Find A Grave - Laurel and Hardy

Bernard, Harry b. January 13, 1878 d. November 4, 1940
Actor. A stocky, comic character player, he is probably best known as one of Laurel and Hardy's most reliable foils. He appeared in 26 of their films, from "Two Tars" (1928) to "Saps at Sea" (1940), often as a bemused cop. Fans of "Our Gang" will also remember him as the burglar who tells Spanky he's Santa Claus in "Bedtime Worries" (1933)...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cause of death: Cancer
Hollywood Forever, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section 10W, #945
Busch, Mae (Annie May) b. June 18, 1891 d. April 19, 1946
Actress. Born Annie May Busch, she was the daughter of an opera singer mother and a symphony conductor father. Bush made her film debut in the short, "The Agitator" (1912) with J. Warren. In her early film career she was considered extraordinarily attractive and she was a favorite of several classic directors in the early days of motion pictures. Her best opportunities in the 1930s came in the films of Laurel and Hardy, where she was often cast as a shrewish wife or sharp-tongued "lady of the...[Read More] (Bio by: MC)
Cause of death: Cancer
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Deadora Hall, South on left side in R, Sec. 7 down from top, in middle
Chase (Parrott), Charley (Charles Joseph) b. October 20, 1893 d. June 20, 1940
Actor. He got started acting in film comedies in the early Teens. Like many other early movie comedians, he too began his career at Mack Sennett's famous Keystone Studios. Some of his early work included playing supporting characters in Charlie Chaplin shorts. During this year of 1914, he also married Bebe Eltinge, whom he stayed married to his entire life. They had two daughters together, Pauline (Polly) and June. Several years after breaking into the movies, he also began working behind the...[Read More] (Bio by: Carrie-Anne)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Sunrise Slope, Lot 72
Coburn, Dorothy b. June 8, 1904 d. May 15, 1978
Actress. Fondly remembered as the dentist's nurse in Laurel and Hardy's "Leave 'Em Laughing," (1928) "The Battle of the Century" (1927) and "The Second 100 Years." Coburn retired from acting at the advent of sound but later worked as a stunt double and became a stand-in for [Read More] (Bio by: MC)
Grand View Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Cooke, Baldwin b. March 10, 1888 d. December 31, 1953
Comedian. Vaudeville performer and comedic film character actor, most notably in Laurel and Hardy short comedies. He and his wife previously worked with Stan Laurel on stage before Laurel became popular in motion pictures. Probably best remembered as the harassed next-door neighbor in "Perfect Day" (1929). (Bio by: Theologianthespian)
Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Finlayson, James 'Jimmy' b. August 27, 1887 d. October 9, 1953
Actor. He was born in Falkirk, Scotland, and as a boy became an apprentice at his father's iron foundry. However, his desire to follow in his father's footsteps proved to be short-lived, as he later developed an interest in business, which he went to the University of Edinburgh to study. Around the time he was at the University of Edinburgh, he became friends with John Clyde, a famous Scottish actor of the time. Due to his friendship with Clyde, Finlayson became interested in a stage career...[Read More] (Bio by: Carrie-Anne)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend
Garvin, Anita b. February 11, 1907 d. March 7, 1994
Actress. She is best-remembered for playing shrewish wives and haughty society ladies in Laurel and Hardy comedies. Armed with a withering sneer and sometimes with a shotgun, she was an incomparable foil for Stan and Ollie in such films as "The Battle of the Century" (1927), "From Soup To Nuts" (1928), "Blotto" (1930), and "Be Big!" (1931). Garvin was born in New York City, and moved to Southern California as a child. She claimed Mack Sennett cast her as one of his famous "Bathing Beauties"...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Mission Hills, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section E, urn garden, row 67, #8
Gilbert, Billy b. September 12, 1894 d. September 23, 1971
Actor, Comedian. Born William Gilbert Barron in Louisville, Kentucky, he made his vaudeville debut at 12 and began appearing regularly in films in 1929. The son of opera singers, he inherited a massive voice which he used to develop a suspense-filled sneezing routine. Walt Disney created the character Sneezy in "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) around Gilbert's unique talent. "People remember me as the comedian with the funny sneeze", he once said. "Funny thing is I didn't use it in more...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Odd Fellows Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Ashes Scattered in Rose Garden
Hall, Charlie b. August 19, 1899 d. December 7, 1959
Actor and Vaudevillian. At the age of fifteen he left school in Birmingham, England, to become a carpenter like his father. While still in his teens he joined Fred Karno's famous vaudeville troupe, whose members also included Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel. In the early Twenties he went to New York to visit his sister, and began working as a stagehand, using his carpentry skills. What started out as a friendly visit turned into a permanent stay in the United States, and a long-running career...[Read More] (Bio by: Carrie-Anne)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Eventide, lot 1928
