Men on IMDB Who Had Been Cremated

by themartinmax | created - 28 Jan 2020 | updated - 1 week ago | Public

"I would rather be ashes than dust!" -Jack London, Writer and Social Activist

I don't know what other IMDB users think, yet I now find cremation to be quite humbly (I used to be against it and now am for it) and wish for my body to go through the same process as these men on IMDB when I eventually pass.

The list is still in progress. Updates can be quite sporadic.

1. Bud Abbott

Actor | Hold That Ghost

Long acknowledged as one of the best "straight men" in the business, Bud Abbott was born William Alexander Abbott in Reading, Pennsylvania to Rae (Fisher) and Harry Abbott, who had both worked for the Barnum and Bailey Circus. When Bud was three his family moved to Asbury Park, New Jersey, which he...

Ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

2. George Abbott

Writer | The Pajama Game

Legendary Broadway writer/producer/director George Abbott was born in 1887 in Forestville, New York. His father was mayor of Salamanca, New York, for two terms. In 1898 his family moved to Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Abbott attended Kearney Military Academy. The family returned to New York, where Abbott...

Ashes given to Abbott's family or (a) friend[s].

3. Shinzo Abe

Self | ITV Lunchtime News

Shinzo Abe was born on September 21, 1954 in Tokyo, Japan. He was married to Akie Abe. He died on July 8, 2022 in Kashihara, Nara, Japan.

A Tsuya ceremony was held on July 11, 2022 for the former Japanese Prime Minister. Abe's funeral was held in Tokyo's Zojoji Temple, a cultural landmark that has housed the bodies of generals from the Edo period, early July 12, 2022 where the former Prime Minister of Japan's body was taken to be cremated at the Kirigaya Funeral Hall.

After Abe's funeral the body was travelled in a Hearse to the Japanese Parliament, the Prime Minister's Office and Liberal Democratic Party Headquarters so the late Politician's former colleagues could pay tribute.

4. Walter Abel

Actor | 13 Rue Madeleine

A familiar character face in movies and television, Walter Abel was a dedicated stage actor who had studied at the prestigious American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York before moving on to a progression of stage work that culminated in his first appearance on Broadway in the original play "...

Ashes scattered off a boat in Long Island Sound

5. Brian Adams

Actor | WWE SmackDown

Brian Adams was born on January 31, 1963 in Kona, Hawaii, USA. He was an actor, known for WWE Smackdown! (1999), WCW Saturday Night (1985) and Saturday Night's Main Event (1985). He was married to Irene Yumiko. He died on August 13, 2007 in Tampa, Florida, USA.

Ashes sent to Adams's family in Kona, Hawaii.

6. Jimmie Adams

Soundtrack | Barnyard

Born c. 1888. A slight, short, slapstick comedian who starred in two-reel comedies for Mermaid, Educational, and Christie Film Company in the 1920's. Died in 1933 at age 45 in Glendale, California.

In 1921 Adams starred in two-reel comedies for Educational Pictures and Al Christie. The slightly ...

According to his FindAGrave.com Profile, his ashes were given to his family or (a) friend[s].

7. Mason Adams

Actor | Son in Law

Mason Adams was well known for playing Pepper Young on the popular radio soap opera series Pepper Young's Family throughout the 1940 and 1950s. He was also heard on most of the successful radio programs during radio's "Golden Age." In the 1970s, Adams was frequently heard on Himan Brown's CBS ...

8. Stanley Adams

Actor | Star Trek

Stanley Adams (born Abramowitz) had a lengthy career on both stage and screen, the majority of which was spent playing minor supporting roles. A possible exception was the part of Rusty Trawler, a pint sized millionaire in the classic romantic comedy Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). Otherwise, he ...

According to the Scott Wilson book "Resting Places: The Burial Sites of 14000 Famous Persons", the actor was cremated through Los Angeles's Rosedale Cemetery and the cremains were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

9. Ted Adams

Actor | The Lion Man

The son of vaudeville performers, Richard Theodore "Ted" Adams was part of his parents' troupe before attending Cornell University at the age of 18. After college he did stock work for three years before going on to New York City and stage work there. For more than half his life he performed on the...

Cremated at Chapel of the Pines Crematory which also is a Columbarium located at 1605 South Catalina St., Los Angeles, CA.

10. Meat Loaf

Actor | The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Meat Loaf was born Marvin Lee Aday in Dallas, Texas, to Wilma Artie (Hukel), a teacher and gospel singer, and Orvis Wesley Aday, a police officer. He moved to Los Angeles in 1967 to play in local bands. In 1970, he moved to New York and appeared in the Broadway musicals "Hair", "Rockabye Hamlet" ...

Cremains given to Deborah Gillespie, the late singer's second wife.

11. Charles Addams

Writer | The Addams Family

Charles Samuel Addams, or Chill as his friends called him, was born on January 7, 1912, in Westfield, New Jersey. Records show at the time of his birth the Addams' lived on Summit Avenue. They moved several times before taking up permanent residence in 1920 on Elm Street and stayed there until 1947...

Per the Cartoonist's request, instead of a Funeral, a Wake was held for the late Artist and his body was cremated and his cremains were interred in his estate's grounds "The Swamp's" pet cemetery in Sagaponeck, Suffolk County, NY, US.

