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Cemetery worker responsible for digging a grave
A gravedigger is a cemetery worker who is responsible for digging a grave prior to a funeral service. Gravediggers have historically often been members
Gravedigger
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up gravedigger in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A gravedigger is a cemetery worker who is responsible for digging a grave prior to a funeral service
Gravedigger_(disambiguation)
Examples of Shakespearean fools, a recurring type of character in Shakespeare's plays
The Gravediggers (or Clowns) are examples of Shakespearean fools (also known as clowns or jesters), a recurring type of character in Shakespeare's plays
The_Gravediggers
2003 single by Dave Matthews
"Gravedigger" is a song by Dave Matthews from his debut solo album, Some Devil. This was the first solo single released by Matthews away from the Dave
Gravedigger_(song)
2nd episode of the 4th season of The Avengers
"The Gravediggers" is the second episode of the fourth series of the 1960s cult British spy-fi television series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee
The Gravediggers (The Avengers)
The_Gravediggers_(The_Avengers)
2007 novel by Joyce Carol Oates
The Gravedigger's Daughter is a 2007 novel by Joyce Carol Oates. It is her 36th published novel. The novel was based on the life of Oates's grandmother
The_Gravedigger's_Daughter
1972 studio album by Janus
Gravedigger is a studio album by Germany-based English rock band Janus, released in 1972 on Harvest Records. The album was recorded and mixed in 24 hours
Gravedigger_(album)
2021 drama film
The Gravedigger's Wife (Finnish: Guled & Nasra, lit. 'Guled and Nasra') is a drama film, directed by Khadar Ayderus Ahmed and released in 2021. The film
The_Gravedigger's_Wife
American singer-songwriter (born 1967)
Much to Say") and one in 2004 for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance ("Gravedigger") from his solo album. David John Matthews was born on January 9, 1967
Dave_Matthews
American rock band
The Gravedigger Five – often shown as Gravedigger V – was an American garage rock revival band, formed in 1984 in San Diego, California, United States
Gravedigger_Five
Novel series by Chester Himes
The Harlem Detective series of novels by Chester Himes comprises nine hardboiled novels set in the 1950s and early 1960s: For Love of Imabelle, a.k.a.
Harlem_Detective_series
Scottish fantasy novelist
Alan Campbell (born 7 July 1971) is a Scottish fantasy novelist. Campbell was born and raised in Falkirk, Scotland. He studied computer science at the
Alan_Campbell_(writer)
work on Gravedigger when he caught up to the group. As Lynn started to surrender to Gravedigger, Black Lightning arrived and shocked Gravedigger into submission
List of Black Lightning characters
List_of_Black_Lightning_characters
1606 event in Czech Silesia
The Frankenstein town gravediggers scandal is the case of the capture and sentencing in 1606 of gravediggers from the town of Frankenstein in Silesia in
Frankenstein gravediggers scandal
Frankenstein_gravediggers_scandal
1969 film
Cinereousrces.net. Retrieved 18 September 2018. "New York Times: Sartana the Gravedigger". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2011. Archived from the original
I am Sartana, Your Angel of Death
I_am_Sartana,_Your_Angel_of_Death
American actress (born 1962)
is also known for her roles as serial killer Heather Taffet (aka "The Gravedigger") on the Fox series Bones and White House Counsel Cynthia Panabaker on
Deirdre_Lovejoy
19th-century gravedigger and grave robber in Utah Territory
Utah Territory during the mid-19th century. While employed as a city gravedigger in Salt Lake City, he desecrated an estimated 300 graves before his discovery
Jean_Baptiste_(grave_robber)
Species of crayfish
Lacunicambarus miltus, the rusty gravedigger, is a species of crayfish in the family Cambaridae. It is found in the southeastern United States. Cordeiro
Lacunicambarus_miltus
2000 film by Ethan and Joel Coen
Four (Isaac Freeman, Wilson Waters Jr, and Robert Hamlett) cameo as gravediggers. The Cox Family and The Whites appear as fictionalized versions of themselves
O_Brother,_Where_Art_Thou?
