Homes of the Western Stars — The GUNSMOKE Tour
November 17, 2011
HOMES OF THE WESTERN STARS
THE GUNSMOKE TOUR
by
SPECIAL GUEST BLOGGER
BOB SILER
On June 3, 2011 America lost one the greatest western heroes in television history – James Arness, who for played Matt Dillon, the marshall of Dodge City, on ‘Gunsmoke’, which ran for twenty years, making it the longest running tv series of all time, until recently, when ‘Law And Order’, replaced it.
How Arness won the role of Matt Dillion is well known, but is worth repeating. When the producers decided to bring the famous radio show to television they wanted a bigger than life actor to play the lead role of Marshall Matt Dillon. William Conrad had starred in the role on radio but he didn’t look the part. So, it was offered to John Wayne. The Duke wasn’t ready to give up his screen career for the boob tube, but he knew someone who would be perfect for the role and told the producers to check out James Arness, which they did, and the rest is history. Another television show that was popular during the 1960s and 1970s was ‘Mission Impossible’ starring Peter Graves, the kid brother of James Arness. Graves died on March 14, 2010.
This tour is both a tribute to James Arness and ‘Gunsmoke’, the radio and television series. I’ve been unable to find where some of the stars used to live at, or where they are buried, but they are listed just the same for being apart of history.
This is your tour guide – Shug Fisher.
The tour guide stagecoach that will take us to where some of these great radio and tv stars once lived is getting ready to leave. Keep your arms inside and don’t feed any Hagin’s that you might see wondering about. Once you’ve given anything to a Haggen’s they never go away.
Here we go. First stop – the radio series history.
That way to Dodge City….
PART ONE
THE RADIO SERIES
APRIL 26, 1952 – JUNE 18, 1961 – 413 EPISODES
In the late 1940s one of radio’s most popular shows was ‘The Adventures Of Philip Marlowe’, and one of its biggest fans was CBS bigwig, William S. Paley.
Paley told chief of programming, Hubell Robinson, to put together a hardboiled western series with the main character an old west Philip Marlowe type. Robinson handed the job over to the West Coast Vice President of CBS, Harry Ackerman, who had developed the Marlowe series.
Ackerman auditioned two of the stars of radio shows already being aired on CBS, Michael Rye, star of ‘Michael Shayne’, and Howard Culver, star of ‘Straight Arrow’.
Culver was just what the producers were looking for, but, since he was busy on his series and unable to star on another show, the series was shelved for the next three years, until 1952. It aired on April 26.
Howard McNear (Doc), William Conrad (Matt), Georgia Ellis (Kitty) and Parley Baer (Chester)
WILLIAM CONRAD AS MARSHALL MATT DILLON
4031 LONGRIDGE ROAD – SHERMAN OAKS
John Wayne lived here and when he decided to move to Newport Beach he sold the house to Conrad, who lived here until his death.
FOREST LAWN, HOLLYWOOD HILLS
PARLEY BAER AS CHESTER PROUDFOOT
4967 BILMOOR AVENUE – TARZANA
FOREST LAWN, HOLLYWOOD HILLS
HOWARD MCNEAR AS DOC ADAMS
LOS ANGELES NATIONAL CEMETERY – WESTWOOD, CA.
GEORGIA ELLIS AS KITTY RUSSELL
JAMES NUSSER AS LOUIE PHEETERS
More in Part Two.
This is the end of the line for the first part of our tour. Your new tour guide is Gabby Yakalotz. Inside you’ll find drinks and hot grub.
Your next tour coach will be ready to board soon.
Listen up tourists. On the menu is steak and eggs. The only drinks we have is beer, whiskey and water.
So sit down and you’ll be served shortly.
We’ll hit the road as soon as I finish doin’ the dishes.
PART TWO
THE TELEVISION SERIES
SEPTEMBER 10, 1955 – MARCH 31, 1975 – 635 EPISODES
The first episode was introduced by John Wayne.
JAMES ARNESS AS MATT DILLON
45 NORTH BEVERLY GLEN BOULEVARD
176 GRANVILLE AVENUE – LOS ANGELES
790 RANCH LANE – LOS ANGELES
830 BROOKTREE ROAD – PACIFIC PALISADES
FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE
JENNY LEE AURNESS
In 1975, the twenty – five year old daughter of James Arness, committed suicide.
FOREST LAW, GLENDALE – THE GREAT MAUSOLEUM
AMANDA BLAKE AS KITTY RUSSELL
24962 EL DORADO MEADOW ROAD – HIDDEN HILLS, LOS ANGELES
5105 EAST EXETER ROAD – PHOENIX, ARIZONA
Cremated and scattered
MILBURN STONE AS DOC ADAMS
11100 MT. CASTLE DRIVE – NORTH HOLLYWOOD
EL CAMINO MEMORIAL PARK – SAN DIEGO
DENNIS WEAVER AS CHESTER
SAM MC CLOUD
12217 EMELITA STREET – STUDIO CITY – 1958
16055 ROYAL OAK ROAD – ENCINO – 1966
23840 PARK BELMONTE – CALABASAS – 1980s
25006 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY – MALIBU
He sold it in 2005
RIDGWAY, COLORADO
HIS EARTHSHIP HOUSE
Outside his home
He was living here at the time of his death. He was cremated and scattered.
KEN CURTIS AS FESTUS
BENT COUNTY JAIL – LAS ANIMAS, COLORADO
Ken’s father was the sheriff in Bent County and the family lived here, above the jail.
He spent his boyhood years here.
CLOVIS, CALIFORNIA
KEN CURTIS / FESTUS STATUE
Ken and his wife, Torrie, retired to his ranch here, where they lived until his death.
He was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the flatlands of Colorado. This statue of Ken as Festus is located in downtown Clovis.
GLENN STRANGE – SAM THE BARTENDER
FOREST LAWN, HOLLYWOOD HILLS
BURT REYNOLDS – QUINT ASPER
1960s
LAUREL CRESCENT DRIVE – LOS ANGELES
With wife, actress Judy Carne
1980s
245 NORTH CAROLWOOD DRIVE – BEL AIR
1991 – 1995
3355 CLEREDON ROAD – BEVERLY HILLS
(Gated community of Mulholland Estates)
With wife, actress Loni Anderson
1990s
22336 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY – MALIBU
His beach house
2004 – 2005
12078 SUMMIT CIRCLE – BEVERLY HILLS
ROGER EWING – THADDEUS ‘THAD’ GREENWOOD
7733 HAMPTON AVENUE #4 – LOS ANGELES
BUCK TAYLOR – NEWLY O’BRIEN
ROUTE 2, BOX 150 – ENNIS, MONTANA
JAMES NUSSER – LOUIE PHEETERS
VALHALLA MEMORIAL PARK – NORTH HOLLYWOOD
ROY ROBERTS – MR. BODKIN
512 NORTH ROSSMORE AVENUE – LOS ANGELES
Longtime home.
GREENWOOD MEMORIAL PARK – FORT WORTH, TEXAS
DABBS GREER – MR. JONUS
284 SOUTH MADISON AVENUE, PASADENA
TED JORDAN – NATHAN BURKE
HANK PATTERSON – HANK
Before he became the father of a pig named Arnold Ziffel on ‘Green Acres’, he
played Hank on ‘Gunsmoke.
19545 ROSCOE BOULEVARD – NORTHRIDGE
13255 READLEY AVENUE, SHERMAN OAKS
FOREST LAWN, HOLLYWOOD HILLS
BERT RUMSEY – BARTENDER SAM NOONAN – 1956 – 1959
CHEROKEE MEMORIAL PARK, LODI, CALIFORNIA
FRAN RYAN – MISS HANNAH COBB
She appeared in the twentieth and last season. She took over The Long Branch after
Kitty left Dodge.