12. Larry Adler

Composer | Genevieve

Larry Adler was born on February 10, 1914 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Genevieve (1953), The Hellions (1961) and The House in the Woods (1957). He was married to Sally Irene Cline and Eileen Walser. He died on August 6, 2001 in Lambeth, London, England, UK.

Cremated by Golders Green Crematorium., Borough of Barnet, Greater London, England.

Golders Green Crematorium was the first Crematorium to be opened in London way back in the 20th century in 1902.

13. Spiro Agnew

Self | Spiro Agnew's Asian Trip

Spiro Agnew was a Greek-American politician from Baltimore, Maryland. He served as the Governor of Maryland from 1967 to 1969. He became a national celebrity for his "law and order" rhetoric in response to nationwide civil unrest. He was chosen by Richard Nixon as his running mate for the ...

Honor Guard that was made up of members of the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard marched his ashes to his grave beside that of his father and fired a 21 gun salute. His ashes are located, near that of his father, at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens, Timonium, Maryland, US.

14. John Vernon

Actor | National Lampoon's Animal House

John Vernon was a prolific stage-trained Canadian character player who made a career out of convincingly playing crafty villains, morally-bankrupt officials and heartless authority figures in American films and television since the 1960s. Vernon was directed by some stellar filmmakers, including ...

Cremated after a private funeral service and his ashes were given to be taken by family or (a) friend.

15. Juan Gabriel

Soundtrack | 30 Minutes or Less

Juan Gabriel was born on January 7, 1950 in Parácuaro, Michoacán, Mexico. He was a music artist and actor, known for 30 Minutes or Less (2011), Roma (2018) and Te sigo amando (1996). He died on August 28, 2016 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

Remains were cremated Monday Night on August 29, 2016 in Anaheim, CA and his ashes were returned to his Ciudad Juarez home in Chihuahua, Mexico after a Funeral in Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.

16. Brian Aherne

Actor | Merrily We Live

Brian Aherne was an Oscar-nominated Anglo-American stage and screen actor who was one of the top cinema character actors in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Born on May 2, 1902, in Kings Norton, Worcestershire, England, Aherne performed as an actor as a child. At age 18, he made his debut as an adult ...

According to his FindAGrave.com Profile, his ashes were given to family or (a) friend.

17. Danny Aiello

Actor | Do the Right Thing

Danny Aiello was an American actor of Italian descent, and enjoyed a lengthy career in film. He was once nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, for his role as Salvatore "Sal" Frangione in the comedy-drama film "Do the Right Thing" (1989).

Aiello was born in Manhattan, New York ...

Public Memorial Service was held for Aiello at The Riverside Memorial Chapel, Upper West Side NY at 2:30 PM, where Spike Lee and John Turturro who had worked with Aiello attended and spoke during the service.

18. Claude Akins

Actor | Battle for the Planet of the Apes

Broad-shouldered and beefy Claude Akins had wavy black hair, a deep booming voice and was equally adept at playing sneering cowardly villains as he was at portraying hard-nosed cops. The son of a police officer, Akins never seemed short of work and appeared in nearly 100 films and 180+ TV episodes ...

According to his FindAGrave.com Page, his ashes were given to family or (a) friend[s].

19. Edward Albee

Soundtrack | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Edward Albee was born on March 12, 1928 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. He was a writer, known for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966), A Delicate Balance (1973) and Qui a peur de Virginia Woolf? d'Edward Albee (2011). He died on September 16, 2016 in Montauk, New York, USA.

Albee's ashes were scattered over his estate in Montauk. NY.

20. Jack Albertson

Actor | Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

A former song-and-dance man and veteran of vaudeville, burlesque and Broadway, Jack Albertson is best known to audiences as "The Man" in the TV series Chico and the Man (1974), for which he won an Emmy. In 1968 Albertson, the brother of actress Mabel Albertson, won the Oscar for Best Supporting ...

Ashes were scattered at sea.

21. John Alcott

Cinematographer | Barry Lyndon

John Alcott, the Oscar-winning cinematographer best known for his collaboration with director Stanley Kubrick, was born in 1931, in Isleworth, England, the son of movie executive Arthur Alcott, who would become the production controller at Gainsborough Studios during the 1940s.

Alcott began his film...

Alcott's ashes are interred in the "Columbarium of Remembrance & Radiance" located in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Los Angeles, CA, US.

22. Norman Alden

Actor | Back to the Future

Born Norman Adelberg in 1924, he served in the Army during World War II. At the end of the conflict he had the opportunity to benefit from the GI Bill program meant to help returning soldiers to start or resume studying. That is how, while attending Texas Christian University, he discovered on the ...

Ashes were given to his family to be interred in Crypt G-130, Elevation 3 in the South Wall of the "Beth Olam Mausoleum" at Hollywood Forever in Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, US.

23. Gale Gordon

Actor | Our Miss Brooks

Gale Gordon was born on February 20, 1906 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Our Miss Brooks (1952), Here's Lucy (1968) and The 'Burbs (1989). He was married to Virginia Gordon. He died on June 30, 1995 in Escondido, California, USA.

According to the actor's FindAGrave.com Profile, Gordon's ashes were given to family or (a) friend[s].

