Before 1925 in television

List of years in television (table)
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This is a list of television-related events that occurred prior to 1925.

Global television events

Year	Event
1873	Willoughby Smith discovers the photoconductivity of the element selenium. This results in the invention of the photoelectric cell.
1877	George R. Carey of Boston, Massachusetts creates a selenium telectroscope—a camera that could project a moving image to a distant point. The telectroscope is the first television prototype.
1880	Proposals to transmit images by rapidly scanning them in succession are made independently by William E. Sawyer of the United States and Maurice Leblanc of France.
1884	Paul Nipkow invents the Nipkow disk, a means of scanning an image mechanically. This method is later used for mechanical television experiments.
1895	Noah S. Amstutz demonstrates the transmission of photographic halftone images by electric telegraphy.
1897	Karl Ferdinand Braun invents the cathode ray tube, using it as an oscilloscope.
1900	The word "television" is coined by Constantin Perskyi on August 18 at the First International Electricity Congress in Paris, France.
1907	Boris Rosing transmits silhouette images of geometric shapes, using a Nipkow disc, mirror-drum and a cathode-ray tube receiver.
1908	In his letter to Nature, Alan Campbell-Swinton describes the modern electronic camera and display system which others are to develop throughout the 1920s.
1921	Charles Francis Jenkins with a group of friends incorporates Jenkins Laboratories in Washington, D.C. with the purpose of "developing radio movies to be broadcast for entertainment in the home".
1922	Charles Jenkins' first public demonstration of television principles. A set of static photographic pictures is transmitted from Washington, D.C. to the Navy station NOF in Anacostia by telephone wire, and then wirelessly back to Washington.
1922	Philo Farnsworth first describes an image dissector tube, which uses caesium to produce images electronically, but will not produce a working model until 1927.
1923	Charles Jenkins first demonstrates "true" television with moving images. This time 48-line moving silhouette images are transmitted at 16 frames per second from Washington to Anacostia Navy station.
1923	Vladimir Zworykin applies for patent for an all-electronic television system, the first ancestor of the electric scanning television camera. The patent is not granted until 1938 after significant revisions and patent interference actions.
1924	John Logie Baird demonstrates a semi-mechanical television system with the transmission of moving silhouette images in England.
1924	Vladimir Zworykin files a patent application for the kinescope, a television picture receiver tube.

Births

Still living

Births (before 1900)

Date	Name	Notability
August 22, 1867	Charles Francis Jenkins	U.S. inventor and promoter of mechanical scanning television (died 1934)
April 23, 1869	Boris Rosing	Russian pioneer of television technology (died 1933)
November 22, 1874	Elizabeth Patterson	U.S. actress (I Love Lucy) (died 1966)
July 21, 1882	Dr. Herbert Ives	U.S. television researcher, leader of the AT&T television research during the 1920s–1930s (died 1953)
February 8, 1884	Burt Mustin	U.S. actor (All in the Family) (died 1977)
November 9, 1886	Ed Wynn	U.S. actor and comedian (The Ed Wynn Show) (died 1966)
January 16, 1887	John Hamilton	U.S. actor (Adventures of Superman) (died 1958)
February 26, 1887	William Frawley	U.S. actor (I Love Lucy, My Three Sons) (died 1966)
August 14, 1888	John Logie Baird	British pioneer of television technology (d. 1946)
July 20, 1889	John Reith, 1st Baron Reith	First Director-General of the BBC (d. 1971)
July 30, 1889	Vladimir Zworykin	U.S. pioneer of television technology (died 1982)
January 26, 1892	Zara Cully	U.S. actress (The Jeffersons) (died 1978)
February 14, 1894	Jack Benny	U.S. actor (The Jack Benny Program) (died 1974)
August 21, 1895	Blossom Rock	U.S. actress (The Addams Family) (died 1978)
January 7, 1896	Arnold Ridley	British actor and playwright (Dad's Army) (died 1984)
May 25, 1898	Bennett Cerf	U.S. publisher and game show panelist (What's My Line?) (died 1971)
August 30, 1898	Shirley Booth	U.S. actress (Hazel) (died 1992)
September 1, 1898	Violet Carson	British actress and radio performer (Coronation Street) (died 1983)

Births (1900–1909)

