Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Fred Otash (January 7, 1922 – October 5, 1992) was a Los Angeles police officer, private investigator, author, and a WWII Marine veteran, who became known as a Hollywood fixer, while operating as its "most infamous" private detective; he is most remembered as "the inspiration for Jack Nicholson's character Jake Gittes in the film, Chinatown. [1]
Her body was returned to her house, where she was placed in her bed and "discovered" in the early morning hours. Private investigator Fred Otash and surveillance expert Reed Wilson claim they were hired by Peter Lawford to clear Monroe's home of any evidence that connected her to the Kennedy family before police and reporters arrived.
John was taken to the head tough guy and recognized him—it was Fred Otash, a notorious ex-Los Angeles policeman turned private eye, Hollywood fixer, problem solver, leg breaker, a big mean Lebanese, looked like Joe McCarthy with muscle." [46] The Harrison enterprise had evolved into a "quasi-blackmail operation."
The word “tabloid” has a sleazy mystique. It’s such a potent word that it can influence the way you think about the subjects that fall into that category. “The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe ...
The Fixer: Moguls, Mobsters, Movie Stars, and Marilyn. Fred Otash had seemingly something on everyone, from JFK and Judy Garland to Rock Hudson, Frank Sinatra, and Marilyn Monroe.
A Very Private School Princess Diana's brother, Charles Spencer, turns his attention to his time at Maidwell Hall boarding school growing up. "I spent five years of my childhood in this school ...
Private detective Polly Gould was found dead in her apartment of disputed causes. [87] [88] She was a former investigator for Confidential and Whisper. [89] The previous week, Mae West's alleged love interest in Confidential ' s "Mae West's Open Door Policy", Chalky Wright, was found dead in a bathtub before he could testify that the story was ...
He bears superficial resemblances to historical figures Fred Otash, [2] (so-called "private-eye to the stars") and Robert Maheu, (who worked for both Hughes and Jimmy Hoffa during the time frame depicted in the book). Bondurant first appears as a secondary character in White Jazz with only superficial similarities to his character in American ...