Actors buried in California
Wikidata records 3,238 actors as buried in 103 of the cemeteries we list in California. Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale holds the most, with 655. California has the highest count of any state, out of 5,146 nationally.
People with actor among their recorded occupations, including film, television, stage and voice actors.
Map of cemeteries
Each point is a cemetery; open it for everyone recorded there.
Actors buried in California
- Marilyn Monroe1926-1962American actress and modelWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Walt Disney1901-1966American animator, producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor and entrepreneur, founder of The Walt Disney CompanyForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Judy Garland1922-1969American actress, singer, dancer and vaudevillianHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Elizabeth Taylor1932-2011British-American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Frank Sinatra1915-1998American singer and actorDesert Memorial Park Cemetery, Cathedral City, CA
- Bing Crosby1903-1977American singer and actorHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- John Wayne1907-1979American actorPacific View Memorial Park, Costa Mesa, CA
- Humphrey Bogart1899-1957American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Bette Davis1908-1989American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Frank Zappa1940-1993American musicianWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Carrie Fisher1956-2016American actress, writer and screenwriterForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Clark Gable1901-1960American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- David Lynch1946-2025American filmmakerHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Rita Hayworth1918-1987American actressHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Charles Bukowski1920-1994German-American writerGreen Hills Memorial Park, Lomita, CA
- Lauren Bacall1924-2014American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Fred Astaire1899-1987American dancer, choreographer, actor, and singerOakwood Memorial Park, Simi Valley, CA
- Mary Pickford1892-1979Canadian actress and producerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Kirk Douglas1916-2020American actorWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Ella Fitzgerald1917-1996American jazz singerInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Buster Keaton1895-1966American actor, comedian and filmmakerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Paul Walker1973-2013American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- James Stewart1908-1997American actor and military officerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Shirley Temple1928-2014American actress and diplomatAlta Mesa Cemetery, Los Altos, CA
- Gary Cooper1901-1961American actorHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Groucho Marx1890-1977American comedianEden Memorial Park, Mission Hills, CA
- Matthew Perry1969-2023American-Canadian actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Michael Clarke Duncan1957-2012American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- John Ford1894-1973American film directorHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Spencer Tracy1900-1967American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Gene Kelly1912-1996American dancer, actor, singer, director and choreographerWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Debbie Reynolds1932-2016American actress, singer, and dancerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Zsa Zsa Gabor1917-2016Hungarian-American socialite and actressWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Larry King1933-2021American television and radio hostHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Burt Lancaster1913-1994American actorWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Lucille Ball1911-1989American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Richard Simmons1948-2024American fitness instructor and video producerWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Dean Martin1917-1995American singer, actor, comedian and film producerWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Bob Hope1903-2003American entertainerSan Fernando Mission Cemetery, Santa Clarita, CA
- Hugh Hefner1926-2017American businessman and magazine publisherWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Jack Lemmon1925-2001American actorWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Ginger Rogers1911-1995American actress and dancerOakwood Memorial Park, Simi Valley, CA
- Farrah Fawcett1947-2009American actressWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Leonard Nimoy1931-2015American actorHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Errol Flynn1909-1959Australian actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Nat King Cole1919-1965American singer and jazz pianistForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Ernest Borgnine1917-2012American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Fritz Lang1890-1976Austrian filmmakerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Burt Reynolds1936-2018American actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Harold Lloyd1893-1971American actor and comedianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- L. Frank Baum1856-1919American author of children's booksForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Garry Marshall1934-2016American actor and filmmakerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Natalie Wood1938-1981American actressWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Don Rickles1926-2017American stand-up comedianMount Sinai Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- James Caan1940-2022American actorEden Memorial Park, Mission Hills, CA
- Jean Harlow1911-1937American film actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- William Wyler1902-1981Swiss-German-American director and producerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Brittany Murphy1977-2009American actress and singerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Mickey Rooney1920-2014American actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- John Huston1906-1987American film director, screenwriter, and actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Bob Saget1956-2022American stand-up comedianMount Sinai Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Cecil B. DeMille1881-1959American film director, producer and actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Jack LaLanne1914-2011American exercise instructorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- James Coburn1928-2002American actorWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Janet Gaynor1906-1984American actressHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Loretta Young1913-2000American actressHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Bela Lugosi1882-1956Hungarian-American actorHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Norma Shearer1902-1983Canadian-American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Walter Matthau1920-2000American actor, comedian and directorWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Rudolph Valentino1895-1926Italian actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Sharon Tate1943-1969American actress and modelHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Bill Paxton1955-2017American actor and filmmakerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Charles Laughton1899-1962British-American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Sidney Sheldon1917-2007American writerWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Roy Orbison1936-1988American musicianWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Jennifer Jones1919-2009American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Penny Marshall1943-2018American actress, director and producerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Gena Rowlands1930-2024American actressWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Peter Falk1927-2011American actorWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Brian Wilson1942-2025American musician, singer, songwriter and record producerWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Shelley Winters1920-2006American actressHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Bob Newhart1929-2024American stand-up comedian and actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Carole Lombard1908-1942American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Janet Leigh1927-2004American actressWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Mary Astor1906-1987American actress and authorHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Hattie McDaniel1893-1952American actressAngelus Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Stan Laurel1890-1965English actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- James Garner1928-2014American film and television actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- George C. Scott1927-1999American actor, film director and producerWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Cesar Romero1907-1994American actorInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Richard Kiel1939-2014American actorBelmont Memorial Park, Fresno, CA
