1932 in television

The year 1932 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events during 1932.

Events

• March 9 – The U.S. Federal Radio Commission grants an operating license to Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas, for the television station W9XAK.<ref name=W9XAK>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• August 22 – The BBC starts a regular television service using John Logie Baird's 30-line system. EMI demonstrate electronic television, with as many as 3 times as many lines as Baird's mechanical system, to the BBC.
• December – René Barthélemy starts operating an experimental weekly programme of one hour with a 60-line black-and-white system "Paris Télévision".

Television shows

Series	Debut	Ended
Exhibition Boxing Bouts	1931	1932
Hair Fashions	1932	1932
Piano Lessons	1931	1932
The Television Ghost	1931	1933
Television Magic	1932	1932

Births

• January 3 – Dabney Coleman, actor, Buffalo Bill. (died 2024)
• January 12 – Des O'Connor, television personality and singer (died 2020).
• January 13 – Jon Cypher, actor, Hill Street Blues.
• January 17 – Sheree North, actress (died 2005).
• February 1 – John Hart, retired American television journalist
• February 2 – Robert Mandan, actor, Soap (died 2018).
• February 16 – Gretchen Wyler, actress (died 2007).
• February 23 – Majel Barrett, actress, Star Trek (died 2008).
• February 24 – Jay Sandrich, director (died 2021).
• February 26 – Johnny Cash, singer and actor, The Johnny Cash Show (died 2003).
• February 27 – Elizabeth Taylor, actress (died 2011).
• February 29 – Edward Faulkner, actor.
• March 2 – Paul Sand, actor.
• March 19 – Gail Kobe, actress (died 2013).
• April 1 – Debbie Reynolds, actress (died 2016).
• April 4 – John Clarke, actor, Days of Our Lives (died 2019).
• April 25 – William Roache, actor, Coronation Street.
• April 27 – Casey Kasem, broadcast announcer, Scooby-Doo (died 2014).
• April 30 – E. Duke Vincent, American television producer (died 2024).
• May 13 – Gianni Boncompagni, radio and TV presenter and director (died 2017).
• June 17 – Peter Lupus, actor, Mission: Impossible.
• June 22 – Prunella Scales, English actress, Fawlty Towers.
• June 28 – Pat Morita, actor, Happy Days (died 2005).
• July 8 – Brian Walden, journalist, broadcaster and Member of Parliament (died 2019).
• July 31 – Ted Cassidy, actor, The Addams Family (died 1979).
• August 5 – Ja'Net DuBois, American actress, singer and dancer, Good Times (died 2020).
• August 9 – Reginald Bosanquet, journalist and news presenter (died 1984).
• August 15 – Jim Lange, game show host (died 2014).
• September 3 – Eileen Brennan, actress, Private Benjamin (died 2013).
• September 5 – Carol Lawrence, actress.
• September 14 – Igor Kirillov, news presenter, Tsentral'noye televideniye SSSR (died 2021).
• September 25 – Charles Stanley, pastor (died 2023)
• September 26
  • Donna Douglas, actress, The Beverly Hillbillies (died 2015).
  • Richard Herd, actor (died 2020).
• September 27 – Roger C. Carmel, actor, The Mothers-in-Law (died 1986).
• October 12 – Dick Gregory, actor (died 2017).
• October 20 – William Christopher, actor, M*A*S*H (died 2016).
• November 4 – Noam Pitlik, director (died 1999).
• November 13 – Richard Mulligan, actor, Soap (died 2000).
• November 20 – Richard Dawson, game show host (died 2012).
• November 22 – Robert Vaughn, actor, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (died 2016).
• December 18 – Roger Smith, actor, 77 Sunset Strip (died 2017).
• December 20 – John Hillerman, actor, Magnum, P.I. (died 2017).
• December 25 – Mabel King, actress (died 1999).
• December 28 – Nichelle Nichols, singer and actress, Star Trek (died 2022).
• December 29 – Inga Swenson, actress, Benson (died 2023).