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The Amazing Criswell
Charles Criswell King (AKA: The Amazing Criswell) is interred at this cemetery. Criswell was a TV personality in the Los Angeles area during the 1950s. He claimed to be a psychic and fostered attention by making extremely ridiculous claims about future events. Criswell went on to have roles in films by shlock B-movie director Ed Wood. He appeared in Plan 9 from Outer Space, Night of the Ghouls and Orgy of the Dead.
The Hillside Stranglers
Cindy Lee Hudspeth, a victim of the Hillside Stranglers, is interred here. She was murdered by the serial killer duo in February of 1978. Her remains were found inside the trunk of her car, which had been pushed off of a cliff after she'd been strangled.
The Curse of the Little Rascals
John Collum, one of the child actors from the Our Gang series lies in this cemetery. He died of a heart attack when only 36. Some say there was a curse on the cast of the series that caused most of them to lead short, tragic lives.
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet
Actor Nick Cravat is buried here. He played the role of The Gremlin in the classic Twilight Zone episode Nightmare at 20,000 Feet. He also appeared in The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977). It was his last film.
Amelia Earhart
There is a cenotaph in this cemetery for famous female pilot, Amelia Earhart. She, her plane and her navigator vanished during a flight around the world in 1937. No wreckage or remains were ever found.
Mae Clarke
Buried in Pierce Brother's is the actress who played the role of Elizabeth in the 1931 film Frankenstein, starring Boris Karloff. This was her only horror film role, but one of significance.
Oliver Hardy
Half of the comedy duo, Laurel and Hardy, is buried in this cemetery. They did two supernatural themed comedies with A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) and The Live Ghost (1934).
Mantan Moreland
Interred in Pierce Brother's Valhalla Memorial Park is actor, Mantan Moreland. His comedic stereotype portrayals of African American characters have made his career controversial. He appeared in Spider Baby, or The Maddest Story Ever Told (1968), A-Haunting We Will Go (1942), The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942) and King of the Zombies (1941).
Other Folks Buried in Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park
Johnny Arthur
Actor, The Ghost Walks (1934), The Monster (1925).
Lionel Belmore
Actor, Frankenstein (1931), The Vampire Bat (1933), Mark of the Vampire (1935), Topper (1937), Son of Frankenstein (1939), The Tower of London(1939), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), The Ghost of Frankenstein (1944).
Willie Best
Actor, The Monster and the Ape (1945), A-Haunting We Will Go (1942), The Ghost Breakers (1940), The Monster Walks (1932).
Marshall Bradford
Actor, Teenage Caveman (1958), I was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957), It Conquered the World (1956), The Neanderthal Man (1953), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Ghost Chasers (1951).
Shirley Ann Bridgeford
Second murder victim of 1950s serial killer Harvey Murray Glatman.
Paul E. Burns
Actor, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The Twilight Zone, The Mummy's Tomb (1942).
Chester Clute
Actor, Scared Stiff (1953), Host to a Ghost (1947), Spook Busters (1946), The Smiling Ghost (1941), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944).
Edmund Cobb
Actor, Tales of Terror (1962), The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), The She-Creature (1956), The Phantom Speaks (1945), House of Frankenstein (1944), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939), The Phantom Creeps (1939).
Lowell Gilmore
Actor, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945).
Vaughan Glaser
Actor, Arsenic and Old Lace (1944),
Leslie Goodwins
Actor, Topper (TV series), The Mummy's Curse (1944).
Mary Gordon
Actress, The Body Snatcher (1945), The Mummy's Tomb (1942), Bride of Frankenstein (1935), Frankenstein (1931).
Brandon Hurst
Actor, House of Frankenstein (1944), The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941), White Zombie (1932), Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920).
Crauford Kent
Actor, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), The Lodger (1944), Topper (1937), The Walking Dead (1936), The Invisible Man (1933), The Unholy Three (1930),
Frank Lackteen
Actor, Phantom of the Rue Morgue (1954), The Mummy's Hand (1940), Mummy's Boys (1936).
Sheldon Lewis
Actor, The Monster Walks (1932), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920).
Wheeler Oakman
Actor, Ghosts on the Loose (1943), The Ape Man (1943), Bowery at Midnight (1942)
Virginia Pearson
Actress, The Phantom of the Opera (1925), The Kiss of a Vampire (1916).
Thelma Pelish
Actress, The Silent Scream (1980).
Ruth Robinson
Actress, The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946), The Walking Dead (1936).
C. Montague Shaw
Actor, The Lodger (1944), Tower of London (1939), The Mummy (1932), The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932).
Onslow Stevens
Actor, Them! (1954), The Creeper (1948), House of Dracula (1945).
Madame Sul-Te-Wan
Actress, Mighty Joe Young (1949), Revenge of the Zombies (1943), King of the Zombies (1941), Maid of Salem (1937), King Kong (1933).
Lester White
Cinematographer, The Monster That Challenged the World (1957).
Frederick Worlock
Actor, Alfred Hitchcock Presents (Appeared in 4 episodes of the TV series), The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945), The Lodger (1944), Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941). |
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