Chapel of the Pines Crematory is a crematory and

columbarium A columbarium (; pl. columbaria) is a structure for the reverential and usually public storage of funerary urns, holding cremated remains of the deceased. The term can also mean the nesting boxes of pigeons. The term comes from the Latin "''colu ...

located at 1605 South Catalina Street,

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, in the U.S. state of

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, in the historic West Adams District a short distance southwest of

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. It is beside Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery, one street east, at the southwest corner of Catalina and Venice Boulevard. Established in 1903, this domed structure, which looks like an

observatory An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial, marine, or celestial events. Astronomy, climatology/meteorology, geophysical, oceanography and volcanology are examples of disciplines for which observatories have been constructed. ...

, provides crematory services and columbarium inurnment. It is the final resting place for the cremains of a number of noted persons.

List of notable interments

(Note: This is a partial list.) Use the following alphabetical links to find someone.

A

* Ted Adams (1890–1973), actor *

Broncho Billy Anderson Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson (born Maxwell Henry Aronson; March 21, 1880 – January 20, 1971) was an American actor, writer, film director, and film producer, who was the first star of the Western film genre. He was a founder and star ...

(1882–1971), actor (private vault) * George Anderson (1886–1948), actor * Lionel Atwill (1885–1946), actor (private vault) *

Arthur Aylesworth Arthur Preston Aylesworth (August 12, 1883 – June 26, 1946) was an American stage and film actor. Early years Aylesworth was born in Apponaug, Rhode Island, to a military family; his father and his grandfather graduated from the United ...

(1883–1946), actor

B

Ross Bagdasarian, Sr. Ross S. Bagdasarian (; January 27, 1919 – January 16, 1972), known professionally by his stage name David Seville, was an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actor, best known for creating the cartoon band Alvin and the Chipmun ...

(David Seville) (1919–1972), musician, actor * Bob Bailey (1913–1983) radio actor *

Alma Bennett Alma Bennett (born Alma Long; April 9, 1904 – September 16, 1958) was an American film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1931. Early years Alma Bennett was born Alma Long on April 9, 1904 in Se ...

(1904–1958), actress *

Frank Brownlee Frank Brownlee (October 11, 1874 – February 10, 1948) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 110 films between 1911 and 1943. He was born in Dallas, Texas and died in Los Angeles, California. Selected filmography * ''Sold ...

(1874–1948), actor * Nigel Bruce (1895–1953), actor * Mae Busch (1891–1946), actress

C

* Leonard Carey (1887–1977), actor *

Louise Carver Louise Carver (June 9, 1869 - June 19, 1956) was an American actress who performed in grand opera, stage, nickelodeon, and motion pictures. Early years and career Born Mary Louise Steiger in Davenport, Iowa, she was the daughter of Mr. and M ...

(1869–1956), actress *

Helen Chandler Helen Chandler (February 1, 1906 – April 30, 1965) was an American film and theater actress, best known for playing Mina Seward in the 1931 horror film '' Dracula''. Career Born in Charleston, South Carolina,A 1935 Associated Press ...

(1906–1965), actress (private vault) * Parley Parker Christensen (1869-1954), Utah and California politician, Esperantist * Colin Clive (1900–1937), actor (cenotaph here, but ashes were scattered at sea) *

June Collyer June Collyer (born Dorothea Heermance, August 19, 1906 – March 16, 1968) was an American film actress of the 1920s and 1930s. Early life Born in New York City, Collyer chose to use her mother's maiden name when she decided to pursue acti ...

(1906–1968), actress * Heinie Conklin (1889-1959), actor * Tom Conway (1904–1967), actor (private vault) * Cecil Cunningham (1888–1959), actress * Dorothy Christy (1906-1976), actress

D

J. Searle Dawley James Searle Dawley (October 4, 1877 – March 30, 1949) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, stage actor, and playwright. Between 1907 and the mid-1920s, while working for Edison, Rex Motion Picture Company, Famous Playe ...

(1877-1949), film director, screenwriter, stage actor, and playwright * Edgar Dearing (1893–1974), actor * William Desmond (1878–1949), actor (private vault) * Margaret Dumont (1882–1965), actress

E

Stuart Erwin Stuart Erwin (February 14, 1903 – December 21, 1967) was an American actor of stage, film, and television. Early years Erwin was born in Squaw Valley, Fresno County, California. He attended Porterville High School and the University o ...

(1903–1967), actor * Anthony Eustrel (1903–1979), actor *Renee Evans (1908–1971), actress *Ernest Evers (1874–1945), film actor

F

Bess Flowers Bess Flowers (November 23, 1898 – July 28, 1984) was an American actress best known for her work as an extra in hundreds of films. She was known as "The Queen of the Hollywood Extras," appearing in more than 350 feature films and numerou ...

