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Ackerman Forrest (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.)
Acord Art (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.)
Adams Waldo (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.)
Albright Wally (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.)
Alcove Sign
Alda Robert (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.)
Aldrich Robert
Allwyn Astrid (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.)
Andre Lona (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.)
Austin Laurence (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.)
Aye Maryon (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.)
Baggett Lynne (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.)
Bakaleinikoff Constantin (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 .)
Bakaleinikoff Misha (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)
Barnard Lawrence (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.)
Barnes Binnie (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.)
Barnes Binnie (The landmark Joe E. Brown monument at Forest Lawn. Also here is producer and adopted son Mike Frankovich and actress Binnie Barnes (Frankovich).)
Barry Jack (Jack Barry hosted many TV game shows and was caught in the game-show scandal involving rigged games.)
Bates Norman (Norman Francis Bates was a Medal of Honor recipient from the Civil War. He captured the Confederate unit's flag and flag-bearer.)
Baum L Frank (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).)
Beck Robert Maupin (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.)
Beery Wallace (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.)
Bernhardt Felix (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.)
Besser Joe (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.)
Best (Civl war vet, 'Best'.)
Binyon Claude (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.)
Bird Billie (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.)
Blackford Mary (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.)
Borden Olive (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.)
Borzage Frank (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.)
Boy Statue
Brown Don
Brown Joe E (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".)
Brown Joe E (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".)
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Brown Kay (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).)
Budd Ralph (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.)
Bugliosi Vincent (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.)
Builders Creed
Builders Creed (The Builder's creed.)
Burgess Helen (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.)
Burnett John (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.)
Burnett William (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.)
Burnette Dorsey (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.)
Cadman Charles (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 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.)
Campbell Albert (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.')
Campbell Ian (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.)
Cansino Eduardo (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.)
Carpenter Jeanne (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.)
Carr William (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.)
Ch Of Recessional (Replica church of the Recessional.)
Ch Of RecSign
Chapman Charles (Charles Chapman was the first mayor of Fullerton, CA and a relative of John Chapman, the legendary 'Johnny Appleseed.' Chapman was a primary donor and fundraiser for California Christian College, which is now Chapman University.)
Chen Renee (Renee Shin-Ye Chen was killed along with another child and actor Vic Morrow on the set of the Twilight Zone movie when a helicopter crashed on them.)
Chief Hailstorm Van Noy (Chief Hailstorm was the stage name of Jarrette Van Noy, a full-blood Cherokee. He worked in Buffalo Bill's Wild West, then acted starting in 1914. He later toured in vaudeville, and subsequently gave educational lectures about Native life.)
Chief Thunderbird (Chief Richard David Thunderbird was a Native American actor of the '30s and '40s, playing...an Indian, including Sitting Bull in 1936's Annie Oakley.)
Choate Timothy (Timothy Choate acted in Ghost Story, Tales From the Darkside, Highway to Heaven, Newhart, Soapdish, Jefferson in Paris, Babylon 5, Pearl Harbor and Cold Case.)
Chotiner Alice (Born Alice Beatrice Calhoun, she made her film debut in an uncredited role in 1918 and appeared in forty-seven films between through 1929. As a Vitagraph star, she moved with the company from NYC to Hollywood. She appeared in The Man Next Door (1923), The Man From Brodney's (1923), Between Friends (1924), Pampered Youth (1925), The Power of the Weak (1926), Savage Passions (1927), and Bride of the Desert (1929). Like a number of other stars of the era, her voice did not lend itself to sound and her one performance in a talkie came in an uncredited role in 1934.)
Church Bench
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Churchill Frank (Frank Churchill was Academy Award-winning composer and songwriter for Disney, including Whistle While You Work, Some Day My Prince Will Come, and Heigh Ho.)
Churchill Reba (Reba Churchill and her sister, Bonnie, became co-editors of Silver Screen and Screenland magazines, and later began a series of newspaper columns and Hollywood-oriented radio broadcasts.)
Clinton Clifford (Clifford Clinton was a restaurateur who founded Meals for Millions, one of two parent organizations of Freedom from Hunger, in 1946. Clifton's Brookdale cafeteria is still going in Los Angeles.)
Clum John (John Clum was an Indian agent for the San Carlos Apache reservation. He was the first mayor of Tombstone, and founded the still-operating Tombstone Epitaph.)
Clyde Andy (Andy Clyde was an actor, starting in Mack Sennett comedies. He is best known for playing the farmer Cully Wilson in TV's Lassie, and as the neighbor, George MacMichael, on TV's The Real McCoys.)
Cobb Joe (Joe Cobb auditioned for Hal Roach's Our Gang comedy series at the age of five, and subsequently appeared in 86 episodes 1922 to 1929. He also made three cameo appearances during the 1930s, in Fish Hooky (1933), Pay as You Exit (1936), and Reunion in Rhythm (1937). After his acting career ended following 1941's Tuxedo Junction, Cobb became an assembler for North American Aviation.)
Court Of Freedom (Court of Freedom at Forest Lawn, Glendale.)
Crawford Charles (Charles Crawford was part of a crime syndicate, the City Hall Gang, in LA in the 1920s. He then had a religious conversion and made large donations. He was murdered by a prosecutor though it was ruled self-defense in a retrial.)
Crisp Donald (Donald Crisp directed over 70 movies before focusing on acting. He was in Mutiny on the Bounty, Wuthering Heights, and How Green Was My Valley.)
Curtis Edward (Edward Curtis was a photographer of the American West and of Native American peoples. Over 2400 images are in the Library of Congress.)
Curtiz Michael (Michael Curtiz directed in Hungary until the mid-20's when he moved to the US. His most famous movies are Casablanca, and Mildred Pierce.)
Dailey Dan (Actor Dan Dailey started out playing a Nazi, then was in several musicals, and co-starred with Marilyn Monroe and John Wayne.)
Daniels William (William H. Daniels was a film cinematographer and was Greta Garbo's personal lensman. Early in his career he worked regularly with director Erich von Stroheim. His credits as a cinematographer extended fifty years from the silent film Foolish Wives (1922) to Move (1970), His major films included The Naked City (1948) , Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Ocean's 11 (a960), Von Ryan's Express (1965), and In Like Flint (1967).)
Darwell Jane (Actress Jane Darwell won the best supporting oscar for her role as Ma Joad in the Grapes of Wrath.)
