Editing 1946 in television (section)

== Births ==
* January 5 – [[Diane Keaton]], actress
* January 19 – [[Dolly Parton]], country singer and actress
* January 20 – [[David Lynch]], director and actor, ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' (died 2025)
* January 24 – [[Michael Ontkean]], Canadian actor, ''[[The Rookies]]'', ''[[Twin Peaks]]''
* January 28 – [[Don Reo]], producer
* February 1
**[[Elisabeth Sladen]], English actress, ''[[Doctor Who]]'' (died 2011)
**[[Bart Braverman]], actor, ''[[Vega$]]''
* February 2 – [[Blake Clark]], actor, ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'', ''[[Boy Meets World]]''
* February 7 – [[Pete Postlethwaite]], English actor (died 2011)
* February 8 – [[Alex Diakun]], actor
* February 13 – [[Joe Estevez]], actor
* February 17 – [[Lynne Moody]], actress, ''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]]''
* February 20
**[[Brenda Blethyn]], English actress, ''[[Vera (TV series)|Vera]]''
**[[Sandy Duncan]], actress, ''[[The Hogan Family]]''
* February 21
**[[Tyne Daly]], actress, ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]''
**[[Alan Rickman]], English actor (died 2016)
* March 5 – [[Michael Warren (actor)|Michael Warren]], actor, ''[[Hill Street Blues]]''
* March 6 – [[Martin Kove]], actor, ''[[Cagney & Lacey]]''
* March 7 
** [[John Heard (actor)|John Heard]], actor (died 2017)
** [[Dan Grimaldi]], actor
* March 12
** [[Frank Welker]], voice actor
** [[Liza Minnelli]], singer and actress
* March 15 – [[Howard E. Scott]], singer
* March 17 – [[Harold Ray Brown]], singer
* March 21 – [[Timothy Dalton]], Welsh actor, ''[[Penny Dreadful (TV series)|Penny Dreadful]]''
* March 26 – [[Johnny Crawford]], actor, ''[[The Rifleman]]'' (died 2020)
* April 5 – [[Jane Asher]], English actress
* April 8 – [[Tim Thomerson]], actor and comedian
* April 10 – [[David Angell]], screenwriter and television producer (died 2001)
* April 12 – [[Ed O'Neill]], actor, ''[[Married... with Children]]'', ''[[Modern Family]]''
* April 19 – [[Tim Curry]], English actor and singer, ''[[It (miniseries)|It]]'', ''[[The Wild Thornberrys]]''
* April 23 – [[Blair Brown]], actress, ''[[The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd]]'', ''Fringe''
* April 24 – [[Phil Robertson]], American professional hunter
* May 1 – [[Joanna Lumley]], English actress, ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]''
* May 3 – [[Greg Gumbel]], TV sportscaster
* May 7 – [[Michael Rosen]], English children's writer and TV presenter
* May 9 – [[Candice Bergen]], actress, ''[[Murphy Brown]]'', ''[[Boston Legal]]''
* May 19 – [[André the Giant]], French professional wrestler (died 1993)
* May 20 – [[Cher]], singer and actress, ''[[The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour]]''
* May 28 – [[Gladys Knight]], singer
* May 31 – [[Maeve Kinkead]], soap opera actress
* June 1 – [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]], Scottish actor
* June 14 – [[Donald Trump]], TV host and twice president of the United States
* June 19 – [[Jennifer Darling]], actress, ''[[The Six Million Dollar Man]]'', ''[[The Bionic Woman]]''
* June 20 – [[Bob Vila]], TV host
* June 23 – [[Ted Shackelford]], actor, ''[[Knots Landing]]''
* June 28 
**[[Gilda Radner]], actress and comedian, ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' (died 1989)
**[[Bruce Davison]], actor
* July 6
**[[George W. Bush]], politician
**[[Fred Dryer]], actor, ''[[Hunter (1984 U.S. TV series)|Hunter]]''
**[[Sylvester Stallone]], actor
* July 7 – [[Joe Spano]], actor, ''[[Hill Street Blues]]'', ''[[NCIS (TV series)|NCIS]]''
* July 9 
**[[Arthur Albert]], actor
**[[Mary-Ellis Bunim]], producer (died 2004)
* July 13 – [[Cheech Marin]], actor and comedian, ''[[Nash Bridges]]''
* July 14 – [[Vincent Pastore]], actor, ''[[The Sopranos]]''
