Editing 1950 in television (section)

== Births ==
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! Date || Name || Notability
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|January 3 
|[[Victoria Principal]]
|Actress (''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'')
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|January 7 
|[[Erin Gray]]
|Actress (''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'', ''[[Silver Spoons]]'')
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|January 16 
|[[Debbie Allen]]
|Actress, dancer, choreographer (''[[Fame (1982 TV series)|Fame]]'')
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|January 23 
|[[Richard Dean Anderson]]
|Actor (''[[MacGyver (1985 TV series)|MacGyver]]'')
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|January 25
|[[John Terry (actor)|John Terry]]
|Actor (''[[Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas]]'', ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'')
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|January 29 
|[[Ann Jillian]]
|Actress (''[[It's a Living (1980 TV series)|It's a Living]]'')
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|January 30 
|[[Trinidad Silva]]
|Actor (died 1988)
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 3 
|[[Morgan Fairchild]]
|Actress (''[[Flamingo Road (TV series)|Flamingo Road]]'')
|-
|[[Pamela Franklin]]
|Actress
|-
|February 12 
|[[Michael Ironside]]
|Actor (''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'', ''[[Smallville]]'', ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'')
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|February 14
|[[Frank Collison]]
|Actor (''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]'')
|-
|February 15
|[[Donna Hanover]]
|American journalist
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|February 17
|[[Lynne Moody]]
|Actress (''[[That's My Mama]]'', ''[[Knots Landing]]'')
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|February 18 
|[[Cybill Shepherd]]
|Actress (''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]'', ''[[Cybill]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 22
|[[Julius Erving]]
|[[NBA]] basketball player
|-
|[[Julie Walters]]
|Actress
|-
|February 24
|[[Evelyn Guerrero]]
|American actress
|-
|February 26
|[[Bill Ritter (journalist)|Bill Ritter]]
|American journalist
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|March 2
|[[Matthew Laurance]]
|Actor (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'')
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|March 3
|[[Tim Kazurinsky]]
|Actor (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
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|March 10
|[[Aloma Wright]]
|Actress (''[[Scrubs (TV series)|Scrubs]]'', ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
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|March 12
|[[Jon Provost]]
|Actor (''[[Lassie (1954 TV series)|Lassie]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 13
|[[William H. Macy]]
|Actor (''[[Shameless (American TV series)|Shameless]]'', ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'', ''[[The Lionhearts]]'', ''[[Curious George (TV series)|Curious George]]'')
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|[[Charles Krauthammer]]
|American political columnist (died 2018)
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 18 
|[[Brad Dourif]]
|Actor
|-
|[[Jim Knobeloch]]
|Actor (''[[Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman]]'')
|-
|March 20
|[[William Hurt]]
|Actor (died 2022)
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|March 23
|[[Terry Sweeney]]
|Actor, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Hype (TV series)|Hype]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 26
|[[Martin Short]]
|Canadian-American actor, comedian (''[[Second City Television|SCTV]]'', ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
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|[[Tony Papenfuss]]
|Actor (''[[Newhart]]'')
|-
|March 30
|[[Robbie Coltrane]]
|Actor (died 2022)
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|March 31
|[[Ed Marinaro]]
|Football player, actor (''[[Hill Street Blues]]'', ''[[Blue Mountain State]]'')
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|April 4 
|[[Christine Lahti]]
|Actress (''[[Chicago Hope]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 12 
|[[David Cassidy]]
|Actor, singer (''[[The Partridge Family]]'') (died 2017)
|-
|[[Tom Werner]]
|Producer
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 13 
|[[Ron Perlman]]
|Actor (''[[Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', ''[[Sons of Anarchy]]'', ''[[Teen Titans (TV series)|Teen Titans]]'', ''[[Adventure Time]]'')
|-
|[[William Sadler (actor)|William Sadler]]
|Actor (''[[Roswell (TV series)|Roswell]]'')
|-
|April 14
|[[Randolph Powell]]
|Actor (''[[Logan's Run (TV series)|Logan's Run]]'', ''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'')
|-
|April 17
|[[L. Scott Caldwell]]
|Actress (''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|April 28 
|[[Jay Leno]]
|Comedian, talk show host (''[[The Tonight Show with Jay Leno|The Tonight Show]]'')
|-
|[[Stuart Gillard]]
|Writer
|-
|May 1
|[[Dann Florek]]
|Actor (''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'')
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|May 7
|[[Tim Russert]]
|American television journalist (died 2008)
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|May 9
|[[Marcheline Bertrand]]
|American actress (died 2007)
|-
|rowspan="2"|May 12
|[[Bruce Boxleitner]]
|Actor (''[[Scarecrow and Mrs. King]]'', ''[[Babylon 5]]'')
|-
|[[Gabriel Byrne]]
|Actor
|-
|May 13
|[[Stevie Wonder]]
|Singer and musician 
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|May 15
|[[Nicholas Hammond]]
|American-born Australian actor (''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (TV series)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'')
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|May 18
|[[Mark Mothersbaugh]]
|American composer
|-
|May 28
|[[Denny Delk]]
|American Voice Actor (''Wicket W. Warrick, [[Ewoks (TV series)]]'')
|-
|May 31
|[[Gregory Harrison]]
|Actor (''[[Trapper John, M.D.]]'')
