October 1996 in Film & Television History

Events in Film & TV

Oct 9 Howard Stern's book "Miss America" released in paperback

Birthdays in Film & TV

Oct 3 Adair Tishler, American child actress
Oct 5 Mary Gibbs, American child actress (Monsters, Inc.), born in Pasadena, California
Oct 9 Bella Hadid [Isabella Khair Hadid], American fashion model, born in Los Angeles, California
Oct 14 Lourdes Leon, American actress, director and Madonna's daughter, born in Los Angeles, California
Oct 28 Jasmine Jessica Anthony, American actress (1408, Water Pills), born in Tarzana, California
Oct 28 Naelee Rae, American actress

Weddings in Film & TV

Faith Hill & Tim McGraw

Oct 6 American country singer Faith Hill (29) weds American country singer and actor Tim McGraw (45) in Rayville, Louisiana

Oct 19 "Rescue Me" actor-comedian Lenny Clarke (43) weds former TV producer Jennifer Miller (31) at Martha's Vineyard in Cambridge, Massachusetts

Divorces in Film & TV

Elizabeth Taylor

Oct 31 English-American actress Elizabeth Taylor's 8th (and final) divorce from American construction worker Larry Fortensky, after 5 years of marriage

Deaths in Film & TV

Oct 4 Masaki Kobayashi, Japanese film director and screenwriter (Joi-uchi), dies at 80
Oct 6 Ted Bessell, American director and actor (Don-That Girl, Gomer Pyle- Frankie), dies of an aneurism at 61
Oct 8 Susan Gautier-Smith, British TV producer, dies of heart failure at 33
Oct 8 William Prince, American actor (Spies Like Us, The Stepford Wives, City in Fear), dies at 83
Oct 9 Harvey Vernon [Chet Smith], American actor (Teen Wolf, Jasper-Carter Country), dies at 69

Walter Kerr (1913-1996)

Oct 9 American actor, writer (Goldilocks) and Broadway theatre critic, dies of congestive heart failure at 83

Oct 13 Beryl Reid, British actress (The Killing of Sister George; Smiley's People), dies from pneumonia at 77
Oct 14 Laura La Plante, American actress (Show Boat, Scandal) known for her work in the silent film era, dies at 91
Oct 16 Jason Bernard, actor (judge-Liar Liar), dies of a heart attack at 58
Oct 28 (Moritz) "Morey" Amsterdam, American comedian, cellist, and actor (The Dick Van Dyke Show - "Buddy"), dies at 87
Oct 29 Patricia Ticia Anne Ingrams, broadcaster, dies at 50
Oct 30 John Young, Scottish actor and TV panelist (Masquerade Party), dies at 80
Oct 31 Arthur Peterson, American actor (Soap, Mission: Impossible, Crisis), dies from Alzheimer's disease at 83