List of interments at Hollywood Forever Cemetery
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The following is a list of notable individuals interred or inurned at Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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- David Abel (1883–1973), cinematographer (aged 90)
- Joseph Achron (1886–1943), musician (aged 56)
- Walter Ackerman (1881–1938), actor (aged 57)
- Bert Adams (1891–1940), MLB player (aged 49)[1]
- Don Adams (1923–2005), actor, Agent Maxwell Smart on TV's Get Smart (aged 82)[2]
- Louis Adlon (1908–1947), actor (aged 39)
- Renée Adorée (1898–1933), actress (aged 35)[2]
- Gilbert Adrian (1903–1959), MGM costume designer (aged 56)
- Helen Ainsworth (1902–1961), actress/producer (aged 59)
- Spottiswoode Aitken (1868–1933), actor (aged 64)
- Albert Akst (1899–1958), film editor (aged 57)
- Norman Alden (1924–2012), actor (aged 87)
- Erville Alderson (1882–1957), actor (aged 74)
- Frank Alexander (1879–1937), actor (aged 58)
- J. Grubb Alexander (1887–1932), screenwriter (aged 44)
- Charlie Allen (1942–1990), singer (aged 48)
- Lester Allen (1891–1949), actor (aged 57)
- Murray Alper (1904–1984), actor (aged 80)
- Albert Edward Anson (1879–1936), actor (aged 56)
- Andrew Arbuckle (1887–1939), actor (aged 51)
- Gus Arnheim (1897–1955), composer (aged 58)
- Max Asher (1885–1957), actor (aged 71)
- Sylvia Ashley (1904–1977), actress/socialite (aged 73)
- Gertrude Astor (1887–1977), actress (aged 90)
- David Avadon (1948–2009), magician and illusionist (aged 60)
- Charles Avery (1873–1926), actor (aged 53)
- Agnes Ayres (1892–1940), actress (aged 48)[2]
B
[edit]- Leah Baird (1883–1971), actress/screenwriter (aged 88)
- Charles Graham Baker (1883–1950), screenwriter/director (aged 66)
- Reginald Baker (1884–1953), actor/athlete/stuntman (aged 69)
- Fred J. Balshofer (1877–1969), director/producer (aged 91)
- Peter Bardens (1945–2002), musician, founding member of the progressive rock band Camel (aged 57)
- George Barnes (1892–1953), cinematographer (aged 60)
- Jackson Barnett (1842–1934), folk figure (aged 91)
- Vince Barnett (1902–1977), actor (aged 75)
- James O. Barrows (1855–1925), actor (aged 70)
- Anne Bauchens (1882–1967), film editor (aged 85)
- Frank Beal (1862–1934), actor/director/screenwriter (aged 72)
- James H. Beatty (1836–1927), federal judge in Idaho (aged 91)
- William Beaudine (1892–1970), director and actor (aged 78)
- Tony Beckley (1929–1980), actor (aged 50)
- Charles Belcher (1872–1943), actor (aged 71)
- Monta Bell (1891–1958), director (aged 66)
- Ted Bennett (1872–1941), actor (aged 69)
- Curtis Benton (1880–1938), actor (aged 58)
- Clara Beranger (1886–1956), screenwriter (aged 70)
- Pearl Berg (1909–2024), supercentenarian (aged 114)
- Elmer Berger (1891–1952), inventor of the rear-view mirror (aged 61)[1]
- Harry Bernard (1878–1940), actor/comedian (aged 62)
- Vic Berton (1896–1951), musician (aged 55)
- Charles Beyer (1893–1953), actor (aged 60)
- Herman Bing (1889–1947), actor (aged 57)
- Maurice Black (1891–1938), actor (aged 47)
- Paula Blackton (1881–1930), actress/director (aged 48)
- Richard Blackwell (1922–2008), fashion critic (aged 86)
- Mel Blanc (1908–1989), actor, comedian, and voice-over artist of Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera cartoons;[1][2] his tombstone has his famous epitaph, "That's all folks" (aged 81)[3]
