Editing 1955 in television (section)

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Name || Notability 
|-
| January 6 
| [[Rowan Atkinson]]
| English comic actor (''[[Mr. Bean]], [[Blackadder]]'')
|-
| January 9 
| [[J. K. Simmons]]
| Actor (''[[The Closer]]'', ''[[Oz (TV series)|Oz]]'', ''[[Law & Order]]'')
|-
| January 10
| [[Jimmy Vivino]]
| Band leader
|-
| January 14
| [[Bill Flanagan]]
| Radio host
|-
| January 18
| [[Kevin Costner]]
| Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"| January 20
| [[Wyatt Knight]]
| Actor (died 2011)
|-
| [[Lisa Zeno Churgin]]
| Film editor
|-
| January 21
| [[Jeff Franklin]]
| Producer
|-
| January 22
| [[John Wesley Shipp]]
| Actor (''[[The Flash (1990 TV series)|The Flash]]'', ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"| February 2
| [[Michael Talbott]]
| Actor (''[[Miami Vice]]'')
|-
| [[Kim Zimmer]]
| Actress (''[[Guiding Light]]'', ''[[One Life to Live]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 7 
| [[Miguel Ferrer]]
| Actor (''[[Crossing Jordan]]'', ''[[NCIS: Los Angeles]]'') (d. 2017)
|-
| [[Rolf Benirschke]]
| American former professional football player 
|-
| February 8
| [[Ethan Phillips]]
| Actor (''[[Benson (TV series)|Benson]]'', ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'')
|-
| February 10
| [[Jim Cramer]]
| American television personality
|-
| February 11
| [[Bianca Ferguson]]
| Actress
|-
| February 14
| [[James Eckhouse]]
| Actor (''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'')
|-
| February 15 
| [[Christopher McDonald]]
| Actor (''[[Family Law (American TV series)|Family Law]]'')
|-
| February 19
| [[Jeff Daniels]]
| Actor
|-
| February 21
| [[Kelsey Grammer]]
| Actor, comedian (''[[Cheers]]'', ''[[Frasier]]'')
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 28
| [[Adrian Dantley]]
| [[NBA]] basketball player
|-
| [[Gilbert Gottfried]]
| Actor, comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Aladdin (animated TV series)|Aladdin]]'', ''[[Cyberchase]]'') (died 2022)
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 3
| [[Darnell Williams]]
| British-born soap opera actor (''[[All My Children]]'')
|-
| [[Andy Breckman]]
| Writer
|-
| March 6
| [[James Saito]]
| Actor (''[[Eli Stone]]'')
|-
| March 7
| [[Anupam Kher]]
| Actor
|-
|rowspan="2"|March 17 
| [[Gary Sinise]]
| Actor, producer, director (''[[CSI: NY]]'')
|-
| [[Mark Boone Junior]]
| Actor
|-
| March 18
| [[Jeff Stelling]]
| TV presenter
|-
| March 19
| [[Bruce Willis]]
| Actor (''[[Moonlighting (TV series)|Moonlighting]]'')
|-
| March 23
| [[Moses Malone]]
| [[NBA]] basketball player (died 2015)
|-
| March 28
| [[Reba McEntire]]
| Singer, actress (''[[Reba (TV series)|Reba]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|March 29 
| [[Marina Sirtis]]
| Actress (''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'')
|-
| [[Christopher Lawford]]
| Actor (died 2018)
|-
| [[Brendan Gleeson]]
| Actor
|-
| April 5
| [[Akira Toriyama]]
| Manga artist (''[[Dragon Ball (TV series)|Dragon Ball]]'', ''[[Dragon Ball Z]]'', ''[[Dragon Ball GT]]'') (died 2024)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Colbert |first=Isaiah |date=2024-03-08 |title=Akira Toriyama, Creator of Dragon Ball and Manga Pioneer, Dies at 68 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/akira-toriyama-creator-of-dragon-ball-and-manga-pioneer-dies-at-68 |access-date=2024-03-08 |website=IGN |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| April 7
| [[Alexandra Neil]]
| Soap opera actress
|-
| April 11
| [[Michele Scarabelli]]
| Actress (''[[Alien Nation (TV series)|Alien Nation]]'')
|-
| April 17
| [[Kristine Sutherland]]
| Actress (''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV series)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'')
|-
| April 24
| [[John de Mol Jr.]]
