The year 1931 in television involved some significant events. Below is a list of television-related events in 1931.
Events
Debuts
Television shows
Births
- January 13 - Charles Nelson Reilly, actor, game show panelist (d. 2007)
- January 17 - James Earl Jones, actor
- January 19 - Robert MacNeil, news reporter
- February 13 - Geoff Edwards, game show host
- March 11 - Rupert Murdoch, media mogul
- March 22 - William Shatner, actor
- March 26 - Leonard Nimoy, actor
- March 27 - David Janssen, actor (d. 1980)
- April 6 - Ivan Dixon, actor
- April 26 - Bernie Brillstein, agent, producer
- May 23 - Barbara Barrie, actress
- June 8 - Dana Wynter, actress
- June 14 - Marla Gibbs, actress
- June 20 - Martin Landau, actor
- July 6 - Della Reese, actress, singer
- July 8 - Roone Arledge, producer (d. 2002)
- July 27 - Jerry Van Dyke, actor
- July 28 - Darryl Hickman, actor
- August 25 - Regis Philbin, talk show host
- September 4 - Mitzi Gaynor, singer, actress
- September 10 - Philip Baker Hall, actor
- September 13 - Barbara Bain, actress
- September 21 - Larry Hagman, actor
- September 30 - Angie Dickinson, actress
- October 31 - Dan Rather, news reporter
- November 8 - Morley Safer, news reporter
- November 12 - Dick Clair, writer (d. 1988)
- November 28 - Hope Lange, actress (d. 2003)
- December 3 - Jaye P. Morgan, game show panelist
- December 11 - Rita Moreno, actress
- December 23 - Ronnie Schell, comedian
- December 28 - Martin Milner, actor
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