24. Rex Allen

Soundtrack | Tomorrowland

Rex Allen started out as a singer in vaudeville, and sang on numerous radio shows before hooking up with a traveling rodeo show. He signed with Republic Pictures and became a popular singing cowboy, and was often paired with sidekick Slim Pickens. He starred in his own western TV series, Frontier ...

Ashes where scattered near the Rex Allen Museum and Willcox Cowboy Hall Of Fame (in the aforementioned city in AZ, US.)

The Latter location is where a lot of Allen's memorabilia is displayed.

What is typed up on the Actor/Singer's Wikipedia And FindAGrave.com Page alleges that is cremains may have also or really may have been scattered Willcox, Arizona's "Railroad Park" located in Cochise County.

25. Fernando Almada

Actor | El hechizo del pantano

Fernando Almada was born on February 26, 1929 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico. He was an actor and writer, known for El hechizo del pantano (1978), Un mulato llamado Martín (1975) and Pasaporte a la muerte (1988). He died on October 30, 2023 in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

Cremains were given to Almada Otero's family or (a) friend[s].

26. Néstor Almendros

Cinematographer | Days of Heaven

One of the highest appraised contemporary cinematographers. He was born in Spain but moved to Cuba by age 18 to join his exiled anti-Franco father. In Havana, he founded a cineclub and wrote film reviews. Then, he went on to study in Rome at the Centro Sperimentale. He directed six shorts in Cuba ...

Cremains were scattered around Barcelona, Spain.

27. Rafael Alonso

Actor | El abuelo

Rafael Alonso was born on July 5, 1920 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor and director, known for The Grandfather (1998), La colmena (1982) and El baile (1959). He died on October 24, 1998 in Madrid, Spain.

28. Robert Altman

Director | Gosford Park

Robert Altman was born on February 20th, 1925 in Kansas City, Missouri, to B.C. (an insurance salesman) and Helen Altman. He entered St. Peters Catholic school at the age six, and spent a short time at a Catholic high school. From there, he went to Rockhurst High School. It was then that he started...

Ashes scattered at sea.

29. Hideyo Amamoto

Actor | Kingu Kongu no gyakushû

One of Japan's most distinctive character actors, Eisei Amamoto is one of their cinema's few personalities who is easily recognizable to Western movie buffs. Tall (six feet) and skeletal of build, bony-faced and wild-haired (when not ensconced in a vast silver wig), Amamoto's persona inspired Woody...

30. Don Ameche

Actor | Cocoon

Don Ameche was a versatile and popular American film actor in the 1930s and '40s, usually as the dapper, mustached leading man. He was also popular as a radio master of ceremonies during this time. As his film popularity waned in the 1950s, he continued working in theater and some TV. His film ...

Ashes given to his family to be buried at Resurrection Catholic Cemetery, in Asbury, Iowa.

31. Kingsley Amis

Writer | The New Adventures of Lucky Jim

Kingsley Amis was born on April 16, 1922 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The New Adventures of Lucky Jim (1982), The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim (1967) and Take a Girl Like You (1970). He was married to Elizabeth Jane Howard and Hilary Ann Bardwell. He died on October 22, ...

Cremated through Golders Green with the ashes buried there.

32. Dev Anand

Actor | Kala Bazar

One of the most beloved, charismatic and accomplished actors as well as one of the most imaginative and pathbreaking directors in the history of Indian cinema, Dev Anand was a leading man for more than five decades in over 110 motion pictures and continues to bestride Indian film fraternity even ...

Last rites were performed at the Putney Vale Crematorium with a service held at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, both in London on a Saturday. A Memorial Service was held on a Friday at Bandra, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India's "Mehboob Studios".

The cremains were poured into the Godavari river by the late Actor's son Suniel, accompanied by family friend, Nashik

33. Gilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson

Director | The Infant at Snakeville

American actor-director-writer-producer Gilbert M. Anderson, father of the movie cowboy and the first Western star, was born Maxwell Henry Aronson in Little Rock, Arkansas. His parents, Esther (Ash) and Henry Aronson, were from New York. His father was from a German Jewish family, and his mother ...

Cremated at Chapel of the Pines Crematory. Plot: Vaultage

34. Herbert Anderson

Actor | Battleground

Herbert Anderson was born on March 30, 1917 in Oakland, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Battleground (1949), The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941) and The Male Animal (1942). He was married to Mary Virginia Palmer. He died on June 11, 1994 in Palm Springs, California, USA.

According to the Third Edition of "Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons", his body was cremated through the Palm Springs mortuary and the ashes were given to his family.

35. John Anderson

Actor | Psycho

A tall, sinewy, austere-looking character actor with silver hair, rugged features and a distinctive voice, John Robert Anderson appeared in hundreds of films and television episodes. Immensely versatile, he was at his best submerging himself in the role of historical figures (he impersonated ...

Cremated by the Neptune Society. Ashes brought to his residence on August 18, 1992 in Sherman Oaks, CA, US.

36. Lindsay Anderson

Director | If....

Lindsay was born in Bangalore, India but educated in England at Cheltenham College and Wadham College, Oxford where he was a classical scholar. He then spent 3 years war time service in the Kings Royal Rifle Corps. His career in the theatre started at the Royal Court in the late 1950's where he was...

Cremains were given to family or (a) friend.

