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Dodsworth, John Cecil b. September 17, 1910 d. September 11, 1964
Actor. Dodsworth appeared in such films as, "The Rakes Progress" (1945), "Who Killed Van Loon?" (1948), "David And Bathsheba" (1951), "Singin' In The Rain" (1952), "The Snows Of Kilimanjaro" (1952), "Charade" (1953), "Titanic" (1953), "Loose In London" (1953), "Her Twelve Men" (1954), "The Mole People" (1956), "The 27th Day" (1957), and "In The Money" (1958). Dodsworth also made many frequent guest appaearances on television shows including, "Cavalcade Of America", "General Electric Theater", "...[Read More] (Bio by: K)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Doty, Weston b. February 18, 1913 d. January 1, 1934
Child Actor. Born one of a set of identical twins in Malta, Ohio, he and his brother were numbered among the first stars of the "Our Gang" comedy shorts. They appeared in three shorts together; "Our Gang," "Fire Fighters," and "One Terrible Day" in 1922, and Winston in an additional two; "A Pleasant Journey" and "Lodge Night" in 1923. Rumor had it that Weston was either not interested in continuing in the business, or alternately, that the pair were phased out of the series when they failed to...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Doty, Winston b. February 18, 1913 d. January 1, 1934
Child Actor. Born one of a set of identical twins in Malta, Ohio, he and his brother were numbered among the first stars of the "Our Gang" comedy shorts. They appeared in three shorts together; "Our Gang," "Fire Fighters," and "One Terrible Day" in 1922, and Winston in an additional two; "A Pleasant Journey" and "Lodge Night" in 1923. Rumor had it that Weston was either not interested in continuing in the business, or alternately, that the pair were phased out of the series when they failed to...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Downs, Cathy b. March 3, 1924 d. December 8, 1976
Actress. A former Vogue cover model, the blue-eyed, brunette Downs was brought from her native New York to Hollywood by a 20th Century-Fox talent scout in 1944. She was given a great publicity build-up and juicy parts in such big-budget productions as "State Fair" (1945), "The Dolly Sisters" (1945), and "The Dark Corner" (1946), and seemed destined for stardom after her winning performance in the title role of John Ford's classic "My Darling Clementine" (1946). But in 1947 Downs was...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section 17
Duke, Vernon [original burial site] b. October 10, 1903 d. January 16, 1969
Composer. Born Vladimir Dukelsky in Pskov, Russia, he fled the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution with his mother and arrived in New York in 1921. There he became a protege of George Gershwin, who suggested he change his name and study music in Paris. In the French capital Duke gained a reputation as a prodigy and at the age of 21 he became the youngest composer to receive a commission from Serge Diaghilev's Ballet Russes. His ballet "Zephyr et Flore" was premiered in Monte Carlo in 1925. Duke...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Original burial site
Duncan, Albert "Bud" b. October 31, 1883 d. November 26, 1960
Actor. The son of a ventriloquist, Albert Edward Duncan was born in Brooklyn. He made his vaudeville debut at 15 and first appeared in films for the Biograph studio in 1908. Diminutive (4'11") and pudgy, he was typed in comic roles. In 1914 Duncan joined the Kalem Co., where he was teamed with the hulking, bear-like Lloyd Hamilton for a series of one-reelers that came to be known as the "Ham and Bud" comedies. These often grotesquely violent slapstick shorts were so popular among...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section 18, Lot 11, Space D
Feuchtwanger, Lion b. July 7, 1884 d. December 21, 1958
Author. His historical novels, which have been translated into over 20 languages, combined great readability with considerable scholarship. Several of them explored his Jewish heritage, especially "Jew Seuss" (1925), about the trial and execution of a ruthless Jewish financier in 18th Century Germany. Despite its underlying anti-fascist theme, this novel was seized upon by the Nazis as anti-Semitic propaganda. A viciously distorted movie version was produced by UFA in 1940, with the great actor...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section 12, L-187
GPS coordinates: 34.0174217, -118.4741898 (hddd.dddd)
Fix, Paul b. March 13, 1901 d. October 14, 1983
Prolific American character actor in motion pictures of the 1920s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s. Played the role of 'Judge Taylor' in the 1962 classic drama, "To Kill a Mockingbird." Married to actress Beverly Pratt. (Bio by: A.J. Marik)
Cause of death: Kidney failure
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section 17, L-429 G-A
GPS coordinates: 34.0189400, -118.4783936 (hddd.dddd)
Ford, Glenn b. May 1, 1916 d. August 30, 2006
Actor. Born Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford in Canada, when he was eight years old his father, a railroad executive, moved his family to Santa Monica, California. He performed in high school plays and then joined "West Coast", a traveling theater company. His film debut was in "Heaven With a Barbed Wire Fence" (1939). After World War II started, he put his career on hold and enlisted in the United States Marines. In 1992, Ford was awarded the French Legion of Honor Medal for his service in France...[Read More] (Bio by: Nan)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Mausoleum
Ford, Leland Merritt b. March 8, 1893 d. November 27, 1965
US Congressman. Elected to represent California's 16th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1939 to 1943. He was defeated in 1942. (Bio by: K)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Gruning, Ilka b. September 4, 1876 d. November 11, 1964
Screen Actress. She is remembered as Mrs. Leuchtag in a comic scene with Ludwig St�ssel and S.Z. Sakall in classic film "Casablanca" (1942). She also appeared in "Peer Gynt" (1919), "Jugend" (1922), "Melodie des Herzens" (1929), "Underground" (1941), "An American Romance" (1944), "A Foreign Affair" (1948), "Words and Music" (1948), "Caught" (1949), "The Great Sinner" (1949), "Passage West" (1951) and "Die Venus von Tivoli" (1952). (Bio by: Jos� L Bernab� Tronchoni)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Mausoleum Niche 567-2. Columbarium of Faith.
