach]]'', ''[[Arliss (TV series)|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 and Wanda|Cosmo]] on ''[[The Fairly OddParents]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| November 2
| [[Lauren Vélez]]
| Actress (''[[New York Undercover]]'', ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]'', ''[[Dexter (TV series)|Dexter]]'')
|-
| [[Matt Williams (TV producer)|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]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| November 11 
| [[Calista Flockhart]]
| Actress (''[[Ally McBeal]]'', ''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]'', ''[[Supergirl (TV series)|Supergirl]]'')
|-
| [[Philip McKeon]]
| Actor (''[[Alice (American TV series)|Alice]]'') (died 2019)
|-
| rowspan="2"| November 14 
| [[Bill Hemmer]]
| US news anchor
|-
| [[Patrick Warburton]]
| Actor (''[[Seinfeld]]'', ''[[Family Guy]]'', ''[[The Tick (2001 TV series)|The Tick]]'', ''[[Kim Possible]]'', ''[[The X's]]'', ''[[The Emperor's New School]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| November 16
| [[Harry Lennix]]
| Actor
|-
| [[Maeve Quinlan]]
| Actress
|-
| November 20
| [[Nick Weir]]
| English presenter
|-
| November 21 
| [[Liza Tarbuck]]
| English actress and presenter (''[[Watching (TV series)|Watching]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| November 24
| [[Garret Dillahunt]]
| Actor (''[[Raising Hope]]'')
|-
| [[Brad Sherwood]]
| Actor 
|-
| rowspan="2"| November 27
| [[Robin Givens]]
| Actress (''[[Head of the Class]]'')
|-
| [[Adam Shankman]]
| Actor
|-
| November 29
| [[Don Cheadle]]
| Actor (''[[Picket Fences]]'', ''[[House of Lies]]'')
|-
| rowspan="3"| December 4
| [[Jonathan Goldstein (actor)|Jonathan Goldstein]]
| Actor (''[[Drake & Josh]]'')
|-
| [[Christopher B. Duncan]]
| Actor (''[[The Jamie Foxx Show]]'', ''[[The First Family (TV series)|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 C. Vogt|Paul Vogt]]
| Actor, comedian (''[[Mad TV]]'', ''[[The Big Gay Sketch Show]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| December 17
| [[Eric Brown (actor)|Eric Brown]]
| Actor (''[[Mama's Family]]'')
|-
| [[Steve Marmel]]
| Writer
|-
| December 18 
| [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]]
| [[WWE]] wrestler
|-
| December 20
| [[Mark Coleman]]
| Martial artist<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mark Coleman Biography |url=https://www.espn.com/mma/fighter/bio/_/id/2335515/mark-coleman |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| December 24
| [[Mark Valley]]
| Actor (''[[Boston Legal]]'')
|-
| December 27
| [[Ian Gomez]]
| Actor (''[[Felicity (TV series)|Felicity]]'', ''[[Cougar Town]]'')
|-
| rowspan="3"| December 29
| [[Kimberly Russell]]
| Actress (''[[Head of the Class]]'')
|-
| [[Tami Reiker]]
| American cinematographer
|-
| [[Michael Cudlitz]]
| Actor (''[[Band of Brothers (miniseries)|Band of Brothers]]'', ''[[Southland (TV series)|Southland]]'', ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]'')
|-
|December 30
|[[George Newbern]]
|Actor (''[[Justice League (TV series)|Justice League]]'', ''[[The Pirates of Dark Water]]'', ''[[Scandal (American TV series)|Scandal]]'') 
|-
| December 31
| [[Michael McDonald (comedian)|Michael McDonald]]
| Actor (''[[Mad TV]]'')
|}

==Deaths==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Name || Age || Notability 
|-
| August 28 
| [[Gracie Allen]]
|align="center"| 69
| Actress/comedian (''[[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]'')
|}

==Television debuts==
*[[Alan Arkin]] – ''[[East Side West Side (TV series)|East Side West Side]]''
*[[Dominic Chianese]] – ''East Side West Side''
*[[Richard Dreyfuss]] – ''[[Karen (1964 TV series)|Karen]]''
*[[Brenda Fricker]] – ''[[Tolka Row]]''
*[[Teri Garr]] – ''[[Mr. Novak]]''
*[[Elliott Gould]] – ''Once Upon a Mattress''
*[[Stacy Keach]] – ''[[Channing (TV series)|Channing]]''
*[[Malcolm McDowell]] – ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]''
*[[Ian McKellen]] – ''The Indian Tales of Rudyard Kipling''
*[[Robert Pine]] – ''[[Broadside (TV series)|Broadside]]''
*[[John Rhys-Davies]] – ''Crossroads''
*[[Patrick Stewart]] – ''Story Parade''
*[[Susan Tyrrell]] – ''[[The Patty Duke Show]]''
*[[Concha Velasco]] – ''Sábado 64''
*[[Raquel Welch]] – ''[[The Virginian (TV series)|The Virginian]]''

==See also==
* [[1964–65 United States network television schedule]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Years in TV by country|1964}}
{{Years in television}}

[[Category:1964 in television| ]]