David
De Erdeley Francis (Francis de Erdely was renowned in Europe and the US for his powerful figure paintings and drawings. In the 1930s, his art turned toward the effect of war on humanity.)
Declaration (Signers ID.)
Declaration
Declaration (Declaration of Independence mural.)
DeGrasse Samuel (Samuel De Grasse was trained in dentistry, but followed his older brother into the fledgling movie business. In New York City he appeared in his first motion picture in NYC. At first he played standard secondary characters but when fellow Canadian Mary Pickford set up her studio with husband Douglas Fairbanks, he joined them. He portrayed the villainous Prince John in Fairbanks' 1922 Robin Hood, and continued in villainous roles thereafter.)
Deignan Osborn (Osborn Deignan earned a Medal of Honor. 'In connection with the sinking of the U.S.S. Merrimac at the entrance to the harbor of Santiago de Cuba, 2 June 1898....')
Delarue Georges (Georges Delarue wrote movie scores, notably A Little Romance which earned him an oscar, Julia, Day of the Dolphin and Platoon.)
Demarest William (William Demarest is best known as Charlie on My Three Sons and had an oscar nomination for his supporting role in The Jolson Story.)
Disney Walt (Walt Disney of Disneyland fame.)
Dix Richard (Actor Richard Dix had a deep commanding voice which helped him transition from silent movies to talkies. He was nominated for an oscar for 1931's Cimmaron, the year's best picture winner.)
Doheny EL (EL Doheny Jr was the famous son of oil-man EL Doheny, Sr and was involved in the Teapot Dome scandal. Jr died under mysterious circumstances, either suicide or murder.)
Doheny EL (EL Doheny Jr was a devout Catholic, but is not buried in the Catholic Calvary cemetery with his family. Suicides don't get a Catholic burial - fueling that theory...)
Dolenz George (George Dolenz acted in Vendetta with Faith Domergue, In Society with Abbott and Costello movie, and was the father of Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees.)
Doolittle James (James Doolittle was an opera and stage producer, married to opera singer Nony Doolittle. He had over 500 productions, some of which appeared at the Hollywood Bowl and other So Calif venues.)
Doolittle Nony (Nony Doolittle was an opera singer, married to the producer, James Doolittle. Four or more James and Nony Doolittle Awards are given annually as scholarships to USC students upon graduation from the B.A. and B.F.A. programs.)
Dreiser Theodore (Theodore Dreiser was a journalist after dropping out of college, and a novelist of the naturalist school. His best-known novels include Sister Carrie (1900 - made into a 1953 movie) and An American Tragedy (1925 - made into the film A Place in the Sun, twice).)
Du Pea Tatzumbie (Tatzumdie DuPea played an old Indian woman in 2 movies, and died at age 120.)
Dukes David (David Dukes acted in Gods and Monsters, Dawson's Creek, Pauly, The Mommies, Sisters, and War and Remembrance.)
Duncan Rosetta (Rosetta Duncan and her sister Vivian had a popular vaudeville musical-comedy act of Topsy and Eva. They appeared on TV from time to time and recorded Christmas songs.)
Duncan Vivian (Vivian Duncan and her sister Rosetta had a popular vaudeville musical-comedy act of Topsy and Eva. They appeared on TV from time to time and recorded Christmas songs.)
Durkin Junior (Junior Durkin played Huckleberry Finn in 1930's Tom Sawyer and 1931's Huckleberry Finn. He died in a car accident which killed Jack Coogan Sr., father of Jackie Coogan, who was injured.)
Earle Ferdinand (Ferdinand Earle was a poet, artist, and publisher attributed as discovering and publishing Edna St. Vincent Millay. He was also a screenwriter, director, and scenic artist of silent movies.)
Eaton Mary (Mary Eaton was part of the performing Seven Little Eatons, was featured in the Ziegfeld Follies, and was in the first Marx Bros film The Cocoanuts. She had 3 alcoholic husbands and died from a bad liver.)
Edwards Howard Arden (Howard Arden Edwards had a wide range of talents and was a self-taught artist, archaeologist, naturalist, poet, playwright, novelist, and architect. His house is now the Antelope Valley Indian Museum in the state historical park.)
Edwards Ralph (Ralph Edwards was a radio announcer, then developed TV's Truth or Consequences, and This is Your Life.)
Ekelund Caryll (Caryll Ekelund appeared in an odd Shirley Temple film, the Blue Bird. Unfortunately, Caryll died a few days after her Halloween costume caught on fire from a jack-o-lantern.)
Elliott Dick (Dick Elliott was short and rotund, and acted in over 240 films and TV series. He told Jimmie Stewart to kiss Donna Reed in It's a Wonderful Life, was often Santa Claus on holiday shows, and played the mayor on The Andy Griffith Show.)
Ertl Mary (Mary S. Ertl MD is thought to be the first female doctor in the Los Angeles area.)
Ferguson Arthur (Arthur Ferguson was radio personality and TV host. He began Oklahoma City in 1966, using the name Charlie Tuna. After a stint in Boston, he moved to LA in 1967. He became a morning DJ and program manager at KKDJ, which later became KIIS-FM, and then at K-Earth. On TV, he announced for Scrabble, The Mike Douglas Show, and America's Top 10 with Kasey Kasem. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, was voted one of the Top 10 LA radio personalities in 1997, was inducted into the Nebraska Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame in 1999, and was named to the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2008.)
Fiske Robert (Robert Fiske acted in 70 roles during the 30's and 40's in such films as The Devil Diamond, Hawaiian Buckaroos, The Purple Vigilantes, The Secret Code, and other B-movies.)
Flamingo Johnny (Johnny Flamingo was a smooth, popular balladeer during the 50s with The Dots and with various anonymous vocal groups under his own name. He shared lead vocals with his girlfriend and later wife, Jeanette Baker.)
FLG Girl
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Flynn Errol (Errol Flynn played Captain Blood and Robin Hood. His off-screen drinking, fighting, and sexcapades brought him considerable fame, three statutory rape trials, and a lasting memorial in the expression In like Flynn.)
Francis Ivor (Ivor Francis was a long-faced actor in multiple episodes of Room 222, Dusty's Trail, The Waltons, Barney Miller, and Quincy ME.)
Freedom Mausoleum
Frye Dwight (Dwight Frye acted, most notably as the madman Renfield in Dracula (1931) and Fritz the lab assistant in Frankenstein (1931). He had second-billing in The Crime of Doctor Crespi (1935) with Erich Von Stroheim. His roles were mostly typecast as crazies, but his resemblance to then-Secretary of War Newton Baker led his to being signed to a substantial role in the Woodrow Wilson movie, Wilson (1944). He died from a heart attack before the movie was made.)