Haines, William 'Billy' b. January 1, 1900 d. December 26, 1973
Actor. He was a popular motion picture star of the 1920s and 1930s, and was the top box-office draw of 1930. After refusing to pretend to be "straight" for his studio bosses, his acting career was finished. His second talent was in design, and he built a successful career as the interior designer to the hollywood elite. His partner for over forty years, Jimmie Shields, was laid to rest next to him. (Bio by: TPG)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Hanlon, Jack b. February 15, 1916 d. December 13, 2012
Child Actor. Best remembered for having been one of the protagonists of the silent comedies "Our Gang" or The Little Rascals directed by Hal Roach. Jack has also starred in the films "The General" starring Buster Keaton, "The Glorious Fourth", "Olympic Games", "The Shakedown", "Romance" starring Greta Garbo and in eight "talkies," including "Big Money" with Clark Gable. He died of natural causes at an assisted living center near Las Vegas. (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Henreid (Hernried Von Wassel-Waldingau), Paul (Paul Georg Julius) b. January 10, 1908 d. March 29, 1992
Austrian-born stage and motion picture actor/director of the 1930s and 1970s. Played the memorable role of 'Victor Laszlo' in the 1942 classic "Casablanca." He became a successful television director later in his career. (Bio by: A.J. Marik)
Cause of death: Pneumonia
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Section 3-M
GPS coordinates: 34.0178604, -118.4763870 (hddd.dddd)
Hill, Phil b. April 20, 1927 d. August 28, 2008
Race Car Driver. Born Philip Toll Hill, he was the first American to win the Formula One international auto-racing championship title in 1961. He began his professional racing career in the mid-1950s, driving in California, Mexico, Europe and joined Italy's Ferrari team in 1958. Among many other victories, he also was the first American to win three 24-hour endurance sports-car races at Le Mans, France, three Grand Prixs and the Sebring 12-hour race title three times. After retiring as a driver...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Hooker, Evelyn b. September 2, 1907 d. November 18, 1996
Psychologist. She authored the pioneering 1957 study "The Adjustment of the Male Overt Homosexual". In this work Hooker demonstrated that homosexual men were not inherently abnormal and that there was no difference between the pathologies of homosexual and heterosexual men. Her findings led directly to the American Psychiatric Association's removal of homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1973. Although she was heterosexual, Hooker's impact on the gay...[Read More] (Bio by: Miracle Mile Tim)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Hylton, Richard H. b. December 11, 1920 d. May 12, 1962
Actor. Born in Collinsville, Oklahoma, he made his big screen debut in "Lost Boundaries" (1949). His other film credits include "Halls of Montezuma" (1950), "The Secret of Convict Lake" (1951), "Fixed Bayonets" (1951) and "The Pride of St. Louis" (1952). For television, he appeared on the series "Theatre of Romance", "Broadway Television Theatre", "Hallmark Hall of Fame" and "The United States Steel Hour". He died in San Francisco, California, at age 41. (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Hytten, Olaf b. March 3, 1888 d. March 11, 1955
Screen Actor. He played minor and uncredited roles,in over 300 films, often playing butlers. He also played in several horror movies. Among others, he worked in "Demos" (1921), "Jane Eyre" (1934), "The Last Oupost" (1935), "The Good Earth" (1937), "Bluebeard's Eight Wife" (1938), "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939), "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" (1941), "Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror" (1942), "Casablanca" (1942), "House of Frankenstein" (1944) and "Kim" (1950). He died of a heart attack...[Read More] (Bio by: Jos� L Bernab� Tronchoni)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Mausoleum Wall J, Crypt 1XC (unmarked community crypt)
Kinney, Abbot b. November 16, 1850 d. November 4, 1920
Industrialist and Real Estate Baron. An important figure in Los Angeles history, he founded the nearby city of Venice, California. Convinced that the area's mild climate would attract artists from around the world, Kinney decided to provide the setting for this cultural renaissance by re-creating Venice, Italy, just south of Santa Monica. In 1902 he began hiring architects and engineers to create a canal system and a master plan of buildings with magnificent Venetian colannaded facades. "...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Near the front of the cemetery
Koehler, Ted b. July 18, 1894 d. January 17, 1973
Musical song lyricist. His chief collaborator was composer Harold Arlen, their most productive period being in the 1920s and 30s. Among the songs he contributed the words to include "Wrap Your Troubles In Dreams," "I Gotta Right To Sing The Blues," "Stormy Weather," "Let's Fall In Love," "Get Happy" and "Animal Crackers (In My Soup)." (Bio by: Theologianthespian)
Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Plot: Block Cremains, Lot 6, Grave C

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