Norman W. Marsh
Norman W. Marsh | |
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Born | February 25, 1898 or 1899 Waukegan, Illinois, U.S. |
Died | February 10, 1980 California | (aged 81)
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Notable works | Dan Dunn |
Spouse(s) | Nannie Louella Cash (m. 1920) |
Norman Winfield Marsh[1] (February 25, 1898 or 1899 [sources differ] – February 10, 1980)[1][2][3] was an American cartoonist and comic strip creator known for his character Dan Dunn, a hardboiled detective.[4]
Biography
Marsh was born in Waukegan, Illinois,[5] the son of Ernest Morrell Marsh and Julia Inez Craver.[1] He worked as an agent for the United States Secret Service for five years, and then as a detective in the Chicago Police Department.[6][7][8]
Marsh served in World War I in the United States Marine Corps. Marsh was drafted to serve again in 1942,[9] during World War II, and retired at the rank of captain.[10][11] Afterward, he moved to Los Angeles.[10] He was part of a veterans group called the Studio City Barracks, named after the neighborhood where he lived and worked.[12]
March married Nannie Louella Cash in 1920.[5] He supported the Republican Party.[13]
Career
Norman Marsh's career as a cartoonist began c. 1922.
The character appeared primarily in the newspaper comic strip Dan Dunn, syndicated by
Following the end of Dan Dunn, Marsh created another hardboiled-detective strip, Hunter Keene, for
References
- ^ FamilySearch.org. Gives dates February 25, 1898 - February 10, 1980.
- United States Social Security Death Index. Retrieved May 20, 2018 – via FamilySearch.org. Gives dates February 25, 1899 - February 1980, the latter with month and year only.
- ^ The gravestone of Capt Norman W. Marsh in the Los Angeles National Cemetery gives the birth year as 1898. Via ancestry.com.
- ^ "Norman Marsh".
- ^ a b "Certification of Facts Ascertained from the Person Obtaining the License". Ohio County Courthouse, County Clerk's Office, State [of] West Virginia. p. 57 – via West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History.
- ^ "Cartoonist Now In Service Tells About Comics". The Honolulu Advertiser. Hawaii. May 28, 1943 – via Newspapers.com.
Lt. Marsh, a former federal agent and later sleuth in the Chicago police department...
(subscription required) - ^ "Ex-Secret Service Man Is Creators Of Dan Dunn". The Boston Globe. Massachusetts. January 4, 1936 – via Newspapers.com.
Formerly connected with the United States Secret Service, Mr. Marsh draws upon a wealth of date from his own experience.
(subscription required) - ^ "Creator of Dan Dunn Got Material as Federal Sleuth". The Binghamton Press. Binghamton, New York. December 4, 1936 – via Newspapers.com.
Mr. Marsh was so tickled with the dangerous work [of a US Treasury Department agent] that he stuck with it for five years.
(subscription required) - Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved May 5, 2018. Note: Cite gives life years as 1901-1981, contrary to dates given by the California Death Index and the U.S. Social Security Death Index.
- ^ Haldeman, Bob (October 13, 1962). To Captain Norman W. Marsh from Haldeman, re: Cartoon Ideas. Series: Returned White House Special Files, 1/1969 - 8/1974. Richard Nixon Presidential Library White House Special Files Collection: Richard M. Nixon's Returned Materials Collection, 1969-1974 Series: Returned White House Special Files, 1/1969 - 8/1974 File Unit: WHSF: Returned, 54-2. Retrieved May 20, 2018 – via U.S National ArchivesCatalog.
Captain Norman W. Marsh, 3820 Buena Park Drive, Studio City, California
- ^ "'Round About Town", The Daily Home News, New Brunswick, New Jersey, October 20, 1943, page 4. (subscription required)
- ^ Forgotten! 1917-1918: Presenting the Studio City Barracks Resolution at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library White House Special Files Collection
- ^ a b "From Norman Marsh to Farrington, re: Letter 4/20 - editorial cartoons. 1 page." at Richard Nixon Presidential Library White House Special Files Collection. April 23, 1962. Marsh Features Syndicate letterhead. "I am a Republican and would like to see Nixon elected. ... My outline was based on 40 years of successful experience as a cartoonist and newspaper feature syndicate."
- ^ Detective Dan: Secret Operative No. 48 was copyrighted on May 12, 1933. Catalog of Copyright Entries. Part 1. [B] Group 2. Pamphlets, Etc. New Series. United States Library of Congress. 1933. p. 13,978.
- ^ a b c Dan Dunn at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived 2012-04-13 at WebCite from the original on April 14, 2012.
- ^ Humor Publishing Company Archived December 22, 2015, at the Wayback Machine at the Grand Comics Database.
- ^ a b Detective Dan: Secret Operative No. 48 at the Grand Comics Database.
- ^ Coville, James. "Newsstand Period 1922 - 1955". TheComicBooks.com. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
- ^ Norman Marsh at the Grand Comics Database.
- ^ Holtz, Allan (July 14, 2009). "Obscurity of the Day: Hunter Keene". Stripper's Guide. Archived from the original on October 12, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2018.
- ^ a b Holtz, Allan (August 13, 2008). "Obscurity of the Day: Danny Hale". Stripper's Guide. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015. Retrieved May 20, 2018.