On This Day - October
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- 1st
- 1896 - actor Abraham Sofaer born in Yangôn, Myanmar
- 1909 - actor Everett Sloane born in New York, New York, USA
- 1920 - actor Lonny Chapman born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
- 1920 - actor Walter Matthau born in New York City, New York, USA
- 1928 - actor George Peppard born in Detroit, Michigan, USA
- 1928 - actor Laurence Harvey born in Jonischkis, Lithuania
- 1930 - actor Philippe Noiret born in Lille, Nord, France
- 1935 - actress Julie Andrews born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK
- 1936 - actress Stella Stevens born in Yazoo City, Mississippi, USA
- 1940 - "Rebecca" goes on general release in Sweden
- 1984 - actor Orville Sherman dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1999 - actor Noel Johnson dies
- 2st
- 1890 - actor Anatol Winogradoff born in Russia
- 1897 - actor Jess Kirkpatrick born in Illinois, USA
- 1955 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Revenge" is broadcast for the first time
- 1973 - actor Paul Hartman dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1987 - actress Madeleine Carroll dies of cancer in Marbella, Spain
- 3rd
- 1865 - actor Herbert Ross born in Calcutta, India
- 1888 - composer Roy Webb born in New York, USA
- 1890 - actor Henry Hull born in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- 1935 - actress Madlyn Rhue born in Washington, District of Columbia, USA
- 1947 - actor George Turner dies in San Bernardino County, California, USA
- 1952 - actress Lily Morris dies in London, England, UK
- 1955 - "The Trouble with Harry" goes on general release in the USA
- 1965 - actor Zachary Scott dies of a brain tumor in Austin, Texas, USA
- 1979 - actress Dorothy Peterson dies in New York City, New York, USA
- 1982 - actress Vivien Merchant dies in London, England, UK
- 1998 - actor Roddy McDowall dies of cancer in Studio City, California, USA
- 2004 - actress Janet Leigh dies in Beverly Hills, California, USA
- 4th
- 1891 - actress Sybil Grove born in Teddington, Middlesex, England, UK
- 1892 - actress Kathryn Card born in Butte, Montana, USA
- 1899 - actor Barry Bernard born in England, UK
- 1914 - actor John Larch born in Salem, Massachusetts, USA
- 1921 - actor Duane Grey born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1932 - actress Felicia Farr born in Westchester County, New York, USA
- 1936 - "Secret Agent" goes on general release in Finland
- 1959 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Crystal Trench" is broadcast for the first time
- 1960 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Doubtful Doctor" is broadcast for the first time
- 1962 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Night of the Owl" is broadcast for the first time
- 1963 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "A Nice Touch" is broadcast for the first time
- 1971 - actress Edit Angold dies in Hollywood, California, USA
- 5th
- 1897 - cinematographer William V Skall born in Illinois, USA
- 1905 - actor John Hoyt born in Bronxville, New York, USA
- 1930 - actor Skip Homeier born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1935 - actor Peter Brown born in New York, New York, USA
- 1940 - writer Max Ferner dies in Munich, Germany
- 1958 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Poison" is broadcast for the first time
- 1964 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "The Return of Verge Likens" is broadcast for the first time
- 6th
- 1904 - actor Alex Gerry born in New York, USA
- 1908 - actress Carole Lombard born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
- 1932 - actress Fay Spain born in Phoenix, Arizona, USA
- 1957 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Glass Eye" is broadcast for the first time
- 1967 - actor Clegg Hoyt dies of a stroke in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1973 - actor Sidney Blackmer dies of cancer in New York, New York, USA
- 1989 - actress Bette Davis dies of cancer in Neuilly, France
- 1992 - actor Denholm Elliott dies in Ibiza, Spain
- 1996 - actor Ted Bessell dies of an aneurysm in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 7th
- 1887 - actor Jack Mulhall born in Wappingers Falls, New York, USA
- 1895 - René Hubert born in Frauenfeld, Switzerland
- 1913 - actor Noel Drayton born in Cape Town, South Africa
- 1922 - actress Martha Stewart born in Bardwell, Kentucky, USA
- 1946 - "Spellbound" goes on general release in Portugal
- 1956 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Fog Closing In" is broadcast for the first time
- 1958 - "Vertigo" goes on general release in Japan
- 1960 - "Psycho" goes on general release in West Germany