- Lucille Bliss (1916–2012), actress/voice artist (aged 96)
- Lilian Bond (1908–1991), actress (aged 83)
- Gypsy Boots (1914–2004), fitness guru (aged 89)
- Egon Brecher (1880–1946), actor/director (aged 66)
- Joseph Carl Breil (1870–1926), singer/composer/director (aged 55)
- El Brendel (1890–1964), actor/comedian (aged 74)
- Felix Bressart (1892–1949), actor (aged 57)
- Monte Brewer (1932–1942), musician (aged 9)
- Charlotte Bridgwood (1861–1929), stage actress (aged 68)
- Jack Brooks (1912–1971), composer (aged 59)
- Coral Browne (1913–1991), actress (aged 77)[2]
- Sam Buffington (1931–1960), actor (aged 28)
- Edward Bunker (1933–2005), actor/screenwriter/novelist (aged 71)
C
[edit]- Louis Calhern (1895–1956), actor (aged 61)[2]
- Edwin Carewe (1883–1940), actor/director/producer/screenwriter (aged 56)
- Horace B. Carpenter (1875–1945), actor (aged 70)
- Alexander Carr (1878–1946), actor (aged 68)
- Lynn Cartwright (1927–2004), actress, wife of Leo Gordon (aged 77)
- Joseph Cawthorn (1868–1949), actor (aged 80)
- Harry Chandler (1864–1944) publisher of the Los Angeles Times and investor (aged 80)
- Helen Chandler (1906–1965), actress (aged 59) (originally placed in the vaults at Chapel of the Pines Crematory, ashes relocated to Hollywood Forever in 2023)
- Lane Chandler (1899–1972), actor (aged 73)
- Charles Chaplin Jr. (1925–1968), actor, son of Charlie Chaplin (aged 42)
- Hannah Chaplin (1865–1928), actress, mother of Charlie Chaplin (aged 63)
- Emile Chautard (1864–1934), actor/director/screenwriter (aged 69)
- Al Christie (1881–1951), director/producer and screenwriter (aged 69)
- Charles Christie (1880–1955), movie studio owner (aged 75)
- Gertrude Claire (1852–1928), actress (aged 75)
- William Andrews Clark Jr. (1877–1934), founder of the Los Angeles Philharmonic (aged 57)[1]
- Lana Clarkson (1962–2003), actress/model (aged 40)[2]
- Angelica Cob-Baehler (1971–2018), music industry executive (aged 47)
- Iron Eyes Cody (1904–1999), actor (aged 94)[2]
- Art Cohn (1909–1958), screenwriter (aged 48)
- Harry Cohn (1891–1958), co-founder of Columbia Pictures (aged 66)[2]
- Jack Cohn (1889–1956), co-founder of Columbia Pictures (aged 67)
- Ralph Cohn (1914–1959), founder of Screen Gems (aged 45)
- Robert Cohn (1920–1996), motion picture producer (aged 75)
- Cornelius Cole (1822–1924), California Congressional Representative and U.S. Senator (aged 102)
- Lois Collier (1919–1999), actress (aged 80)
- Pierre Collings (1902–1937), screenwriter (aged 35)
- Edward Connelly (1859–1928), actor (aged 68)
- Thomas F. Cooke (1863–1941), Los Angeles City Council member, (1929–1931) (aged 78)
- Lillian Kemble-Cooper (1892–1977), actress and singer, wife of actor Guy Bates Post (aged 85)
- Morty Corb (1917–1996), jazz musician (aged 78)
- Chris Cornell (1964–2017), musician, lead singer of the bands Soundgarden, Audioslave, and Temple of the Dog (aged 52)[4][5]
- Lloyd Corrigan (1900–1969), actor (aged 69)
- Norman Cousins (1915–1990), author and editor (aged 75)
- Howard Crampton (1865–1922), actor (aged 57)
- William H. Crane (1845–1928), actor (aged 82)
- Henry Cronjager (1877–1967), cinematographer, Father of Edward Cronjager (aged 90)
- Alan Crosland (1894–1936), director (aged 41)[2]
- James Cruze (1884–1942), actor/director (aged 58)
