Grand View Memorial Park
by Sylviastel | created - 28 Aug 2012 | updated - 8 months ago | PublicThe men and women interred at Grand View Memorial Park in Glendale, Los Angeles, California.
1. Leo G. Carroll
Actor | North by Northwest
One of the most indispensable of character actors, Leo G. Carroll was already involved in the business of acting as a schoolboy in Gilbert & Sullivan productions. Aged 16, he portrayed an old man in 'Liberty Hall'. In spite of the fact, that he came from a military family, and , perhaps, because of...
Plot: Community niche
2. Madge Blake
Actress | Batman: The Movie
Spouse: James Lincoln Blake (1 Child)
During World War II, she and her husband, James Lincoln Blake, worked in Utah on construction of the detonator for the atomic bomb and performed such jobs as testing equipment destined for the Manhattan Project. The couple received a citation for their work from...
Plot: Section F, Lot 80
3. Oscar Beregi Jr.
Actor | Young Frankenstein
Heavyweight Hungarian-born character actor Oscar Beregi Jr.'s best performances were on the small screen, usually as Eastern European or Russian heavies. His stock-in-trade villainy was of a cultured or psychological, rather than physical nature, urbane and intellectual, yet inevitably sinister. ...
Plot: West Mausoleum, Lower Level Community Crypt (not accessible to public)
4. Dorothy Coburn
Actress | Modern Love
Brunette, curvaceous Dorothy Coburn was the daughter of western actor/producer Wallace G. Coburn. Her grandfather Robert, a pioneer cattleman, had founded the famous Montana Circle C Ranch in 1886. Dorothy appeared in silent comedy shorts for Hal Roach -- often as the quintessential flapper, ...
Plot: Section B, Lot 31, Grave 7
5. Alec Craig
Actor | Northern Pursuit
Alec Craig was born on March 30, 1884 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Northern Pursuit (1943), They Made Her a Spy (1939) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1935). He died on June 25, 1945 in Glendale, California, USA.
Plot: Section H, Cremation Tier, Grave 108
6. Nigel De Brulier
Actor | Ben-Hur A Tale of the Christ
British-born Nigel De Brulier's long career began in silent films, but unlike many performers of that era, he managed to successfully transition into sound films. His authoritarian and somewhat regal bearing was perfect for the many bishops, cardinals, knights and other authority figures he often ...
Plot: Ashes scattered
7. Kenne Duncan
Actor | Night of the Ghouls
Kenne Duncan was born on February 17, 1902 in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor and writer, known for Night of the Ghouls (1959), Manhunt of Mystery Island (1945) and The Astounding She-Monster (1957). He died on February 5, 1972 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Plot: Garden of Devotion, Tier B, Grave 35
8. Rowland G. Edwards
Director | Daring Love
Rowland G. Edwards was born on May 6, 1879 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and actor, known for Daring Love (1924), The Man from Yesterday (1932) and The Drums of Jeopardy (1923). He was married to Doris Packer and Luella Lorena Morey. He died on August 10, 1953 in Glendale, ...
9. Verna Felton
Actress | Sleeping Beauty
Verna Felton had extensive experience on the stage and in radio before she broke into film and television. Her trademarks was her distinctive husky voice and her no-nonsense attitude. She was quite in demand for voiceover work, as evidenced by her roles in Cinderella (1950), Alice in Wonderland (...
Plot: Section L - Garden of Prayer, Unit B, Grave 268
10. Alec B. Francis
Actor | Oliver Twist
Alec B. Francis was born on December 2, 1867 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Oliver Twist (1933), Thank You (1925) and The Terror (1928). He was married to Lucy Francis (nee Bowers) 1862 - 1953. He died on July 6, 1934 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Plot: Urn garden, east side of cemetery
11. Lee Garmes
Cinematographer | Scarface
One of the most innovative of pioneer cameramen, Lee Garmes started his career on the East Coast with the New York Motion Picture Company, but was soon persuaded by the director Thomas H. Ince to join him in Hollywood. Garmes quickly climbed his way up the ladder, from painter's assistant to prop ...
Plot: Ashes scattered
12. Harry Langdon
Actor | His First Flame
Langdon first performed when he ran away from home at the age of 12-13 to join a travelling medicine show. In 1903 he scored a lasting success in vaudeville with an act called "Johnny's New Car" which he performed for twenty years. In 1923, he signed with Principal Pictures as a series star, but ...