2011 single by Mark Lanegan
"The Gravedigger's Song" is a song by American alternative rock musician Mark Lanegan. The song is the opening track and lead single from his seventh
The_Gravedigger's_Song
Canadian children's novel by Hadley Dyer
ankle, she must hire a local boy nicknamed Gravedigger to take care of the family's yard. Upon meeting Gravedigger, Rosalie finds out that her beloved cousin
Johnny_Kellock_Died_Today
Painting by Eugène Delacroix
by a scene from William Shakespeare's Elizabethan tragedy Hamlet. Two gravediggers preparing for the burial of Ophelia, unearth the skull of the court jester
Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard
Hamlet_and_Horatio_in_the_Graveyard
Jinn-like being often associated with eating human flesh in Arabian folklore
in the macabre or whose occupation directly involves death, such as a gravedigger or mortician. The English word ghoul is from the Arabic غُول (ghūl),
Ghoul
Novel trilogy by D. J. MacHale
Gravedigger finds Marshall again and while trying to get away from him he swims out to a floating dock a short distance from the shore. Gravedigger appears
Morpheus_Road
American TV host and actor (born 1972)
series Black Lightning features the DC Comics character Tyson Sykes / Gravedigger. It was also announced that he had created a reality competition show
Wayne_Brady
Argentine revolutionary (1928–1967)
now asserted, "Yankee monopoly capitalism" now terrifyingly saw their "gravediggers". It would be during this "hour of vindication", Guevara pronounced,
Che_Guevara
Colombian singer and gravedigger
Domingo Chalá Valencia is a Colombian gravedigger and vallenato singer. Chalá was the gravedigger of Bellavista during the Bojayá massacre; in the aftermath
Domingo_Chalá
American comedian, writer and actor (born 1943)
film 2011 Not Another Not Another Movie Max Storm 2013 Before I Sleep Gravedigger 2014 Lovesick Lester Shelby Grandpa Geoffrey Direct-to-DVD 2015 Drunk
Chevy_Chase
1967 studio album by David Bowie
"Maid of Bond Street", "Come and Buy My Toys" and "The Gravedigger", now titled "Please Mr. Gravedigger". Besides the orchestra, Vernon hired several uncredited
David_Bowie_(1967_album)
Canadian comedian and actor (born 1953)
Nathan Huffner 1990 My Blue Heaven Barney Coopersmith 1991 L.A. Story Gravedigger Uncredited cameo 1992 Honey, I Blew Up the Kid Wayne Szalinski 1993 Splitting
Rick_Moranis
Labor action in United States
In 1973, approximately 1,700 gravediggers at 47 cemeteries in the New York metropolitan area went on strike due to disagreements over the terms of a new
1973 New York City gravediggers' strike
1973_New_York_City_gravediggers'_strike
1993 two-act play by Suzan-Lori Parks
written by Suzan-Lori Parks in 1993. The play follows an African-American gravedigger who loves and resembles Abraham Lincoln, so much so that he also works
The_America_Play
British actor (1935–1991)
Kenneth Clark's Civilisation television series, as the gravedigger, in a re-enactment of the gravedigger scene from Hamlet, with Ian Richardson as Hamlet and
Ronald_Lacey
Musical artist
EMI Electrola (headquartered in Köln) and recorded one album, titled Gravedigger, on EMI's Harvest record label. A couple of years later, in 1974, the
Janus_(English_band)
1958 book by Ferenc Fiala and Louis Marschalko
The Accusatory Gravediggers: The Real Gravediggers of the Hungarian Nation is a Hungarian language book published in London in 1958, written by Ferenc
The Accusatory Gravediggers: The Real Gravediggers of the Hungarian Nation
The_Accusatory_Gravediggers:_The_Real_Gravediggers_of_the_Hungarian_Nation
2019 film by Jon Favreau
Laertes Ophelia Horatio Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Fortinbras The Gravediggers Yorick Soliloquies "To be, or not to be" "Mortal coil" "What a piece
The_Lion_King_(2019_film)
to the beach to carry forward the souls of Vavachan, the mallard, the gravedigger and the dog to their respective destinations; Hell and Heaven. Early
List of films with post-credits scenes (2010s)
List_of_films_with_post-credits_scenes_(2010s)
2008 studio album by Willie Nelson
Highway Records label. A video has been made for the album's first single "Gravedigger", and another video has been made for the track "You Don't Think I'm
Moment_of_Forever
American death metal band
