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unusual facts about North Hollywood



Ali Riley

Born in Los Angeles, California to parents John Graham Riley and Beverly Fong Lowe, Ali attended Harvard-Westlake School in North Hollywood, California.

Concept car

One unused but operational concept car that languished for years in the North Hollywood, California shop of car customizer George Barris, Ford Motor Company's "Lincoln Futura" from 1954, received a new lease on life as the Batmobile in the Batman series that debuted in 1966 on the ABC Television Network.

Deaf West Theatre

Under the artistic direction of its founder, Ed Waterstreet, the company’s art-deco complex in the NoHo Arts District of North Hollywood includes a 90-seat theatre, complete with a state-of-the-art sound system, sub-woofers under the raked seating, an infrared headphone system, and captioning capabilities.

Efren Saldivar

Born in Brownsville, Texas, he graduated from the College of Medical and Dental Careers in North Hollywood, California in 1988.

Georg Steindorff

Georg Steindorff (November 12, 1861, Dessau–August 28, 1951, North Hollywood, California) was a German Egyptologist.

Half Way Home

Half Way Home were eventually headlining regular gigs at nightclubs such as The Country Club, the Palomino Club, and The Troubador.

Lemoine Blanchard

He was brought to the San Fernando Valley when he was a year old, was educated locally and, after graduating from high school, he joined his father's North Hollywood firm, Blanchard Lumber Company, of which he later became owner.

Mike Barone

His Mike Barone Big Band became one of the best known West Coast big bands, from early days playing at Donte's in North Hollywood in the late sixties.

Ned Scott

Ned Scott arrived in Hollywood in February, 1935 and took up residence with Fred Zinnemann, Henwar Rodakiewicz and Gunther von Fritsch in a studio apartment complex at 7900 Honey Drive, North Hollywood.

One Shot Sam

The main charter, One Shot Sam, travels around Hollywood and North Hollywood visiting the locations where the birth of Country rock music took place, including the Troubadour (nightclub), The Palomino, Barney's Beanery, and several locations on the Sunset Strip.

Paul H. Lamport

His 1966 attempt to expand the borders of the Hollywood district to include Universal City and part of North Hollywood failed in the midst of objections from those areas.

The Reigning Monarchs

The Reigning Monarchs are a surf punk band from North Hollywood, California, formed in 2007 by guitarists Greg Behrendt and USA Mike Eisenstein.

Tom Brumley

Brumley lived in North Hollywood, played at clubs in the area, and moved to Kingsland, Texas, to work at his father-in-law's construction firm.


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American pantomime

Their first production was Cinderella in North Hollywood, starring Jerry Mathers and Freddie Stroma.

Harbor Freight Tools

Harbor Freight was founded in 1977 as a mail-order business by Eric Smidt and his father, Allan, in a small North Hollywood building, as Harbor Freight & Salvage Co.

Howard Morton

A memorial service was held at the North Hollywood Church of Religious Science.

LAPD: Life on the Beat

In 2006, History tried to set the record straight regarding the North Hollywood shootout as it remains to this day as one of the most influential events of modern American history, ranking third overall of documented U.S. events of recent years behind 9/11 and the War on Terror according to the History Channel.

Leslie's Poolmart

Leslie's was founded in 1963 by Phil Leslie in a single location in North Hollywood, California.

Look People

Following the cancellation of that series, Look People made one final tour of North America and performed their last show at The Palomino Club in North Hollywood, with an opening act that consisted of rock music performed by Madisson, Raven, Ron Jeremy and other porn stars.

Pacifique

Pacifique Recording Studios, an award-winning mixing and recording studio based in North Hollywood, California

Places for Breathing

Released in May 2003 on Epic Records, it was recorded in 2002 at NRG Recording Studios in North Hollywood.

Rock Kills Kid

They signed to Reprise Records and toured extensively in support of their debut album, Are You Nervous (with drums played by Kenny Livingston of Sugarcult and production/engineering tasks given to Mark Trombino) who recorded drums at Hollywood Recording and the rest at Doug Messenger's hard drive analog and digital in North Hollywood.

Roger Bean

In 2007, The Marvelous Wonderettes received the Los Angeles Ovation Award for Best Musical Intimate Theatre, and played a record-setting 18 months at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, CA.

The Sanford Meisner Center for the Arts

In 1985, Sanford Meisner and Jimmy Carville co-founded The Meisner/Carville School of Acting on the Island of Bequia in the West Indies They later extended the school to North Hollywood, California at The Sanford Meisner Center for the Arts a theater company that Jill Gatsby opened in honor of Sanford Meisner.

Webb Pierce

He had North Hollywood tailor Nudie Cohen, who had made flamboyant suits for Pierce, line two convertibles with silver dollars.