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Overview of the events of 1955 in television From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The year 1955 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1955.
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Date | Show | Debut |
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January 27 | So You Want to Lead a Band | 1954 |
March 11 | The Jack Carson Show Stories of the Century | |
April 6 | Norby | 1955 |
April 8 | Dear Phoebe | 1954 |
April 22 | The Ray Bolger Show | 1953 |
June 4 | The Mickey Rooney Show: Hey, Mulligan | 1954 |
June 16 | Willy | |
June 23 | The Public Defender | |
June 25 | The Imogene Coca Show | |
June 26 | The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse | 1953 |
July 1 | Hawkins Falls | 1951 |
July 15 | Flash Gordon | 1954 |
July 26 | Who Said That? | 1948 |
August 24 | My Little Margie | 1952 |
September 1 | Life with Elizabeth | |
September 13 | Place the Face | 1953 |
September 17 | Musical Chairs | 1955 |
Unknown | Frankie Laine Time | |
Muffin the Mule (UK) | 1946 | |
The Jo Stafford Show | 1954 | |
That's My Boy |
Date | Name | Notability |
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January 6 | Rowan Atkinson | English comic actor (Mr. Bean, Blackadder) |
January 9 | J. K. Simmons | Actor (The Closer, Oz, Law & Order) |
January 10 | Jimmy Vivino | Band leader |
January 14 | Bill Flanagan | Radio host |
January 18 | Kevin Costner | Actor |
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, Dawson's Creek) |
February 2 | Michael Talbott | Actor (Miami Vice) |
Kim Zimmer | Actress (Guiding Light, One Life to Live) | |
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, 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) |
February 19 | Jeff Daniels | Actor |
February 21 | Kelsey Grammer | Actor, comedian (Cheers, Frasier) |
February 28 | Adrian Dantley | NBA basketball player |
Gilbert Gottfried | Actor, comedian (Saturday Night Live, Aladdin, Cyberchase) (died 2022) | |
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 |
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) |
March 23 | Moses Malone | NBA basketball player (died 2015) |
March 28 | Reba McEntire | Singer, actress (Reba) |
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, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT) (died 2024)[6] |
April 7 | Alexandra Neil | Soap opera actress |
April 11 | Michele Scarabelli | Actress (Alien Nation) |
April 17 | Kristine Sutherland | Actress (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) |
May 10 | Larry "Flash" Jenkins | Actor (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) |
May 17 | Bill Paxton | Actor (Twister, Big Love) (d. 2017) |
May 23 | Ken Michelman | Actor (The White Shadow) |
May 25 | Connie Sellecca | Actress (Flying High, The Greatest American Hero, Hotel) |
Bobby Slayton | Actor | |
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), producer, director |
June 13 | Mara Liasson | American journalist |
June 15 | Polly Draper | Actress (thirtysomething) |
Ted Harbert | American broadcasting and television executive | |
June 16 | Laurie Metcalf | Actress (Roseanne) |
June 18 | Leon Herbert | Actor |
June 21 | Leigh McCloskey | Actor (Dallas) |
David Marshall Grant | Actor | |
June 24 | Betsy Randle | Actress (Boy Meets World) |
June 28 | Jim Nelford | Golfer |
July 3 | Bob Thiele Jr. | Musician |
Bruce Altman | Actor | |
John Cramer | American television announcer | |
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) |
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 |
August 2 | Tim Dunigan | Actor (Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future) |
August 3 | Corey Burton | Voice actor (The Transformers, DuckTales, 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 | 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, Wonderfalls) |
September 2 | Linda Purl | Actress and singer (Matlock) |
September 3 | Steve Jones | Actor and singer |
James Duff | Writer | |
September 7 | Mira Furlan | Actress (Babylon 5, Lost) (died 2021) |
September 9 | Edward Hibbert | English-American actor (Frasier, 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, 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) |
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) |
November 30 | Kevin Conroy | Voice actor (Batman: The Animated Series) (d. 2022) |
December 2 | Dennis Christopher | Actor |
December 3 | Melody Anderson | Actress (Manimal) |
Steven Culp | Actor (JAG, The West Wing, Desperate Housewives) | |
December 5 | Byron York | American conservative correspondent |
December 6 | Steven Wright | Actor |
December 16 | Xander Berkeley | Actor (24, The Mentalist, 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) |
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