- 1964 - actor Bernhard Goetzke dies in Berlin, Germany
- 1985 - actor Wolfgang Kieling dies in Hamburg, Germany
- 2001 - actress Polly Rowles dies in Concord, New Hampshire, USA
- 8th
- 1888 - actor Clifford Heatherley born in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK
- 1918 - actor Ron Randell born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- 1948 - actress Claude Jade born in Dijon, France
- 1949 - "Under Capricorn" goes on general release in the USA
- 1953 - actor Nigel Bruce dies of a heart attack in Santa Monica, California, USA
- 1968 - composer Frank Skinner dies in Hollywood, California, USA
- 1969 - actor Eduardo Ciannelli dies of cancer in Rome, Italy
- 1978 - actor Karl Swenson dies of a heart attack in Torrington, Connecticut, USA
- 1983 - actress Joan Hackett dies of cancer in Encino, California, USA
- 1985 - actress Theresa Harris dies in Inglewood, California, USA
- 1996 - actor William Prince dies in Tarrytown, New York, USA
- 9th
- 1878 - actor Robert Warwick born in Sacramento, California, USA
- 1900 - actor Alastair Sim born in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- 1907 - actor Henry Hunter born in Rahway, New Jersey, USA
- 1914 - actor Edward Andrews born in Griffin, Georgia, USA
- 1918 - actress Lila Kedrova born in Petrograd, St. Petersburg, Russia
- 1955 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Premonition" is broadcast for the first time
- 1973 - actress Hilda Plowright dies
- 1990 - actor Ashley Cowan dies in San Diego, California, USA
- 1997 - actor Arch Johnson dies
- 2005 - actor Steven Peck dies of cancer in Fullerton, California, USA
- 10th
- 1909 - art director Robert F Boyle born in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1911 - actor George Mathews born in New York, New York, USA
- 1917 - Jus Addiss born
- 1926 - actor Richard Jaeckel born in Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA
- 1926 - actor Walter Mathews born in New York, New York, USA
- 1930 - actor George Brenlin born in Pennsylvania, USA
- 1961 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Hatbox" is broadcast for the first time
- 1971 - actor Christopher Dark dies of a heart attack in Hollywood, California, USA
- 1979 - actor Fred Graham dies in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA
- 1986 - actor Rusty Lane dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 11th
- 1897 - actor Russell Collins born in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- 1918 - actress Olive Deering born in New York, New York, USA
- 1925 - actor Robert Patten born in Tacoma, Washington, USA
- 1939 - "Jamaica Inn" premieres in New York, USA
- 1940 - "Foreign Correspondent" goes on general release in the UK
- 1956 - "The Man Who Knew Too Much" goes on general release in 1956
- 1959 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Appointment at Eleven" is broadcast for the first time
- 1960 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "A Very Moral Theft" is broadcast for the first time
- 1962 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "I Saw the Whole Thing" is broadcast for the first time
- 1963 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Terror at Northfield" is broadcast for the first time
- 1988 - actor Richard Peel dies
- 12th
- 1884 - actor Godfrey Tearle born in New York, New York, USA
- 1902 - actor Anthony Eustrel born in London, England, UK
- 1902 - actress Sybil Rhoda born in Plymouth, England, UK
- 1903 - actress Josephine Hutchinson born in Seattle, Washington, USA
- 1905 - actor Nelson Welch born
- 1909 - actress Renata Vanni born in Naples, Italy
- 1910 - actor Guy Rennie born in Bronx, New York, USA
- 1931 - actor Sam Buffington born in Massachusetts, USA
- 1942 - "Saboteur" goes on general release in Sweden
- 1958 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Don't Interrupt" is broadcast for the first time
- 1961 - actor Jack Livesey dies of an aneurysm in Burbank, California, USA
- 1964 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Change of Address" is broadcast for the first time
- 1978 - actor Roy Gordon dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1979 - actress Celia Lovsky dies of natural causes in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1991 - actor Regis Toomey dies in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 13th
- 1901 - actor Edward Chapman born in Harrogate, Yorkshire, England, UK
- 1906 - Edward Carrere born in Mexico
- 1917 - actress Laraine Day born in Roosevelt, Utah, USA
- 1918 - actor Robert Walker born in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
- 1918 - actress Jane Dulo born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- 1936 - actor Jim McMullan born in Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA
