Background
Adlon was the grandson of Lorenz Adlon, founder of the famous Adlon Hotel in Berlin, where he spent much of his childhood.
Adlon was the grandson of Lorenz Adlon, founder of the famous Adlon Hotel in Berlin, where he spent much of his childhood.
Duke Adlon, was a German-born American motion-picture actor. A supporting actor and bit player from Germany, in Hollywood from the late-1930s. He died of a heart attack following a trip to Mexico.
Originally interred in the Douras Family Mausoleum at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, he was removed and buried in front of the mausoleum in March 1951.