- Oct 4 Norman Wisdom, English comedian (Kraft Music Hall, Trouble In Store), dies at 95
- Oct 5 Mary Leona Gage, American beauty pageant winner and actress (b. 1939)
- Oct 6 Antonie Kamerling, Dutch actor and singer (b. 1966)
- Oct 6 Colette Renard, French actress and singer (b. 1924)
- Oct 6 Lex van Delden, Dutch actor (Soldier of Orange), dies at 63
- Oct 7 Antonie Kamerling, Dutch actor (b. 1966)
- Oct 14 Carla Del Poggio [Maria Luisa Attanasio], Italian stage and screen actress (Variety Lights; Immortal Melodies), dies at 84
- Oct 14 Simon MacCorkindale, English actor (Falcon Crest, Manimal), dies of bowel cancer at 58
- Oct 15 Johnny Sheffield, American actor (Boy-Tarzan Finds a Son), dies at 79
- Oct 16 Barbara Billingsley, American actress (Leave it to Beaver), dies at 94
- Oct 19 Graham Crowden, Scottish stage, screen, and radio actor (O Lucky Man!; A Very Peculiar Practice), dies at 87
- Oct 19 Tom Bosley, American actor (Howard-Happy Days, Murder She Wrote, Fiorello!), dies at 83
- Oct 25 Lisa Blount, American actress and producer (b. 1957)
- Oct 27 Denise Borino, American actress (b. 1964)
- Oct 27 James Wall, American actor and stage manager (b. 1917)
- Oct 28 Gerard Kelly, Scottish actor (b. 1959)
- Oct 28 James MacArthur, American actor (Danny Williams-Hawaii 5-0), dies at 72
- Oct 28 Michael Sharvell-Martin, British stage and screen character actor (Dave Allen At Large), dies of esophageal cancer at 66
- Oct 29 George Hickenlooper, American documentary filmmaker, dies at 47
- Oct 30 Édouard Carpentier, French-Canadian pro wrestler (NWA 1956-57, WWA heavyweight champion), dies of a heart attack at 84
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