Fuller Charles (Charles Fuller was an American Christian clergyman and a radio evangelist. He was host and speaker of The Old Fashioned Revival Hour, a weekly Sunday broadcast that aired from 1937 to 1968.)
Furtheman Sybil (Sybil Seely was a silent film actress. Seely acted in her first film, Hearts and Flowers at the age of 17. She is known to have appeared in 21 films, some opposite Buster Keaton. She was credited in most of her films as Sibye Trevilla. In 1920, she married screenwriter Jules Furthman and they had a son in 1921. In 1922, she retired from acting after her last film, "The Frozen North".)
Furthman Jules (Jules Furthman wrote Mutiny on the Bounty, To Have and Have Not, and Nightmare Alley.)
Gans Daniel (Danny Gans started as a pro baseball player, and has a small role in Bull Durham as a third baseman. After an injury he became a comedian and entertainer, mostly in Las Vegas, where was the Entertainer of the Year, with the Show of the Year.)
Garden Of Honor (More locked doors :-()
Garralaga Martin (Martin Garralaga acted in over 250 roles. Movies include Lonely Are the Brave (1962), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) and Beauty and the Bandit (1946). TV included The Adventures of Superman, Wagon Train, The High Chaparral, Rawhide, and The Fugitive.)
Girl Statue
Gozzo Michael (Michael Gozzo was a waiter and ditch-digger, but is most famous as a violin maker. Untrained, he built the first one for his daughter which was supposedly purchased by a musician for $200 ($2500 then). He eventually set up a shop, and later produced the famous Washington String Quartet of instruments which he later donated to the Glendale Symphony Orchestra.)
Grant Joe (Joe Grant was a newspaper cartoonist, then joined Walt Disney in 1933. He wrote the original story for Dumbo, and contributed to Pinocchio, Snow White, and Fantasia. After working as an independent, he returned to Disney in the 90's.)
Great Maus (Part of the Great Mausoleum.)
Great Maus (Memorial Terrace entrance to the Great Mausoleum.)
Grier James (Jimmie Grier was an actor, composer, and orchestra leader. He appeared in the films "Nobody's Baby" (1937), "Small Town Girl" (1936), "Times Square" (1935), "Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round" (1934), and "The Cohens And Kellys In Hollywood" (1932). He wrote the songs, "The Object Of My Affection," and "What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You?).")
Griffith Raymond (Raymond Griffith was a silent movie comedian. Later in his career, he worked behind the camera as writer and producer. Many of his starring films have been lost, but the best known are probably Paths to Paradise (missing final reel) and Hands Up! (1926), a Civil War comedy which was entered into the National Film Registry in 2005. He lost his voice at an early age, causing him to speak for the rest of his life in a hoarse whisper. Thus, the coming of sound ended Griffith's acting career, but he did have one memorable role before retiring from the screen, playing a French soldier killed by Lew Ayres in 1930's film All Quiet on the Western Front.)
Gross Robert
Gross Robert (Robert Gross led a group of investors to purchase Lockheed Aircraft Co in 1932. He served as president of Lockheed Corp until 1956.)
Guilfoyle Paul (Paul Guilfoyle was an actor, notably as Garth Esdras, the haunted and hunted accessory to murder in Winterset (1936), as Floyd in the Grapes of Wrath (1940), and as the weasely convict who tries to kill James Cagney in White Heat (1949),)
Guiol Fred (Fred Guiol was a film director and screenwriter. Guiol worked at the Hal Roach Studios for many years, and directed Laurel and Hardy's earliest short films. With Ivan Moffat, he was nominated for a screenplay oscar for adapting Edna Ferber's novel Giant into the film Giant.)
Hale Alan (Alan Hale, Sr. played Littlejohn in Robin Hood, was in 12 other Errol Flynn movies, and was the father of Alan Jr, the Skipper on Gilligan's Island.)
Hale Gretchen (Gretchen Hartman was a child actress and was in silent films. She was the wife of actor Alan Hale Sr and mother of actor Alan Hale Jr of Gilligan's Island fame.)
Hall Of Cruc Resur (Hall of the Crucifiction and Resurrection.)
Hall Of Cruc Resur
Hamaty Emile (Emile Hamaty, from Jamaica, acted as everything from a Hindu priest to a Greek tycoon. On stage, he played the Bishop of Carlise in Richard II, and as author Truman Capote in Dark Angels. He also made TV commercials, and died one day after making one for Budweiser beer.)
Harlan Russell (Russell Harlan started in cinematography on a Hopalong Cassidy western. He earned 6 oscar nominations including 2 in 1962 alone for Hatari! and To Kill a Mockingbird.)
Hatfield Charles (Charles Hatfield was a rainmaker, though he called himself a moisture accelerator. The 1956 movie The Rainmaker starring Burt Lancaster was based on his story.)
Head Edith (Edith Head was a multiple oscar-winning costume designer.)
Headstones
Heavenly Peace (Heavenly Peace.)
Henry California (California Henry was a western frontiersman, Old West explorer and pioneer.)
Hepburn Ralph (Ralph Hepburn was a motorcycle racing champion, and later had 4 top five Indy 500 finishes. He also joined the Tucker corporation and drove the show car onto the stage.)
Herman Floyd (Floyd 'Babe' Herman was a pro baseball player, with a .324 batting average, 1818 hits, 181 HRs, 997 RBIs and 94 stolen bases in 1552 games. Twice as a runner he stopped to watch a homer and was passed by the batter.)
Hersholt Jean (Jean Hersholt was a Danish actor, and helped translate Hans Christian Andersen stories. The statue is of a HCA character. Hersholt has a humanitarian award named in his honor.)
Hersholt Jean
Hibler Winston (Winston Hibler was a screenwriter, producer, director and narrator with Walt Disney Studios, notably for the TV series Disney's The Wonderful World of Color. He narrated the "It's a small world" attraction soundtrack album, and was named a Disney Legend on Oct. 21, 1993.)
Holden Fay (Fay Holden is best known as Mickey Rooney's mother in MGM's Andy Hardy films. He roles include the movies Souls at Sea, Test Pilot, Bitter Sweet, Ziegfeld Girl, Little Miss Big, Samson and Delilah, and The Big Hangover.)