* July 21 – [[Mel Damski]], director
* July 22 – [[Danny Glover]], actor and director
* July 28 – [[Linda Kelsey]], actress, ''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]''
* August 5 – [[Erika Slezak]], actress, ''[[One Life to Live]]''
* August 10 – [[James Reynolds (actor)|James Reynolds]], actor, ''[[Days of Our Lives]]''
* August 14
**[[Antonio Fargas]], actor, ''[[Starsky & Hutch]]''
**[[Susan Saint James]], actress, ''[[McMillan and Wife]]'', ''[[Kate & Allie]]''
**[[David Schramm (actor)|David Schramm]], actor, ''[[Wings (1990 TV series)|Wings]]'' (died 2020)
* August 16 – [[Lesley Ann Warren]], actress and singer, ''[[Mission: Impossible (1966 TV series)|Mission: Impossible]]''
* August 19 – [[Bill Clinton]], politician
* August 20 – [[Connie Chung]], journalist
* August 26 – [[Mark Snow]], composer
* August 30 – [[Peggy Lipton]], actress, ''[[The Mod Squad]]'', ''[[Twin Peaks]]'' (died 2019)
* September 6 – [[Loudon Wainwright III]], actor
* September 25 – [[Felicity Kendal]], English actress, ''[[Rosemary and Thyme]]''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Newcomb |first1=Horace |title=Encyclopedia of Television |date=3 February 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-19472-7 |page=1246 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NUXIAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1246 |language=en}}</ref>
* September 24 – [[David Anspaugh]], director
* September 28 – [[Jeffrey Jones]], actor, ''[[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]''
* September 29 – [[Patricia Hodge]], English actress, ''[[Miranda (TV series)|Miranda]]''
* October 3 - [[Biff Henderson]], American comedian
* October 4 – [[Susan Sarandon]], actress
* October 8 – [[Lynne Adams]], actress
* October 10
**[[Chris Tarrant]], English broadcaster
**[[Ben Vereen]], actor
* October 11 – [[Bob Warman]], presenter
* October 13 – [[Demond Wilson]], actor, ''[[Sanford and Son]]''
* October 14 – [[Katy Manning]], English actress
* October 15 – [[John Getz]], actor
* October 16 
**[[Suzanne Somers]], actress, ''[[Three's Company]]'', ''[[Step by Step (TV series)|Step by Step]]''
**[[David Greenwalt]], screenwriter
* October 18 – [[Howard Shore]], Canadian composer
* October 26 – [[Pat Sajak]], game show host, ''[[Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)|Wheel of Fortune]]''
* October 27 – [[Ivan Reitman]], screenwriter (died 2022)
* October 31 – [[Stephen Rea]], Irish actor
* November 2 – [[Richard Newman (actor)|Richard Newman]], Voice actor
* November 4
** [[Laura Bush]], [[First Lady of the United States]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-12 |title=Laura Bush |url=https://www.history.com/topics/first-ladies/laura-bush |access-date=2024-07-22 |website=HISTORY |language=en}}</ref>
** [[Les Lannom]], actor and musician, ''[[Harry O]]''
* November 6
**[[Sally Field]], actress, ''[[Gidget (TV series)|Gidget]]'', ''[[The Flying Nun]]'', ''[[Brothers & Sisters (2006 TV series)|Brothers & Sisters]]''
**[[Fred Penner]], actor and musician, ''[[Fred Penner's Place]]''
* November 20 – [[Judy Woodruff]], broadcast journalist
* November 25 – [[Marc Brown (author)|Marc Brown]], author and creator of ''[[Arthur (TV series)|Arthur]]''
* November 28 – [[Joe Dante]], actor
* December 1 – [[Jonathan Katz]], actor
* December 14 
**[[Patty Duke]], actress, ''[[The Patty Duke Show]]'' (died 2016)
**[[Lynne Marie Stewart]], actress (died 2025)
* December 16 – [[Terence Knox]], actor, ''[[St. Elsewhere]]'', ''[[Tour of Duty (TV series)|Tour of Duty]]''
* December 17 – [[Eugene Levy]], actor
* December 18 – [[Steven Spielberg]], American director
* December 19 – [[Robert Urich]], actor, ''[[Vega$]]'', ''[[Spenser for Hire]]'' (died 2002)
* December 20 – [[Dick Wolf]], television producer
* December 23 – [[Susan Lucci]], actress, ''[[All My Children]]''