6470 Ivarene Avenue

6470 Ivarene Avenue was built by veteran stage actor Orville Caldwell in 1922 by architect Hilding G. Brelin who built the 2-story, 7 room residence with a detached garage accessible in the rear of the property on Crest Way.  Caldwell moved to Hollywood two years prior and was living at the Garden Court Apartments with his wife, Audrey Anderson Caldwell, a former New York stage actress.  

Orville Caldwell (1896-1967), born in Oakland, attended UC Berkley with the intentions of becoming a lawyer, but fell in love with the stage and decided to pursue an acting career.  He appeared on Broadway in the performances of Mecca (1920-1921), The Miracle (1924) and Androcles and the Lion (1925-1926) and appeared in 22 films between 1923-1938.  On film, Caldwell is best remembered for his role of Tony Anderson in King Vidor's "The Patsy" which starred Marion Davies and Marie Dressler.  

The Caldwells lived at 6470 Ivarene Avenue until 1927, when they sold the house and briefly rented a home on Ivar Avenue before moving to Beverly Hills.  During the 1940s, Caldwell transitioned from acting to politics, become the first deputy mayor of Los Angeles from 1942 to 1951.  He retired in wine country in Sonoma Valley where he died in 1967 at age 71.  The next owner, a retired lawyer, expanded the garage and built an apartment over the garage in 1927. 

In the book "The Films of Agnes Moorhead", author Axel Nissen stated while filming "Citizen Kane" in 1940, Moorhead rented 6470 Ivarene Avenue from dermatologist Maximilian Obermeyer, as the house was not too far from RKO Studios, 860 North Gower Street.  Moorhead is best known for her role as Endora on the tv show 'Bewitched' from 1964 to 1972 in which she appeared in all 254 episodes alongside Elizabeth Montgomery.