Editing 1958 in television

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The year '''1958 in television''' involved some significant events.
Below is a list of [[television]]-related events during 1958.

==Events==
*January 1 – Suomen Televisio, later known as [[Yle TV1]], begins regular broadcasting.<ref>[[Yle TV1#History]] Retrieved January 13, 2017.</ref>
*January 28 – Short-lived station [[KTRX (TV)|KTRX]] signs on the air in Kennewick, Washington.
*January 14 – [[Television Wales and the West]] (TWW), the first [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] franchise for [[South Wales]] and [[West of England]], begins broadcasting.
*January 17 – [[TV Peru]], the first television channel in [[Peru]], begins operations.<ref>[[TV Perú#Story]] Retrieved January 13, 2017.</ref>
*January 25 – [[Royal Thai Army Radio and Television Channel 5|Royal Thai Channel 5]], officially launched in [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]].<ref>[[Royal Thai Army Radio and Television Channel 5#History]] Retrieved January 13, 2017.</ref>
*February 17 – Pope [[Pius XII]] designates [[St. Clare of Assisi]] the patron saint of television. Thereafter, placing her icon on a television set was said to improve reception.[http://www.cbc.ca/hdtv/history.html]
*April 19 – Chronicle Broadcasting Network, the predecessor of [[ABS-CBN Corporation]] in the Philippines, launches DZXL-TV Channel 9.
*April 30 – [[Moldova 1|Moldova TV]] signs on the air at 19:00, making it the very first television network in Moldova.
*May 2 – CCTV-1 began on an experimental basis as Peking Television.
*July 1 – The [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] (CBC) links television broadcasting across [[Canada]]. The CBC's microwave network between Nova Scotia and British Columbia, completed this year, makes it the longest in the world.
* July 3 – The "Telecopter", a [[Bell Model 47]] rented by [[television station]] [[KTLA]] in Los Angeles, and outfitted with a television camera, makes the world's first flight by a [[television news]] helicopter. Following a technical failure, it makes its first successful news flight the following day.<ref>Pool, Bob, "Obituary: John D. Silva, 92; TV Engineer Devised the World's First News Helicopter," ''The Washington Post'', December 11, 2012, p. B6.</ref>
*August 23 – Television Belgrade, as predecessor for [[RTS1]], a first regular [[Television station|television broadcasting station]] officially service start in [[Serbia]], former part of [[Yugoslavia]].<ref>[[:sr:РТС 1#Историјат]] (Serbian language) Retrieved date on October 3, 2017.</ref>  
*August 30 – [[Southern Television]], the ITV franchise for South Central and [[South East England]], begins broadcasting.
*September 16 – [[Orson Welles]]'s ''[[The Fountain of Youth (film)|The Fountain of Youth]]'' is broadcast on NBC-TV's ''[[Colgate Theatre (1949 TV series)|Colgate Theatre]]''.<ref name="TIOW">Welles, Orson, and [[Peter Bogdanovich]], edited by [[Jonathan Rosenbaum]], ''[[This is Orson Welles]]''. New York: HarperCollins Publishers 1992 {{ISBN|0-06-016616-9}}</ref>{{Rp|424–425}} Filmed in 1956 for a proposed [[Desilu Productions|Desilu]] series, the half-hour program airs only once and becomes the only unsold pilot ever to win a [[List of Peabody Award winners (1950–59)#1958|Peabody Award]].<ref>Adams, Val, "Peabody Awards for 1958 Listed". ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 8, 1959.</ref><ref name="Arnaz">[[Desi Arnaz|Arnaz, Desi]]. ''A Book''. New York: William Morrow, 1976. {{ISBN|0688003427}}</ref>{{Rp|307}}
*[[Autumn|Fall]] – The [[quiz show scandals]] resulted in the cancellation of the original big-money game show, CBS' "[[The $64,000 Question]]", and creating havoc within the US television industry.
*October 1 – [[Shanghai Television]], as early [[television station]] launched in [[China]], first regular service to start.<ref>[[:zh:上海电视台#历史]] (Chinese language) Retrieved January 14, 2017.</ref>
*October 3 – Television Iran, as predecessor of [[IRIB TV1]], a first regular program service television broadcasting station launched in [[Iran]].{{citation needed|date=November 2020}} 
*October 17 – [[Fred Astaire]] makes his TV starring debut in the NBC special, ''An Evening with Fred Astaire'', which later won nine Emmy Awards and is one of the first TV specials to be preserved on videotape.
