- Oct 1 Brad O'Hare, American actor, dies of complications of HIV/AIDS at 43
- Oct 1 Marjorie Weaver, American actress (Michael Shayne: Private Detective, Young Mr Lincoln), dies from a stroke at 81
- Oct 2 Harriet (Hilliard) Nelson [Peggy Lou Snyder], American singer and actress (The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet; Follow the Fleet), dies of heart failure at 85 [1]
- Oct 3 Dennis Wolfberg, American comedian (Quantum Leap), dies from cancer at 48
- Oct 3 Dub Taylor [Walter Clarence Taylor Jr], American character actor (Gunsmoke), dies from a heart attack at 87
- Oct 3 Heinz Rühmann, German actor and director (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick), dies at 92
- Oct 3 Virginia Dale, American actress and dancer (Holiday Inn), dies at about 77
- Oct 4 Heinz Rohmann, German actor/dir (Brave Soldier Schwejk), dies at 92
- Oct 7 Paul Swift, American actor (Egg Man in Pink Flamingo), dies of AIDS at 60
- Oct 8 Diana Churchill, English actress (Spider, Sally Bishop, Housemaster), dies at 81
- Oct 9 James Hill, English director/screenwriter (Born Free), dies at 75
- Oct 11 Maja Bulgakova, Ukrainian actress (Krylja), dies in auto-accident at 62
- Oct 17 Barbara Grigor, Scottish filmmaker and art entrepreneur, dies at 50
- Oct 18 WiIlliam Faure, South African film producer (Shaka Zulu), dies of kidney failure at 45
- Oct 19 Martha Raye [Margaret Reed], American actress (Waikiki Wedding, Martha Raye Show), dies after illness at 78
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Oct 20 American actor (From Here to Eternity; Elmer Gantry; Birdman of Alcatraz; Field of Dreams), dies of a heart attack at 80
- Oct 20 Eberhard Feik, German actor (Tatort), dies at 50
- Oct 20 Sergei Bondarchuk, Soviet director and actor (Destiny of a Man, War and Peace), dies of a heart attack at 74
- Oct 23 Robert Lansing [Brown], American stage and screen actor (12 O'Clock High; The Equalizer), dies of cancer at 66
- Oct 23 William Leonard, head (CBS News), dies of a stroke at 78
- Oct 24 Raul Julia, Puerto Rican actor (Addams Family), dies of stroke at 54
- Oct 25 Lillian Hayman, American actress (Leslie Uggams Show), dies at 72
- Oct 25 Mildred Natwick, American stage and screen actress (Barefoot in the Park; She Wore a Yellow Ribbon; The House Without a Christmas Tree), dies at 89
- Oct 26 Rudi van Vlaenderen, Flemish actor/dir/poet (Thyestes), dies at 64
- Oct 26 Tutta Rolf, actress (Whalers), dies at 87
- Oct 30 Martyn Wiley, writer/broadcaster, dies at 40
- Oct 31 Jole Silvani [Niobe Quaiatti], Italian actress (La citta' Delle), dies
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