(1898–1984), actress *

Maude Fulton Maude Fulton (May 14, 1881 – November 9, 1950) was an American actress, playwright, stage director, theater manager, and later a Hollywood screenwriter. Early life Born in 1881 in El Dorado, Kansas, she was the daughter of newspaperman Titus ...

(1881–1950), actress, screenwriter (private vault) *

Noel Francis Noel Francis (born Noel Frances Sweeney, August 31, 1906 – October 30, 1959) was an American actress of the stage and screen during the 1920s and 1930s. Born in Texas, she began her acting career on the Broadway stage in the mid-1920s, befo ...

(1906-1959), actress

G

* Florence Gill (1877–1965), voice actress *

Edmund Gwenn Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund John Kellaway; 26 September 1877 – 6 September 1959) was an English actor. On film, he is best remembered for his role as Kris Kringle in the Christmas film ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1947), for which he won th ...

(1875–1959), actor (private vault)

H

Raymond Hackett Raymond Hackett (July 15, 1902 – July 7, 1958) was a stage and screen actor. He had been a child actor on the Broadway stage and was the brother of Albert Hackett. He was born in New York City the son of Maurice Hackett and Florence Hackett (n� ...

(1902–1958), actor * Jean Hagen (1923–1977), actress * Hobart Henley (1887–1964), actor * Halliwell Hobbes (1877–1962), actor * Arthur Hoyt (1874–1953), actor * Warren Hymer (1906–1948), actor

I

* Lloyd Ingraham (1874–1956), actor, director, and screenwriter

J

* Julanne Johnston (1900–1988), actress *

Justine Johnstone Justine Olive Johnstone Wanger (January 31, 1895 – September 4, 1982) was an American stage, and silent screen actress, pathologist and expert on syphilis. Working under her married name, she was part of the team that developed the modern ...

(1895–1982), actress

L

* Gregory La Cava (1892–1952), director *

Lew Landers Lew Landers (born Louis Friedlander, January 2, 1901 – December 16, 1962) was an American independent film and television director. Biography Born as Louis Friedlander in New York City, Lew Landers began his movie career as an actor. In 1914, ...

(1901–1962), motion picture director *

William LeBaron William LeBaron (February 16, 1883February 9, 1958) was an American film producer. LeBaron's film credits included '' Cimarron'', which won the Academy Award for Outstanding Production at the 4th Academy Awards ceremony for 1930/1931. LeBaron a ...

(1883–1958), motion picture producer *

Mitchell Leisen James Mitchell Leisen (October 6, 1898 – October 28, 1972) was an American director, art director, and costume designer. Film career He entered the film industry in the 1920s, beginning in the art and costume departments. He directed his f ...

(1898–1972), comedy director * Montagu Love (1877–1943), actor *

Wilfred Lucas Wilfred Van Norman Lucas (January 30, 1871 – December 13, 1940) was a Canadian American stage actor who found success in film as an actor, director, and screenwriter. Early life Lucas was born in Norfolk County, Ontario on January 30, 1871,US ...

(1871–1940), actor, director, screenwriter (private vault)

M

J. Farrell MacDonald John Farrell MacDonald (June 6, 1875 – August 2, 1952) was an American character actor and director. He played supporting roles and occasional leads. He appeared in over 325 films over a four-decade career from 1911 to 1951, and directed fort ...

(1875–1952), actor and director *

Herbert Marshall Herbert Brough Falcon Marshall (23 May 1890 – 22 January 1966) was an English stage, screen and radio actor who starred in many popular and well-regarded Hollywood films in the 1930s and 1940s. After a successful theatrical career in the Uni ...

(1890–1966), actor * Edward Martindel (1876–1955), actor * Sarah Y. Mason (1896–1980), screenwriter and script supervisor (private vault) *

Torben Meyer Torben Emil Meyer (1 December 1884 – 22 May 1975) was a Danish-American character actor who appeared in more than 190 films in a 55-year career. He began his acting career in Europe before moving to the United States. Early life Meyer was ...

(1884–1975), actor *

Gertrude Michael Lillian Gertrude Michael (June 1, 1911 – December 31, 1964) was an American film, stage and television actress. Biography The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl H. Michael, she was born in Talladega, Alabama. She graduated from Talladega High s ...

(1910–1965), actress *

Geneva Mitchell Geneva Doris Mitchell (February 3, 1908 – March 10, 1949) was an American actress. After beginning her entertainment career as a chorus girl at the age of twelve, she became more well known for her roles in several Hollywood films. Early ...