Date	Name	Notability
October 4, 1900	Robert Shayne	U.S. actor (Adventures of Superman) (died 1992)
December 6, 1900	Agnes Moorehead	U.S. actress (Bewitched) (died 1974)
March 27, 1901	Carl Barks	U.S. animator (creator of Scrooge McDuck) (died 2000)
July 1, 1901	Irna Phillips	U.S. writer (creator of early soap opera) (died 1973)
July 14, 1901	George Tobias	U.S. actor (Bewitched) (died 1980)
September 28, 1901	Ed Sullivan	U.S. television host (The Ed Sullivan Show) (died 1974)
October 17, 1902	Irene Ryan	U.S. actress (The Beverly Hillbillies) (died 1973)
December 14, 1902	Frances Bavier	U.S. actress (Aunt Bee on The Andy Griffith Show) (died 1989)
December 25, 1902	Barton MacLane	U.S. actor (I Dream of Jeannie) (died 1969)
May 29, 1903	Bob Hope	British-American movie, television, radio and vaudeville actor, writer and producer (Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre) (died 2003)
March 1, 1904	Paul Hartman	U.S. dancer and actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Mayberry R.F.D.) (died 1973)
June 17, 1904	Ralph Bellamy	U.S. stage, movie and television actor (Man Against Crime) (died 1991)
January 26, 1905	Charles Lane	U.S. actor (Petticoat Junction) (died 2007)
January 27, 1905	Howard McNear	U.S. actor (Floyd Lawson on The Andy Griffith Show) (died 1969)
September 18, 1905	Eddie Anderson	U.S. actor (The Jack Benny Program) (died 1977)
October 4, 1905	Leslie Mitchell	British announcer (died 1985)
February 20, 1906	Gale Gordon	U.S. actor (The Lucy Show) (died 1995)
April 4, 1906	Bea Benaderet	U.S. actress (The Flintstones) (died 1968)
	John Cameron Swayze	U.S. anchorman (Camel News Caravan) (died 1995)
April 22, 1906	Eddie Albert	U.S. actor (Green Acres, Switch) (died 2005)
August 19, 1906	Philo Farnsworth	U.S. inventor credited with the invention of the cathode ray tube television (died 1971)
January 6, 1907	Helen Kleeb	U.S. actress (The Waltons) (died 2003)
February 12, 1907	Joseph Kearns	U.S. actor (Dennis the Menace) (died 1962)
May 22, 1907	Cecil McGivern	British broadcasting executive; controller of BBC Television from 1950 to 1957 (died 1963)
August 20, 1907	Alan Reed	U.S. actor (voice of Fred Flintstone on The Flintstones) (died 1977)
September 29, 1907	Gene Autry	U.S. music performer (The Gene Autry Show) (died 1998)
October 20, 1907	Arlene Francis	U.S. actress and game show panelist (What's My Line?) (died 2001)
January 8, 1908	William Hartnell	British actor; the original Doctor Who in the 1960s (died 1975)
January 30, 1908	Richard Hearne	British comic performer ("Mr Pastry") (died 1979)
February 28, 1908	Billie Bird	U.S. radio, film, television and vaudeville actress (Dear John) (died 2002)
April 2, 1908	Buddy Ebsen	U.S. actor (The Beverly Hillbillies) (died 2003)
April 30, 1908	Eve Arden	U.S. actress (Our Miss Brooks) (died 1990)
July 12, 1908	Milton Berle	U.S. actor (Texaco Star Theater) (died 2002)
December 14, 1908	Morey Amsterdam	U.S. actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show) (died 1996)
February 16, 1909	Hugh Beaumont	U.S. actor (Leave it to Beaver) (died 1982)
July 26, 1909	Vivian Vance	U.S. actress (I Love Lucy) (died 1979)

Births (1910–1919)

