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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.
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."
A Man on the Inside is based on the real-life story of widower Sergio Chamy, who at 83 years old, was hired by private eye Rómulo Aitken to go undercover as a resident at a nursing home in Chile ...
It was to be set in the seedy tabloid world of 1950s Los Angeles, and was inspired by the life of private investigator and Hollywood "fixer" Fred Otash. It was reported to be an original series written by Ellroy, and not an adaptation of his 2012 short story of the same name, also about Otash. [114]
The True Detective franchise clearly needed a jump start. After a meteoric first season that revitalized the crime drama genre, it plummeted back to earth with a rightfully maligned sophomore run ...
Their chemical charm scores again in "Murder Mystery 2," and you can bet they’ll be back, even if not in movie theaters. They’re part of the stream of things.
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."