Events in Film & TV
- Sep 17 KCOP TV channel 13 in Los Angeles/Hollywood, CA (IND) begins
- Sep 17 WLS TV channel 7 in Chicago, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
Television Debut
Sep 21 Milton Berle becomes the permanent host on NBC's TV show "Texaco Star Theater"
Film Release
Sep 29 "Hamlet" directed by and starring Laurence Olivier's opens at Park Avenue Cinema (Best Picture 1949)
- Sep 29 WBAP (now KXAS) TV channel 5 in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX (NBC) begins
- Sep 29 WSB TV channel 2 in Atlanta, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Sep 2 Terry Bradshaw, College/Pro Football HOF quarterback (Louisiana Tech; Super Bowl 1974, 75, 78 [MVP], 79 [MVP]; NFL MVP 1978; First-team All-Pro 1978; 3 × Pro Bowl; Pittsburgh Steelers) and broadcaster (CBS, FOX), born in Shreveport, Louisiana
- Sep 7 Susan Blakely, American actress (Rich Man Poor Man), born in Frankfurt, Germany
- Sep 8 Great Kabuki [Akihisa Yone Yoshi Mera], Japanese wrestler (NWA/NJPW/WAR/SWS), born in Nobeoka, Miyazaki, Japan
- Sep 10 Judy Geeson, English actress (To Sir With Love, Berserk), born in Arundel, England
- Sep 10 Tony Gatlif, Algerian-born French film director, born in Algiers, French Algeria
- Sep 12 Max Walker, Australian cricket fast bowler (34 Tests, 138 wickets) and broadcaster (Nine Network), born in Hobart, Australia (d. 2016)
- Sep 13 Clyde Kusatsu, American actor (Ali-Bring 'em Back Alive), born in Honolulu, Hawaii
- Sep 13 Nell Carter, American actress (Gimme A Break; Lobo), born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2003)
- Sep 17 John Ritter, American actor and comedian (Three's Company, It, 8 Simple Rules), born in Burbank, California (d. 2003)
Jeremy Irons (74 years old)
Sep 19 English actor (Reversal of Fortune, The Lion King), born in Isle of Wight, England
- Sep 19 Mihai Timofti, director and actor (Lautarii), born in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova
- Sep 24 Gordon Clapp, American Emmy Award-winning stage and screen actor (NYPD Blue - "Greg Medavoy"; John Sayles films), born in North Conway, New Hampshire
Phil Hartman (1948-1998)
Sep 24 Canadian-American actor (NewsRadio, 1995-98; The Simpsons, 1991-91; SNL, 1986-94: Peewee's Playhouse), and graphic artist, born in Brantford, Ontario
Olivia Newton-John (1948-2022)
Sep 26 British-Australian Grammy Award-winning pop singer ("Hopelessly Devoted to You"; "Physical"), and actress (Grease), born in Cambridge, England
Deaths in Film & TV
- Sep 13 Paul Wegener, German actor and director (The Golem, The Student of Prague), dies at 73
- Sep 17 Lillian Braithwaite, British actress (Man About the House), dies at 75
- Sep 24 Warren William [Krech], American actor (The Wolf Man, Cleopatra), dies of multiple myeloma at 53
- Sep 27 Frank Cellier, British actor (Quiet Wedding;, Big Blockade), dies from ill health at 64
- Sep 28 E. J. Ratcliffe, English stage and screen actor, dies at 85
- Sep 28 Gregg Toland, cinematographer, dies at 44
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