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Bancroft George (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.)

Bancroft Octavia (Octavia Bancroft acted mostly on stage, and in two silent movies. She was married to actor George Bancroft.)

Bessell Ted (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.)

Billingsley Barbara (Barbara Billingsley is best known as June Cleaver on Leave It To Beaver, and spoke jive in the movie Airplane.)

Bishop William (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.)

Booth Edwina (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.)

BOPE (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.)

BOPE (Woodlawn cemetery, BPOE monument.)

BOPE (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.)

Brophy Edward (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.)

Carrillo Leo (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.)

Chorre Joseph (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.)

Cuesta Henry (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.)

Dancer Faye (Faye Dancer played centerfield for 3 teams in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, which was popular during and after WWII.)

Dawson John (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.)

Dodsworth John (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.)

Doty Winston Weston (Weston and Winston Doty were twin child actors, and died in a flood on New Year's Day, 1934.)

DownsCathy (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.)

Duncan Albert (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.)

Feuchtwanger Lion (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.)

Fix Paul (Paul Fix played the judge in To Kill A Mockingbird, and was sheriff Micah Torrence on The Rifleman.)

Ford Glenn (Actor Glenn Ford appeared in Gilda, The Blackboard Jungle, and Teahouse of the August Moon.)

G Sign (The big G sign of the Masons.)

Gruning Ilka (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.)

Haines-Stone William (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.)

Henreid Paul (Paul Henried is probably most famous as Victor Lazlo, the lucky one who flies away with Ingrid Bergman at the end of Casablanca.)

Hooker Evelyn (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.)

Hylton Richard (Richard Hylton acted in Lost Boundaries, Fixed Bayonets, The Pride of St Louis, The Halls of Montezuma, and some TV.)

Kinney Abbot (Family marker of Abbot Kinney, who developed the canals and neighborhood of Venice California, which has a main street named for him.)

Kohler Ted (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.)

Korman Harvey (Comedian Harvey Korman was on the Carol Burnett Show, and was Hedley Lamarr in Blazing Saddles.)

Kuttner Henry (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.)

Lake Florence (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.)

Leone Baron (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.)

Lincoln Continental (Lincoln Continental.)

Lindley Bert (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..)

Mack Hughie (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.)

Mann Heinrich (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.)

Maus (Woodlawn mausoleum, with several notable interns, was closed on the weekend :-()

McClure Doug (Doug McClure was a lead actor in TV's The Virginian, and was in other westerns.)

McLeod Catherine (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.)

Monk Reba (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'.)

Nethercutt JB (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.)

Norvo Red (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?")

Odd Markers (Interesting markers.)

Osmond Cliff (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.)

Overman Lynne (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.)

Pankhurst Christabel (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.)

Perry Walter (Walter Perry acted in Until They Get Me, The Drifters, The Sheik of Araby, Souls for Sale, White Fang, The Unholy Three, The Johnstown Flood, The Beautiful Cheat, 3 Bad Men, Kathleen Mavourneen, and Spirit of the West.)

Phipps Jimmy (Medal of Honor recipient Jimmy Phipps smothered an explosive to protect fellow soldiers.)

Prohaska Janos (Janos Prohaska was an actor and stuntman, usually playing the roles of animals or monsters, on the The Andy Williams Show, The Outer Limits, Bewitched, I Dream of Jeannie, Lost in Space, Gilligan's Island, and Star Trek.)

Raeburn Frances (Mildred Frances Anne Hedrick acted as Frances Raeburn in five early 40s movies - Joe Smith, American; Seven Sweethearts; Calling Dr. Gillespie; The Canterville Ghost and Swing Out, Sister. Sister of actress Kathryn Grayson.)

Ride Sally (Sally Ride was a physicist and astronaut. She was the first American women in low space orbit. She served on both shuttle disaster investigation boards.)

Ryan Irene (Irene Ryan is best known as Granny on The Beverly Hillbillies. She had a career in vaudeville, radio and Broadway before film and TV. She left more than $1,000,000 to the Irene Ryan Foundation to help new actors.)

Sanders Hayes (After boxing in the Navy, Hayes Sanders earned an Olympic gold medal in Helsinki in 1952. He was knocked down in his 9th pro fight, and never regained consciousness.)

Segar Elzie (Elzie Segar developed the Popeye cartoon.)

Smith 6Hal (Hal Smith is best known as the town drunk on 'The Andy Griffith Show'.)

Steinle Christian (At the time of his death, Christian Steinle was the oldest US veteran.)

Sutton May (May Sutton won the US Open Singles and Doubles (with partner Miriam Hall) in tennis in 1904. She was the first American (and non-Brit) to win Wimbledon in 1905.)

Szabo Sandor (Sandor Szabo was a Hungarian pro wrestler. In the early 1940s Szabo held three world championships. He also sang a song for Hammerlock Records called Hold Me in Your Arms.)

The G (The big 'G'.)

Tuttle William (William Tuttle was the head of makeup at MGM. He worked on Singin' in the Rain, Forbidden Planet, North by Northwest and The Time Machine. He won a special oscar 17 years before the makeup category was designated.)

Unruh Jesse (Jesse Unruh held several public offices for the state of California. He ran for governor and lost to Ronald Reagan in 1970, and ran unsuccessfully for mayor of LA in 1973.)

Way Guy (Guy Way acted, mostly uncredited, frequently as the heavy in movies and television. In The Sting, he takes Robert Redford at the roulette table. In 1967's In Cold Blood, as a prison guard he addresses Robert Blake as he is about to be hung. He was a cop that helps chase Kevin McCarthy in Invasion Of The Body Snatchers.)

Webb Fay (Fay Webb was a stage and silent-screen actress. She was married during the 1930s to actor/singer Rudy Vallee.)

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