1. Events

2. Television shows

3. Programs ending

4. Births

The year 1945 in television involved some significant events.

Below is a list of television-related events during 1945.

Events

• July - The final months of World War II continued to disrupt television operations in Europe until July.
• October 1 – The U.S. War Production Board ends its wartime ban of the manufacture of radio and television equipment for consumer use.
• October 10 – Reopening of French TV station RDF in 441-line standard.
• December 1 – US Army-Navy football game is transmitted 145 kilometers (90 mi) by coaxial cable from Philadelphia to New York City.
• December 15 – Moscow TV center reinstated regular TV broadcasting after World War II.
• December 17 – First weather programme on French television.

Television shows

Programs ending

Births

• January 9 - John Doman, actor The Wire, Gotham
• January 25
  • Jill Townsend, actress, Cimarron Strip, Poldark
  • Leigh Taylor-Young, actress, Peyton Place
• January 29 – Tom Selleck, actor, Magnum, P.I., Blue Bloods
• February 6 - Michael Tucker, actor, L.A. Law
• February 9 - Mia Farrow, actress, model, Peyton Place
• February 22 – Leslie Charleson, American soap actress, General Hospital
• February 24 - Barry Bostwick, actor, Spin City
• February 26 – Marta Kristen, Norwegian actress, Lost in Space
• March 1 – Dirk Benedict, actor, Battlestar Galactica, The A-Team
• March 3 - Hattie Winston, actress, The Electric Company, Becker
• March 8 – Micky Dolenz, singer, actor, The Monkees
• March 31 - Gabe Kaplan, actor, comedian, Welcome Back, Kotter
• April 1 - Heather Young, actress, Land of the Giants
• April 2 - Linda Hunt, actress, Los Angeles
• April 13 – Tony Dow, actor, Leave It to Beaver
• May 7 - Robin Strasser, actress, One Life to Live
• May 13 - Sam Anderson, actor, Perfest Strangers, Angel, Lost
• May 21 – Richard Hatch, actor, Battlestar Galactica (died 2017)
• May 22 - Victoria Wyndham, actress, Another World
• May 23 - Lauren Chapin, actress, Father Knows Best
• May 24 – Priscilla Presley, actress
• June 2 - Joan Pringle, actress, General Hospital, The White Shadow
• June 11 – Adrienne Barbeau, actress, Maude
• July 6 – Burt Ward, actor, Batman
• July 10 – Ron Glass, actor, Barney Miller (died 2016)
• August 5
  • Loni Anderson, actress, WKRP in Cincinnati
  • Ja'net Dubois, actress, Good Times
• August 13 - Gretchen Corbett, actress, The Rockford Files
• August 14 – Steve Martin, actor, comedian
• September 19 - Randolph Mantooth, actor, Emergency!
• October 4 - Clifton Davis, actor, That's My Mama, Amen
• October 18 – Huell Howser, host of California's Gold (died 2013)
• October 19 – John Lithgow, actor, Third Rock from the Sun
• October 20 – George Wyner, actor
• October 21 - Everett McGill, actor, Twin Peaks
• October 26 – Jaclyn Smith, actress, Charlie's Angels
• October 27 – Carrie Snodgress, actress (died 2004)
• October 30 – Henry Winkler, actor, Arthur Fonzarelli on Happy Days
• October 31 - Brian Doyle-Murray, actor, comedian, Saturday Night Live, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
• November 9 - Charlie Robinson, actor, Night Court
• November 15 - Bob Gunton, actor, Daredevil
• November 21 – Goldie Hawn, actress, Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In
• November 26 – Daniel Davis, actor, The Nanny
• November 27
  • Barbara Anderson, actress, Ironside
  • James Avery, actor, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (died 2013)
• December 1 – Bette Midler, actress, singer
• December 9 – Michael Nouri, actor
• December 13 - Kathy Garver, actress, Family Affair
• December 15 - Thaao Penghlis, actor, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, Santa Barbara
• December 25 – Gary Sandy, actor, WKRP in Cincinnati
• December 26 - John Walsh, television personality, America's Most Wanted, The Hunt with John Walsh
• December 30
  • Davy Jones, singer, actor, The Monkees (died 2012)
  • Concetta Tomei, actress, China Beach, Providence

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