Events in Film & TV
- Sep 1 KARD (now KSNW) TV channel 3 in Wichita, KS (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 2 KCRA TV channel 3 in Sacramento, CA (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 3 KTBS TV channel 3 in Shreveport, LA (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 5 WKRG TV channel 5 in Mobile, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 5 WTTW TV channel 11 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Sep 10 "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS TV starring James Arness
- Sep 11 KTVT TV channel 11 in Fort Worth-Dallas, TX (IND) begins broadcasting
- Sep 12 KNTV TV channel 11 in San Jose, CA (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Sep 15 WCTV TV channel 6 in Tallahassee-Thomasville, Florida (CBS) begins
Britain's First-Ever TV Ad
Sep 22 Commercial television begins in the UK with the launch of ITV, soon airs the 1st advert on UK TV, for Gibbs SR toothpaste
- Sep 22 On BBC radio Grace Archer is killed in a barn fire on Brookfield Farm - the BBC denies this was to spoil the launch of rival network ITV
Music History
Sep 24 "The Judy Garland Special" kicks off the anthology performance series "Ford Star Jubilee" on CBS-TV
Film & TV History
Sep 30 American actor and cultural icon James Dean is killed in a car crash aged 24
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Sep 2 Linda Purl, actress (Gloria-Happy Days, Matlock), born in Greenwich, Connecticut
- Sep 7 Mira Furlan, Croatian actress (Babylon 5), born in Zagreb, Croatia
- Sep 9 John Kricfalusi, Canadian animator
- Sep 12 Nina Blackwood, American actress and VJ (MTV, Solid Gold, Vice Squad), born in Springfield, Massachusetts
- Sep 12 Peter Scolari, American stage and screen Emmy Award-winning actor (Newhart - "Michael"; Girls - "Tad"; Bosom Buddies - "Henry"), born in New Rochelle, New York (d. 2021) [1]
- Sep 15 Brendan O'Carroll, Irish stage and screen actor, comedian, director, producer and writer (Mrs. Brown's Boys - "Agnes Brown"), born in Finglas, Dublin, Ireland
- Sep 16 Janet Ellis, English television presenter (Blue Peter, Jigsaw), born in Kent
- Sep 17 Charles Martinet, American actor (Mario), born in San Jose, California
- Sep 18 Bob Papenbrook, American voice actor, born in San Diego, California (d. 2006)
- Sep 19 Rex Smith, American actor (Pirates of Penzance), and singer ("You Take My Breath Away"), born in Jacksonville, Florida
- Sep 21 Gulshan Grover, Indian actor known as the "Bad Man" in Bollywood cinema (I Am Kalam), born in New Delhi, India
- Sep 21 Rebecca Balding, actress (Carla-Lou Grant, Soap), born in Little Rock, Arkansas
- Sep 21 Rick Aiello, American character actor (Officer Long- Do the Right Thing), born in the United States (d. 2021)
- Sep 23 Patti Weaver, WV, actress (Days of our Life, Gina-Young & Restless)
- Sep 29 Benoît Ferreux, French actor (Murmur of the Heart), born in Bordeaux, France
- Sep 29 Ken Weatherwax, American actor (Pugsley-Addams Family), born in Los Angeles, California
- Sep 29 Mark Mitchell, Australian actor (Larger than Life, Con the Fruiterer), bon in Melbourne Australia
Weddings in Film & TV
- Sep 18 American actress-singer Debbie Reynolds (23) weds American singer Eddie Fisher (27); divorce in 1959
Deaths in Film & TV
James Dean (1931-1955)
Sep 30 American actor and cultural icon (Giant, Rebel Without a Cause), and 1st actor to be posthumously nominated for a Best Actor Academy Award, dies in a car crash at age 24
- Sep 30 Michael Chekhov, Russian-American actor (Rhapsody, Abie's Irish Rose), dies at 64