Hardy, Oliver b. January 18, 1892 d. August 7, 1957
Legendary comic actor, he found his greatest success when paired with equally legendary Stan Laurel. Born Norvell Hardy in Harlem, Georgia, his father, Oliver Hardy, was a prominent lawyer. His father died when he was ten months old, and his mother supported the family by running a successful hotel. Young Hardy was a talented singer as a young boy, and by the age of 8, he was performing in local minstrel shows. In 1910...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Garden of Hope, Lot 48
GPS coordinates: 34.1892815, -118.3610687 (hddd.dddd)
Kennedy, Edgar b. April 26, 1890 d. November 9, 1948
Actor. He worked in a variety of jobs as a young man, travelling across America, and eventually became a boxer. In addition to boxing, young Edgar also got noticed because of his singing voice. His first entry into the world of show business came when he sang in musical shows. Eventually he ended up in Los Angeles, where he was hired as an actor at Mack Sennett's famous Keystone Studios. According to legend he was one of the original Keystone Kops, but quickly moved from being a bit player to a...[Read More] (Bio by: Carrie-Anne)
Cause of death: Throat cancer
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section D, Sacred Heart, Grave 7, Lot 193
Laurel, Stan b. June 16, 1890 d. February 23, 1965
Legendary comic actor, he found his greatest success when paired with equally legendary Oliver Hardy. Born Arthur Stanley Jefferson in Ulverston, England, the second of five children. His father, A. J. Jefferson managed a number of vaudeville theaters, and his mother was an actress. He lived with his grandparents until age six, then moved in with his parents to begin his education. Young Laurel liked theater so much that...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills), Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: George Washington Section, 2nd Terrace, 910
McCarey, Leo b. October 31, 1898 d. July 5, 1969
Director and Screenwriter.
Cause of death: Emphysema
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section T, Tier 44, Grave 134
Middleton, Charles B. b. October 3, 1874 d. April 22, 1949
Actor. He is best remembered for his movie role of 'Emperor Ming the Merciless' as Buster Crabbe's nemesis in the 1930s "Flash Gordon" serials (1936 to 1940), and in the two movies, "Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars" (1938) and "Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe" (1940). He also appeared in at least two of the Laurel and Hardy movies: the 1932 movie "Pack up your troubles" and "The flying deuces" in 1939. Born in Elizabethtown, Kentucky, he worked in carnivals, circuses, vaudeville, and on the...[Read More] (Bio by: Kit and Morgan Benson)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Hollywood Forever, Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Garden of Exodus (formerly Pineland/Section 13), #105
GPS coordinates: 34.0881500, -118.3194504 (hddd.dddd)
Parrott, James b. August 2, 1897 d. May 10, 1939
Director, Screenwriter, Actor. A comedy specialist, he directed several of Laurel & Hardy's funniest films. They include the Oscar-winning classic "The Music Box" (1932), the team's first feature, "Pardon Us" (1931), and the shorts "Two Tars" (1928), "A Perfect Day" (1929), "Blotto" (1930), "Brats" (1930), "Hog Wild" (1930), "Another Fine Mess" (1930), "Helpmates" (1932), "County Hospital" (1932), and "Twice Two" (1933). Parrott co-wrote the scripts and played small roles in many of these. He...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale), Glendale, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Whispering Pines, L-1898
Roach, Hal b. January 14, 1892 d. November 2, 1992
Legendary Movie Producer. He produced films of Laurel & Hardy, Our Gang, and many other classic comedians.
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA
Sennett, Mack b. January 17, 1880 d. November 5, 1960
'King of Comedy.' In 1912, while a player-director in D.W. Griffith's Biograph Studio in New York, Mack Sennett lost a $100 bet to ex-bookies and now movie exchange operators Adam Kessel and Charles Baumann, in the 1912 Preakness horse race. As payment, he proposed to them that he set up a comedy company in Glendale, California on the Bison lot that would make them all rich. To his amazement, they accepted and put up the...[Read More]
Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: N, L490, 1. To the right of the road directly in front of the mausoleum, as you face the mausoleum. From the light pole, go 10 rows down the slope, parallel to the front of the mausoleum.
Todd, Thelma b. July 29, 1906 d. December 16, 1935
Actress. Born to John and Alice Edwards Todd in in Lawrence, Massachusetts, she was known as a good student and apparently intended to become a school teacher. Upon graduation from high school, she attended college, while at the same time, entered several beauty contests, winning the title of Miss Massachusetts in 1925. Her win qualified her for the Miss America pageant, where she lost the title to Miss California. A Paramount Studios talent scout, however, spotted her, and she was signed to...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Cause of death: Uncertain, either accident or murder, she had collapsing disease.
Bellevue Cemetery, Lawrence, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Plot: Section 19, L-5548

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