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Forrest Ackerman wrote 50 books, and amassed a 300,000-piece collection of sci-fi, fantasy and horror books and film memorabilia. He was awarded a special Hugo award for his fanaticism.

Art Acord acted in silent westerns, and was a rodeo champ. After his career faded, he tried mining in Mexico where died from cyanide poisoning - either a suicide, or murder by the Mexican politician who found him with his wife.

Waldo Adams was the flight engineer on the DC-7 that crashed in Pacoima. He had 20 years experience with Douglas, and over 2,700 flying hours with 278 in DC-7s.

Wally Albright was one of Our Gang/Little Rascals but only had one adult role. After the Navy, he owned a trucking company, and won the Men's National Track and Ski Championship in 1957.

Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo, known as actor Robert Alda started in vaudeville, and made most of his movies in Italy, living in Rome since 1960. Joined sons Alan Alda and Anthony Alda in an episode of M*A*S*H.

Astrid Allwyn acted on stage, then as Charles Boyer's fiancee in Love Affair, and was in the Shirley Temple film Dimples, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

Lona Andre was a WAMPAS Baby Star, and acted in 50 films, mostly B varieties, before leaving for a successful Hollywood real estate career. She was married to actor Edward Morris for 4 months.

Laurence Austin owned the country's only theater devoted solely to silent films. The theater opened in 1942, closed in 1979 and reopened in 1991 by Austin. He was killed in a robbery at the theater.

Maryon Aye was discovered by producer Mack Sennett on a beach. She became one of his bathing beauties and in 1919 she made her film debut in the comedy short Hearts And Flowers. Her last movie was the 1926 comedy Irene. After a stalled career and the death of her mother, her psychiatric problems caused her to check into a hotel and eat poison for her final suicide attempt. Her second husband thought she had only been joking about it.

Lynne Baggett was an actress an the 40's and early 50's, known for D.O.A. (1950), The Flame and the Arrow (1950) and The Time of Their Lives (1946). She was married to director Sam Spiegel. She served 60 days in jail for a hit-and-run accident in 1954, attempted suicide in 1959 and was diagnosed as a 'chronic depressed neurotic', and was found dead from a barbiturate overdose a few months later.

Constantin Bakaleinikoff was a composer with the LA Philharmonic, then for movie scores, including Hitchcock's Notorious. Oscar nominated for Something to Sing About, The Fallen Sparrow, and None But the Lonely Heart .

Misha Bakaleinikoff was a musical director, film composer and conductor. Movies include Lost Horizon, Hellcats of the Navy, Earth vs. the Flying Saucers, and Jane Eyre

Lawrence Barnard was the creator and host of The Happy Wanderer travelogue show of the 1960s. A map of his weekly travel was available only at Ford dealerships, as Ford sponsored the show.

Mike helped bring the Raiders football and Olympics to Los Angeles. Binnie Barnes acted in the Private Life of Henry the VIII, Three Smart Girls, the Three Musketeers, and her last movie, 40 Carats.

The landmark Joe E. Brown monument at Forest Lawn. Also here is producer and adopted son Mike Frankovich and actress Binnie Barnes (Frankovich).

Jack Barry hosted many TV game shows and was caught in the game-show scandal involving rigged games.

Norman Francis Bates was a Medal of Honor recipient from the Civil War. He captured the Confederate unit's flag and flag-bearer.

Lyman Frank Baum, better known by his pen name L. Frank Baum, was an author known for his children's books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. He wrote thirteen novel sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and a host of other works. His works anticipated such later things as TV, augmented reality, laptop computers (The Master Key), wireless telephones (Tik-Tok of Oz), women in high risk, action-heavy occupations (Mary Louise in the Country), and the ubiquity of advertising on clothing (Aunt Jane's Nieces at Work).

Robert Beck was a pimp for 24 years, but after time in prison, turned to writing as Iceberg Slim, including an autobiographical novel Pimp: The Story of My Life. He also has an album of poetry called Reflections.

Wallace Beery started as an assistant to an elephant trainer. For 35 years he held the record for catching the largest black sea bass. He won the best actor oscar for The Champ in 1931.

Felix Bernhardt wrote the original music for the Christmas classic song Winter Wonderland. The very popular Perry Como/Andrew Sisters versions came out after his death.

Joe Besser was the last of the Three Stooges. He was also in some Abbott and Costello movies and played Stinky on their show, and was in 88 episodes of the Joey Bishop Show.

Civl war vet, 'Best'.

Claude Binyon was the journalist who wrote Variety's famous 1929 headline 'Wall Street Lays An Egg'. He subsequently wrote screenplays and directed several movies.

Billie Bird was an actress and comedian. Bird was discovered at age eight while living at an orphanage. She worked in vaudeville, and then theater/cabaret before moving on to TV and film. She had a one-word role in The Odd Couple, then was in director John Hughes' Sixteen Candles, Home Alone, and Dennis the Menace. She also starred as Mrs. Lois Feldman in Police Academy 4. On The Wonder Years, she was the wife in the car in the final episode.

