1963 in television

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The year 1963 involved some significant events in television. Below are lists of notable TV-related events.

Events

Programs/programmes

Debuts

Ending this year

Date Show Debut
January 25 Don't Call Me Charlie! 1962
March 17 The Jetsons (returned in 1985)
April 2 Hawaiian Eye 1959
April 14 Car 54, Where Are You? 1961
May 5 Ensign O'Toole 1962
May 14 Empire
May 21 Laramie 1959
The Voice of Firestone 1949
June 20 Leave It to Beaver 1957
June 23 The Real McCoys
August 26 Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har 1962
Touché Turtle and Dum Dum
August 30 Wally Gator
September 28 The Shari Lewis Show 1960

Births

Date Name Notability
January 3 New Jack American professional wrestler (died 2021)
January 4 Dave Foley Canadian comedic actor (The Kids in the Hall, NewsRadio)
January 9 Bob Gosse Actor
January 16 James May English presenter (Top Gear)
January 19 Martin Bashir British journalist
January 20 James Denton Actor (Desperate Housewives)
January 21 Hakeem Olajuwon
NBA
basketball player
Detlef Schrempf
NBA
basketball player
January 23 Gail O'Grady Actress (NYPD Blue, American Dreams)
Tony Daniels Actor
January 25 Jim Axelrod National Correspondent
Don Mancini Screenwriter
January 29 Monica Horan Actress (Everybody Loves Raymond)
February 10 Philip Glenister Actor
February 12 John Michael Higgins Actor
February 14 Enrico Colantoni Canadian actor (Just Shoot Me!, Veronica Mars, Flashpoint)
February 15 Steven Michael Quezada Actor
February 17 Michael Jordan
NBA basketball player (Space Jam
)
Larry the Cable Guy American stand-up comedian
Rene Syler American broadcast television journalist
February 19 Seal British singer
Jessica Tuck Actress (One Life to Live, Judging Amy, True Blood)
February 20 Charles Barkley
NBA
basketball player and TV analyst
February 21 William Baldwin Actor
February 26 Chase Masterson Actress (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
March 1 Bryan Batt Actor
Russell Wong Actor
March 5 Joel Osteen Televangelist
March 6 D. L. Hughley Actor and comedian (The Hughleys)
March 7 Bill Brochtrup Actor (NYPD Blue)
March 9 David Pogue TV presenter
March 11 Alex Kingston Actress (ER)
March 12 Jake Weber English actor (Medium)
March 15 Greg Nicotero American special make-up effects creator
March 16 Jerome Flynn English actor
March 17 Jane Tranter English television executive
March 18 Geoffrey Lower Actor (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman)
Vanessa Williams Actress and singer (Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives)
March 19 Mary Scheer Actress and comedian (Mad TV, iCarly)
March 20 Gregg Binkley Actor (Raising Hope)
Kathy Ireland Actress and model
March 31 Paul Mercurio Actor
April 3 Sarah Woodward Actress
April 4 Graham Norton TV presenter
April 8 Dean Norris Actor (Breaking Bad)
April 9 Joe Scarborough Television host
April 14 Steve Hartman Broadcast journalist
April 15 Paula Pell Actress
April 16 Jimmy Osmond Actor
April 17 Joel Murray Actor (Dharma & Greg)
April 18 Eric McCormack Canadian-American actor (
Perception
)
Conan O'Brien Television host and comedian (Late Night, Conan)
Don McGill American television producer
April 21 Erik King Actor (Oz, Dexter)
Roy Dupuis Actor
April 26 Olivia Birkelund Actress (All My Children)[7]
April 29 Bruce Harwood Actor
May 9 Justin Vivian Bond Actor
May 10 Darryl M. Bell Actor (A Different World)
May 11 Roark Critchlow Canadian actor (Drake & Josh, Zoey 101)
May 21 Richard Appel American writer
May 24 Joe Dumars
NBA
basketball player
May 25 Mike Myers Comic actor (Saturday Night Live)
May 29 Tracey E. Bregman Soap opera actress (The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful)
Lisa Whelchel Actress (The Facts of Life)
Mitchell Hurwitz Writer
May 31 Hugh Dillon Canadian musician and actor (Flashpoint)
June 1 Kevin A. Ross American host
Brian Goodman American actor
June 6 Jason Isaacs English actor
June 9 Johnny Depp Actor (21 Jump Street)
June 10 Jeanne Tripplehorn Actress (Criminal Minds, Big Love)
June 12 Tim DeKay Actor
June 13 Greg Daniels Writer
June 15 Helen Hunt Actress (Mad About You)
June 17 Greg Kinnear Actor (Talk Soup)
June 19 Laura Ingraham American conservative television host
June 20 Jeff Beal Composer
June 22 Randy Couture Actor
June 25 John Benjamin Hickey Actor
June 27 Jay Karnes Actor
June 28 Charlie Clouser Composer
June 29 Cathy Konrad American film and television producer
June 30 Rupert Graves Actor
July 5 Dorien Wilson Actor (The Parkers)
Edie Falco Actress
