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Landers, Lew b. January 2, 1901 d. December 16, 1962
Motion-Picture Director. One of Hollywood's most prolific filmakers, he directed 154 films in 28 years. His first feature, "The Raven" (1935), a fine thriller starring Bela Lugosi, is probably his best. Landers was born Louis Friedlander in New York City. He began directing serials in 1934 under his real name, then adapted his pseudonym two years later. During his hectic career he churned out scores of genre pictures for practically every studio in Hollywood, particularly RKO and Columbia...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Vaultage
LeBaron, William b. February 16, 1883 d. February 9, 1958
Motion-Picture Producer. Born in Elgin, Illinois, he began his career as a writer for Collier's magazine. After some success as a Broadway lyricist, he entered films in 1919 and within a decade was head of production at RKO Radio Pictures. He was awarded the Best Picture Oscar for "Cimarron" (1931). In 1932 LeBaron was hired by Paramount to help rescue that studio from bankruptcy, and immediately proved his worth by signing Broadway star Mae West, who became one of Hollywood's top...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Mezzanine, Section B, Niche 80
Leisen, Mitchell b. October 6, 1898 d. October 28, 1972
Motion picture director of classic comedies. Among his films: "Death takes a holiday" (1934), "Hand across the table" (1935), "Easy Living" (1937), "Midnight" (1939), "Remember the Night" (1940), "Arise, My Love"(1940), "Take a Letter, Darling" (1941), "No Time For Love" (1943), "Lady In the Dark" (1944), and "The Mating Season" (1951).
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Ashes in vaultage, no public access.
Love, Montague (Harry) b. March 15, 1877 d. May 17, 1943
Actor. Born Harry Montague Love, he was an English screen, stage and vaudeville actor, whom appeared in many films from 1914 to 1946. He made his screen debut in the silent era appearing in the World Studios film, "The Suicide Club" (1914). Known for playing the role of the nemesis, his more then 175 credits include "The King of Kings" (1927), "The Mysterious Island" (1929), "The Cat Creeps' (1930), "The Prisoner Zenda" (1937), "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938) and "Wings Over The Pacific"...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Vaultage
Lucas, Wilfred b. January 30, 1871 d. December 5, 1940
Actor and Director. He made his screen debut with the Biograph studio in 1908 after much theatrical experience, and became a reliable member of D. W. Griffith's stock company. His versatility was best employed in character roles. Griffith valued his abilities and when a second production unit opened at Biograph, he assigned Lucas to direct it. Between 1912 and 1926 he directed 45 films, including Keystone comedies for Mack Sennett, westerns, serials, and an early Tarzan movie ("The Romance...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Vaultage
MacDonald, J. Farrell b. April 14, 1875 d. August 2, 1952
Actor/Director. One of the most prolific character actors in Hollywood history, from 1915 to 1951 MacDonald appeared in over 300 films, many of them westerns. One of his best roles of the 1940's was as the Dodge City barkeep in Ford's "My Darling Clementine." MacDonald continued working right up to his death in 1952. (Bio by: MC)
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Marshall, Herbert b. May 23, 1890 d. January 22, 1966
Actor. Born Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall in London, England, he was a certified accountant when began performing in stage productions in the early 1920s. He made the transition from stage to movies with his first screen appearance in "Mumsie" (1927) and was almost 40 when he appeared in his first Hollywood picture, "The Letter" (1929). He went on to be featured in nearly 100 movie and TV roles during the course of his career. His film credits include "Murder!" (1930), "Trouble in Paradise" (...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Martindel, Edward b. July 8, 1876 d. May 4, 1955
Actor. He was a prolific character performer who appeared in 89 films between 1915 and 1946. He made his debut during the silent film era in "The Founding" (1915), followed by "The Scarlet Women" (1916). Some of his best roles were in the films "Captain Swift" (1920), "The Day of Faith" (1923), "The Aviator" (1929), "Blonde Crazy" (1931), "The Girl who Came Back" (1935) and "Lover Come Back" (1946), his last movie. He died of a heart attack at age 78. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Vaultage
Mason, Sarah Y. b. March 31, 1896 d. November 28, 1980
Screenwriter. She won an Academy Award for her adaptation of "Little Women" (1933), which she shared with her husband and collaborator, Victor Heerman. They also co-scripted that film's 1949 MGM remake. Her other credits include "Bright Skies" (1920), "Alias Jimmy Valentine" (1928), "The Broadway Melody" (1929), "The Age of Innocence" (1934), "Imitation of Life" (1934), "The Little Minister" (1934), "Magnificent Obsession" (1935), "Stella Dallas" (1937), and "Golden Boy" (1939). Mason...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Vaultage
Meyer, Torben b. December 1, 1884 d. May 22, 1975
Screen Character Actor. He began his career in silent movies. Among others he appeared in "Atlantis" (1913), "En Ung Mans Väg" (1919), "The Man Who Laughs" (1928), "The Animal Kingdom" (1932), "Pursued" (1934), "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935), "The Great Dictator" (1941), "The Palm Beach Story" (1942), "Casablanca" (1942) (as the duthc banker at Rick's table), "Unfaithfully Yours" (1946), "What Price Glory" (1952), "This Earth is Mine" (1959) and "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961). (Bio by: José L Bernabé Tronchoni)
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Ashes in Vaultage.