She reprised the role in the
1987 TV movie – ‘Gunsmoke – Return To Dodge’.
HOLY SEPULCHRE CEMETERY – HAYWARD, CALIFORNIA
GEORGE SELK – MOSS GRIMMICK
SARAH SELBY – MA SMALLEY
GEORGE SEER – BARNEY, THE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
GUNSMOKE FILMING LOCATIONS
- Bell Ranch, Santa Susana, California, USA
- Big Sky Ranch – 4927 Bennett Road, Simi Valley, California, USA
- Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park – 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
- CBS Studio Center – 4024 Radford Avenue, Studio City, Los Angeles, California, USA
- California Studios – 5530 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- (interiors)
- Coronado National Forest, Arizona, USA
- Corriganville, Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA
- Hill City, South Dakota, USA
- (episodes16.6 and16.7)
- Hollywood Center Studios/KTLA Sunset Lot – 5800 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- (studio)
- Iverson Ranch – 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Johnson Canyon, Kanab, Utah, USA
- Kanab Movie Ranch – 5001 Angel Canyon Road, Kanab, Utah, USA
- Kanab, Utah, USA
- Melody Ranch – 24715 Oak Creek Avenue, Newhall, California, USA
- Old Tucson – 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA
- Paramount Ranch – 2813 Cornell Road, Agoura, California, USA
- Sierra Railroad, Jamestown, California, USA
- Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park – 10700 W. Escondido Canyon Rd., Agua Dulce, California, USA
Bob Siler grew up in Burbank, not far from Universal Studios and Warner Brothers where they made his favorite monster movies. A long-time fan of Westerns, he still has a hard time believing that the great John Wayne could die. Bob has created many lists detailing where the famous and infamous lived, are buried, and the cars they drove. He has recently completed this list of Western Stars homes after many years. Burbank Bob now resides in Portland, Oregon.
Homes of the Western Stars — Dean Martin Tour #3
October 12, 2011
HOMES OF THE WESTERN STARS
DEAN MARTIN
by
SPECIAL GUEST BLOGGER
BOB SILER
PART THREE
In this section you’ll find Dino related sites, film trivia, cars he drove, etc.
MORE HOMES, REAL ESTATE PROPERTY, FAMILY HOMES
SOLVANG RANCH – SANTA BARBARA
He sold his ranch to Jimmy Stewart
HIDDEN VALLEY RANCH – THOUSAND OAKS
His ten – room Spanish colonial mansion on 63 acres of land. In September 1986 it was on the market for $5,900,000.
THE BRADFORD PARK APARTMENT HOUSES
OLD TOPANGA CANYON ROAD AND MULHOLLAND DRIVE
A rental property that he owned.
12812 SUNSET BOULEVARD – WEST HOLLYWOOD
Dean’s first wife was living here in the 1950s until losing the house in 1955.
10634 HOLMAN – LOS ANGELES
DEAN MARTIN JR.
His son was living here until his death in 1987.
LOS ANGELES NATIONAL CEMETERY – WESTWOOD
DEAN MARTIN JR.
WHERE HE WORKED
THE RECORDING STUDIOS
1946
DIAMOND
He recorded his first two singles here.
“Which Way Did My Heart Go?” / “All Of Me”
“I Got The Sun In The Morning” / “Sweetheart Of Sigma Chi”
1947
APOLLO
Recorded two singles here.
“Oh Marie” / “Walking My Baby Back Home”
“Hold Me” / “Santa Lucia”
EMBASSY (subsidiary label of Apollo)
And one here.
“One Foot In Heaven” / “The Night Is Young”
He then moved to Capitol Records in both New York City and Hollywood.
1948 – 1964
CAPITOL RECORDS
1750 VINE STREET – HOLLYWOOD
1962 – 1974
REPRISE RECORDS
In 1964 Dean left Capitol and went to Reprise Records, owned by pal, Frank Sinatra.
He stayed here until 1974.
1983
WARNER BROTHERS RECORDS
FILM STUDIOS
SOME OF THE STUDIOS WHERE HE MADE HIS MOVIES
PARAMOUNT PICTURES
5555 MELROSE AVENUE – HOLLYWOOD
Dean and Jerry made all their comedy films here. He also made several movies here after they broke up.
UNIVERSAL PICTURES STUDIOS
WARNERS BROTHERS
TELEVISION STUDIOS
1965 – 1974
NBC STUDIOS – BURBANK, CALIFORNIA
THE DEAN MARTIN SHOW
Dean filmed his hit series here.
THE DEAN MARTIN WESTERNS
THE POSTERS, STUDIOS, LOCATIONS
Between 1956 and 1973 Dean made ten pretty decent westerns, and only except a few were comedies with music, although most had some comedy in them. He starred along side some of Hollywood’s greats, such as John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Jimmy Stewart and Rock Hudson, and was able to hold his own. Here’s a look at those western movies.
(The following films are annotated with the year that they were released, the movie poster, the studio, and Dean’s role in the picture. Whenever possible, the filming location is included)
1956
PARAMOUNT STUDIOS
AS SLIM MOSLEY JR. AND SR.
FILM LOCATIONS
IVERSON RANCH
IVERSON LANE, CHATSWORTH, CA.
MELODY RANCH
24715 OAK CREEK AVENUE – NEWHALL, CA.
1959
WARNERS BROTHERS STUDIOS – BURBANK
AS DUDE
FILM LOCATIONS
OLD TUCSON
201 SOUTH KINNEY ROAD – TUCSON, AZ.
WARNER BROTHERS STUDIOS – BURBANK
STAGE 5
STAGE 26
1962
AS SGT. CHIP DEAL
FILM LOCATIONS
BRYCE CANYON NATIONAL PARK – BRYCE, UTAH
KANAB, UTAH
PARIA, UTAH
1963
WARNER BROTHERS STUDIOS
AS JOE JARRETT
FILM LOCATIONS
MOJAVE DESERT, CA.
RED ROCK CANYON STATE PARK
HIGHWAY 14 – CANTIL, CA.
1965
PARAMOUNT PICTURES
AS TOM ELDER
FILM LOCATIONS
CASA BLANCA, DURANGO, MEXICO
CHUPADEROS STUDIOS, MEXICO CITY
EL SALTITO, DURANGO, MEXICO
1966
UNIVERSAL PICTURES
AS SAM HOLLIS
FILM LOCATIONS
ALABAMA HILLS, LONE PINE, CA.
Where Baldy, (Alain Delon), rescues Lonetta (Tina Aumont).
UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
STAGE 28
1967
UNIVERSAL PICTURES
AS ALEX FLOOD
FILM LOCATIONS
KANAB MOVIE RANCH
5001 ANGEL CANYON ROAD, KANAB, UTAH
1968
20th CENTURY – FOX
10201 PICO BOULEVARD, CENTURY CITY
AS DEE BISHOP
FILM LOCATIONS
20th CENTURY – FOX STUDIOS
STAGE 20
ALAMO VILLAGE – HIGHWAY 674, BRACKETTVILLE, TEXAS
GLEN CANYON, UTAH
KANAB MOVIE RANCH
5001 ANGEL CANYON ROAD – KANAB, UTAH
1968
PARAMOUNT PICTURES
AS VAN MORGAN
FILM LOCATIONS
DURANGO, MEXICO
1973
UNIVERSAL PICTURES
AS BILLY MASSEY
FILM LOCATIONS
KERNVILLE, CA.
ABIGUIU, NEW MEXICO
CHAMA, NEW MEXICO
His last western film
FOOTPRINTS, STARS, CARS, ECT.
MARCH 21, 1964
GRAUMAN’S CHINESE THEATER
6925 HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, HOLLYWOOD
HOLLYWOOD WALK OF FAME
Dean has three stars on the Walk Of Fame for movies, television and recordings.
6651 HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD – HOLLYWOOD – TELEVISION
6519 HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD – MOVIES
1817 VINE STREET, HOLLYWOOD – RECORDINGS
DINO’S LODGE
SUNSET BOULEVARD – LOS ANGELES
CARS HE OWNED
1962 GHIA COUPE
Dean Martin Ghia: but this is more than just a beautiful car. Originally owned by Hollywood star Lucille Ball and husband Gary Morton, it was then bought by legendary Rat Pack member Dean Martin and customised to his personal requirements by George Barris. Rare, beautifully preserved and with that celebrity connection it’s a true Hollywood car.
STUTZ BEARCAT
Dean owned three Stutz Bearcats, one was crashed
FASEL VEGA
Bob Siler grew up in Burbank, not far from Universal Studios and Warner Brothers where they made his favorite monster movies. A long-time fan of Westerns, he still has a hard time believing that the great John Wayne could die. Bob has created many lists detailing where the famous and infamous lived, are buried, and the cars they drove. He has recently completed this list of Western Stars homes after many years. Burbank Bob now resides in Portland, Oregon.
Homes of the Western Stars — Bronco Billy Anderson
September 26, 2011
HOMES OF THE WESTERN STARS
BRONCO BILLY ANDERSON
by
special guest blogger
Bob Siler
THE FIRST WESTERN COWBOY STAR
Max Aronson was born in 1880 in Little Rock (Pulaski County). His parents were Henry, a traveling salesman, and Esther Aronson. The Aronsons had seven children. Most of the children were born in Texas, but Max was born in Arkansas.
PINE BLUFF, ARK.
Aronson moved to Pine Bluff (Jefferson County) in the 1890s to work for his brother in law, Louis Roth, who had married Aronson’s sister, Gertrude, and who worked as a cotton broker.
