Events in Film & TV
- Oct 2 Rod Serling's anthology series "The Twilight Zone" premieres on CBS-TV
Pillow Talk
Oct 7 "Pillow Talk" film directed by Michael Gordon and starring Doris Day and Rock Hudson is first released
- Oct 11 KTHI TV channel 11 in Fargo-Grand Forks, ND (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 14 WMUB (now WPTO) TV channel 14 in Oxford, OH (PBS) begins broadcasting
- Oct 15 KNDO TV channel 23 in Yakima, WA (NBC) begins broadcasting
- Oct 15 TV series "The Untouchables" starring Robert Stack premieres in the US
- Oct 20 WABG TV channel 6 in Greenwood-Greenville, MS (ABC) 1st broadcast
Birthdays in Film & TV
- Oct 1 Koralia Karanti, Greek stage and screen actress, born in Athens, Greece
- Oct 3 Greg Proops, American actor and comedian (Whose Line Is It Anyway/), born in Phoenix, Arizona
- Oct 3 Jack Wagner, American actor (General Hospital; Melrose Place) and pop singer ("All I Need"), born in Washington, Missouri
- Oct 7 Dylan Baker, American character actor, born in Syracuse, New York
Simon Cowell (63 years old)
Oct 7 English recording executive and television producer (X-Factor, American Idol), born in London, England
- Oct 8 Nick Bakay, American actor and voice actor (Sabrina the Teenage Witch-Salem Saberhagen), born in Buffalo, New York
- Oct 10 Bradley Whitford, American actor and political activist (The West Wing), born in Madison, Wisconsin
- Oct 10 Victoria Clark, American actress (Kimberly Akimbo - Tony for Best Musical Actress 2023), born in Dallas, Texas
- Oct 13 Marie Osmond, American pop singer ("Paper Roses"), and actress (Goin' Coconuts), born in Ogden, Utah
- Oct 15 Todd Solondz, American film director (Welcome to the Dollhouse), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Oct 17 Norm MacDonald, Canadian stand-up comedian, writer, and actor (Saturday Night Live, 1993-98; Dirty Work; The Norm Show), born in Quebec City, Quebec (d. 2021)
- Oct 17 Richard Roeper, American columnist and film critic, born in Chicago, Illinois
- Oct 17 Russell Gilbert, Australian comedian
- Oct 18 Milčo Mančevski, Macedonian film director and screenwriter
- Oct 20 Mark Little, Australian actor and comedian (Neighbours), born in Brisbane
- Oct 21 Ken Watanabe, Japanese actor
- Oct 21 Tony Ganios, American Actor
- Oct 22 Marc Shaiman, American film and Broadway composer (When Harry Met Sally; Hairspray), born in Newark, New Jersey
- Oct 22 Todd Graff, American actor (Five Corners, Dominic & Eugene), born in NYC, New York
Weird Al Yankovic (63 years old)
Oct 23 American accordionist and parody singer-songwriter ("Eat It"; "Another One Rides The Bus"), and actor (UHF; Naked Gun), born in Downey, California
- Oct 23 Sam Raimi, American filmmaker and actor (Spiderman trilogy, Evil Dead series), born in Royal Oak, Michigan
- Oct 26 Brian Bovell, British actor, born in London
- Oct 26 François Chau, Cambodian actor, born in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Oct 29 Finola Hughes, English actress (Anna-General Hospital, Staying Alive), born in London, England
- Oct 29 Tamar Baruch, Dutch actress (Small Truth, Q & Q), born in Laren, Netherlands
Deaths in Film & TV
Errol Flynn (1909-1959)
Oct 14 Australian actor (Captain Blood, Robin Hood), dies of a heart attack at 50