| Dutch media tycoon television producer
|-
| April 28
| [[Todd Waring]]
| Actor
|-
| April 29 
| [[Kate Mulgrew]]
| Actress (''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'', ''[[Orange is the New Black]]'')
|-
| May 5
| [[Melinda Culea]]
| Actress (''[[The A-Team]]'')
|-
| May 6
| [[Tom Bergeron]]
| American game show host
|-
| May 7
| [[Peter Reckell]]
| Actor (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| May 10
| [[Larry "Flash" Jenkins]]
| Actor (''[[The White Shadow (TV series)|The White Shadow]]'') (d. 2019)
|-
| [[Rick Steves]]
| Television personality
|-
| May 11
| [[Shabba Doo]]
| Television actor (d. 2020)
|-
| May 12
| [[Scott Brazil]]
| Television producer (d. 2006)
|-
| May 15
| [[Lee Horsley]]
| Actor (''[[Matt Houston]]'', ''[[Paradise (American TV series)|Paradise]]'')
|-
| May 17
| [[Bill Paxton]]
| Actor (''[[Twister (1996 film)|Twister]]'', ''[[Big Love]]'') (d. 2017)
|-
| May 23
| [[Ken Michelman]]
| Actor (''[[The White Shadow (TV series)|The White Shadow]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"|May 25 
| [[Connie Sellecca]]
| Actress (''[[Flying High (TV series)|Flying High]]'', ''[[The Greatest American Hero]]'', ''[[Hotel (U.S. TV series)|Hotel]]'')
|-
| [[Bobby Slayton]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="2" |May 27
|[[Eric Bischoff]]
|Television producer
|-
| [[Richard Schiff]]
| Actor (''[[The West Wing]]'')
|-
| May 31
| [[Susie Essman]]
| Actress
|-
| June 1
| [[Tony Snow]]
| American journalist (d. 2008)
|-
| June 2
| [[Dana Carvey]]
| Comic actor (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
| June 6
| [[Sam Simon]]
| Writer and director (d. 2015)
|-
| June 8 
| [[Griffin Dunne]]
| Actor and director
|-
| June 10
| [[Andrew Stevens]]
| Actor (''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]''), producer, director
|-
| June 13
| [[Mara Liasson]]
| American journalist
|-
| rowspan="2"|June 15
| [[Polly Draper]]
| Actress (''[[thirtysomething]]'')
|-
| [[Ted Harbert]]
| American broadcasting and television executive
|-
| June 16 
| [[Laurie Metcalf]]
| Actress (''[[Roseanne]]'')
|-
| June 18
| [[Leon Herbert]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="2"|June 21 
| [[Leigh McCloskey]]
| Actor (''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'')
|-
| [[David Marshall Grant]]
| Actor
|-
| June 24
| [[Betsy Randle]]
| Actress (''[[Boy Meets World]]'')
|-
| June 28
| [[Jim Nelford]]
| Golfer
|-
| rowspan="3"|July 3
| [[Bob Thiele Jr.]]
| Musician
|-
| [[Bruce Altman]]
| Actor
|-
| [[John Cramer (announcer)|John Cramer]]
| American television announcer
|-
| rowspan="2"|July 9 
| [[Jimmy Smits]]
| Actor (''[[L.A. Law]]'', ''[[NYPD Blue]]'', ''[[The West Wing]]'')
|-
| [[Yvonne Hudson]]
| Actress (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
| July 17
| [[Bill Geddie]]
| American television producer (died 2023)
|-
| rowspan="2"|July 19
| Toborr Kristina Tomlinsen
| Actress (voice of Rinna Raccoon on the ''Rocky Raccoon'' cartoon series)
|-
| [[Tudi Roche]]
| Actress
|-
| July 22
| [[Willem Dafoe]]
| Actor
|-
| July 28
| [[Mike Merritt (musician)|Mike Merritt]]
| Musician
|-
| August 2
| [[Tim Dunigan]]
| Actor (''[[Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future]]'')
|-
| August 3
| [[Corey Burton]]
| Voice actor (''[[The Transformers (TV series)|The Transformers]]'', ''[[DuckTales (1987 TV series)|DuckTales]]'', ''[[Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (TV series)|Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers]]'', ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'')   
|-
| August 7 
| [[Wayne Knight]]
| Actor (''[[Seinfeld]]'', ''[[3rd Rock from the Sun]]'')