Holy Family (Holy Family front.)
Holy Family (Holy Family rear.)
Holy Family (Holy Family front.)
Honor Statue
Horton Edward Everett (Edward Everett Horton acted in The Gay Divorcee, Lost Horizon, Arsenic and Old Lace, Lady on a Train, The Red Skelton show, and as medicine man Roaring Chicken on F-Troop. Narrated Fractured Fairy Tales on Rocky and Bullwinkle.)
Howard Esther (Esther Howard was a stage and film character actress who played a wide range of mostly uncredited supporting roles, from man-hungry spinsters to amoral criminals, appearing in 108 movies in her 23-year film career.)
Hufstedler Shirley (Shirley Ann Mount Hufstedler was a lawyer. President Lyndon Johnson appointed her Judge of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1968, and she was the first US Secretary of Education under President Jimmy Carter. At that time, she was the highest ranking woman in the federal judiciary. She subsequently served on boards of trustees, governing boards and visiting committees for numerous foundations, institutions, corporations and universities.)
Hyams John (John Hyams acted, mostly uncredited, in shorts and feature films from the late 20’s to early 40’s. He can be seen in The Mighty Barnum, The Great Ziegfeld, The Plainsman, and as a judge in the Marx Bros 1937 film, A Day at the Races.)
Ihnen Wiard (Wiard Ihnen was an art director, winning two oscars, for Wilson and Blood on the Sun. He was married to costume designer Edith Head.)
Ingledue Elwood (Elwood Ingledue founded Hotel and Travel Index, a listing of hotel rates and services, in 1928. He also published the International Golf Directory.)
Kahn Gus (Gus Kahn was a lyricist for vaudeville and film. Songs include It Had To Be You, Makin' Whoopee! and I'll See You in My Dreams, which became the title of a biopic starring Danny Thomas.)
Kalmar Bert (Bert Kalmar Sr co- wrote the songs Who's Sorry Now? and I Want to be Loved By You, and wrote screenplays for the Marx Brothers movies Animal Crackers, Horse Feathers, and Duck Soup.)
Kath Terry (Musician Terry Kath played with Chicago in the late '60's and most of the 70s. While drunk and playing with a gun, his famous last words were - don't worry, it's not loaded.)
Kingdom Of Heaven
Kipling Cameo (Rudyard Kipling cameo.)
Kipling Poem
Kipling Wall (Kipling wall.)
Knight Ted (Tadeus Wladyslaw Konopka, better known as white-haired actor Ted Knight. He played Ted Baxter on The Mary Tyler Moore show, and the dad on Too Close For Comfort.)
Kull Adolph (Edward Kull was a cinematographer on films including Marked for Murder, Arctic Fury, The Mighty Thunder, and ninety others. He also directed 27 films during 1919-38, notably the early Tarzan films starring Bruce Bennett.)
Lai
LAmour Louis (Born Louis Dearborn LaMoore, Louis L'Amour wrote Western fiction he called Frontier stories, plus science fiction, non-fiction, and poems.)
Landis Carole (Carole Landis was an actress, known for 1940's One Million BC. She spent more time entertaining troops in WWII than any other Hollywood star. Landis wrote several newspaper and magazine articles about her experiences during the war, including the 1944 book Four Jills in a Jeep, which was later made into a movie. She had 4 short-term marriages, refused a proposal by Busby Berkeley, and committed suicide reportedly because actor Rex Harrison would not get a divorce and marry her.)
Lay William (William Lay was an outlaw with his best friend, Butch Cassidy, then with Jack Ketchum. Captured and sentenced to life in prison, he later received a pardon. He tried bartending and oilfield work, and eventually became the Watermaster for the Imperial Valley Irrigation System.)
Leiber Fritz (Fritz Leiber Sr acted in Shakespearean stage roles, then silent movies including Cleopatra, and Queen of Sheba. He played Franz Liszt in 1943's Phantom of the Opera. Father of writer Fritz Leiber Jr.)
Levene Gus (Gus Levene was an orchestra leader, best known for the first recording of White Christmas sung by Bing Crosby. Films included The King and I, Carousel, Giant, Marjourie Morning Star and The Music Man.)
Llewellyn
Loft Arthur (Arthur Loft acted in over 220 films including Shakedown, Ace Drummond, Women in Prison, Rosie the Riveter, Scarlet Street, and Blondie Knows Best.)
Long Suzan Ball (Suzan Ball Long was Lucille's second cousin. She was singer, then began acting. Multiple leg injuries developed into cancer. After a series of high-profile romances, she marrying actor Richard Long.)
Loomis Andrew (William Andrew Loomis was an illustrator, author, and art instructor. His commercial work was featured prominently in advertising and magazines; however, Loomis is best known as author of a series of instructional art books printed throughout the 20th century. Loomis' realistic style has continued to influence popular artists.)
Lubitsch Ernst (Ernst Lubitsch started acting in silent movies, then began writing and directing. His movies include Ninotchka, To Be Or Not To Be, and Heaven Can Wait.)
Lullaby Land
Lullaby Land
Lund Jana (Jana Lund, sister of Caryll Ekelund, was featured in an 8-page swimsuit article, then acted in Loving You (1957 - gave Elvis Presley his first on-screen kiss), Frankenstein - 1970 (1958), and High School Hellcats (1958). She had small TV parts through the early '60's. She married Arthur Crowley, most famous as the lawyer for Lana Turner's ex-husband in their child-custody battle.)
Lupino Constance (Ida Lupino was an actress and director, and is buried with her mother. Ida was in the Light That Failed, High Sierra, and The Hard Way. She was the first woman to direct film-noir with The Hitch Hiker.)
Lusk Freeman (Freeman Lusk was an actor, usually playing judges and military officers, mostly uncredited, and appeared in When Worlds Collide (1951), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), and The War of the Worlds (1953). TV included Highway Patrol, Perry Mason, and My Three Sons. Retired from the Navy as a commander after 20-plus years. He hosted TV's Freedom Forum in the 1950s.)
MacDonald James (John James MacDonald was a sound-effects and voice-over specialist, and the second person to voice Mickey Mouse.)
MacLaren Mary (Mary MacLaren began her stage career in the Winter Garden in New York City with Al Jolson in The Passing Show of 1914 and Dancing Around. Her screen career began in 1916 with Shoes. She was in Universal Film Manufacturing Company in Idle Wives, The Model's Confession, The Petal on the Current, The Unpainted Woman, Bonnie Bonnie Lassie, Rouge and Riches and 1921's The Three Musketeers.)
