Events in Film & TV
- Sep 4 CBS begins broadcasting TV as station W2XAB
Film Release
Sep 29 Musical film "Strike Up the Band" starring Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland opens
Birthdays in Film & TV
Raquel Welch
Sep 5 Raquel Welch, American actress and singer (Myra Breckenridge; 1,000,000 BC; 100 Rifles), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 6 Jackie Trent, English singer-songwriter ("Neighbours" theme) and actress, born in Newcastle-under-Lyme (d. 2015)
- Sep 8 Willie Tyler, American ventriloquist (Lester), born in Red Level, Alabama
- Sep 11 Brian DePalma, film director (Body Double, Dressed to Kill), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Sep 12 Linda Gray, American actress (Sue Ellen Ewing-Dallas), born in Santa Monica, California
- Sep 12 Wayne McLaren, American stuntman, rodeo performer, model and actor best known for playing the Marlboro Man and for dying of lung cancer, born in Lake Charles, Louisiana (d. 1992)
- Sep 12 Patrick Mower, English actor (Emmerdale), born in Oxford, England
- Sep 15 Merlin Olsen, American football player (Los Angeles Rams) and actor (Father Murphy), born in Logan, Utah (d. 2010)
- Sep 17 Sotiris Moustakas, Greek actor (Zorba the Greek), born in Limassol, Cyprus (d. 2007)
- Sep 18 Frankie Avalon [Francis Avallone], American actor and singer (Beach Party, Venus), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Sep 19 Paul Williams, American singer, composer ("Rainy Days and Mondays"; "Evergreen"; sings from Ishtar; "Rainbow Connection"), and actor ("Battle for the Planet of the Apes; Smokey and The Bandit), born in Omaha, Nebraska
- Sep 21 Bill Kurtis, American newscaster (American Parade), born in Pensacola, Florida
- Sep 22 Anna Karina, Danish French 'New Wave' actress (Alphaville), born in Solbjerg, Denmark (d. 2019)
Weddings in Film & TV
Harry Morgan
Sep 1 Actor Harry Morgan (25) weds Eileen Detchon
George Reeves
Sep 22 "Adventures of Superman" actor George Reeves (26) weds Ellanora Needles at the Church of Our Savior in San Gabriel, California
- Sep 25 "Sullivan's Travels" actress Veronica Lake (18) weds American motion picture art director and set designer John S. Detlie (31)