Before 1925 in television
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This is a list of television-related events that occurred prior to 1925.
Global television events
Year | Event |
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1873 | Willoughby Smith discovers the photoconductivity of the element selenium. This resulted 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 was 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 was later used for mechanical television experiments. |
1895 | Noah S. Amstutz demonstrates the transmission of photographic halftone images by electric telegraphy.[1] |
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 was 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 cesium 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 was 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. |
1924 | Vladimir Zworykin files a patent application for the kinescope, a television picture receiver tube. |
Births (before 1916)
Date | Name | Occupation/Accolades |
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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, 1875 | 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). |
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 11, 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). |
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). |
October 17, 1902 | Irene Ryan | U.S. actress (The Beverly Hillbillies) (died 1973). |
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). |
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) |
September 18, 1905 | Eddie Anderson | U.S. actor (The Jack Benny Program) (died 1977). |
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). |
April 4, 1906 | 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 (d. 1971). |
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 (d. 1963). |
January 8, 1908 | William Hartnell | British actor; the original star of Doctor Who in the 1960s (died 1975). |
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) |
July 26, 1909 | Vivian Vance | U.S. actress (I Love Lucy) (died 1979). |
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). |
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) |
July 7, 1911 | Gretchen Franklin | British actress (EastEnders) (died 2005). |
August 6, 1911 | Lucille Ball | U.S. actress (I Love Lucy) (died 1989). |
October 23, 1911 | Martha Rountree | U.S. broadcast journalist (Meet the Press) (died 1999). |
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). |
November 23, 1912 | George O'Hanlon | U.S. film and voice actor (voice of George Jetson on The Jetsons (died 1989). |
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 very 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 13, 1913 | Dave Garroway | U.S. journalist (The Today Show (died 1982). |
January 5, 1914 | George Reeves | U.S. actor (Adventures of Superman) (died 1959). |
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). |
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 | U.K. actress (EastEnders) (died 2013). |
December 2, 1914 | Ray Walston | U.S. actor (My Favorite Martian, Fast Times) (died 2001). |
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). |
Births (1916–1924)
Date | Name | Occupation/Accolades |
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February 14, 1916 | Edward Platt | U.S. actor (Get Smart) (died 1974). |
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 | American voice actor, The Outer Limits, Hanna-Barbera cartoons (died 1989) |
May 14, 1916 | Del Moore | American actor, (Life with Elizabeth, Bachelor Father, Dragnet 1967) (died 1970) |
July 11, 1916 | Reg Varney | U.K 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). |
November 4, 1916 | Walter Cronkite | U.S. anchorman (CBS Evening News). (died 2009) |
March 2, 1917 | Desi Arnaz | Cuban-born actor (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) (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) |
July 14, 1917 | Douglas Edwards | U.S. anchorman (CBS Evening News) (died 1990). |
September 4, 1919 | Howard Morris | U.S. actor (The Andy Griffith Show) (died 2005). |
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) |
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) |
December 2, 1918 | Milton DeLugg | U.S. bandleader and composer (The Bill Cullen Show, 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) |
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) (died 2016) |
December 11, 1919 | Cliff Michelmore | English broadcast presenter (died 2016). |
February 18, 1920 | Bill Cullen | U.S. game series host (The Price Is Right, Blockbusters) (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). |
November 25, 1920 | Noel Neill | U.S. actress (Adventures of Superman) (died 2016) |
January 15, 1921 | Frank Thornton | British actor (Are You Being Served?) (died 2013) |
February 24, 1921 | Abe Vigoda | U.S. actor (Barney Miller) (died 2016) |
May 14, 1921 | Richard Deacon | U.S. actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show, Leave It to Beaver) (died 1984) |
August 8, 1921 | William Asher | U.S. producer, director, and writer (Bewitched) (died 2012) |
October 17, 1921 | Tom Poston | U.S. actor (Newhart) (died 2007). |
November 14, 1921 | Brian Keith | U.S. actor (died 1997). |
November 22, 1921 | Rodney Dangerfield | U.S. comedian and actor (The Dean Martin Show). (died 2004) |
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) |
January 21, 1922 | Telly Savalas | U.S. actor (Kojak) (died 1994) |
January 30, 1922 | Dick Martin | U.S. comedian (Laugh-In) (died 2008) |
February 24, 1922 | Steven Hill | U.S. actor (Law & Order, Mission: Impossible) (died 2016) |
February 18, 1922 | Allan Melvin | U.S. actor (Magilla Gorilla, The Brady Bunch, All in the Family) (died 2008) |
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). |
April 5, 1922 | Christopher Hewett | British actor (Mr. Belvedere) (died 2001) |
April 5, 1922 | Gale Storm | U.S. actress (My Little Margie) (died 2009) |
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 18, 1922 | Bill Macy | U.S. actor (Maude). |
May 22, 1922 | Quinn Martin | U.S. producer (The Fugitive, The F.B.I., The Streets of San Francisco) (died 1987) |
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) |
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) |
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) |
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). |
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 13, 1923 | Beatrice Arthur | U.S. actress (Maude, The Golden Girls) (died 2009) |
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). |
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 12, 1923 | Bob Barker | U.S. game series host (The New Price Is Right). |
January 19, 1924 | Nicholas Colasanto | U.S. actor and director (Cheers). (died 1985) |
March 3, 1924 | John Woodnutt | British actor (died 2006). |
May 1, 1924 | Art Fleming | U.S. stage, radio, and television personality (Jeopardy!) (died 1995). |
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) |
November 18, 1924 | Les Lye | Canadian actor (You Can't Do That On Television). (died 2009) |
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Patent No. 577,373, Method of Reproducing Photographs, filed 1895, issued 1897.