Events in Film & TV
- Oct 6 "Midnight Express" film premieres directed by Alan Parker starring Brad Davis, Randy Quaid and John Hurt
Film Premier
Oct 6 Terrence Malick's "Days of Heaven" film premieres starring Richard Gere

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

Jamie Lee Curtis

John Carpenter
- 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, Colo, actor (Relativity, Brian-My So Called Life)
- Oct 15 Takeshi Morishima, Japanese professional wrestler
- Oct 18 Wesley Jonathan, American actor
- Oct 20 Michael Johns, American Idol (season 7) finalist
- Oct 21 Will Estes, American actor
- 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