List of burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)

This is a list of notable people buried at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park cemetery in Glendale, California. The cemetery was founded in 1906 and has been used for many funerals of film stars and other celebrities since then.

(Those in non-public areas are marked NP.)

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John Aasen (1890–1938), silent movie giant Forrest J Ackerman (1916–2008), science fiction, horror, pop culture historian and writer and editor of Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine Art Acord (1890–1931), actor Anita Louise Adler (1915–1970), actress, wife of producer Buddy AdlerWilson, Scott. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.: 2. McFarland & Company (2016) Maurice "Buddy" Adler (1909–1960), producer, husband of actress Anita Louise Donald Addrisi (1938–1984), singer, one-half of the Addrisi Brothers singing-songwriting duo John G. Adolfi (1888–1933), director, actor and screenwriter of Warner Bros. films Caroline Leonetti Ahmanson (1918–2005), businesswoman, philanthropist, wife of Howard F. Ahmanson Sr.Los Angeles Times via Legacy.com Howard F. Ahmanson Sr. (1906–1968), financier, philanthropist Leonora Ainsworth (1871-1939), screenwriter in silent era Wally Albright (1925–1999), child actor, Wally in the Our Gang short subjects Robert Alda (1914–1986), actor and singer, father of actors Alan and Antony Alda Richard Alexander (1902–1989), actor Ross Alexander (1907–1937), actor Britt Allcroft (1943–2024), screenwriter, producer, director, voice actress Duane Allen (1937–2003), NFL player Gracie Allen (1895–1964), actress and comedian, wife of George Burns Fred Lind Alles (1851–1945), businessman and civic leader, secretary for the National Irrigation Congress Elvia Allman (1904–1992), actress and voice actress Wayne Allwine (1947–2009), voice actor, sound effects editor, Foley artist, 3rd voice of Mickey Mouse Astrid Allwyn (1905–1978), actress June Allyson (1917–2006), actress Louis "Two Gun" Alterie (1886–1935), gangster (unmarked grave) Lona Andre (1915–1992), actress NP LaVerne Andrews (1911–1967), singer NP Maxene Andrews (1916–1995), singer Lucien Andriot (1892–1979), cinematographer George Aratani (1917–2013), businessman and philanthropist George Archainbaud (1890–1959), director, producer NP James Arness (1923–2011), actor Isaac Colton Ash (1861–1933), Los Angeles City Council member 1925–27 Frederic M. Ashley (1870–1960), architect Roscoe Ates (1895–1962), actor and comedianCelebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries, p. 34 Gene Austin (1900–1972), singerThe Handbook of Texas Online Marion Aye (1903–1951), silent film actress Mitchell Ayres (1909–1969), musician