Date	Name	Notability
May 15, 1910	Michael Barry	British television producer and executive; Head of Drama at BBC television from 1952 to 1962 (died 1988)
May 22, 1910	Johnny Olson	U.S. radio and television announcer (The New Price Is Right) (died 1985)
May 28, 1910	Thora Hird	English comic actress (Last of the Summer Wine, Talking Heads) (died 2003)
June 13, 1910	Mary Wickes	U.S. actress (Father Dowling Mysteries) (died 1995)
October 23, 1910	Hayden Rorke	U.S. actor (I Dream of Jeannie) (died 1987)
February 6, 1911	Ronald Reagan	U.S. actor and president (General Electric Theater) (died 2004)
March 13, 1911	Marie Rudisill	U.S. television personality (The Fruitcake Lady from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno) (died 2006)
May 6, 1911	Frank Nelson	U.S. actor (died 1986)
July 7, 1911	Gretchen Franklin	British actress (EastEnders) (died 2005)
August 6, 1911	Lucille Ball	U.S. comic actress (I Love Lucy) (died 1989)
October 23, 1911	Martha Rountree	U.S. broadcast journalist (Meet the Press) (died 1999)
November 5, 1911	Roy Rogers	U.S. singer and actor (The Roy Rogers Show) (died 1998)
December 10, 1911	Chet Huntley	U.S. anchorman (The Huntley-Brinkley Report) (died 1974)
January 7, 1912	Charles Addams	U.S. cartoonist (created The Addams Family) (died 1988)
April 5, 1912	John Le Mesurier	British actor (Dad's Army) (died 1983)
October 31, 1912	Dale Evans	U.S. singer and actress (The Roy Rogers Show) (died 2001)
November 23, 1912	George O'Hanlon	U.S. film and voice actor (voice of George Jetson on The Jetsons) (died 1989)
November 27, 1912	Connie Sawyer	U.S. actress (died 2018)
January 28, 1913	Maurice Gosfield	U.S. actor (The Phil Silvers Show) (died 1964)
February 25, 1913	Jim Backus	U.S. actor (Gilligan's Island, Mr. Magoo) (died 1989)
May 13, 1913	Jasmine Bligh	British presenter; one of the first BBC Television Service presenters of the 1930s (died 1991)
May 25, 1913	Richard Dimbleby	British journalist (BBC), commentator on state events, and presenter of current affairs programmes such as Panorama (died 1965)
July 3, 1913	Dorothy Kilgallen	U.S. journalist and game show panelist (What's My Line?) (died 1965)
July 13, 1913	Dave Garroway	U.S. journalist (The Today Show) (died 1982)
August 25, 1913	Don DeFore	U.S. actor (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet, Hazel) (died 1993)
January 5, 1914	George Reeves	U.S. actor (Adventures of Superman) (died 1959)
February 20, 1914	John Charles Daly	U.S. news journalist and game show host (What's My Line?) (died 1991)
March 15, 1914	Joe E. Ross	U.S. actor (The Phil Silvers Show, Car 54, Where Are You?) (died 1982)
May 12, 1914	Howard K. Smith	U.S. anchorman (ABC Evening News) (died 2002)
June 25, 1914	Mavis Pugh	British character actress (You Rang, M'Lord?) (died 2006)
September 18, 1914	Harry Townes	U.S. actor (The Fugitive) (died 2001)
October 26, 1914	Jackie Coogan	U.S. actor (The Addams Family) (died 1984)
October 30, 1914	Anna Wing	British actress (EastEnders) (died 2013)
November 8, 1914	Norman Lloyd	U.S. actor, director, and producer (Alfred Hitchcock Presents, St. Elsewhere)
December 2, 1914	Ray Walston	U.S. actor (My Favorite Martian, Fast Times) (died 2001)
December 26, 1914	Geoffrey Lumsden	British character actor (Dad's Army) (died 1984)
January 31, 1915	Garry Moore	U.S. game series host and television personality (I've Got a Secret) (died 1993)
February 1, 1915	Art Balinger	U.S. actor (Dragnet 1967, Adam-12) (died 2011)
February 12, 1915	Lorne Greene	U.S. actor (Bonanza) (died 1987)
April 10, 1915	Harry Morgan	U.S. actor (Dragnet, M*A*S*H) (died 2011)
September 12, 1915	Frank McGee	U.S. journalist (The Today Show) (died 1974)
September 22, 1915	Arthur Lowe	British actor (Coronation Street, Dad's Army) (died 1982)