717 WEST SECOND STREET – PINE BLUFF, ARK.
Anderson lived during the last decade of the nineteenth century
1902 – 1907
NEW YORK CITY
He left Arkansas around the turn of the century for New York, where he became involved with the old Vitagraph Company, a theatrical group.
From 1900 until 1926, Aronson produced, directed, or appeared in more than 600 motion pictures—everything from the one reelers, movies that consisted of approximately 400 feet of film, to full-length motion pictures that consisted of approximately 2,000 feet of film, produced later in his career.
By 1902, Aronson was in New York and, in 1903, was cast in Edwin S. Porter’s film, The Great Train Robbery,a classic silent western. In his early films, he played various roles under the name G. M. Anderson, as in the movie Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman for Vitagraph in 1904, the first film Anderson directed.
1907 – 1909
CHICAGO
NOVEMBER 4
Key developments in the Chicago cinema
Anderson moved to Chicago to produce films. There, he developed the idea that the public would pay to see good western movies, and the era of “cowboy” films, that is, films based on marketing the name of the cowboy, began.
For a short time, he produced films in Colorado, but William Selig, an early movie producer for whom Anderson was working, could not see the advantage of western scenery in their releases. Anderson’s contribution was to develop the western film and the techniques he devised, including the “long shot,” “medium shot,” “close up,” and “reestablishment scene,” have become standard techniques present even in modern westerns.
Back in Chicago, Anderson partnered with George K. Spoor, a theatrical booking agent. The two of them established Essanay Studios in 1907, the name being derived from a phonetic spelling of their initials, S and A. Anderson married Molly Louise Schabbleman in 1908, and the couple had one child, Maxine.
From 1908 to 1915, Anderson made 375 westerns. The most famous of these was the Broncho Billy series. Anderson read a story in the Saturday Evening Post about a character called Broncho Billy. He liked the idea of a series character and developed Broncho Billy into a franchise of films which were extremely popular with the American public.
ESSANAY STUDIOS
Founded in 1907 as the Peerless Film Manufacturing Company but eventually renamed Essanay after the initials (S and A) of its founders, George K. Spoor and Gilbert M. Anderson—turned out about 2,000 shorts and features between 1907 and 1917.
Anderson had worked as a janitor at the Thomas Edison Studio when he was chosen to play an outlaw in the first western ever made, The Great Train Robbery. The first characters of Spoor’s and Anderson’s surnames translated into “S” and “A.”, hence the name Essanay.
Filming a “Broncho Billy” film in the Chicago Essanay studio
1909
DECEMBER 30 – NILES, CALIFORNIA
Cinema’s cowboy hero G.M. Anderson is about to assume a new personna in the name of Broncho Billy, based on the character in a Peter B. Kyne story, Broncho Billy and the Baby, the film will be called Broncho Billy’s redemption. The burly Anderson is already one of the cinema’s bright new stars. Born Max Aronson in Little Rock, Arkansas, in March 1882, he was briefly a travelling salesman before trying his luck as an actor in New York using the stage name Gilbert M. Anderson.
ESSANAY STUDIOS
NILES, CALIFORNIA
In 1913, the Essanay Studios, a state-of-the-art studio was built in Niles at a cost of $50,000. A complete row of bungalows were constructed for the actors and the crew to live in. Two of the cottages still exist today.
Niles was selected by G.M. Anderson because of its mild climate, almost perpetual sunshine, and the unspoiled scenery of Niles Canyon (currently route 84 between Fremont and Interstate 680). Essanay made some 300 westerns in and around Niles. Charlie Chaplin made at least five silent movies in Niles, including The Tramp.
Charlie Chaplin lived in Niles for three months but accepted a more lucrative pay from Mutual in 1916. With the departure of a big star like Chaplin, Spoors bought G.M.”Broncho Billy” Anderson out, Essanay’s fortunes declined sharply and the studio eventually closed its doors in 1917.
G.M. Anderson fell in love with the perpetual sunshine and rolling hills of Niles and moved his crew here to make his silent westerns in the scenic canyon.
For about four years, Anderson produced, directed and starred as his “Broncho Billy” character which was the mould for all future western characters to come. He was the western trendsetter for the cowboy studded chaps, terrorizing a town with his swaggering gait, an outlaw with a sympathetic heart who always managed to take the bad guys out.
Anderson became a very rich movie star, bought a legitimate theater, began promoting boxers, and was running the Niles baseball team. By 1915 he had hired the biggest movie star of them all — Charlie Chaplin.
Niles Canyon Road.
This is the picturesque Niles Canyon Road today. It was here that more than 300 Broncho Billy westerns were filmed, replete with train robberies and chase scenes along the oak-studded hills of Niles Canyon.
This is a scene of one of the silent westerns shot in 1915 with Broncho Billy leading the posse, kicking up dust along Niles Canyon Road.
350 westerns were shot in Niles. Out of which approximately 140 Broncho Billy films were made in addition to 109 Snakeville comedies, starting in 1913 when the Niles Essanay studio opened.
1927
1206 NORTH KINGSLEY DRIVE – LOS ANGELES
Was living here
1930s
Anderson was living in San Francisco and managing an apartment hotel on O’Farrell Street. In 1941 he moved to Los Angeles. In 1950 he and his daughter Maxine tries to get a Broncho Billy series together for television, but nothing came of it. In his later years he was living on Social Security and some money from Maxine, who ran her own successful casting agency.
He returned to the screen briefly in 1967, 47 years after he made his last silent film, to make his first talking picture—”The Bounty Killer”—with Buster Crabbe, Richard Arlen and Dan Duryea.
The confusion about his death location is because of where he’d been staying, the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills. In 1970 he was moved to their convelescent home in South Pasadena because of his worsening condition, an invalid near death, and that’s where he died. It’s listed on his death certificate, which I’ve seen. That document didn’t provide his correct birth year, though, it was listed as 1884, thereby further confusing the issue. Nor was his parents listed; those spaces where marked “unknown.” The information was provided by his daughter Maxine. Obviously she didn’t know him that well.
THE BRIERWORN CONVILESCENT HOSPITAL
1625 MERIDIAN AVENUE – SOUTH PASADENA
He’d been living here, where he died in 1971.
CHAPEL OF THE PINES CREMATORIUM – LOS ANGELES
HIS ASHES ARE HERE IN STORAGE.
Bob Siler grew up in Burbank, not far from Universal Studios and Warner Brothers where they made his favorite monster movies. A long-time fan of Westerns, he still has a hard time believing that the great John Wayne could die. Bob has created many lists detailing where the famous and infamous lived, are buried, and the cars they drove. He has recently completed this list of Western Stars homes after many years. Burbank Bob now resides in Portland, Oregon.
HOMES OF THE WESTERN STARS – Dean Martin part two
August 28, 2011
HOMES OF THE WESTERN STARS
DEAN MARTIN
by
SPECIAL GUEST BLOGGER
BOB SILER
PART TWO
THE HOLLYWOOD YEARS – 1948 – 1995
In 1948 Dean and Jerry Lewis packed up their broods and left New York City for the film capitol of the world, Hollywood, California. The team of Lewis and Martin may not have lasted, but Dean became one of the busiest and most beloved film stars of all time, which is something one could never say about Jerry.
1948 – 1949
850 STONE CANYON ROAD – LOS ANGELES
He and Betty rented this house for $600 a month. It was their first Hollywood home.
1949
8800 SUNSET BOULEVARD – WEST HOLLYWOOD
When Dean and Betty split up he moved out of their home and rented a small, funrished house here. They soon divorced.
CIRO’S
8433 SUNSET BOULEVARD – HOLLYWOOD
606 NORTH BEDFORD DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
HERMAN HOVER
Hover was the proprieter of ‘Ciro’s’, (now The Comedy Store) and was living here in the 1940s. In September 1949 Dean married his second wife, Jeanne, here.
(Dean and Jeanne)
1949 – 1955
9261 WARBLER WAY – BEVERLY HILLS
The newleyweds moved here, their first home.
1955
1317 LONDONDERRY PLACE
The Martin’s next moved here for a short stay before moving into a bigger house near the Los Angeles Country Club.
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTRY CLUB
654 WOODRUFF AVENUE – WESTWOOD
Dean could always be found on the green playing golf.
1950s
1123 MONTE VISTA, PALM SPRINGS
1955 – 1972
601 MOUNTAIN DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
Dean, Jeanne and the kids found their dream mansion and settled into family life. Their ‘wood and firestone’ house had three servents, six cars, swimming pool and tennis court. He paid $225,000 for the joint. He moved out in 1972 and he and Jeanne divorced.
