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IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. 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 ...
- Writer
- March 24, 1908
- John K. Butler
- September 18, 1964
Oct 18, 2022 · (1908-64) 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. In the latetwenties he migrated to…
Dec 21, 2023 · Print. 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.
Dec 1, 2020 · Created by John K. Butler (1908-64) Although he wasn't really a private eye, STEVE MIDNIGHT sure acted like one in the pages of Dime Detective in the 1940s. Steven Middleton Knight earned his nickname from the moneyed days of his youth when he had a rep as a "midnight playboy on a nation-wide scale."….
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.
Jul 29, 2019 · In the presence of his parishioners and some 10 brother priests, Father John K. Butler was installed as the eighth pastor of St. Michael Parish, West End, by Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., during a Mass Aug. 21. To see photo gallery on this story, click here.
Oct 1, 1998 · John K. Butler. 3.60. 5 ratings2 reviews. In the 1930s and '40s, he wrote about the otherworldly landscape of Southern California with a tough elegance themes bordered on poetry, driving his tarnished but noble knight through a neon-lit neverland.