*September 20 – Radio Valencia Televisión signs on the air in Venezuela with test transmissions began on April 30.
*November 30 – During the live broadcast of the ''[[Armchair Theatre]]'' play ''[[Underground (1958 TV play)|Underground]]'' on the ITV network in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], actor [[Gareth Jones (actor)|Gareth Jones]] suffers a fatal heart attack between two of his scenes while in make-up.
*December 15 – Channel 4, the flagship station of [[América Televisión]], as well as the first every privately owned [[television station]] in [[Peru]], begins officially regular broadcasting service first to viewers in [[Lima]].<ref>[[América Televisión]] Retrieved January 7, 2017.</ref>
*[[SF DRS]], the German-language Swiss television channel, debuts.
*[[Ampex]] demonstrates their design for a color [[video tape recorder]].
*In the United Kingdom, the top-rated show of the year is the ITV game show [[Dotto]], adapted from an American game show which in turn was based on children's [[Connect the dots]] game.
*The original American version of "Dotto" was the first game show to be implicated in the [[quiz show scandals]], and was  cancelled in August.
*Top-rated prime-time game show ''[[Twenty-One (game show)|Twenty-One]]'' is cancelled by NBC in October after former contestant [[Herb Stempel]] charged that the series was rigged and that he had been ordered to lose a match to the popular [[Charles Van Doren]].
*[[DuMont Laboratories|DuMont]] company sells its television manufacturing assets to [[Emerson Radio|Emerson]] company. The quality decreases.

==Programs/programmes==
*''[[Gillette Cavalcade of Sports]]'' (1946–1960)
*''[[Howdy Doody]]'' (1947–1960)
*''[[Meet the Press]]'' (1947–present)
*''[[Candid Camera]]'' (1948–present)
*''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' (1948–1971)
*''[[Bozo the Clown]]'' (1949–present)
*''[[Come Dancing]]'' (UK) (1949–1995)
*''[[The Voice of Firestone]]'' (1949–1963)
*''[[The Jack Benny Show]]'' (1950–1965)
*''[[Truth or Consequences]]'' (1950–1988)
*''[[What's My Line (1950)|What's My Line]]'' (1950–1967)
*''[[Your Hit Parade]]'' (1950–1959)
*''[[Dragnet (drama)|Dragnet]]'' (1951–1959)
*''[[Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse]]'' (1958–1960)
*''[[I Love Lucy]]'' (1951–1960)
*''[[Love of Life]]'' (1951–1980)
*''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' (1951–1986)
*''[[Sergeant Preston of the Yukon]]'' (1955-1958)
*''[[Hallmark Hall of Fame]]'' (1951–present)
*''[[American Bandstand]]'' (1952–1989)
*''[[The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet]]'' (1952–1966)
*''[[Guiding Light|The Guiding Light]]'' (1952–2009)
*''[[Today (NBC program)|The Today Show]]'' (1952–present)
*''[[This Is Your Life (American franchise)|This Is Your Life]]'' (1952–1961)
*''[[Panorama (TV series)|Panorama]]'' (UK) (1953–present)
*''[[The Good Old Days (UK TV series)|The Good Old Days]]'' (UK) (1953–1983)
*''[[Walt Disney anthology series|Disneyland]]'' (1954–1958) ends on September 3, to resume on September 12 as ''Walt Disney Presents'' (1958–1961)
*''[[Face the Nation]]'' (1954–present)
*''[[The Brighter Day]]'' (1954–1962)
*''[[The Milton Berle Show]]'' (1954–1967)
*''[[The Secret Storm]]'' (1954–1974)
*''[[The Tonight Show]]'' (1954–present)
*''[[Zoo Quest]]'' (UK) (1954–1964)
*''[[Alfred Hitchcock Presents]]'' (1955–1962)
*''[[Captain Kangaroo]]'' (1955–1984)
*''[[Cheyenne (television)|Cheyenne]]'' (1955–1962)
*''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (UK) (1955–1976)