Stauffer) – drums (1990–1996) Kommando (Thomas Huff) – bass (1990–2002) Gravedigger (Greg Harris) – vocals (1991–1995) Von Demonicus (Zachary Kitts) – vocals
Arghoslent
English actor (born 1977)
plays at his junior school, Dulwich Prep & Senior, where he played the gravedigger in William Shakespeare's Hamlet. Ejiofor continued acting at his senior
Chiwetel_Ejiofor
1918–1920 global influenza pandemic
were reports that healthcare workers could not tend the sick nor the gravediggers bury the dead because they too were ill. Mass graves were dug by steam
Spanish_flu
French actress and activist (1934–2025)
Mette Frederiksen, asking her to "not choose the camp of the oceans' gravediggers". Bardot had a habit of going barefoot in the streets of Saint-Tropez
Brigitte_Bardot
Protagonist of Hamlet
In the Elsinore churchyard, two "clowns", typically represented as gravediggers, enter to prepare Ophelia's grave. Hamlet arrives with Horatio and banters
Prince_Hamlet
English actor (born 1940)
as Horatio, opposite Ian Richardson's Hamlet, in a performance of the gravedigger scene as part of episode six of Sir Kenneth Clark's Civilisation television
Patrick_Stewart
2005 film directed by Ridley Scott
Ridefort) Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as Village Sheriff Martin Hancock as Gravedigger Nathalie Cox as Balian's Wife Eriq Ebouaney as Firuz Jouko Ahola as Odo
Kingdom_of_Heaven_(film)
Swedish rock band
released With Shivering Hearts We Wait. In 2019 they released a new single Gravedigger. In 2025 they released the single “Dead Weight”. Since then, they have
Blindside_(band)
American football player and coach (born 1971)
starts), recording 292 tackles (186 solo) and seven sacks. Nicknamed "The Gravedigger" in honor of his celebratory dance following a thunderous tackle, Brown
Gilbert_Brown
2010 video game
(Fred Tatasciore), a king whose touch will turn anything to gold; the gravedigger (Paul Eiding), who warns Kratos to not alienate the gods; a loyal Spartan
God_of_War:_Ghost_of_Sparta
American singer-songwriter
"Half Life" — "Traitor" — "Otherside" — "Last Man Standing" 2024 — "Gravedigger" 35 "Look Mom I Can Fly" — "Glow" — "Brainstorm" 2025 — "Paper Crowns"
Livingston_(musician)
Filmography of American voice actor
Commander, Employee Tester Wolfenstein Erik Engle Resume Brütal Legend Gravedigger Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers Blaze 2010 No More
Matthew_Mercer_filmography
Scottish actor (1934–2007)
significant Shakespearean cameo role in a brief performance as Hamlet in the gravedigger scene as part of episode six, "Protest and Communication", of Kenneth
Ian_Richardson
Comic book series published by Vertigo
The series deals with Gwen Dylan (née Gwendolyn Price), a revenant gravedigger in Eugene, Oregon, and her friends Ellie, a 1960s ghost, and Scott, a
IZombie_(comic_book)
1974 Australian outlaw biker film
officer Stone, who goes undercover with the outlaw motorcycle gang the Gravediggers to find out who is murdering their members one by one. When several members
Stone_(1974_film)
Canadian actress and filmmaker
of Cloudy Falls Brigit Gallow 2025 Honey Bunch Diana 2025 Dead Lover Gravedigger Also director, writer, producer 2025 How's Archie? Charlie 2026 Lunar
Grace_Glowicki
Character in Hamlet
play Hamlet. He is the court jester whose skull is exhumed by the First Gravedigger in Act 5, Scene 1, of the play. The sight of Yorick's skull evokes a
Yorick
Dramatis personae of the Shakespeare tragedy
Yorick is an unseen character depicted as a skull unearthed by the Gravediggers. The sight of Yorick's skull evokes a reminiscence by Prince Hamlet of
Characters_in_Hamlet
Family of Loa that embody the powers of death and fertility
The Guede lwa have their own versions of the Twins, which appear as gravediggers. Twins are seen as having divine insight and vision. They are also part
Gede_(Haitian_Vodou)
American actor (1950–2026)
Anstey US national tour 1982 Alvin Theatre, Broadway 1986 Hamlet First Gravedigger, Gentleman The Public Theater, Off-Broadway 1990 The Last Pad Archie
Peter_Van_Norden
1986 film by Tom McLoughlin
McLoughlin would further satirize the series itself, as Martin the gravedigger (Bob Larkin) comments on Jason's exhumation, "Why'd they have to go and
Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives
Friday_the_13th_Part_VI:_Jason_Lives
