Editing 1943 in television

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The year '''1943 in television''' involved some significant events.
Below is a list of [[television]]-related events during 1943.

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==Events==
*May 8 – Opening of Paris Télévision – Fernsehsender Paris, a channel operated by [[German military administration in occupied France during World War II|German occupation]] authorities (Kurt Hinzmann, former director of [[Fernsehsender Paul Nipkow|Fernsehsender "Paul Nipkow"]]) after an agreement between Telefunken and Compagnie des Compteurs, with a (German) 441-line standard. Local French programmes and Fernsehsender "Paul Nipkow" programmes are interlaced. 
* June – Work is begun for the [[United States Army Air Forces|U.S. Army Air Forces]] to develop a remotely controlled [[glide bomb]] guided by a radio receiver and a television transmitter using a 625-line [[iconoscope]] tube. The first are completed in July and tested in August.
*December 23 – The first complete opera, ''[[Hansel and Gretel]]'', is telecast, by WRGB in [[Schenectady]].
*The [[American Broadcasting Company]] (ABC) is formed. Its television network debuts in 1948.
*Germany experiments with a flying bomb guided by a television camera, created by [[Fernseh]], using both the Superikonoscope and the Farnsworth [[image dissector]].

==Debuts==
* ''[[The Voice of Firestone Televues]]'' (1943–1947; renamed ''The Voice of Firestone'', broadcast from 1949 to 1963).
* April 18 -  ''Your Victory Garden'' debuts on [[WNYW|W2XVW]] (Dumont) (1943)<ref>{{Cite web |title=July and August 1943|url=https://oldtvhistory.blogspot.com/search/label/1943?updated-max=2022-01-01T12:00:00-08:00&max-results=20&start=2&by-date=false&m=1}}</ref>

==Television shows==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Series
! Debut
! Ended
! Network
|-
|''Your Victory Garden''
|April 18, 1943
|May 9, 1943
|Dumont
|-
|''[[The Voice of Firestone Televues]]''
|1943
|1947
|NBC
|}

