Overview of the events of 1933 in television
The year 1933 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television -related events during 1933.
January 23 – W9XAL in Kansas City begins broadcasting. January 24 – John Cameron Swayze begins his daily Journal-Post News Flashes on W9XAL, which is simulcast by KMBC radio. April 21 – 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 – 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 [ edit ] Television shows [ edit ] January 8 – Charles Osgood , journalist (died 2024) January 17 – Shari Lewis , puppeteer (died 1998) February 2 – Tony Jay , actor (died 2006) February 6 – Leslie Crowther , actor and host, Crackerjack (died 1996) March 12 – Barbara Feldon , actress, Get Smart March 13 – Gloria McMillan , actress, Our Miss Brooks [1] (died 2022) March 19 April 5 – Frank Gorshin , comedian, actor, Batman (died 2005) April 7 – Wayne Rogers , actor, financial commentator, M*A*S*H (died 2015) April 26 – Carol Burnett , actress, comedian, The Carol Burnett Show May 3 – Alex Cord , actor, Airwolf (died 2021) May 7 – Roger Perry , actor, Arrest and Trial , Harrigan and Son (died 2018) May 20 – Constance Towers , actress, General Hospital May 21 – Richard Libertini , actor (died 2016) June 8 – Joan Rivers , comedian and host, The Joan Rivers Show , Fashion Police (died 2014) June 20 – Danny Aiello , actor (died 2019) June 21 – Bernie Kopell , actor, Get Smart , The Love Boat June 22 – Jacques Martin , presenter and producer (died 2007) June 27 – Gary Crosby , singer and actor (died 1995) July 23 – Bert Convy , actor and game show host (died 1991) July 25 – Ken Swofford , actor (died 2018) July 26 – Kathryn Hays , actress, As the World Turns (died 2022) July 29 – Robert Fuller , actor, Laramie July 30 – Edd Byrnes , actor, 77 Sunset Strip (died 2020) August 1 – Dom DeLuise , actor and comedian (died 2009) August 11 – Jerry Falwell , televangelist (died 2007) August 16 August 25 – Tom Skerritt , actor, Picket Fences September 13 – Eileen Fulton , actress, As the World Turns September 15 – Henry Darrow , Puerto Rican-American actor, The High Chaparral (died 2021) September 17 – Pat Crowley , actress, A Date With Judy , Please Don't Eat the Daisies September 18 – Robert Blake , actor, Baretta (died 2023) September 19 – David McCallum , Scottish-born actor, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. , NCIS (died 2023) September 27 November 3 – Ken Berry , actor, F Troop , Mama's Family (died 2018) November 4 – Junko Ikeuchi , Japanese actress, Nemuri Kyōshirō: Burai-hikae (died 2010) November 5 – Herb Edelman , actor, The Good Guys , The Golden Girls (died 1996) November 19 – Larry King , talk show host (died 2021) November 26 – Robert Goulet , singer (died 2007) November 28 – Hope Lange , actress, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (died 2003) December 3 – Les Crane , host (died 2003) December 8 – Flip Wilson , comedian and host, The Flip Wilson Show (died 1998) December 15 December 22 – Elizabeth Hubbard , actress, The Doctors , As the World Turns December 26 – Caroll Spinney , puppeteer, Sesame Street (died 2019) References [ edit ]