|-
|June 1
|[[John M. Jackson]]
|Actor (''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'')
|-
|June 3
|[[Melissa Mathison]]
|American film and television screenwriter (died 2015)
|-
|June 5
|[[Daniel von Bargen]]
|American character actor (died 2015)
|-
|June 8 
|[[Kathy Baker]]
|Actress (''[[Picket Fences]]'')
|-
|June 13 
|[[Belinda Bauer (actress)|Belinda Bauer]]
|Australian actress
|-
|June 19 
|[[Rosie Shuster]]
|Canadian-born comedy writer and actress
|-
|June 20
|[[Les Gold]]
|American pawnbroker
|-
|June 26
|[[Michael Paul Chan]]
|Actor
|-
|July 5
|[[Huey Lewis]]
|Actor
|-
|July 10
|[[Nick Jameson]]
|Actor (''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'')
|-
|July 11
|[[Bruce McGill]]
|Actor
|-
|July 21
|[[Jordan Clarke (actor)|Jordan Clarke]]
|Actor (''[[Guiding Light]]'')
|-
|July 23
|[[Belinda Montgomery]]
|Actress (''[[Man from Atlantis]]'', ''[[Miami Vice]]'', ''[[Doogie Howser, M.D.]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|August 3
|[[Jo Marie Payton]]
|Actress (''[[Perfect Strangers (TV series)|Perfect Strangers]]'', ''[[Family Matters]]'', ''[[The Proud Family]]'')
|-
|[[John Landis]]
|Actor
|-
|August 11
|[[Steve Wozniak]]
|American electronics engineer
|-
|August 12
|[[Jim Beaver]]
|Actor (''[[Supernatural (U.S. TV series)|Supernatural]]'')
|-
|August 13
|[[Jane Carr]]
|Actress
|-
|September 1
|[[Phil McGraw]]
|Television host (''[[Dr. Phil (talk show)|Dr. Phil]]'')
|-
|September 2
|[[Harvey Levin]]
|Television producer
|-
|September 5
|[[Kathy Cronkite]]
|Actress
|-
|September 7 
|[[Julie Kavner]]
|Actress ([[Marge Simpson]] on ''[[The Simpsons]]'')
|-
|September 9
|[[Joe Lisi]]
|Actor (''[[Third Watch]]'')
|-
|September 11
|[[Amy Madigan]]
|Actress
|-
|September 12
|[[Bruce Mahler]]
|Actor (''[[Seinfeld]]'')
|-
|September 18
|[[Anna Deavere Smith]]
|Actress
|-
|September 19
|[[Joan Lunden]]
|American TV host
|-
|September 21 
|[[Bill Murray]]
|Actor, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
|September 24
|[[Alan Colmes]]
|Political commentator (''[[Hannity & Colmes]]'', ''[[Fox News Watch]]'') (died 2017)
|-
|September 27
|[[Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa]]
|Actor
|-
|September 30
|[[Vondie Curtis-Hall]]
|Actor, director (''[[Chicago Hope]]'')
|-
|October 2
|[[Ian McNeice]]
|Actor
|-
|October 3
|[[Pamela Hensley]]
|Actress (''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'', ''[[Matt Houston]]'')
|-
|October 4
|[[Alan Rosenberg]]
|Actor (''[[L.A. Law]]'', ''[[Civil Wars (TV series)|Civil Wars]]'')
|-
|October 5 
|[[Jeff Conaway]]
|Actor (''[[Taxi (TV series)|Taxi]]'') (died 2011)
|-
|October 9
|[[Gary Frank (actor)|Gary Frank]]
|Actor (''[[Family (1976 TV series)|Family]]'')
|-
|October 17 
|[[Howard Rollins]]
|Actor (''[[In the Heat of the Night (TV series)|In the Heat of the Night]]'') (died 1996)
|-
|October 20
|[[William Russ]]
|Actor (''[[Boy Meets World]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|October 31 
|[[John Candy]]
|Canadian comedian and actor (''[[Second City Television|SCTV]]'') (died 1994)
|-
|[[Jane Pauley]]
|American television host
|-
|November 4
|[[Markie Post]]
|Actress (''[[The Fall Guy]]'', ''[[Night Court]]'', ''[[Hearts Afire]]'') (died 2021)
|-
|November 8
|[[Mary Hart]]
|American television personality
|-
|November 10
|[[Jack Scalia]]
|Actor
|-
|November 13
|[[Jules Sylvester]]
|Actor, animal trainer, television presenter (''[[1000 Ways to Die]]'', ''[[Black-ish]]'')
|-
|November 16
|[[David Leisure]]
|Actor (''[[Empty Nest]]'')
|-
|November 18
|[[Dennis Haskins]]
|Actor (''[[Saved by the Bell]]'')
|-
|November 22
|[[Steven Van Zandt]]
|Actor
|-
|November 23
|[[Chuck Schumer]]
|Politician
|-
|November 24
|[[Stanley Livingston]]
|Actor (''[[My Three Sons]]'')
|-
|November 28
|[[Ed Harris]]
|Actor (''[[Westworld (TV series)|Westworld]]'')
|-
|December 6
|[[Thom Barry]]
|Actor (''[[Cold Case]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|December 13
|[[Lindsey Ginter]]
|Actor (''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'')
|-
|[[Wendie Malick]]
|Actress (''[[Dream On (TV series)|Dream On]]'', ''[[Just Shoot Me!]]'', ''[[Hot in Cleveland]]'', ''[[The Owl House]]'')
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|December 21
|[[Jane How]]
|Actress
|}