37. Louie Anderson

Actor | Life with Louie

Iconic comedian Louie Anderson, the three-time Emmy®-Award winner, was one of the country's most recognized and adored comics; named by Comedy Central as "One of 100 Greatest Stand-Up Comedians of All Time." His career spanned more than 30 years. He was a best-selling author, star of his own stand ...

Cremains were given to Anderson's family so that they could be taken to to the South side of Acacia Park Cemetery located in Mendota Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota to be placed in Niche 5, "R-3", 01.

38. Maxwell Anderson

Writer | All Quiet on the Western Front

James Maxwell Anderson was born in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, on December 15, 1888 to William Lincoln Anderson and Charlotte Perrimela (Stephenson) Anderson. The second child born to the couple, Anderson spent his formative years on his maternal grandmother's farm in Atlantic before the family moved ...

Half of Anderson's cremains were poured into the sea by the Playwright's Home and the other half were buried at Cochranton, Pennsylvania's "Anderson Family Cemetery" in Crawford County with the inscription, "Children of dust astray among the stars Children of earth adrift upon the night What is there in our darkness or our light To linger in prose or claim a singing breath Save the curt history of life isled in death".

39. Adam West

Actor | Batman

Adam West was born William West Anderson on September 19, 1928 in Walla Walla, Washington, to parents Otto West Anderson, a farmer, and his wife Audrey V. (Speer), an opera singer. At age 10, in 1938, West had a cache of comic books; and starting in 1939, Batman, who appeared in Detective Comics, ...

Ashes scattered into the Pacific Ocean.

40. Leif Erickson

Actor | The High Chaparral

Leif Erickson was born on October 27, 1911 in Alameda, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The High Chaparral (1967), On the Waterfront (1954) and Show Boat (1951). He was married to Annie Ruth Diamond, Margaret Hayes and Frances Farmer. He died on January 29, 1986 in Pensacola, Florida, ...

Cremains scattered

41. Valeriano Andrés

Actor | Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo

Valeriano Andrés was born on July 1, 1922 in Madrid, Spain. He was an actor, known for Don Quijote cabalga de nuevo (1973), Estudio 1 (1965) and El último café (1970). He died on April 21, 2005 in Madrid, Madrid, Spain.

42. Dana Andrews

Actor | Laura

American leading man of the 1940s and 1950s, Dana Andrews was born Carver Dana Andrews on New Years Day 1909 on a farmstead outside Collins, Covington County, Mississippi. One of thirteen children, including fellow actor Steve Forrest, he was a son of Annis (Speed) and Charles Forrest Andrews, a ...

According to his FindAGrave.com Profile, his ashes were given to family or (a) friend[s].

43. Edward Andrews

Actor | Sixteen Candles

The son of a Georgia minister, Edward Andrews debuted on stage in 1926 at age 12 and by 1935 had landed on Broadway. A solid character actor, his large physique and amiable demeanor made him a natural for the jovial, grandfatherly type or genial, small-town businessman which he often played, but ...

Likely cremated by Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary in the Westwood Village area of Los Angeles and his ashes were later given to his family to be scattered at sea.

44. Anthony James

Actor | Unforgiven

Character actor Anthony James was born on July 22, 1942 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Unusually tall (6' 6½) and lanky, with a rough, pockmarked face, a lean, stringy build, and an extremely intense screen presence, James was often cast in Westerns as scary, sleazy villains. He was especially ...

According to his "FindAGrave.com" Profile, his Ashes were scattered into Spy Pond located in Arlington, Massachusetts.

45. Jeremy Applegate

Actor | Heathers

In the mid 1980s, while pursuing his acting career, Jeremy Applegate worked at Victoria Station in Universal City. He made fast friends, and, although his career was just beginning, he was considered by many to be an impressively talented impersonator. His characters were pursued with intense ...

Applegate was cremated through Aftercare Cremation and Burial Society and his ashes were scattered two months later on May 26, 2000 at sea off Orange County, CA.

46. Marshall Applewhite

Self | Into the Zone: The Story of the Cacophony Society

Applewhite was born in Spur, Texas the son of a Presbyterian Minister. He graduated from high school in Corpus Christi, Texas in 1948. Applewhite briefly enrolled to study as a Minister but changed his mind and went into Music. In 1952 he graudated from Austin College. He then did a brief stint in ...

While there were reports that he was buried beside his father at Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, TX, he was actually cremated by Caring Cremation Services and his ashes were sent to his son in Corpus Christi.

47. Allan Arbus

Actor | M*A*S*H

Allan Arbus was born on February 15, 1918 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for M*A*S*H (1972), Coffy (1973) and Damien: Omen II (1978). He was married to Mariclare Costello and Diane Arbus. He died on April 19, 2013 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Ashes given to family or (a) friend[s].

48. Alan Arkin

Actor | Argo

Alan Arkin was an Academy Award-winning American actor who was also an acclaimed director, producer, author, singer and composer.

He was born Alan Wolf Arkin on March 26, 1934, in Brooklyn, New York. His family were Jewish emigrants from Russia and Germany. In 1946, the Arkins moved from Brooklyn to...

49. Tony Armatrading

Actor | The Saint

Tony Armatrading was born on November 30, 1961 in Birmingham, West Midlands, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Saint (1997), Now You See Me 2 (2016) and Notting Hill (1999). He was married to Suzan Crowley. He died on May 10, 2021 in the UK.

