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Foy, Bryan b. December 8, 1896 d. April 20, 1977
Motion Picture Producer, Director. He was jokingly nicknamed "Keeper of the B's" for his long career in low-budget films. Born in Chicago, he was the son of famed vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, Sr. and entered show business as one of The Seven Little Foys. He also wrote the hit song "Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Shean" for the same-named...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cause of death: Heart attack
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Main Mausoleum, Block 33, Crypt 5 [unmarked]
Friganza, Trixie b. November 25, 1870 d. February 27, 1955
Entertainer. Exuberant, plus-size comedian. Born Delia O'Callahan in Grenola, Kansas, she took her mother's maiden name for her stage debut as a chorus girl in 1889. She scored her first lead role in the musical comedy "The Little Joker" (1894) and went on to star in the hit Broadway shows "The Belle of Bohemia" (1900), "Sally In Our Alley" (1903), and "The Orchid" (1906). In her younger days Friganza was slender and even played roles in boy drag, but as her weight grew to nearly 200 lbs. she...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cause of death: arthritis
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section C, Lot 759, Friganza Mausoleum crypt 2
Gage, Henry Tifft b. December 25, 1852 d. August 28, 1924
20th Governor of California (1899 to 1903). Born in Geneva, New York, he moved to California in 1874 and began practicing law in Los Angeles in 1877. He was elected Los Angeles City Attorney in 1881 and was a delegate to the 1888 Republican National Convention in Chicago. As a lawyer Gage represented Collis P. Huntington, owner of the Southern Pacific Railroad, who helped bankroll his successful 1898 gubernatorial...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Main Mausoleum, Block 107, Crypt C-5
Gage, Henry Tifft [original burial site] b. December 25, 1852 d. August 28, 1924
20th Governor of California (1899 to 1903). Born in Geneva, New York, he moved to California in 1874 and began practicing law in Los Angeles in 1877. He was elected Los Angeles City Attorney in 1881 and was a delegate to the 1888 Republican National Convention in Chicago. As a lawyer Gage represented Collis P. Huntington, owner of the Southern Pacific Railroad, who helped bankroll his successful 1898 gubernatorial...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: All Souls Chapel, Crypt
Gibbons, Cedric b. March 23, 1893 d. July 26, 1960
Motion Picture Art Director. Arguably Hollywood's greatest production designer, and one of the few known to the general public by name. As Supervising Art Director at MGM from 1924 to 1956, Gibbons was the man most responsible for the opulent look of that studio's films. His use of Art Deco in "Our Dancing Daughters" (1928) helped popularize that style in America, and the larger-than-life splendor of his movie sets influenced upscale interior design for years. A founder of the Academy of...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section H, L-117
Gonzales, David M. b. June 9, 1923 d. April 25, 1945
World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Served in the United States Army during World War II as a Private First Class in Company A, 127th Infantry, 32nd Infantry Division. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery at Villa Verde Trail on Luzon, the Philippine Islands, on April 25, 1945. His citation reads “He was pinned down with his company. As enemy fire swept the area, making any movement extremely hazardous, a 500-pound bomb smashed into the company's perimeter, burying 5 men...[Read More] (Bio by: Russ Dodge)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Gribbon, Eddie b. January 3, 1890 d. September 28, 1965
Actor. Burly, rubber-faced comic character player. He got his start in movies as one of Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops and appeared in two-reel comedies for vitually every studio in Hollywood. In features he usually played dumb detectives and assorted lugs. Gribbon is memorable as one of Adenoid Hynkel's storm troopers in Chaplin's "The Great Dictator" (1940), and he had the regular role of the trainer Canvasback in Monogram's "Joe Palooka" series (11 films, 1946 to 1951). Among his 200 films are...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Hammerstein, Elaine b. December 14, 1896 d. August 13, 1948
Actress. The daughter of noted theatrical producer Arthur Hammerstein and granddaughter of Oscar Hammerstein, she seemed destined for a show business career. After graduating from Bryn Mawr College in 1913 she appeared in two Broadway shows, "High Jinks" (1913) and "The Trap" (1915), before making her screen debut in "The Moonstone" (1915). Her famous name helped get her top billing but she seldom rose above...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Harron, John b. March 31, 1903 d. November 24, 1939
Actor. The younger brother of actor Robert Harron, he made his screen debut with a small role in D. W. Griffith's "Hearts of the World" (1918). After Robert Harron's mysterious death in 1920, John suddenly found himself in demand and he went on to appear in over 160 films. During the 1920s he played wholesome, all-American types in such titles as "Love In the Dark" (1922), "The Painted Flapper" (1924), "The Boy Friend" (1926), and "Silk Stockings" (1927). But he never enjoyed his brother's...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section L, Lot 292, Grave 7
Healy (Nash), Ted (Charles Earnest Lee) b. October 1, 1896 d. December 21, 1937