December 22, 1915	Barbara Billingsley	U.S. actress (Leave it to Beaver, Muppet Babies) (died 2010)
February 14, 1916	Edward Platt	U.S. actor (Get Smart) (died 1974)
February 26, 1916	Jackie Gleason	U.S. actor (The Honeymooners, The Jackie Gleason Show) (died 1987)
March 6, 1916	Virginia Gregg	U.S. actress (Calvin and the Colonel, Dragnet) (died 1986)
March 31, 1916	Lucille Bliss	U.S. actress (The Smurfs, Invader Zim) (died 2012)
April 4, 1916	David White	U.S. actor (Bewitched) (died 1990)
April 26, 1916	Vic Perrin	U.S. voice actor (The Outer Limits, Hanna-Barbera cartoons) (died 1989)
May 14, 1916	Del Moore	U.S. actor (Life with Elizabeth, Bachelor Father, Dragnet 1967) (died 1970)
July 11, 1916	Reg Varney	English comedy actor (The Rag Trade, On the Buses) (died 2008)
July 23, 1916	Sandra Gould	U.S. actress (Bewitched) (died 1999)
August 24, 1916	Hal Smith	U.S. actor (The Andy Griffith Show) (died 1994)
October 13, 1916	Johnny Stearns	U.S. actor and producer (Mary Kay and Johnny, The Tonight Show) (died 2001)
November 4, 1916	Walter Cronkite	U.S. anchorman (CBS Evening News) (died 2009)
March 2, 1917	Desi Arnaz	Cuban-born performer (I Love Lucy) (died 1986)
March 30, 1917	Herbert Anderson	U.S. actor (Dennis the Menace) (died 1994)
April 2, 1917	Dabbs Greer	U.S. actor (The Fugitive, Little House on the Prairie) (died 2007)
April 16, 1917	Barry Nelson	U.S. actor (Climax!) (died 2007)
May 16, 1917	George Gaynes	Finnish-born U.S. actor (Punky Brewster, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd) (died 2016)
May 21, 1917	Raymond Burr	Canadian actor (Perry Mason, Ironside) (died 1993)
June 7, 1917	Dean Martin	U.S. actor, singer (The Dean Martin Show) (died 1995)
June 9, 1917	McDonald Hobley	British continuity announcer (BBC Television) (died 1987)
July 10, 1917	Don Herbert	U.S. television host (Watch Mr. Wizard) (died 2007)
July 14, 1917	Douglas Edwards	U.S. anchorman (CBS Evening News) (died 1990)
September 4, 1917	Hilary Mason	British actress (Maid Marian and her Merry Men) (died 2006)
October 16, 1917	Alice Pearce	U.S. actress (Bewitched) (died 1966)
October 28, 1917	Jack Soo	Japanese-American actor (Barney Miller) (died 1979)
December 22, 1917	Gene Rayburn	U.S. television personality (Match Game, The Tonight Show) (died 1999)
February 15, 1918	Allan Arbus	U.S. actor (M*A*S*H) (died 2013)
February 22, 1918	Don Pardo	U.S. television announcer (Saturday Night Live) (died 2014)
May 1, 1918	Jack Paar	U.S. television personality (The Tonight Show) (died 2004)
May 9, 1918	Mike Wallace	U.S. anchorman (60 Minutes) (died 2012)
June 30, 1918	Isobel Barnett	British broadcast personality (What's My Line?) (suicide 1980)
July 26, 1918	Stacy Harris	U.S. actor (Dragnet, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp) (died 1973)
November 4, 1918	Art Carney	U.S. actor (The Honeymooners) (died 2003)
November 7, 1918	Billy Graham	U.S. televangelist (died 2018)
December 2, 1918	Milton DeLugg	U.S. bandleader and composer (Broadway Open House, Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade) (died 2015)
January 13, 1919	Robert Stack	U.S. actor (The Untouchables, Unsolved Mysteries) (died 2003)
February 11, 1919	Eva Gabor	Hungarian actress (Green Acres) (died 1995)
May 4, 1919	John Hope	U.S. meteorologist (The Weather Channel), named Hurricane Camille for his daughter (died 2002)
September 4, 1919	Howard Morris	U.S. actor (The Andy Griffith Show) (died 2005)
October 14, 1919	Shaun Sutton	British writer, director, and producer; longest-serving Head of Drama at BBC Television (died 2004)
November 19, 1919	Alan Young	English-born U.S. actor (Mister Ed, DuckTales) (died 2016)
December 11, 1919	Cliff Michelmore	English broadcast presenter (died 2016)

