George Bancroft acted on stage, then acted notably in 1925's The Pony Express, Underworld, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, A Doctor's Diary, Stagecoach, and North West Mounted Police. He earned an oscar nomination for Thunderbolt in 1929. He retired in 1942, and became a rancher.
Ted Bessell is best-known as the boyfriend on That Girl!; which starred Marlo Thomas. A devout Roman Catholic, his marker notes he was a Daily Communicant.
William Bishop acted in theater with Broderick Crawford, George Tobias, Jose Ferrer and Kent Smith, and toured with Tobacco Road. He later starred in TVs It's a Great Life.
Edwina Booth, born Josephine Constance Woodruff, contracted 'jungle fever' on her 4th movie which filmed in Africa, and was deathly sick for years afterward. She sued MGM and was awarded $45,000, though she never acted again.
Started in 1868, the Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks has evolved into a major American fraternal, charitable, and service order with more than a million members.
They were formed in 1868 as the Jolly Corks. Anti-black until the 1970's, and anti-women into the 1990's, current members are required to be US citizens over the age of 21 and believe in God.
Edward S. Brophy was an actor, voice artist, and comedian. He was in The Champ, Freaks, The Thin Man and The Thin Man Goes Home. He was the voice of Timothy the mouse in Dumbo.
Leo Carrillo acted on stage and in films but is best known as Pancho, the sidekick in The Cisco Kid TV series. Carrillo served on the California Beach and Parks commission for 18 years and helped in the state's acquisition of Hearst Castle at San Simeon, the Los Angeles Arboretum, and the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park. He has a beach and State Park named after him.
Joseph Chorre was a Native American, who wrestled professionally and acted in movies as Suni Warcloud - but only credited in Jim Thorpe -- All-American. He appeared in Union Pacific, North West Mounted Police, and a pair of Joe Palooka movies, among others.
Henry Falcon Cuesta was a musician, playing with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra while still in high school. Later, he was with The Lawrence Welk Show, primarily playing the clarinet.
John Dawson was a Texas Ranger, then trail blazed cattle to the western frontier. He owned Dawson Fuel Company, and the town of Dawson NM was named after him.
John Dodsworth acted, mostly uncredited, in films and TV including David and Bathsheba, Singin' in the Rain, Titanic (1953), Charade (1953) , Escape to Burma, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Lust for Life, The Mole People. and 77 Sunset Strip.
Cathy Downs was the lead in My Darling Clementine, but has cult status for her sci-fi movies The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues, The She Creature, The Amazing Colossal Man, and Missile to the Moon.
Albert 'Buddy' Duncan was a short and pudgy actor, teamed with the hulking, bear-like Lloyd Hamilton in the wildly popular Ham and Bud comedies. He ended his career playing sidekicks in Poverty Row westerns.
Lion Feuchtwanger was a German-Jewish novelist and playwright. His fierce criticism of the Nazi Party caused him to flee Germany and seek asylum in the US.
Ilka Gruning acted in Peer Gynt, Jugend, Melodie des Herzens, Underground, An American Romance, A Foreign Affair, Words and Music, Caught, The Great Sinner, Passage West, and Die Venus von Tivoli. She is best known as Mrs. Leuchtag in Casablanca.
William Haines acted in over fifty movies, nearly all silent, and was the #1 male at the box office in 1930. His open homosexuality got him fired by Louis B. Mayer, but he successfully went into interior design.
Evelyn Hooker was a psychologist who, in 1957, tested self-identified homosexuals and heterosexuals had experts try to classify them (unsuccessfully). It refuted the existing belief of homosexuality as a disorder.
Ted Kohler started as a photo-engraver, then a theater pianist for silent films. He and composer Harold Arlen wrote Get Happy, Let's Fall in Love, and Stormy Weather.
Henry Kuttner and his wife, Catherine Lucille Moore, wrote Line to Tomorrow, Tomorrow and Tomorrow, and others. Henry wrote six stories that were made into movies including The Twonky, The Twilight Zone/What You Need, The Eye and Trilogy of Terror II. He was named Best Sci-Fi Writer in the World by the 1940 World's Sci-Fiction Convention.
Florence Lake performed with her vaudeville family as kid, co-starred in the Edgar Kennedy shorts of the 40s, and was the telephone operator on Lassie. Her father was Arthur Lake of Dagwood Bumstead fame.
Baron Leone was one of the most popular pro wrestlers, and a contemporary of Gorgeous George. He popularized the sport in the early days of TV. He lived locally in Santa Monica.
Bert Lindley was a stage and mostly-uncredited movie actor of the 1920s and 30s. He appeared with William Powell and Myrna Loy in the 1936 comedy, After the Thin Man. Father of actress Audra Lindley, who is also buried here but unmarked. Audra appeared on Broadway in On Golden Pond, Long Day's Journey into Night, and Horse Heavens, but is best-known as Helen Roper on TV's Three's Company..
Hughie Mack was an undertaker who was seen sleeping on a bench and hired as another fat comedian by Vitagraph Pictures. He made over 180 silent movies and shorts.
Heinrich Mann was an author, and brother of Nobel winner Thomas Mann. His novels attacked the nationalism, militarism, and authoritarian social structure of German life. He settled unhappily in the US after fleeing Hitler's Germany.
Catherine McLeod had small acting roles, then starred in director Frank Borzage's I've Always Loved You. She transitioned into TV soaps and appeared on Search For Tomorrow, Days of Our Lives, and General Hospital.
Reba Monk was a flight attendant on an Alaska Airlines airliner that crashed on landing, killing 9 and injuring 17 people. Reba died of burns after helping passengers through the flames. Across the top reads 'Heroine Air Hostess'.
JB Nethercutt was a chemist for his aunt, Merle Norman, and bought out her cosmetics company. He amassed a legendary automobile collection after winning several concourse d'elegance shows at Pebble Beach.
Merle Norman began sharing her skin-care products with family and friends, and with nephew JB Nethercutt, developed and manufactured the Merle Norman brand of cosmetics.
Red Norvo was one of jazz's early vibraphonists, known as Mr. Swing. He helped establish the xylophone, marimba and later the vibraphone as viable jazz instruments. His major recordings included Dance of the Octopus, Bughouse, Knockin' on Wood, Congo Blues, and Hole in the Wall. He played with Paul Whiteman, Benny Goodman, Charlie Barnet, and Woody Herman. He papered in the movies Screaming Mimi. and 1960's Ocean's 11 backing Dean Martin's "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"
Cliff Osmond acted in Irma la Douce; Kiss Me, Stupid; The Fortune Cookie; and The Front Page, all directed by Billy Wilder. TV roles were on The Twilight Zone, Ironside, Here's Lucy, All in the Family, The Bob Newhart Show, and Kojak. He wrote an episode of Streets of San Francisco, and wrote and directed the movie The Penitent. Authored the book Acting is Living: Exploring the Ten Essential Elements in any Successful Performance, and taught at UCLA.
Lynne Overman was an actor in theater before becoming a film actor in the 1930s and early 1940s, often playing wise-cracking sidekicks. He appeared in Little Miss Marker, Union Pacific, Northwest Mounted Police, Roxie Hart and Reap the Wild Wind.
Dame Christabel Pankhurst, DBE, co-founded the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), and directed its militant actions from 1912 to 1913. In the US after the war, she worked as an evangelist for the Second Adventist movement.
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