Actor and Vaudevillian. In 1908 his family moved from Texas to New York, where he finished his high school education. Originally he had planned on becoming a businessman, but after over a decade of flirting with a career in show business, including a brief stint as one of the diving "girls" in an aquatic act in the summer of 1912, he finally entered vaudeville around 1919. His act started out as impromptu comedy, since at this early stage of his career he hadn't mastered the art of memorizing...[Read More] (Bio by: Carrie-Anne)
Cause of death: Murdered
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section F, Lot 1693, Grave 14
Hines, Charles b. 1892 d. July 16, 1936
Motion-Picture Director. He directed 15 films during the 1920s, all starring his brother, comedian Johnny Hines. Among them are "Torchy" (1920), "Conductor 1492" (1924), "The Crackerjack" (1925), "The Live Wire" (1925), "The Brown Derby" (1926), and "The Wright Idea" (1928). The careers of both men faded with talkies. (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section G, Lot 931
Hines, Johnny b. July 25, 1895 d. October 24, 1970
Actor. Brother of director Charles Hines and actor Samuel E. Hines. Hines began his film career in the early 1910s. To his well-known productions belong "Conductor 1492." Hines' starring career ended when talkies came in. He only played smaller parts, among others in "Don't Leave Home," "Whistling in the Dark," and "Too Hot to Handle." Besides his acting activity, Hines also directed some movies and wrote scripts. (Bio by: MC)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Hodiak, John b. April 16, 1914 d. October 19, 1955
Actor. Sad-eyed leading man of Hollywood films. Born in Pittsburgh of Ukrainian-Polish descent, he was a stock clerk at Detroit's Chevrolet factory when he began his acting career in local radio programs. He signed a contract with MGM in 1942, but his gritty style was not a good fit there and he was frequently loaned out to other studios. Hodiak first gained notice as the leftist sailor Kovac in Alfred Hitchcock's classic "Lifeboat" (1944) and followed this with equally fine performances...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cause of death: Coronary thrombosis
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Main Mausoleum, Block 303, Crypt D-1
Horan, James W. b. October 23, 1907 d. May 4, 1967
Actor. He appeared in the films, "My Fair Lady" (1964), "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" (1964), "Loving You" (1957), "The Far Country" (1954), "The Clown" (1953), and "Aaron Slick From Punkin Crick" (1952). He also appeared in the television series, "Maverick" (1957-1962).
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Hynes, William Joseph b. March 31, 1843 d. April 2, 1915
US Congressman. Elected to represent Arkansas as At-Large in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1873 to 1875. (Bio by: K)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Kramer, Charles b. April 18, 1879 d. January 20, 1943
US Congressman. Elected to represent California's 13th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1933 to 1943. He was defeated in 1943. Also served as a Delegate to the Democratic National Convention from California in 1936, and Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles, California, in 1941. (Bio by: K)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
La Bianca (La Bianca), Leno b. August 6, 1925 d. August 10, 1969
Manson Family Murder Victim. Born Pasqulino Antonio La Bianca in Los Angeles, CA to Antonio and Corina La Bianca. His father immigrated from Canneto di Lipari, Messina, Sicily, Italy, arriving at Ellis Island on March 15, 1911, at the age of sixteen, and settled in Los Angeles. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Army from 1943-1946, having done a tour of Europe during this time. Leno's father started a grocery business, Gateway Ranch Markets and State Wholesale Grocery Company...[Read More] (Bio by: Donna Di Giacomo)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Loredo, Linda (Herlinda) b. June 20, 1907 d. August 11, 1931
Actress. An Arizona native of Mexican descent, she was a dancer in Los Angeles nightclubs and played one in her first films, the silents "Heroes of the Wild" (1927) and "After the Storm" (1928). She owes her present notoriety to a brief, curious phase in Hollywood history. At the beginning of the talkie era, before dubbing and subtitles became standard, American studios shot foreign-language versions of their films for distribution abroad, usually with the stars speaking their dialogue...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Lush, John Charles b. October 8, 1885 d. November 18, 1946
Major League Baseball Player. Born in Williamsport, Pennslyvainia, he was a right handed pitcher making his debut for the Philadelphia Philles on April 22, 1904. For seven seasons, he played for the Philadelphia Philles (1904-06), St. Louis Cardinals (1907-10) and he pitched a 6-0 no-hitter on for the Philadelphia Philles against the Brooklyn Superbras on May 1, 1906. He ended his career with a record of 66 wins, 85 loss, 490 strikeouts, 105 complete games, 16 shutouts, 2 saves and a 2.68...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Macchia, John Vito b. October 30, 1931 d. July 30, 1967
Actor. He is best known for his regular role in the "Beach Party" films of the 1960s, as Joey, the yes-man of biker gang leader Erich Von Zipper (Harvey Lembeck). His entries in the series were "Beach Party" (1963), "Bikini Beach" (1964), "Beach Blanket Bingo" (1965), "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini" (1965), and "The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini" (1966). Macchia was born in Los Angeles. He was briefly under contract to 20th Century-Fox in the late 1950s and did occasional guest spots on TV before...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cause of death: Stroke
Calvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA

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