- Irving Cummings (1888–1959), film director and actor (aged 70)
- Ruth Cummings (1894–1984), actress (aged 90)
- Kevin Curran (1957–2016), television writer (aged 59)
- William Hughes Curran (1893–1940), actor/director (aged 46)
D
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- Orlando da Costa (1929–2006), Portuguese Minister (aged 77)
- Dick Dale (1937–2019), American Guitarist and pioneer of surf music (aged 81)[6]
- Cass Daley (1915–1975), actress/comedian/singer (aged 59)
- Viola Dana (1897–1987), actress (aged 90)[2]
- Karl Dane (1886–1934), actor (aged 47)
- Bebe Daniels (1901–1972), actress (aged 70)[2]
- Georgine Darcy (1931-2004), actress (aged 73)
- Joe Dassin (1938–1980), American-born French singer/songwriter (aged 41)[2]
- Harry J. Davenport (1858–1929), actor (aged 71)
- Milla Davenport (1871–1936), actress (aged 65)
- Marion Davies (1897–1961), actress[7][2] (aged 64)
- Reine Davies (1883–1938), actress (aged 51)
- Rosemary Davies (1903–1963), actress (aged 60)
- J. Gunnis Davis (1873–1937) English actor and director (aged 63)
- William De Vaull (1871–1945), actor (aged 74)
- Doris Deane (1901–1974), actress (aged 73)
- Ashton Dearholt (1894–1942), actor (aged 48)
- Harry Delmar (1892–1984), producer/director (aged 91)
- Agnes DeMille (1905–1993), dancer (aged 88)
- Cecil B. DeMille (1881–1959), director/producer[1][2][7] (aged 77)
- Clara DeMille (1886–1956), screenwriter, wife of William C DeMille (aged 70)
- Constance Adams DeMille (1874–1960), actress, wife of Cecil B. DeMille (aged 86)
- William C. DeMille (1878–1955), director/writer (aged 76)
- Barry Dennen (1938–2017), actor (aged 79)
- Leo Diamond (1915–1966), musician, songwriter, actor (aged 51)
- George Spiro Dibie (1931–2022), cinematographer (aged 90)
- Basil Dickey (1880–1958), screenwriter (aged 77)
- Gloria Dickson (1917–1945), actress (aged 27)
- Helen Dickson (1885–1983), actress (aged 98)
- John Frances Dillon (1884–1934), actor/director (aged 49)
- Andreas Dippel (1866–1932), opera singer (aged 65)
- Molly Dodd (1921–1981), actress (aged 59)
- Ted Donaldson (1933–2023), actor (aged 89)
- Frances Drake (1912–2000), actress (aged 87)
- Larry Drake (1949–2016), actor (aged 67)
- Jesse Duffy (1894–1952), screenwriter (aged 58)
- Bobby Dunn (1890–1937), actor/comedian (aged 46)
- Eddie Dunn (1896–1951), actor/director (aged 55)
- Richard Dunn (1936–2010), actor (aged 73)[8]
- Elmer Dyer (1892–1970), cinematographer (aged 78)
E
[edit]- B. Reeves Eason (1886–1956), actor/director/screenwriter (aged 69)
- B. Reeves Eason Jr. (1914–1921), actor (aged 6)
- Maude Eburne (1875–1960), actress (aged 85)
- Nelson Eddy (1901–1967), actor/singer (aged 65)[2]
- Robert Edeson (1868–1931), actor (aged 62)
- Walker Edmiston (1925–2007), actor/voice actor (aged 82)
- Lillian Elliott (1874–1959), actress (aged 84)
- Louise Emmons (1861–1935), actress (aged 74)
- Billy Engle (1889–1966), actor (aged 77)
- Skinnay Ennis (1907–1963), musician (aged 56)
- Joseph Ermolieff (1889–1962), Russian film producer (aged 72)
- Fred Esmelton (1872–1933), actor (aged 61)
- Alphonse Ethier (1874–1943), actor (aged 68)
- Douglas Evans (1904–1968), actor (aged 64)
- Charles Eyton (1871–1941), former general manager of Paramount Pictures (aged 70)
F
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- Max Fabian (1891–1969), cinematographer (aged 78)