JANUARY 1973 – JUNE 25, 1976
363 COPA DE ORO ROAD – BEL AIR
Dean married his third and final wife, Catherine Hawn, and they moved into this joint, which he shelled out $500,000 for. They moved out on June 25, 1976 and he sold the place to Tom Jones. In recent years Nicholes Cage has lived here.
With Catherine Hawn
JUNE 25, 1976 – AUGUST 1976
23544 MALIBU COLONY DRIVE – MALIBU
Dean and Catherine moved to this beach house. By August the marriage was over and he moved out.
AUGUST 1976
270 PALISADES WALK – SANTA MONICA
From Malibu Dean moved here to his new bachelor diggs.
1984
418 ROBERT LANE
1988
2002 LOMA VISTA DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
1995
511 NORTH MAPLE DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
LAST HOME. DIED HERE.
WESTWOOD
Bob Siler grew up in Burbank, not far from Universal Studios and Warner Brothers where they made his favorite monster movies. A long-time fan of Westerns, he still has a hard time believing that the great John Wayne could die. Bob has created many lists detailing where the famous and infamous lived, are buried, and the cars they drove. He has recently completed this list of Western Stars homes after many years. Burbank Bob now resides in Portland, Oregon.
HOMES OF THE WESTERN STARS – Dean Martin
August 16, 2011
HOMES OF THE WESTERN STARS
DEAN MARTIN
by
SPECIAL GUEST BLOGGER
BOB SILER
INTRODUCTION
Howdy Fellow Film Lovers
This is your tour guide, Bob, with another trip to the homes of one one of yesterdays western film favorites. This time we’ll be visiting places where Dean Martin once lived.
Now, some of you might think of Dean as nothing more than a singer, actor, comic and straight man to Jerry Lewis. But he was much more than that. He was a lover of western movies and a great western film actor. Dean wasn’t into the movie star social life of nightclubs and partys and when his wife, Jeanne would throw a big gathering at their home on Mountain Drive, Dean could always be found in the den watching a western instead of hob nobbing with the elite of the film world. He didn’t care if anyone was insulted either, producers, actors, actresses, if didn’t matter. He would not play the star game for anyone, not even his wife or best friend, Frank Sinatra. I’ve read several books on Dean and the one thing that comes across about him was that he was a decent guy.
No one seemed to have a bad thing to say about him. After twenty odd years of marriage, he and Jeanne divorced and he married a much younger babe. That marriage was short lived. In the end, it was Jeanne who took care of him until the day he died. And he made sure that she and their children never had to ask for anything. He was a good man.
So, put on your favorite Dean Martin album and lets stroll through the places he had called home.
Enjoy.
Bob
(By the way, my original tour also listed the homes of Jerry Lewis, which I did not include here. If you would like to have a list of Jerry’s homes just drop me an e – mail and I’ll get it to you.)
THE DEAN MARTIN TOUR
(RIO BRAVO)
PART 0NE
FROM STUBENVILLE TO MANHATTAN
1917 – 1940s
STUBENVILLE, OHIO
1917 – 1930
319 SOUTH 6th STREET
He was born here at the family home on June 7, 1917.
1930
118 BRADY AVENUE
The family moved to this house located on the northern end of town.
1931
630 GRAND VIEW AVENUE
PLEASANT HEIGHTS
They next moved into this small brick house.
1933
1210 RIVERVIEW AVENUE
They moved into this small two – story gabled house with a backyard.
It overlooked the Ohio and West Virginia hills.
1936
NORTH SEVENTH STREET
Lived here for awhile.
1941
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO
2820 MAYFIELD ROAD
Dean and his first wife, Betty, moved here, their first home, after getting married.
(With Betty)
STUBENVILLE, OHIO
2130 SUNSET BOULEVARD
Dean’s parents were now living here.
1943 – 1948
NEW YORK CITY
1943 – 1944
LONDON TERRACE APARTMENTS – MANHATTAN (Chelsea area)
Dean and Betty’s first New York apartment.
1945
STUBENVILLE, OHIO
1101 CARDINAL AVENUE
Dean’s parents were living here. When Dean was on the road Betty and the children lived here with them. When he was in town, he stayed here as well.
1940s
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA
1137 GARDENIA AVENUE
In the mid – late ’40s his parents left Ohio and moved here.
1948
NEW YORK CITY
RIVERSIDE DRIVE AND WEST 106th STREET
Dean, Betty and the kids were living here in a ten-room apartment before moving to Los Angeles.
TO BE CONTINUED…
Bob Siler grew up in Burbank, not far from Universal Studios and Warner Brothers where they made his favorite monster movies. A long-time fan of Westerns, he still has a hard time believing that the great John Wayne could die. Bob has created many lists detailing where the famous and infamous lived, are buried, and the cars they drove. He has recently completed this list of Western Stars homes after many years. Burbank Bob now resides in Portland, Oregon.
HOMES OF THE WESTERN STARS – THE BEERYS
July 25, 2011
HOMES OF THE WESTERN STARS
DIRECTORS!
by
Special Guest Blogger
Bob Siler
WALLACE BEERY
1916
ALVARADO STREET
The Beery family home where his parents and brothers, Noah and William, lived.
Wally and his young wife, Gloria Swanson, lived here shortly after getting married.
They were married until 1919.
(With Swanson)
NORTH HIGHLAND AVENUE – HOLLYWOOD
Beery and Swanson lived here in a bungalow village.
206 WEST 10th STREET – LOS ANGELES
ST. FRANCIS APARTMENTS
They also lived here.
1918
1636 1/2 KINGSLEY DRIVE – LOS FELIZ AREA
Wally and Gloria lived here.
1163 NORTH MARIPOSA AVENUE – LOS ANGELES
Wally and Gloria lived in the same bungalow court as his brother, William C. Beery.
They may have already split up by September 1918.
1157 MARIPOSA AVENUE – LOS ANGELES
Wally and Noah lived here with their parents.
1920s
NORTH CAHUENGA BOULEVARD
Wally may have lived on this street.
1923
1501 HAYWORTH AVENUE
1924
1346 HARPER AVENUE – WEST HOLLYWOOD
(AND WARING AVENUES)
1926
2323 LORENZO DRIVE – HOLLYWOOD HILLS
2420 PILGRIMAGE TRAIL 1927
JANUARY 31, 1931
GRAUMAN’S CHINESE THEATER
WALLACE BEERY AND MARIE DRESSLER
Put their prints in cement
LATE 1920s – 1930s
921 N. ROXBURY
SILVER LAKE – HIGH SIERRAS
Beery had a two – story Lake Cabin here. In the 1930s it was smashed from an avalanche of snow.
816 ALPINE DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS – LAST HOME
Brother Noah died here in Wally’s arms, on April 1, 1946. Beery died here on
April 15, 1949.
FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE
WALLACE BEERY IS SAID TO HAVE LIVED AT THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS:
ECHO PARK AVENUE – LOS ANGELES
Lived on this street with Swanson.
6250 FRANKLIN AVENUE – HOLLYWOOD
2210 NORTH BERKELEY AVENUE – LOS ANGELES
Besides being one of Hollywood’s major film stars, he was also one of the few film celebrities who was also a pilot. Between 1927 and 1939 he owned nine airplanes.
GRAND CENTRAL AIR TERMINAL – GLENDALE
Kept his planes here for over ten years.
(around 1929)
1939
DGA – 11
GEORGE H. ‘SLIM’ MAVES
1133 GARDEN AVENUE – LOS ANGELES – LAST HOME
With wife, Cynthia
CYNTHIA D. MAVES
LYNN HAYES
1933 SELBY AVENUE – LOS ANGELES – LAST HOME
1930
On March 24, pilot George Maves was flying a plane owned by Beery with his wife, Cynthia, and pilot, Lynn Hayes as passengers when the plane crashed in the San Pasqual wash about twenty feet north of Valley Boulevard in San Gabriel and in a few moments was a mass of flaming wreckage….
Maves, his wife and Hayes were all killed. When it tried to land the plane nose dived and crashed. Beery was to have been on the plane but cancelled.
Above, from an undated news article published ca. March 25, 1930, a fragment of the photograph showing the scene of their crash. The fuselage tubing can be seen in the foreground of the image. The article states, “An aerial joyride yesterday afternoon resulted in the death of two men and a woman who had taken out the new six-place Travel-air [sic] monoplane belonging to Wallace Beery, the motion-picture actor, without, he said, his permission. The plane crashed in the San Pasqual wash about twenty feet north of Valley Boulevard in San Gabriel and in a few moments was a mass of flaming wreckage….
“The crash took place in full view of scores of motorists on Valley Boulevard and persons in front of shops along the highway. They hurried to the scene but were powerless to do anything, as the flames drove them back….