*''[[Gunsmoke]]'' (1955–1975)
*''[[Ozark Jubilee|Jubilee USA]]'' (1955–1960)
*''[[Mickey Mouse Club]]'' (1955–1959)
*''[[The Lawrence Welk Show]]'' (1955–1982)
*''This Is Your Life'' (UK) (1955–2003)
*''Armchair Theatre'' (UK) (1956–1968)
*''[[As the World Turns]]'' (1956–2010)
*''[[The Ford Show|The Ford Show, Starring Tennessee Ernie Ford]]'' (1956–1961)
*''[[Hancock's Half Hour]]'' (UK) (1956–1962)
*''[[Opportunity Knocks (UK TV series)|Opportunity Knocks]]'' (UK) (1956–1978)
*''[[The Edge of Night]]'' (1956–1984)
*''[[The Gale Storm Show, Oh! Susanna]]'' (1956–1960)
*''[[Fireside Theatre|The Jane Wyman Show, Fireside Theatre]]'' (1949-1958)
*''[[The Price is Right (1956)|The Price Is Right]]'' (1956–1965)
*''[[The Steve Allen Show]]'' (1956–1960)
*''[[What the Papers Say]]'' (UK) (1956–2008)
*''The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom'' (1957–1960)
*''[[The Army Game]]'' (UK) (1957–1961)
*''[[Leave It to Beaver]]'' (1957–1963)
*''[[The Real McCoys]]'' (1957-1963)
*''[[The Sky at Night]]'' (UK) (1957–present)
*''[[General Motors Theatre|General Motors Presents]]'' (1953–1956, 1958–1961)

===Debuts===
*January 4 – ''[[Sea Hunt]]'' in syndication (1958–1961)
*January 20 – ''[[Love That Jill]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1958)
* March 14 – ''[[Stahlnetz]]'' on West Germany's [[ARD (broadcaster)|ARD]]  (1958–1968)
* April 19 – ''[[The Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby]]'' on Italy's [[RAI 1]] (1958)
*June 16 – ''[[Variety View]]'' (1958–1959) (Melbourne, Australia)
*June 19 – ''[[Confession (American TV series)|Confession]]'', hosted by Jack Wyatt, on ABC (1958–1959)
*June 23 – ''[[Polka Go-Round]]'' on ABC (1958–1959)
*August 25  – ''[[Concentration (game show)|Concentration]]'' on [[NBC]] (1958–1973)
*September 6 – ''[[Wanted Dead or Alive (TV series)|Wanted Dead or Alive]]'' on [[CBS]] (1958–1961)
*September 22 – ''[[Peter Gunn]]'' on NBC (1958–1961)
*September 24 – ''[[The Donna Reed Show]]'' on ABC (1958–1966)
*September 29 – ''[[The Huckleberry Hound Show]]'', [[Hanna Barbera]]'s second series, in syndication (1958–1962)
*September 30 – ''[[The Rifleman]]'' on ABC (1958–1963)
*October 2 
** ''[[Behind Closed Doors (1958 TV series)|Behind Closed Doors]]'' on NBC (1958–1959)
** ''[[The Unforeseen]]'' on CBC (1958–1960)
*October 5 
**''[[Lawman (TV series)|Lawman]]'' on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] (1958–1962)
**''[[Encounter (1958 TV series)|Encounter]]'', an [[anthology series]] originating from [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], began a five-week run on ABC, having been cancelled after the November 2 episode
*October 8 – ''[[Bat Masterson (TV series)|Bat Masterson]]'' on NBC (1958–1961)
*October 10 
**''[[77 Sunset Strip]]'' on ABC (1958–1964)
**''[[Grandstand (BBC)|Grandstand]]'' on [[BBC Television]] (1958–2007)
**[[Man with a Camera]] on ABC (1958-1960)
*October 15 – ''[[Mole's Adventure]]'' (Japan), the oldest surviving [[anime]] television show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-19/oldest-tv-anime-color-screenshots-posted|title=Oldest TV Anime's Color Screenshots Posted|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=June 19, 2013|access-date=January 2, 2014}}</ref>
*October 16 – ''[[Blue Peter]]'', the world's longest-running children's TV programme, debuts on BBC Television (1958–present)
*October 17 – ''[[An Evening With Fred Astaire]]'' on NBC; first show prerecorded on color videotape, wins nine [[Emmy Award]]s
