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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.
“The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes” is a documentary that dives into what we think of as the most tawdry and sensational aspects of the Marilyn Monroe story: her death, on ...
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.
There were desks around the apartment topped with phones and recording and listening devices and files and photographs. John was taken to the head tough guy and recognized him—it was Fred Otash, a notorious ex-LA cop turned private eye, Hollywood fixer, problem solver, leg breaker, a big mean Lebanese, looked like Joe McCarthy with muscle."
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 ...
The Roman Hat Mystery (1929) Agatha Raisin: M.C. Beaton: Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death (1992) Precious Ramotswe: Alexander McCall Smith: The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency [20] (1998) Jeff Randall: Dennis Spooner: Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (TV) (1969) Sunny Randall: Robert B. Parker: Family Honor [21] (1999) Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins ...
From his two new headquarters, Harrison developed a Hollywood network of informants—prostitutes, hotel employees, down-on-their-luck actors and vengeful celebrities [22] —working with local detective agencies such as the Fred Otash Detective Bureau and H. L. Von Wittenburg's Hollywood Detective Agency.