Mamoulian Rouben (Rouben Mamoulian was an American film and theatre director. He worked on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931), Queen Christina (1933) with Greta Garbo, The Mark of Zorro (1940), Blood and Sand (1941), and the 1942 screwball comedy Rings on Her Fingers starring Henry Fonda and Gene Tierney. Mamoulian's film directing career ended when he was fired from two consecutive films, Porgy and Bess (1959) and Cleopatra (1963). He had previously been fired on Laura (1944). Mamoulian declared a strong preference for a stylized look to his scenes, stating that he was more interested in creating a poetic look to his films than in showing ordinary realism.)
Mausoleum
Mausoleum
Mausoleum
Mausoleum
Mausoleum
Mausoleum
Mausoleum
McCarton Paul (Paul McGarton was the youngest Eagle Scout in the area, a senior patrol leader, and head of his troop band. While on a hike in the dark, he surprised his friend, who shot him with a rifle.)
McGavin
McKeen Lawrence (Jim 'Sunny' McKeen was Baby Snookums in 39 Newlyweds and Their Baby shorts in the late 1920s, then went on to make a series of six sound shorts on his own. He died in 1933, at the age of 8, from a blood disease.)
McLarnin Jimmy (Jimmy McLarnin was a two-time world champion boxer in the 30's. His youthful appearance earned him the nickname the Baby-Faced Assassin. His record was 54-11-3.)
McPherson Aimee (A famous evangelist.)
McPherson Aimee
Meehan George (During World War I, he was a cinematographer in the US Army, and went on to film Mary of the Movies (1923), Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925), The Ghost Talks (1929) Back to the Woods (1937), The Big Chance (1933), Inside Information (1934), Tarzan’s Revenge (1938), Riders of Black River (1939), The Wildcat of Tucson (1940), and Beyond the Sacramento (1940) among his 167 credits.)
Meilani Joseph (Joseph Meilani, as Chef Milani, was a TV, radio, and film personality. He also was the food director at the famous Hollywood Canteen during its heyday in the 1940s.)
Melody Of Love (Melody of Love.)
Michelangelo
Michelangelo (David.)
Michelangelo
Michelangelo (An exact replica of Michaelangelo's David, with equipment.)
Minnelli Vincente (Vincente Minnelli directed Gigi, An American in Paris, and Meet Me in St. Louis.)
Mix Tom (Actor Tom Mix was in more than 300 movies, mostly westerns, and all but nine were silent.)
Moore Clayton (Jack Carlton Moore, better known as actor Clayton Moore was The Lone Ranger.)
Moran Polly (Pauline Moran was an actress in vaudeville, stage and screen, and a comedian. In vaudeville, she widely toured North America, as well as Europe and South Africa. In 1914 she signed with Mack Sennett at Keystone Studios as a Sennett Bathing Beauties, and developed the style of the brash, loud-mouthed, knock-about comedian by which she later became known. She partnered with Broadway star Marie Dressler in The Callahans and the Murphys (1927), and they appeared together in eight additional films. After Dressler's death in 1934, Moran's career declined, and she only starred in low-budget comedies or B-movies. In 1940, Moran retired, but maintained an active Hollywood social life and was known for practical jokes. She made a brief comeback appearance in the Tracy-Hepburn classic comedy Adam's Rib in 1949. She once ran a failed campaign for a Laguna Beach City Council seat on a "Pro Dogs" platform. Moran has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.)
Moses
Mural (I don't know what this is, but it was shot through a locked gate.)
Nazimova Alla (Marem-Ides Leventon shuffled among boarding schools, foster homes and relatives after her parents divorced. As a teenager she began to pursue an interest in the theatre and took acting lessons at the Academy of Acting in Moscow. She joined the Moscow Art Theatre using the name of Alla Nazimova. She later moved on to film, where she served many production roles, both writing and directing films under pseudonyms. Her film projects, including A Doll's House (1922), based on Ibsen, and Salomé (1923), based on Wilde's play, were critical and commercial failures. By 1925, she could no longer afford to invest in more films, and returned to performing on Broadway. In the early 1940s, she returned to films, playing Robert Taylor's mother in Escape (1940) and Tyrone Power's mother in Blood and Sand (1941). Nazimova was bisexual and openly conducted relationships with women while being married to a man, and is credited with originating the phrase "sewing circle" as a discreet code for lesbian or bisexual actresses.)
Noah Dietrich (Noah Dietrich was Howard Hughes' lawyer.)
O'Brian Hugh (Hugh O'Brian was an actor and humanitarian. He is best known for starring in TV's The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955–1961) and Search (1972–1973). Films include Ten Little Indians (1965), and The Shootist (1976). After meeting Albert Schweitzer, O'Brian created the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership Foundation for high school scholars which has sponsored over 400,000 students since 1958. In his first play, his last name Krampe was misspelled on the program as Krape. He changed it to his mother's family name O'Brien, which also was misspelled, but he decided to keep it. His only marriage was in 2006 at the age of 81. He is on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and in the Western Performers Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City.)
O'Donnell Cathy (Cathy O'Donnell was an actress whose first major film role was in 1946's The Best Years of Our Lives, playing Wilma Cameron, the high-school sweetheart of Navy veteran Homer Parrish. She may be best remembered for her film-noir roles such as They Live By Night (1949), Side Street (1950), and The Miniver Story (also 1950). She appeared with James Stewart in The Man from Laramie (1955). Her final film role was in Ben-Hur (1959). TV included Perry Mason, The Rebel, and Man Without a Gun. Her last appearance was in a 1964 episode of Bonanza. At age 24 she married 47 year old Robert Wyler, brother of director William Wyler. She died on her 22nd wedding anniversary.)
Oakie Jack (Actor Jack Oakie. 'I've appeared in hundred of movies, but the only one people remember me for is Napaloni in The Great Dictator (1940)')
ONeal Anne (Anne O'Neal, born as Patsy Ann Epperson, was an actress, known for The Bishop's Wife (1947), Gun Crazy (1950) and In Old Oklahoma (1943).)
Osborn Lyn (Lyn Osborn was an American actor, born Clois Lyn Osborn in Wichita Falls, Texas. He played clarinet, flute and piccolo in the high school band. In 1943, Lyn joined the navy, serving as an aerial gunner and radar operator, and flying in Grumman Avengers. The war ended before he went into combat. He is best remembered as "Cadet Happy" on Space Patrol, and from his role in Invasion of the Saucer Men. He also appeared in The Amazing Colossal Man, The Adventures of Jim Bowie, and the Requiem for a Heavyweight episode of Playhouse 90. He died following brain surgery for a tumor.)