According to his FindAGrave.com Profile, his ashes were given to family or (a) friend[s].

50. Neil Armstrong

Soundtrack | Forest 404

Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 - August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer, and the first person to walk on the Moon. He was also a naval aviator, test pilot, and university professor.

Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. A graduate of Purdue University...

Memorial Service was held at the Camargo Country Club in Indian Hill, Cincinnati, where he lived, and at the National Cathedral on September 13, 2012 where Diana Krall sang "Fly Me To The Moon". With a Bugler and a rifle salute, his ashes were scattered in the Atlantic by the Navy from the U.S.S. Philippine Sea.

51. Russell Armstrong

Actor | The Ring of the Musketeers

Russell Armstrong was born on December 21, 1963 in Dallas, Texas, USA. He was an actor, known for The Ring of the Musketeers (1992), The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (2010) and American Justice (1992). He was married to Taylor Armstrong. He died on August 15, 2011 in Los Angeles, California, ...

Before Armstrong's funeral, the estranged husband of Taylor Armstrong, the "Real Housewives Of Beverly Hills" was cremated with the cremains split between Armstrong's estranged wife, Taylor and the late Armstrong's parents.

Allegedly, Taylor and her lawyer didn't tell Armstrong's sister and parents about what time and what location the funeral service was held at.

52. Robert Armstrong

Actor | King Kong

Robert Armstrong is familiar to old-movie buffs for his case-hardened, rapid-fire delivery in such roles as fast-talking promoters, managers, FBI agents, street cops, detectives and other such characters in scores of films--over 160--many of them at Warner Brothers, where he was part of the ...

Ashes buried in an unidentifiable communal space at Pierce Bros., Westwood Memorial Park.

53. R.G. Armstrong

Actor | Predator

A golden career was reflected in his name. Robert Golden Armstrong ("Bob" to his friends) was born in Birmingham, Alabama on April 7, 1917. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. While there, he was frequently performing on stage with the Carolina Playmakers. After graduating,...

Cremated through the Neptune Society with his ashes brought to his son on August 2, 2012 in Studio City, CA.

54. Desi Arnaz

Producer | I Love Lucy

Desiderio Alberto Arnaz y de Acha III was born in Santiago, Cuba on March 2, 1917. His father was the mayor of Santiago. The 1933 revolution led by Fulgencio Batista had landed his father in jail and stripped the family of its wealth, property and power. His father was released because of the ...

According to an Associated Press article by Dennis Georgatos dating from December 4, 1986 a Memorial Service was held at St. James Roman Catholic Church in Del Mar, CA and was later cremated through Cypress View Crematory in San Diego through Encinitas mortuary with his ashes delivered to his daughter to be scattered into the Pacific from their home in Baja, Mexico. Ashes scattered.

55. Sig Arno

Actor | The Palm Beach Story

Sig Arno was born on December 27, 1895 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor and director, known for The Palm Beach Story (1942), Die Nacht ohne Pause (1931) and La gloire du régiment (1937). He was married to Kitty Mattern, Barbara Kiranoff and Caroline Dahms. He died on August 17, 1975 in ...

Cremated at Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles and his ashes were scattered in the Pacific.

56. Hal Ashby

Editor | In the Heat of the Night

Hal Ashby was born the fourth and youngest child in a Mormon household, in Ogden, Utah, to Eileen Ireta (Hetzler) and James Thomas Ashby, on September 2, 1929. His father was a dairy farmer. After a rough childhood that included the divorce of his parents, his father's suicide, his dropping out of ...

Ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean.

57. William Asher

Director | Bewitched

William Asher was born on August 8, 1921 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Bewitched (1964), Fireball 500 (1966) and Beach Blanket Bingo (1965). He was married to Meredith Coffin, Joyce Bulifant, Elizabeth Montgomery and Danni Sue Nolan. He died ...

According to his "FindAGrave.com" Page, Asher's ashes were given to family (or) a friend.

58. Isaac Asimov

Writer | I, Robot

Isaac Asimov was born Isaak Judah Ozimov, on January 2, 1920, in Petrovichi shtetl, near Smolensk, Russia. He was the oldest of three children. His father, named Judah Ozimov, and his mother, named Anna Rachel Ozimov (nee Berman), were Orthodox Jews. Ozimov family were millers (the name Ozimov ...

Ashes scattered

59. Richard Attenborough

Actor | Jurassic Park

Richard Attenborough, Baron Attenborough of Richmond-upon-Thames, was born in Cambridge, England, the son of Mary (née Clegg), a founding member of the Marriage Guidance Council, and Frederick Levi Attenborough, a scholar and academic administrator who was a don at Emmanuel College and wrote a ...

Per his request, a third of Attenborough's cremains were taken to the late Director's estate in France and 1/3 to be interred at the late Actor's Scottish estate.

60. Barry Atwater

Actor | Star Trek

Barry Atwater was born on May 16, 1918 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He was an actor, known for Star Trek (1966), One Step Beyond (1959) and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1964). He died on May 24, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Cremains were scattered

61. Malcolm Atterbury

Actor | The Birds

Philadelphia native Malcolm Atterbury was born into a wealthy family - his father was president of the Pennsylvania Railroad - but he himself had no desire to go into the family business. He had always wanted to be an actor, and to that end got himself a job managing a radio station. From there he ...

