1929 in television

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The year 1929 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1929.

Global television events[]

Month	Day	Event
June	27	Herbert Ives and his colleagues at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York City demonstrate color mechanical television (this was first achieved by John Logie Baird the previous year). The 50-line color images are of a bouquet of roses and an American flag. The images are transmitted between New York and Washington, DC.
August	20	First transmissions of Baird's 30-line television system by the BBC.^[1]
August	25	Westinghouse station KDKA in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania begins broadcasting movies on a daily basis, 60 lines per picture, 16 pictures per second.

Date	Name	Notability
January 11	Nicoletta Orsomando	Italy's first TV continuity announcer
January 20	Arte Johnson	U.S. comic actor (Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In) (died 2019)
February 22	Rebecca Schull	U.S. actress (Wings)
March 5	Raymond Allen	U.S. actor (Sanford and Son) (died 2020)
June 3	Chuck Barris	U.S. game show host (The Dating Game) (died 2017)
June 23	June Carter Cash	U.S. singer and actress (The Johnny Cash Show) (died 2003)
July 5	Katherine Helmond	U.S. actress (Soap, Who's the Boss?) (died 2019)
August 17	Julianna McCarthy	U.S. actress (The Young and the Restless)
September 5	Bob Newhart	U.S. comedian and actor (The Bob Newhart Show, Newhart)
September 25	Ronnie Barker	British comedian, half of The Two Ronnies (died 2005)
November 2	Rachel Ames	U.S. actress (General Hospital)
November 15	Ed Asner	U.S. actor (The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Lou Grant) (died 2021)
November 20	Jerry Hardin	U.S. actor (The X-Files)
November 25	Jack Hogan	U.S. actor (Combat!)
November 27	Alan Simpson	British comedy scriptwriter (died 2017)
November 30	Dick Clark	U.S. TV host (American Bandstand) (died 2012)
November 30	Joan Ganz Cooney	U.S. producer (Sesame Street)
December 31	Mies Bouwman	Dutch television presenter (died 2018)
December 31	David Nixon	British magician and television personality (died 1978)