October 1888 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Oct 17 Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie)

Oct 3 Claud Allister, British actor (Kiss Me Kate, Quartet, Bulldog Drummond), born in London, England (d. 1970)
Oct 3 Roy Webb, American film score composer (films of Val Lewton), born in Manhattan, New York (d. 1982)
Oct 8 Clifford Heatherley, British actor (Who Killed Doc Robin?), born in Preston, Lancashire, England (d. 1937)
Oct 9 Hank Patterson, American actor (Gunsmoke, Fred Ziffel-Green Acres), born in Springville, Alabama (d. 1975)
Oct 9 Irving Cummings Sr., American silent screen actor and director (Curly Top), born in NYC, New York (d. 1959)