October 1965 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

I Hear a Symphony

Oct 6 The Supremes release single "I Hear a Symphony"

Oct 10 The Supremes appear on the "The Ed Sullivan Show"
Oct 15 WEMT (now WVII) TV channel 7 in Bangor, ME (ABC) begins broadcasting
Oct 17 WBMG TV channel 42 in Birmingham, AL (CBS) begins broadcasting
Oct 21 KTWU TV channel 11 in Topeka, KS (PBS) begins broadcasting
Oct 27 WCFT-TV channel 33 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama (CBS) begins broadcasting

Film & TV History

Oct 30 British model Jean Shrimpton causes a sensation at Derby Day at the Melbourne races wearing a white shift dress (four inches above the knee)

Birthdays in Film & TV

Oct 1 Cindy Margolis, American model and actress, born in Los Angeles, California
Oct 1 Ted King, American Actor
Oct 2 Francesca Dellera [Cervellera], actress (Capriccio), born in Rome, Italy
Oct 2 Jill Powell, American actress (Marcy-As The World Turns), born in Jacksonville, Florida
Oct 2 Tom Moody, Australian cricket all-rounder, coach and broadcaster (8 Tests @ 32.57, 76 ODIs; coach Sri Lanka, WA, IPL), born in Adelaide South Australia
Oct 8 Ardal O'Hanlon, Irish comedian and actor (Father Ted), born in Carrickmacross, County Monaghan, Ireland
Oct 10 Chris Penn, American actor (The Wild Life), born in Los Angeles, California (d. 2006)
Oct 10 Rebecca Pidgeon, British-American actress, singer and songwriter, born in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Oct 11 Sean Patrick Flanery, American actor (Young Indiana Jones, Powder), born in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Oct 12 Hirokazu Yasuhara, Japanese video game designer (Sonic the Hedgehog), born in Japan
Oct 14 Steve Coogan, English comedian, screenwriter, and actor (Spitting Image; Alan Partridge; The Trip; Stan & Ollie), born in Middleton, Lancashire, England
Oct 16 Tom Tolbert, American sports broadcaster (KNBR SF-'The Razor & Mr. T'; NBC, ESPN, ABC) and basketball forward (GS Warriors, Orlando Magic, LA Clippers), born in Long Beach, California
Oct 17 Connie Ann Hearn, actress (New Kind of Family), born in Anchorage, Alaska
Oct 19 Brad Daugherty, American basketball center (5 x NBA All-Star; Cleveland Cavaliers), NASCAR team owner (JTG Daugherty Racing, winner Daytona 500 2023) and broadcaster (ESPN, NBC, CBS), born in Black Mountain, North Carolina
Oct 20 William Zabka, American actor (The Karate Kid), born in New York City
Oct 25 2 Cold Scorpio [Charles Bernard Scaggs], American professional wrestler, born in Denver, Colorado
Oct 25 Þorsteinn Bachmann, Icelandic actor (Life in a Fishbowl)
Oct 26 Kelly Rowan, Canadian actress and producer, born in Ottawa, Canada
Oct 28 Jami Gertz, actress (Less the Zero, Crossroads, Solarbabies), born in Chicago, Illinois
Oct 30 Charnele Brown, American actress (Kim-A Different World), born in East Hampton, New York
Oct 30 Gavin Rossdale, British rock singer-songwriter (Bush - "Sixteen Stone") and actor, born in London, England
Oct 31 Rob Rackstraw, British voice actor, born in Sunderland, England

Weddings in Film & TV

Phyllis Diller

Oct 7 Actress and comedian Phyllis Diller (48) weds actor Warde Donovan

Deaths in Film & TV

Oct 1 Gareth Hughes, Welsh actor (Midnight Girl), dies at 71
Oct 3 Zachary Scott, American actor (Spotlight Playhouse, Mildred Pierce), dies from a malignant brain tumor at 51
Oct 18 Henry Travers [Travers John Heagerty], British stage and screen character actor (It's A Wonderful Life; Mrs. Miniver; Bells of St Mary), dies of arteriosclerosis at 91
Oct 21 Marie McDonald, American singer and actress known as "The Body Beautiful" (Promises Promises), dies of an accidental drug overdose at 42
Oct 31 Rita Johnson, American actress (Honolulu, All Mine to Give), dies from a brain hemorrhage at 53