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Fay Babcock (1895–1970), set decorator NP Lauren Bacall (1924–2014), actress Constantin Bakaleinikoff (1896–1966), composer/conductor, younger brother of Mischa Bakaleinikoff Mischa Bakaleinikoff (1890–1960), composer/conductor, older brother of Constantin Bakaleinikoff Art Baker (1898–1966), actor Suzan Ball (1934–1955), actress Travis Banton (1894–1958), costume designer NP Theda Bara (1885–1955), actress Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin (1863–1952), (Metis/Turtle Mountain Chippewa) lawyer, civil servant and suffragist. NP Joseph Barbera (1911–2006), animator and co-founder/namesake of Hanna-Barbera Joan Barclay (1914–2002), actress Ben Bard (1893–1974), actor, husband of actress Ruth Roland (unmarked grave) Binnie Barnes (1903–1998), actress, wife of M.J. Frankovich George Barris (1925–2015), designer and builder of various Hollywood custom cars Jack Barry (1918–1984), television host and producer Billy Barty (1924–2000), actorThe Burbank Leader Florence Bates (1888–1954), actress Norman F. Bates (1839–1915), Medal of Honor recipient Frank Joslyn Baum (1883–1958), film producer, son of L. Frank and Maud Gage Baum Harry Neal Baum (1889–1967), author, son of L. Frank and Maud Gage Baum L. Frank Baum (1856–1919), author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Maud Gage Baum (1861–1953), widow of L. Frank Baum Warner Baxter (1889–1951), actor Harry Beaumont (1888–1966), director, actor, screenwriter John C. Becher (1915–1986), actor Robert "Iceberg Slim" Beck (1918–1992), pimp turned best-selling authorLA Weekly Claud Beelman (1883–1963), architect Wallace Beery (1885–1949), actorMack Sennett's Fun Factory Alphonzo E. Bell Jr. (1914–2004), U.S. Representative from California Rex Bell (1903–1962), actor and Nevada lieutenant governor, husband of actress Clara Bow Madge Bellamy (1899–1990), actress Cosmo Kyrle Bellew (1883–1948), actor Elsie Lincoln Benedict (1885–1970), author and lecturer Henry S. Benedict (1878–1930), U.S. Representative from CaliforniaBiographical Directory of the United States Congress William Benedict (1917–1999), actor Enid Bennett (1893–1969), actress, wife of Fred Niblo and Sidney Franklin Marjorie Bennett (1896–1982), actress Harry Beresford (1863–1944), actor George Bergstrom (1876–1955), architectPCAD Felix Bernard (1897–1944), songwriter Curtis Bernhardt (1899–1981), director Joe Besser (1907–1988), actor and comedian (The Three Stooges) Claude Binyon (1905–1978), screenwriter and director Billie Bird (1908–2002), actress Julie Bishop (1914–2001), actress J. Stuart Blackton (1875–1941), founder of Vitagraph Studios Olive Blakeney (1899–1959), actress Clara Blandick (1876–1962), actress Jack Bliss (1882–1968), MLB player Michael Blodgett (1939–2007), actor and screenwriter Joan Blondell (1906–1979), actress Eric Blore (1887–1959), actor Monte Blue (1887–1963), actor Betty Blythe (1893–1972), actress Eddie Bockman (1920–2011), baseball player, manager, scoutSan Jose Mercury News via Legacy.com True Boardman (1882–1918), actor Virginia True Boardman (1889–1971), actress NP Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), actor Mary Boland (1882–1965), actress Olive Borden (1906–1947), actress Gutzon Borglum (1865–1941), sculptor of Mount RushmoreNational Park ServiceThe Spectator Frank Borzage (1894–1962), actor, director Stephen Boss (1982–2022), actor and television personality NP Hobart Bosworth (1867–1943), actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Clara Bow (1905–1965), actressHuffington Post NP William Boyd (1895–1972), actor, known for playing cowboy hero Hopalong Cassidy NP Charles Brabin (1882–1957), British-born director and screenwriter, husband of actress Theda Bara Robert N. Bradbury (1886–1949), director and screenwriter, father of Bob Steele NP Grace Bradley (1913–2010), actress, widow of actor William Boyd Lenny Breau (1941–1984), musician (unmarked grave) Edmund Breese (1871–1936), actor Tom Breneman (1902–1948), radio personality, host of Breakfast in Hollywood Mozelle Britton (1912–1953), actress John Bromfield (1922–2005), actor Betty Bronson (1906–1971), actress Rand Brooks (1918–2003), actor Clarence Brown (1890–1987), director (unmarked grave) James Harvey Brown (1906–1995), Los Angeles City Council member and municipal court judge Joe E. Brown (1891–1973), actor and comedian NP Johnny Mack Brown (1904–1974), actor and athlete Lansing Brown Jr. (1900–1962), photographer Robert Brubaker (1916–2010), character actorTelevision Western Players, 1960–1975 Winifred Bryson (1892–1987), actress, widow of actor Warner Baxter Harold S. Bucquet (1891–1946), director Ralph Budd (1879–1962), railroad president Vincent Bugliosi (1934–2015), lawyer and author of true crime books Jon Bunch (1970–2016), rock singer-songwriter, frontman of Sense Field and Further Seems Forever Milo Burcham (1903–1944), test pilot Helen Burgess (1916–1937), actressWhere They're Buried, p 518 William Prentiss Burke (1900-1991), photographer W.R. Burnett (1899–1982), novelist and screenwriter Dorsey Burnette (1932–1979), singer and songwriter Johnny Burnette (1934–1964), singer and songwriter, younger brother of Dorsey Burnette Bob Burns (1890–1956), actor and comedian George Burns (1896–1996), actor and comedian, husband of Gracie Allen Francis X. Bushman (1883–1966), actorThe Archaeology of Hollywood David Butler (1894–1979), director Wally Byam (1896–1962), founder of Airstream, one of the pioneer manufacturers of the travel trailer Ralph Byrd (1909–1952), actor

