Jonathan Wyatt Latimer (October 23, 1906 – June 23, 1983) was an American crime writer known his novels and screenplays. Before becoming an author, Latimer was a journalist in Chicago.
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Born | October 23, 1906 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | June 23, 1983 (aged 76) La Jolla, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | Knox College |
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Born in Chicago, Illinois, Latimer attended Mesa Ranch School in Mesa, Arizona. He then studied at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1929.[1]
During World War II, Latimer served in the United States Navy. After the war, he moved to California and continued his work as a Hollywood screenwriter, including 10 films in collaboration with director John Farrow.[2][3]
Latimer became a journalist at the Chicago Herald Examiner and later for the Chicago Tribune, writing about crime and meeting Al Capone and Bugs Moran, among others.[4] In the mid-1930s, he turned to writing fiction, starting with a series of novels featuring private eye William Crane, in which he introduced his typical blend of hardboiled crime fiction and elements of screwball comedy.[5][6]
Latimer died of lung cancer in La Jolla, California on June 23, 1983, aged 76.[7]
Murder In The Madhouse by Jonathan Latimer; published forThe Crime Club, Inc. by Doubleday, Doran & Co. Inc. Garden City New York.
Jonathan Latimer's "The Search for my Great Uncle's Head". Better a head, perhaps, than some of these books.
Dark Memory is entertaining
This Week Magazine features a story, "A Jokes a Joke", by Jonathan Latimer
Perhaps the most notable of the show's writers was Jonathan Latimer, who penned 32 episodes from 1958 to 1965.
1972, The Greenhouse Jungle, Teleplay