Mary Blackford acted in Merrily Yours (1933), The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi (1933) and Love Time (1934). She died on September 25, 1937 three years after being paralyzed in a car accident. Writer Bruce Barton and humorist Will Rogers had helped pay her medical expenses and a benefit dance was held in Hollywood on her behalf.

Olive Borden was a WAMPAS Baby, a Mack Sennet bathing beauty, and worked in 11 silent films in a 1926 at $1500 per week. She joined the WACS in 1943, but found little acting work afterward. Alcoholic and broke, she died in a LA women's mission.

Frank Borzage acted and directed early movies, and won oscars for Seventh Heaven in 1927 and Bad Girl in 1931. Other movie directing includes A Farewll to Arms, and Strange Cargo.

Comedian Joe E. Brown shares a grave site with other family members. Possibly most-famous for his role as a millionaire in the movie "Some Like It Hot" he uttered the final "Well, nobody's perfect".

Comedian Joe E. Brown shares a grave site with other family members. Possibly most-famous for his role as a millionaire in the movie "Some Like It Hot" he uttered the final "Well, nobody's perfect".

Kay Brown was a singer, and appeared on stage and film in Driftwood (1947), The Strip (1951) , Riddles in Rhythm (1956), and The Cruel Tower (1956).

Ralph Budd became the youngest railroad president in America with Great Northern Railway in 1919 at age 40. He was also an engineer on the Panama canal.

Vincent "the G is silent" Bugliosi was an attorney and bestselling author. Hee successfully prosecuted 105 out of 106 felony jury trials, which included 21 murder convictions without a single loss. Part of his success was not representing defendents who he thought were guilty. He was best-known for prosecuting Charles Manson and other defendants accused of the Tate–LaBianca murders in 1969. Bugliosi, with Curt Gentry, wrote Helter Skelter, about the case, in 1974.

The Builder's creed.

Helen Burgess had little acting experience but was personally chosen by CB DeMille for The Plainsman. She was in only 3 other films before dying of pneumonia just before her 21st birthday.

Johnny Burnette was a rockabilly musician, and founded The Rock and Roll Trio with his brother and a friend. He originally sang You're Sixteen, later covered by Ringo Starr. He was the father of 1980s rockabilly singer Rocky Burnette.

William Burnett was a novelist and screenwriter. He wrote the crime novels Little Caesar, and Scarface. Screenplays include High Sierra, and The Asphalt Jungle. He was oscar-nominated for Wake Island and The Great Escape.

Dorsey Burnette was an early rockabilly singer, co-founding The Rock and Roll Trio which won the Ted Mack Original Amateur Hour three times in a row. Dorsey soon left the group. Later in LA, Dorsey and Joe Morgan met Ricky Nelson who recorded their "Believe What You Say", "It's Late" and "Waitin' In School", and others. Dorsey later was "born again" and transitioned back to country music. He was voted “Most Promising Newcomer” by the Academy of Country Music in 1973 and in all, he had 15 Top Country hits but none of them made the Top 20. He also helped on some film songs. Dorsey is the father of Fleetwood Mac member Billy Burnette.

Charles Cadman was an American composer, whose musical education was completely American. He began piano lessons at 13, then studied harmony, theory, and orchestration with Luigi von Kunits and Emil Paur, the concertmaster and conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. At eighteen, he was a railroad office clerk, while he continued writing music on the side. In 1902 he met a neighbor, Nelle Richmond Eberhart, who wrote the text of their first work together, a hymn for which they were paid one and a... 
View More half dollars. Their collaboration continued for 40 years, including the Four American Indian Songs, and five operas. In 1908 Cadman was appointed as the music editor and critic of the Pittsburgh Dispatch. He was greatly influenced by American Indian music, which he had been studying. After publishing several articles on American Indian music, Cadman was regarded as an expert on the subject. In 1908 he began 25 years of touring to present lectures known as the "Indian Talk", or "Indian Music Tour". In the 1920s, Cadman moved to Los Angeles, and helped found the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, often performing there as a solo pianist. He also wrote scores for several films and was considered a top film composer of the period.

Albert Campbell earned the Medal of Honor during the Boxer Rebellion. 'In action at Tientsin, China, 21 June 1900. During the advance on Tientsin, Campbell distinguished himself by his conduct.'

Ian Campbell was a plain-clothes policeman who was murdered in an onion field. His partner was able to escape. The non-fiction book The Onion Field by policeman/writer Joseph Wambaugh was made into a movie, with Ted Danson playing Ian Campbell.

Eduardo Cansino was a dancer and actor, and father of actress and dancer Rita Hayworth. He appeared in Sombrero, Salome, The Loves of Carmen, and Dancing Pirate.

Jeanne Carpenter was a child actor in two dozen silent movies, and had one uncredited adult role as a telephone operator in 1945's Weekend at the Waldorf.

Capt William Carr was piloting the DC-7B that had a mid-air collison with a F-89 jet, and crashed onto the Pacoima Middle School in 1957.