- Sep 6 Edmund Gwenn, English actor (Miracle on 34th Street), dies at 81
- Sep 6 Kay Kendall [Justine McCarthy], British actress (Genevieve, The Constant Husband, Les Girls), dies of leukemia at 32
- Sep 11 Paul Douglas, American actor (Adventure Theater; Clash by Night), dies from a heart attack at 52
- Sep 14 Wayne Morris, American actor and decorated WWII pilot (Paths of Glory, The Bushwackers), dies from a heart attack at 45
- Sep 20 Olin Howland, American actor (Gone With The Wind; Them!; Circus Boy), dies at 73
- Sep 22 Jane Winton, American actress (Hell's Angel, Patsy, Don Juan), dies at 53
- Sep 25 Helen Broderick, American comedienne and actress (Swing Time; Top Hat), dies at 68
- Sep 28 Gerard Hoffnung, German-British artist, humorist and tuba player (Hoffnung Music Festival), dies at 34
- Sep 29 Harold Huber [Huberman], American radio, stage, a,d screen actor (I Cover Times Square), dies at 49
- Sep 30 John Kliegl, American developer of Klieg light used in filmmaking, dies at 89
- Sep 30 Taylor Holmes, American actor (Sleeping Beauty, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), dies at 81
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