- 1939 - "Jamaica Inn" goes on general release in the USA
- 1957 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Mail Order Prophet" is broadcast for the first time
- 1979 - actor Clarence Muse dies of a cerebral hemorrhage in Perris, California, USA
- 2001 - actor Duane Grey dies in Eugene, Oregon, USA
- 2002 - actor Dennis Patrick dies in a house fire in Hollywood, California, USA
- 14th
- 1889 - actor Clarence Muse born in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- 1893 - actress Lillian Gish born in Springfield, Ohio, USA
- 1906 - actor Russell Thorson born in Wisconsin, USA
- 1906 - actress Benita Hume born in London, England, UK
- 1924 - actor Robert Webber born in Santa Ana, California, USA
- 1927 - actor Roger Moore born in Stockwell, London, England, UK
- 1940 - writer Helen Simpson dies
- 1956 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "De Mortuis" is broadcast for the first time
- 1986 - actor Keenan Wynn dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 15th
- 1879 - actress Jane Darwell born in Palmyra, Missouri, USA
- 1896 - actor Melville Cooper born in Birmingham, England, UK
- 1977 - actor Ralph Truman dies in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, UK
- 1982 - actress Elsie Randolph dies in London, England, UK
- 2001 - actress Janet Shaw dies in Beatrice, Nebraska, USA
- 16th
- 1879 - actor Clem Bevans born in Cozaddale, Ohio, USA
- 1892 - cinematographer George Barnes born in California, USA
- 1912 - actress Maidie Norman born in Villa Rica, Georgia, USA
- 1917 - actress Alice Pearce born in New York, New York, USA
- 1928 - actress Ann Morgan Guilbert born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
- 1955 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Triggers in Leash" is broadcast for the first time
- 1972 - actor Leo G Carroll dies of pneumonia in Hollywood, California, USA
- 1975 - actor Joe Downing dies of a heart attack in Canoga Park, California, USA
- 1978 - actor Dan Dailey dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1984 - actress Peggy Ann Garner dies of cancer in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1985 - actor Claude Stroud dies in Santa Monica, California, USA
- 2000 - actor Rick Jason dies commits suicide in Moorpark, California, USA
- 2005 - actor John Larch dies in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 17th
- 1886 - actress Spring Byington born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
- 1892 - actor Georg H Schnell born in Bremen, Germany
- 1903 - actress Ruby Goodwin born in Illinois, USA
- 1907 - actor John Marley born in New York, New York, USA
- 1917 - actress Marsha Hunt born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1919 - actor Don Hanmer born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1920 - actor Montgomery Clift born in Omaha, Nebraska, USA
- 1926 - actress Julie Adams born in Waterloo, Iowa, USA
- 1961 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Bang! You're Dead" is broadcast for the first time
- 1977 - producer Michael Balcon dies in Hartfield, East Sussex, England, UK
- 1979 - actor John Stuart dies in London, England, UK
- 1980 - actor Sam Flint dies in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 2001 - Jay Livingston dies of pneumonia in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 18th
- 1898 - actor George Curzon born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- 1913 - actor Martin Blaine born in Illinois, USA
- 1916 - actor Anthony Dawson born in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- 1934 - actress Inger Stevens born in Stockholm, Sweden
- 1935 - actor Robert Paget born in New York, New York, USA
- 1959 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Coyote Moon" is broadcast for the first time
- 1960 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Contest for Aaron Gold" is broadcast for the first time
- 1962 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Captive Audience" is broadcast for the first time
- 1963 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "You'll Be the Death of Me" is broadcast for the first time
- 1965 - actor Henry Travers dies in Hollywood, California, USA
- 1968 - actor William Yip dies in Los Angeles County, California, USA
- 2000 - actress Julie London dies of a stroke in Encino, California, USA
- 19th
- 1882 - actor Sam Flint born in Guinette County, Georgia, USA
- 1907 - actor Alex Montoya born in El Paso, Texas, USA
- 1916 - actor David Lewis born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1916 - actress Katharine Bard born in Highland Park, Illinois, USA