Ouspenskaya Maria (Maria Ouspenskaya was a Russian actress and acting teacher, and co-founded the School of Dramatic Art in NY. She earned supporting actress oscar nominations for Dodsworth, and Love Affair.)
Overells (Daughter and boyfriend were acquitted after a 4+ month long 'trial of the century'. He faded into obscurity and she died an alcoholic at age 36.)
Overells (Walter and Beulah Overell were killed when their boat exploded in the harbor at Newport Beach. Their daughter and her boyfriend were arrested and charged with murder.)
Owen Roland (Roland Owen was the pilot of the F-89 jet that collided with a DC-7B. Owen was killed instantly, and the DC-7B crashed onto the Pacoima Middle School grounds.)
Palmer Lilli (Lilli Palmer was a German actress who followed husband-actor Rex Harrison to England. She was in Cloak and Dagger, Body and Soul, and won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress in 1953 for The Four Poster.)
Parrott James (James Parrott was an actor and director. A few years after his father's death, young James had quit school and become involved with the street gangs of Baltimore. His older brother, actor Charles Chase, helped get James in movies, and he would appear during the 1920s in a series of relatively successful comedies for producer Hal Roach. Parrott is probably best known as a comedy director of two-reel misadventures of Laurel and Hardy, including the Oscar-winning classic The Music Box, and Helpmates. During the 1930s Parrott had acquired serious drinking and drug problems, and a reputation as unreliable. By 1937, Parrott was accepting any jobs that came his way. He could no longer be counted on to direct or write, and relied on his brother to support him financially.)
Parsons Kathryn (Kathryn Parsons, as Kathryn Crawford, acted on stage and in 18 film roles between 1929 and 1941 including Safety in Numbers (1930), King of Jazz (1930) and Modern Love (1929). She later was an interior decorator, and her second husband was businessman Ralph M. Parsons.)
Parsons Ralph (Ralph Parsons was the founder and leader of the Parson Company which built oil and gas facilities, shipyards, power plants, irrigation and water development projects, metal and mineral mines and processing plants, airports, subway and rail lines, sewerage systems, and NASA facilities. In 1961, he founded The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation for charitable contributions.)
Peters Susan (Susan Peters was oscar nominated in her first supporting role in Random Harvest. She was paralyzed in a hunting accident at age 24, and died from kidney disease, pneumonia and anorexia nervosa at age 31.)
Photog
Pierce Jack (Jack Pierce was a Hollywood makeup artist. After coming to the US from Greece, Pierce tried several careers, including baseball. Pierce worked as a cinema manager, stuntman, actor, and assistant director. Not a leading man type, he changed his career to do makeup for other performers. Pierce was eventually hired by Universal, and he did makeup for Lon Chaney. For Dracula (1931), Pierce designed a special color greasepaint for Bela Lugosi who insisted on applying his own makeup. Pierce also did makeup for Frankenstein (1931), White Zombie, The Mummy. and The Wolfman. Jack was eventually replaced as department head by Bud Westmore. Pierce's last work was on TV's Mister Ed from 1961-1964. On November 20, 1957, Jack and Boris Karloff appeared on the celebrity biography program This is Your Life. In 2003, Pierce was recognized with a lifetime achievement award from the Hollywood Make-up Artist and Hair Stylist Guild, and in May 2013, Cinema Makeup School in LA dedicated a memorial gallery in his honor.)
Pierce Robert (Robert Pierce was the founder of the international charity organization World Vision in 1950, and of Samaritan's Purse in 1970.)
Plunkett T Hugh (T Hugh Plunkett was the chauffeur and eventually personal assistant to Edward L. Doheny Jr., son and heir of oilman Edward L. Doheny Sr. Mentally ill Plunkett shot Jr, then himself.)
Poem If (Famous Kipling poem.)
Powers John Robert (John Robert Powers was a minor actor and writer, best-known as the founder of a New York City-based modeling agency. In 1923, Powers founded the John Robert Powers Agency, representing models who aspired for success in the film industry. The agency was the subject of a 1943 musical comedy, The Powers Girl, in which Alan Mowbray portrays Powers and features Anne Shirley and Carole Landis as aspiring models.)
Prewett Robert (Robert Prewett was handy with a shotgun.)
Ralphs Albert (Albert Ralphs became vice-president and manager of the Ralphs grocery chain after the death of his father. Through a succession of mergers and acquisitions, Ralphs is now owned by Kroger, and is its largest brand of grocery chains.)
Raymond Ray (Ray Raymond was an actor and singer. He confronted actor Paul Kelly about an affair with Ray's wife, actress Dorothy Mackaye. Kelly beat Raymond to death. Kelly and Mackaye were convicted of manslaughter, and married after their prison time.)
Recessional (Recessional.)
Redmond Granville (Granville Redmond was an American landscape painter and exponent of Tonalism and California Impressionism. Actor Charlie Chaplin based some mannerisms on him, as Redmond used sign language after becoming deaf at age 3.)
Ring Of Aldyth (Romantic lovers can join hands through the ring (so the story goes).)
Roberts Al (Al Roberts was an uncredited camera operator during the 1930's. He was married to actress Peggy Shannon, who drank herself to death. Nineteen days after her death, Roberts shot himself in the same kitchen chair where he had found her body.)
Rock Blossom (Blossom Rock worked in vaudeville with husband Clarence Rock, then acted in films as Marie Blake. Best known as Grandmama in the The Addams Family TV show. Sister of actress Jeanette MacDonald.)
Rock Clarence (Clarence Rock was the husband of actress Blossom Rock. They worked together in vaudeville. He acted in a couple movies, then was the night manager at the Beverly Hills Hilton for 15 years until his death.)
Ross Flo Ann (Flo Ann Ross was student pilot, and crashed from about 800 feet while soloing.)
Russing Roy (Roy Russing was an auto racer of the 1920-40s. He won the Pacific Coast Championship in '40 and '41. He was killed in a crash during practice.)
Santa (Christmas snowman.)
Sather Drake (Drake Sather was a comedian and Emmy nominated TV writer with credit for Zoolander, Saturday Night Live, Dennis Miller Show, Ed, The Larry Sanders Show and NewsRadio.)