“Witnesses questioned by R.I. Hazen and L.J. Holoubeck, inspector of the United States Department of Commerce [and Register pilot] … agreed …. that the plane approached Valley Boulevard from the south at a low altitude, variously put at 300 to 600 feet, that it began to turn to the left, that the motor had been idling, that the pilot banked the plane, that just over the wash the plane fell off instead of coming out of the bank and then plunged, nose down, into the wash.”
Their flight condition sounds like whomever was flying the airplane got too slow, turned the airplane, and the angle of bank drove the stall speed up beyond their airspeed, resulting in a stall break and the classic stall-spin accident.
Regarding Beery, the article states, “When informed of the accident, Beery was much affected, as he had employed Maves for various periods totaling about a year and a half and had flown many hours with him.
“He was entirely unaware, until informed of the crash, he said, that Maves had taken the plane from its hangar at the United Airport in Burbank. Beery is himself a pilot, having 1700 hours of flying to his credit and he said Maves had been hired by him only to accompany him when he flew and to take care of the plane on the ground.
“Beery said he had flown the plane himself for five hours Sunday and apparently it was in excellent condition.”
Regardless, in the aftermath, “Examination of the wreckage disclosed that Maves and Hayes had been seated in the forward part at the dual controls and therefore it is not known which was flying the plane at the time of the accident. Mrs. Maves had been seated in the rear part of the cabin. A freak of the fire was that although nearly all the clothing had been burned off the men, a little bit of leather jacket which Maves had been wearing was found and in its pocket was a paper of safety matches which had not become ignited.”
And further, “Maves and his wife had been married only two months…. Hayes, who was 26 years of age, leaves a widow and two small children….”
Additional information from Russ Plehinger on August 20, 2009 states, “My files indicate 3/14/30 as date of death.
Lynn Hayes, killed with him, had been a refueling pilot on a 6/30/29 endurance flight made by [Register pilot] Leo Nomis. Hayes is not listed in my book as I discovered this info after publication. Somewhere I have a photo of him. Plane in photograph is a Buhl CA-3C Airsedan, possibly NC-6816 [see the airplane with Cynthia Maves standing in front of it, above].” Note the discrepancy in the date of death. The airplane record for NC9015 states that the airplane crashed on March 25, 1930. Can anyone CORROBORATE the date?
NOAH BEERY SR.
1556 NORTH LABAIG AVENUE – LOS ANGELES 1917
6421 IVARENE AVENUE – LOS ANGELES 1920
1120 NORTH HUDSON AVENUE 1927
11912 MOORPARK STREET – STUDIO CITY 1930
FOREST LAWN – HOLLYWOOD HILLS
NOAH BEERY JR.
14305 ROBLAR PLACE – SHERMAN OAKS – 1955
KEENE, CALIFORNIA
LAST HOME
FOREST LAWN – HOLLYWOOD HILLS
Bob Siler grew up in Burbank, not far from Universal Studios and Warner Brothers where they made his favorite monster movies. A long-time fan of Westerns, he still has a hard time believing that the great John Wayne could die. Bob has created many lists detailing where the famous and infamous lived, are buried, and the cars they drove. He has recently completed this list of Western Stars homes after many years. Burbank Bob now resides in Portland, Oregon.
HOMES OF THE WESTERN STARS – Directors!
July 12, 2011
HOMES OF THE WESTERN STARS
DIRECTORS!
by
Special Guest Blogger
Bob Siler
Here are a couple of first rate western movie directors from my Western Film Directors list.
On this tour you’ll find some of the homes of the great Raoul Walsh, Howard Hawks and Wesley Ruggles.
Like Monte Hale used to say, Shoot low, they might be crawlin’.
Bob
RAOUL WALSH
(with Miriam Cooper)
1917
5224 SUNSET BLVD – LOS ANGELES
1919
NORTH HIGHLAND AVENUE
BUNGALOW COURT
1923
649 WEST ADAMS BLVD – SILVER LAKE
Rented from Roscoe Arbuckle for less than a year.
1924
626 SOUTH PLYMOUTH DRIVE – HANCOCK PARK
1926
Walsh and Cooper divorced
1920s – 1939
4525 PETIT AVENUE – ENCINO
(when Gable and Lombard lived here)
In 1939 he sold his ranch to Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.
1940s – 1945
624 DOHENY DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
1945
13141 ADDISON STREET – NORTH HOLLYWOOD
Rented this furnished six bedroom house for six months. He bought a home in Toluca Lake and moved out.
TOLUCA LAKE
1950s
10550 KLING STREET – NORTH HOLLYWOOD
Bought this lot from Jerome ‘Curly’ Howard of the Three Stooges.
1960 – 1980
SIMI VALLEY
Bought a ranch where he lived until his death.
ASSUMPTION CATHOLIC CEMETERY – SIMI VALLEY
NOVEMBER 14, 1930
GRAUMAN’S CHINESE THEATER
HOWARD HAWKS
1920s – 1924
7125 HILLSIDE AVENUE – HOLLYWOOD
Rented this house with brother Kenneth.
1924
6626 FRANKLIN AVENUE – HOLLYWOOD
They brothers next rented a house here. In 1927 the house was torn down and the Chateau des Fleurs apartment building was built on the site.
1927
705 REXFORD DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS
1929
LINDEN DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
1931 / 32
715 BEDFORD DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
Lived here.
1933 – 1943
1230 BENEDICT CANYON DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
BUILT HIS HOUSE
1938
1150 MORAGA DRIVE – SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS
THE S – BAR – S RANCH
1942
BELLAGIO ROAD – BEL AIR
Lived here while his house in Hog Canyon was being built.
1943
HOG CANYON – LOS ANGELES
Long time ranch home.
1949 – 1977
CASA DE PLATA (HOUSE OF SILVER)
501 STEVENS ROAD – PALM SPRINGS
He bought this house from Howard Hughes, who had it built. After Hawks retired he moved here permanently.
WESLEY RUGGLES
325 SOUTH KINGSLEY DRIVE 1920
112 MALIBU COLONY ROAD – MALIBU 1930
1114 LAUREL WAY – BEVERLY HILLS 1930s
614 NORTH LINDEN DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
FOREST LAWN – GLENDALE
Bob Siler grew up in Burbank, not far from Universal Studios and Warner Brothers where they made his favorite monster movies. A long-time fan of Westerns, he still has a hard time believing that the great John Wayne could die. Bob has created many lists detailing where the famous and infamous lived, are buried, and the cars they drove. He has recently completed this list of Western Stars homes after many years. Burbank Bob now resides in Portland, Oregon.
HOMES OF THE WESTERN STARS – S-Z
June 30, 2011
HOMES OF WESTERN MOVIE FILM MAKERS
IN FRONT AND BEHIND THE CAMERAS
BY BOB SILER
S
TOM SANTSCHI
1523 MICHELTORENA STREET – LOS FELIZ AREA 1920
606 FOOTHILL ROAD – BEVERLY HILLS 1920s
1427 1/2 NORTH SIERRA BONITA AVENUE – LOS ANGELES
6838 ODIN STREET – HOLLYWOOD – LAST HOME. DIED HERE
HOLLYWOOD FOREVER
FRED SCOTT
843 SOUTH SIERRA BONITA AVENUE – LOS ANGELES
1716 CAMINO PAROCELA, PALM SPRINGS
RANDOLPH SCOTT
1301 Dilworth Road in Charlotte, North Carolina.
The Scott House was built in 1926-27 by George Grant and Lucy Crane Scott, and was designed by the noted Charlotte architect Louis Asbury. The Scotts were the parents of film star Randolph Scott, who lived in the house as a young man and returned for frequent visits after achieving stardom. Local lore has it that Randolph built the house for his mother and sister, but in fact it was built by his parents before he started his film career.
LOS ANGELES
WITH CARY GRANT
1221 NORTH SWEETZER AVENUE – HOLLYWOOD
THE MONTEREY VILLAGE APARTMENTS
‘BACHELOR HALL’
2177 WEST LIVE OAK DRIVE – LOS FELIZ
723 BEVERLY DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
1939
1038 PALISADES ROAD – SANTA MONICA
1944
MARRIED MARIE PATRICIA STILLMAN
COPLEY PLACE, BEVERLY HILLS
LAST HOME. DIED HERE
ELMWOOD CEMETERY, CHARLOTTE, NC
DOROTHY SEBASTIAN
(Ex – wife of William Boyd)
1926 – 1930
294 SOUTH CARMELINA AVENUE – LOS ANGELES
(1928)
525 NORTH ARDEN DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
(With Boyd)
34 AVENUE 65 – LOS ANGELES – LAST HOME
HOLY CROSS – CULVER CITY
EVELYN SELBIE
507 WEST 5th STREET – LOS ANGELES 1920
ACTRESS IN MANY WESTERNS. NINE WITH BRONCO BILLY ANDERSON
JAY SILVERHEELS
20354 ENADIA WAY – CANOGA PARK – 1970s
DOUGLAS SPENCER
2451 LAUREL PASS AVENUE – LOS ANGELES
OAKLAND CEMETERY – PRINCETON, ILLINOIS
BARBARA STANWYCK
(The Big Valley)
18650 DEVONSHIRE ROAD – NORTHRIDGE
(She later sold her home to comic Jack Oakie who named it ‘Oakridge’.