Births (1920–1924)

Date	Name	Notability
February 18, 1920	Bill Cullen	U.S. game series host (The Price Is Right, I've Got a Secret) (died 1990)
February 26, 1920	Tony Randall	U.S. actor (The Odd Couple) (died 2004)
July 10, 1920	David Brinkley	U.S. anchorman (The Huntley-Brinkley Report) (died 2003)
July 18, 1920	Dolph Sweet	U.S. actor (Gimme a Break!, Another World) (died 1985)
August 6, 1920	Selma Diamond	Canadian-born U.S. actress (Night Court) (died 1985)
October 27, 1920	Nanette Fabray	U.S. actress (One Day at a Time) (died 2018)
November 25, 1920	Noel Neill	U.S. actress (Adventures of Superman) (died 2016)
January 15, 1921	Frank Thornton	English actor (Are You Being Served?) (died 2013)
February 1, 1921	Peter Sallis	English actor (Last of the Summer Wine, Wallace and Gromit) (died 2017)
February 24, 1921	Abe Vigoda	U.S. actor (Barney Miller) (died 2016)
April 5, 1921	Christopher Hewett	British actor (Mr. Belvedere) (died 2001)
May 14, 1921	Richard Deacon	U.S. actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Leave It to Beaver) (died 1984)
July 15, 1921	Jean Heywood	British actress (Boys from the Blackstuff) (died 2019)
August 8, 1921	William Asher	U.S. producer, director and writer (Bewitched) (died 2012)
September 24, 1921	Sheila MacRae	English-born U.S. actress (The Honeymooners, General Hospital) (died 2014)
October 17, 1921	Tom Poston	U.S. actor (Newhart) (died 2007)
November 14, 1921	Brian Keith	U.S. actor (Family Affair) (died 1997)
November 22, 1921	Rodney Dangerfield	U.S. comedian and actor (The Dean Martin Show) (died 2004)
December 11, 1921	Liz Smith	English character actress (The Royle Family) (died 2016)
December 26, 1921	Steve Allen	U.S. television personality (The Tonight Show) (died 2000)
January 17, 1922	Betty White	U.S. actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Golden Girls, Hot in Cleveland)
January 21, 1922	Telly Savalas	U.S. actor (Kojak) (died 1994)
January 30, 1922	Dick Martin	U.S. comedian (Laugh-In) (died 2008)
February 8, 1922	Audrey Meadows	U.S. actress (The Honeymooners) (died 1996)
February 9, 1922	Kathryn Grayson	U.S. actress (Murder, She Wrote) (died 2010)
February 18, 1922	Allan Melvin	U.S. actor (Magilla Gorilla, The Brady Bunch, All in the Family) (died 2008)
February 24, 1922	Steven Hill	U.S. actor (Law & Order, Mission: Impossible) (died 2016)
March 5, 1922	James Noble	U.S. actor (Benson) (died 2016)
March 20, 1922	Carl Reiner	U.S. actor, writer, director and producer (Your Show of Shows, The Dick Van Dyke Show) (died 2020)
March 23, 1922	Marty Allen	U.S. comedian and actor, "The Darling of Daytime TV" (died 2018)
April 3, 1922	Doris Day	U.S. actress and singer (The Doris Day Show) (died 2019)
April 5, 1922	Gale Storm	U.S. actress (My Little Margie) (died 2009)
April 18, 1922	Barbara Hale	U.S. actress (Perry Mason) (died 2017)
April 27, 1922	Jack Klugman	U.S. actor (The Odd Couple, Quincy) (died 2012)
May 7, 1922	Darren McGavin	U.S. actor (Kolchak: The Night Stalker) (died 2006)
May 10, 1922	Nancy Walker	U.S. actress (Rhoda, Bounty paper towel commercials) (died 1992)
May 13, 1922	Beatrice Arthur	U.S. actress (Maude, The Golden Girls) (died 2009)
May 18, 1922	Bill Macy	U.S. actor (Maude) (died 2019)
May 22, 1922	Quinn Martin	U.S. producer (The Fugitive, The F.B.I., The Streets of San Francisco) (died 1987)
June 24, 1922	Jack Carter	U.S. comedian, actor, and television presenter (died 2015)
July 21, 1922	Mollie Sugden	British actress (Are You Being Served?) (died 2009)
July 22, 1922	Dan Rowan	U.S. comedian (Laugh-In) (died 1987)
July 27, 1922	Norman Lear	U.S. producer (All in the Family, Sanford and Son and many others)
August 1, 1922	Arthur Hill	Canadian-born actor (died 2006)
September 1, 1922	Yvonne De Carlo	U.S. actress (The Munsters) (died 2007)