- Douglas Fairbanks (1883–1939), actor[7][2] (aged 56)
- Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1909–2000), actor[7][2] (aged 90)
- Mabel Fairbanks (1915–2001), figure skater (aged 85)
- Marion Fairfax (1875–1970), screenwriter (aged 94)
- Daniel L. Fapp (1904–1986), cinematographer (aged 82)
- Timothy Farrell (1922–1989), actor (aged 66)
- Julia Faye (1893–1966), actress (aged 73)
- Maude Fealy (1883–1971), actress (aged 88)
- Charles K. Feldman (1904–1968), agent/film producer (aged 64)
- Hugo Felix (1866–1934), composer (aged 68)
- Mark Fenton (1866–1925), actor (aged 58)
- Perry Ferguson (1901–1963), art director (aged 62)
- Flora Finch (1869–1940), actress (aged 71)
- Peter Finch (1916–1977), actor (aged 60)[2]
- Victor Fleming (1889–1949), director (aged 59)[2]
- Edna Flugrath (1893–1966), actress (aged 73)
- John Taintor Foote (1881–1950), writer (aged 68)
- John Foreman (1925–1992), film producer (aged 67)
- Kim Fowley (1939–2015), singer/actor/songwriter/music producer/publisher (aged 75)
- Charles Robert Francis (1875–1946), recipient of the United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor (aged 71)
- Sidney Franklin (1893–1972), director (aged 79)
- Kathleen Freeman (1919–2001), actress (aged 82)[2]
- Otto Fries (1887–1938), actor (aged 50)
- Joe Frisco (1889–1958), actor/comedian (aged 69)
- George Froeschel (1891–1979), screenwriter (aged 88)
- Leo Fuchs (1911–1994), actor (aged 83)
G
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- Victor A. Gangelin (1899–1967), set designer (aged 68)
- Ed Gardner (1901–1963), actor/comedian (aged 62)
- Judy Garland (1922–1969), actress, singer (aged 47) (originally interred at Ferncliff Cemetery in Greenburgh, New York, body exhumed and relocated to Hollywood Forever in 2017[9])
- Tony Gaudio (1883–1951), cinematographer (aged 67)
- Janet Gaynor (1906–1984), actress (aged 77)[2][3]
- Gidget Gein (1969–2008), musician/bassist for Marilyn Manson (aged 39)
- Carmelita Geraghty (1901–1966), actress, wife of Carey Wilson (aged 65)
- Estelle Getty (1923–2008), actress/comedian (aged 84)
- Maury Gertsman (1907–1999), cinematographer (aged 92)
- Etienne Girardot (1856–1939), actor (aged 83)
- Irving Glassberg (1906–1958), cinematographer and discovered Clint Eastwood (aged 52)
- Jonathan Gold (1960–2018), Pulitzer Prize-winning food critic and music critic (aged 57)
- Rebecca Spikings-Goldsman (1967–2010), film producer and filmmaker (aged 42)
- Steve Golin (1955–2019), producer (aged 64)
- Leo Gordon (1922–2000), actor, husband of Lynn Cartwright (aged 78)
- Vera Gordon (1886–1948), actress (aged 62)
- Archie Gottler (1896–1959), director/screenwriter/composer/actor (aged 63)
- Griffith J. Griffith (1850–1919), park and observatory donor, namesake of Griffith Park (aged 69)
- Bob Guccione (1930–2010), magazine publisher, founder of Penthouse (aged 79)
- Edmund Gwenn (1877–1959), actor (aged 81) (originally placed in the vaults at Chapel of the Pines Crematory, ashes relocated to Hollywood Forever in 2023)
H
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- George Hackathorne (1896–1940), actor (aged 44)
- Joan Hackett (1934–1983), actress (aged 49)[2]
- Bianca Halstead (1965–2001), musician (aged 36)
- Harley Hamilton (1861–1933), musician (aged 72)
- John Hamilton (1887–1958), actor (aged 71)