Cremains were scattered into the sea

62. Lionel Atwill

Actor | To Be or Not to Be

Lionel Atwill was born into a wealthy family and was educated at London's prestigious Mercer School to become an architect, but his interest turned to the stage. He worked his way progressively into the craft and debuted at age 20 at the Garrick Theatre in London. He acted and improved regularly ...

Cremated at Chapel of the Pines Crematory. Ashes once laid rest there, yet were taken by his family to be moved to an unknown location.

63. James T. Aubrey

Producer | Hostage

James T. Aubrey was born on December 14, 1918 in La Salle, Illinois, USA. He was a producer and writer, known for Hostage (1986), Futureworld (1976) and Kleptomania (1993). He was married to Phyllis Thaxter. He died on September 3, 1994 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Aubrey's Ashes are interred in the Urn Garden located at the Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles.

64. James Avery

Actor | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Although known as the uncle/patriarch and judge "Philip Banks" on The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990), James Avery was a classically trained actor and scholar. A native of Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA, he joined the US Navy after graduating high school and served in Vietnam from 1968 to 1969. Upon...

According to his Death Certificate, his ashes were scattered off the coast of Los Angeles, CA.

65. Val Avery

Actor | The Magnificent Seven

Val Avery was born on July 14, 1924 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for The Magnificent Seven (1960), The Amityville Horror (1979) and Cobra (1986). He was married to Margot Stevenson. He died on December 12, 2009 in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, ...

66. George Axelrod

Writer | The Manchurian Candidate

George Axelrod was born on June 9, 1922 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Manchurian Candidate (1962), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) and The Seven Year Itch (1955). He was married to Joan Axelrod and Gloria Washburn. He died on June 21, 2003 in Los Angeles...

Ashes were scattered at sea

67. Peter Lawford

Actor | The Longest Day

Born in London, England and son of a British World War I hero, Lawford had spent most of his childhood in Paris, France and began his acting career at a very young age. His parents were not married when their son was born. As a result of the scandal, The Lawfords fled to America.

As a young child, ...

Ashes later taken from the crypt at Westwood Village Cemetery over a refusal from the children of the actor who didn't want to pay off the $10,000 funeral bill. His widow, Patricia Seaton Lawford later scattered his ashes in the Pacific Ocean off Marina del Rey.

68. Arthur Aylesworth

Actor | Brigham Young

Arthur Aylesworth was born on August 12, 1881 in Apponaugh, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor, known for Brigham Young (1940), King of the Underworld (1939) and The Plot Thickens (1936). He was married to Sadie Harris and Elizabeth. He died on June 26, 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Cremated at Chapel of the Pines Crematory

69. Peter Graves

Actor | Stalag 17

Peter Graves was born Peter Duesler Aurness on March 18, 1926 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. While growing up in Minnesota, he excelled at sports and music (as a saxophonist), and by age 16, he was a radio announcer at WMIN in Minneapolis. After two years in the United States Army Air Force, he studied...

Cremains were given to the late Actor's family or (a) friend[s].

70. Ross Bagdasarian

Actor | Rear Window

Composer, prolific songwriter ("Come On-a My House", "Witch Doctor", "Chipmunk Song"), author, actor, producer, impressionist, educated at Coll. Writer, and has made many records. He joined ASCAP in 1951, and specialized in catchy, hummable melodies. Some of his other popular-song compositions ...

Cremated at Chapel of the Pines Crematory

71. David Bailie

Actor | Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl

David Bailie was born in 1937 in South Africa, going to boarding school in Swaziland and immigrating to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) with his family in 1952. His first acting experience soon after school in 1955, was an amateur production of 'Doctor in the House' which persuaded him he wanted to be an ...

Cremains were given to Bailie's family and/or friend(s).

72. Raymond Bailey

Actor | The Beverly Hillbillies

Raymond Bailey was a great example of "If at first you don't succeed..." After high school, Bailey headed for Hollywood with the intent on becoming a movie star, but soon found it tougher than he thought. Instead Bailey went into a high finance career working as stockbroker and banker. He made a ...

Cremains were scattered into the sea.

73. Kenny Baker

Actor | Silver Skates

Kenny Baker was born on September 30, 1912 in Monrovia, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Silver Skates (1943), Hit Parade of 1941 (1940) and The Mikado (1939). He was married to Geraldyne Louise Churchill. He died on August 10, 1985 in Solvang, California, USA.

Cremains scattered

74. Kenny Baker

Actor | Time Bandits

Kenny Baker was born on August 24, 1934 in Birmingham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Time Bandits (1981), Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005) and The Elephant Man (1980). He was married to Eileen Baker. He died on August 13, 2016 in Preston, Lancashire, England, UK.

Cremated through "Lytham Park Cemetery and Crematorium" in Lytham Saint Annes, Flyde Borough, Lancashire, England.

75. Ginger Baker

Soundtrack | The Harder They Fall

Ginger Baker was born on August 19, 1939 in Lewisham, London, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for The Harder They Fall (2021), Casino (1995) and Gonks Go Beat (1964). He was married to Kudzai Machokoto, Karen Loucks Rinedollar, Sarah Dixon and Elizabeth Ann Finch. He died on ...

Cremains given to Baker's family or (a) friend[s].

