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One of the most prolific writers of B-pictures, California native John K. Butler also pulled double duty as a pulp fiction writer. He created one of the most memorable characters ever to grace the pages of the Depression-era nickel and dime weeklies, namely, Steven Middleton Knight (AKA Steve Midnight--- Butler's trademark cab driving hero of ...
- Writer
- March 24, 1908
- John K. Butler
- September 18, 1964
Oct 18, 2022 · Author JOHN K. BUTLER is best-known, at least in our little neck of the woods, for the numerous stories he pounded out for such pulps as Black Mask, Detective Fiction Weekly, Double Detective and especially Dime Detective. A native Californian, Butler was born in Auburn, up near San Francisco.
Butler excels at describing the sharp clothes and macho, moneyed looks of the upper class men. They may be crooks, but they are snappy dressers. Butler also likes the high powered cars of the era.
John K. Butler. Writer: Headline Hunters. One of the most prolific writers of B-pictures, California native John K. Butler also pulled double duty as a pulp fiction writer.
Dec 21, 2023 · FLINT, Michigan — John K. Butler has been elected to the board of trustees of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, effective Jan. 1, 2024. A great-grandson of the institution’s founder, C.S. Mott, Butler will be the fifth family member currently serving on the board, which totals 14 active members and three trustees emeriti.
John K. Butler is known as an Screenplay, Writer, Story, Teleplay, Original Story, and Additional Dialogue. Some of their work includes Drums Across the River, 77 Sunset Strip, Ambush at Cimarron Pass, No Man's Woman, The Vampire's Ghost, My Pal Trigger, Terror at Midnight, and The Phantom Speaks.
Oct 23, 2016 · Created by John K. Butler, this fast-paced, Los Angeles-based hard-boiled series was published between 1940 and 1942 in the pages of Dime Detective, the prestigious crime pulp second only to the legendary Black Mask in its impact on the genre.
