Events in Film & TV Event of Interest Sep 10 1st performance by American actor Edwin Booth (Richard III) ActorEdwin Booth Birthdays in Film & TV Sep 21 Maurice Barrymore [Herbert Blythe], Indian-born British actor and patriarch of the Barrymore family, born in Fort Agra, India (d. 1905) Dec 26 Samuel "Sam" van Beem, Flemish actor (Fanfan la Tulipe), born in Groningen, Netherlands (d. 1912) 1848 1850