October 9, 1922	Fyvush Finkel	U.S. stage and television actor (Boston Public). (died 2016)
October 31, 1922	Barbara Bel Geddes	U.S. actress (Dallas) (died 2005)
November 13, 1922	Jack Narz	U.S. game show host and announcer (died 2008)
	Madeleine Sherwood	Canadian actress (The Flying Nun) (died 2016)
December 9, 1922	Redd Foxx	U.S. comedian (Sanford and Son) (died 1991)
December 20, 1922	Charita Bauer	U.S. actress (The Guiding Light) (died 1985)
December 22, 1922	Ruth Roman	U.S. actress (Murder, She Wrote) (died 1999)
January 8, 1923	Larry Storch	U.S. actor (F-Troop)
January 19, 1923	Jean Stapleton	U.S. actress (All in the Family) (died 2013)
January 23, 1923	Florence Halop	U.S. actress (St. Elsewhere, Night Court) (died 1986)
February 4, 1923	Conrad Bain	Canadian-born U.S. actor (Maude, Diff'rent Strokes) (died 2013)
March 6, 1923	Ed McMahon	U.S. game show host and announcer (The Tonight Show, Star Search) (died 2009)
March 11, 1923	Terence Alexander	English actor (Bergerac) (died 2009)
March 30, 1923	Dr. Frank Field	U.S. meteorologist (WNBC-TV, The Tonight Show)
April 2, 1923	Gloria Henry	U.S. actress (Dennis the Menace)
April 4, 1923	Peter Vaughan	British character actor (Porridge, Game of Thrones) (died 2016)
April 10, 1923	Jane Kean	U.S. actress and singer (The Jackie Gleason Show, The Honeymooners) (died 2013)
April 13, 1923	Don Adams	U.S. actor (Get Smart, Inspector Gadget) (died 2005)
April 22, 1923	Aaron Spelling	U.S. movie and television producer (Beverly Hills, 90210) (died 2006)
April 30, 1923	Al Lewis	U.S. actor (The Munsters) (died 2006)
May 26, 1923	James Arness	U.S. actor (Gunsmoke) (died 2011)
July 25, 1923	Estelle Getty	U.S. actress (The Golden Girls) (died 2008)
August 15, 1923	Rose Marie	U.S. actress (The Dick Van Dyke Show) (died 2017)
September 20, 1923	Jimmy Perry	English scriptwriter (Dad's Army) (died 2016)
September 28, 1923	William Windom	U.S. actor (Murder, She Wrote) (died 2012)
December 10, 1923	Harold Gould	U.S. actor (Rhoda, The Golden Girls) (died 2010)
December 12, 1923	Bob Barker	U.S. game series presenter (The New Price Is Right)
January 19, 1924	Nicholas Colasanto	U.S. actor and director (Cheers) (died 1985)
January 21, 1924	Benny Hill	English comedian (died 1992)
January 29, 1924	Enrico Simonetti	Italian musician and presenter (Simonetti Show) (died 1978)
March 3, 1924	John Woodnutt	English actor (died 2006)
	Lys Assia	Swiss singer, first winner of Eurovision Song Contest (died 2018)
March 8, 1924	Sean McClory	Irish actor (The Californians) (died 2003)
April 15, 1924	Rikki Fulton	Scottish comedian (Scotch and Wry) (died 2004)
May 1, 1924	Art Fleming	U.S. stage, radio and television personality (Jeopardy!) (died 1995)
May 2, 1924	Theodore Bikel	Austrian actor (Babylon 5: In the Beginning) (died 2015)
May 12, 1924	Tony Hancock	English comic performer (Hancock's Half Hour) (suicide 1968)
June 26, 1924	Richard Bull	U.S. movie and television actor (Little House on the Prairie) (died 2014)
July 11, 1924	Brett Somers	Canadian-born U.S. actress and comedian (The Odd Couple, Match Game '73) (died 2007)
July 21, 1924	Don Knotts	U.S. actor (The Andy Griffith Show, Three's Company) (died 2006)
August 2, 1924	Carroll O'Connor	U.S. actor (All in the Family, In the Heat of the Night) (died 2001)
August 15, 1924	Werner Abrolat	German actor (Tatort) (died 1997)
September 19, 1924	Don Harron	Canadian comedian and actor (Hee Haw) (died 2015)
October 21, 1924	Joyce Randolph	U.S. actress (The Honeymooners)
November 18, 1924	Les Lye	Canadian actor (You Can't Do That On Television) (died 2009)
November 21, 1924	Joseph Campanella	U.S. actor (Mannix, The Guiding Light, Days of Our Lives) (died 2018)
November 23, 1924	Anita Linda	Filipina actress (Tayong Dalawa)
December 14, 1924	Marge Redmond	American actress (The Flying Nun, Matlock) (died 2020)

See also

• Table of years in television