- Curtis Harrington (1926–2007), director (aged 80)
- Kenneth Harlan (1895–1967), actor (aged 72)
- Valerie Harper (1939–2019), actress (aged 80)
- Mildred Harris (1901–1944), actress (aged 42)[2]
- Don C. Harvey (1911–1963), actor (aged 51)
- Jean Havez (1869–1925), songwriter (aged 55)
- Wanda Hawley (1895–1963), actress (aged 68)
- Lennie Hayton (1908–1971), composer, conductor and arranger (aged 63)
- Lillie Hayward (1891–1977), actress/screenwriter (aged 85)
- Anne Heche (1969–2022), actress (aged 53)[10][11]
- Pauline Pfeiffer Hemingway (1895–1951), wife of Ernest Hemingway (aged 55)
- Woody Herman (1913–1987), musician, clarinetist (aged 74)
- Benjamin Franklin Hilliker (1843–1916), Medal of Honor recipient (aged 73)
- Darla Hood (1931–1979), actress/singer (aged 47)
- David Horsley (1873–1933), built the first Hollywood movie studio (aged 60)
- Jean Howard (1910–2000), actress/photographer (aged 89)
- Rance Howard (1928–2017), actor, father of Ron Howard (aged 89)
- H. Bruce Humberstone (1901–1984), actor and director (aged 82)
- William J. Hunsaker (1855–1933), politician/attorney (aged 77)
- Marsha Hunt (1917–2022), actress (aged 104)
- John Huston (1906–1987), actor, director/screenwriter (aged 81)[1][2]
- Halyna Hutchins (1979–2021), cinematographer (aged 42)[11]
I
[edit]- Tonya Ingram (1991–2022), poet, disability advocate (aged 31)[12]
- Mihai Iacob (1933–2009), film director and screenwriter (aged 76)
- Bram Inscore (1982–2023), musician and producer (aged 41)
J
[edit]- Steve James (1952–1993), actor (aged 41)
- Rick Jason (1923–2000), actor (aged 77)
- Herb Jeffries (1913–2014), singer and actor (aged 100)
- Christopher Jones (1941–2014), actor (aged 72)
- Walter Jurmann (1903–1971), composer (aged 68)
- Fran Jeffries (1937–2016), actress & singer (aged 79)
K
[edit]- Olga Kaljakin (1950–2008), film poster designer (aged 57)
- Bronisław Kaper (1902–1983), composer (aged 81)
- Roscoe Karns (1891–1970), actor (aged 78)
- Theodore von Karman (1881–1963), physicist (aged 81)
- Jenny Twitchell Kempton (1835–1921), singer (aged 85)
- Michael Kidd (1915–2007), choreographer (aged 92)[13]
- May Kitson (1866–1943), actress (aged 70)
- Skelton Knaggs (1911–1955), actor (aged 43)[14]
- Andrew Koenig (1968–2010), actor and filmmaker (aged 41)
- Zoltán Korda (1895–1961), director (aged 66)
- Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897–1957), composer (aged 60)
- Kathleen Kirkham (1895–1961), actress (aged 66)[15]
- Bob Kulick (1950–2020), rock guitarist (aged 70)
L
[edit]- Harry Lachman (1886–1975), artist/set designer/film director (aged 88)
- Don LaFontaine (1940–2008), voice-over actor (aged 68)[2]
- Arthur Lake (1905–1987), actor (aged 81)
- Barbara La Marr (1896–1926), actress (aged 29)[2]
- David Lander (1947–2020), actor (aged 73)
- Mark Lanegan (1964–2022), singer (aged 57)
- Jesse L. Lasky (1880–1958), pioneer, founded Famous Players–Lasky, which became Paramount Pictures (aged 77)[2]
- Jesse Lasky, Jr. (1910–1988), screenwriter, son of Jesse Lasky (aged 77)
- Barry Latman (1936–2019), baseball player (aged 82)
- Florence Lawrence (1890–1938), actress (aged 48)[2]
- Lillian Lawrence (1868–1926), actress (aged 58)
- Henry Lehrman (1886–1946), director (aged 60)[2]
- Michael Lerner (1941–2023), actor (aged 81)
- Edward LeSaint (1870–1940), actor (aged 69)