- 1918 - actor Bob Sweeney born in California, USA
- 1921 - actor George Nader born in Pasadena, California, USA
- 1922 - actress Juanita Moore born in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1955 - actor John Hodiak dies of coronary thrombosis in Hollywood, California, USA
- 1958 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Jokester" is broadcast for the first time
- 1959 - "North by Northwest" goes on general release in Sweden
- 1964 - "Marnie" goes on general release in Sweden
- 1964 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Water's Edge" is broadcast for the first time
- 1978 - actor Gig Young dies commits suicide in New York, New York, USA
- 20th
- 1887 - actor Addison Richards born in Zanesville, Ohio, USA
- 1904 - actress Anna Neagle born in Forest Gate, Essex, England, UK
- 1911 - actor Bill Shine born in London, England, UK
- 1913 - actor Barney Phillips born in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- 1915 - actor Marvin Press born in Connecticut, USA
- 1922 - actor John Anderson born in Clayton, Illinois, USA
- 1938 - actress Dolores Hart born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1952 - actor Basil Radford dies of a heart attack in London, England, UK
- 1957 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Perfect Crime" is broadcast for the first time
- 1984 - Tina Hedström dies
- 1988 - actor Ben Astar dies in Tarzana, California, USA
- 1989 - actor Anthony Quayle dies of cancer in London, England, UK
- 1990 - actor Joel McCrea dies in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 21st
- 1902 - actress Lillian Bronson born in Lockport, New York, USA
- 1937 - "Sabotage" goes on general release in 1937
- 1956 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Kill with Kindness" is broadcast for the first time
- 1959 - "North by Northwest" goes on general release in France
- 1966 - actor Harp McGuire dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1966 - actress Gertrude Hoffman dies of a heart attack in Hollywood, California, USA
- 1984 - François Truffaut dies in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- 22st
- 1891 - actor Parker Fennelly born in Northeast Harbor, Maine, USA
- 1895 - actress Vivian Gibson born in Vienna, Austria
- 1907 - actor Roger De Koven born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1908 - actor John Zaremba born in Chicago, Illinois, USA
- 1917 - actress Joan Fontaine born in Tokyo, Japan
- 1924 - actor James Philbrook born in Davenport, Iowa, USA
- 1956 - "The Trouble with Harry" goes on general release in Sweden
- 1965 - actor George Dillon dies in Burbank, California, USA
- 1981 - actor Michael Granger dies of a heart attack in New York, New York, USA
- 1984 - actor Napoleon Whiting dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1989 - actor Roland Winters dies of a stroke in Englewood, New Jersey, USA
- 1995 - actress Mary Wickes dies of cancer in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 2001 - actress Diana Van der Vlis dies of a heart attack in Missoula, Montana, USA
- 23rd
- 1880 - actress Una O'Connor born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
- 1917 - actor Robert Bray born in Kalispell, Montana, USA
- 1920 - actor Rayford Barnes born in near Whitesboro, Texas, USA
- 1922 - actress Coleen Gray born in Staplehurst, Nebraska, USA
- 1931 - actress Diana Dors born in Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK
- 1939 - "Jamaica Inn" goes on general release in Denmark
- 1955 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Don't Come Back Alive" is broadcast for the first time
- 1964 - actor Gage Clarke dies of cancer in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1964 - writer Jo Swerling dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1969 - actor Richard Robbins dies of a heart attack in New York, New York, USA
- 1970 - actor Keith Britton dies of heart disease in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1986 - actor Ronald Long dies in Burbank, California, USA
- 1995 - actor Jack Sahakian dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 2001 - actress Linden Travers dies in Cornwall, England, UK
- 24th
- 1882 - actress Sybil Thorndike born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, UK
- 1961 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Maria" is broadcast for the first time
- 1981 - costume designer Edith Head dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1982 - actor James Philbrook dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1984 - actor Walter Woolf King dies of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- 25th
- 1892 - actor Leo G Carroll born in Weedon, England, UK
- 1895 - actor William Yip born in California, USA
