HOMES OF THE WESTERN STARS A-B
May 24, 2011
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
BUZZ BARTON
14470 HERRON STREET – SYLMAR
LAST HOME
WARNER BAXTER
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.
5134 BLUEBELL AVENUE – STUDIO CITY
13240 MOORPARK STREET – SHERMAN OAKS
17417 PARTHENIA DRIVE – NORTHRIDGE
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.