Sawtell Paul (Paul Sawtell was a film score composer, working on many western and horror films, including the Sherlock Holmes films The Pearl of Death and The Scarlet Claw. He and Bert Shefter collaborated on Kronos, It! The Terror from Beyond Space, Return of the Fly, The Lost World, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and Jack the Giant Killer. His best-known work may be the theme for the TV version of Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea which was different than that of the movie.)
See Charles (Charles See, with his wife and mother (whose picture is on the box) started See's Candy.)
Self William (William Self spent a year in advertising before acting in 30 roles, then producing Tv and movies including M*A*S*H, Batman, Peyton Place, Lost in Space and 12 O'Clock High.)
Sign (First time at Forest Lawn.)
Simpson Russell (Russell Simpson acted in many John Ford movies including as Pa Joad in The Grapes of Wrath, and in Drums Along the Mohawk, They Were Expendable, and My Darling Clementine.)
Sitting Boy Statue
Sloan Tod (Tod Sloan was a horse racing jockey. He was accused of betting on races, and retired in 1901. After a failed restaurant business and mediocre acting career, he died of cirrhosis of the liver. In the National Museum of Racing and HOF.)
Smith Albert (Albert Smith tried a career as an illusionist, then eventually joined J. Stuart Blackton and William T. Rock to form the Vitagraph Co in the late 1890's to produce and distribute early films. It was bought by Warner Bros in 1925.)
Snodgress Carrie (Carrie Snodgress is probably best remembered for her oscar-nominated role in The Diary of a Mad Housewife, and was in Murphy's Law and Pale Rider.)
Sodel Stephan (On Sep 17, 1946, Highway Patrol Officer Sodel was working alone in Playa Del Rey at safety checkpoint. When other CHP officers arrived, they found Sodel's patrol car with the keys in the ignition and the police radio on, but Sodel was not there. Behind his patrol car were heavy skid marks. The police suspected that Sodel had stopped a car, and had been kidnapped. A witness said he had towed a Chevy sedan which had been recently painted black and the license place had been partially painted over. Three days later, police found the bullet-riddled, blood-stained sedan near Las Vegas. The owner had reported it stolen by a man, Tony Adams, she had met at a wedding party, and who had left her at a nightclub and, unknown to her, taken her car. On Sep 22, boys playing at a construction site discovered Sodel's partially buried body, about four miles from where his abandoned patrol car was found. He had been shot five times and his skull was fractured. An intense nationwide search followed. On Oct 7, Adams was arreste)
Stacy-Judd Robert (Robert Stacy-Judd was an architect and author who designed theaters, hotels, and other commercial buildings in the Mayan Revival Style, most famously the Aztec Hotel on the original Route 66 in Monrovia.)
Statue 1360
Statue Girl (This was unplanned.)
Statue Girl (Finding friends.)
Statue Girl Joined
Statue10xx
Stengel Casey (Baseball player/coach Casey Stengel.)
Stengel Casey (I did not realize Casey's grave is about where I'm standing.)
Stengel Casey (The full wall.)
Stewart
Stewart Gloria (Gloria Hatrick was a personality and actress, usually playing herself, on The Jack Benny Show, The Tonight Show, spots on various TV series, and the TV movie All-Star Party for "Dutch" Reagan. She was married to actor James Stewart.)
Stewart James (James Maitland Stewart graduated college as an architect, then volunteered for service before Pearl Harbor and flew bombers in WWII. Was nominated 5 times for the best actor oscar, winning in 1940 for The Philadelphia Story;.)
The Republic (The Republic.)
The Republic (The Republic monument.)
The Republic (The Republic description.)
Three Statues
Tong Sammee (Sammee Tong had along list of small acting parts before appearing in the series Bachelor Father, then friend Mickey Rooney's series Mickey. A heavy gambler, and deeply in debt, he committed suicide after Mickey was canceled.)
Tracy Spencer (Actor Spencer Tracy made Adam's Rib, Bad Day At Black Rock, Inherit the Wind; and The Old Man and the Sea. While married, he had a long-term relationship with actress Katherine Hepburn.)
Tree Graves
Triumphant Faith (Fred was the nephew of the Forest Lawn founder.)
Triumphant Faith (Triumphant Faith terraces.)
Triumphant Faith
Tuttle Lurene (Lurene Tuttle was an American actress, from vaudeville to radio, and later films and TV. On network radio, she often appeared in 15 shows per week. She had over 100 screen appearances from 1950 to 1986, often in the role of an inquisitive busybody, loving wives/mothers or bristling matrons. She played Lavinia "Vinnie" Day on early TV's Life with Father. She made six guest appearances on TV's Perry Mason. Heaven Only Knows (1947) was her first film, and later appeared in Orson Welles's Macbeth (1948, as one of the Three Witches), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948, as Mr. Blandings' secretary, Mary), and Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960, as the wife of Sheriff Chambers). In Don't Bother to Knock (1952), she portrayed a mother who unknowingly lets a disturbed woman (played by Marilyn Monroe) babysit her daughter. The next year she appeared again with Monroe in Niagara, as Mrs. Kettering. A rare starring role was in Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960). She played Grandma Pusser in the original Walking Tall film trilogy. Her final film role was in the 1983 film Testament.)
Valles F Arlington (Valles was a costume designer on A Christmas Carol, National Velvet, The Picture of Dorian Gray, and The Yearling. He was oscar-nominated for That Forsyte Woman, and shared an oscar win for Spartacus.)
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Walsh Bill (Bill Walsh produced many of Disney's live-action films. For the film Mary Poppins, he shared the oscar nominations for best film and the best writing.)
Walters Selene (After studying Journalism in college, Selene Walters was a popular model of the 1940s, adorning the cover of several magazines. This led to her acting career begining with a minor role in the Betty Hutton film "Incendiary Blonde" (1945), followed with Bob Hope and Bing Crosby's "The Road to Utopia" (1945), then "The Kid from Brooklyn" (1946), "The Lady in the Iron Mask" (1952), "Beau James" (1957), "Senior Prom" (1958), "The F.B.I. Story" (1959) and "Jet over the Atlantic" (1959). During the 1960s, she wrote a popular entertainment column called "On the Scene with Selene".)
Ward Jay (Jay Ward created Rocky and Bullwinkle, produced Crusader Rabbit, Dudley Do-Right, Peabody and Sherman, Hoppity Hooper, George of the Jungle, Tom Slick, and Super Chicken, plus Fractured Flickers.)
