- Oct 1 Janine Darcey, French actress (Priez pour nous), dies at 75
- Oct 1 Joseph Warren, actor (Gift of Love, Urban Warriors), dies at 77
- Oct 1 Reizl Bozyk, Polish/American actress (Crossing Delancey), dies at 79
- Oct 2 William Berger, Austrian American actor (Face to Face, Adventure of Hercules), dies of prostate cancer at 65
- Oct 5 Jane Nigh, American actress (Lorelei-Big Town, Blue Blood, Rawhide), dies at about 67
- Oct 7 Cyril Cusack, South African actor (Day of the Jackal, Fahrenheit 451), dies of neuron disease at 82
- Oct 7 Kenneth Nelson, American actor (Henry Aldrich-Aldrich Family), dies at 63
- Oct 12 Leon Ames, American actor (Mister Ed, Father of the Bride), dies from a stroke at 91
- Oct 13 Gwen Wells, American actress (Nashville), dies of cancer at 42
- Oct 14 Walter Brown Newman, American screenwriter (Cat Ballou), dies at 77
- Oct 18 Lois Kibbee, American actress (Edge of Night), dies of a brain tumor at 71
- Oct 20 Maurice Dolbier, American actor and author (Nowhere Near Everest; The Bus That Nobody Loved), dies at 81
- Oct 24 Tonino Nardi, Italian cinematographer (Porte Manifest), dies at 54
- Oct 25 Vincent Price, American actor (House on Haunted Hill, Fly, Laura), dies of lung cancer at 82
Federico Fellini (1920-1993)
Oct 31 Italian film director and scriptwriter (8 1/2, La Dolce Vita), dies of stroke at 73
River Phoenix (1970-1993)
Oct 31 American actor (Little Nikta, Stand By Me), dies of a drug overdose at 23
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