- 1909 - actor Whit Bissell born in New York, New York, USA
- 1914 - actor George Pelling born in Salisbury, South Rhodesia
- 1918 - actor Milton Selzer born in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
- 1924 - actor Billy Barty born in Millsboro, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1926 - actor Biff McGuire born in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
- 1927 - actress Barbara Cook born in Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- 1933 - actress Lillian Hall-Davis dies commits suicide in London, England, UK
- 1936 - actor Burt Brinckerhoff born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1959 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "No Pain" is broadcast for the first time
- 1960 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Five-Forty-Eight" is broadcast for the first time
- 1962 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Final Vow" is broadcast for the first time
- 1963 - actor H F Maltby dies in London, England, UK
- 1963 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "Blood Bargain" is broadcast for the first time
- 1993 - actor Vincent Price dies of emphysema in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1994 - actress Mildred Natwick dies of cancer in New York, USA
- 1999 - actor Paul Fierro dies in Walnut Creek, California, USA
- 26th
- 1908 - actor Fred Graham born in Springer, New Mexico, USA
- 1914 - actor Jackie Coogan born in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1921 - actress Vivian Nathan born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1929 - actor George Skaff born in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1937 - actor William Dewhurst dies of heart failure in London, England, UK
- 1958 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "The Crooked Road" is broadcast for the first time
- 1964 - the Alfred Hitchcock Hour episode "The Life Work of Juan Diaz" is broadcast for the first time
- 1973 - actor James Bell dies in Kents Store, Virginia, USA
- 1999 - actor Stephen Roberts dies of cancer in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 27th
- 1896 - actress Kathryn Givney born in Rhinelander, Wisconsin, USA
- 1910 - Herschel Daugherty born in Indiana, USA
- 1910 - actor Jack Carson born in Carman, Manitoba, Canada
- 1911 - actor Leif Erickson born in Alameda, California, USA
- 1918 - actress Teresa Wright born in Manhattan, New York, USA
- 1957 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Heart of Gold" is broadcast for the first time
- 1964 - Rudolph Maté dies of a heart attack in Hollywood, California, USA
- 1973 - actor Allan Lane dies of cancer in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1985 - actor William Bramley dies in Los Angeles County, California, USA
- 28th
- 1897 - costume designer Edith Head born in San Bernardino, California, USA
- 1902 - actress Elsa Lanchester born in Lewisham, London, England, UK
- 1956 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "None Are So Blind" is broadcast for the first time
- 1964 - "Marnie" goes on general release in Spain
- 29th
- 1867 - actor A Bromley Davenport born in Baginton, Warwickshire, England, UK
- 1906 - writer Fredric Brown born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- 1912 - actor Syl Lamont born
- 1921 - actor Ed Kemmer born in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
- 1929 - actor Richard Lupino born in Hollywood, California, USA
- 30th
- 1911 - actress Ruth Hussey born in Providence, Rhode Island, USA
- 1912 - actor Charles Watts born in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA
- 1918 - actress Joan Banks born in Petersburg, West Virginia, USA
- 1940 - actor Ed Lauter born in Long Beach, Long Island, New York, USA
- 1955 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Into Thin Air" is broadcast for the first time
- 1962 - actor Ivor McLaren dies in London, England, UK
- 1972 - composer Audrey Granville dies of cancer in Encino, California, USA
- 1995 - actor Stephen Bekassy dies in Budapest, Hungary
- 31st
- 1879 - actress Sara Allgood born in Dublin, Ireland
- 1911 - actress Sheila Bromley born in San Francisco, California, USA
- 1921 - actor John Blythe born in London, England, UK
- 1922 - actress Barbara Bel Geddes born in New York, USA
- 1945 - "Spellbound" premieres in New York, USA
- 1960 - "Psycho" goes on general release in Sweden
- 1961 - the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode "Cop for a Day" is broadcast for the first time
- 1976 - actress Linda Watkins dies in Los Angeles, California, USA
- 1977 - actress Joan Tetzel dies of cancer in Sussex, England, UK
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