76. Walter Baldwin

Actor | The Best Years of Our Lives

Walter Baldwin was born on January 2, 1889 in Lima, Ohio, USA. He was an actor, known for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), Winter Meeting (1948) and Ride, Vaquero! (1953). He died on January 27, 1977 in Santa Monica, California, USA.

Cremains were given to Baldwin's family or (a) friend[s] of the late Actor.

77. Mike Ragan

Actor | Montana Belle

Los Angeles-born Holly Bane (who later changed his name to the more macho-sounding Mike Ragan) didn't start out to be an actor--he wanted to be a big-band musician. That didn't work out for him, unfortunately, so he wound up getting a job as an office boy at MGM at age 15. From there he worked his ...

Cremains were scattered

78. Max Julien

Writer | Cleopatra Jones

Julien began his career in New York's Off-Broadway circuit including Joseph Papp's Shakespeare in the Park. Moving westward, he landed co-starring roles with Jack Nicholson in Psych-Out (1968) and Candice Bergen in Columbia's box-office hit, Getting Straight (1970).

In Uptight (1968), New York Times...

Cremains were given to the late Actor's family.

79. Russell Banks

Writer | The Sweet Hereafter

Russell Banks was born on March 28, 1940 in Newton, Massachusetts, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for The Sweet Hereafter (1997), Affliction (1997) and American Darling. He was married to Chase Twichell, Kathy Walton, Mary Gunst and Darlene Bennett. He died on January 7, 2023 in Saratoga ...

Cremains scattered

80. Trevor Bannister

Actor | Are You Being Served?

Trevor Bannister was born on August 14, 1934 in Durrington, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Are You Being Served? (1972), Are You Being Served? (1977) and The Tomorrow People (1973). He was married to Pam Carson and Kathleen Cravos. He died on April 14, 2011 in Thames Ditton, ...

Ashes given to family or friend.

81. Lex Barker

Actor | Tarzan's Savage Fury

Alexander Crichlow Barker Jr. was a direct descendant of the founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams, and of Sir William Henry Crichlow, historical Governor-General of Barbados. Barker attended the Fessenden School and Phillips-Exeter Academy, where he excelled in football and track. He went to ...

Urn was last said to be with Barker's widow Carmen "Tita" Cervera.

82. Peter Barkworth

Actor | Where Eagles Dare

Peter Barkworth was born on January 14, 1929 in Margate, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Where Eagles Dare (1968), Patton (1970) and BBC2 Play of the Week (1977). He died on October 21, 2006 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.

Cremated through Golders Green.

83. Syd Barrett

Soundtrack | Doctor Strange

Syd Barrett was born on January 6, 1946 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Doctor Strange (2016), Mysterious Skin (2004) and The X-Files (1993). He died on July 7, 2006 in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, UK.

Cremated, July 17, 2006 after a family funeral held in the East Chapel of Cambridge Crematorium the same day with around a dozen members of family and closest friends with three poignant wreaths laid in his memory where his ashes were later given to family or a friend.

84. John Drew Barrymore

Actor | The Big Night

American actor with a sporadic career, the son of stage and screen legend John Barrymore. His father and mother, actress Dolores Costello divorced in his infancy and he claimed to remember seeing his father only once. His mother attempted to keep him from the acting life, sending him to St. John's ...

Per Barrymore's request, Drew, John's daughter spread his ashes at the Joshua Tree in Twentynine Palms, CA, USA.

85. Lionel Bart

Soundtrack | From Russia with Love

The son of a Jewish Tailor in London's working class East End young Lionel had no formal musical education and never learned musical notation but his music teacher at school declared him to be a genius. He gained a scholarship to St Martin's School of Art at age 16 and started work as a set painter...

Cremated by Golders Green Crematorium.

86. Count Basie

Soundtrack | Pearl Harbor

The famed composer ("One O'Clock Jump", "Two O'Clock Jump", "Jumpin' at the Woodside"), pianist, songwriter and bandleader began as an accompanist to vaudeville acts. He joined the Bennie Moten orchestra in Kansas City, later organizing his own orchestra and performing on radio. In 1936 he came to ...

According to a "New York Times" Article by Samuel G. Freedman published on May 1, 1984, his Funeral was held at the Abyssinian Baptist Church, and was so packed it overflew into West 138th St. in New York, NY.

His body was cremated in a Private Ceremony after his funeral with the Ashes interred on May 1, 1984 at the Pine Lawn Cemetery in Farmingdale, L.I.

87. Richard Basehart

Actor | Moby Dick

Despite many a powerful performance, this actor's actor never quite achieved the stardom he deserved. Ultimately, Richard Basehart became best-known to television audiences as Admiral Harriman Nelson, commander of the glass-nosed nuclear submarine 'S.S.R.N Seaview' in Irwin Allen's Voyage to the ...

Basehart's ashes are interred in the smaller, central "Ash Garden", three plaques down on the right, located at Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles with the marker stating "Richard Basehart - His Like Shall Never Come Again".

88. Freddie Bartholomew

Actor | Captains Courageous

One of the most popular child actors in film history, Child superstar Freddie Bartholomew was born Frederick Cecil Bartholomew in Harlesden, London, the son of Lilian May (Clarke) and Cecil Llewellyn Bartholomew. From age three, he grew up in the town of Warminster under the care of his father's ...

