September 1936 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Film Release

Sep 4 RKO Radio Pictures releases "Swing Time", directed by George Stevens, starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers

Sep 28 Bachelor's Children debuts on CBS radio (at 9:45 am)

Birthdays in Film & TV

Sep 11 Charles Dierkop, American actor (Det Pete Royster-Police Woman), born in La Crosse, Wisconsin
Sep 14 Nicol Williamson, Scottish actor (Excalibur, Spawn), born in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland (d. 2011)
Sep 14 Walter Koenig, American actor (Checkov-Star Trek), born in Chicago, Illinois
Sep 19 Anna Karen [Ann McCall] British comic actress (On the Buses - "Olive"; EastEnders, 1996-2017 - "Aunt Sal"), born in Durban, South Africa (d. 2022)
Sep 20 Dany Carrel, French actress (Passionate Summer), born in Tourane, Annam, French Indochina
Sep 22 Art Metrano, American comedian (Amy Prentiss, Joanie Loves Chachi), born in Brooklyn, New York

Jim Henson (1936-1990)

Sep 24 American puppeteer, artist, screenwriter and filmmaker, best known as the creator of 'the Muppets" (Sesame Street, The Muppet Show), born in Greenville, Mississippi

Sep 25 Juliet Prowse, South African-American actress and dancer (Who Killed Teddy Bear), born in Mumbai, India (d. 1996)
Sep 27 Don Cornelius, American television host (Soul Train), born in Chicago, Illinois (d. 2012)
Sep 27 Gordon Honeycombe, British broadcaster/author, born in Karachi, Colonial India (d. 2015)
Sep 28 Nabil Maleh, Syrian film director and writer, born in Damascus, Syria (d. 2016)
Sep 28 Robert Hogan, American actor (Peyton Place, Operation Petticoat), born in NYC, New York
Sep 28 Robert Wolders, Dutch actor (Erik Hunter-Laredo), born in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Sep 29 Mylene Demongeot, French actress (3 Murderesses), born in Nice, France