|-
| August 14 
| [[Gillian Taylforth]]
| English actress (''[[EastEnders]]'')
|-
| August 16
| [[Jeff Perry (American actor)|Jeff Perry]]
| Actor
|-
| August 19
| [[Peter Gallagher]]
| Actor (''[[The O.C.]]'', ''[[Covert Affairs]]'')
|-
|August 24
|[[Mike Huckabee]]
|Politician and commentator (''[[Huckabee]]'')
|-
| August 27 
| [[Diana Scarwid]]
| Actress (''[[Truman (1995 film)|Truman]]'', ''[[Wonderfalls]]'')
|-
| September 2
| [[Linda Purl]]
| Actress and singer (''[[Matlock (1986 TV series)|Matlock]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"|September 3
| [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]]
| Actor and singer
|-
| [[James Duff (writer)|James Duff]]
| Writer
|-
| September 7
| [[Mira Furlan]]
| Actress (''[[Babylon 5]]'', ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'') (died 2021)
|-
| September 9
| [[Edward Hibbert]]
| English-American actor (''[[Frasier]]'', ''[[Earthworm Jim (TV series)|Earthworm Jim]]'')
|-
| September 12
| [[Peter Scolari]]
| Actor (''[[Bosom Buddies]]'', ''[[Newhart]]'') (died 2021)
|-
| September 16
| [[Jonathan Meath]]
| Producer
|-
| September 18
| [[David Mirkin]]
| Producer
|-
| September 20
| [[Betsy Brantley]]
| Actress
|-
| September 21
| [[Rebecca Balding]]
| Actress (''[[Soap (TV series)|Soap]]'', ''[[Charmed]]'')
|-
| September 29
| [[Gwen Ifill]]
| Journalist (died 2016)
|-
| October 8
| [[Darrell Hammond]]
| Actor (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
|-
| October 9
| [[Linwood Boomer]]
| Actor
|-
|October 14
|[[Arleen Sorkin]]
|Actress (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'', ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'') (died 2023)
|-
| October 16
| [[Ellen Dolan]]
| Actress (''[[Guiding Light]]'', ''[[As the World Turns]]'')
|-
| October 26
| [[Jonathan Murray]]
| American television producer
|-
| October 27
| [[Michael Shamus Wiles]]
| Actor
|-
| October 30
| [[Shanna Reed]]
| Actress (''[[Major Dad]]'')
|-
| November 13 
| [[Whoopi Goldberg]]
| Actress, comedian, talk-show host (''[[The View (U.S. TV series)|The View]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"|November 17
| [[Bill Macatee]]
| Sportscaster
|-
| [[Yolanda King]]
| Activist (died 2007)
|-
| November 22
| [[George Alagiah]]
| News broadcaster
|-
| November 23
| [[Peter Douglas]]
| Actor
|-
| November 25
| [[Norman Buckley]]
| Director
|-
| November 27
| [[Bill Nye]]
| Educator (''[[Bill Nye the Science Guy]]'')
|-
| November 29
| [[Howie Mandel]]
| Actor, host (''[[St. Elsewhere]]'', ''[[Deal or No Deal (U.S. game show)|Deal or No Deal]]'')
|-
| November 30
| [[Kevin Conroy]]
| Voice actor (''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'') (d. 2022)
|-
| December 2
| [[Dennis Christopher]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="2"| December 3 
| [[Melody Anderson]]
| Actress (''[[Manimal]]'')
|-
| [[Steven Culp]]
| Actor (''[[JAG (TV series)|JAG]]'', ''[[The West Wing]]'', ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'')
|-
| December 5
| [[Byron York]]
| American conservative correspondent
|-
| December 6
| [[Steven Wright]]
| Actor
|-
| December 16
| [[Xander Berkeley]]
| Actor (''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', ''[[The Mentalist]]'', ''[[Nikita (TV series)|Nikita]]'')
|-
| December 18
| [[Joel Surnow]]
| American television writer
|-
| December 21
| [[Jane Kaczmarek]]
| Actress (''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'')
|-
| December 23
| [[Stefan Arngrim]]
| Actor
|-
| December 24
| [[Clarence Gilyard]]
| Actor (died 2022)
|-
| December 27
| [[Barbara Olson]]
| Television commentator (died 2001)
|}