- Cathy Lewis (1916–1968), actress (aged 53)
- Elmo Lincoln (1889–1952), actor (aged 63)[2]
- Walter Long (1879–1952), actor (aged 73)
- Perry Lopez (1929–2008), actor (aged 78)
- Peter Lorre (1904–1964), actor (aged 59)[2][3]
- Ben Lyon (1901–1979), actor (aged 78)[2]
M
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- Robert S. MacAlister (1897–1957), Los Angeles City Council member, (1934–39) (aged 60)
- Jeanie MacPherson (1887–1946), actress, screenwriter (aged 59)
- Richard Maibaum (1909–1991), screenwriter (aged 81)
- Leo D. Maloney (1888–1929), pioneer actor/director and producer (aged 41)
- Paul Malvern (1902–1993), stuntman, actor, and producer (aged 90)[16]
- Jayne Mansfield (1933–1967), actress[2] (Cenotaph; she is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania) (aged 34)
- Hank Mann (1888-1971), comic actor of silent films (an original Sennett Keystone Cop, prizefighter vs Charlie Chaplin in “City Lights”), extra in many talkies including many Frank Capra movies) (aged 83)
- Paul Marco (1927–2006), actor (aged 78)
- Peverell Marley (1899–1964), cinematographer (aged 64)
- Tully Marshall (1864–1943), actor/producer and director (aged 78)
- Vivian Marshall (1888–1969), vaudeville performer and silent film actress (aged 81)
- June Mathis (1887–1927), screenwriter (aged 40)
- Hattie McDaniel (1895–1952), actress[2] (Cenotaph;[3] she is buried in Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery) (aged 57)
- Darren McGavin (1922–2006), actor (aged 83)[2]
- Adolphe Menjou (1890–1963), actor (aged 73)[2]
- Lou Merrill (1912–1963), actor (aged 51)
- Charles B. Middleton (1874–1949), actor (aged 74)
- Laura Spellman-Middleton (1890–1945), actress (aged 55)
- Ken Miles (1918–1966), sports car racing engineer and driver (aged 47)
- Arthur Charles Miller (1895–1970), cinematographer (aged 75)
- Charles Mintz (1889–1939), animation producer, distributor (aged 50)
- Rhea Mitchell (1890–1957), actress (aged 66)
- Robert Mitchell (1912–2009), organist (aged 96)
- Trevor Moore (1980–2021), comedian (aged 41)
- Paul Muni (1895–1967), actor (aged 71)[2]
N
[edit]- Dudley Nichols (1895–1960), screenwriter (aged 64)
- Jack Nitzsche (1937–2000), composer (aged 63)
- Maila Nurmi (1922–2008), actress and television host known as Vampira (aged 85)[2]
O
[edit]- Donald Allen Oreck (1930–2006), actor (aged 75)
- Harrison Gray Otis (1837–1917), Los Angeles Times publisher (aged 80)
- Frank Overton (1918–1967), actor (aged 49)
- Seena Owen (1894–1966), actress and screenwriter (aged 71)
P
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- John Paragon (1954–2021), actor, comedian, writer, director (aged 66)
- Art Pepper (1925–1982), musician, saxophonist (aged 56)
- Barbara Pepper (1915–1969), actress (aged 54)
- Joan Perry (1911–1996), actress (aged 85)
- Tomata du Plenty (1948–2000), singer, founder of the punk band, The Screamers (aged 52)
- Ben Pollack (1903–1971), drummer and bandleader (aged 67)
- Guy Bates Post (1875–1968), actor (aged 92)
- Eleanor Powell (1912–1982), actress/dancer (aged 69)[2]
- Tyrone Power (1914–1958), actor (aged 44)[1]
- Marie Prevost (1896–1937), actress (aged 40)
- Madelyn Pugh (1921–2011), co-writer of I Love Lucy (aged 90)
R
[edit]- Dee Dee Ramone (Douglas Glenn Colvin) (1952–2002), musician and member of The Ramones (aged 50)