*November 4 – ''[[Flight (1958 TV show)|Flight]]'' (1958–1959) syndicated premiere on NBC NYC; produced by California National Presentation
*November 7 – ''[[Our Mutual Friend (1958 TV serial)|Our Mutual Friend]]'' on BBC Television (1958–1959)
*December 22 – ''[[Quatermass and the Pit]]'' on BBC Television (1958–1959)
*''[[Autumn Affair]]'' (1958–1959), the first Australian-produced television soap opera (on ATN-7 in Sydney, starting 1959 also shown on GTV-9 in Melbourne)
*''[[Cafe Continental (Australian TV series)|Café Continental]]'' (1958–1961) (Sydney and Melbourne Australia)
*''[[Don Messer's Jubilee]]'' (1958–1969)
*''[[The Friendly Giant]]'' (1958–1985)
*''[[The Shirley Abicair Show]]'' (1958) (Sydney and Melbourne Australia)
*''[[Your Life in Their Hands]]'' on BBC Television (1958–1964 and many revivals)
*Unknown – ''[[This is Alice]]'' in [[Broadcast syndication|first-run syndication]] (1958–1959)

===Ending this year===
{| class="wikitable"
! Date 
! Show 
! Debut
|-
|March 30 
|''[[Sally (1957 TV series)|Sally]]''
|1957
|-
|April 14 
|''[[Love That Jill]]''
|1958
|-
|April 28 
|''[[Adventures of Superman (TV series)|Adventures of Superman]]'' 
|1952
|-
| May 16
|''[[Dick and the Duchess]]''
| 1957<ref name=tt>{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=Alex|title=Total Television: the Comprehensive Guide to Programming from 1948 to the Present |date=1996|publisher=Penguin Books USA, Inc.|location=New York, New York|isbn=0-14-02-4916-8|page= 216|edition=4th}}</ref>
|-
|May 31 
|''The Polly Bergen Show'' 
|1957
|-
|June 7
|''[[The Life of Riley]]'' 
|1953
|-
| June 13
| ''[[The Patrice Munsel Show (TV series)|The Patrice Munsel Show]]''
| 1957<ref name="brooks">{{cite book |last1=Brooks |first1=Tim |last2=Marsh |first2=Earle F. |title=The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present |date=June 24, 2009 |publisher=Random House Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-307-48320-1 |page=1060 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w8KztFy6QYwC&dq=%22Patrice+Munsel+Show%22+ABC&pg=PA1060 |access-date=September 11, 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| June 24
|''[[Educated Evans (TV series)|Educated Evans]]''
|1957
|-
|June 26
| ''[[Climax!]]'' 
|1954
|-
|July 8
|''[[Mr. Adams and Eve]]'' 
|rowspan="2"|1957
|-
|September 6
|''Club Oasis''
|-
|September 15
|''[[The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show]]'' 
|1950
|-
|September 25
|''[[Sergeant Preston of the Yukon]]''
|1955
|-
|October 1
|''[[Kraft Television Theater]]'' 
|1947
|-
|Unknown
|''[[The Jeannie Carson Show]]'' 
|1956
|}

==Births==
{| class="wikitable"
! Date || Name || Notability 
|-
| January 1
| [[Renn Woods]]
| Actress (''[[Roots (1977 miniseries)|Roots]]'')
|-
| January 4 
| [[Matt Frewer]] 
| Actor ([[Max Headroom (Character)|Max Headroom]], ''[[The Pink Panther (TV series)|The Pink Panther]]'')
|-
| January 12
| [[Christiane Amanpour]]
| Host
|-
| January 17
| [[Deran Sarafian]]
| Actor
|-
| January 20 
| [[Lorenzo Lamas]]
| Actor (''[[Falcon Crest]]'')
|-
| January 26 
| [[Ellen DeGeneres]]
| Actress & talk show host (''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show|Ellen]]'')
|-
| January 27
| [[Susanna Thompson]]
| Actress (''[[Once and Again]]'')
|-
| January 29
| [[Judy Norton Taylor]]
| Actress (''[[The Waltons]]'')
|-
| January 30 
| [[Brett Butler (comedian)|Brett Butler]]
| Actress (''[[Grace Under Fire (TV series)|Grace Under Fire]]'')
|-
| February 2
| [[Douglas McGrath]]
| Actor (died 2022)