It was his last home)
1055 LOMA VISTA DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
LAST HOME
CHARLES STARRETT
2555 ABERDEEN – HOLLYWOOD
His first Hollywood home
9621 CHARLEVILLE – BEVERLY HILLS
Lived here after becoming an established star at Columbia.
131 ROCKLEDGE TERRACE – LAGUNA BEACH
SMALL HOUSE OVERLOOKING THE PACIFIC
BORRENGO, PALM DESERT
HAD A HOME HERE. DIED HERE IN 1986.
BOB STEELE (Robert A. Bradbury)
FATHER – DIRECTOR ROBERT N. BARDBURY
579 NORTH LOUISE STREET – GLENDALE
BRADBURY FAMILY HOME – 1920s
11935 GARRICK AVENUE – BURBANK
BRADBURY FAMILY HOME
11524 MOORPARK STREET – NORTH HOLLYWOOD
LAST HOME
FOREST LAWN, HOLLYWOOD HILLS
JAMES STEWART
918 ROXBURY DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE
PEGGY STEWART
4323 AGNES AVENUE – STUDIO CITY
She was still living here in 1984, but was gone by 1988.
11139 HORTENSE STREET – NORTH HOLLYWOOD
Was living here by 1988.
EDITH STOREY
(“When the Tables Turned” 1911)
3089 WEST 7th STREET – LOS ANGELES 1920
591 EAST MAIN STREET – NEWPORT, NEW YORK
LAST HOME. DIED HERE
CHIEF NIPO STRONGHEART
1522 ENSLEY AVENUE – NORTH HOLLYWOOD – LAST HOME
T
DUB TAYLOR
1184 C WESTLAKE BLVD – WESTLAKE VILLAGE
ROBERT TAYLOR
(as Billy The Kid)
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1910 HILLCREST ROAD – LOS ANGELES – 1936
LIVED HERE WITH HIS MOTHER, RUTH
510 ROXBURY DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
20017 DEVONSHIRE ROAD – NORTHRIDGE
3099 MANDEVILLE CANYON ROAD – LOS ANGELES
FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE
FRED THOMSON
1923 – 1928
‘ENCHANTED HILL’
ANGELO DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
(LATER RENUMBERED 1363)
FOREST LAWN – GLENDALE
JOHNNY TYKE
1732 WHITLEY AVENUE – 1938
VALHALLA MEMORIAL PARK – NORTH HOLLYWOOD
UNMARKED GRAVE
TOM TYLER
1903 – 1918
PORT HENRY, NEW YORK
BORN HERE AUGUST 9, 1903. THE FAMILY MOVED TO MICHIGAN IN 1918.
1918
HAMTRAMCK, MICHIGAN
MITCHELL STREET
HIS FAMILY MOVED HERE FROM NEW YORK INTO A TWO – FAMILY
APARTMENT ON THIS STREET.
1940s – 1950s
LOS ANGELES, CA.
2746 BELDEN DRIVE
LEFT HOLLYWOOD IN 1953 DUE TO ILLNESS AND RETURNED TO
HIS HOMETOWN IN MICHIGAN.
1953 – 1954
HAMTRAMCK, MICHIGAN
MOENART STREET
MOVED IN TO THE HOME OF HIS SISTER, KATHERINE SLEPSKI, WHERE
HE REMAINED UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1954.
MOUNT OLIVET CEMETERY – DETROIT, MICHIGAN
V
LEE VAN CLEEF
19471 ROSITA STREET – TARZANA (LAST HOME)
FOREST LAWN – HOLLYWOOD HILLS
W
JIMMY WAKELY
7660 LANKERSHAM BLVD – NORTH HOLLYWOOD 1940s
FOREST LAWN – HOLLYWOOD
MARIE WALCAMP
6116 SCENIC DRIVE – LOS ANGELES
WALLY WALES AKA HAL TALIAFERRO
1633 NORTH CHEROKEE AVENUE – HOLLYWOOD 1917
6511 HOLLYWOOD BLVD – HOLLYWOOD 1920
LUANA WALTERS
1415 DEWEY AVENUE – LOS ANGELES
LAST HOME. DIED HERE ON MAY 19, 1963.
DICK WESSEL
4303 TEESDALE AVENUE – NORTH HOLLYWOOD
FORT ROSECRANS NATIONAL CEMETERY – SAN DIEGO
LEIGH WHIPPER
226 WEST 156th STREET – NEW YORK CITY
LAST HOME. LIVED HERE FOR 68 YEARS UNTIL HIS DEATH.
CHARLES ‘SLIM’ WHITAKER
1700 CORDOVA STREET – LOS ANGELES – 1915 – 1920s
VALHALLA MEMORIAL PARK – NORTH HOLLYWOOD
ROBERT J. WILKE
12550 OTSEGO STREET – VAN NUYS
QUINN ‘BIG BOY’ WILLIAMS
13554 ALBERS STREET – VAN NUYS – LAST HOME
FOREST LAWN – HOLLYWOOD HILLS
CHILL WILLS
11401 LAURELCREST DRIVE – STUDIO CITY – 1950
GRAND VIEW MEMORIAL PARK – GLENDALE
CHRIS WILLOWBIRD
1327 BATES AVENUE – LAST HOME
GRANT WITHERS
WOODCLIFF AVENUE – SHERMAN OAKS – 1953 – 1955
WITH WIFE, ACTRESS ESTELITA RODRIGUEZ
1749 COLDWATER CANYON DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
4817 BEN AVENUE – STUDIO CITY
LAST HOME. KILLED HIMSELF HERE
FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE
CHIEF YOWLACHIE
1722 NORTH GRAMERCY PLACE – LOS ANGELES – 1942
VALHALLA MEMORIAL PARK – NORTH HOLLYWOOD
Bob Siler grew up in Burbank, not far from Universal Studios and Warner Brothers where they made his favorite monster movies. A long-time fan of Westerns, he still has a hard time believing that the great John Wayne could die. Bob has created many lists detailing where the famous and infamous lived, are buried, and the cars they drove. He has recently completed this list of Western Stars homes after many years. Burbank Bob now resides in Portland, Oregon.
HOMES OF THE WESTERN STARS – M-R
June 27, 2011
HOMES OF WESTERN MOVIE FILM MAKERS
IN FRONT AND BEHIND THE CAMERAS
BY BOB SILER
M
BETTY MACK
3550 CHINA GARDEN ROAD #38 – PLACERVILLE, CA.
LEO MALONEY
210 WEST PALMER AVENUE – GLENDALE 1920
280 WEST BELMONT AVENUE – GLENDALE 1920
440 NORTH ALFRED AVENUE – LOS ANGELES 1920s
New York City. There, over a period of two months, he drank himself to death. Maloney’s body was found in his room at the Hotel Astor, surrounded by empty liquor bottles.
HOLLYWOOD FOREVER
LE ROY MASON
408 FRANKLIN STREET – LOS ANGELES 1930
10342 ZELZAH AVENUE – NORTHRIDGE
LAST HOME
FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE
J. FARRELL MACDONALD
16751 PARTHENIA STREET – NORTHRIDGE
GEORGE MACREADY
369 SYCAMORE ROAD – LOS ANGELES
LEE MARVIN
2 LATIMER ROAD – SANTA MONICA
1972 – 1987 HIS DEATH
EAST PALISADES ROAD – TUCSON, ARIZONA
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Buried next to world heavyweight boxing champion, Joe Louis.
KEN MAYNARD
315 SOUTH LAS PALMAS AVENUE – HOLLYWOOD 1930
6141 AFTON PLACE – LOS ANGELES
AFTON ARMS APARTMENTS 1930s
411 ILEX STREET – NORTH HOLLYWOOD
THE SHADY TREE TRAILOR PARK
LONGTIME AND LAST HOME
FOREST LAWN MEMORIAL PARK – CYPRESS, CA.
