- Oct 6 Sydney Chatton, English actress (Once Upon a Horse), dies of a heart attack at 48
- Oct 13 Clifton Webb [Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck], American actor (Razor's Edge, Laura), dies of a heart attack at 76
- Oct 16 George O'Hara, American silent era screenwriter and actor (The Sea Beast, The Grapes of Wrath), dies at 67
- Oct 17 Soledad Jiménez, Spanish actress (Kid Galahad, The Phantom of the Range), dies at 92
- Oct 18 Bill Nestell, American actor (Dangerous Venture, Buckskin Frontier), dies of a heart attack at 73
- Oct 21 Gertrude Hoffman, actress (Mrs Odetts-My Little Margie), dies at 95
- Oct 23 Claire McDowell, American silent film actress (Big Parade), dies after long illness at 88
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