|-
| February 13
| [[Donal Gibson]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="2"| February 16
| [[Lisa Loring]]
| Actress (''[[The Addams Family (1964 TV series)|The Addams Family]]'')
|-
| [[Ice-T]]
| Actor & rapper (''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]'')
|-
| February 19
| [[Leslie David Baker]]
| Actor (''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'')
|-
|rowspan="3"|February 21
| [[Jack Coleman (actor)|Jack Coleman]]
| Actor (''[[Dynasty (1981 TV series)|Dynasty]]'', ''[[Heroes (U.S. TV series)|Heroes]]'')
|-
| [[Kim Coates]]
| Actor
|-
| [[Denise Dowse]]
| Actress (''[[Beverly Hills, 90210]]'', ''[[The Guardian (TV series)|The Guardian]]'', ''[[Charmed]]'')
|-
| February 23
| [[Norm Spencer]]
| Actor (''[[X-Men: The Animated Series]]'', ''[[Rescue Heroes (TV series)|Rescue Heroes]]'') (died 2020)
|-
|rowspan="2"|February 24
| [[Todd Fisher]]
| Actor
|-
| [[Margaret Larson]]
| Presenter
|-
| February 25
| [[Mark Moses]]
| Actor (''[[Desperate Housewives]]'', ''[[Mad Men]]'')
|-
| February 26
| [[Greg Germann]]
| Actor (''[[Ally McBeal]]'')
|-
| March 3 
| [[Miranda Richardson]]
| Actress
|-
| March 4
| [[Patricia Heaton]]
| Actress (''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'', ''[[The Middle (TV series)|The Middle]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"|March 10
| [[Sharon Stone]]
| Actress
|-
| [[Mary Murphy (choreographer)|Mary Murphy]]
| Choreographer
|-
| March 15
| [[Deb Lacusta]]
| Actress
|-
| March 17
| [[Christian Clemenson]]
| Actor (''[[CSI: Miami]]'', ''[[Boston Legal]]'')
|-
| March 19
| [[Fred Stoller]]
| Actor & comedian (''[[Everybody Loves Raymond]]'')
|-
| March 20
| [[Holly Hunter]]
| Actress (''[[The Incredibles (franchise)|The Incredibles]]'')
|-
| rowspan="3"| March 21 
| [[Gary Oldman]]
| Actor & filmmaker
|-
| [[Brad Hall]]
| Actor (''[[Saturday Night Live]]'', ''[[The Single Guy]]'', ''[[Watching Ellie]]'')
|-
| [[Sabrina Le Beauf]]
| Actress (''[[The Cosby Show]]'')
|-
| March 22
| [[Laurie David]]
| American environmental activist
|-
| March 25
| [[James McDaniel]]
| Actor (''[[NYPD Blue]]'')
|-
| March 27
| [[Michael O'Leary (actor)|Michael O'Leary]]
| Actor & screenwriter (''[[Guiding Light]]'')
|-
| March 30
| [[Maurice LaMarche]]
| Voice actor ([[Pinky and the Brain|The Brain]] on ''[[Animaniacs]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| April 2
| [[Amelia Marshall]]
| Soap opera actress
|-
| [[Jon Klein (CNN)|Jon Klein]]
| CNN former president
|-
| April 3  
| [[Alec Baldwin]]
| Actor (''[[30 Rock]]'')
|-
| April 4
| [[Constance Shulman]]
| Actress (''[[Doug (TV series)|Doug]]'', ''[[Orange is the New Black]]'')
|-
| April 14
| [[John D'Aquino]]
| Actor (''[[seaQuest DSV]]'', ''[[Cory in the House]]'')
|-
| April 21
| [[Andie MacDowell]]
| Actress
|-
| rowspan="2"| April 26
| [[Giancarlo Esposito]]
| Actor
|-
| [[Tommy Habeeb]]
| American television host
|-
| rowspan="3"| April 29 
| [[Eve Plumb]]
| Actress (''[[The Brady Bunch]]'')
|-
| [[Michelle Pfeiffer]]
| Actress
|-
| [[Rosanna Scotto]]
| American news anchor
|-
| May 1
| [[Nick Stellino]]
| Chef, author and TV presenter
|-
|May 10
|[[Rick Santorum]]
|Politician and commentator<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2013-05-13 |title=Rick Santorum Fast Facts {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/05/13/us/rick-santorum-fast-facts/index.html |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=[[CNN]] |language=en}}</ref> ([[CNN]], [[Newsmax TV]])
|-
| May 20