Michael, Gertrude b. June 1, 1910 d. January 1, 1965
Actress. She typically played "tough broads" in Hollywood films, memorably in the pre-Code musical "Murder at the Vanities" (1934), in which she sang "Sweet Marijuana". Her role as Caesar's wife, Calpurnia, in Cecil B. DeMille's "Cleopatra" (1934) was essentially the same but in Roman costume. Michael also appeared as the adventurous title character in "The Notorious Sophie Lang" (1934), "The Return of Sophie Lang" (1936), and "Sophie Lang Goes West" (1937), and for a time it seemed that a...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Vaultage
Mitchell, Thomas b. July 11, 1892 d. December 17, 1962
Actor. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, he was a distinguished performer and the first person to win an Oscar, Emmy and Tony Award. He was most noted for his role as the father of Scarlet O'Hara in "Gone with the Wind" (1939) and as Uncle Billy in "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946). In 1937, he was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for his role in "The Hurricane" and received the Best Supporting Actor Oscar in 1939, for his performance in "Stagecoach". His other film credits...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Cremated at the Chapel of the Pines and his ashes are in Vaultage
Mudie, Leonard b. April 11, 1883 d. April 14, 1965
Actor. A British character actor with a long career, Leonard Mudie made his film debut in 1921 and his final appearance in 1965, shortly before his death. In between, he appeared in nearly 150 films, including "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938), "Limelight" (1952), "Lost Horizon" (1937), "Top Hat" (1935), "Shall We Dance" (1937), "Captain Blood" (1935) and "The Mummy" (1932). He also appeared in four episodes of the "Adventures of Superman" TV series in the 1950s, playing an assortment of...[Read More] (Bio by: Mark Masek)
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Napier, Alan b. January 7, 1903 d. August 8, 1988
Actor. Born in West Midlands, England, he was fondly remembered for his role as Alfred Pennyworth the butler on the original "Batman" TV series. He began his career performing with the Oxford Players, made his screen debut in "Caste" (1930), immigrated to America in 1939 and was featured in over a 145 movies and television shows. His film credits include "The Invisible Man returns" (1940), "Lassie Come Home" (1943), "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" (1944), "Joan of Arc" (1948) and "Tarzan's Peril" (...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cause of death: Stroke
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Nazarro, Ray b. September 25, 1902 d. September 8, 1986
Film Director. Born Raymond Alfred Nazarro, he entered the movie business during the silent era, and began as an assistant director in 1935 on "Roaring Roads." Nazarro directed many of the studio's low-budget Westerns and action pictures in the late 1940s and 50s. At the end of the '50s, with the market for B-westerns drying up in America, Nazarro picked up his career in Europe with features such as the German-made "Dog Eat Dog" (1964) and the Italian "Arrivederci Cowboy," (1967) and also began...[Read More] (Bio by: MC)
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Cremated
Neal, Tom b. January 28, 1914 d. August 7, 1972
Actor. Specialized in tough-guy roles in films such as "Detour." Neal made headlines in 1951 for sending actor Franchot Tone to the hospital after a fist-fight over the affections of starlet Barbara Payton. Unable to find regular work after the incident...[Read More] (Bio by: Lisa Burks)
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Cremated; Location of ashes unknown
O'Brien, Willis b. March 2, 1886 d. November 8, 1962
Motion Picture Special-Effects Director. A pioneer of stop-motion animation, he created the legendary effects for "King Kong" (1933) and won an Academy Award for "Mighty Joe Young" (1949). His other films include "The Lost World" (1925) and its 1960 remake, "Son of Kong" (1933), "The Last Days of Pompeii" (1935), and "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (1963). O'Brien was the mentor of Ray Harryhausen, who became a leading stop-motion animator himself. (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Deodora Hall South, Section W, Niche 15 (near the top of the wall).
Oakland, Vivien b. May 20, 1895 d. August 1, 1958
Actress. Born Vivian Ruth Anderson to Norwegian immigrant parents, she started out in vaudeville as a child and made her screen debut in "Destiny: Or, The Soul of a Woman" (1915). She married actor John T. Murray in 1917 and divided her time between movies and Broadway appearances until 1928, when she settled in Hollywood. The vivacious, platinum-blonde Oakland had a penchant for comedy and during the 1930s she was a fixture on the Hal Roach lot, appearing in several shorts opposite Laurel &...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Vaultage
Oakley, Florence b. September 29, 1881 d. September 25, 1956
Actress. Born Florence McKim, in Pennsylvania, she began her career at age 10 and was best known as brilliant stage performer. As a part of the Carlton Macy stock company of Cleveland, Ohio, she worked on stages from New York City to San Francisco. At age 20, she relocated to California as a member of Blackwood Stock company of Los Angeles to become a leading woman and married actor Lewis Stone. Her only film appearance was in "A Most Immortal Lady" (1929). She died in Los Angeles, California. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Ober, Philip b. March 23, 1902 d. September 13, 1982
Actor. He was a veteran supporting actor best remembered for the role as Captain Dana "Dynamite" Holmes in the classic war film, "From Here to Eternity" (1953). He also had memorable roles in films such as "Washington Story" (1952), "Torpedo Run" (1958), "North by Northwest" (1959), "Elmer Gantry" (1960) and "The Ugly American" (1963). For television, his credits include "I Love Lucy", "Perry Mason", "I Dream of Jeannie", and for his role as Admiral "Iron Pants" Rafferty on "McHale's Navy". He...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cause of death: Heart failure
Chapel Of The Pines Crematory, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA

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