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George Harmon Coxe(1901-1984)

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George Harmon Coxe's writing career officially began in 1922 when he labored, largely unrecognized, in the nickel and dime pulps for pennies a word. Unlike most of his contemporaries, Coxe wrote across various genres: love stories, sports, adventure tales - anything that he could sell, but his special fondness for crime fiction would eventually lead him to the Black Mask, where its legendary editor, Joe Shaw, purchased his first Jack 'Flashgun' Casey crime story in 1934. The character became so popular it became a radio show that lasted into the 1940s. Shaw initially discouraged Coxe for writing a recurring character, but soon admitted that 'Flash' Casey was so well constructed that the series soon became a reader favorite. Coxe's character would pay dividends into the 1950s; for the 1951-52 season CBS produced '_Crime Photographer_', which afforded Darren McGavin one of his earliest starring roles as the crack crime photographer. The idea of a crime photographer proved so seductive that Coxe created another crime solving shutterbug, Kent Murdock (who would enjoy 21 published books). Obviously Coxe knew how to mine an idea. Hollywood beckoned in the mid-1930s and Coxe worked for MGM from 1936-38. But unlike many of his fellow pulp writers, Coxe preferred writing books... and he was a particularly prolific author, writing a total of 63 novels, his last published in 1975. The Mystery Writers of America named him a Grand Master in 1964. Married since 1929, Coxe had 2 children and died on January 31, 1984.
BornApril 23, 1901
DiedJanuary 30, 1984(82)
BornApril 23, 1901
DiedJanuary 30, 1984(82)
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Known for

Eric Linden and Boots Mallory in Here's Flash Casey (1938)
Here's Flash Casey
5.5
  • Writer
  • 1938
Murder with Pictures (1936)
Murder with Pictures
5.6
  • Writer
  • 1936
Paul Langton, Frances Rafferty, and Friday in The Hidden Eye (1945)
The Hidden Eye
6.2
  • Writer
  • 1945
Stuart Erwin, Paul Kelly, and Florence Rice in Women Are Trouble (1936)
Women Are Trouble
6.0
  • Writer
  • 1936

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  • Barbara Stanwyck in The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)
    The Barbara Stanwyck Show
  • Kraft Theatre (1947)
    Kraft Theatre
  • Crime Photographer (1951)
    Crime Photographer
  • Paul Langton, Frances Rafferty, and Friday in The Hidden Eye (1945)
    The Hidden Eye
  • Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, and Warren William in Arsène Lupin Returns (1938)
    Arsène Lupin Returns
  • Eric Linden and Boots Mallory in Here's Flash Casey (1938)
    Here's Flash Casey
  • Murder with Pictures (1936)
    Murder with Pictures
  • Stuart Erwin, Paul Kelly, and Florence Rice in Women Are Trouble (1936)
    Women Are Trouble

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    • April 23, 1901
    • Olean, New York, USA
    • January 30, 1984
    • Old Lyme, Connecticut, USA
    • 1929 - ?
  • Other works
    Story: "Return Engagement" (filmed as Here's Flash Casey (1938)).

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