Events in Film & TV
- Oct 1 KJEO TV channel 47 in Fresno, CA (CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 1 KYTV TV channel 3 in Springfield, MO (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 1 WATE TV channel 6 in Knoxville, TN (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 1 WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
Music History
Oct 2 Victor Borge's one-man show "Comedy in Music" opens at John Golden Theatre, NYC; runs for 849 performances, a Guinness world record
- Oct 3 KGGM TV channel 13 in Albuquerque, NM (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Oct 6 WTVM TV channel 9 in Columbus, GA (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 8 WTAP TV channel 15 in Parkersburg-Marietta, WV (NBC) begins
- Oct 14 WTEN TV channel 10 in Albany, NY (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 15 John Patrick's play "Teahouse of the August Moon" premieres in New York
- Oct 15 KOIN TV channel 6 in Portland, OR (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Oct 15 WJNL (now WFAT) TV channel 19 in Johnstown, PA (IND) begins
- Oct 18 WLJT TV channel 11 in Lexington, TN (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Oct 18 WTVK TV channel 26 in Knoxville, TN (NBC) begins broadcasting
Music History
Oct 19 Singer Julius LaRosa is fired on TV by Arthur Godfrey
- Oct 20 WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 23 WTRF TV channel 7 in Wheeling-Steubenville, WV (CBS) 1st broadcast
- Oct 24 KOOL (now KTSP) TV channel 10 in Phoenix, AZ (CBS) begins broadcasting
- Oct 25 KIEM TV channel 3 in Eureka, CA (NBC/CBS/ABC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 31 TV broadcasting begins in Belgium
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Oct 4 Tchéky Karyo, Turkish-French actor
- Oct 7 Christopher Norris, American actress (Summer of '42, Eat My Dust), born in New York City
- Oct 9 Tony Shalhoub, American actor (Wings, Monk, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), born in Green Bay, Wisconsin
- Oct 11 David Morse, American actor (St Elsewhere, House, Inside Moves), born in Beverly, Massachusetts
- Oct 14 Greg Evigan, American actor (BJ-BJ & the Bear, Melrose Place), born in South Amboy, New Jersey
- Oct 15 Larry Miller, American comedian and actor (Larry-Pursuit Of Happiness), born in NYC, New York
- Oct 15 Tito Jackson, American singer (Jackson 5 - "ABC"; "Never Can Say Goodbye"), born in Gary, Indiana
- Oct 16 Martha Smith, American actress (Animal House) and model (Playboy playmate July 1973), born in Cleveland, Ohio
- Oct 20 Bill Nunn, American actor (Do the Right Thing), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (d. 2016)
- Oct 21 Eleonora Giorgi, actress (Nu de Femme, To Forget Venice), born in Rome, Italy
- Oct 26 Lauren Tewes, American actress (Julie McCoy-Love Boat), born in Braddock, Pennsylvania
- Oct 27 Peter Firth, English actor (Equus, Lifeforce, Tess), born in Bradford, England
- Oct 27 Robert Picardo, American actor (Frame Up, Gremlins 2), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Oct 30 Charles Martin Smith, American actor (American Graffiti, Never Cry Wolf), born in Van Nuys, California
- Oct 30 Kathleen Cody, American actress (Charley & the Angel), born in The Bronx, New York
- Oct 31 Michael J. Anderson, American actor (The Man from Another Place), born in Denver, Coloroda
Weddings in Film & TV
Tony Trabert
Oct 26 Tennis champion Tony Trabert (23) weds beauty queen Shauna Wood at the Salt Lake Country Club in Salt Lake City, Utah
Deaths in Film & TV
- Oct 6 Porter Hall, American actor (Half-Breed, Double Indemnity), dies of a heart attack at 64
- Oct 8 Nigel Bruce, British actor (Rebecca, Suspicion, Sherlock Holmes), dies from a heart attack at 58
- Oct 9 James Finlayson, Scottish-American stage, and silent and "talkie" film actor (Laurel and Hardy films), dies of a heart attack at 66
- Oct 13 Millard Mitchell, Cuban actor (12 O'Clock High, Gunfighter), dies from lung cancer at 50