Plot: West Mausoleum (just to the left of the main entrance)
13. Sherwood MacDonald
Director | Cold Steel
Sherwood MacDonald was born on June 30, 1880 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Cold Steel (1921), The Sultana (1916) and Muggsy (1919). He was married to Mollie McConnell. He died on January 25, 1968 in Canoga Park, California, USA.
Plot: North Mausoleum, Unit B. Niche 143
14. Cleo Madison
Actress | Her Bitter Cup
Cleo Madison began her career with a theatrical company in Santa Barbara, California, in 1910. She stayed with the company for several years, and the troupe made the rounds of vaudeville and the theater circuit. Returning to California, and tired of touring, she decided to get into the motion ...
15. Lafe McKee
Actor | Queen of the Jungle
Lafe McKee began working in Hollywood around 1913. He usually played the likeable father of the heroine, the distressed businessman, or the ranch owner on the verge of losing his homestead or cattle to the villains. The majority of his films were westerns and he supported such actors as Gary Cooper...
Plot: West Mausoleum (just to the left of the main entrance)
16. Gus Meins
Director | Kelly the Second
Gus Meins was born on March 6, 1893 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a director and writer, known for Kelly the Second (1936), Earl of Puddlestone (1940) and His Exciting Night (1938). He was married to Mary Berge Lewis. He died on August 1, 1940 in La Crescenta, California, USA.
Plot: West Mausoleum Foyer, Room A (Columbarium of Remembrance), niche at top right corner of west wall
17. Edna Purviance
Actress | A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Edna Purviance began working as a stenographer in San Francisco. Charles Chaplin invited her to join him at Essanay Studio in 1915, the year of her film debut in Chaplin's His Night Out. Over the next seven years she appeared as his leading lady in over 20 Chaplin films made by Essanay, Mutual, and...
Plot: West Mausoleum (just to the left of the main entrance)
18. Wally Rehg
Actor | Fast Company
Wally Rehg was born on August 31, 1888 in Summerfield, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Fast Company (1929). He died on April 5, 1946 in Burbank, California, USA.
Plot: Section M, Tier 23, Grave 32
19. Manning Sherwin
Soundtrack | Empire of the Sun
Manning Sherwin was born on January 4, 1898 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a composer, known for Empire of the Sun (1987), Hi Gang! (1941) and Battle of Britain (1969). He was married to Mildred H. Gardner and Mrs. Rebecca L. Lebowitz Platt. He died on July 26, 1974 in Los Angeles, ...
20. Guy Standing
Actor | Death Takes a Holiday
Guy Standing was born on September 1, 1873 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Death Takes a Holiday (1934), The Eagle and the Hawk (1933) and I'd Give My Life (1936). He was married to Dorothy Hammond, Blanche Burton and Isabelle Urquhart. He died on February 24, 1937 in Hollywood ...
Plot: Section F, 288
21. Dolph Sweet
Actor | Heaven Can Wait
A barrel-chested, bull-necked presence on stage, film and TV, the tough-minded character actor was born Adolphus Jean Sweet in New York City on July 18, 1920, the son of an auto mechanic. He initially attended the University of Alabama in 1939, but his studies were interrupted by WWII Air Force ...
22. Leo White
Actor | Blood and Sand
Leo White started in comedy on the boards of English music hall in the late 1890's. He accompanied theatrical producer Daniel Frohman (later a partner of Adolph Zukor in Famous Players Lasky) to Hollywood in 1910. From 1914, he appeared in Essanay comedies and filmed the 'Sweedie' series with ...
Plot: Section D, Lot 120, Grave 12
23. Chill Wills
Actor | Giant
Colorful character actor of American Westerns. Named "Chill" as an ironic comment on his birth date being the hottest day of 1902. A musician from his youth, he performed from the age of 12 with tent shows, in vaudeville, and with stock companies. While performing in vaudeville in Kansas City, he ...
Plot: Garden of Devotion, Tier C, Grave 27
24. Clara Kimball Young
Actress | The Common Law
Clara Kimball Young was born Clarisa Kimball on September 6, 1890, to Edward Kimball and the former Mrs. E.M. Kimball, traveling stock company actors with the Holden Co. Though she claimed Chicago as her birthplace, there are no records of her being born in Cook County--which includes Chicago--and ...
Plot: North Mausoleum, Unit A, Niche 368
25. Richard Deacon
Actor | The Birds
Richard Deacon was the bald, bespectacled character actor most famous for playing television producer Mel Cooley on The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961) from 1961 to 1966. In the first season of that show he also continued to appear on the series he was already appearing on, Leave It to Beaver (1957), ...
He was cremated at Grandview Crematory. The funeral director was from Westwood Village Mortuary.
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