Tinseltown Troubleshooters Some have argued that Shakespeare's Friar Lawrence may have been the original "fixer," working on behalf of Juliet, whose boyfriend Romeo has just killed her cousin (Ooops!). Trying to avert a bloody gang war between the Montagues and Capulets, Lawrence comes up with an elaborate scheme which had the two young lovers faking … Continue reading Hollywood Fixers
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Dash Fuller
Created by Nick Kowalski Philip Marlowe woulda made a great stand-up comic. I can almost picture the big lug, standing out in the spotlight, neat, clean, shaved and (almost) sober, stalking the stage in some comedy hot spot on the Strip, cracking ‘em up with one-liners and snappy, cock-eyed similes… He had a face like … Continue reading Dash Fuller
Jerry Banning
Created by Eustace L. Adams (1891-1963) Eustace L. Adams' JERRY BANNING was an early precursor of other Hollywood stunt men turned private eyes, troubleshooters and fixers (Colt Seavers, Daniel Spandau, Nick Ransom, Lucas Hallam, etc.) in a 1937 serial that first appeared as a four-part serial in Argosy Magazine in 1937. When rising star Dexter … Continue reading Jerry Banning