(1908–1949), actress * Thomas Mitchell (1892–1962), actor * Leonard Mudie (1883–1965), actor

N

Alan Napier Alan William Napier-Clavering (7 January 1903 – 8 August 1988), better known as Alan Napier, was an English actor. After a decade in West End theatre, he had a long film career in Britain and later, in Hollywood. Napier is best remembered for ...

(1903–1988), actor (cremated here, ashes scattered in his former residence's garden) *

Ray Nazarro Ray Nazarro ''(aka'' "Ray" and "Nat;" ''né'' Raymond Alfred Nazarro; September 25, 1902 – September 8, 1986) was an American film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. Budd Boetticher called him a "ten-day picture guy."Budd B ...

(1902–1986), film director * Tom Neal (1914–1972), actor, convicted of manslaughter in the death of his estranged wife

O

* Willis H. O'Brien (1886–1962), filmmaker * Vivien Oakland (1895–1958), actress * Philip Ober (1902–1982), actor * Garry Owen (1902-1951), actor

P

* Franklin Parker (1900–1962), actor * Stuart Paton (1883–1944), motion picture director (private vaultage) * Eileen Percy (1900–1973), actress *

George P. Putnam George Palmer Putnam (September 7, 1887 – January 4, 1950) was an American publisher, writer and explorer. Known for his marriage to (and being the widower of) Amelia Earhart, he had also achieved fame as one of the most successful promoters in ...

(1887–1950), publisher, author and explorer, husband of

Amelia Earhart Amelia Mary Earhart ( , born July 24, 1897; disappeared July 2, 1937; declared dead January 5, 1939) was an American aviation pioneer and writer. Earhart was the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. She set many oth ...

R

Warner Richmond Warner Richmond (born Werner Paul Otto Raetzmann; January 11, 1886 – June 19, 1948) was an American stage and film actor. He began his career as a stock theatre actor and appeared in films in both the silent film and sound eras. His career spa ...

(1886–1948), actor * Rachel Roberts (1927–1980), actress * Harry Ruby (1895–1974), screenwriter, songwriter and composer (private vault)

S

William Selig William Nicholas Selig (March 14, 1864 – July 15, 1948) was a pioneer of the American motion picture industry. In 1896 he created one of the first film production companies, Selig Polyscope Company of Chicago. Selig produced a string of co ...

(1864–1948), pioneer movie studio owner *

Ann Sheridan Clara Lou "Ann" Sheridan (February 21, 1915 – January 21, 1967) was an American actress and singer. She is best known for her roles in the films ''San Quentin'' (1937) with Humphrey Bogart, ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' (1938) with James Cagney ...

(1915–1967), actress (originally inurned here, ashes were relocated to Hollywood Forever Cemetery in 2005) * Jay Silverheels (1912–1980), actor (cremated here, ashes were scattered on his Six Nations reservation in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by to ...

) * Herbert Standing Sr. (1846–1923), actor * Vernon Steele (1882–1955), actor *

Harry Stubbs Harry Oakes Stubbs (December 7, 1874 – May 9, 1950) was an English-born American character actor, who appeared both on Broadway and in films. He was born on December 7, 1874 in Southampton, Hampshire, England. Stubbs immigrated from England ...

(1874–1950), actor *

(1906–1959), actress

T

* Zeffie Tilbury (1863–1950), actress *

Florence Turner Florence Turner (January 6, 1885 – August 28, 1946) was an American actress who became known as the "Vitagraph Girl" in early silent films. Biography Born in New York City, Turner was pushed into appearing on the stage at age three by h ...

(1885–1946), actress, producer, and screenwriter (private vault)

V

* Philip Van Zandt (1904–1958), actor (private vault)

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* H. B. Warner (1875–1958), actor (private vault) * E. Allyn Warren (1874–1940), actor *

Lyle R. Wheeler Lyle Reynolds Wheeler (February 2, 1905 – January 10, 1990) was an American motion picture art director. He received five Academy Awards — for ''Gone with the Wind'' (1939), '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1946), ''The Robe'' (1953), '' The ...

(1905–1990), movie art director *

Kathlyn Williams Kathlyn Williams (born Kathleen Mabel Williams, May 31, 1879 – September 23, 1960) was an American actress, known for her blonde beauty and daring antics, who performed on stage as well as in early silent film. She began her career onstage in ...

(1888–1960), actress, screenwriter

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Cy Young Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Born in Gilmore, Ohio, he worked on his family's farm as a youth before starting his professional baseball career. Young entered th ...

, animator The British

Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations m ...

commemorates one Commonwealth serviceman whose ashes are inurned here, a soldier of the

Canadian Army The Canadian Army (french: Armée canadienne) is the command responsible for the operational readiness of the conventional ground forces of the Canadian Armed Forces. It maintains regular forces units at bases across Canada, and is also respo ...

World War I World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...

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CWGC Casualty Record.

References

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