| [[Matt McCoy (actor)|Matt McCoy]]
| Actor
|-
| May 21
| [[Tim Hill (director)|Tim Hill]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="2"| May 23 
| [[Drew Carey]]
| Actor, comedian, game show host (''[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price Is Right]]'')
|-
| [[Lea DeLaria]]
| Actress, comedian
|-
| May 26
| [[Margaret Colin]]
| Actress (''[[As the World Turns]]'', ''[[Gossip Girl]]'')
|-
| May 27
| [[Linnea Quigley]]
| Actress
|-
| May 29
| [[Karen Maruyama]]
| Actress
|-
| May 30 
| [[Ted McGinley]]
| Actor (''[[Married... with Children]]'', ''[[Hope & Faith]]'')
|-
| May 31
| [[Roma Maffia]]
| Actress (''[[Profiler (TV series)|Profiler]]'')
|- 
| June 5
| [[Beth Hall]] 
| Actress
|-
| June 7
| [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] 
| Singer and actor (died 2016)
|-
| June 12 
| [[Rebecca Holden]]
| Actress & singer
|-
| June 21
| [[Eric Douglas]]
| Actor
|-
| June 22
| [[Bruce Campbell]]
| Actor (''[[Burn Notice]]'') & director
|-
| June 27
| [[Robert Newman (actor)|Robert Newman]]
| Actor
|-
| July 3
| [[Rick Sanchez (journalist)|Rick Sanchez]]
| Journalist
|-
| July 4
| [[Steve Hartman (sportscaster)|Steve Hartman]]
| Sportcaster
|-
| July 5
| [[Peter Tolan]]
| Writer
|-
| July 6 
| [[Jennifer Saunders]]
| Actress & comedian (''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'')
|-
| July 8
| [[Kevin Bacon]]
| Actor
|-
| July 11
| [[John Tinker (TV producer)|John Tinker]]
| Writer
|-
| rowspan="2"| July 14
| [[Joe Keenan (writer)|Joe Keenan]]
| Writer
|-
| [[Gail Mancuso]]
| American film and television director
|-
| July 20
| [[Billy Mays]]
| American television direct-response advertisement salesperson (died 2009)
|-
| July 23
| [[Keenan Ivory Wayans]]
| Actor & comedian (''[[In Living Color]]'')
|-
| July 24
| [[Joe Keenan (writer)|Joe Keenan]]
| Writer
|-
| July 27
| [[Vincenzo Nicoli]]
| Actor (''[[Hank Zipzer (TV series)|Hank Zipzer]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| July 28
| [[Michael Hitchcock]]
| Actor
|-
| [[Isaac Florentine]]
| Israeli film director
|-
| July 30
| [[Richard Burgi]]
| Actor (''[[The Sentinel (TV series)|The Sentinel]]'', ''[[Desperate Housewives]]'')
|-
| July 31
| [[Mark Cuban]]
| Television personality, and [[NBA]] basketball team owner
|-
| August 1
| [[Michael Penn]]
| Composer
|-
| August 6
| [[Ira Angustain]]
| Actor (''[[The White Shadow (TV series)|The White Shadow]]'')
|-
| August 8
| [[Deborah Norville]]
| TV presenter (''[[Today (American TV program) |Today]]'', ''[[Inside Edition]]'')
|-
| August 9
| [[Amanda Bearse]]
| Actress (''[[Married... with Children]]'')
|-
| August 10
| [[John Goldwyn]]
| American film producer
|-
| August 13
| [[David Feherty]]
| Golfer
|-
| August 15
| [[Rondell Sheridan]]
| Actor (''[[That's So Raven]]'')
|-
| rowspan="3"| August 16
| [[Angela Bassett]]
| Actress
|-
| [[Madonna (entertainer)|Madonna]]
| Singer & actress
|-
| [[Jonathan Prince]]
| Actor
|-
| rowspan="3"| August 18
| [[Madeleine Stowe]]
| Actress (''[[Revenge (TV series)|Revenge]]'')
|-
| [[Steven Zirnkilton]]
| American voice actor
|-
| [[Reg E. Cathey]]
| American actor (died 2018)
|-
| August 22
| [[Colm Feore]]
| American-Canadian actor (''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', ''[[House of Cards (U.S. TV series)|House of Cards]]'')
|-
| August 24
| [[Steve Guttenberg]]
| Actor
|-
| August 25
| [[Christian LeBlanc]]
| Actor (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"|August 29 
| [[Lenny Henry]]
| English actor and comedian (''[[Chef!]]'')