- Johnny Ramone (1948–2004), musician and member of The Ramones[3] (his ashes were retained by his wife and, after her death, they will both be interred in the Ramone statue)[17] (aged 55)
- Virginia Rappe (1891–1921),[2] actress who died after a party thrown by Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle (aged 30)
- Marie Rappold (1879–1957), singer (aged 80)
- Tom Reddin (1916–2004), LAPD police chief (1964–1969) (aged 88)
- Rodd Redwing (1904–1971), actor, world's greatest quick draw artist (aged 66)
- George Regas (1890–1940), actor (aged 50)
- Pedro Regas (1897–1974), actor (aged 77)
- Paul Reubens (1952–2023), comedian and actor (aged 70)
- Burt Reynolds (1936–2018), actor and filmmaker (aged 82)[18]
- Tom Ricketts (1853–1939), actor and director (aged 86)
- Nelson Riddle (1921–1985), musician/composer (aged 64)[2]
- Dylan Rieder (1988–2016), professional skateboarder (aged 28)
- Al Ritz (1901–1965), actor/comedian, member of Ritz Brothers (aged 64)
- Harry Ritz (1907–1986), actor/comedian, member of Ritz Brothers (aged 78)
- Jimmy Ritz (1904–1985), actor/comedian, member of Ritz Brothers (aged 81)
- Theodore Roberts (1861–1928), actor (aged 67)
- Edward G. Robinson Jr. (1933–1974), actor, son of Edward G. Robinson (aged 40)[19]
- Mickey Rooney (1920–2014), actor and entertainer (aged 93)[11]
- Rosa Rosanova (1869–1944), Russian-born stage and film actress (aged 74)
- Arthur Rosson (1886–1960), director (aged 73)
- Harold Rosson (1895–1988), cinematographer (aged 93)[2]
- Richard Rosson (1893–1953), director, actor (aged 60)
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S
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- Hans J. Salter (1896–1994), composer (aged 98)
- Tom Santschi (1880–1931), actor (aged 50)
- Ann Savage (1921–2008), actress (aged 87)
- Joseph Schildkraut (1896–1964), actor (aged 67)[20]
- Rudolph Schildkraut (1862–1930), actor, father of actor Joseph Schildkraut (aged 68)[20]
- Leon Schlesinger (1884–1949), head of animation at Warner Bros. (aged 65)
- Herman Schopp (1899–1954), cinematographer (aged 55)
- Tony Scott (1944–2012), producer/director, younger brother of director/producer, Ridley Scott (aged 68)
- Vito Scotti (1918–1996), actor (aged 78)
- Rolfe Sedan (1896–1982), actor (aged 86)
- Moe Sedway (1894–1952), mobster (aged 57)
- Harry Semels (1887–1946), actor (aged 58)
- Almira Sessions (1888–1974), actress (aged 85)
- Dirk Shafer (1962–2015), model and actor (aged 52)
- Peggy Shannon (1907–1941), actress (aged 31)
- Harold M. Shaw (1877–1926), stage and screen actor, director of silent films in the United States, England, and South Africa (aged 48)
- Barry Shear (1929–1979), producer, director (aged 56)
- Ann Sheridan (1915–1967), actress (aged 51)[1][2](originally placed in the vaults at Chapel of the Pines Crematory, ashes relocated to Hollywood Forever in 2005)
- Natasha Shneider (1956–2008), musician, actress (aged 52)
- Bugsy Siegel (1906–1947), gangster (aged 41)[1][2]
- Jerry Siegel (1914–1996), co-creator of Superman comic books (aged 81)
- Larry Siegel (1925–2019), comedy writer (aged 93)
- Paul Sorvino (1939–2022), actor (aged 83)
- Chief Luther Standing Bear (1868–1939), Sioux Nation actor (aged 70)
- Vsevolod Starosselsky (1875–1953), Russian émigré, former military commander (aged 60)
- Leonid Steele (1921–2014), painter (aged 92-93)
