- Oct 2 (Georgios) "George" Savalas, Greek-American actor (Kojak; Kelly's Heroes), dies of leukemia at 58
Rock Hudson (1925-1985)
Oct 2 American actor (Pillow Talk, A Farewell to Arms, Ice Station Zebra), dies of AIDS-related complications at 59
- Oct 2 Sidney Clute, American actor (Lou Grant; Cagney & Lacey), dies at 69
- Oct 3 Charles Collingwood, American news commentator (Chronicles), dies at 68
- Oct 3 Maurice Copeland, American actor (Ralph-Those Young Charmings), dies at 74
Orson Welles (1915-1985)
Oct 10 American actor and director (Citizen Kane, War of the Worlds), dies of a heart attack at 70
Yul Brynner (1920-1985)
Oct 10 Russian-Swiss Tony and Academy Award-winning stage and screen actor (The King and I; The Ten Commandments), dies of lung cancer at 65
- Oct 12 Johnny Olson, American radio personality and television announcer (The Price is Right), dies at 75
- Oct 13 Francesca Bertini, Italian actress (Odette; Assunta Spina), dies at 93
- Oct 16 Claude Stroud, American actor (Breakfast at Tiffany's; Ted Knight Show; Duke), dies at 78
- Oct 25 (John) Morton Downey, American pop tenor, known as "The Irish Nightengale", songwriter, radio and television host, dies at 83
- Oct 29 John Lodge, American actor (Witchmaker) and politician (79th Governor of Connecticut), dies at 82
- Oct 30 Kirby Grant, American actor (Rustlers Round-Up, Yukon Gold, Sky King), dies in an auto accident at 74
- Oct 31 Poul Reichhardt, Danish actor (Soldaten og Jenny, Det gælder os alle), dies at 72
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