|-
| [[Michael Jackson]]
| Singer and actor (died 2009)
|-
| September 3
| [[Kevin Kiner]]
| Composer
|-
| September 4
| [[Drew Pinsky]]
| American media personality
|-
| September 6
| [[Jeff Foxworthy]]
| American actor
|-
| rowspan="3"| September 11
| [[Roxann Dawson]]
| Actress (''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'')
|-
| [[Julia Nickson]]
| Actress
|-
| [[Scott Patterson]]
| Actor (''[[Gilmore Girls]]'')
|-
| September 12
| [[Kim Fupz Aakeson]]
| Writer
|-
| September 14
| [[Terry Dubrow]]
| American plastic surgeon and television personality
|-
| September 16
| [[Jennifer Tilly]]
| Actress
|-
| September 19
| [[Kevin Hooks]]
| Actor & director (''[[The White Shadow (TV series)|The White Shadow]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| September 21
| [[Penny Smith]]
| TV presenter
|-
| [[Jennifer Caron Hall]]
| Actress
|-
| September 22
| [[Kevin Sorbo]]
| Actor (''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]]'')
|-
| September 26
| [[Dan Foster (DJ)|Dan Foster]]
|Talent show judge (''[[Idols (West African TV series)|Idols]]'', ''[[Nigeria's Got Talent]]'') (died 2020)<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leland |first=John |date=2020-06-24 |title=Dan Foster, the American-Born ‘Big Dawg’ of Nigerian Radio, Dies at 61 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/24/obituaries/dan-foster-dead-coronavirus.html |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|-
| September 27
| [[Shaun Cassidy]]
| Actor
|-
| September 29
| [[Karen Young (actress)|Karen Young]]
| Actress
|-
| October 1
| [[Clyde Phillips (screenwriter)|Clyde Phillips]]
| Writer
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| October 5 
| [[Neil deGrasse Tyson]]
| Astrophysicist
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| October 9 
| [[Michael Paré]]
| Actor
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| October 16
| [[Tim Robbins]]
| Actor
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| October 19
| [[Michael Steele]]
| Political commentator<ref name=USNewsWorldReport_Burton>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/04/07/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-michael-steele.html|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Michael Steele|access-date=July 4, 2024|journal=[[U.S. News & World Report]]|first=Danielle|last=Burton|archive-date=February 2, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202053601/http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/campaign-2008/2008/04/07/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-michael-steele.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ([[MSNBC]])
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| rowspan="2" |October 20
|[[Scott Hall]]
|American pro wrestler ([[Extreme Championship Wrestling|ECW]], [[Impact Wrestling|TNA]], [[New Japan Pro-Wrestling|NJPW]], [[World Championship Wrestling|WCW]], [[WWE]]) (died 2022)
|-
| [[Eric Scott (actor)|Eric Scott]]
| Actor (''[[The Waltons]]'')
|-
| October 22
| [[Michael Price (writer)|Michael Price]]
| Writer
|-
| rowspan="2"| October 23
| [[Jonathan Wolff (musician)|Jonathan Wolff]]
| American composer
|-
| [[Viggo Mortensen]]
| American actor
|-
| October 27
| [[Nina Easton]]
| American author, journalist, TV commentator, entrepreneur, and film producer
|-
| October 31
| [[Debbie McGee]]
| English television, radio and stage performer
|-
| rowspan="2"| November 1
| [[Rachel Ticotin]]
| Actress (''[[Ohara (TV series)|Ohara]]'', ''[[Skin (American TV series)|Skin]]'', ''[[Law & Order: LA]]'')
