- Oct 1 Donald Cook, American actor (Too Young To Go Steady), dies at 60
- Oct 11 Chico Marx [Leonard], American comedian (Marx Brothers), dies at 74
- Oct 13 Maya Deren [born Eleanora Derenkowskaia], American filmmaker (Meshes of the Afternoon; At Land), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 44
- Oct 13 Zoltan Korda, Hungarian-British film director (Jungle Book, 4 Feathers), dies at 66
- Oct 18 Tsuru Aoki, Japanese-born American silent film actress (The Dragon Painter), dies at 69
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