Washington (Washington and the Liberty Chain monument.)
Washington (Liberty Chain.)
Waters Ethel (Jazz, blues and gospel singer Ethel Waters was the second black person nominated for a supporting actress oscar for Pinky in 1949.)
Weatherwax Frank (Frank Weatherwax was an actor and animal trainer. He is best remembered with his brother Rudd for their collie, Pal, which became famous as Lassie in the 1943 film Lassie Come Home. He also trained Lightning for 1935's A Dog of Flanders, and the dogs in The Illustrated Man, and Sounder.)
Westmore Ada (Wife of George Westmore, mother of Hollywood make-up artists Perc, Ern, Wally, Bud, and Monte Westmore.)
Westmore George (George Westmore was a hairdresser who emigrated to the US with his family, including several relatives who became prominent in Hollywood. Specializing in wig-making, and later make-up, he established the first movie make-up department in 1917.)
Westmore Monte (Monte Westmore was a makeup artist on Rudy Valentino's The Sheik (1922), and his work on Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) led to him being hired as the head of the makeup department at Selznick International Pictures, where he worked on films including Gone with the Wind (1939) and Rebecca (1940). He had a heart attack after a tonsillectomy.)
Westmore Perc (Percival Westmore was a member of the Westmore family of Hollywood make-up artists. He rose to head the Warner Bros make-up department, where he developed a chart of hair colors which included thirty five shades of blonde alone. During one film, Perc created a detailed latex hand for a close-up shot, and according to his brother Frank, it was so detailed that doctors studied it and the process was adapted by the medical industry. He and his brothers founded the "The House of Westmore" studio in Los Angeles in 1935. He made a cameo in the 1937 film Hollywood Hotel. Perc was nominated for an Emmy, and the Westmore family has a star on the Walk of Fame.)
Westmore Wally (Wally Westmore's make-up career began with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) in which the transition of Fredric March from Jekyll to Hyde was considered groundbreaking in the field of film make-up. Other films include Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, A Place In The Sun, The Greatest Show on Earth, Shane, Stalag 17, Rear Window, The War of the Worlds (1953), Breakfast at Tiffany's, and The Odd Couple.)
White
Whiting Richard (Richard Whiting was an American composer of popular songs, including "Hooray for Hollywood", "Ain't We Got Fun?" and "On the Good Ship Lollipop". He attended the Harvard Military School in Los Angeles, and after graduation, Whiting started a vaudeville act with his college friend Marshall Neilan who later became a notable actor and director. He also wrote lyrics occasionally, and film scores most notably for the standard "She's Funny That Way". He was nominated for an Oscar in 1936 for "When Did You Leave Heaven" from the movie Sing, Baby Sing.)
Woman Statue
Woolf John (His clients included Cary Grant, Errol Flynn, Judy Garland, Barbara Stanwyck, Bob Hope, Ronald Colman, Ray Milland, Ricardo Montalban, Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy.)
Woolf John (John Woolf was an architect noted for Hollywood homes he created with life-partner Robert Koch. His style included Pullman doors front entry, leaded oval glass window, Mansard roof and Doric columns.)
Woolsey Robert
Wyler William (William Wyler directed Wuthering Heights, Roman Holiday, The Best Years of Our Lives, Ben-Hur and Funny Girl.)
Yarborough Barton (Barton Yarborough was a radio actor in One Man's Family, I Love a Mystery, and Dragnet. On TV he was the original partner of Joe Friday in two episodes, before dying of a heart attack.)
Young Robert (Robert Young is best known as Jim Anderson on Father Knows Best, and as Marcus Welby MD.)
Yung Willie (Willie Yung, in the corner...)
Yung Willie (Got his own day in Mississippi.)
Zahler Lee (Lee Zahler was a composer and musical director of films, starting in the 1920s through the 1950s. He composed the music to the 1943 Batman and Phantom serials for Columbia studios, and directed the music for all Columbia Pictures productions between 1938 and 1947 except for Brenda Starr Reporter in 1945. Has nearly 300 credits.)
McConnell Gladys (Gladys McConnell was an actess and aviator. While with her sister, Hazel, on a visit to Universal for Hazel's screen test, McConnell went to the casting director's office to ask to appear in Westerns, citing her skill with horses. McConnell began acting in comedies and Westerns in 1924. Her film career lasted to the early sound era. She starred with Harry Langdon in Three's A Crowd (1927) and in The Chaser (1928), as Langdon's talkative wife. In 1930, McConnell and actor Hugh Allan sued producer Eska Wilson alleging that he abandoned them in Honolulu and failed to pay them four weeks' salary. Her second marriage, to Hollywood attorney A. Ronald Button, included William Jennings Bryan Jr., as the best man. Around 1924, McConnell became an aviator and began flying in Portland, logging more air hours than any woman in the film colony except Ruth Elder. She was once hostess on a Maddux Airlines passenger plane for an aerial breakfast party. McConnell also flew to various film locations.)
Bucquet Harold (British-born Harold Bucquet served in the US Army during WWI, then started in the film business as an extra then set designer. He became an assistant to director Allen Holubar, and later at MGM where he spent the rest of his career making shorts and directing screen tests. His first feature was 1938's Young Dr. Kildare. Though he made another "A" feature, Dragon Seed in 1944, his output was mainly "B" pictures. His 1937 film Torture Money won an oscar for the Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). He could not finish his last film, The Green Years (1946), due to illness, dying not long afterward.)
Williams Robert (Robert Williams ran away from home at the age 11 to join a tent show. He later worked on showboats in Mississippi. In New York, he appeared in several stage productions, then landed a role in Eyes of Youth, starring Marjorie Rambeau. He joined the US Army during WWI. After the war, Williams resumed his acting career. In 1922, he made his Broadway stage debut in the popular stage comedy Abie's Irish Rose, and appeared in That French Lady; Scarlet Pages; and Love, Honor and Betray. After appearing as "Johnnie Coles" in the play Rebound, Williams was chosen by director Edward H. Griffith to reprise the role in the 1931 film version. He followed this with a supporting role in Devotion. Later in 1931, Williams had his first and only leading role in the romantic comedy film Platinum Blonde, starring Loretta Young and Jean Harlow. It was his final onscreen appearance as he died only 3 days after its premier. Williams was married first to singer Marion Harris, then actress Alice Lake. They separated three times before divorcing in 1925. Williams was last married to actress Nina Penn.)

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