- Oct 4 Graham Chapman, British comedian and screenwriter (Monty Python; Life of Brian), dies of cancer at 48
Bette Davis (1908-1989)
Oct 6 American actress (Of Human Bondage; Jezebel; All About Eve), dies of breast cancer at 81
- Oct 11 Paul Shenar, actor (Deadly Force, Dream Lover), dies at 53
- Oct 12 Carmen Cavallaro, American actor and pianist (Hollywood Canteen, Diamond Horseshoe), dies from prostate cancer at 76
- Oct 13 Cesare Zavattini, Italian screenwriter (Ladri di Biciclette), dies at 87
- Oct 14 Michael Carmine, American actor (Batteries Not Included; Leviathan; Long Time Companion), dies of AIDS at 30
- Oct 16 Cornel Wilde [Kornel Lajos Weisz], Hungarian-American actor (Sword of Lancelot, High Sierra, 5th Musketeer), dies at 74
- Oct 20 Anthony Quayle, British actor (Anne of 1000 Days, Lawrence of Arabia), dies from liver cancer at 76
- Oct 21 Jean Image, Hungarian-born French animator (b. 1910)
- Oct 22 Roland Winters [Winternitz], American actor (Mama; The Smothers Brothers; Jet Pilot; Meet Millie), dies at 84
- Oct 23 Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film actress (b. 1911)
- Oct 28 Henry Hall, British bandleader (BBC Dance Orchestra), dies at 91
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