October 1978 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Oct 4 Film adaptation of Ira Levin's novel "The Boys from Brazil", starring Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier premieres

Oct 6 "Midnight Express" film premieres directed by Alan Parker starring Brad Davis, Randy Quaid and John Hurt

Oct 6 Terrence Malick's "Days of Heaven" film premieres starring Richard Gere

Oct 14 1st TV movie from a TV series-"Rescue from Gilligan's Island"

Oct 25 "Halloween", directed by John Carpenter, starring Donald Pleasence and Jamie Lee Curtis in her film debut, is released

Oct 28 NBC's premiere of Kiss' acting debut, "Kiss Meets The Phantom of the Park" TV film

Oct 1 Leticia Cline, American model and TV Personality
Oct 3 Shannyn Sossamon, American actress
Oct 4 Ko Soo, South Korean television and movie actor
Oct 5 Morgan Webb, American television presenter, born in Los Angeles, California
Oct 9 Randy Spelling, American actor (Sean Richards-Sunset Beach), born in Los Angeles, California
Oct 10 Jodi Lyn O'Keefe, American actress (Cassidy-Nash Bridges), born in Cliffwood Beach, New Jersey

Oct 14 Usher [Raymond IV], American singer (My Way, Confessions) and actor, born in Dallas, Texas

Oct 15 Devon Gummersall, American actor (Relativity; My So Called Life - "Brian'), born in Durango, Colorado
Oct 15 Takeshi Morishima, Japanese professional wrestler, born in Edogawa, Japan
Oct 18 Wesley Jonathan, American actor
Oct 20 Michael Johns, American Idol (season 7) finalist
Oct 21 Will Estes, American actor
Oct 23 Jimmy Bullard, English footballer and TV host (Soccer AM), born in East Ham, England
Oct 26 CM Punk, American professional wrestler and mixed martial artist, born in Chicago, Illinois
Oct 26 Eva Kaili, Greek TV presenter and politician, born in Thessaloniki, Greece
Oct 28 Marta Etura, Spanish actress
Oct 28 Justin Guarini [Bell], American pop singer and actor (American Idol), born in Columbus, Georgia
Oct 28 Gwendoline Christie, English actress (Game of Thrones), born in Worthing, England
Oct 30 Amanda Swafford, American actress and writer (Worst-Case Scenario), born in Hendersonville, North Carolina
Oct 31 Zachary Knighton, American actor (Happy Endings), born in Alexandria, Virginia

Oct 8 Karl Swenson, American actor (Lars Hanson-Little House on the Prairie), dies of a heart attack at 70
Oct 9 Jacques Brel, Belgian singer, songwriter, actor, director and composer (Le Far West, Pain in the A__), dies of a pulmonary embolism at 49
Oct 16 Daniel "Dan" Dailey, American dancer and actor (You're My Everything, Governor & J.J.), dies of anemia at 62
Oct 19 Gig Young [Byron Elsworth Barr], American actor (They Shoot Horses Don't They), kills his bride of 3 weeks and commits suicide at 64