- Rod Steiger1925-2002American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Chuck McCann1934-2018American voice actor and comedianForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Douglas Fairbanks1883-1939American actor, screenwriter, director, and producerHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Will Rogers1879-1935American humorist and entertainerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Ernst Lubitsch1892-1947German-American actor and film directorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Paul Reubens1952-2023American actor and comedianHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Cyd Charisse1922-2008American dancer and actressHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Lee Van Cleef1925-1989American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Clara Bow1905-1965American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Ryan O'Neal1941-2023American actorWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- David Carradine1936-2009American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Natalie Cole1950-2015American singerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Donna Reed1921-1986American film and television actressWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Rex Harrison1908-1990British actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Tim Conway1933-2019American actor and comedianWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Oliver Hardy1892-1957American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and HardyValhalla Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Lionel Barrymore1878-1954American actor, director and screenwriterCalvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Karen Black1939-2013American actress, screenwriter, singer, and songwriterEternal Hills Memorial Park, Oceanside, CA
- Don Knotts1924-2006American actor and stand-up comedianWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Karl Malden1912-2009American actorWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Peter Lorre1904-1964Hungarian and American actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Peter Finch1916-1977British-Australian actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Paul Muni1895-1967Austrian-born American stage and film actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Anton Yelchin1989-2016American actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Ethel Barrymore1879-1959American actressCalvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Pola Negri1897-1987Polish actressCalvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Marie Dressler1868-1934Canadian-American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Ida Lupino1918-1995British actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Suzanne Pleshette1937-2008American actressHillside Memorial Park, Inglewood, CA
- Walter Brennan1894-1974American actorSan Fernando Mission Cemetery, Santa Clarita, CA
- Rosalind Russell1907-1976American actressHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Anne Heche1969-2022American actressHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- George Burns1896-1996American comedian, actor, writer and singerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Peggy Lee1920-2002American singerWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Naya Rivera1987-2020American actress and singerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Frank Lloyd1886-1960British film directorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Glenn Ford1916-2006Canadian-American actorWoodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, CA
- Gloria Grahame1923-1981American actressOakwood Memorial Park, Simi Valley, CA
- Frank Borzage1894-1962American film director and actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Warner Baxter1889-1951American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Peter Bogdanovich1939-2022American film directorWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Michael Curtiz1886-1962Hungarian-American directorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- John Cassavetes1929-1989Greek-American actor, film director, and screenwriterWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Irene Dunne1898-1990American actress and singerCalvary Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Lewis Milestone1895-1980Russian-American film directorWestwood Memorial Park, Santa Monica, CA
- Ronald Colman1891-1958British actorSanta Barbara Cemetery, Montecito, CA
- Cass Elliot1941-1974American singerMount Sinai Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Eleanor Parker1922-2013American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- June Allyson1917-2006American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Charles Boyer1899-1978French actorHoly Cross Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
- Tyrone Power1914-1958American actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Adam West1928-2017American actorHollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles, CA
- Elsa Lanchester1902-1986British-American actressValhalla Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Telly Savalas1922-1994American film and television actor and singerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Burbank, CA
- Theda Bara1885-1955American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Jane Darwell1879-1967American actressForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Wallace Beery1885-1949American actorForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Sammy Davis Jr.1925-1990American entertainerForest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
- Sugar Ray Robinson1921-1989American boxerInglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
Showing the 150 with the most Wikipedia language editions, of 3,238. Cemetery pages list everyone recorded there.
Deaths by decade
- 1880s1
- 1890s1
- 1900s3
- 1910s15
- 1920s76
- 1930s165
- 1940s269
- 1950s338
- 1960s455
- 1970s423
- 1980s408
- 1990s362
- 2000s367
- 2010s290
- 2020s63
By recorded year of death, for the 3,236 people with one.
Where they are buried
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park · Glendale, CA655
- Forest Lawn Memorial Park · Burbank, CA461
- Hollywood Forever Cemetery · Los Angeles, CA410
- Holy Cross Cemetery · Inglewood, CA237
- Westwood Memorial Park · Santa Monica, CA236
- Valhalla Memorial Park · Burbank, CA174
- Inglewood Park Cemetery · Inglewood, CA96
- San Fernando Mission Cemetery · Santa Clarita, CA89
- Hillside Memorial Park · Inglewood, CA88
- Mount Sinai Memorial Park · Burbank, CA84
- Calvary Cemetery · Los Angeles, CA66
- Los Angeles National Cemetery · Los Angeles, CA56
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Santa Monica, CA52
- Riverside National Cemetery · Riverside, CA30
- Angelus Rosedale Cemetery · Los Angeles, CA30
- Grand View Memorial Park · Burbank, CA29
- Valley Oaks Memorial Park Cemetery · Westlake Village, CA28
- Desert Memorial Park Cemetery · Cathedral City, CA28
- Oakwood Memorial Park · Simi Valley, CA28
- Eden Memorial Park · Mission Hills, CA27
- Cypress Lawn Memorial Park · Colma, CA23
- Rose Hills Memorial Park - Cemetery · Whittier, CA22
- Pacific View Memorial Park · Costa Mesa, CA19
- Santa Barbara Cemetery · Montecito, CA19
- Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum · Altadena, CA18
Top 25 of 103 cemeteries. The map shows all of them.
Other notable burials in California
How this list is made
A person is on this list when their Wikidata entry gives a cemetery we list as their place of burial and also carries the statement this list is built on. We do not add anyone by judgment, so the list reflects how complete Wikidata is: some people are missing, and burial places can be disputed.
Names, years and descriptions are shown as Wikidata records them. Names link to Wikipedia where an English article exists.