HOMES OF THE WESTERN STARS A-B

HOMES OF WESTERN MOVIE FILM MAKERS

IN FRONT AND BEHIND THE CAMERAS

BY BOB SILER

INTRODUCTION TO THE TOUR

Summer is just around the corner and families across the country are going to pack up their brood and hit the road for a few weeks of rest and relaxation. The only problem is, by the time you get back home you’ll be busted flatter than boxer’s nose. Tourest traps such as Disneyland are so expensive that the average family will have to save all year to pay just to get in the gate. Then there’s the high priced food, gifts, hotels, etc. and at the end of the day all your hard earned cash is gone. So, you pack the brood back up and crawl back home, where you’ll be working long past retirement just to pay off this vacation.

All that money you saved up is what keeps that damned mouse rich and sassy. While your dining on a cheap TV dinner, the mouse is dining on the finest cheeses from around the world. So, to hell with him, keep your cash, stick in the gas tank, drive to Hollywood, and visit some of the places where your favorite western heroes once called home.

Bob

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ART ACORD

6808 WHITLEY TERRACE 1920 – LOS ANGELES

5236 ENCINO AVENUE – ENCINO 1927

652 NORTH VERMONT AVENUE – LOS ANGELES – 1930

FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE

REX ALLEN SR.

400 NORTH CAMDEN DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS

THE DIAMOND X RANCH – CALABASAS

BRONCO BILLY ANDERSON (MAX H. ARONSON)

1206 NORTH KINGSLEY DRIVE – LOS ANGELES 1927

1625 MERIDIAN AVENUE – SOUTH PASADENA

THE BRIERWORN CONVILESCENT HOSPITAL

WAS LIVING HERE WHERE HE DIED.

CHAPEL OF THE PINES CREMATORIUM – LOS ANGELES

HIS ASHES ARE HERE IN STORAGE

RICHARD ARLEN

10025 TOLUCA LAKE AVENUE – TOLUCA LAKE 1940s

With Jobyna Ralston

DEVONSHIRE BLVD – NORTHRIDGE – 1950s

THE HOWDEN RANCH

HOLY CROSS CEMETERY – CULVER CITY

PEDRO ARMENDARIZ

PANTEON JARDIN (CEMETERY) – MEXICO

HOOPER ATCHLEY

602 NORTH KILKEA DRIVE – 1942

PHILLIPS CEMETERY – NEWPORT, TN

GENE AUTRY

OLD CREEK CANYON ROAD – NORTHRIDGE

MELODY RANCH – 1950s

10985 BLUFFSIDE DRIVE – NORTH HOLLYWOOD

3171 BROOKDALE ROAD – STUDIO CITY (Last home)

FOREST LAWN – HOLLYWOOD HILLS

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GEORGE BANCROFT

978 OCEAN FRONT DRIVE

WOODLAWN CEMETERY – SANTA MONICA

ROY BARCROFT

5401 ENCINO AVENUE – ENCINO – HIS LAST HOME

DONALD ‘RED’ BARRY

7251 HOLLYWOOD BLVD – HOLLYWOOD

THE PEYTON HALL APARTMENTS

the day WWII ended, Red Barry ran outside his apartment firing his six-shooters into the air; each apt. had a separate address from 7221-7271; complex demolished in 1980

4729 FARMDALE AVENUE, NORTH HOLLYWOOD

Shot himself on the front lawn in front of police

FOREST LAWN, HOLLYWOOD HILLS

BUZZ BARTON

14470 HERRON STREET – SYLMAR

LAST HOME

WARNER BAXTER

(AS THE CISCO KID)

138 SOUTH BEACHWOOD DRIVE – LOS ANGELES – 1927

911 NORTH ROXBURY DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS

688 NIMES ROAD, BEL AIR

FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE

NOAH BEERY JR.

12401 MOORPARK STREET – STUDIO CITY 1950s

14305 ROBLAR PLACE – SHERMAN OAKS – 1955

FOREST LAWN – HOLLYWOOD HILLS

NOAH BEERY SR.

1556 NORTH LABAIG AVENUE – LOS ANGELES 1917

6421 IVARENE AVENUE – LOS ANGELES 1920

11912 MOORPARK STREET – STUDIO CITY 1930

FOREST LAWN – HOLLYWOOD HILLS

WALLACE BEERY

921 NORTH ROXBURY DRIVE, BEVERLY HILLS

816 NORTH ALPINE DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS

LAST HOME. BROTHER NOAH DIED HERE AS DID WALLY.

FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE

CHARLES BICKFORD

254 REDLANDS STREET – PLAYA DEL REY, CA. – LAST HOME

MONTE BLUE

716 CAMDEN DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS

1019 NORTH ROXBURY DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS

(THE GEORGE GERSHWIN HOUSE)

LIVED HERE BEFORE GERSHWIN.

612 SIERRA DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS

FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE

With his mother – in – law, actress Bodil Rosing

WARD BOND

1944 / 45 – 1960

9510 CHEROKEE LANE – BEVERLY HILLS

When the former resident, actor Laird Cregar, died in 1944, Bond bought his house.

It was the only home he ever owned, and it was his last.

WILLIAM ‘HOPALONG CASSIDY’ BOYD

1917

CORONADO, SAN DIEGO

1923

5417 SIERRA VISTA AVENUE – LOS ANGELES

1926

6129 SALEM PLACE – LOS ANGELES

1930 – 1933

294 SOUTH CARMELINA DRIVE – LOS ANGELES

With actress Dorothy Sebastion

525 NORTH ARDEN DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS

With Dorothy

MALIBU HILLS RANCH

With Dorothy Sebastian

1939

1355 NORTH GARDNER AVENUE

Moved here with his last wife.

1950s

1707 CRISLER WAY – LOS ANGELES

1950s – 1972

73 – 498 JOSHUA TREE – PALM DESERT

This was his winter home

1960s – 1972

34001 DANA STRAND ROAD – DANA POINT, ORANGE, CA.

THE DANA STRAND CLUB # 17

Last home, was living here when he died.

FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE

 WALTER BRENNAN(as Old Man Clanton)

5134 BLUEBELL AVENUE – STUDIO CITY

13240 MOORPARK STREET – SHERMAN OAKS

17417 PARTHENIA DRIVE – NORTHRIDGE

JOHNNY MACK BROWN

631 SIERRA DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS

101 EDINBURGH AVENUE – LOS ANGELES

1119 CALLE VISTA DRIVE – BEVERLY HILLS

FOREST LAWN, GLENDALE

EDGAR BUCHANAN

5270 ROUND MEADOW ROAD – HIDDEN HILLS

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.