Events in Film & TV
Film Premiere
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
Film Premiere
Oct 6 Terrence Malick's "Days of Heaven" film premieres starring Richard Gere
- Oct 23 CBS raises LP prices to $8.98
Film Release
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
Birthdays in Film & TV
- 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 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
Deaths in Film & TV
- 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