KERMIT MAYNARD
1377 NORTH WILTON PLACE, LOS ANGELES – 1930
11746 LA MAIDA STREET – NORTH HOLLYWOOD (LAST HOME)
VALHALLA MEMORIAL PARK, NORTH HOLLYWOOD
COL. TIM MC COY
EAGLES NEST RANCH
HOT SPRINGS COUNTY, WYOMING
1923
WENT TO HOLLYWOOD
1940s – 1950
‘DOLINGTON MANOR’
GAUCK LANE – BUCKS COUNTY, PA.
After World War 2 McCoy bought this pre – Revolutionary estate. He lived there until 1950, when he moved back to Hollywood.
1950 – 1962
FLINTRIDGE, LA CANADA
1962 – 1978 DEATH
NOGALES, ARIZONA
MT. OLIVET CEMETERY – SAGINAW, MICHIGAN
KATHRYN MCGUIRE
1850 HOLMBY AVENUE – LOS ANGELES
LAST HOME. DIED HERE
HOLLYWOOD FOREVER CEMETERY
LAFE MCKEE
4571 KINGSWELL AVENUE – 1930
GRAND VIEW MEMORIAL PARK, GLENDALE
VICTOR MCLAGLEN
818 WEST BAY AVENUE – NEWPORT BEACH
LAST HOME
FOREST LAWN – GLENDALE
JAMES MILLICAN
544 VIA MADIA – PALOS VERDES ESTATES
FOREST LAWN – GLENDALE
ART MIX (GEORGE W. KESTERSON)
2490 CHEREMOYA – LOS ANGELES 1942
FOREST LAWN – GLENDALE
TOM MIX
(with Tony)
1916 – 1940
LOS ANGELES
1916
24348 WALNUT STREET – NEWHALL
Lived here with Victoria Forde before he was divorced from Olive.
He’d moved his film company to Newhall.
MIXVILLE
2480 TEVIOT STREET – GLENDALE
In Edendale (between Glendale Blvd. and Teviot), silent film mega star Tom Mix built a 12 acre shooting set called Mixville. Loaded with western props and furnishings, it has been described as a “complete frontier town, with a dusty street, hitching rails, a saloon, jail, bank, doctor’s office, surveyor’s office, and the simple frame houses typical of the early Western era.” Near the back of the lot an Indian village of lodges was ringed by miniature plaster mountains which on screen were said to be “ferociously convincing.” The set also included a simulated desert, large corral and a ranch house with no roof, to facilitate interior shots.
1918 – 1920
1614 GOLDEN GATE AVENUE – SILVER LAKE
1920s
2401 LAUREL CANYON BLVD
Mix bought the Laurel Tavern and turned it into his home.
1919 – 1922
5841 CARLTON WAY, LOS ANGELES
1922 – 1929
1018 SUMMIT DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
(Also listed as 1010)
1927
GRAUMAN’S CHINESE THEATER – HOLLYWOOD
1930
1330 SCHUYLER ROAD – BEVERLY HILLS
Mix and Victoria rented this house for $750 a month.
1936
4040 STANSBURY AVENUE, SHERMAN OAKS
1930s – 1940
ARLETA
CANTERBURY AVENUE AND OSBORNE STREET
HAD A 17 ACRE RANCH ON THIS CORNER
it was his last home.
FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE
MONTE MONTANA
10234 ESCONDIDO CANYON ROAD – AQUA DULCE, CA.
OAKWOOD MEMORIAL PARK – CHATSWORTH
CLAYTON MOORE
TELEVISION’S FIRST LONE RANGER
4720 PARK OLIVO – CALABASAS
LONGTIME AND LAST HOME
FOREST LAWN MEMORIAL PARK, GLENDALE, CA.
WAYNE MORRIS
470 NORTH LAYTON DRIVE – LOS ANGELES 1940s
ARLINGTON NATIONAL
AUDIE MURPHY
4201 TOLUCA ROAD – TOLUCA LAKE 1940s
ARLINGTON NATIONAL
O
WHEELER OAKMAN
5611 HOLLYWOOD BLVD – HOLLYWOOD 1924
WITH PRISCILLA DEAN
(Home later sold to Pola Negri)
734 RIDGELY DRIVE – LOS ANGELES 1930
WARREN OATES
4800 BENVUE AVENUE – LOS ANGELES – LAST HOME
DAVE O’BRIEN
9235 RINDGE AVENUE – PLAYA DEL REY
LAST HOME
GEORGE O’BRIEN
523 ROXBURY DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
P
EDWARD JOHN PEIL SR. IN LOS ANGELES
1729 SUNSET BLVD – 1920
4211 DELMAR AVENUE – 1924
1842 NORTH CHEROKEE AVENUE – 1930
1914 WHITLEY AVENUE – 1932
1437 1/2 CRESCENT HEIGHTS BLVD – 1934 – 1950
5643 LA MIRADA – 1950 – 1952
SAN FERNANDO MISSION CEMETERY – CHATSWORTH
JACK PENNICK
624 33rd STREET – MANHATTAN BEACH, CA.
INGLEWOOD PARK CEMETERY
LEE B. POWELL
THE FILMS FIRST LONE RANGER
421 SOUTH SPRING STREET – LOS ANGELES
His wife, Norma, was living here at the time of his death.
NATIONAL MEMORIAL CEMETERY OF THE PACIFIC – HONOLULU, HI
ROBERT PRESTON
436 NORTH BRISTOL AVENUE – BRENTWOOD
1705 NORTH CHEVY CHASE DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
DUBLIN HILL ROAD – GREENWICH, CT.
1035 FAIRWAY DRIVE – MONTECITO, CA. (LAST HOME)
HAL PRICE – 1886 – 1964
1427 CARROLL AVENUE
THE GLENDALE SANITORIUM – GLENDALE
DIED HERE
FOREST LAWN – GLENDALE
R
ELLA RAINES
9550 CEDAR BROOK DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
13114 HESBY STREET – SHERMAN OAKS – LAST HOME
GLEN HAVEN MEMORIAL PARK – SYLMAR
ADDISON JACK RANDALL
145 COPLEY PLACE, BEVERLY HILLS
Lived here with wife, Barbara Bennett, sister of actresses Constance and Joan.
This was his last home. Lionel Richie lives here now.
FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE
Buried next to his brother, actor Bob Livingston.
ALLENE RAY
6537 NORTH OAK AVENUE – TEMPLE CITY, CA.
MARSHALL REED
5111 BABCOCK AVENUE – NORTH HOLLYWOOD
215 REXFORD DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
5005 GLORIA AVENUE – ENCINO
4125 MARIPOSA DRIVE – SANTA BARBARA – 1970s
974 DEBRA DRIVE – SANTA BARBARA – LAST HOME
CALVARY CEMETERY – SANTA BARBARA
JEFF RICHARD (RICHARD TAYLOR)
8562 ‘C’ AVENUE SPACE 42 – SAN BERNARDINO
RIVERSIDE NATIONAL CEMETERY – RIVERSIDE, CA.
KANE RICHMOND
2113 NORTH BEACHWOOD – HOLLYWOOD 1942
TEX RITTER
14151 VALLEY VISTA BLVD – SHERMAN OAKS
4402 MOORPARK WAY – NORTH HOLLYWOOD – 1954 – 1968
MOVED TO NASHVILLE IN 1968
NASHVILLE
OAK BLUFF MEMORIAL PARK – PORT NECHES, TEXAS
LYNNE ROBERTS
(AKA LYNNE SEBASTIAN AKA MARY HART)
14667 VALLEY VISTA – SHERMAN OAKS
FOREST LAWN – HOLLYWOOD HILLS
ROY ROBERTS
512 NORTH ROSSMORE AVENUE
GREENWOOD MEMORIAL PARK – FORT WORTH, TEXAS
WILL ROGERS
925 BEVERLY DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
WILL ROGERS RANCH – SANTA MONICA
WILL ROGERS MUSEUM – CLAREMONT, OKLAHOMA
He’s buried here with his wife and children.
CESAR ROMERO
(As the Cisco Kid)
361 SALTAIR AVENUE – BRENTWOOD
1471 NORTH HAVENHURST DRIVE – WEST HOLLYWOOD
THE VILLA ANDALUSIA APARTMENTS
12115 SAN VICENTE BLVD – LOS ANGELES – LAST HOME
INGLEWOOD PARK CEMETERY – INGLEWOOD
BUDDY ROOSEVELT (KENNETH SANDERSON)
3230 ELLINGTON DRIVE – STUDIO CITY
HIGHLAND CEMETERY – MEEKER, COLORADO
BODIL ROSING
(Actress and mother – in – law of actor, Monte Blue, who she is interred with)
2121 FAIRFIELD AVENUE – 1939
3525 WEST 17th STREET – 1941 – LAST HOME
FOREST LAWN – GLENDALE
ROBERT RYAN
1948 NORTH CAROLWOOD DRIVE – HOLMBY HILLS – 1959 – 1962
THE DAKOTA – 1962 – 1971
72nd and CENTRAL PARK WEST – NEW YORK CITY
Upon moving back to New York City he and his wife moved here into
a sprawling eleventh floor apartment. When his wife died in 1971 he moved
out and sublet his apartment to John Lennon and Yoko Ono. After his
death his estate sold it to them.