|-
| [[Stephen Hopkins (director)|Stephen Hopkins]]
| Director
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| November 5
| [[Robert Patrick]]
| Actor (''[[The X-Files]]'', ''[[Scorpion (TV series)|Scorpion]]'')
|-
| November 7
| [[Jon Scott]]
| American television news anchor
|-
| November 9
| [[Reid Harrison]]
| Writer
|-
| November 11
| [[Donna Wilkes]]
| Actress
|-
| November 12 
| [[Megan Mullally]]
| Actress & singer (''[[Will & Grace]]'', ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| November 16 
| [[Marg Helgenberger]]
| Actress (''[[Ryan's Hope]]'', ''[[China Beach]]'', ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'')
|-
| [[Julie Johnson (actress)|Julie Johnson]]
| Actress
|-
| November 17
| [[Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio]]
| Actress
|-
| November 18
| [[Oscar Nunez]]
| Cuban-American actor (''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'')
|-
| November 19
| [[Terrence C. Carson]]
| Singer and actor (''[[Living Single]]'', ''[[Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series)|Star Wars: The Clone Wars]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| November 22 
| [[Jamie Lee Curtis]]
| Actress (''[[Anything But Love]]'')
|-
| [[Mark Malone]]
| American football quarterback
|-
| November 24
| [[Alain Chabat]]
| Actor
|-
| November 25
| [[Dana Tyler]]
| News anchor
|-
| November 29
| [[Devon Scott]]
| Actress
|-
| December 1
| [[Charlene Tilton]]
| Actress (''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'')
|-
| December 7
| [[Edd Hall]]
| US announcer
|-
| December 10
| [[John J. York]]
| US soap actor
|-
| December 11
| [[Isabella Hofmann]]
| Actress
|-
| December 12
| [[Sheree J. Wilson]]
| Actress (''[[Dallas (TV series)|Dallas]]'', ''[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]'')
|-
| December 13
| [[Clark Brandon]]
| Actor (''[[The Fitzpatricks]]'', ''[[Mr. Merlin]]'')
|-
| December 25
| [[Cheryl Chase (actress)|Cheryl Chase]]
| Voice actress ([[Angelica Pickles]] on ''[[Rugrats]]'')
|-
| December 27
| [[Barbara Crampton]]
| Actress (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'')
|-
| rowspan="2"| December 31
| [[Bebe Neuwirth]]
| Actress, singer and dancer (''[[Cheers]]'', ''[[Frasier]]'')
|-
| [[Johnny Hardwick]]
| Voice actor (''[[King of the Hill]]'') (died 2023)
|}

==Television debuts==
*[[Alan Alda]] – ''[[The Phil Silvers Show]]''
*[[Heather Angel (actress)|Heather Angel]] – ''[[Studio 57]]''
*[[Bonnie Bedelia]] – ''[[Playhouse 90]]''
*[[Bruno Cremer]] – ''En votre ame et conscience''
*[[Louise Fletcher]] – ''[[Flight (TV series)|Flight]]''
*[[Charles Grodin]] – ''[[Decision (TV series)|Decision]]''
*[[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]] – ''[[The Veil (American TV series)|The Veil]]''
*[[Richard Harris]] – ''[[Play of the Week (TV series)|Play of the Week]]''
*[[Barry Humphries]] – ''[[Wild Life and Christmas Belles]]''
*[[Michael Lonsdale]] – ''En votre ame et conscience''
*[[Jan Malmsjö]] – ''Min syster och jag''
*[[Donald Moffat]] – ''[[Naked City (TV series)|Naked City]]''
*[[Michael J. Pollard]] – ''[[Omnibus (American TV program)|Omnibus]]''
*[[Vanessa Redgrave]] – ''[[Sunday Night Theatre]]''
*[[Oliver Reed]] – ''[[The Invisible Man (1958 TV series)|The Invisible Man]]''
*[[Maximilian Schell]] – ''Der Meisterdieb''
*[[Vic Tayback]] – ''[[Buckskin (TV series)|Buckskin]]''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Years in TV by country|1958}}
{{Years in television}}

[[Category:1958 in television| ]]