Events in Film & TV
- Sep 11 Dick Tracy TV show sparks uproar concerning violence
- Sep 29 "Tin Pan Alley TV" last airs on ABC-TV
- Sep 30 Radio's "Grand Ole Opry" is broadcast on TV for 1st time
- Sep 30 WSM TV channel 4 in Nashville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
Birthdays in Film & TV
Phil McGraw (72 years old)
Sep 1 American psychologist, author and TV personality (Dr. Phil, The Oprah Winfrey Show), born in Vinita, Oklahoma
- Sep 1 Phillip Fulmer, American College Football Hall of Fame coach (Tennessee 152-52) and broadcaster (CBS), born in Winchester, Tennessee
- Sep 2 Rosanna DeSoto, American actress
- Sep 2 Yuen Wah, Chinese actor and stuntman
- Sep 5 Kathy Cronkite, American actress (Annie-Hizzonner), born in Washington, D. C.
- Sep 7 Julie Kavner, American actress and voice artist (Brenda-Rhoda, Marge-Simpsons), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 8 Will Lee, American session bassist (Late Show with David Letterman; The Fab Faux), born in San Antonio, Texas
- Sep 11 Amy Madigan, American actress (Uncle Buck, Twice in a Lifetime), born in Chicago, Illinois
- Sep 12 Cynthia Myers, American Playmate (Dec 1968) and actress (Beyond Valley of Dolls), born in Toledo, Ohio
- Sep 16 Loyd Grossman, American-British television presenter (MasterChef 1990-2000), born in Marblehead, Massachusetts
- Sep 18 Shabana Azmi, Indian actress (Ankur, Neerja), born in Hyderabad, India
- Sep 19 Rudy Ramos, American actor (Wind-High Chaparral), born in Lawton, Oklahoma
Bill Murray (72 years old)
Sep 21 American actor and comedian (Saturday Night Live; Stripes; Ghostbusters), born in Evanston, Illinois
- Sep 24 Kristina Wayborn, Swedish actress (Octopussy), born in Nybro, Sweden
- Sep 26 Simon Brint, British comic actor, musician, and television composer (French and Saunders; A Bit of Fry & Laurie; Monarch of the Glen), born in High Ham, Somerset, England (d. 2011)
- Sep 27 Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japan, actor (Lt A J Shimamura-Nash Bridges)
- Sep 28 John Sayles, American actor (Brother from Another Planet), born in Schenectady, New York
- Sep 30 Victoria Tennant, English actress (All of Me, Chiefs, Winds of War). born in London, England