1971 – 1973
88 CENTRAL PARK WEST – NEW YORK CITY
After the death of his wife in 1971 he moved in to his daughter’s apartment, where
he died in 1973.
Bob Siler grew up in Burbank, not far from Universal Studios and Warner Brothers where they made his favorite monster movies. A long-time fan of Westerns, he still has a hard time believing that the great John Wayne could die. Bob has created many lists detailing where the famous and infamous lived, are buried, and the cars they drove. He has recently completed this list of Western Stars homes after many years. Burbank Bob now resides in Portland, Oregon.
HOME OF THE WESTERN MOVIE STARS H-L
June 17, 2011
HOMES OF WESTERN MOVIE FILM MAKERS
IN FRONT AND BEHIND THE CAMERAS
BY BOB SILER
H
REED HADLEY
(as Zorro)
2034 PINEHURST DRIVE – 1942
JOHN HART
TELEVISION’S SECOND LONE RANGER
5650 RANCHITO AVENUE – VAN NUYS
NEAL HART
6258 YUCCA STREET – HOLLYWOOD – 1920s
1926 – 1940
HART RANCH
23151 NEWHALL AVENUE – NEWHALL
GREEN LAWN CEMETERY – BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
RAYMOND HATTON
1356 NORTH GENESEE AVENUE – WEST HOLLYWOOD – 1920s
(or 1356 NORTH SPAULDING AVENUE)
4600 KINGSWELL AVENUE – LOS ANGELES – 1920s
202 SOUTH SALTAIR AVENUE – BRENTWOOD – 1938
JOSHUA MEMORIAL PARK – LANCASTER, CA.
GEORGE ‘GABBY’ HAYES
2130 HOLLY DRIVE – 1930
4234 CLYBOURN AVENUE – TOLUCA LAKE
When actress Glenda Farrell decided to move to the east coast she
sold her house to Gabby and his wife. They lived here until her
death in 1957.
5011 CAHUENGA BLVD – NORTH HOLLYWOOD
Following the death of his wife, Gabby moved here, to a smaller place,
where he lived until his death in 1969.
FOREST LAWN – HOLLYWOOD HILLS
VAN HEFLIN
1200 ALTA LOMA ROAD – BEVERLY HILLS
116 TIGERTAIL ROAD – BRENTWOOD
JACK HOLT
1325 NORTH HOBART BLVD – LOS ANGELES 1923
1632 NORTH LAUREL AVENUE – LOS ANGELES
The first two photos are from a 1922 fan magazine. The little in the first photo is future film star, Tim Holt.
1124 SECOND STREET – SANTA MONICA
LAST HOME
LOS ANGELES NATIONAL CEMETERY – SAWTELLE / WESTWOOD
TIM HOLT
901 AMALFI DRIVE – PACIFIC PALISADES
1950s – DEATH
HANNAH, OKLAHOMA
MOVED HERE WHERE HE LIVED THE REST OF HIS LIFE
MEMORY LANE CEMETERY – HANNAH, OKLAHOMA
His grave is near the gate
JACK HOXIE
1325 North Hobart Boulevard, Hollywood. (1923)
6701 CONVERSE AVENUE – LOS ANGELES – 1923
11048 REMSEN – SAN FERNANDO VALLEY – 1926
HERTFORD, ARIZONA – 1930s
Had a ranch here that later burned down.
WILLOWBAR CEMETERY – KEYES, OKLAHOMA
PAUL HURST
6537 LELAND WAY – LOS ANGELES 1920s
2364 HERMITS GLEN – LOS ANGELES
1583 ALTNO WAY – LOS ANGELES
FEBRUARY 27, 1953
PULLED HIS CAR OVER HERE AND SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD
REEDLEY CEMETERY – REEDLEY, CA.
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JACK INGRAM
22157 MULHOLLAND DRIVE – TOPANGA
HIS LARGE ESTATE, KNOWN AS
THE JACK INGRAM WESTERN MOVIE RANCH
OAKWOOD MEMORIAL PARK -Chatsworth
JOHN IRELAND
518 BEVERLY DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
WITH JOANNE DRU
8558 RUGBY DRIVE
1001 BENEDICT CANYON DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS
219 SYCAMORE CANYON ROAD – SANTA BARBARA
SANTA BARBARA CEMETERY – SANTA BARBARA
K
CY KENDALL
1921 WAGNER STREET – PASADENA
MOUNTAIN VIEW CEMETERY – ALTADENA, CA.
CHAPEL OF THE GARDENS MAUSOLEUM
CHARLES L. KING
178 NORTH MARIPOSA STREET – 1930
4941 BELLAIRE – NORTH HOLLYWOOD
OAK WOOD CEMETERY – WHITESBORO, TEXAS
FRED KOHLER
248 SOUTH OLIVE STREET
ASTORIA HOTEL – 1920
1553 NORTH HUDSON AVENUE
YMCA APARTMENT
715 SOUTH HOPE STREET
20715 SHERMAN WAY – ENCINO
1354 NORTH HARPER AVENUE
LAST HOME. DIED HERE
INGLEWOOD PARK CEMETERY
GRAVE IS UNMARKED
BOB KORTMAN
1717 NORTH NORMANDIE AVENUE – LOS ANGELES 1930
LEAR ROAD
29 PALMS, SAN BERNARDINO
LAST HOME
L
ALAN LADD
969 SOUTH SERRANO AVENUE – MID – 30s
LIVED HERE WITH HIS FAMILY
11271 NORTH MORRISON AVENUE – NORTH HOLLYWOOD – 1937
LIVED HERE WITH HIS FIRST WIFE, MIDGE HAROLD.
HIS MOTHER COMMITTED SUICIDE IN HIS CAR, IN FRONT
OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING.
4961 CROMWELL AVENUE
LADD MOVED IN WITH GIRLFRIEND / AGENT SUE CAROL.
THEY LIVED HERE AFTER GETTING MARRIED.
THIS HOUSE WAS RECENTLY ON THE MARKET.
323 SOUTH MAPLETON – HOLMBY HILLS
WAS LIVING HERE AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH. HIS WIDOW CONTINUED TO LIVE HERE UNTIL HER DEATH.
313 WEST CAMINO NORTE – PALM SPRINGS
HE COMMITTED SUICIDE HERE
(Ladd and friend)
FOREST LAWN – GLENDALE
SANCTUARY OF HERTIAGE, FREEDOM MAUSOLEUM
LOUIS L’AMOUR
1416 HAVENHURST DRIVE
COLONIAL HOUSE APARTMENTS
1335 LONDONDERRY PLACE – WEST HOLLYWOOD
100 LORING AVENUE – LOS ANGELES
LAST HOME
FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE
NORA LANE
2316 CHEVY CHASE DRIVE – GLENDALE
SHOT HERSELF IN THE HEAD HERE AT HER HOME
FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE
BOB LIVINGSTON
THE FILMS SECOND LONE RANGER
8491 FOUNTAIN AVENUE – HOLLYWOOD 1936
5910 VOLANDA AVENUE #5 – TARZANA – LAST HOME
FOREST LAWN MEMORIAL PARK, GLENDALE, CA.
Buried next to his brother, western star Addison Jack Randall
TOM LONDON
2568 NORTH BEACHWOOD DRIVE – LOS ANGELES 1930s
FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE
THEODORE LORCH
12358 CANTURA STREET – NORTH HOLLYWOOD
739 WEST KNOLL DRIVE – HOLLYWOOD – 1930s
FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE
JACK LUDEN
1428 NORTH CRESCENT HEIGHTS BLVD – LOS ANGELES
10441 ASHTON AVENUE – LATE 1930s
In 1950 Luden was busted for bad checks and dealing drugs and was sent to
San Quentin Prison, where he died from a heart attack in 1951. At the time of his arrest he’d been working as a food store manager.
SAN QUENTIN PRISON CEMETERY – SAN RAFAEL, CA.
Bob Siler grew up in Burbank, not far from Universal Studios and Warner Brothers where they made his favorite monster movies. A long-time fan of Westerns, he still has a hard time believing that the great John Wayne could die. Bob has created many lists detailing where the famous and infamous lived, are buried, and the cars they drove. He has recently completed this list of Western Stars homes after many years. Burbank Bob now resides in Portland, Oregon.
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