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Christy Cabanne (1888–1950), director Charles Wakefield Cadman (1881–1946), composer Alice Calhoun (1900–1966), actress Ransom M. Callicott (1895–1962), restaurateur and politician Albert Ralph Campbell (1875–1925), Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient NP Judy Canova (1913–1983), actress, singer, and comedian Eduardo Cansino Sr. (1895–1968), dancer, father of actress Rita Hayworth June Caprice-Millarde (1895–1936), actress Ora Carew (1893–1955), actress Sue Carol (1906–1982), actress and talent agent, wife of Alan Ladd, step-mother of Alan Ladd Jr., mother of David Ladd Jeanne Carpenter (1916–1994), child actress of silent films Nat Carr (1886–1944), actorCelebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries Dona Lee Carrier (1940–1961), figure skating champion Earl Carroll (1893–1948), theatre impresario, owner of the Earl Carroll Theatres in New York and Hollywood NP Jack Carson (1910–1963), Canadian-born actor, younger brother of actor Robert CarsonOnce upon a time in Paradise NP Robert Carson (1909–1979), actor, older brother of actor Jack Carson Emma Carus (1879–1927), singer William Castle (1914–1977), film director Connie Cezon (1925–2004), actress Dolly Cepeda (1964–1977), victim of the Hillside Strangler (original grave site, moved to Forest Lawn in Cypress) Mario Chamlee (1892–1966), opera singer George Chandler (1898–1985), actor, Uncle Petrie Martin on TV's Lassie NP Lon Chaney (1883–1930), actor (unmarked grave) Charles Chapman (1853–1944), founder of Chapman UniversityChapman University Digital Commons Spencer Charters (1875–1943), actor Charley Chase (1893–1940), actor and comedianSmile When the Raindrops Fall Rex Cherryman (1896–1928), actor Noble "Kid" Chissell (1905–1987), boxer, actor, dance marathon champion Tim Choate (1954–2004), actorDallas Morning News, via Legacy.com Berton Churchill (1876–1940), actorCanadians in Golden Age Hollywood Frank Churchill (1901–1942), composer for Walt Disney Productions' cartoons George Cisar (1912–1978), actor Kit Clardy (1892–1961), US Representative from MichiganBiographical Directory of Congress Buddy Clark (1912–1949), singer Carroll Clark (1894–1968), art director Edward Clark (1878–1954), actor, songwriter Jack Clark (1925–1988), actor Betty Ross Clarke (1892–1970), actress Stiles O. Clements (1883–1966), architect Brian Clewer (1928–2008), radio host Elmer Clifton (1890–1949), actor and director Clifford E. Clinton (1900–1969), businessman, founder and owner of Clifton's Cafeteria John Clum (1851–1932), Indian agent, founder of The Tombstone Epitaph newspaper and first mayor of Tombstone, AZ Andy Clyde (1892–1967), actor Joe Cobb (1916–2002), child actor in Hal Roach's Our Gang comedic film series Octavus Roy Cohen (1891–1959), author Maria Cole (1922–2012), singer, widow of Nat King Cole Nat King Cole (1919–1965), singer NP Natalie Cole (1950–2015), singer-songwriter, daughter of Nat King and Maria Cole Buddy Collette (1921–2010), musician (unmarked grave) William Collier Sr. (1864–1944), actor, filmmakerCelebrities in Los Angeles Cemeteries Russ Columbo (1908–1934), singer Roger Converse (1911–1994), actor Jack Conway (1887–1952), director, actor NP Sam Cooke (1931–1964), singer Lillian Copeland (1904–1964), athlete Philip Coppens (1971–2012), author NP Ellen Corby (1911–1999), actress Regis Cordic (1926–1999), actor Herbert Corthell (1878–1947), actor Don Costello (1901–1945), actor Edward Coxen (1880–1954), actor Charles H. Crawford (1879–1931), crime figure, mobster, leader of the City Hall Gang in Los Angeles Kathryn Crawford (1908–1980), actress Laird Cregar (1913–1944), actor Donald Crisp (1882–1974), actor and directorBuster Keaton's Crew