==Births==
*January 1 
**[[Don Novello]], actor (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'')
**[[Stanley Kamel]], actor (d. 2008)
*January 13 – [[Richard Moll]], actor (''[[Night Court]]'', ''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', ''[[Mighty Max (TV series)|Mighty Max]]'') (d. 2023)
*January 14 - [[Holland Taylor]], actress (''[[The Practice]]'', ''[[Two and a Half Men]]'')
*January 18 - [[Paul Angelis]], actor (d. 2009)
*January 23 – [[Gil Gerard]], actor (''[[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV series)|Buck Rogers in the 25th Century]]'')
*January 24 – [[Sharon Tate]], actress, model (d. 1969)
*January 26 - [[Kathryn Leigh Scott]], actress (''[[Dark Shadows]]'')
*January 28 – [[John Beck (actor)|John Beck]], actor (''[[Flamingo Road (TV series)|Flamingo Road]]'')
*January 31 - [[Peter McRobbie]], actor (''[[Law & Order]]'', ''[[Daredevil (TV series)|Daredevil]]'')
*February 1 - [[Tina Sloan]], actress (''[[Guiding Light]]'')
*February 3 - [[Blythe Danner]], actress (''[[Huff (TV series)|Huff]]'')
*February 5 - [[Michael Mann]], producer
*February 8 - [[Creed Bratton]], actor (''[[The Office (American TV series)|The Office]]'')
*February 17 – [[Claire Malis]], actress (d. 2012)
*February 25 - [[George Harrison]], English singer-songwriter, [[The Beatles]] (d. 2001)
*February 27 – [[Mary Frann]], actress (''[[Newhart]]'') (d. 1998)
*March 8 
**[[Susan Clark]], Canadian actress (''[[Webster (TV series)|Webster]]'')
**[[Lynn Redgrave]], actress (d. 2010)
*March 9 - [[Charles Gibson]], American broadcast television anchor
*March 16 – [[Susan Bay]], actress
*March 18 – [[Kevin Dobson]], actor (''[[Kojak]]'') (d. 2020)
*March 23 - [[Alan Kalter]], announcer (d. 2021)
*March 25 - [[Paul Michael Glaser]], actor and director (''[[Starsky & Hutch]]'')
*March 28 - [[Conchata Ferrell]], actress (''[[Two and a Half Men]]'') (d. 2020)
*March 29 – [[Eric Idle]], actor and comedian (''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'')
*March 31 - [[Christopher Walken]], actor
*April 2 - [[Antonio Sabàto Sr.]], actor (d. 2021)
*April 5 - [[Max Gail]], actor (''[[Barney Miller]]'')
*April 11 - [[Harley Race]], professional wrestler (d. 2019)
*April 23 - [[Hervé Villechaize]], actor (d. 1993)
*April 24 - [[Richard Sterban]], singer
*April 25 - [[Tony Christie]], singer
*April 26 - [[Gary Wright]], singer (d. 2023)
*April 29 - [[Duane Allen]], singer
*April 30 - [[Bobby Vee]], singer (d. 2016)
*May 10 - [[David Clennon]], actor (''[[thirtysomething]]'')
*May 12 - [[Linda Dano]], actress (''[[One Life to Live]]'', ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'')
*May 18 – [[Jimmy Snuka]], pro wrestler (d. 2017)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Li |first=David K. |last2=Rosenbaum |first2=Sophia |date=2017-01-15 |title=Jimmy ‘Superfly’ Snuka dead at 73 |url=https://nypost.com/2017/01/15/jimmy-superfly-snuka-dead-at-73/ |access-date=2024-08-14 |language=en-US}}</ref>
*May 24 – [[Gary Burghoff]], actor (''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'')
*May 27
**[[Bruce Weitz]], actor (''[[Hill Street Blues]]'')
**[[Diane Pershing]], actress (''[[Batman: The Animated Series]]'', ''[[She-Ra: Princess of Power]]'')
*May 28 – [[Rod Holcomb]], producer (d. 2024)
*May 30 – [[Charles Collingwood (actor)|Charles Collingwood]], actor
*May 31 
**[[Joe Namath]], football player
**[[Sharon Gless]], actress (''[[Cagney & Lacey]]'')
*June 1 - [[John Langley]], creator of ''[[Cops (TV program)|Cops]]'' (d. 2021)
*June 2 - [[Charles Haid]], actor and director (''[[Hill Street Blues]]'')
*June 3 - [[Camilla Sparv]], actress
*June 7
**[[Ken Osmond]], American actor and police officer (''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'') (d. 2020)
**[[Michael Pennington]], English actor and director
*June 13 – [[Malcolm McDowell]], English actor (''[[Mozart in the Jungle]]'', ''[[Franklin & Bash]]'', ''[[Metalocalypse]]'', ''[[Superman: The Animated Series]]'') 
*June 15 – [[Lee Shallat Chemel]], producer
*June 16 – [[Joan Van Ark]], actress (''[[Knots Landing]]'')
*June 17 – [[Newt Gingrich]], politician
*June 22 – [[Brit Hume]], journalist
*June 24 – [[Georg Stanford Brown]], Cuban-American actor (''[[The Rookies]]'')
