Created by J. Walter Thompson & Co., on behalf of The U.S. Tobacco Company MARTIN KANE was television's first private eye, so there! And just to rub it in, his show was called Private Eye. No muss, no fuss--just the straight goods. Talk about putting your mark on something. Featuring an easy-going but determined Big … Continue reading Martin Kane (Private Eye)
Tag: Early Television
Mark Saber
Created by -- It was a long and winding road for television's MARK SABER, who started off life as a British cop working for a big city American police force on both American radio and television, and ended his career as a one-armed private eye in London in a British television production that was shipped … Continue reading Mark Saber
Mike Barnett (Man Against Crime)
Created by Lawrence Klee Featured on both radio and television, MIKE BARNETT was a New York private eye so tough he didn't need a gun. Take that, Hammer! Along with Martin Kane, which made its debut only a few weeks earlier, Man Against Crime (1949-54) was part of a one-two punch that set the scene for … Continue reading Mike Barnett (Man Against Crime)
Ben Shaley
Created by Norbert Davis (1909-1949) "Shaley was bonily tall. He had a thin, tanned face with bitterly heavy lines in it. He looked calm; but he looked like he was being calm on purpose--as though he was consciously holding himself in. He had an air of hardboiled confidence." "Red Goose," one of Norbert Davis' very … Continue reading Ben Shaley
Eddie Drake
Created by Jason James Pseudonym of Joe Eisinger Dr. Gayle: "You're priceless, Mr. Drake. I'm so glad to have run across you." Eddie: "Run me over anytime, doctor, I don't mind your heelprints." Poor EDDIE DRAKE just couldn't catch a break. He coulda/shoulda gone down in the history books as the first regularly scheduled private … Continue reading Eddie Drake