1945 in television

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The year 1945 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1945.

• 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.

• January 9
  • John Doman, actor, The Wire, Gotham
  • Michael Jaffe, American TV and film producer
• January 22 – Steve Vinovich, actor
• January 25
  • Jill Townsend, actress, Cimarron Strip, Poldark
  • Leigh Taylor-Young, actress, Peyton Place
• January 26 – Jacqueline Ray, actress
• 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 20 – George Smoot, American astrophysicist
• February 22 – Leslie Charleson, American soap actress, General Hospital
• February 24 – Barry Bostwick, actor, Spin City, Phineas and Ferb
• 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 5 - George Crile III, American journalist (died 2006)
• March 8 – Micky Dolenz, singer, actor, The Monkees
• March 20 - Pat Riley, NBA basketball player and coach
• March 31 - Gabe Kaplan, actor, comedian, Welcome Back, Kotter
• April 1 - Heather Young, actress, Land of the Giants
• April 2 - Linda Hunt, actress, NCIS: Los Angeles
• April 13 – Tony Dow, actor, Leave It to Beaver (died 2022)
• April 23 – François Clemmons, actor
• May 7 - Robin Strasser, actress, One Life to Live
• May 10 - Bill Geist, television journalist
• May 12 - Linda Carlson, actress (died 2021)
• 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 1 – Kerry Vincent, Australian chef and author (died 2021)
• June 2
  • Joan Pringle, actress, General Hospital, The White Shadow
  • Jon Peters, film producer
  • Lord David Dundas, actor
• June 6 – David Dukes, actor (died 2000)
• June 11 – Adrienne Barbeau, actress, Maude
• June 27 – Clive Clark, golfer
• July 3 – Mickey Rooney Jr., actor (died 2022)
• July 6 – Burt Ward, actor, Batman
• July 10 – Ron Glass, actor, Barney Miller (died 2016)
• July 13 – Penelope Windust, actress (died 2022)
• July 23 – Edie McClurg, actress
• July 24 – Lowell Bergman, producer
• July 26 – Helen Mirren, actress
• July 31 – Robin Green, producer
• August 1 - Laila Morse, actress
• August 2 - Joanna Cassidy, actress
• August 5 - Loni Anderson, actress, WKRP in Cincinnati
• August 14
  • Steve Martin, actor, comedian
  • Brenda Benet, actress (died 1982)
• August 16 - Bob Balaban, actor
• August 22
  • Steve Kroft, American retired journalist
  • David Chase, American producer
• August 24 – Vince McMahon, businessman
• September 1
  • Valdy, musician
  • Edd Kalehoff, musician
• September 10 – Dennis Burkley, actor (died 2013)
• September 12 – Maria Aitken, actress
• September 17 – Phil Jackson, NBA basketball player and coach
• September 19 – Randolph Mantooth, actor, Emergency!
• September 23 – Paul Petersen, actor
• September 24 – Lou Dobbs, TV host (Lou Dobbs Tonight) (died 2024)^[1]
• September 25 – Catherine Burns, actress (died 2019)
• October 4 – Clifton Davis, actor, That's My Mama, Amen
• October 5 – Riaan Cruywagen, South African newsreader
• October 11 – Dusty Rhodes, pro wrestler in NWA and WWE (died 2015)
• October 13 – Susan Stafford, hostess
• 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, SpongeBob SquarePants, Teamo Supremo, The Buzz on Maggie, My Gym Partner's a Monkey, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil
• November 9 - Charlie Robinson, actor, Night Court (died 2021)
• 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)
  • Alain de Cadenet, motor racing commentator, previously driver (died 2022)
• 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 17 - Chris Matthews, talk show host
• December 22 – Diane Sawyer, television broadcast journalist
• December 25
  • Gary Sandy, actor, WKRP in Cincinnati
  • Paul Willson, actor
• December 26 - John Walsh, television personality, America's Most Wanted, The Hunt with John Walsh
• December 27 - Mark Johnson, television producer
• December 30
  • Davy Jones, singer, actor, The Monkees (died 2012)
  • Concetta Tomei, actress, China Beach, Providence