1933 in television
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The year 1933 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1933.
Events
- January 23 â W9XAL in Kansas City begins broadcasting.
- January 24 â John Cameron Swayze begins his daily Journal-Post News Flashes on W9XAL, which is simulcast by KMBC radio.
- April 21 â The first television revue, named Looking In, is shown on the BBC. The first four minutes of this programme survive on a Silvatone record, an early method of home video recording.
- August 4 â W9XAT in Minneapolis, Minnesota makes its first transmission.
- RCA performs private field tests in Camden, New Jersey of an electronic television system.
Ending this year
- The Television Ghost (1931â1933)[1]
Television shows
| Series | Debut | Ended |
|---|---|---|
| The Television Ghost | 1931 | 1933 |
Births
- January 8 â Charles Osgood, journalist (died 2024)
- January 12 â Ron Harper, actor (died 2024)
- January 17 â Shari Lewis, puppeteer (died 1998)
- February 2 â Tony Jay, actor (died 2006)
- February 6 â Leslie Crowther, actor and host, Crackerjack (died 1996)
- March 12 â Barbara Feldon, actress, Get Smart
- March 13 â Gloria McMillan, actress, Our Miss Brooks[2] (died 2022)
- March 19
- Phyllis Newman, actress, game show panelist (died 2019)
- Renée Taylor, actress, The Nanny
- April 5 â Frank Gorshin, comedian, actor, Batman (died 2005)
- April 7 â Wayne Rogers, actor, financial commentator, M*A*S*H (died 2015)
- April 26 â Carol Burnett, actress, comedian, The Carol Burnett Show
- May 3 â Alex Cord, actor, Airwolf (died 2021)
- May 7 â Roger Perry, actor, Arrest and Trial, Harrigan and Son (died 2018)
- May 20 â Constance Towers, actress, General Hospital
- May 21 â Richard Libertini, actor (died 2016)
- June 8 â Joan Rivers, comedian and host, The Joan Rivers Show, Fashion Police (died 2014)
- June 20 â Danny Aiello, actor (died 2019)
- June 21 â Bernie Kopell, actor, Get Smart, The Love Boat
- June 22 â Jacques Martin, presenter and producer (died 2007)
- June 27 â Gary Crosby, singer and actor (died 1995)
- July 23 â Bert Convy, actor and game show host (died 1991)
- July 25 â Ken Swofford, actor (died 2018)
- July 26 â Kathryn Hays, actress, As the World Turns (died 2022)
- July 29 â Robert Fuller, actor, Laramie
- July 30 â Edd Byrnes, actor, 77 Sunset Strip (died 2020)
- August 1 â Dom DeLuise, actor and comedian (died 2009)
- August 11 â Jerry Falwell, televangelist (died 2007)
- August 16
- Gary Clarke, actor, The Virginian
- Julie Newmar, actress, Batman
- August 25 â Tom Skerritt, actor, Picket Fences
- September 13 â Eileen Fulton, actress, As the World Turns
- September 15 â Henry Darrow, Puerto Rican-American actor, The High Chaparral (died 2021)
- September 17 â Pat Crowley, actress, A Date With Judy, Please Don't Eat the Daisies
- September 18 â Robert Blake, actor, Baretta (died 2023)
- September 19 â David McCallum, Scottish-born actor, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., NCIS (died 2023)
- September 27
- Greg Morris, actor, Mission: Impossible, Vega$ (died 1996)
- Kathleen Nolan, actress, The Real McCoys
- September 30 â Barbara Knox, English actress, Coronation Street[3]
- November 3
- Ken Berry, actor, F Troop, Mama's Family (died 2018)
- Michael Dukakis, American politician
- November 4 â Junko Ikeuchi, Japanese actress, Nemuri KyÅshirÅ: Burai-hikae (died 2010)
- November 5 â Herb Edelman, actor, The Good Guys, The Golden Girls (died 1996)
- November 19 â Larry King, talk show host (died 2021)
- November 26 â Robert Goulet, singer (died 2007)
- November 28 â Hope Lange, actress, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (died 2003)
- December 3 â Les Crane, host (died 2003)
- December 8 â Flip Wilson, comedian and host, The Flip Wilson Show (died 1998)
- December 15
- Tim Conway, actor, The Carol Burnett Show, McHale's Navy (died 2019)
- William Link, producer (died 2020)
- December 22 â Elizabeth Hubbard, actress, The Doctors, As the World Turns (died 2023)
- December 26 â Caroll Spinney, puppeteer, Sesame Street (died 2019)
