1927 in television
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The year 1927 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1927.
Global television events
Month | Day | Event |
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January | 07 | Philo Farnsworth applies for an image dissector tube patent, which used caesium to produce images electronically. |
April | 07 | . |
May | 23 | The first demonstration of television before a large audience. Nearly 600 members of the Bell Telephone Building in New York City.
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24 | John Logie Baird transmits a television signal from London to Glasgow by telephone line. | |
September | 07 | Philo Farnsworth achieves an experimental electronic television image, of a straight line, at his laboratory at 202 Green Street in San Francisco.[1] |
20 | John Logie Baird demonstrates the first ever system for recording television. His Phonovision VideoDisc apparatus records 30-line television pictures and sound on conventional 78 rpm gramophone records.
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Births
Date | Name | Notability |
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January 3 | William Boyett | U.S. actor (Adam-12) (died 2004) |
January 17 | Eartha Kitt | U.S. actress and singer (died 2008) |
January 19 | Nancy Dickerson Whitehead |
U.S. radio and television journalist (died 1997) |
January 27 | Jerry Haynes | U.S. actor ("Mr Peppermint") (died 2011) |
February 15 | Carlos Romero | U.S. actor (died 2007) |
Harvey Korman | U.S. actor and comedian (The Carol Burnett Show) (died 2008) | |
February 16 | June Brown | English actress (EastEnders) (died 2022)[2] |
March 5 | Jack Cassidy | U.S. actor (died 1976) |
March 31 | William Daniels | U.S. actor (Knight Rider, St. Elsewhere, Boy Meets World) |
April 1 | Peter Cundall | Australian horticulturist and presenter (Gardening Australia) (died 2021) |
May 4 | Terry Scott | English actor and comedian (died 1994) |
May 5 | Pat Carroll |
U.S. actress (died 2022) |
May 11 | Bernard Fox | Welsh-U.S. actor (Hogan's Heroes, Bewitched) (died 2016) |
May 17 | Marilyn Hall | Canadian-born American television producer (died 2017) |
May 22 | Michael Constantine | U.S. actor (Room 222) (died 2021) |
May 30 | Clint Walker | U.S. actor and singer ( Cheyenne ) (died 2018)
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June 4 | Geoffrey Palmer | English actor (As Time Goes By) (died 2020) |
June 7 | Mária Kráľovičová | Slovak actress (Do videnia, Lucienne!) (died 2022) |
June 8 | Jerry Stiller | U.S. comedian and actor (Stiller and Meara, Seinfeld) (died 2020) |
June 27 | Cino Tortorella | Italian presenter (Zecchino d'Oro) (died 2017) |
July 4 | Neil Simon | U.S. writer, playwright, and author (Your Show of Shows, The Phil Silvers Show, The Odd Couple) (died 2018) |
July 7 | Doc Severinsen | U.S. bandleader (The Tonight Show) |
August 30 | Bill Daily | U.S. actor and comedian (I Dream of Jeannie, The Bob Newhart Show) (died 2018) |
September 16 | Peter Falk | U.S. actor ( Columbo ) (died 2011)
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September 29 | Cid Moreira | Brazilian journalist and presenter |
October 1 | Tom Bosley | U.S. actor (Happy Days, Murder, She Wrote) (died 2010) |
October 14 | Roger Moore | English actor (The Saint) (died 2017) |
October 16 | Eileen Ryan | Actress |
November 3 | Peggy McCay | U.S. actress (Days of Our Lives) (died 2018) |
November 20 | Estelle Parsons | U.S. actress (Roseanne) |
November 28 | Chuck Mitchell | U.S. actor (died 1992) |
November 29 | Vin Scully | U.S. sportscaster (died 2022) |
November 30 | Robert Guillaume | U.S. actor (Soap, Benson, Sports Night) (died 2017) |
References
- ^ Farnsworth first electronic video image Archived August 5, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Whitmore, Greg (April 4, 2022). "June Brown: a life in pictures". The Guardian. Retrieved April 4, 2022.