Tinseltown Troupers
“A dreary industrial town controlled by hoodlums of enormous wealth, the ethical sense of a pack of jackals and taste so degraded that it befouled everything it touched.”
— “On Hollywood,” by noted Dan Turmer fan S. J. Perelman
Sure, there are about 23,000 private eyes serving the City of Angels. Here are a few, though, who hang their hats in Hollywood, and often find themselves working for “the Biz.”
- Philip Marlowe by Raymond Chandler
- Dan Turner by Robert Leslie Bellem
- Shell Scott by Richard S. Prather
- Gene Burk by John Kaye
- Joe Copp by Don Pendleton
- Scott Elliott by Terence Faherty
- Rick Holman by Carter Brown
- Darrow Nash by Charles John Harper
- Ben Jardinn by Raoul Whitfield
- Brian Kane by Jack Bludis
- Dave Beauchamp by Michael Mallory
- Joe Puma by William Campbell Gault
- Ellis Dunaway by Brian Edward Vaughn
- Thomas Kyd by Timothy Harris
- Bill Lennox by W.T. Ballard
- Jake Axminster by Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell
- Whistler by Robert Campbell
- Toby Peters by Stuart Kaminsky
- Dash Fuller by Nick Kolakowski
- Babs Norman & Guy Brandt by Elizabeth Crowens
FURTHER INVESTIGATION
- Hollywood Fixers
Tinseltown Troubleshooters & Other Miscreants - City of Angels, City of Dicks
Los Angeles Eyes
