Overview of the events of 1943 in television
The year 1943 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television -related events during 1943.
May 8 – Opening of Paris Télévision – Fernsehsender Paris, a channel operated by German occupation authorities (Kurt Hinzmann, former director of Fernsehsender "Paul Nipkow" ) after an agreement between Telefunken and Compagnie des Compteurs, with a (German) 441-line standard. Local French programmes and Fernsehsender "Paul Nipkow" programmes are interlaced. June – Work is begun for the U.S. Army Air Forces to develop a remotely controlled glide bomb guided by a radio receiver and a television transmitter using a 625-line iconoscope tube. The first are completed in July and tested in August. December 23 – The first complete opera, Hansel and Gretel , is telecast, by WRGB in Schenectady . The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is formed. Its television network debuts in 1948. Germany experiments with a flying bomb guided by a television camera, created by Fernseh , using both the Superikonoscope and the Farnsworth image dissector . January 1 January 13 – Richard Moll , actor (Night Court , Batman: The Animated Series , Mighty Max ) (d. 2023) January 14 - Holland Taylor , actress (The Practice , Two and a Half Men ) January 18 - Paul Angelis , actor (d. 2009) January 23 – Gil Gerard , actor (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century ) January 24 – Sharon Tate , actress, model (d. 1969) January 26 - Kathryn Leigh Scott , actress (Dark Shadows ) January 28 – John Beck , actor (Flamingo Road ) January 31 - Peter McRobbie , actor (Law & Order , Daredevil ) February 1 - Tina Sloan , actress (Guiding Light ) February 3 - Blythe Danner , actress (Huff ) February 5 - Michael Mann , producer February 8 - Creed Bratton , actor (The Office ) February 17 – Claire Malis , actress (d. 2012) February 25 - George Harrison , English singer-songwriter, The Beatles (d. 2001) February 27 – Mary Frann , actress (Newhart ) (d. 1998) March 8 March 9 - Charles Gibson , American broadcast television anchor March 16 – Susan Bay , actress March 18 – Kevin Dobson , actor (Kojak ) (d. 2020) March 23 - Alan Kalter , announcer (d. 2021) March 25 - Paul Michael Glaser , actor and director (Starsky & Hutch ) March 28 - Conchata Ferrell , actress (Two and a Half Men ) (d. 2020) March 29 – Eric Idle , actor and comedian (Monty Python's Flying Circus ) March 31 - Christopher Walken , actor April 2 - Antonio Sabàto Sr. , actor (d. 2021) April 5 - Max Gail , actor (Barney Miller ) April 11 - Harley Race , professional wrestler (d. 2019) April 23 - Hervé Villechaize , actor (d. 1993) April 24 - Richard Sterban , singer April 25 - Tony Christie , singer April 26 - Gary Wright , singer (d. 2023) April 29 - Duane Allen , singer April 30 - Bobby Vee , singer (d. 2016) May 10 - David Clennon , actor (thirtysomething ) May 12 - Linda Dano , actress (One Life to Live , Another World ) May 18 – Jimmy Snuka , pro wrestler (d. 2017)[ 2] May 24 – Gary Burghoff , actor (M*A*S*H ) May 27 May 28 – Rod Holcomb , producer (d. 2024) May 30 – Charles Collingwood , actor May 31 June 1 - John Langley , creator of Cops (d. 2021) June 2 - Charles Haid , actor and director (Hill Street Blues ) June 3 - Camilla Sparv , actress June 7 June 13 – Malcolm McDowell , English actor (Mozart in the Jungle , Franklin & Bash , Metalocalypse , Superman: The Animated Series ) June 15 – Lee Shallat Chemel , producer June 16 – Joan Van Ark , actress (Knots Landing ) June 17 – Newt Gingrich , politician June 22 – Brit Hume , journalist June 24 – Georg Stanford Brown , Cuban-American actor (The Rookies ) June 26 – John Beasley , actor (Everwood ) (d. 2023) July 2 – Lauri Peters , actress July 3 – Kurtwood Smith , actor (That '70s Show , Regular Show , The Zeta Project ) July 4 – Geraldo Rivera , television host July 8 – Ri Chun-hee , North Korean news presenter July 9 – Suzanne Rogers , actress (Days of Our Lives ) July 11 – Susan Seaforth Hayes , actress (Days of Our Lives , The Young and the Restless ) July 12 – Ernie Anastos , news anchor July 23 July 28 – Bill Bradley , basketball player and politician[ 3] July 29 – Roz Kelly , actress (Happy Days ) August 2 – Max Wright , actor (ALF ) (d. 2019) August 6 – Michael Anderson Jr. , actor August 12 - Jim Storm , actor (Dark Shadows ) August 13 - Lillian Hurst , actress (Lost ) August 17 - Robert De Niro , actor August 18 - Martin Mull , actor (Roseanne , Sabrina the Teenage Witch , Danny Phantom ) (d. 2024) August 27 - Tuesday Weld , actress (The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ) August 28 - David Soul , American-British actor and singer (Starsky & Hutch ) (d. 2024) August 30 - Altovise Davis , American actress (d. 2009) September 9 - Art LaFleur , American actor (d. 2021) September 21 - Jerry Bruckheimer , American film and television producer September 25 September 27 - Peter Simon , actor (Guiding Light ) October 6 - Michael Durrell , actor (Guiding Light ) October 8 October 12 - Lin Shaye , actress October 13 - Mike Barnicle , anchor October 15 October 17 – Elaine Taylor , actress October 27 – Carmen Argenziano , actor (Stargate SG-1 ) (d. 2019) October 29 – Don Simpson , film producer (d. 1996) November 4 – Chuck Scarborough , television journalist November 6 – Ian Turpie , actor (d. 2012) November 12 – Wallace Shawn , actor November 17 – Lauren Hutton , actress November 20 – Veronica Hamel , actress (Hill Street Blues ) November 26 – Bruce Paltrow , television and film director (d. 2002) November 28 – Randy Newman , singer December 1 – David Salzman , producer December 11 – John Kerry , politician December 12 – E. Jean Carroll , author December 16 – Steven Bochco , writer-producer (Hill Street Blues ) (d. 2018) December 23 – Harry Shearer , actor (Saturday Night Live , The Simpsons ) December 27 – Cokie Roberts , political journalist (d. 2019) December 28 – Richard Whiteley , presenter (d. 2005) December 31 – Ben Kingsley , actor