American actor (born 1967)
episode 2000 3rd Rock from the Sun Duke 1 episode 2000–2001 The X-Files Gravedigger / Steven Melnick 2 episodes 2001 V.I.P. Koster 1 episode 2001 Jack &
Brent_Sexton
Hungarian writer, poet and journalist (1903–1968)
Criminals (2nd revised edition), Munich (1958) The Accusatory Gravediggers: The Real Gravediggers of the Hungarian Nation (with Ferenc Fiala), London (1958)
Louis_Marschalko
List of fictional characters from the God of War video game franchise
of Atlantis. The Gravedigger later appeared where he buried the body of Deimos. After burying the body of Callisto, the Gravedigger quoted "Now... only
List_of_God_of_War_characters
1970 single by James Taylor
Don't Know Me" "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other" "Gravedigger" 2010s "Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die" "Just Breathe" "Grandma's
Fire_and_Rain_(song)
Tragedy by William Shakespeare
ghost of Hamlet's father, King Hamlet Fortinbras – prince of Norway Gravediggers – a pair of sextons Player King, Player Queen, Lucianus, etc. – players
Hamlet
Painting by Richard Redgrave
Laertes Ophelia Horatio Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Fortinbras The Gravediggers Yorick Soliloquies "To be, or not to be" "Mortal coil" "What a piece
Ophelia_Weaving_Her_Garlands
2023 studio album by Hatesphere
Records. "The Awakening" – 2:23 "Hatred Reborn" – 4:10 "Cutthroat" – 4:12 "Gravedigger" – 3:57 "918" – 6:01 "Darkspawn" – 4:28 "The Truest Form of Pain" – 5:11
Hatred_Reborn
Scottish actress
the Shrew Bianca Minola Delacorte Theatre 2017 Hamlet Ophelia/Second Gravedigger The Public Theater 2024 Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club Sally Bowles August
Gayle_Rankin
English serial killer (1946–2020)
age of 15 and had a series of menial jobs, including two stints as a gravedigger at Bingley Cemetery in the 1960s. Because of this occupation, Sutcliffe
Peter_Sutcliffe
1961 film by Pier Paolo Pasolin
D'Arrigo as Maigistrate Adriana Moneta as Margheritona Polidor as the gravedigger Sergio Citti as the waiter The film was initially supposed to be produced
Accattone
Romance, horror and death literary genre
"Lila", Katenin's "Olga", Pushkin's "The Bridegroom", Pletnev's "The Gravedigger" and Lermontov's Demon (1829–1839). The key author of the transition
Gothic_fiction
American independent filmmaker
Bay (2005). Borchardt also starred in Modus Operandi (2009), played a gravedigger in the partially animated comedy Hamlet A.D.D. (2014), had a leading
Mark_Borchardt
British singer
changed his name from Lett to Vanian in early life after a stint as a gravedigger – Vanian being a play on "Transylvanian". He is one of the early influencers
David_Vanian
1984 studio album by Gravedigger V
Hairy is the first and only album by American garage rock revival band Gravedigger V, released in 1984 before the band disbanded. AllMusic called the album
All_Black_and_Hairy
Sri Lankan international footballer
Since his retirement from football, Banadanage has been working as a gravedigger. Scores and results list Sri Lanka's goal tally first, score column indicates
Channa_Ediri_Bandanage
German invasion of France in 1940
bulk of the German officer corps was appalled and called Halder the "gravedigger of the Panzer force". Even when adapted to more conventional methods
Battle_of_France
1950 film
Fred Hennings as district commissioner Karl Hruschka as Schwinzerl, gravedigger Willi Hufnagel Manfred Inger Julius Karsten Isolde Kaspar-Czejke Rudolf
Cordula_(film)
1993 United States film
the funeral, Johnny rises from the grave. He is greeted by Murray the gravedigger, who warns him that he can't leave the cemetery. Johnny ignores him and
My_Boyfriend's_Back_(film)
American actress (born 1970's)
in the Downbeach Film Festival. In 2013 Hunter appeared in the film Gravedigger, playing the role of Marie Spiegel. Hunter is featured in a line of comic
April_Hunter
British TV sitcom (1970–1971)
Wilfred Pickles as Walter Bingley, a gentle, working-class cemetery gravedigger with whom she gradually falls in love. Ada shares a home with her sharp-tongued
For_the_Love_of_Ada
French illustrator and designer (1883–1935)
prostrate figure is lying at the feet of a gravedigger readying to bury the grandeur of France; the gravedigger is Édouard Daladier, the Prime Minister of