*June 26 – [[John Beasley (actor)|John Beasley]], actor (''[[Everwood]]'') (d. 2023)
*July 2 – [[Lauri Peters]], actress
*July 3 – [[Kurtwood Smith]], actor (''[[That '70s Show]], [[Regular Show]]'', ''[[The Zeta Project]]'')
*July 4 – [[Geraldo Rivera]], television host
*July 8 – [[Ri Chun-hee]], North Korean news presenter
*July 9 – [[Suzanne Rogers]], actress (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
*July 11 – [[Susan Seaforth Hayes]], actress (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'', ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
*July 12 – [[Ernie Anastos]], news anchor
*July 23 
**[[Lucy Lee Flippin]], actress (''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'')
**[[Bob Hilton]], game show host
*July 28 – [[Bill Bradley]], basketball player and politician<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bradley to make official announcement - September 7, 1999 |url=https://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/09/07/president.2000/bradley/ |access-date=2024-07-14 |website=www.cnn.com}}</ref>
*July 29 – [[Roz Kelly]], actress (''[[Happy Days]]'')
*August 2 – [[Max Wright]], actor (''[[ALF (TV series)|ALF]]'') (d. 2019)
*August 6 – [[Michael Anderson Jr.]], actor
*August 12 - [[Jim Storm (actor)|Jim Storm]], actor (''[[Dark Shadows]]'')
*August 13 - [[Lillian Hurst]], actress (''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'')
*August 17 - [[Robert De Niro]], actor
*August 18 - [[Martin Mull]], actor (''[[Roseanne]]'', ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (1996 TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'', ''[[Danny Phantom]]'') (d. 2024)
*August 27 - [[Tuesday Weld]], actress (''[[The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis]]'')
*August 28 - [[David Soul]], American-British actor and singer (''[[Starsky & Hutch]]'') (d. 2024)
*August 30 - [[Altovise Davis]], American actress (d. 2009)
*September 9 - [[Art LaFleur]], American actor (d. 2021)
*September 21 - [[Jerry Bruckheimer]], American film and television producer
*September 25
**[[Lee Aaker]], actor (''[[The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin]]'') (d. 2021)
**[[Josh Taylor (actor)|Josh Taylor]], actor (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'', ''[[The Hogan Family]]'')
**[[Robert Walden]], actor (''[[Lou Grant (TV series)|Lou Grant]]'', ''[[Brothers (1984 TV series)|Brothers]]'', ''[[Happily Divorced]]'')
*September 27 - [[Peter Simon (actor)|Peter Simon]], actor (''[[Guiding Light]]'')
*October 6 - [[Michael Durrell]], actor (''[[Guiding Light]]'')
*October 8 
**[[Chevy Chase]], actor and comedian (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[Community (TV series)|Community]]'')
**[[R. L. Stine]], television producer
*October 12 - [[Lin Shaye]], actress
*October 13 - [[Mike Barnicle]], anchor
*October 15
**[[Noreen Corcoran]], actress (d. 2016)
**[[Penny Marshall]], actress and director (''[[Laverne and Shirley]]'') (d. 2018)
*October 17 – [[Elaine Taylor (actress)|Elaine Taylor]], actress
*October 27 – [[Carmen Argenziano]], actor (''[[Stargate SG-1]]'') (d. 2019)
*October 29 – [[Don Simpson]], film producer (d. 1996)
*November 4 – [[Chuck Scarborough]], television journalist
*November 6 – [[Ian Turpie]], actor (d. 2012)
*November 12 – [[Wallace Shawn]], actor
*November 17 – [[Lauren Hutton]], actress
*November 20 – [[Veronica Hamel]], actress (''[[Hill Street Blues]]'')
*November 26 – [[Bruce Paltrow]], television and film director (d. 2002)
*November 28 – [[Randy Newman]], singer
*December 1 – [[David Salzman]], producer
*December 11 – [[John Kerry]], politician
*December 12 – [[E. Jean Carroll]], author
*December 16 – [[Steven Bochco]], writer-producer (''[[Hill Street Blues]]'') (d. 2018)
*December 23 – [[Harry Shearer]], actor (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]'')
*December 27 – [[Cokie Roberts]], political journalist (d. 2019)
*December 28 – [[Richard Whiteley]], presenter (d. 2005)
*December 31 – [[Ben Kingsley]], actor

==Deaths==
*January 7 - [[Nikola Tesla]], inventor of the [[Tesla coil]] (born 1856)

==References==
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