July 8 Rocky Carroll Actor (Roc, Chicago Hope, NCIS)
July 13 Kenny Johnson Actor
July 14 Maureen O'Boyle Reporter
July 15 Brigitte Nielsen Actress
July 16 Duane Clark Writer
July 17 John Ventimiglia Actor
July 22 Rob Estes Actor (Silk Stalkings, Melrose Place, 90210)
Joanna Going Actress
July 24 Karl Malone
NBA
basketball player
July 27 Donnie Yen Actor
July 29 Alexandra Paul Actress and model (Baywatch)
July 30 Lisa Kudrow Actress (Phoebe on Friends)
Chris Mullin
NBA
basketball player
July 31 Larry Romano Actor
August 1 Coolio Rapper (died 2022)
John Carroll Lynch Actor
Demián Bichir Actor
August 3 Isaiah Washington Actor (Grey's Anatomy)
August 5 Mark Strong Actor
August 6 Charles Ingram Quiz show winner
August 7 Harold Perrineau Actor (Oz, Lost, Constantine)
Julia Ford English actress
Ramon Estevez American actor
August 8 Jon Turteltaub Producer
August 9 Whitney Houston Singer and actress (died 2012)
Lonnie Quinn Anchor
August 13 Steve Higgins Actor
August 16 Christine Cavanaugh Voice actress (Rugrats, Darkwing Duck, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Dexter's Laboratory) (died 2014)
August 19 John Stamos Actor (
Jesse on Full House
)
Matthew Glave Actor
Martin Daniels English magician entertainer
August 30 Michael Chiklis Actor (The Commish, The Shield)
John King News anchor
September 3 Beth McCarthy-Miller Director
Holt McCallany Actor
September 5 Kristian Alfonso Actress (Days of Our Lives)
September 7 W. Earl Brown American actor
September 8 Brad Silberling American television and film director
September 10 Sean O'Bryan American actor
September 12 Ramón Franco American actor (Tour of Duty)
Norberto Barba American director
September 14 Tony Becker Actor (Tour of Duty)
September 15 Beth Cahill Actress (Saturday Night Live)
September 16 Richard Marx Singer
Dino Andrade Voice actor
September 17 James Urbaniak Actor
September 18 Dan Povenmire Voice actor (Heinz Doofenshmirtz on Phineas and Ferb)
Christopher Heyerdahl Actor
September 19 Jarvis Cocker Presenter
September 25 Tate Donovan Actor (The O.C., Damages)
September 27 Scott Lawrence Actor (JAG)
Marc Maron Actor
September 28 Susan Walters Actress (Loving, The Young and the Restless) and model
September 29 Les Claypool Musician
October 1 Beth Chamberlin Actress (Guiding Light)
October 6 Elisabeth Shue Actress (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation)
October 9 Sheila Kelley American actress (
Sisters
)
October 12 JoAnn Willette Actress (Just the Ten of Us)
October 13 Chip Foose TV host
Hiro Kanagawa Actor
October 14 Lori Petty Actress
October 25 Jon Dixon Actor (Felicity, Alias, Lost)
Melinda McGraw Actress
October 26 Tom Cavanagh Canadian actor (Ed, The Flash)
October 27 Marla Maples Actress
October 28 Lauren Holly Actress (Picket Fences, NCIS)
Sheryl Underwood Actress
October 29 Tim Minear Screenwriter
October 30 Michael Beach Actor (ER, Third Watch)
October 31 Rob Schneider Actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live)
November 3 Brian Henson Voice actor
November 5 Tatum O'Neal Actress
November 8 Eric B. DJ
November 10 Hugh Bonneville English actor (Downton Abbey)
Tommy Davidson Comedian and actor (In Living Color, The Proud Family)
November 12 Sam Lloyd Actor (Scrubs) (died 2020)
November 17 Felice Schachter Actress (The Facts of Life)
Dylan Walsh Actor
November 19 Terry Farrell Actress and model (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Becker)
November 20 Ming-Na Wen Actress (ER, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
November 21 Nicollette Sheridan Actress (Knots Landing, Desperate Housewives)
November 23 Armando Iannucci Writer
November 25 Kevin Chamberlin Actor
Sonja Morgan American television personality
Bernie Kosar Sportscaster
November 27 Fisher Stevens Actor (Early Edition)
December 2 Dan Gauthier Actor (One Life to Live)
December 5 Doctor Dré Former MTV VJ
Kerry Brown Musician
December 7 Randall Einhorn Director
December 8 Wendell Pierce Actor
December 16 Benjamin Bratt Actor (Law & Order, Private Practice)
James Mangold Television director
December 18 Brad Pitt Actor (Glory Days)[8]
December 19 Jennifer Beals Actress
December 20 Joel Gretsch Actor
December 23 Jess Harnell Voice actor (Animaniacs, Doc McStuffins, Sofia the First)
Jim Harbaugh Coach
December 26 Roger Neill Composer
December 28 Willow Bay American television journalist

Deaths

Date Name Age Notability
June 10 Timothy Birdsall 27 English cartoonist (That Was the Week That Was)

Television debuts

See also

References

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