Paul_Iribe
1990 film by Franco Zeffirelli
and Sean Murray as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Trevor Peacock as the Gravedigger Pete Postlethwaite as the Player King Christopher Fairbank as the Player
Hamlet_(1990_film)
2011 American film
see Deputy Tracker's memorial stone, Billy finds himself scared of the gravedigger Mr. Johnson. He hears the legend which says that if someone says "Halloween
Spooky_Buddies
American horrorcore group
Simmons, nephew of Russell Simmons and Rev Run) and two other emcees: Gravedigger and Tempest. FLM was an extension of the Flatlinerz (Flatline Massive)
Flatlinerz
American suspected serial killer (born 1962)
in Wabash, Indiana, on December 11, 1962, to parents Robert Hall, a gravedigger at Wabash's Falls Cemetery, Larry has an identical twin brother, Gary
Larry_Hall_(criminal)
American actor (born 1953)
acting, he drove for a cab company, worked as a construction worker and a gravedigger. Russo's first role in his acting career was in the 1981 made-for-television
James_Russo
1956 Yugoslavian film
Špoljar as Brkić Nikša Stefanini as head of Ustasha unit Mladen Šerment as gravedigger Ivo Pajić as Ustasha Kruno Valentić as policeman Stjepan Jurčević as
Don't_Look_Back,_My_Son
2014 studio album by Architects
number 3 on the UK Rock Chart, and have also released a music video for "Gravedigger". The band has also promoted the album through shows in Europe, North
Lost_Forever_//_Lost_Together
incarnation of Gravedigger appears as a character summon in Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure. The Tyson Sykes incarnation of Gravedigger appears
List of DC Comics characters: G
List_of_DC_Comics_characters:_G
Irish actor (1918–1980)
(1968) as Ernie Subterfuge (1968) as Van Driver Staircase (1969) as Gravedigger "Dermot Kelly". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019. "Dermot
Dermot_Kelly_(actor)
American voice actress
Reincarnation Dark Mama Shadowverse Ralmia Sonic Racer / Sol Sister / Jackshovel Gravedigger 2022 Crowns and Pawns: Kingdom of Deceit Milda Relayer Additional Voices
Erin_Yvette
2019 young adult fantasy novel by Emily-Lloyd Jones
adult horror fantasy novel by Emily Lloyd-Jones, following Ryn, a female gravedigger, and Ellis, an apprentice mapmaker, as they try to stop "bone houses"
The_Bone_Houses
Stock clown character of the commedia dell'arte
harsh misadventures in the slave trade and in wartime Poland, where as a gravedigger he found his vocation as a clown while striving to keep children amused
Scaramouche
British actor (b. 1980)
Angel" Absentia Charles Avallone 3 episodes 2018 Grandpa's Great Escape Gravedigger Butch Television film 2018–2022, 2025 EastEnders Stuart Highway Main
Ricky_Champ
2009 film by Gregory Doran
— Oliver Ford Davies Rosencrantz / Second Gravedigger — Sam Alexander Guildenstern — Tom Davey Gravedigger — Mark Hadfield Player King — John Woodvine
Hamlet_(2009_film)
Fictional character in A Christmas Carol
name came from a 19th century Dutch miser, Gabriel de Graaf, a morose gravedigger. original illustration by John Leech (1843) "Revealed: the Scot who inspired
Ebenezer_Scrooge
1973 British film by Roy Ward Baker
leaving him to suffocate. Two trainee doctors, Tom and Jerry, bribe a gravedigger to dig up a corpse to help with their studies. When Maitland's coffin
The_Vault_of_Horror_(film)
1818 novel by Mary Shelley
Silesia (now Ząbkowice, Poland) was the site of a scandal involving gravediggers in 1606, and this has been suggested as an inspiration to the author
Frankenstein
1977 television film written by Cormac McCarthy
return home. Robert hops off a horse-drawn cart and drives away two black gravediggers when he discovers they are burying his mother, who he says "don't belong
The_Gardener's_Son
English rebel and priest (c. 1338–1381)
in northwest London. In Act V Scene 1 of Hamlet, Shakespeare has the Gravedigger (First Clown) discuss the line "When Adam delved and Eve span, Who was
John_Ball_(priest)
2002 studio album by Regina Spektor
tracks can be heard on the 2006 compilation album Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers and Other Short Stories. It was officially released to streaming services
Songs_(Regina_Spektor_album)
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