89. Charlie Barnett

Actor | Miami Vice

He first made a name for himself in the late 1970s and early 1980s, performing several shows of raunchy comedy a day at outdoor parks in New York City, most notably in Washington Square Park, where he competed for crowds with musicians, Frisbees players, jugglers and other entertainers. Charlie was...

Cremains were given to Barnett's Mother.

90. Eric Morecambe

Soundtrack | The Morecambe & Wise Show

Eric Morecambe was born on May 14, 1926 in Buxton Street, Morecambe, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968), Night Train to Murder (1984) and The Intelligence Men (1965). He was married to Joan Morecambe. He died on May 28, 1984 in ...

Morecambe's Funeral was held on June 4, 1984 at St. Nicholas Church, Harpenden, St. Albans District, Hertfordshire, England with the Principal Address delivered by Dickie Henderson with a private cremation service at Garston where the Cremains were later scattered in the Churchyard's "Garden of Remembrance".

91. Harry Bartell

Actor | Dragnet

Harry Bartell was born on November 28, 1913 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. He was an actor, known for Dragnet (1951), The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956) and Bonanza (1959). He died on February 26, 2004 in Ashland, Oregon, USA.

Cremains were given to Bartell's family or (a) friend[s].

92. James Garner

Actor | The Notebook

Amiable and handsome James Garner had obtained success in both films and television, often playing variations of the charming anti-hero/con-man persona he first developed in Maverick, the offbeat western TV series that shot him to stardom in the late 1950s.

James Garner was born James Scott ...

According to his Death Certificate, obtained by TMZ, for their report on Garner's passing, his body was cremated at Forest Lawn in Los Angeles most likely on July 23, 2014, License No. FD904.

93. Peter Bayliss

Actor | From Russia with Love

Peter Bayliss was born on June 27, 1922 in Kingston upon Thames, England, UK. He was an actor, known for From Russia with Love (1963), Please Sir! (1971) and Merlin (1998). He died on July 29, 2002 in London, England, UK.

According to his Obituary that was used in the Report of his passing, he left instructions that his body be cremated and wished for his ashes to be placed in a shoebox.

94. Saul Bass

Director | Why Man Creates

Saul Bass was born in New York City in 1920 and is a widely acclaimed graphic designer with a career spanning over 40 years. Among his most famous works are the title sequences for such classic films as The Man with the Golden Arm (1955), North by Northwest (1959), and Psycho (1960). Bass used his ...

Cremation arranged by the Burbank Neptune Society and his Ashes were given to his wife, Elaine, in Los Angeles on May 6, 1996 to be scattered at sea.

95. Henry Gibson

Actor | Nashville

Henry Gibson was born on 21 September 1935 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Before appearing in films and television series, he was a child star on the stage during the 1940s and during the late 1950s he was an intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force. His screen debut came in 1963 when he was cast ...

Cremated through Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery with Gibson's ashes given to family or (a) friend[s].

96. Franco Battiato

Soundtrack | Perduto amor

Franco Battiato was born on March 23, 1945 in Jonia, Sicily, Italy. He was a music artist and composer, known for Lost Love (2003), Children of Men (2006) and Musikanten (2005). He died on May 18, 2021 in Milo, Sicily, Italy.

According to his Will, he was cremated and his ashes will be kept in the family chapel, allegedly to be scattered at his residence in Villa Grazia, where his funeral was also held in a Chapel located there.

97. Orson Bean

Actor | Being John Malkovich

Orson Bean, the American actor, television personality and author, was born Dallas Frederick Burrows on July 22, 1928 in Burlington, Vermont to George Frederick Burrows, a policeman who later went on to become the chief of campus police at Harvard University, and the former Marion Ainsworth Pollard...

Allegedly stated with regards to what should be done with the late Actor's body, "I'm torn between (sic) two things when I die. I've always felt I'd like to be cremated.. -put in a Mason jar and let the city get rid of me, with the garbage. I could leave all the good parts - eyes, kidney, etc. - to -'medical research and the rest of it to some needy necrophiliac (sic)"

What is known according to Bean's IMDB Page Trivia is that his body was cremated through Hollywood Forever Cemetery with his Cremains spread into the Pacific Ocean.

98. Ned Beatty

Actor | Network

Stocky, genial-looking supporting actor Ned Beatty was once hailed by Daily Variety as the "busiest actor in Hollywood."

Ned Thomas Beatty was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Margaret (Fortney) and Charles William Beatty. He grew up fishing and working on farms. His hometown of St. Matthews, ...

Confirmed by his surviving family, Beatty's cremains were given to the late actor's widow, Sandra Johnson.

99. Hugh Beaumont

Actor | Leave It to Beaver

Beaumont began his career in show business by perfoming in theatres, nightclubs, and on the radio in 1931. He attended the University of Chattanooga, but left when his position on the football team was changed. He later attended the University of Southern California, and graduated with a Master of ...

Cremains scattered on the once family-owned Balgillo Island, a Summer Retreat of Beaumont's, Lake Wabana, Minnesota.

100. George Beban

Actor | The Loves of Ricardo

American actor-director-writer-producer of silent pictures, formerly a singer and vaudevillian. A native of San Francisco's Telegraph Hill, he was one of four sons born to Rocco Beban, a Dalmatian immigrant, and Johanna Dugan, from County Cork, Ireland.

He exhibited singing talent at an early age ...



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