- Ford Sterling (1883–1939), actor (aged 55)[2]
- Stella Stevens (1938–2023), actress, director, model (aged 84)
- Frank R. Strayer (1891–1964), actor, film writer, director, producer (aged 72)
- Yma Sumac (1922–2008), Peruvian singer/actress (aged 86)[21]
- Josef Swickard (1866–1940), actor (aged 73)
- Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer (1927–1959), actor (aged 31)[1][2]
- Harold Switzer (1925–1967), actor, older brother of Carl Switzer (aged 42)
T
[edit]- Constance Talmadge (1898–1973), actress (aged 75)[2]
- Natalie Talmadge (1896–1969), actress (aged 73)[2]
- Norma Talmadge (1894–1957), actress (aged 63)[2]
- Eva Tanguay (1878–1947), singer (aged 71)
- Estelle Taylor (1894–1958), actress (aged 63)
- William Desmond Taylor (1872–1922), director (aged 49)[2]
- Verree Teasdale (1903–1987), actress (aged 83)
- Judy Tenuta (1949–2022), comedian (aged 72)
- Terry (1933–1945), (cenotaph) dog actress, which played Toto in The Wizard of Oz
- Stacy Title (1964–2021), film director (aged 56)
- Charles E. Toberman (1880–1981), builder of the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel (aged 101)
- Gregg Toland (1904–1948), cinematographer (aged 44)
- Tamara Toumanova (1919–1996), actress (aged 77)
- Noel Toy (1918–2003), actress/dancer, wife of Carleton Young (aged 84)
- Victor Travers (1884–1948), actor (aged 64)
- Al Treloar (1873–1960), bodybuilder and athletic trainer (aged 86)
- James Troesh (1956–2011), quadriplegic actor and screenwriter (aged 54)
- Mabel Trunnelle (1879–1981), actress (aged 101)
- James Michael Tyler (1962–2021), actor (aged 59)
- John Tyrrell (1900–1949), actor (aged 48)
U
[edit]- Edgar Ulmer (1904–1972), director (aged 68)
- Augusta W. Urquhart (1870-1960), social leader and clubwoman
V
[edit]- Rudolph Valentino (1895–1926), actor (aged 31)[7][3]
- James Victor (1939–2016), actor (aged 76)[22]
- Oleg Vidov (1943–2017), actor (aged 73)[23]
W
[edit]- George D. Wallace (1917–2005), actor (aged 88)
- Jean Wallace (1923–1990), actress (aged 66)
- Franz Waxman (1906–1967), composer (aged 60)[3]
- Steve Wayne (1920–2004), actor (aged 84)
- Clifton Webb (1889–1966), actor (aged 76)[2][14]
- Ern Westmore (1904–1967), make-up artist, member of the Westmore makeup family (aged 62)[14]
- David White (1916–1990), actor (aged 74)
- Marjorie White (1904–1935), actress (aged 31)[14]
- Hobart Johnstone Whitley (1847–1931), Named Hollywood while honeymooning with his wife; gravesite is marked "The Father Of Hollywood" (aged 83)
- Harvey Henderson Wilcox (1832–1891), founded the city of Hollywood (aged 58-59)[2][14]
- Rozz Williams (1963–1998), musician (aged 34)
- Margaret J. Winkler (1895–1990), film executive, animation producer (aged 95)
- Louis Wolheim (1880–1931), actor (aged 50)
- Ed Wood (1924-1978), actor (aged 54)
- Holly Woodlawn (1946–2015), actress, former Warhol superstar, mentioned in Lou Reed's song, "Walk on the Wild Side" (aged 69)
- Frank E. Woods (1860–1939), screenwriter (aged 79)
- Fay Wray (1907–2004), actress (aged 96)[2][3]
Y
[edit]- Anton Yelchin (1989–2016), actor (aged 27)
- Duke York (1908–1952), actor (aged 43)
- Francine York (1936–2017), actress (aged 80)
- Victor Young (1899–1956), composer (aged 56)
Z
[edit]- Eric Zeisl (1905–1959), composer (aged 54)
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